The 100th race in the history of the FIA GT Championship, at the challenging and spectacular circuit of Dijon-Prenois, saw the Vitaphone Maserati of Thomas Biagi and Jamie Davies claim victory in GT1 ahead of the Race Alliance and Phoenix Aston Martin DBR9 cars, while AF Corse’s Matteo Bobbi and Jaime Melo were victorious in GT2, leading an all-Ferrari trio of Scuderia Ecosse’s Mullen and Niarchos and the second AF Corse car of Salo and Aguas. 

This thrilling race, in front of 16,000 delighted spectators, was the crowning glory in a weekend packed full of action, from the 100-race exhibition, starring the BMW Motorsport McLaren F1 GTR, through the VIP race experience laps for the public, the pit-stop challenge, a busy pit-stop and excellent on-track action in two frantic rounds of the FIA GT3 European Championship, excellent single-seater competition from the Formula Palmer Audi cars and a look into the past with the FIA Historic Racing Championships. A fantastic weekend, much appreciated by everyone, and a fitting way to celebrate one hundred FIA GT races.

Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini with fifth overall in the #1 Maserati MC12, one place up on their 6th slot on the starting grid. The winning duo of Davies and Biagi in the #2 MC12 had started from second.

The circuit of Dijon-Prenois has been at the centre of many events which have gone down in the history of motorsport, such as the first Formula One victory for Renault in 1979 - eclipsed by the unforgettable battle for second between Arnoux and Villeneuve - while Alain Prost claimed his first victory at the track in 1981. The project was launched in 1968 by François Chambelland; the track was opened on May 26th 1972, with the first event, a round of the European Prototype Championship, being held on June 4th of that year.
 

Between 1974 and 1984, it hosted rounds of the French Formula One Grand Prix, as well as the Swiss Formula One Grand Prix.  Race winners included Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni, Mario Andretti, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Alain Prost, Keke Rosberg and Niki Lauda.

The circuit continued to hold rounds of the Formula 3000 Championship and the World Sports Prototype Championship. In the 1990’s, it hosted the European Truck Championship. In 1998, the FIA GT Championship, then in its second year, raced at the track.  Victory went to the AMG Mercedes CLK of Ricardo Zonta and Klaus Ludwig, after Mark Webber spun and hit the barriers 22 laps from the end.  Second place went to the Porsche AG car of Allan McNish and Yannick Dalmas, with the Panoz of Eric Bernard and David Brabham third.  In the GT2 category,  Olivier Beretta and Pedro Lamy won the GT2 class in the Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper, ahead of Donohue and Wendlinger,  with the Sonauto Levallois Porsche of Lafon and Jarier third.

As well as continuing to host the FIA European Truck Championships, the circuit has become renowned as a centre for historic racing, for two-wheels and four, with F1 Historic events, the Historic Grand Prix of Burgundy, the Moto Légende Cups and the Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or. An ultra-modern karting complex was built in 2001, and the circuit has seen many renovations, while continuing to host national series such as the FFSA Super Série.