Images from 1000 km Spa LMES 2004

1000 km Spa
Le Mans Endurance Series Rd.4
10. - 12. Sept. 2004


Distance: 1000 Kilometer


Track Map; one Lap = 6.976 km


Event Poster


Entry Ticket

LMP 1

3 Creation Autosportif - DBA 03S - Zytek ZG348 V8/90° 4v 4xDOHC 3396 cc
1 2
1-Jamie Campbell-Walter, 2-Nicolas Minassian

5 Team Goh - Audi R8 - Audi V8/90° 4v DOHC 3596 cc 2xGarrett
1 2
1-Seiji Ara, 2-Rinaldo Capello

6 Rollcentre Racing - Dallara LMP - Judd 4000 cc
1 2 3
1-Joao Barbosa, 2-Patrick Pearce, 3-Martin Short

7 RML - MG EX257 - MG XP-20/AER L4 4v DOHC 1995 cc 1xGarrett
1 2 3
1-Thomas Erdos, 2-Mike Newton, 3-Miguel Ramos

8 Audi Sport UK / Veloqx - Audi R8 - Audi V8/90° 4v DOHC 3596 cc 2xGarrett
1 2 3
1 & 2-Pierre Kaffer, 3-Allan McNish

11 Larbre - Panoz GTP - Elan 6000 cc
1 2 3
1-Jean-Luc Blanchemain, 2-Sébastien Dumez, 3-Olivier Dupard

14 Team Nasamax - Nasamax DM139 - Judd GV5 V10/72° 4v 4997 cc
1 2 3
1-Romain Dumas, 2-Werner Lupberger, 3-Robbie Stirling

17 Pescarolo - Pescarolo C60 - Judd GV5 V10/72° 4v 4997 cc
1 2
1-Soheil Ayari, 2-Jean-Marc Gounon

20 Lister Racing - Lister Storm LMP - Chevrolet LS1/Lister V8/90° 2v OHV 5993 cc
1 2
1-Marc Goossens, 2-Justin Keen

69 Team Jota - Zytek 04S - Zytek ZG348 V8/90° 4v DOHC 3396 cc
1 2 3
1-Gianni Collini, 2-Sam Hignett, 3-John Stack

88 Audi Sport UK / Veloqx - Audi R8 - Audi V8/90° 4v DOHC 3596 cc 2xGarrett
1 2
1-Jamie Davis, 2-Johnny Herbert

All photos taken by myself

LMP 2

13 Courage Compétition -Courage C65 - AER MG XP-20 L4 4v DOHC 1995 cc 1xGarrett
1 2 3
1-Jonathan Cochet, 2-Alexander Frei, 3-Sam Hancock

26 Paul Belmondo Racing -Courage C65 - AER MG XP-20 L4 4v DOHC 1995 cc 1xGarrett
1 2 3
1-Paul Belmondo, 2-Wim Eyckmans, 3-Claude-Yves Gosselin

27 Tracsport - Lola B2K/40 - AER Nissan V6 3000 cc
1 2 3
1-John Gaw, 2-John Ingram, 3-Rick Pearson

31 Palmyr - Lucchini SR2000 - Alfa Romeo V6 3400 cc
1 2 3
1 - 3 No Idea who is who, Grégory Fargier, Christophe Ricard & Philippe Favre

32 Lucchini Engineering - Lucchini LMP2-04 - Judd XV675 V8/90° 4v DOHC 3397 cc N/A
1 2 3
1-Filippo Francioni, 2-Piergiuseppe Peroni, 3-Mirko Savoldi

35 G Force Racing - Pilbeam MP84 -  Nissan 3000 cc
1 2 3
1-Sylvie Delcour, 2-Franck Hahn, 3-Philippe Haezebrouck

36 Welter Racing - WR LMP2 - WR Peugeot PR ES9 V6/60° 4v DOHC 3367 cc
1 2 3
1-Sylvain Boulay, 2-Bernard Bouvet, 3-Jean-René de Fournoux

99 TT Bruneau - Pilbeam MP91 - JPX V6/120° 4v DOHC 3397 cc
1 2
1-Pierre Bruneau, 2-Marc Rostan

all photos taken by myself

GTS

52 Graham Nash Motorsport - Saleen S7-R - Ford V8/90° 2v OHV 6886 cc
1 2 3
1-Paul Whight, 2-Phil Bennett, 3-David Leslie

53 Vitaphone Racing - Saleen S7-R - Ford V8/90° 2v OHV 6886 cc
1 2 3
1-Uwe Alzen, 2-Michael Bartels, 3-Franz Konrad

61 Barron Connor Racing - Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC - Ferrari V12/65° 5v DOHC 5998 cc
1 2 3
1-Thomas Biagi, 2-John Bosch, 3-Danny Sullivan

62 Barron Connor Racing - Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC - Ferrari V12/65° 5v DOHC 5998 cc
1 2
1-Jean-Denis Deletraz, 2-Mike Hezemans

86 Larbre - Ferrari 550 Maranello - Ferrari V12/65° 4v DOHC 5853 cc
1 2 3
1-Christophe Bouchut, 2-Pedro Lamy, 3-Steve Zacchia

87 Larbre - Ferrari 550 Maranello - Ferrari V12/65° 4v DOHC 5853 cc
1 2 3
1-Tomas Enge, 2-Patrice Goueslard, 3-Robert Pergl

all photos taken by myself

GT

40 RSR Racing - TVR Tuscan T400R - TVR Engines Speed Six L6 4v DOHC 3996 cc
1 2 3
1-Nigel Greensall, 2-Jonathan Coleman, 3-Michael Caine

41 RSR Racing - TVR Tuscan T400R - TVR Engines Speed Six L6 4v DOHC 3996 cc
1 2 3
1-Johnny Kane, 2-Warren Hughes, 3-Lawrence Tomlinson

70 JMB Racing - Ferrari 360 Modena GT - Ferrari F131B V8/90° 5v DOHC 3586 cc
1 2 3
1-Romain Rusinov, 2-Jamie Melo, 3-Bert Longin

75 Autorlando Sport - Porsche 996 GT3-RS - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2
1-Liz Halliday, 2-Piers Masarati

76 Autorlando Sport - Porsche 996 GT3-RS - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2 3
1-Mauro Casadei, 2-François Labhardt, 3-Jim Michaelian

77 Choro Q Racing Team - Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2
1-Haruki Kurosawa, 2-Kazuyuki Nishizawa

79 Perspective Racing Thierry Perrier - Porsche 996 GT3-R - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2 3
1-Ian Khan, 2-Michel Heydens, 3-Tim Sugden

80 Sebah Automotive Ltd. - Porsche 996 GT3-R - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2
1-Marc Lieb, 2-Xavier Pompidou

81 Farnbacher Racing - Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2 3
1-Patrick Long, 2-Lars-Erik Nielsen, 3-Thorkild Thyrring

84 Seikel Motorsport - Porsche 996 GT3-RS - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2 3
1-Philip Collin, 2-Graeme Mundy, 3-Tony Burgess

85 Freisinger Motorsport - Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2
1-Emmanuel Collard, 2-Stéphane Ortelli

90 T2M Motorsport - Porsche 996 GT3-RS - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2 3
1-Thierry Rabineau, 2-Christophe Tinseau, 3-Vanina Ickx

91 Race Sport Salisbury - TVR Tuscan T400R - TVR Engines Speed Six L6 4v DOHC 3996 cc
1 2 3
1-Steve Hyde, 2-Adam Sharpe, 3-John Hartshorne

92 Cirtek Motorsport - Ferrari 360 Modena GTC - Ferrari F131B V8/90° 5v DOHC 3586 cc
1 2 3
1-Maurizio Fabris, 2-Andrew Kirkaldy, 3-Rob Wilson

93 Cirtek Motorsport - Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2
1-Adam Jones, 2-Sascha Maassen

96 IN2 Racing - Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Porsche F6 4v DOHC 3598 cc
1 2
1-Juan Barazi, 2-Michael Verges

all photos taken by myself

Starting Grid

Pos Num Class Drivers Team Car Time Gap To 1st
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1. 3 LM P1 Minassian, Campbell Walter Creation Autosportif DBA Zytek 2:05.964
2. 8 LM P1 Kaffer, McNish Audi Sport UK Veloqx Audi R8 2:06.002 0.038 0.038
3. 88 LM P1 Davies, Herbert Audi Sport UK Veloqx Audi R8 2:06.139 0.137 0.175
4. 5 LM P1 Ara, Capello Team Goh Audi R8 2:06.881 0.742 0.917
5. 7 LM P1 Erdos, Ramos, Newton RML MG Lola Lola MG 2:07.351 0.470 1.387
6. 6 LM P1 Short, Barbosa, Pierce Rollcentre Racing Dallara Judd 2:07.781 0.430 1.817
7. 17 LM P1 Ayari, Gounon Pescarolo Courage C60 Judd 2:07.906 0.125 1.942
8. 69 LM P1 Stack, Hignett, Collini Team JOTA Zytek O4S 2:09.080 1.174 3.116
9. 14 LM P1 Stirling, Lupberger, Dumas NASAMAX Nasamax MG 2:09.942 0.862 3.978
10. 20 LM P1 Keen, Goossens Lister Lister Storm 2:10.011 0.069 4.047
11. 13 LM P2 Frei, Hancock, Hezemans Courage Competition Courage C65 AER 2:11.756 1.745 5.792
12. 26 LM P2 Belmondo, Gosselin, Eyckmans Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 AER 2:14.012 2.256 8.048
13. 32 LM P2 Field, Binnie, Dayton Intersport Racing Lola Judd 2:15.145 1.133 9.181
14. 11 LM P1 Dumez, Dupard, Blanchemain Larbre Competition Panoz LMP1 2:17.922 2.777 11.958
15. 59 LM GTS Bartels, Alzen, Konrad Vitaphone Racing Saleen S7R 2:18.221 0.299 12.257
16. 86 LM GTS Lamy, Bouchut, Zacchia Larbre Ferrari 550 2:19.301 1.080 13.337
17. 31 LM P2 Ricard, Favre, Fargier Palmyr Lucchini Nissan 2:19.897 0.596 13.933
18. 61 LM GTS Biaggi, Sullivan, Bosh Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 GTC 2:21.198 1.301 15.234
19. 52 LM GTS Gabbiani, Benett Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7R 2:22.417 1.219 16.453
20. 35 LM P2 Delcour, Haesebrouck, Hahn G Force Racing Pilbeam Nissan 2:23.386 0.969 17.422
21. 27 LM P2 Ingram, Gaw, Pearson Tracsport Lola AER 2:24.222 0.836 18.258
22. 87 LM GTS Enge, Pergl, Boueslard Larbre Ferrari 550 2:24.511 0.289 18.547
23. 85 LM GT Ortelli, Collard Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 2:25.264 0.753 19.300
24. 92 LM GT Fabris, Wilson, Kirkaldy Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena G 2:25.676 0.412 19.712
25. 80 LM GT Pompidou, Lieb Sebah Automotive Ltd Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:26.682 1.006 20.718
26. 41 LM GT Kane, Hughes, Tomlinson RSR Racing TVR Tuscan 400R 2:26.707 0.025 20.743
27. 70 LM GT Rusinov, Longin JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena 2:27.173 0.466 21.209
28. 93 LM GT Jones, Maassen Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:27.188 0.015 21.224
29. 99 LM P2 Rostan, Bruneau Bruneau Pilbeam JPX 2:27.414 0.226 21.450
30. 81 LM GT Thyrring, Nielsen, Long The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:27.537 0.123 21.573
31. 36 LM P2 Boulay, Fournoux, Bouvet Welter Racing WR V6 2:27.729 0.192 21.765
32. 77 LM GT Kurosowa, Nishizawa Choro Q Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:28.314 0.585 22.350
33. 84 LM GT Burgess, Collin, Mundy Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:29.517 1.203 23.553
34. 90 LM GT Ickx, Rabineau, Tinseau T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:30.143 0.626 24.179
35. 40 LM GT Caine, Greensall, Coleman RSR Racing TVR Tuscan 400R 2:30.214 0.071 24.250
36. 79 LM GT Khan, Heydens, Budgen Perspective Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:30.348 0.134 24.384
37. 96 LM GT Barazi, Vergers, Dudfield In2Racing Porsche 911 GT 2:31.691 1.343 25.727
38. 75 LM GT Halliday, Mabarati Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2:31.890 0.199 25.926
39. 62 LM GTS Hezemans, Deletraz Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 GTC 2:33.495 1.605 27.026
40. 76 LM GT Labhardt, Michelian, Casadei Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2:34.891 1.396 28.927
41. 91 LM GT Hartshorne, Hyde, Sharpe Race Sports Salisbury TVR Tuscan 400R 2:35.07

Start


all photos taken by myself

Result

Spa 1000 Km
Race - Final

Pos No Cl Drivers Nat Veh Time Laps Gap Km/H Best Km/H
1 88 LM1 DAVIES J/HERBERT J GB/GB Audi R8 5:58:55.262 144 167,205 2:06.626 197,476
2 5 LM1 CAPELLO R/ARA S I/JP Audi R8 5:58:56.416 143 1 T 166,035 2:06.787 197,225
3 3 LM1 MINASSIAN N/CAMPBELLWALTER J F/UK DBA 03S Zytek 6:00:12.856 139 5 T 160,820 2:06.774 197,245
4 13 LM2 FREI A/HANCOCK S/COCHET J CH/GB/F Courage C65 AER 6:01:05.717 137 7 T 158,119 2:13.433 187,402
5 69 LM1 STACK J/HIGNETT S/COLLINI G GB/GB/I Zytek 04S 5:59:17.162 136 8 T 157,756 2:07.666 195,867
6 7 LM1 ERDOS T/NEWTON M/RAMOS M BR/GB/PT MG Lola-AER 5:59:56.936 136 0:39.774 157,465 2:10.198 192,058
7 86 GTS BOUCHUT C/LAMY P/ZACCHIA S F/P/CH Ferrari 550 Mar. 6:00:17.334 132 12 T 152,689 2:20.091 178,495
8 26 LM2 BELMONDO P/GOSSELIN CY/EYCKMANS W F/F/B Courage C65 AER 5:59:11.793 129 15 T 149,673 2:14.595 185,784
9 85 GT ORTELLI S/COLLARD E MC/F Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 5:59:40.662 129 0:28.869 149,473 2:27.895 169,077
10 87 GTS ENGE T/PERGL R/GOUESLARD P CZE/CZE/F Ferrari 550 Mar. 6:00:17.308 129 1:05.515 149,219 2:19.700 178,995
11 36 LM2 de FOURNOUX JR/BOUVET JB/BOULAY S F/F/F WR V6 6:00:48.057 129 1:36.264 149,007 2:22.192 175,858
12 62 GTS DELETRAZ J-D/HEZEMANS M F/NL Ferrari 575 GTC 5:59:18.926 128 16 T 148,464 2:21.763 176,390
13 93 GT JONES A/MAASSEN S GB/D Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 6:00:17.572 127 17 T 146,904 2:28.361 168,546
14 11 LM1 DUMEZ S/DUPARD O/BLANCHEMAIN JL F/F/F Panoz 6:00:29.851 127 0:12.279 146,821 2:17.213 182,239
15 80 GT POMPIDOU X/LIEB M F/D Porsche 996 GT3 RS 5:59:16.371 126 18 T 146,161 2:27.246 169,822
16 81 GT THYRRING T/NIELSEN LE/LONG P DK/DK/US Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 5:59:17.442 126 0:01.071 146,154 2:27.975 168,985
17 27 LM2 INGRAM J/GAW J/PEARSON R GB/SCO/GB Lola AER 6:01:34.776 126 2:18.405 145,229 2:23.777 173,919
18 32 LM2 PERONI P/SAVOLDI M/FRANCIONI F I/I/I Lucchini Judd 5:59:06.168 125 19 T 145,070 2:15.636 184,358
19 70 GT RUSINOV R/MELO J/LONGIN B RUS/B Ferrari 360 Modena 5:59:37.840 125 0:31.672 144,857 2:27.309 169,749
20 61 GTS BOSCH J/SULLIVAN D/BIAGI T NL/USA/I Ferrari 575 GTC 6:00:18.372 125 1:12.204 144,585 2:21.515 176,699
21 52 GTS BENNET P/WHIGHT P/LESLIE D GB/GB/GB Saleen S7R 6:00:01.706 123 21 T 142,382 2:22.137 175,926
22 90 GT ICKX V/RABINEAU T/TINSEAU C B/F/F Porsche 996 GT3 RS 6:01:02.267 123 1:00.561 141,984 2:31.586 164,960
23 75 GT HALLIDAY L/MASARATI P USA/GB Porsche 996 GT3 RS 6:01:22.386 123 1:20.680 141,852 2:31.048 165,547
24 84 GT BURGESS A/COLLIN P/MUNDY G CA/USA/GB Porsche 996 GT3 RS 5:59:37.470 122 22 T 141,383 2:30.792 165,828
25 96 GT BARAZI J/VERGERS M/DUDFIELD N DK/NL/GB Porsche 911 GT 5:59:20.811 121 23 T 140,332 2:30.944 165,661
26 99 LM2 ROSTAN M/BRUNEAU P F/F Pilbeam JPX 5:59:28.847 121 0:08.036 140,280 2:22.353 175,659
27 76 GT LABHARDT F/MICHAELIAN J/CASADEI M CH/USA/I Porsche 996 GT3 RS 5:59:35.303 120 24 T 139,079 2:35.540 160,766
28 92 GT FABRIS M/WILSON R/KIRKALDY A I/NZ/GB Ferrari 360 Modena 6:00:12.247 111 33 T 128,428 2:28.338 168,572
29 91 GT HARTSHORNE J/HYDE S/SHARPE A GB/GB/GB TVR Tuscan T400R 5:33:22.112 105 39 T 131,266 2:33.183 163,240
30 31 LM2 RICARD C/FAVRE P/FARGIER G F/F/F Lucchini Alfa 5:30:54.554 63 81 T 079,345 2:21.375 176,874
59 GTS ALZEN U/BARTELS M/KONRAD F D/D/A Saleen S7R 3:35:21.379 73 71 T 2:20.520 177,950
35 LM2 DELCOUR S/HAEZEBROUCK P/HAHN F B/F/B Pilbeam Nissan 3:31:20.985 70 74 T 2:25.719 171,602
14 LM1 LUPBERGER W/STIRLING R/DUMAS R ZA/CA/F Nasamax Judd 3:08:07.068 68 76 T 2:10.699 191,322
79 GT KHAN I/HEYDENS M/SUDGEN T MC/B/GB Porsche 993 GT3 RS 2:43:00.562 53 91 T 2:31.086 165,506
6 LM1 SHORT M/BARBOSA J/PEARCE P GB/P/GB Dallara Judd 2:09:59.336 49 95 T 2:08.163 195,108
77 GT KUROSAWA H/NISHIZAWA K J/J Porsche 996 GT3 RS 1:51:13.259 38 106 T 2:30.940 165,666
8 LM1 KAFFER P/McNISH A D/SCO Audi R8 0:56:23.049 23 121 T 2:07.154 196,656
41 GT KANE J/HUGHES W/TOMLINSON L GB/GB/GB TVR Tuscan T400R 0:53:19.704 19 125 T 2:28.422 168,476
20 LM1 KEEN J/GOOSSENS M GB/B Lister Storm 0:43:25.640 16 128 T 2:10.947 190,960
40 GT CAINE M/GREENSALL N/COLEMAN J GB/GB/GB TVR Tuscan T400R 0:53:28.762 10 134 T 2:30.585 166,056
17 LM1 AYARI S/GOUNON J-M F/F Pescarolo Judd 0:19:45.802 9 135 T 2:09.260 193,452

88 LM1 DAVIES J/HERBERT J GB/GB Audi R8 104 2:06.626 197,476

Driver & Visitors

1 2 3 4 5
1-Henry Pescarolo, 2-Nelson Piquet, 3-Jonathan Palmer, 4-Kevin McGarrity, 5-Silvie Delcour

1 2 3 4 5
1-Giovanni Lavaggi, 2-Johnny Herbert, 3-Pedro Lamy, 4-Tomas Enge, 5-Christophe Bouchut

all photos taken by myself

Grid Girls


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Ambience





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