Silverstone 500 Kilometres 2000 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Days of Thunder		Date: 13.5.2000
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 5.140 kms	Organiser: unknown
Silverstone 500 Kilometres
American Le Mans Series (round 3)

Weather:	warm, dry (evening)
Start time:	17:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	500 kilometres
Attendance:	10000

Entered:	39
Practiced:	36
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	28
Classified:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype	15	14	9
Le Mans GTS	8	8	8
Le Mans GT	13	13	11

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 4 laps

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 35 minutes on 12-13/5
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 145 minutes on 12-13/5

Winners:
Overall:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto / Müller
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Wendlinger
Le Mans GT:	51	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Wollek / Maassen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	0	Lola B2K/10 Judd	Mimmo Schiattarella (I)	1:39.748	185.516 km/h	lap 67
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:49.372	169.192 km/h	lap 58
Le Mans GT:	5	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:54.151	162.109 km/h	lap 51
Pole Positions:
Overall:	0	Lola B2K/10 Judd	Mimmo Schiattarella (I)	1:37.030	190.714 km/h
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:48.419	170.679 km/h
Le Mans GT:	5	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:52.911	163.889 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), BMW (4), Panoz (2), Audi (2), Cadillac (2), Courage (2), Dodge (2), Lola (2), Chrysler (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (15), BMW (4), Judd (4), Elan (2), Audi (2), Cadillac (2), Dodge (2), Chrysler (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (11), Porsche 993 GT2 (4), BMW V12 LMR (2), Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S (2), Audi R8R (2), Cadillac Northstar LMP (2), Dodge Viper (2), Chrysler Viper (2), BMW M3 E46 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (18), D (12), F (12), GB (6), A (5), B (4), CDN (4), I (4), S (2), CH (2), AUS (2)
Team nationalities:	D (11), USA (10), F (6), GB (3), AUS (2)
Most used colours:	white (38%), silver (16%), red (14%), black (11%), blue (10%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (42%), mid-engined (34%), front-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4494 cc (with regard to 25% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4943 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Dieter Quester (61), Walter Brun (58), Bob Wollek (57)
Youngest known drivers:	Lucas Luhr (21), Sébastien Bourdais (21), Dirk Müller (25)

Official Race Programme:

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