Spa 1000 Kilometres 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Spa 1000 Kilometres		Date: 31.8.2003
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.947 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 1000 Kilometres
BRDC British GT Championship (round 9) FIA Sportscar Championship (round 6)

Weather:	rain after start, drying
Start time:	12:50
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	25000

Entered:	64
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	24
Classified:	20

Classes:	Pract	Start
Sports Racing 1	6	6
Sports Racing 2	5	5
Class GTO	11	11
Class GT Cup	10	10
GT Guest	3	3

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

Race notes:
2 full-course cautions

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 29/8
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 90 minutes on 30/8
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	25	Audi R8	Ara / Kristensen
Sports Racing 2:	52	Lucchini SR2002 Nissan	Savoldi / Peroni / Francioni
Class GTO:	122	Mosler MT900R	Short / Barbosa / Herridge
Class GT Cup:	177	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Shrimpton / Halliday / Stretton
GT Guest:	121	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	Kuppens / Ugeux
Leaders:
laps 1-2:	25	Audi R8
laps 19-144:	25	Audi R8
laps 3-18:	5	DBA-4 03S
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	25	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	2:08.0740	185.4060 km/h
Sports Racing 2:	61	Pilbeam MP84 Nissan	Sam Hignett (GB)	2:19.8990	178.7660 km/h
Class GTO:	122	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	2:26.5060	170.7040 km/h
Class GT Cup:	176	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Bob Berridge (GB)	2:40.8410	155.4900 km/h
GT Guest:	130	Marcos Mantara LM600 Evo	Cor Euser (NL)	2:25.5370	171.8410 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	25	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	2:14.8890	195.2710 km/h
Sports Racing 2:	55	Lucchini SR2001 Alfa Romeo	Fabio Mancini (I)	2:32.1800	164.3400 km/h
Class GTO:	133	Mosler MT900R	Thomas Erdos (BR)	2:37.6730
Class GT Cup:	176	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Matt Griffin (IRL)	2:44.7970	151.7580 km/h
GT Guest:	130	Marcos Mantara LM600 Evo	Cor Euser (NL)	2:32.1630	164.3580 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	TVR (5), Porsche (4), Lucchini (3), Dome (2), Mosler (2), Ferrari (2), Morgan (2), Lotus (2), Pilbeam (2), Marcos (2)
Top engines by numbers:	TVR (5), Chevrolet (4), Porsche (4), Judd (3), Nissan (3), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top car types by numbers:	TVR Tuscan (5), Dome S101 (2), Mosler MT900 (2), Porsche 996 GT3 Cup (2), Ferrari 360 Modena (2), Morgan Aero 8 (2), Lotus Elise (2), Pilbeam MP84 (2)
Driver nationalities:	GB (52), I (11), F (7), NL (4), IRL (4), B (4), CH (2), J (2), NZ (2), USA (2)
Most used colours:	silver (20%), white (18%), red (17%), black (14%), yellow (13%), blue (7%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (51%), front-engined (37%), rear-engined (12%)
Oldest known drivers:	John Greasley (61), Manfred Jurasz (59), Nick Adams (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Ricky Cole (19), Simon Pullan (21), Matt Griffin (21)
Female drivers:	Paula Cook, Liz Halliday, Amanda Stretton

Official Race Programme:

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