Chassis 6100
Customer: Mr. Roy Baker, Bristow Motorsport, Surrey, England
Delivery: 18. January 1994
Color: Speed Yellow
Today: in Spain
The Porsche 964 Carrera RSR 3.8 with the chassis #6100 is one of the most remembered RSRs from the BPR series. It dominated the GT3 class in BPRs first year, in 1994. The car was driven most of the time by later McLaren pilot Ray Bellm, todays Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team member Harry Nuttall and Charles Rickett.
The yellow RSR was one of the late deliveries. Only 9 cars have been build and delivered after this chassis.
The car was first used for the 1994 Paul Ricard 4H BPR race. Ian Khan and Ray Bellm finished 2nd in the GT3 class and 11th overall.
BPR 1994, Paul Ricard 4H, Bristow Motorsport #34, GT3
In its 2nd race car and drivers (Ray Bellm & Harry Nuttall) surprised everyone. The car won the GT3 class and was 2nd overall, which means that it stood up against cars like the Ferrari F40, the Venturi 500 LM, and the Porsche 964 Bi-Turbo.
BPR 1994, Jarama 4H, Bellm #34, GT3
The next race was to take place on the famous and fast Dijon circuit. Even if the characteristic of the circuit is completely different compared to the Jarama circuit, Bellm and Nuttall did it again.... this time 1st in class and 3rd overall. From that point on everybody knew, that Bellm and Nuttall would be the drivers to beat, if you wanted to win in 1994 in the GT3 class.
BPR 1994, Dijon 4H, Bristow Motorsport #34, GT3
The next BPR race was maybe the biggest surprise of the 1994 season and certainly a highlight to remember. The famous Paris 1000 km race on the Linas Montlhery circuit was brought back to life. Not much is known how the BPR organisation managed to bring this race back, as there have been a lot of safety concerns going with the circuit since a long time. The race had not been held for 20 years in a row with its last edition ran in 1973. It is safe to say, that not everybody was delighted, as Linas was considered a very dangerous and bumpy circuit. Some people said, that the modern sports cars were not build to run on such a bumpy track.
For Bristow Motorsport and their Porsche RSR it can be said, that this was the third completely different characteristic of a track and they won again. This time the team took Charles Rickett as a third driver to support Bellm and Nuttall. Wow, what a performance!! Again 2nd in the overall classification.
BPR 1994, Paris 1000km, Bristow Motorsport #34, GT3
Shortly after the Paris 1000 km race came Le Mans. The team started under the banner of Erik Henriksen. This time the team had bad luck. The first after the cars delivery, the car did not reach a podium, in fact the car did not finsih the race, as it had to retire after just 34 laps.
Le Mans 24H 1994, Erik Henriksen #66, GT2
Back to BPR and next podium. Bristow Motorsport scored 2nd in class and 3rd overall in the Vallelunga 4H race. I do not know if it is an error or if it is real, but most of the sources count the car as a GT2 entry for the Vallelunga race. The difference in between GT2 and GT3 for the BPR classification was very small. Cars build to ACO rules were generally entered in class BPR_GT2 while the cars build to FIA rules have been entered in BPR_GT3 class. Performance specs have been quite close.
BPR 1994 Vallelunga 4H, Bristow Motorsport #34, GT2
The cars last run for Bristow Motorsport was the Spa 4H race. I sadly do not have any photos from this race.
Bristow Motorsport sold the car to Sandro Anglelastri. Stadler Motorsport prepared the car and it took part in the 1995 ADAC GT Cup season. Its design was nearly unchanged, but the car did now roll on Pirelli tyres instead of Goodyear. Minor technical changes had to be done to make the car conform to the national series rules. As the car has always been designed to be used in national and international competition these changes were easy to fulfil. One example would be the change of the fuel tank another the engine air intake restrictor. I could only find one photo which had been taken during the Zolder race.
ADAC GT Cup 1995, Zolder, Stadler Motorsport #33, Div. I
The car was used by Sandro Angelastri in the 1996 season as well, but I could not find a single photo of it. So if somebody has photos showing the car in 1996, I would be happy to do a proper skin as well. After 1996 the car was sold to the British Porsche specialist PK Sport and the car returned to racing for the 1998 British GT season. This time in hands of Caroline Lucas and Diane Osborne. I suppose the car might have been used for at least one IMSA race in between, because photos showing it in BGT show an IMSA GT sticker on the sides.
All skins shown here will be released as part of the BPR Recreation Project and with the car as soon as it will be ready for release. Photos from 1998 show the car with an enormous wing extension. As Zoffty agreed to create different wings for the RSR, chances are high for this wing variant.
BGT 1998, PK Sport #46, GT2
