The 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Brands Hatch was the eighth round of the 1996 BPR Global GT Series season.
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | GT1 | 35 | Porsche AG | Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen | Porsche 911 GT1 | M | 166 |
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
2 | GT1 | 3 | Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing | Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard | McLaren F1 GTR | G | 165 |
BMW S70 6.1L V12 | |||||||
3 | GT1 | 6 | Gulf Racing GTC Competition | Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lindsay Owen-Jones | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 164 |
BMW S70 6.1L V12 | |||||||
4 | GT1 | 1 | West Competition David Price Racing | John Nielsen Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | G | 164 |
BMW S70 6.1L V12 | |||||||
5 | GT1 | 27 | Ennea/Igol | Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce | Ferrari F40 GTE | P | 161 |
Ferrari F120B 3.5L Turbo V8 | |||||||
6 | GT2 | 88 | Konrad Motorsport | Franz Konrad Bob Wollek Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 158 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
7 | GT2 | 83 | Marcos Racing International | Cor Euser Ferdinand de Lesseps Thomas Erdos | Marcos LM600 | D | 158 |
Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | |||||||
8 | GT1 | 32 | Viper Team Oreca | Olivier Beretta Justin Bell | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 156 |
Chrysler 356-T6 8.0L V10 | |||||||
9 | GT2 | 56 | Roock Racing | Bruno Eichmann Gerd Ruch Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 156 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
10 | GT2 | 55 | Stadler Motorsport | Lilian Bryner Enzo Calderari | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 153 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
11 | GT2 | 106 | Roock Racing | François Lafon Jean-Marc Smadja Jean-Pierre Jarier | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 152 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
12 | GT2 | 90 | Angelo Zadra | Angelo Zadra Maurizio Monforte Luca Drudi | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 151 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
13 | GT2 | 52 | Krauß Rennsporttechnik | Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 150 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
14 | GT2 | 93 | Parr Motorsport New Hardware | Hugh Price John Robinson Peter Owen | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 148 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
15 | GT2 | 105 | Repsol Kremer | Alfonso de Orleans Joaquin Folch Christophe Bouchut | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 145 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
16 | GT2 | 77 | Seikel Motorsport | Karel Dolejší Peter Seikel Peter Chambers | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 144 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
17 | GT2 | 100 | Jérôme Brarda | Jérôme Brarda Erik Henriksen Gérard Paillet | Porsche 911 Carrera RS | P | 132 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
18 | GT2 | 73 | Charles Morgan | William Wykeham Joel Wykeham Steve Lawrence | Morgan Plus 8 GTR | D | 132 |
Rover 5.0L V8 | |||||||
19 | GT2 | 69 | Proton Competition | Patrick Vuillaume Gerold Ried | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 125 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
20 DNF | GT2 | 107 | Konrad Motorsport | Toni Seiler Robert Nearn Bert Ploeg | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 142 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
21 DNF | GT1 | 2 | Gulf Racing GTC Motorsport | James Weaver Ray Bellm | McLaren F1 GTR | M | 141 |
BMW S70 6.1L V12 | |||||||
22 DNF | GT2 | 65 | Roock Racing | Guy Martinolle Jean-Claude Lagniez Andy Pilgrim | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 136 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
23 DNF | GT2 | 75 | Agusta Racing Team | Rocky Agusta Almo Coppelli | Callaway Corvette GT-LM | D | 127 |
Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8 | |||||||
24 DNF | GT2 | 101 | John Greasley | John Greasley John Morrison | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 113 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
25 DNF | GT2 | 89 | Team Marcos | Robert Schirle Andy Purvis David Warnock | Marcos LM600 | D | 112 |
Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | |||||||
26 DNF | GT1 | 14 | Repsol Kremer | Christophe Bouchut Thomas Saldaña | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | G | 88 |
Porsche M64/83 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
27 DNF | GT1 | 16 | Karl Augustin | Karl Augustin Stefan Roitmayer Johannes Huber | Porsche 911 Carrera Cup | G | 85 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
28 DNF | GT1 | 26 | Lister Storm | Geoff Lees Tiff Needell | Lister Storm GTS | M | 84 |
Jaguar 7.0L V12 | |||||||
29 DNF | GT2 | 96 | Larbre Compétition | Patrice Goueslard André Ahrlé | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 78 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
30 DNF | GT1 | 23 | Geoff Lister | Geoff Lister Win Percy John Williams | Jaguar XJ220 | A | 76 |
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6 | |||||||
31 DNF | GT1 | 21 | Lotus Racing Team | Alex Portman Mike Hezemans | Lotus Esprit V8 | M | 71 |
Lotus 918 3.5L Turbo V8 | |||||||
32 DNF | GT2 | 60 | Oberbayern Motorsport | Jürgen von Gartzen Detlef Hübner Patrick Huisman | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 71 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
33 DNF | GT2 | 95 | European Luigi Racing | José Close Wolfgang Haugg Philippe Smaniotto | Dodge Viper RT/10 | D | 68 |
Dodge 8.0L V10 | |||||||
34 DNF | GT2 | 85 | Gian Luigi Locatelli | Gian Luigi Locatelli Leonardo Maddalena | Porsche 993 Carrera Cup | P | 45 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
35 DNF | GT2 | 50 | Stadler Motorsport | Uwe Sick Renato Mastropietro | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 39 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
36 DNF | GT2 | 78 | Seikel Motorsport | Helmut König Harald Becker | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 34 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
37 DNF | GT2 | 94 | TVR | Mark Hales Phil Andrews | TVR Cerbera | D | 27 |
TVR Speed Six 4.5L I6 | |||||||
38 DNF | GT1 | 22 | Lotus Racing Team | Jan Lammers Chris Goodwin | Lotus Esprit V8 | M | 25 |
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8 | |||||||
39 DNF | GT1 | 17 | Viper Team Oreca | Éric Hélary Philippe Gache | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 24 |
Dodge 356-T6 8.0L V10 | |||||||
40 DNF | GT2 | 92 | Parr Motorsport New Hardware | Stefano Buttiero Michel Ligonnet David Saunders | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 19 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
41 DNF | GT2 | 66 | Steve O'Rourke | Steve O'Rourke Guy Holmes | Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 2 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
42 DNF | GT2 | 87 | RWS Brun Motorsport | Raffaele Sangiuolo Gottfried Rampl Jonathan Baker | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 2 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 64 | Lanzante Motorsport | Paul Burdell Soames Langton | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | - |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 53 | Yellow Racing | Christian Heinkélé François O'Born Henri-Louis Maunoir | Ferrari F355 | M | - |
Ferrari F129B 3.5L V8 |
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