2004 Le Mans Endurance Series
Motorsport series
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| - |  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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | Tyre | No | Drivers | Rounds |
| LMP1 | ||||||
| Creation Autosportif |
DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | D | 3 | Nicolas Minassian |
All |
| Jamie Campbell-Walter | ||||||
| Taurus Sports |
Lola B2K/10 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | D | 4 | Christian Vann |
1 |
 Benjamin Leuenberger | ||||||
| Alex Müller | ||||||
| Caterpillar TDI 4.9 L Turbo V10 (Diesel) | 10 | Calum Lockie |
1, 3 | |||
| Phil Andrews | ||||||
| Richard Jones |
3 | |||||
 Team Goh |
Audi R8 | Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | M | 5 | Rinaldo Capello |
All |
| Seiji Ara | ||||||
 Tom Kristensen |
1 | |||||
| Rollcentre Racing |
Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | D | 6 | Martin Short |
All |
 João Barbosa | ||||||
| Rob Barff |
1 | |||||
| Patrick Pearce |
2–4 | |||||
| RML |
MG-Lola EX257 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 | D | 7 | Mike Newton |
All |
 Thomas Erdos | ||||||
| Miguel Ramos | ||||||
| Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx |
Audi R8 | Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | M | 8 | Allan McNish |
All |
| Pierre Kaffer | ||||||
| 88 | Johnny Herbert | |||||
| Jamie Davies | ||||||
| Advan Kondo Racing |
Dome S101 | Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 | Y | 9 | Hiroki Katoh |
1 |
| Ryo Michigami | ||||||
| Larbre Compétition |
Panoz GTP | Ford Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 | M | 11 | Olivier Dupard |
4 |
| Sébastien Dumez | ||||||
| Jean-Luc Blanchemain | ||||||
| Team Nasamax |
Nasamax DM139 (Reynard) | Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bio-ethanol) | D M |
14 |  Robbie Stirling |
1, 3–4 |
 Werner Lupberger | ||||||
| Romain Dumas |
3–4 | |||||
| Pescarolo Sport |
Pescarolo C60 | Judd GV5 5.0 L 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 6.0 L V8 | D | 20 | Justin Keen |
2–4 |
| John Nielsen |
2 | |||||
| Rob Barff |
3 | |||||
| Marc Goossens |
4 | |||||
| Zytek Engineering |
Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | M | 22 | Andy Wallace |
1 |
 David Brabham | ||||||
 Stefan Johansson | ||||||
| Robbie Kerr |
3 | |||||
 Chris Dyson | ||||||
| Spinnaker Clandesteam |
Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | M | 24 | Rocky Agusta |
1 |
 Felipe Ortiz | ||||||
| Beppe Gabbiani | ||||||
| Team Jota |
Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | D | 69 | John Stack |
All |
| Sam Hignett | ||||||
| Gianni Collini | ||||||
| LMP2 | ||||||
| Courage Compétition |
Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L 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 2.0 L Turbo I4 | M | 26 | Paul Belmondo |
All |
| Claude-Yves Gosselin | ||||||
| Marco Saviozzi |
1–3 | |||||
| Wim Eyckmans |
4 | |||||
| Tracsport |
Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 | D | 27 | John Ingram |
2–4 |
| John Gaw | ||||||
| Rick Pearson | ||||||
| Team Ranieri Randaccio |
Tampolli RTA99 | Ford Nicholson-McLaren XB 3.3 L V8 | G | 28 | Ranieri Randaccio |
1–3 |
| Leonardo Maddalena |
1–2 | |||||
| Fabio Mancini |
3 | |||||
| Équipe Palmyr |
Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6 | A D |
31 | Christophe Ricard |
2–4 |
| Philippe Favre | ||||||
| Grégory Fargier | ||||||
| Intersport Racing |
Lola B2K/40 | Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 | P | 32 | Clint Field |
1 |
| Jon Field | ||||||
| William Binnie | ||||||
| Lucchini Engineering |
Lucchini LMP2/04 | Judd KV675 3.4 L 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 3.4 L V8 | ? | 34 | Simon Pullan |
3 |
| Peter Owen | ||||||
| Ben Devlin | ||||||
| G-Force Racing |
Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L 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 ES9 3.4 L V6 | M | 36 | Jean-René de Fournoux |
2–4 |
| Jean-Bernard Bouvet | ||||||
| Sylvain Boulay |
4 | |||||
| Pierre Bruneau PiR Compétition |
Pilbeam MP91 | JPX (Mader) 3.4 L V6 | M | 99 | Pierre Bruneau |
All |
| Marc Rostan | ||||||
| GTS | ||||||
| A-Level Engineering |
Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo | Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 50 | Wolfgang Kaufmann |
2–3 |
| Eric van de Poele | ||||||
| MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 | P G |
51 | Maurizio Strada |
1–2 |
| Massimo Morini | ||||||
| "Base Up" | ||||||
| Graham Nash Motorsport |
Saleen S7-R | Ford Windsor 7.0 L 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 Windsor 7.0 L 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 EWB 8.0 L V10 | P | 60 | David Hallyday |
1–2 |
| Bruno Besson | ||||||
| Anthony Kumpen |
2 | |||||
 Barron Connor Racing |
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L 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 F133 A 6.0 L 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 Six 4.0 L 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 F131 3.6 L 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 M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 | D | 71 | Mike Jordan |
2–3 |
| Robin Liddell |
2 | |||||
| Johnny Mowlem |
3 | |||||
| Autorlando Sport |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche M96/79 3.6 L 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 M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 | Y | 77 | Haruki Kurosawa |
All |
| Kazuyuki Nishizawa | ||||||
| Manabu Orido |
1–2 | |||||
| Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L 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 M96/77 3.6 L 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 M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 | D | 81 | Patrick Long |
1 |
| Lars-Erik Nielsen | ||||||
| Thorkild Thyrring | ||||||
| Farnbacher Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 | D | 2–4 | ||
| Lars-Erik Nielsen | ||||||
| Mike Rockenfeller |
2 | |||||
| Patrick Long |
3–4 | |||||
| Denis Cohignac |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L 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 M96/77 3.6 L 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 M96/79 3.6 L 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 Six 4.0 L I6 | D | 89 | Christopher Stockton |
1 |
| Bob Berridge | ||||||
| Michael Caine | ||||||
| Jonny Kane |
3 | |||||
| Warren Hughes | ||||||
| T2M Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L 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 Six 4.0 L I6 | D | 91 | John Hartshorne |
All |
| Richard Stanton |
1–3 | |||||
| Graeme Mundy | ||||||
| Steve Hyde |
4 | |||||
| Adam Sharpe | ||||||
| Cirtek Motorsport |
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari F131 3.6 L 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 M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 | 93 | Adam Jones |
All | ||
| Sascha Maassen | ||||||
| IN2 Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 | D | 96 | Juan Barazi |
4 |
| Michael Vergers | ||||||
| Nick Dudfield | ||||||
| Auto Palace |
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari F131 3.6 L 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 | MNZ |
NÜR |
SIL |
SPA |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #88 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx |
Audi R8 | Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | #8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx |
Audi R8 | Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 28 |
| 3 | #5 | Team Goh |
Audi R8 | Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | #3 | Creation Autosportif |
DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | #7 | RML |
MG-Lola EX257 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 6= | #17 | Pescarolo Sport |
Pescarolo C60 | Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 9 | |
| 6= | #69 | Team Jota |
Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 8= | #6 | Rollcentre Racing |
Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 8 |
| 8= | #22 | Zytek Engineering |
Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | #14 | Team Nasamax |
Nasamax DM139 | Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bioethanol) | 8 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 11 | #11 | Larbre Compétition |
Panoz GTP | Ford Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 | 6 | 3 | |||
| NC | #20 | Lister Cars |
Lister Storm LMP | Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| NC | #10 | Taurus Sports |
Lola B2K/10 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| NC | #9 | Advan Kondo Racing |
Dome S101 | Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | #4 | Taurus Sports |
Lola B2K/10 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | #14 | Team Nasamax |
Nasamax DM139 (Reynard) | Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bioethanol) | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | #24 | Spinnaker Clandesteam |
Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | DNS | 0 |
LMP2 Standings
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | MNZ |
NÜR |
SIL |
SPA |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #13 | Courage Compétition |
Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | #99 | PiR Compétition |
Pilbeam MP91 | JPX 3.4 L V6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | #27 | Tracsport |
Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | #36 | Gerard Welter |
WR LMP2 | Peugeot ES9 3.4 L V6 | DSQ | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| 5 | #26 | Paul Belmondo Racing |
Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | #31 | Equipe Palmyr |
Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | |
| 7 | #35 | G-Force Racing |
Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 | 4 | NC | Ret | 5 | |
| 8 | #32 | Lucchini Engineering |
Lucchini LMP2/04 | Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 | 5 | 4 | |||
| NC | #28 | Team Ranieri Randaccio |
Tampolli RTA99 | Ford Nicholson-McLaren XB 3.3 L V8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| NC | #32 | Intersport Racing |
Lola B2K/40 | Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | #34 | K2 Race Engineering |
Pilbeam MP91 | Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | #33 | Renauer Motorsport |
Tampolli RTA99 | Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6 | DNS | 0 |
GTS Standings
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | MNZ |
NÜR |
SIL† |
SPA |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #86 | Larbre Compétition |
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | #61 | Barron Connor Racing |
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20.5 |
| 3 | #62 | Barron Connor Racing |
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | #52 | Graham Nash Motorsport |
Saleen S7-R | Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 | NC | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5= | #59 | Vitaphone Racing Konrad Motorsport |
Saleen S7-R | Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 |
| 5= | #87 | Larbre Compétition |
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12 | 2 | 8 | |||
| NC | #51 | MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| NC | #60 | Force One Racing |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| NC | #53 | Konrad Motorsport |
Saleen S7-R | Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 | Ret | 0 | |||
| NC | #50 | A-Level Engineering |
Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo | Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 | DNS | DNS | 0 |
† - Half points were awarded due to a lack of competitors.