Silverstone 1000 Kilometres 2005

Event: 1000 km of Silverstone		Date: 13.8.2005
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 5.140 kms	Organiser: unknown
Silverstone 1000 Kilometres
Le Mans Endurance Series (round 3)

Weather:	heavy rain, then drying
Start time:	16:07
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	51
Practiced:	48
Qualified:	48
Started:	46
Finished:	35
Classified:	35

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	11	11	8
Le Mans Prototype 2	12	11	8
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	10	9	8
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	15	15	11

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

Race notes:
7 full-course cautions for 39 laps, 116 minutes
stopped at 22:00 on 6 hour rule, race started at 16:07 and stopped 2 minutes earlier

Pre-race sessions:
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 12/8
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 40 minutes on 13/8

Winners:
Overall:	4	Audi R8	McNish / Ortelli
Le Mans Prototype 2:	36	Courage C65 Ford	Vosse / Gosselin / Ojjea
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	67	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Kox / Pergl / Janiš
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	90	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Pompidou / Lieb
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	4	Audi R8	Stéphane Ortelli (F)	1:53.635	162.833 km/h	lap 149
Le Mans Prototype 2:	25	MG Lola EX264	Thomas Erdos (BR)	2:00.882	153.081 km/h	lap 141
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	67	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Peter Kox (NL)	2:04.117	149.090 km/h	lap 53
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	76	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Mike Rockenfeller (D)	2:09.174	143.248 km/h	lap 138
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	DBA 03S Judd	Nicolas Minassian (F)	1:34.562	195.680 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	25	MG Lola EX264	Thomas Erdos (BR)	1:38.722	187.440 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	61	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Christophe Bouchut (F)	1:46.054	174.485 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	93	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Andrew Kirkaldy (GB)	1:51.713	165.634 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Ferrari (7), Courage (6), Lola (4), TVR (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (11), Judd (10), Ferrari (7), Ford (3), TVR (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (6), Courage C65 (5), Ferrari 550 Maranello (4)
Driver nationalities:	GB (42), F (21), I (10), D (7), B (7), CH (5), DK (5), NL (4), P (3), RUS (2), J (2), A (2), CZ (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (22), F (8), I (4), D (3), B (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (54%), rear-engined (23%), front-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	4101 cc (with regard to 10% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4265 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (60), Peter Kutemann (58), Fredy Lienhard (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Matteo Cressoni (21), Nathan Kinch (23), Marc Lieb (25)
Woman drivers:	Vanina Ickx, Amanda Stretton

Official Race Programme:

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