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
- 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 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 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 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 5.9 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 M96/79 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 M96/79 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 M96/79 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 M96/79 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 M96/79 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.

Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team GTS Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers GTS Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Monza #88 Audi Sport UK Veloqx #99 PiR Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #85 Freisinger Motorsport Results
Johnny Herbert
Jamie Davies
Marc Rostan
Pierre Bruneau
Christophe Bouchut
Pedro Lamy
Steve Zacchia
Stéphane Ortelli
Romain Dumas
2 Nürburgring #8 Audi Sport UK Veloqx #13 Courage Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #93 Cirtek Motorsport Results
Allan McNish
Pierre Kaffer
Jean-Marc Gounon
Alexander Frei
Sam Hancock
Christophe Bouchut
Pedro Lamy
Steve Zacchia
Sascha Maassen
Adam Jones
3 Silverstone #8 Audi Sport UK Veloqx #13 Courage Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #70 JMB Racing Results
Allan McNish
Pierre Kaffer
Jean-Marc Gounon
Alexander Frei
Sam Hancock
Christophe Bouchut
Pedro Lamy
Steve Zacchia
Stéphane Daoudi
Roman Rusinov
4 Spa #88 Audi Sport UK Veloqx #13 Courage Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #85 Freisinger Motorsport Results
Johnny Herbert
Jamie Davies
Jonathan Cochet
Alexander Frei
Sam Hancock
Christophe Bouchut
Pedro Lamy
Steve Zacchia
Stéphane Ortelli
Emmanuel Collard
Source:[5]

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 3.6L Turbo V8 1 2 3 1 34
2 #8 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 2 1 1 Ret 28
3 #5 Team Goh Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 3 4 2 2 27
4 #3 Creation Autosportif DBA 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 Ret 3 Ret 3 12
5 #7 RML MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 7 7 7 5 10
6= #17 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Judd GV5 5.0L 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 4.0L V10 5 6 8 Ret 8
8= #22 Zytek Engineering Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 6 4 8
10 #14 Team Nasamax Nasamax DM139 Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bioethanol) 8 5 5
11 #11 Larbre Compétition Panoz GTP Ford (Élan) 6L8 6.0L V8 6 3
NC #20 Lister Cars Lister Storm LMP Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8 Ret Ret Ret 0
NC #10 Taurus Sports Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Ret Ret 0
NC #9 Advan Kondo Racing Dome S101 Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 Ret 0
NC #4 Taurus Sports Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Ret 0
NC #14 Team Nasamax Nasamax DM139 (Reynard) Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bioethanol) Ret 0
NC #24 Spinnaker Clandesteam Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 DNS 0

LMP2 Standings

Pos No Team Chassis Engine MNZ
NÜR
SIL
SPA
Total
1 #13 Courage Compétition Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 1 1 1 30
2 #99 PiR Compétition Pilbeam MP91 JPX 3.4L V6 1 2 4 6 26
3 #27 Tracsport Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 3 5 4 15
4 #36 Gerard Welter WR LMP2 Peugeot 3.4L V6 DSQ 2 3 14
5 #26 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 Ret Ret Ret 2 8
6 #31 Equipe Palmyr Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 Ret 3 Ret 6
7 #35 G-Force Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 4 NC Ret 5
8 #32 Lucchini Engineering Lucchini LMP2 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 5 4
NC #28 Team Ranieri Randaccio Tampolli RTA99 Ford (Nicholson-McLaren) 3.3L V8 Ret Ret Ret 0
NC #32 Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd KV675 3.4L V8 Ret 0
NC #34 K2 Race Engineering Pilbeam MP91 Judd KV675 3.4L V8 Ret 0
NC #33 Renauer Motorsport Tampolli RTA99 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 DNS 0

GTS Standings

Pos No Team Chassis Engine MNZ
NÜR
SIL
SPA
Total
1 #86 Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 1 1 1 1 35
2 #61 Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 2 4 4 4 20.5
3 #62 Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 Ret 5 2 3 14
4 #52 Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 NC 3 3 5 13
5= #59 Vitaphone Racing
Konrad Motorsport
Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 Ret 2 Ret Ret 8
5= #87 Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 2 8
NC #51 MAC Racing
Scuderia Veregra
Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10 Ret Ret 0
NC #60 Force One Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10 Ret Ret 0
NC #53 Konrad Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 6.9L V8 Ret 0
NC #50 A-Level Engineering Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 DNS DNS 0

† - Half points were awarded due to a lack of competitors.

GT Standings

Pos No Team Chassis Engine MNZ
NÜR
SIL
SPA
Total
1 #80 Sebah Automotive Ltd. Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 5 2 2 3 26
2 #70 JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 2 6 1 5 25
3 #85 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 1 5 1 24
4 #93 Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 1 2 21
5 #77 Choro Q Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3 3 8 13
6 #84 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 8 4 4 8 12
7 #81 Farnbacher Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3 4 11
8 #81 The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 4 5
9= #92 Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 7 7 4
9= #97 Auto Palace Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 5 4
11= #91 Racesport Salisbury TVR Tuscan T400R TVR 4.0L I6 8 7 3
11= #89 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport TVR Tuscan T400R TVR 4.0L I6 6 3
11= #90 T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 3
14 #75 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 7 2

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