By 1997, G-Force Motorsports had acquired two game-changing Porsche 911 GT1s for their lead drivers, John Greasley and John Morrison, to run in British GT but continued to run ZTS393078 in the same Blue Coral livery throughout 1997 and 1998 for Nigel Barret, Mikael Gustavsson and later, Callum Lockie with backing also from ING Lease.
For the 1999 British GT Championship, PK Sport Limited then acquired the car running UK Paul Philips with Harrods sponsorship displayed on its Speed Yellow bonnet, co-driving with either Mike Youles, Robin Liddell or Caroline Lucas. A front-end accident in practice at Brands Hatch in June then retired the chassis for the remainder of the season but it was subsequently repaired and purchased by Peter Cook in 2002.
Point Preparation then ran the car for the 2003 season, with Peter Cook claiming four podiums between British GT at Brands Hatch and Porsche Open at Oulton Park and two rounds at Spa. Whilst starting to become less competitive against the new 996 GT3 RSRs the car became more and more developed with Roock Racing bodywork and RS Tuning engine and management. A couple of further wins came in 2007 in GT90s and Britcar and the car was then finally retired by Point Preparation after the Dutch Supercar Challenge in 2008.
Ownership Provenance:
1. G-Force (UK) 1995
2. PK Sport (UK) 1999
3. Current (UK) 2002
The G-Force Racing / Blue Coral team was one of the great British privateer team success stories of the 1990s – ZTS393078 is now restored to its earlier GT2R spec and famous Blue Coral livery from those golden years of the British GT Championship.
A much admired and well-raced Porsche 993 GT2, ZTS393078 would be eligible and competitive once again in the Peter Auto Endurance Racing Legends Series, inc. Le Mans Classic, or Masters Endurance Legends, also HSR Daytona and Sebring.
Race History:
Chassis # WP0ZZZ99 ZTS393078
1995 Season
G-Force Racing
BPR
(#46 Morrison / Greasley –GT2)
Donington
4th
Silverstone
3rd
BRDC GT Championship
(#66 Morrison – GT2)
Donington
3rd
Donington 4hrs
9th
Silverstone I
4th
Silverstone II
4th
Oulton Park
6th
Snetterton I
4th
Snetterton II
1st
Silverstone 4 Hours
7th
Silverstone GT
6th / 1st GT
1996 Season
G-Force Racing
(#7 Morrison / Greasley)(#77 Barret / Hyett)
BPR
Paul Ricard
DNF
Jarama Rd
DNF
Silverstone 4hrs
DNF (Engine)
Brands Hatch 4hrs
DNF (Engine)
Silverstone GT
8th
1997 Season
G-Force Blue Coral Strandell
(#30 #50 #75 Barret / Gustavsson)
Privilege Insurance GT Championship
Silverstone
DNF
Oulton Park
5th
Brand Hatch
DNF
Donington
DNF (Oil pump)
1998 Season
G-Force Motorsport
(#35 Barret / Lockie)
Privilege Insurance GT Championship
Silverstone
14th
Donington
11th
Silverstone
7th
Spa
10th
Silverstone
DNF
1999 Season
PK Sport
(#88 Phillips / Youles /Lucas / Liddell)
Privilege Insurance British GT Championship
Silverstone
11th
Oulton Park
9th
Snetterton
6th
Brands Hatch
DNS (crash in practice)
2002 Bodyshell sold to Peter Cook
2003 Season
Point Preparation
BRDC British GT Championship
(#40 Cook)
Brands Hatch
3rd
Porsche Open Series
(#32 Cook)
Oulton Park
2nd
Spa
1st
Spa
2nd
2004 Season
Point Preparation
Porsche Open Series
(#56 Cook)
Brands Hatch
4th
2006 Season
Point Preparation
Britcar
( #18 Cook / Pelle)
Oulton Park
3rd
2007 Season
Point Preparation
GT90s Revival
(#35 Cook)
Silverstone
1st
Britcar
(#5 Cook / Pelle / Hogarth / Livesey)
Oulton Park
1st
24 Hour
DNF
2008 Season
Point Preparation
Dutch Supercar Challenge
(#17 Cook)
Photo credits:
Marcus/CMC Graphics
Nigel Barret
Paul Philips
