1999 FIA GT Zhuhai 500km

The 1999 FIA GT Zhuhai 500 km was the tenth and final round the 1999 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Zhuhai International Circuit, China, on November 26, 1999.

The Track map of Zhuhai International Circuit

As with the previous two FIA GT events in the United States, a second class of cars was allowed to compete in order to help fill the field. These cars, designated as National GT (N-GT), were cars from smaller national championships. They were not eligible for points.

Official results

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Class winners are in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT 1   Viper Team Oreca   Olivier Beretta
  Karl Wendlinger
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 105
Chrysler 8.0L V10
2 GT 19   Chamberlain Motorsport   Christian Vann
  Christian Gläsel
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 105
Chrysler 8.0L V10
3 GT 21   Paul Belmondo Racing   Paul Belmondo
  Dominique Dupuy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 104
Chrysler 8.0L V10
4 GT 15   Freisinger Motorsport   Bob Wollek
  Wolfgang Kaufmann
Porsche 911 GT2 D 103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
5 GT 2   Viper Team Oreca   Jean-Philippe Belloc
  Vincent Vosse
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 103
Chrysler 8.0L V10
6 GT 16   Freisinger Motorsport   Manfred Jurasz
  Yukihiro Hane
Porsche 911 GT2 D 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT 9   Elf Haberthur Racing   Mauro Casadei
  Andrea Garbagnati
Porsche 911 GT2 D 101
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
8 GT 69   Proton Competition   Gerold Ried
  Christian Ried
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 100
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9 GT 3   Roock Racing   Adam Topping
  Robert Schirle
  Ugo Colombo
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 97
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 N-GT 72   Eschmann
  Roock Racing
  Michael Eschmann
  Paul Hulverschied
  Patrick Spadacini
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ? 96
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11 N-GT 62   Wieth Racing   Niko Wieth
  Franz Wieth
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 96
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12 GT 18   Chamberlain Motorsport   Michel Ligonnet
  Hans Hugenholtz
  Ni Amorim
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 92
Chrysler 8.0L V10
13 N-GT 63   Jörg Otto Racing   Jörg Otto
  Arthur Erkes
Porsche 964 Carrera RS ? 91
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
14 N-GT 74   Riverside   Philippe Charriol
  Stéphane Lang-Willar
Lamborghini Diablo SV-R P 90
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
15 N-GT 64   Albert Porsche Team   Martin Eckert
  Thomas Zinnow
Porsche 964 Carrera RS ? 89
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16 N-GT 73   Rössler Rennsport   Wido Rössler
  Helmut Reis
Lamborghini Diablo SV-R ? 88
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
17 N-GT 60   Michel Laville Compétition   Michel Laville
  Olivier Leclére
  Jacky Fabi
Venturi 400 Trophy ? 87
Peugeot PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
18 N-GT 76   David Smadja   David Smadja
  Eric Graham
Lamborghini Diablo SV-R ? 79
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
19
NC
GT 7   Konrad Motorsport   Peter Worm
  Batti Pregliasco
Porsche 911 GT2 D 56
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20
NC
N-GT 75   Riverside   Georges Cabanne
  Michael Choi Koon Ming
Lamborghini Diablo SV-R P 46
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
21
DNF
GT 6   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT2 D 47
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
N-GT 66   Zentrum Rhein Oberberg   Ralf Krauss
  George Muller
  Jürgen Alzen
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR ? 40
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
23
DNF
N-GT 70   Gammon Repsol Megaspeed   Samson Chan
  Alex Li
  Andrew Lo
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 23
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
GT 8   Elf Haberthur Racing   Rino Mastronardi
  Patrick Vuillaume
  Jacques Corbet
Porsche 911 GT2 D 22
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
N-GT 65   Jürgen Albert   Jürgen Albert
  Wolfgang Walter
  Werner Prinz
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR ? 22
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
26
DNF
N-GT 71   FRD MW Racing Porsche   David Louie
  Stephen Chau
  Chin Min Ma
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ? 2
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DNS N-GT 61   Cirtek Motorsport   Jürgen Lorenz
  Ugo Colombo
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR ?
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6

Statistics

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  • Pole position – #2 Viper Team Oreca – 1:47.576
  • Fastest lap – #2 Viper Team Oreca – 1:47.717
  • Average speed – 171.297 km/h

References

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  • "500 km Zhuhai". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2007-12-12.


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