Trois-Rivières 3 Hours 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières		Date: 3.8.2003
Track: Circuit de Trois-Rivières (Canada), 2.446 kms	Organiser: IMSA
Trois-Rivières 3 Hours
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 4)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	14:45
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	3 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	36
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	31
Started:	30
Finished:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 675	5	5
Grand Touring Sport	5	5
Grand Touring	15	14

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 9 laps: laps 7-11 (car 67 off course) and laps 66-69 (car 16 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 1/8 in 1 session for a total of 90 minutes
2 practice sessions held for a total of 110 minutes on 2/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 2/8
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Biela / Werner
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Field / Dayton
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Gavin / Collins
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 1-68:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 69-169:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner (D)	59.2650	148.6905 km/h	lap 24
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Butch Leitzinger (USA)	59.9950	146.8816 km/h	lap 24
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:02.0590	141.9956 km/h	lap 141
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:04.9560	135.6629 km/h	lap 28
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner (D)	57.7400	152.6173 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Butch Leitzinger (USA)	58.5470	150.5139 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:01.5570	143.1544 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:04.5180	136.5834 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Ferrari (6), Lola (5), Audi (2), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (11), Ferrari (6), AER (3), Audi (2), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Ferrari 550 Maranello (3), Lola EX257 (3), Ferrari 360 Modena (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (31), D (8), GB (5), CDN (4), I (3), AUS (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (24), GB (4)
Most used colours:	white (22%), yellow (19%), blue (18%), red (16%), silver (10%), green (4%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (40%), rear-engined (36%), front-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4092 cc (with regard to 16% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4353 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Chris Gleason (60), Vic Rice (52), Michael Schrom (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21), Timo Bernhard (22)

Official Race Programme:

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