
Porsche 911 GT1 #30 Wallinder / Greasley / Lister FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- UT Models
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 39723
- Year
- 1997
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Porsche 911 GT1 #30 Wallinder / Greasley / Lister FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18
TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast reproduces the Porsche 911 GT1 #30, a customer entry from the 1997 FIA GT Championship driven by Wallinder, Greasley, and Lister. Diecast construction covers the GT1's flared homologation bodywork in privateer colors, distinct from Porsche's own factory racing identity.
Behind every factory GT1 effort sat a supporting field of customer teams, and this car represents that private side of Porsche's mid-1990s GT1 program.
A Privateer Livery on Shared GT1 Underpinnings
This #30 car shares its underlying carbon-fiber tub and turbocharged flat-six with the factory-run GT1 entries, but the customer livery gives UT Models' diecast a different sponsor graphic layout to reproduce than the works cars carry, and the tampo printing holds that registration cleanly across the same flared fender and rear wing tooling. The metal diecast construction and opening panels remain consistent with the brand's other GT1 releases from this vintage, giving this customer car the same heft and mechanical detail as its factory-liveried siblings, just wrapped in a different identity.
The Customer Side of Porsche's GT1 Grid
Customer teams running the 911 GT1 filled out FIA GT Championship grids alongside the factory effort, giving privateer drivers access to genuine top-tier machinery even without direct works support. Collecting both a factory car and a customer entry like this one tells the fuller story of Porsche's GT1 era, showing how the same homologation design served both a manufacturer's competitive ambitions and its paying customers within a single racing season.















