2004 Le Mans Endurance Series
The 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series was the inaugural season of ACO's Le Mans Endurance Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT. It began on 9 May 2004 and ended on 13 November 2004 after 4 rounds.
This season was preceded by the 1000km of Le Mans held in 2003 as a development race for the creation of the LMES.
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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- | LMES Official Test | Paul Ricard HTTT | 10 April 11 April |
1 | 1000km of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 9 May |
2 | 1000km of Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 3 July[1][2] |
3 | 1000km of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | 13 August |
4 | 1000km of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 12 September |
Sources:[3][4] |
Entry list
Entry List | ||||||
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Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | Tyre | No | Drivers | Rounds |
LMP1 | ||||||
Creation Autosportif | DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | D | 3 | Nicolas Minassian | All |
Jamie Campbell-Walter | ||||||
Taurus Sports | Lola B2K/10 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | D | 4 | Christian Vann | 1 |
Benjamin Leuenberger | ||||||
Alex Müller | ||||||
Caterpillar 5.0L Turbo V10 (Diesel) | 10 | Calum Lockie | 1, 3 | |||
Phil Andrews | ||||||
Richard Jones | 3 | |||||
Team Goh | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | M | 5 | Rinaldo Capello | All |
Seiji Ara | ||||||
Tom Kristensen | 1 | |||||
Rollcentre Racing | Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | D | 6 | Martin Short | All |
João Barbosa | ||||||
Rob Barff | 1 | |||||
Patrick Pearce | 2–4 | |||||
RML | MG-Lola EX257 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | D | 7 | Mike Newton | All |
Thomas Erdos | ||||||
Miguel Ramos | ||||||
Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | M | 8 | Allan McNish | All |
Pierre Kaffer | ||||||
88 | Johnny Herbert | |||||
Jamie Davies | ||||||
Advan Kondo Racing | Dome S101 | Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 | Y | 9 | Hiroki Katoh | 1 |
Ryo Michigami | ||||||
Larbre Compétition | Panoz GTP | Ford Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | M | 11 | Olivier Dupard | 4 |
Sébastien Dumez | ||||||
Jean-Luc Blanchemain | ||||||
Team Nasamax | Nasamax (Reynard) DM139 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bio-ethanol) | D M |
14 | Robbie Stirling | 1, 3–4 |
Werner Lupberger | ||||||
Romain Dumas | 3–4 | |||||
Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo C60 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | M | 17 | Soheil Ayari | 1–2, 4 |
Emmanuel Collard | 1 | |||||
Éric Hélary | 2 | |||||
Jean-Marc Gounon | 4 | |||||
Lister Cars Lister Racing |
Lister Storm LMP | Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8 | D | 20 | Justin Keen | 2–4 |
John Nielsen | 2 | |||||
Rob Barff | 3 | |||||
Marc Goossens | 4 | |||||
Zytek Engineering | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | M | 22 | Andy Wallace | 1 |
David Brabham | ||||||
Stefan Johansson | ||||||
Robbie Kerr | 3 | |||||
Chris Dyson | ||||||
Spinnaker Clandesteam | Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | M | 24 | Rocky Agusta | 1 |
Felipe Ortiz | ||||||
Beppe Gabbiani | ||||||
Team Jota | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | D | 69 | John Stack | All |
Sam Hignett | ||||||
Gianni Collini | ||||||
LMP2 | ||||||
Courage Compétition | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | M | 13 | Alexander Frei | 2–4 |
Sam Hancock | ||||||
Jean-Marc Gounon | 2–3 | |||||
Jonathan Cochet | 4 | |||||
Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | M | 26 | Paul Belmondo | All |
Claude-Yves Gosselin | ||||||
Marco Saviozzi | 1–3 | |||||
Wim Eyckmans | 4 | |||||
Tracsport | Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | D | 27 | John Ingram | 2–4 |
John Gaw | ||||||
Rick Pearson | ||||||
Team Ranieri Randaccio | Tampolli RTA99 | Ford Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8 | G | 28 | Ranieri Randaccio | 1–3 |
Leonardo Maddalena | 1–2 | |||||
Fabio Mancini | 3 | |||||
Équipe Palmyr | Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | A D |
31 | Christophe Ricard | 2–4 |
Philippe Favre | ||||||
Grégory Fargier | ||||||
Intersport Racing | Lola B2K/40 | Judd KV675 3.4L V8 | P | 32 | Clint Field | 1 |
Jon Field | ||||||
William Binnie | ||||||
Lucchini Engineering | Lucchini LMP2/04 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | P | Piergiuseppe Peroni | 4 | |
Mirko Savoldi | ||||||
Filippo Francioni | ||||||
Renauer Motorsport | Tampolli RTA99 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | D | 33 | Manfred Jurasz | 2 |
Hannes Gsell | ||||||
Petr Válek | ||||||
K2 Race Engineering | Pilbeam MP91 | Judd KV675 3.4L V8 | ? | 34 | Simon Pullan | 3 |
Peter Owen | ||||||
Ben Devlin | ||||||
G-Force Racing | Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | D | 35 | Franck Hahn | 2–4 |
Jean-François Leroch | 2–3 | |||||
Philippe Haezebrouck | 2, 4 | |||||
Tim Greaves | 3 | |||||
Sylvie Delcour | 4 | |||||
Gerard Welter Welter Racing |
WR LMP2 | Peugeot 3.4L V6 | M | 36 | Jean-René de Fournoux | 2–4 |
Jean-Bernard Bouvet | ||||||
Sylvain Boulay | 4 | |||||
Pierre Bruneau PiR Compétition |
Pilbeam MP91 | JPX (Mader) 3.4L V6 | M | 99 | Pierre Bruneau | All |
Marc Rostan | ||||||
GTS | ||||||
A-Level Engineering | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 50 | Wolfgang Kaufmann | 2–3 |
Eric van de Poele | ||||||
MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | P G |
51 | Maurizio Strada | 1–2 |
Massimo Morini | ||||||
"Base Up" | ||||||
Graham Nash Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | Ford 6.9L V8 | D | 52 | Gian Maria Gabbiani | 1–2 |
Ettore Bonaldi | 1 | |||||
Michel Orts | ||||||
Phillip Bennett | 2–4 | |||||
David Leslie | 3–4 | |||||
Paul Whight | ||||||
Konrad Motorsport Vitaphone Racing |
Saleen S7-R | Ford 6.9L V8 | P | 53 | Klaus Abbelen | 2 |
Maciej Stanco | ||||||
Paul Knapfield | ||||||
59 | Uwe Alzen | All | ||||
Michael Bartels | ||||||
Franz Konrad | ||||||
Force One Racing | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | P | 60 | David Hallyday | 1–2 |
Bruno Besson | ||||||
Anthony Kumpen | 2 | |||||
Barron Connor Racing | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | P | 61 | Thomas Biagi | All |
Danny Sullivan | ||||||
John Bosch | ||||||
62 | Mike Hezemans | All | ||||
Jean-Denis Délétraz | ||||||
Ange Barde | 1 | |||||
Andrea Piccini | 3 | |||||
Larbre Compétition | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | M | 86 | Christophe Bouchut | All |
Pedro Lamy | ||||||
Steve Zacchia | ||||||
87 | Tomáš Enge | 4 | ||||
Robert Pergl | ||||||
Patrice Goueslard | ||||||
GT | ||||||
RSR Racing | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 | D | 40 | Michael Caine | 4 |
Nigel Greensall | ||||||
Jonathan Coleman | ||||||
41 | Jonny Kane | |||||
Warren Hughes | ||||||
Lawrence Tomlinson | ||||||
74 | 3 | |||||
Nigel Greensall | ||||||
JMB Racing | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | D | 70 | Roman Rusinov | All |
Stéphane Daoudi | 1–3 | |||||
Jaime Melo | 1, 4 | |||||
Bert Longin | 4 | |||||
JWR Mike Jordan JWR |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 71 | Mike Jordan | 2–3 |
Robin Liddell | 2 | |||||
Johnny Mowlem | 3 | |||||
Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | P | 75 | Liz Halliday | 4 |
Piers Masarati | ||||||
76 | Franco Groppi | 1 | ||||
Giampaolo Tenchini | ||||||
Joël Camathias | ||||||
Jim Michaelian | 4 | |||||
Mauro Casadei | ||||||
François Labhardt | ||||||
Choro-Q Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Y | 77 | Haruki Kurosawa | All |
Kazuyuki Nishizawa | ||||||
Manabu Orido | 1–2 | |||||
Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 79 | Ian Khan | 1–2, 4 |
Nigel Smith | 1 | |||||
Peter Kox | ||||||
Michel Heydens | 2, 4 | |||||
Tim Sugden | 4 | |||||
Sebah Automotive | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 80 | Piers Masarati | 1, 3 |
Bart Hayden | 1 | |||||
Xavier Pompidou | 2–3 | |||||
Marino Franchitti | 2 | |||||
Marc Lieb | 4 | |||||
The Racer's Group | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 81 | Patrick Long | 1 |
Lars-Erik Nielsen | ||||||
Thorkild Thyrring | ||||||
Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 2–4 | ||
Lars-Erik Nielsen | ||||||
Mike Rockenfeller | 2 | |||||
Patrick Long | 3–4 | |||||
Denis Cohignac | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 82 | Sylvain Noël | 1–2 |
Denis Cohignac | 1 | |||||
Daniel Desbrueres | ||||||
Thierry Stépec | 2 | |||||
André-Alain Corbel | ||||||
Seikel Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Y | 83 | Luca Riccitelli | 1 |
Alex Caffi | ||||||
Gabrio Rosa | ||||||
84 | Philip Collin | All | ||||
Tony Burgess | 1, 3–4 | |||||
Gaël Lesoudier | 2–3 | |||||
Arno Klasen | 2 | |||||
Graeme Mundy | 4 | |||||
Freisinger Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 85 | Stéphane Ortelli | All |
Romain Dumas | 1 | |||||
Emmanuel Collard | 2–4 | |||||
Alexey Vasilyev | 2 | |||||
Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 | D | 89 | Christopher Stockton | 1 |
Bob Berridge | ||||||
Michael Caine | ||||||
Jonny Kane | 3 | |||||
Warren Hughes | ||||||
T2M Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Y | 90 | Vanina Ickx | 1–2, 4 |
Wolfgang Kaufmann | 1 | |||||
Keiko Ihara | ||||||
Thierry Rabineau | 2, 4 | |||||
Paul Daniels | 2 | |||||
Robin Liddell | 3 | |||||
Gilles Vannelet | ||||||
Yukihiro Hane | ||||||
Christophe Tinseau | 4 | |||||
Racesport Salisbury | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 | D | 91 | John Hartshorne | All |
Richard Stanton | 1–3 | |||||
Graeme Mundy | ||||||
Steve Hyde | 4 | |||||
Adam Sharpe | ||||||
Cirtek Motorsport | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | D | 92 | Rob Wilson | All |
Frank Mountain | 1–3 | |||||
Hans Hugenholtz | 1 | |||||
Karim Ojjeh | 2 | |||||
Rory Passey | 3 | |||||
Andrew Kirkaldy | 4 | |||||
Maurizio Fabris | ||||||
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 93 | Adam Jones | All | ||
Sascha Maassen | ||||||
IN2 Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 96 | Juan Barazi | 4 |
Michael Vergers | ||||||
Nick Dudfield | ||||||
Auto Palace | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | P | 97 | Steeve Hiesse | 1–3 |
Giovanni Lavaggi | ||||||
Giampaolo Ermolli | 1 |
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
Teams Championships
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship.[6] Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.
LMP1 Standings
Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
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1 | #88 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
2 | #8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |
3 | #5 | Team Goh | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
4 | #3 | Creation Autosportif | DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
5 | #7 | RML | MG-Lola EX257 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
6= | #17 | Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo C60 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
6= | #69 | Team Jota | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
8= | #6 | Rollcentre Racing | Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
8= | #22 | Zytek Engineering | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
10 | #14 | Team Nasamax | Nasamax DM139 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bioethanol) | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
11 | #11 | Larbre Compétition | Panoz GTP | Ford (Élan) 6L8 6.0L V8 | 3 | 3 |
LMP2 Standings
Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | #13 | Courage Compétition | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
2 | #99 | PiR Compétition | Pilbeam MP91 | JPX 3.4L V6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
3 | #27 | Tracsport | Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
4 | #36 | Gerard Welter | WR LMP2 | Peugeot 3.4L V6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||
5 | #26 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | 8 | 8 | |||
6 | #31 | Equipe Palmyr | Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 6 | 6 | |||
7 | #35 | G-Force Racing | Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 5 | 5 | |||
8 | #32 | Lucchini Engineering | Lucchini LMP2 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 4 | 4 |
GTS Standings
Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3† | Rnd 4 | Total |
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1 | #86 | Larbre Compétition | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 |
2 | #61 | Barron Connor Racing | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 20.5 |
3 | #62 | Barron Connor Racing | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
4 | #52 | Graham Nash Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
5= | #59 | Vitaphone Racing Konrad Motorsport |
Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 8 | 8 | |||
5= | #87 | Larbre Compétition | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 8 | 8 |
† - Half points were awarded due to a lack of competitors.
GT Standings
Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
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1 | #80 | Sebah Automotive Ltd. | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
2 | #70 | JMB Racing | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
3 | #85 | Freisinger Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 24 | |
4 | #93 | Cirtek Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21 | |
5 | #77 | Choro Q Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
6 | #84 | Seikel Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
7 | #81 | Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
8 | #81 | The Racer's Group | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 5 | 5 | |||
9= | #92 | Cirtek Motorsport | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
9= | #97 | Auto Palace | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 4 | 4 | |||
11= | #91 | Racesport Salisbury | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR 4.0L I6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
11= | #89 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR 4.0L I6 | 3 | 3 | |||
11= | #90 | T2M Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 3 | 3 | |||
14 | #75 | Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 2 |
References
- ^ "2004 Eifelrennen". MotorSport Magazine Database. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Final LMES Dates". DailySportsCar. 14 December 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - 2004: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.