1996 BPR 4 Hours of Monza

Last updated November 03, 2022

The 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Monza was the second race of the 1996 BPR Global GT Series. It was run at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 24 March 1996.

Official results

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT1	1	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	127
1	GT1	1	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	BMW S70 6.1L V12	G	127
2	GT1	9	Franck Muller Watches Giroix Racing Team	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Didier Cottaz	McLaren F1 GTR	M	125
2	GT1	9	Franck Muller Watches Giroix Racing Team	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Didier Cottaz	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	125
3	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2	M	123
3	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	123
4	GT2	64	Lanzante Motorsport	Paul Burdell Soames Langton Stanley Dickens	Porsche 911 GT2	M	122
4	GT2	64	Lanzante Motorsport	Paul Burdell Soames Langton Stanley Dickens	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	122
5	GT2	96	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Jack Leconte André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	M	122
5	GT2	96	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Jack Leconte André Ahrlé	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	122
6	GT2	65	Roock Racing	Guy Martinolle Jean-Claude Lagniez Philippe Albera	Porsche 911 GT2	M	121
6	GT2	65	Roock Racing	Guy Martinolle Jean-Claude Lagniez Philippe Albera	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	121
7	GT2	54	Bert Ploeg	Bert Ploeg Kris Nissen	Porsche 911 GT2	?	121
7	GT2	54	Bert Ploeg	Bert Ploeg Kris Nissen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	121
8	GT2	92	New Hardware Parr Motorsport	Robert Nearn Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT2	P	121
8	GT2	92	New Hardware Parr Motorsport	Robert Nearn Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	121
9	GT2	83	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Thomas Erdos	Marcos LM600	D	119
9	GT2	83	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Thomas Erdos	Chevrolet 6.0L V8	D	119
10	GT1	16	Karl Augustin	Ernst Gschwender Alfred Gramsel Karl Augustin	Porsche 911 GT2 Cetoni	G	119
10	GT1	16	Karl Augustin	Ernst Gschwender Alfred Gramsel Karl Augustin	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	119
11	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Giuseppe Quargentan Peter Seikel	Porsche 911 GT2	P	118
11	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Giuseppe Quargentan Peter Seikel	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	118
12	GT2	50	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Charles Margueron	Porsche 911 GT2	P	118
12	GT2	50	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Charles Margueron	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	118
13	GT2	93	New Hardware Parr Motorsport	Peter Owen Hugh Price John Robinson	Porsche 911 GT2	P	118
13	GT2	93	New Hardware Parr Motorsport	Peter Owen Hugh Price John Robinson	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	118
14	GT2	52	Krauss Rennsporttechnik	Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	P	117
14	GT2	52	Krauss Rennsporttechnik	Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	117
15	GT2	58	MC Motorsport	Luca Canni-Ferrari Massimo Monti	Ferrari F355 GT	?	116
15	GT2	58	MC Motorsport	Luca Canni-Ferrari Massimo Monti	Ferrari F131 3.5L V8	?	116
16	GT2	63	Roger Racing	Ruggero Grassi Ermanno Colombo	Porsche 993 Supercup	?	115
16	GT2	63	Roger Racing	Ruggero Grassi Ermanno Colombo	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	?	115
17	GT2	59	Raymond Touroul	Didier Ortion Raymond Touroul Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 911 GT2	?	114
17	GT2	59	Raymond Touroul	Didier Ortion Raymond Touroul Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	114
18	GT2	66	EMKA Racing	Steve O'Rourke Guy Holmes	Porsche 911 GT2	D	113
18	GT2	66	EMKA Racing	Steve O'Rourke Guy Holmes	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	113
19	GT2	53	Yellow Racing	Christian Heinkelé Henri-Louis Maunoir Tony Ring	Ferrari F355 GT	M	113
19	GT2	53	Yellow Racing	Christian Heinkelé Henri-Louis Maunoir Tony Ring	Ferrari F131 3.5L V8	M	113
20	GT2	62	Leanston Racing	Luca Cattaneo Alberto Mondinelli	Porsche 964 Carrera RS	?	112
20	GT2	62	Leanston Racing	Luca Cattaneo Alberto Mondinelli	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	?	112
21	GT1	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Pietro Ferrero	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	110
21	GT1	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Pietro Ferrero	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	110
22	GT2	51	Proton Competition	Peter Erl Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	P	109
22	GT2	51	Proton Competition	Peter Erl Gerold Ried	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	109
23	GT2	99	Elf Haberthur Racing	Ferdinand de Lesseps Philippe Charriol Michel Neugarten	Porsche 911 GT2	P	107
23	GT2	99	Elf Haberthur Racing	Ferdinand de Lesseps Philippe Charriol Michel Neugarten	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	107
24	GT2	30	Quattro Pilotage	Thierry Guiod Patrick Pelissier	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	?	102
24	GT2	30	Quattro Pilotage	Thierry Guiod Patrick Pelissier	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	102
25 DNF	GT2	84	Promosport Italia	Giovanni Lavaggi Renato Mastropietro Vincenzo Polli	Porsche 911 GT2	P	119
25 DNF	GT2	84	Promosport Italia	Giovanni Lavaggi Renato Mastropietro Vincenzo Polli	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	119
26 DNF	GT1	29	Ferrari Club Italia Ennea SRL	Luca Drudi Piero Nappi Mauro Martini	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	115
26 DNF	GT1	29	Ferrari Club Italia Ennea SRL	Luca Drudi Piero Nappi Mauro Martini	Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8	P	115
27 DNF	GT2	85	Gianluigi Locatelli	Leonardo Maddalena Gianluigi Locatelli	Porsche 993 Supercup	?	103
27 DNF	GT2	85	Gianluigi Locatelli	Leonardo Maddalena Gianluigi Locatelli	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	?	103
28 DNF	GT1	3	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR	G	92
28 DNF	GT1	3	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard	BMW S70 6.1L V12	G	92
29 DNF	GT1	2	Gulf Racing GTC Motorsport	Ray Bellm James Weaver	McLaren F1 GTR	M	88
29 DNF	GT1	2	Gulf Racing GTC Motorsport	Ray Bellm James Weaver	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	88
30 DNF	GT1	4	Roock Racing	Jean-Pierre Jarier Altfrid Heger Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	80
30 DNF	GT1	4	Roock Racing	Jean-Pierre Jarier Altfrid Heger Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	80
31 DNF	GT2	88	Konrad Motorsport	Michel Ligonnet Helmut König Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	M	76
31 DNF	GT2	88	Konrad Motorsport	Michel Ligonnet Helmut König Toni Seiler	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	76
32 DNF	GT1	14	Repsol Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Tomas Saldaña	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	74
32 DNF	GT1	14	Repsol Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Tomas Saldaña	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	74
33 DNF	GT1	5	Eric Graham	Eric Graham Michel Faraut David Velay	Venturi 600 LM	D	67
33 DNF	GT1	5	Eric Graham	Eric Graham Michel Faraut David Velay	Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6	D	67
34 DNF	GT2	74	Callaway Schweiz	Kurt Huber Hans Hauser Seppi Wendlinger	Callaway Corvette Supernatural	?	66
34 DNF	GT2	74	Callaway Schweiz	Kurt Huber Hans Hauser Seppi Wendlinger	Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8	?	66
35 DNF	GT1	11	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	57
35 DNF	GT1	11	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Bob Wollek	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	M	57
36 DNF	GT2	60	Oberbayern Motorsport	Jurgen von Gartzen Detlef Hübner	Porsche 911 GT2	P	51
36 DNF	GT2	60	Oberbayern Motorsport	Jurgen von Gartzen Detlef Hübner	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	51
37 DNF	GT2	90	Robert Sikkens Racing	Angelo Zadra Maurizio Monforte	Porsche 911 GT2	G	50
37 DNF	GT2	90	Robert Sikkens Racing	Angelo Zadra Maurizio Monforte	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	50
38 DNF	GT1	28	Ennea Igol	Jean-Marc Gounon Éric Bernard Paul Belmondo	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	49
38 DNF	GT1	28	Ennea Igol	Jean-Marc Gounon Éric Bernard Paul Belmondo	Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8	P	49
39 DNF	GT2	73	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	48
39 DNF	GT2	73	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan William Wykeham	Rover V8 5.0L V8	D	48
40 DNF	GT1	20	Venturi Team Lécuyer	Emmanuel Clérico Laurent Lécuyer Philippe Favre	Venturi 600 SLM	M	45
40 DNF	GT1	20	Venturi Team Lécuyer	Emmanuel Clérico Laurent Lécuyer Philippe Favre	Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6	M	45
41 DNF	GT2	70	Jean-François Véroux	Jean-François Véroux Jean-Yves Moine Stéphane Leloup	Porsche 911 GT2	?	40
41 DNF	GT2	70	Jean-François Véroux	Jean-François Véroux Jean-Yves Moine Stéphane Leloup	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	40
42 DNF	GT1	12	Chardon des Dunes	Patrick Vuillaume Christian Pellieux Andy Bovensiepen	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	?	37
42 DNF	GT1	12	Chardon des Dunes	Patrick Vuillaume Christian Pellieux Andy Bovensiepen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	37
43 DNF	GT1	27	Ennea Igol	Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	35
43 DNF	GT1	27	Ennea Igol	Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce	Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8	P	35
44 DNF	GT1	8	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Hans Hugenholtz Marc Sourd	McLaren F1 GTR	D	33
44 DNF	GT1	8	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Hans Hugenholtz Marc Sourd	BMW S70 6.1L V12	D	33
45 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Sandro Munari Marco Spinelli	Callaway Corvette Supernatural	D	30
45 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Sandro Munari Marco Spinelli	Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8	D	30
46 DNF	GT2	71	Lotus Equipe Scuderia Magnani	Pascal Dro Jean-Yves Pezant Guido Dacco	Lotus Esprit S300	?	13
46 DNF	GT2	71	Lotus Equipe Scuderia Magnani	Pascal Dro Jean-Yves Pezant Guido Dacco	Lotus 2.0L Turbo I4	?	13
47 DNF	GT1	21	Lotus Racing Team	Mike Hezemans Alexander Portman	Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo	M	13
47 DNF	GT1	21	Lotus Racing Team	Mike Hezemans Alexander Portman	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8	M	13
48 DNF	GT2	55	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2	P	7
48 DNF	GT2	55	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	P	7
49 DNF	GT1	48	Freisinger Motorsport	Clay Regazzoni Fulvio Ballabio Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	G	7
49 DNF	GT1	48	Freisinger Motorsport	Clay Regazzoni Fulvio Ballabio Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	7
50 DNF	GT1	22	Lotus Racing Team	Jan Lammers Perry McCarthy	Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo	M	6
50 DNF	GT1	22	Lotus Racing Team	Jan Lammers Perry McCarthy	Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8	M	6
51 DNF	GT2	67	Simpson Engineering	Raffaele Sangiuolo Maurizio Lusuardi Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 911 GT2	?	5
51 DNF	GT2	67	Simpson Engineering	Raffaele Sangiuolo Maurizio Lusuardi Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	?	5
52 DNF	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Almo Coppelli Rocky Agusta Bruno Corradi	Callaway Corvette Supernatural	D	2
52 DNF	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Almo Coppelli Rocky Agusta Bruno Corradi	Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8	D	2
DNS	GT1	6	Gulf Racing GTC Competition	Lindsay Owen-Jones Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	-
DNS	GT1	6	Gulf Racing GTC Competition	Lindsay Owen-Jones Pierre-Henri Raphanel	BMW S70 6.1L V12	M	-

Statistics

Pole Position - Jean-Marc Gounon (#1 West Competition) - 1:43.045
Fastest Lap - Ray Bellm (#2 Gulf Racing) - 1:44.354^[1]

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References

↑ "1996 Monza FIA GT | Motorsport Database".

External links

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[1] "1996 Monza FIA GT | Motorsport Database".

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