Petit Le Mans 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Audi presents Petit Le Mans		Date: 18.10.2003
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: IMSA
Petit Le Mans
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 9)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:33
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	1000 miles
Attendance:	64000

Entered:	46
Practiced:	37
Qualified:	36
Started:	36
Finished:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 675	6	6
Grand Touring Sport	7	7
Grand Touring	18	17

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Race notes:
8 full-course cautions for 44 laps, 115 minutes: laps 10-13 (car 16 off course), laps 15-18 (cars 0 & 24 off course, laps 39-43 (car 31 off course, laps 77-86 (car 20 off course, laps 116-118 (car 12 off course, laps 150-155 (cars 88, 67 off course, laps 189-194 (car 52 off course, laps 249-254 (car 03 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 15/10 in 1 session for a total of 95 minutes
4 practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 16-17/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 17/10
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	Lehto / Herbert
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola B160 Judd	Field / Dayton / Connor
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Menu / Kox / Enge
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Bernhard / Bergmeister / Dumas
Leaders:
laps 153-247:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 1-79:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 248-340:	38	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert
laps 341-394:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 80-152:	38	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:12.6240	125.9090 km/h	lap 4
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:13.1430	125.0150 km/h	lap 4
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:18.8510	115.9660 km/h	lap 119
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:23.2950	109.7780 km/h	lap 22
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner (D)	1:11.7380	205.1334 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:12.4500	203.1169 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	80	Ferrari 550 Maranello	David Brabham (AUS)	1:26.3380	170.4440 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:29.3910	164.6230 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Ferrari (6), Lola (4), Panoz (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Riley & Scott (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Ferrari (6), Elan (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), AER (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (11), Ferrari 550 Maranello (4), Audi R8 (2), Panoz LMP 01 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (2), Riley & Scott Mk III C (2), Ferrari 360 Modena (2), Porsche 996 GT3-R (2), Lola EX257 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (56), D (10), GB (8), F (5), CDN (4), CH (4), I (4), NL (2), B (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (28), GB (5), D (2)
Most used colours:	white (24%), red (19%), silver (15%), blue (15%), yellow (12%), black (9%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (36%), mid-engined (33%), front-engined (31%)
Average engine size:	4340 cc (with regard to 11% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4530 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Joe Policastro (62), Jim Downing (61), Chris Gleason (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (20), Clint Field (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21)

Official Race Programme:

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