Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 2004

Event: 66. Int. ADAC Eifelrennen Nürburgring		Date: 3.7.2004
Track: Nürburgring (Germany), 5.137 kms	Organiser: ADAC
Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres
Le Mans Endurance Series (round 2)

Weather:	intermittent heavy rain
Start time:	16:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	51
Practiced:	41
Qualified:	41
Started:	39
Finished:	26
Classified:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	9	9	8
Le Mans Prototype 2	9	9	4
Le Mans GTS	9	8	5
Le Mans GT	14	14	13

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

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 105 minutes on 2/7
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 90 minutes on 2-3/7

Winners:
Overall:	8	Audi R8	Kaffer / McNish
Le Mans Prototype 2:	13	Courage C65 AER	Gounon / Hancock / Frei
Le Mans GTS:	86	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Lamy / Bouchut / Zacchia
Le Mans GT:	93	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Maassen / Jones
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	8	Audi R8	Pierre Kaffer (D)	1:45.8790	174.6640 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	26	Courage C65 AER	Gosselin / Belmondo / Saviozzi	1:52.7390
Le Mans GTS:	59	Saleen S7-R	Uwe Alzen (D)	1:56.2980	159.0160 km/h
Le Mans GT:	93	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Sascha Maassen (D)	2:02.3530	151.1460 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	DBA 03S Zytek	Nicolas Minassian (F)	1:46.6810	173.3500 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	13	Courage C65 AER	Jean-Marc Gounon (F)	1:48.9200	169.7870 km/h
Le Mans GTS:	59	Saleen S7-R	Uwe Alzen (D)	1:57.0570	157.9850 km/h
Le Mans GT:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Mike Rockenfeller (D)	2:01.1030	152.7060 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ferrari (6), Audi (3), Saleen (3), Courage (2), Pilbeam (2), Chrysler (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ferrari (6), Ford (4), Audi (3), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (5), Audi R8 (3), Saleen S7-R (3), Porsche 996 GT3-R (3), Ferrari 360 Modena (3)
Driver nationalities:	GB (26), F (25), I (10), D (7), CH (5), B (4), J (4), DK (3), P (3), RUS (2), USA (2), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (12), F (11), D (6), NL (2), USA (2), I (2), J (2)
Most used colours:	white (27%), red (19%), yellow (13%), blue (13%), silver (11%), black (11%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (58%), rear-engined (25%), front-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	4185 cc (with regard to 15% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4436 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Paul Knapfield (55), Gianni Collini (54), Danny Sullivan (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Pierre Kaffer (18), Mike Rockenfeller (21), Steve Zacchia (22)
Female drivers:	Vanina Ickx

Official Race Programme:

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