Spa 1000 Kilometres 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Spa 1000 Kilometres		Date: 31.8.2003
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.947 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 1000 Kilometres
BRDC British GT Championship (round 9) FIA Sportscar Championship (round 6)

Weather:	rain after start, drying
Start time:	12:50
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	25000

Entered:	64
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	24
Classified:	20

Classes:	Pract	Start
Sports Racing 1	6	6
Sports Racing 2	5	5
Class GTO	11	11
Class GT Cup	10	10
GT Guest	3	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
2 full-course cautions

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 29/8
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 90 minutes on 30/8
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:

Overall:	25	Audi R8	Kristensen / Ara
Sports Racing 2:	52	Lucchini SR2002 Nissan	Savoldi / Peroni / Francioni
Class GTO:	122	Mosler MT900R	Short / Barbosa / Herridge
Class GT Cup:	177	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Shrimpton / Halliday / Stretton
GT Guest:	121	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	Kuppens / Ugeux

Leaders:

laps 1-2:	25	Audi R8
laps 19-144:	25	Audi R8
laps 3-18:	5	DBA-4 03S

Fastest Laps:

Overall:	25	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	2:08.074	185.406 km/h
Sports Racing 2	61	Pilbeam MP84 Nissan	Sam Hignett (GB)	2:19.899	178.766 km/h
Class GTO	122	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	2:26.506	170.704 km/h
Class GT Cup	176	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Bob Berridge (GB)	2:40.841	155.490 km/h
GT Guest	130	Marcos Mantara LM600	Cor Euser (NL)	2:25.537	171.841 km/h

Pole Positions:

Overall:	25	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	2:14.889	195.271 km/h
Sports Racing 2	55	Lucchini SR2001 Alfa Romeo	Fabio Mancini (I)	2:32.180	164.340 km/h
Class GTO	133	Mosler MT900R	Thomas Erdos (BR)	2:37.673
Class GT Cup	176	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Matt Griffin (IRL)	2:44.797	151.758 km/h
GT Guest	130	Marcos Mantara LM600	Cor Euser (NL)	2:32.163	164.358 km/h

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	TVR (5), Porsche (4), Lucchini (3), Dome (2), Mosler (2), Ferrari (2), Morgan (2), Lotus (2), Pilbeam (2), Marcos (2)
Top engines by numbers:	TVR (5), Chevrolet (4), Porsche (4), Judd (3), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top car types by numbers:	TVR Tuscan T400R (5), Dome S101 (2), Mosler MT900R (2), Porsche 996 GT3 Cup (2), Morgan Aero 8 (2), Pilbeam MP84 (2)
Driver nationalities:	GB (54), I (11), F (7), NL (4), B (4), IRL (3), J (2), CH (2), NZ (2), USA (2)
Most used colours:	silver (20%), white (19%), red (17%), black (13%), yellow (13%), blue (7%)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (52%), front-engined (35%), rear-engined (13%)
Oldest known drivers:	Manfred Jurasz (59), Nick Adams (55), Gianni Collini (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Matt Griffin (21), João Barbosa (28), Stéphane Sarrazin (29)
Woman drivers:	Paula Cook, Liz Halliday, Amanda Stretton

Official Race Programme:

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