American Le Mans Series Miami 2003

Event: Grand Prix Americas presented by Sportsbook.com		Date: 27.9.2003
Track: Miami Downtown Street Circuit (United States), 1.851 kms	Organiser: IMSA
American Le Mans Series Miami
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 8)

Weather:	hot, humid, rain at end
Start time:	16:03
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	37
Practiced:	37
Qualified:	37
Started:	36
Finished:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 675	5	5
Grand Touring Sport	7	6
Grand Touring	19	19

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Race notes:
5 full-course cautions for 36 laps, 57 minutes: laps 19-23 (car 41 stopped on course), laps 44-56 (cars 56 & 43 accidents), laps 83-90 (car 03 stopped on course), laps 93-96 (debris on course), laps 140-145 (debris on course)
race stopped earlier due to rain, which resulted in several accidents

Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 110 minutes on 26/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 26/9
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	Lehto / Herbert
Le Mans Prototype 675:	20	Lola EX257 AER	Wallace / Dyson
Grand Touring Sport:	80	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Turner / Brabham
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 1-45:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 46-80:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 81-157:	38	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	49.2600	135.2557 km/h	lap 9
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	50.5130	131.9002 km/h	lap 104
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	51.5710	129.1949 km/h	lap 100
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	53.6320	124.2301 km/h	lap 127
Pole Positions:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	47.8480	139.2469 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Butch Leitzinger (USA)	49.5170	134.5540 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	80	Ferrari 550 Maranello	David Brabham (AUS)	50.9220	130.8413 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	53.0410	125.6141 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ferrari (7), Lola (4), Panoz (3), Audi (2), Riley & Scott (2), BMW (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ferrari (7), Elan (3), AER (3), Audi (2), Ford (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (10), Ferrari 360 Modena (4), Ferrari 550 Maranello (3), Lola EX257 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (41), D (9), GB (8), I (3), CDN (2), F (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (29), GB (4), D (2)
Most used colours:	white (22%), yellow (19%), silver (16%), red (15%), blue (12%), black (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (38%), rear-engined (33%), front-engined (29%)
Average engine size:	4200 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4418 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Joe Policastro (62), Chris Gleason (60), Tom Weickardt (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21), Timo Bernhard (22)

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