Spa 24 Hours 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Proximus 24 Spa		Date: 27.7.2003
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.947 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 24 Hours
FIA GT Championship (round 6)

Weather:	mostly rain until morning
Start time:	26/7 16:10
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	64
Practiced:	54
Qualified:	54
Started:	53
Finished:	26
Classified:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group 1 - FIA GT	18	17	7
Group 1 - FIA N-GT	18	18	7
Group 2 - National GT	12	12	7
Group 3 - Single Make Series	6	6	5

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

Race notes:
8 full-course cautions for 230 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 24/7
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 195 minutes on 24-25/7
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	50	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Ortelli / Lieb / Dumas
Group 1 - FIA GT:	22	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Gollin / Calderari / Cappellari / Bryner
Group 2 - National GT:	126	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Lamy / Mollekens / de Radigues
Group 3 - Single Make Series:	117	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Scharmarch / Deman / Delcour / Land
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	14	Lister Storm	Jamie Campbell-Walter (GB)	2:19.4530	179.3380 km/h
Group 1 - FIA N-GT:	52	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Andrea Bertolini (I)	2:26.3790	170.8520 km/h
Group 2 - National GT:	126	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Pedro Lamy (P)	2:22.9400	174.9630 km/h
Group 3 - Single Make Series:	117	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Peter Scharmarch (D)	2:34.0140	162.3830 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	22	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Fabrizio Gollin (I)	2:15.7180	184.2730 km/h
Group 1 - FIA N-GT:	89	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	Darren Turner (GB)	2:22.6910	175.2680 km/h
Group 2 - National GT:	126	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Pedro Lamy (P)	2:21.0280	177.3350 km/h
Group 3 - Single Make Series:	117	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Christian Land (D)	2:31.8370	164.7110 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (21), Ferrari (10), Chrysler (9), Lister (3), Saleen (2), Mosler (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (21), Ferrari (10), Chrysler (9), Jaguar (3), Chevrolet (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (10), Chrysler Viper (9), Ferrari 360 Modena (6), Porsche 996 GT3 Cup (6)
Driver nationalities:	B (45), F (40), GB (29), I (28), D (11), NL (9), CH (7), A (5), P (4), USA (3)
Team nationalities:	F (13), GB (11), D (11), B (9), I (4)
Most used colours:	white (23%), red (18%), black (12%), yellow (12%), blue (11%), silver (11%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (40%), front-engined (38%), mid-engined (22%)
Average engine size:	4940 cc (with regard to 1% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4959 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Pertti Kuismanen (60), Jacques Laffite (60), Horst Felbermayr (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Julien Gilbert (19), Pierre Ragues (19), Steve Zacchia (21)
Female drivers:	Lilian Bryner, Paula Cook, Sylvie Delcour, Vanina Ickx

Official Race Programme:

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