Le Mans 1000 Kilometres 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Le Mans 1000 Kilometres		Date: 9.11.2003
Track: Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans (France), 4.180 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 1000 Kilometres
Non championship race

Weather:	rain at start, drying, cool
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	42
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	30
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Grand Touring Prototype	1	1	0
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	7	7	6
Le Mans Prototype 675	7	7	5
Grand Touring Sport	4	4	4
Grand Touring	16	16	14

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 15 minutes
race stopped on 6 hour rule, scheduled for 240 laps (= 1003.2 kms)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 3-6/11 in 4 sessions for a total of 720 minutes
1 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 45 minutes on 8/11
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 90 minutes on 8/11
45 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	5	Audi R8	Ara / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	13	Courage C65 JPX	Eyckmans / Rusinov / Muscioni
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Davies / Turner
Grand Touring:	47	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Peter / Montermini / Engelhorn
Leaders:
laps 1-208:	5	Audi R8
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	5	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:30.5180	166.2430 km/h
Grand Touring Prototype:	10	Panoz GTR-1 Elan	David Saelens (B)	1:35.2360	158.0070 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	18	Lola B160 Judd	Jon Field (USA)	1:34.3800	159.4410 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Darren Turner (GB)	1:38.5300	152.7250 km/h
Grand Touring:	47	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Andrea Montermini (I)	1:42.0110	147.5140 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	5	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:27.7750	171.4380 km/h
Grand Touring Prototype:	10	Panoz GTR-1 Elan	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:31.4800	164.4950 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	14	MG Lola EX257	Thomas Erdos (BR)	1:29.5330	168.0720 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	80	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Peter Kox (NL)	1:35.8220	157.0410 km/h
Grand Touring:	47	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Andrea Montermini (I)	1:40.0830	150.3550 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Ferrari (5), Courage (2), Lola (2), WR (2), TVR (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Ferrari (5), Judd (3), Ford (3), Peugeot (2), TVR (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (6), Ferrari 550 Maranello (3), Porsche 996 GT3-R (3)
Driver nationalities:	F (28), GB (21), USA (7), B (6), I (5), NL (5), A (3), RUS (2), J (2), MC (2), CH (2), D (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (12), F (11), D (4), USA (4), NL (3)
Most used colours:	white (20%), red (18%), black (17%), yellow (15%), silver (10%), blue (9%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (51%), rear-engined (25%), front-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4150 cc (with regard to 11% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4332 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére (60), Yojiro Terada (56), Franz Konrad (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (20), Nathan Kinch (21), Roman Rusinov (22)
Female drivers:	Fanny Duchateau, Liz Halliday, Amanda Stretton

Official Race Programme:

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