American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio 2005

Event: American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio		Date: 22.5.2005
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.634 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio
American Le Mans Series (round 3)

Weather:	warm, cloudy, rain at end
Start time:	12:02
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	60000

Entered:	25
Practiced:	24
Qualified:	23
Started:	23
Finished:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	5	5
Le Mans Prototype 2	5	3
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	6	6
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	9	9

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

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions, 15 laps, 34 minutes: laps 18-23 (debris on track), laps 35-38 (debris on track), laps 53-57 (car 35 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 20/5
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 21/5
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 21/5
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Leitzinger / Weaver
Le Mans Prototype 2:	8	Courage C65 Mazda	Bach / Cosmo
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	O'Connell / Fellows
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bernhard / Dumas
Leaders:
laps 1-18:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 19-20:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda
laps 21-28:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field
laps 29-36:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 37-37:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 38-49:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda
laps 50-54:	20	MG Lola EX257	Chris Dyson
laps 55-117:	16	MG Lola EX257	James Weaver
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda (J)	1:12.5920	180.2127 km/h	lap 45
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:15.9570	172.2288 km/h	lap 5
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:18.8100	165.9942 km/h	lap 6
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:23.1310	157.3665 km/h	lap 42
Pole Positions:
Overall:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda (J)	1:11.3330	183.3944 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:14.6990	175.1304 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:18.0330	167.6470 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:22.6630	158.2581 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Lola (3), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Panoz (2), Courage (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (7), AER (4), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Lola EX257 (2), Audi R8 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Panoz Esperante (2), Courage C65 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), GB (9), D (5), I (4), CDN (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (21)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (43%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (27%)
Average engine size:	4344 cc (with regard to 27% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4813 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (58), Seth Neiman (51), James Weaver (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (22), Clint Field (22), Michele Rugolo (23)

Official Race Programme:

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