2007 FIA GT Championship
The 2007 FIA GT Championship was the 11th season of FIA GT Championship auto racing. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars competing in two classes, GT1 and GT2, the latter being less powerful and more closely related to road-going models.[1] Cars from National Championships (Group 2) and GT3 cars (Group 3) were also allowed to compete, but were not eligible to score championship points.[2] The series began on 25 March 2007 and ended 21 October 2007 after 10 races.
The GT1 Drivers Championship was won by Thomas Biagi driving a Maserati MC12 GT1 for the Vitaphone Racing Team and the GT1 Teams Championship by the Vitaphone Racing Team.
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Zhuhai 2 Hours | Zhuhai International Circuit | 25 March |
2 | RAC Tourist Trophy (2 Hours) | Silverstone Circuit | 6 May |
3 | Vodafone Bucharest Challenge (2 Hours) | Bucharest Ring | 20 May |
4 | Monza 2 Hours | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 24 June |
5 | Oschersleben 2 Hours | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 8 July |
6 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 28 July 29 July |
7 | Adria 2 Hours | Adria International Raceway | 8 September |
8 | Brno 2 Hours | Autodrom Brno Masaryk | 23 September |
9 | Grand Prix de Nogaro (2 Hours) | Circuit Paul Armagnac | 30 September |
10 | Zolder 2 Hours | Zolder Circuit | 21 October |
The Brazilian Mil Milhas endurance race was originally announced by the SRO as being part of the 2007 season, but instead became part of the Le Mans Series schedule.
Rule changes
The following rules were changed between the 2006 season and 2007.
- Race weekends were two days instead of three days.
- Races were two hours instead of three hours, but still required two mandatory pit stops
- Cars were allowed a maximum of three race engines for the entire season.
- Cars were required to use the same gear ratio with three different final drives throughout the entire season.
- All brakes were supplied by a single manufacturer and homologated by the FIA.
- All fuel was supplied by Shell through 2008.
- A new award was added for amateur drivers in older GT1-class cars. Sponsored by Cessna, the Citation Cup was to be awarded to eligible teams. Winners at each race were allowed on the GT1 podium, and the crews were awarded three hours of flight from Jetalliance.
Entries
GT1
A † symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.
- Red Racing's entry was classified as Group 2 (G2) instead of GT1, making it ineligible for the FIA GT1 driver or team championships, however the entry was deemed eligible for the Citation Cup for drivers of GT1 cars.
GT2
Entrant | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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AF Corse Motorola | Ferrari F430 GTC | Ferrari 4.3 L V8 | M | 50 | Toni Vilander | All |
Dirk Müller | All | |||||
Mika Salo | 6 | |||||
51 | Gianmaria Bruni | All | ||||
Stéphane Ortelli | 1, 3–4 | |||||
Jaime Melo | 2 | |||||
Rui Águas | 6 | |||||
Advanced Engineering | 59 | Rui Águas | 8–10 | |||
Stefano Gattuso | 8 | |||||
Philipp Peter | 9 | |||||
Maurizio Mediani | 10 | |||||
Racing Team Edil Cris | Ferrari F430 GTC | Ferrari 4.3 L V8 | P | 52 | Paolo Ruberti | 2–9 |
Damien Pasini | 2, 4–8 | |||||
Massimiliano Mugelli | 3 | |||||
Lorenzo Casè | 6 | |||||
Matteo Cressoni | 6 | |||||
Maurizio Mediani | 9 | |||||
53 | Matteo Cressoni | 2–5, 7–9 | ||||
Michele Rugolo | 2–5, 9 | |||||
Maurizio Mediani | 7 | |||||
Luciano Linossi | 8 | |||||
Prospeed Competition | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | M | 60 | Rudi Penders | 4, 6 |
Franz Lamot | 4, 6 | |||||
Bart Couwberghs | 6 | |||||
François Duval | 6 | |||||
Marc Lieb | 10 | |||||
Marc Basseng | 10 | |||||
Scuderia Ecosse | Ferrari F430 GTC | Ferrari 4.3 L V8 | P | 62 | Tim Mullen | All |
Tomáš Enge | 1, 4, 6 | |||||
Andrew Kirkaldy | 2–3 | |||||
Jaroslav Janiš | 5–6 | |||||
Jonny Kane | 6 | |||||
Darren Turner | 7–10 | |||||
63 | Chris Niarchos | 1–6, 8 | ||||
Andrew Kirkaldy | 1, 4–6, 8–10 | |||||
Nigel Mansell | 2 | |||||
Jaroslav Janiš | 3 | |||||
Tim Sugden | 6–7, 10 | |||||
Rob Bell | 7, 9 | |||||
Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | P | 66 | Marc Lieb | 3 |
Horst Felbermayr Jr | 3 | |||||
69 | Gerold Ried | 1 | ||||
Marc Basseng | 1 | |||||
Horst Felbermayr | 3 | |||||
Christian Ried | 3 | |||||
Easy Race | Ferrari F430 GTC | Ferrari 4.3 L V8 | P | 70 | Giampaolo Tenchini | 6 |
Maurice Basso | 6 | |||||
Roberto Plati | 6 | |||||
Bo McCormick | 6 | |||||
Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | M | 74 | Marcello Zani | All |
Emanuele Busnelli | 1–6 | |||||
Xavier Pompidou | 6–10 | |||||
Andrea Ceccato | 6 | |||||
IMSA Performance Matmut | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | M | 76 | Raymond Narac | 6 |
Patrick Long | 6 | |||||
Richard Lietz | 6 | |||||
JMB Racing | Ferrari F430 GTC | Ferrari 4.3 L V8 | M | 78 | Charles de Pauw | 6 |
Alain Van den Hove | 6 | |||||
Didier de Radiguès | 6 | |||||
Paul Belmondo | 6 | |||||
JWA | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | P | 95 | Paul Daniels | 6 |
David Cox | 6 | |||||
Oliver Moorey | 6 | |||||
Joël Camathias | 6 | |||||
BMS Scuderia Italia | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | P | 97 | Emmanuel Collard | All |
Matteo Malucelli | All | |||||
Marc Lieb | 6 | |||||
Tech9 Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | M | 99 | Sean Edwards | 1–8 |
Leo Machitski | 1–8 | |||||
Sascha Maassen | 6 | |||||
Season results
Overall winners in bold.
Teams' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points are also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team were taken into account.[2]
GT1 Championship for Teams - standings
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GT2 Cup for Teams - standings
Pos. | Team | ZHU |
SIL |
BUC |
MON |
OSC |
SPA | ADR |
BRN |
NOG |
ZOL |
Total points | ||
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6H | 12H | 24H | ||||||||||||
1 | AF Corse Motorola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 139 |
2 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 5 | |||
2 | BMS Scuderia Italia | DSQ | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 64 |
3 | Scuderia Ecosse | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 60.5 |
5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 8 | 4 | 7 | |||
4 | Racing Team Edil Cris | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 52.5 | ||
3 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 7 | DSQ | 8 | ||||||||
5 | Ebimotors | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 43.5 |
6 | Tech9 Motorsport | 6 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24.5 | ||
7 | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13.5 | |||||||||
8 | Advanced Engineering | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||
9 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Ret | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
10 | Easy Race | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2.5 | |||||||||
11 | Prospeed Competition | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | |||||||
12 | JWA | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
- | JMB Racing | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
Manufacturers' Cup
The Manufacturers’ Cups were awarded taking into consideration all results obtained by the four best classified cars of each manufacturer, in each category, at each event.[2] Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours.
GT1 Manufacturers Cup - standings
Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
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1 | Maserati | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 37.5 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 182.5 |
2 | Corvette | 18 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 34.5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 115.5 | |
3 | Aston Martin | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 98 |
4 | Lamborghini | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
Drivers' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who do not drive the car for a minimum distance do not score points.
GT1 Championship for Drivers - standings
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GT2 Cup for Drivers - standings
Pos. | Driver | Team | ZHU |
SIL |
BUC |
MON |
OSC |
SPA | ADR |
BRN |
NOG |
ZOL |
Total points | ||
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6H | 12H | 24H | |||||||||||||
1 | Toni Vilander | AF Corse Motorola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 73 |
1 | Dirk Müller | AF Corse Motorola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 73 |
2 | Gianmaria Bruni | AF Corse Motorola | 2 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 66 |
2 | Stéphane Ortelli | AF Corse Motorola | 2 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 66 |
3 | Emmanuel Collard | BMS Scuderia Italia | DSQ | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 64 |
3 | Matteo Malucelli | BMS Scuderia Italia | DSQ | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 64 |
4 | Marcello Zani | Ebimotors | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 43.5 |
5 | Tim Mullen | Scuderia Ecosse | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 3 | 4 | 7 | 36 |
6 | Paolo Ruberti | Racing Team Edil Cris | 2 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | DSQ | 5 | 33.5 | ||
7 | Damien Pasini | Racing Team Edil Cris | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | DSQ | 29.5 | ||||
8 | Andrew Kirkaldy | Scuderia Ecosse | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29.5 | |
9 | Matteo Cressoni | Racing Team Edil Cris | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28.5 | ||
10 | Xavier Pompidou | Ebimotors | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27.5 | |||||
11 | Marc Lieb | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 3 | 27 | |||||||||||
BMS Scuderia Italia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Prospeed Competition | 8 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Emanuele Busnelli | Ebimotors | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24.5 | ||||
13 | Leo Machitski | Tech9 Motorsports | 6 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24.5 | ||
13 | Sean Edwards | Tech9 Motorsports | 6 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24.5 | ||
14 | Rui Águas | AF Corse Motorola | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||
Advanced Engineering | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
15 | Chris Niarchos | Scuderia Ecosse | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14.5 | |||
16 | Michele Rugolo | Racing Team Edil Cris | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 14 | |||||||
17 | Raymond Narac | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13.5 | |||||||||
17 | Richard Lietz | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13.5 | |||||||||
17 | Patrick Long | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13.5 | |||||||||
18 | Darren Turner | Scuderia Ecosse | DSQ | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
19 | Maurizio Mediani | Racing Team Edil Cris | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||
Advanced Engineering | 3 | ||||||||||||||
20 | Sascha Maassen | Tech9 Motorsports | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9.5 | |||||||||
21 | Lorenzo Casè | Racing Team Edil Cris | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9.5 | |||||||||
22 | Tomáš Enge | Scuderia Ecosse | 3 | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 9 | |||||||
23 | Andrea Ceccato | Ebimotors | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8.5 | |||||||||
24 | Tim Sugden | Scuderia Ecosse | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8.5 | |||||||
25 | Rob Bell | Scuderia Ecosse | 8 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
26 | Jaroslav Janiš | Scuderia Ecosse | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||||||
27 | Horst Felbermayr Jr. | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
28 | Stefano Gattuso | Advanced Engineering | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||
29 | Roberto Plati | Easy Race | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2.5 | |||||||||
29 | Maurice Basso | Easy Race | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2.5 | |||||||||
29 | Giampaolo Tenchini | Easy Race | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2.5 | |||||||||
29 | Bo McCormick | Easy Race | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2.5 | |||||||||
30 | Nigel Mansell | Scuderia Ecosse | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
30 | Horst Felbermayr | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
30 | Christian Ried | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
30 | Luciano Linossi | Racing Team Edil Cris | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
30 | Philipp Peter | Advanced Engineering | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
31 | Rudi Penders | Prospeed Competition | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | ||||||||
31 | Franz Lamot | Prospeed Competition | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | ||||||||
31 | Paul Daniels | JWA | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
31 | David Cox | JWA | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
31 | Oliver Moorey | JWA | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
31 | Joël Camathias | JWA | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
31 | Marc Basseng | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Ret | 1 | |||||||||||
Prospeed Competition | 8 | ||||||||||||||
32 | Jonny Kane | Scuderia Ecosse | 7 | Ret | Ret | 1 | |||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | ZHU |
SIL |
BUC |
MON |
OSC |
6H | 12H | 24H | ADR |
BRN |
NOG |
ZOL |
Total points |
SPA | |||||||||||||||
Citation Cup standings
The Citation Cup was contested by non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars.[3] It was limited to eight rounds, with Zhuhai and Spa not included.[3]
Pos. | Driver | Team | SIL |
BUC |
MON |
OSC |
ADR |
BRN |
NOG |
ZOL |
Total points |
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1 | Ben Aucott | JMB Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
2 | Tom Cloet | SRT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 52 | ||
3 | Peter Kutemann | JMB Racing | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 49 |
4 | Joe Macari | JMB Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 | ||||
5 | Dirk Waaijenberg | JMB Racing | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 23 | ||||
6 | Alain Ferté | JMB Racing | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
6 | Stéphane Daoudi | JMB Racing | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
7 | Antoine Gosse | JMB Racing | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |||||
8 | Gilles Vannelet | SRT | 1 | 16 | |||||||
PSI Experience | 3 | ||||||||||
8 | Mauro Casadei | SRT | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
9 | François Jakubowski | Solution F | 4 | DNS | 2 | 13 | |||||
10 | Sébastien Carcon | Red Racing | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||||
11 | Pertti Kuismanen | SRT | 1 | 10 | |||||||
12 | Davide Amaduzzi | SRT | 2 | 8 | |||||||
12 | Steve Zacchia | Solution F | 2 | 8 | |||||||
12 | Maxime Soulet | SRT | 2 | 8 | |||||||
13 | Thierry Stépec | Red Racing | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
14 | Klaus Engelhorn | PSI Experience | 3 | 6 | |||||||
14 | Henri Moser | JMB Racing | 3 | 6 | |||||||
14 | Jean-Yves Adam | Larbre Compétition | 3 | 6 | |||||||
14 | Philippe Dumas | Larbre Compétition | 3 | 6 | |||||||
15 | François Labhardt | Solution F | 4 | DNS | 5 | ||||||
15 | Yvan Lebon | SRT | 4 | 5 | |||||||
15 | Wilfried Merafina | SRT | 4 | 5 | |||||||
16 | Nicolas Avenel | Red Racing | 6 | 3 | |||||||
16 | Thierry Prignaud | Red Racing | 6 | 3 | |||||||
References
- GT1/2 Information, Official Programme, 2007 FIA GT Championship, Silverstone, 6 May
- 2007 FIA GT Championship Sporting Regulations, www.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- "SRO announces the Citation Cup, www.fiagt.com, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
External links
- Official FIA GT Website
- 2007 FIA GT Championship Sporting Regulations, www.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- 2007 FIA GT Championship - Calendar & Classification, www.fia.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- 2007 FIA GT Championship - Points, www.fiagt.com, as archived at web.archive.org