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2004 Le Mans Endurance Series

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The 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series was the inaugural season of ACO's Le Mans Endurance Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT. It began on 9 May 2004 and ended on 13 November 2004 after 4 rounds.

This season was preceded by the 1000km of Le Mans held in 2003 as a development race for the creation of the LMES.

Schedule

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Rnd Race Circuit Date
- France LMES Official Test Paul Ricard HTTT 10 April
11 April
1 Italy 1000km of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 9 May
2 Germany 1000km of Nürburgring Nürburgring 3 July[1][2]
3 United Kingdom 1000km of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit 13 August
4 Belgium 1000km of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 12 September
Sources:[3][4]

Entry list

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Entry List
Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No Drivers Rounds
LMP1
United Kingdom Creation Autosportif DBA 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 D 3 France Nicolas Minassian All
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
United Kingdom Taurus Sports Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 D 4 United Kingdom Christian Vann 1
Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
Germany Alex Müller
Caterpillar 5.0L Turbo V10 (Diesel) 10 United Kingdom Calum Lockie 1, 3
United Kingdom Phil Andrews
United Kingdom Richard Jones 3
Japan Team Goh Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 M 5 Italy Rinaldo Capello All
Japan Seiji Ara
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1
United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 D 6 United Kingdom Martin Short All
Portugal João Barbosa
United Kingdom Rob Barff 1
United Kingdom Patrick Pearce 2–4
United Kingdom RML MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 D 7 United Kingdom Mike Newton All
Brazil Thomas Erdos
Portugal Miguel Ramos
United Kingdom Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 M 8 United Kingdom Allan McNish All
Switzerland Pierre Kaffer
88 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
United Kingdom Jamie Davies
Japan Advan Kondo Racing Dome S101 Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 Y 9 Japan Hiroki Katoh 1
Japan Ryo Michigami
France Larbre Compétition Panoz GTP Ford Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 M 11 France Olivier Dupard 4
France Sébastien Dumez
France Jean-Luc Blanchemain
United Kingdom Team Nasamax Nasamax (Reynard) DM139 Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bio-ethanol) D
M
14 Canada Robbie Stirling 1, 3–4
South Africa Werner Lupberger
France Romain Dumas 3–4
France Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Judd GV5 5.0L V10 M 17 France Soheil Ayari 1–2, 4
France Emmanuel Collard 1
France Éric Hélary 2
France Jean-Marc Gounon 4
United Kingdom Lister Cars
United Kingdom Lister Racing
Lister Storm LMP Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8 D 20 United Kingdom Justin Keen 2–4
Denmark John Nielsen 2
United Kingdom Rob Barff 3
Belgium Marc Goossens 4
United Kingdom Zytek Engineering Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 M 22 United Kingdom Andy Wallace 1
Australia David Brabham
Sweden Stefan Johansson
United Kingdom Robbie Kerr 3
United States Chris Dyson
Italy Spinnaker Clandesteam Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 M 24 Italy Rocky Agusta 1
Bolivia Felipe Ortiz
Italy Beppe Gabbiani
United Kingdom Team Jota Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 D 69 United Kingdom John Stack All
United Kingdom Sam Hignett
Italy Gianni Collini
LMP2
France Courage Compétition Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 M 13 Switzerland Alexander Frei 2–4
United Kingdom Sam Hancock
France Jean-Marc Gounon 2–3
France Jonathan Cochet 4
France Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 M 26 France Paul Belmondo All
France Claude-Yves Gosselin
France Marco Saviozzi 1–3
Belgium Wim Eyckmans 4
United Kingdom Tracsport Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 D 27 United Kingdom John Ingram 2–4
United Kingdom John Gaw
United Kingdom Rick Pearson
Italy Team Ranieri Randaccio Tampolli RTA99 Ford Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8 G 28 Italy Ranieri Randaccio 1–3
Italy Leonardo Maddalena 1–2
Italy Fabio Mancini 3
Switzerland Équipe Palmyr Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 A
D
31 Switzerland Christophe Ricard 2–4
Switzerland Philippe Favre
France Grégory Fargier
United States Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd KV675 3.4L V8 P 32 United States Clint Field 1
United States Jon Field
United States William Binnie
Italy Lucchini Engineering Lucchini LMP2/04 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 P Italy Piergiuseppe Peroni 4
Italy Mirko Savoldi
Italy Filippo Francioni
Austria Renauer Motorsport Tampolli RTA99 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 D 33 Austria Manfred Jurasz 2
Austria Hannes Gsell
Czech Republic Petr Válek
United Kingdom K2 Race Engineering Pilbeam MP91 Judd KV675 3.4L V8 ? 34 United Kingdom Simon Pullan 3
United Kingdom Peter Owen
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Belgium G-Force Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 D 35 Belgium Franck Hahn 2–4
France Jean-François Leroch 2–3
France Philippe Haezebrouck 2, 4
United Kingdom Tim Greaves 3
Belgium Sylvie Delcour 4
France Gerard Welter
France Welter Racing
WR LMP2 Peugeot 3.4L V6 M 36 France Jean-René de Fournoux 2–4
France Jean-Bernard Bouvet
France Sylvain Boulay 4
France Pierre Bruneau
France PiR Compétition
Pilbeam MP91 JPX (Mader) 3.4L V6 M 99 France Pierre Bruneau All
France Marc Rostan
GTS
Germany A-Level Engineering Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 M 50 Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 2–3
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Italy MAC Racing
Italy Scuderia Veregra
Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10 P
G
51 Italy Maurizio Strada 1–2
Italy Massimo Morini
Italy "Base Up"
United Kingdom Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 6.9L V8 D 52 Italy Gian Maria Gabbiani 1–2
Italy Ettore Bonaldi 1
France Michel Orts
United Kingdom Phillip Bennett 2–4
United Kingdom David Leslie 3–4
United Kingdom Paul Whight
Germany Konrad Motorsport
Germany Vitaphone Racing
Saleen S7-R Ford 6.9L V8 P 53 Germany Klaus Abbelen 2
Poland Maciej Stanco
United Kingdom Paul Knapfield
59 Germany Uwe Alzen All
Germany Michael Bartels
Austria Franz Konrad
France Force One Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10 P 60 France David Hallyday 1–2
France Bruno Besson
Belgium Anthony Kumpen 2
Netherlands Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 P 61 Italy Thomas Biagi All
United States Danny Sullivan
Netherlands John Bosch
62 Netherlands Mike Hezemans All
Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
France Ange Barde 1
Italy Andrea Piccini 3
France Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 M 86 France Christophe Bouchut All
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
87 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 4
Czech Republic Robert Pergl
France Patrice Goueslard
GT
United Kingdom RSR Racing TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 D 40 United Kingdom Michael Caine 4
United Kingdom Nigel Greensall
United Kingdom Jonathan Coleman
41 United Kingdom Jonny Kane
United Kingdom Warren Hughes
United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson
74 3
United Kingdom Nigel Greensall
Monaco JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 D 70 Russia Roman Rusinov All
France Stéphane Daoudi 1–3
Brazil Jaime Melo 1, 4
Belgium Bert Longin 4
United Kingdom JWR Mike Jordan
United Kingdom JWR
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 71 United Kingdom Mike Jordan 2–3
United Kingdom Robin Liddell 2
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 3
Italy Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 P 75 United States Liz Halliday 4
United Kingdom Piers Masarati
76 Italy Franco Groppi 1
Italy Giampaolo Tenchini
Switzerland Joël Camathias
United States Jim Michaelian 4
Italy Mauro Casadei
Switzerland François Labhardt
Japan Choro-Q Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 Y 77 Japan Haruki Kurosawa All
Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa
Japan Manabu Orido 1–2
France Thierry Perrier
France Perspective Racing
Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 79 United Kingdom Ian Khan 1–2, 4
United Kingdom Nigel Smith 1
Netherlands Peter Kox
Belgium Michel Heydens 2, 4
United Kingdom Tim Sugden 4
United Kingdom Sebah Automotive Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 80 United Kingdom Piers Masarati 1, 3
United Kingdom Bart Hayden 1
France Xavier Pompidou 2–3
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti 2
Germany Marc Lieb 4
United States The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 81 United States Patrick Long 1
Denmark Lars-Erik Nielsen
Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
Germany Farnbacher Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 2–4
Denmark Lars-Erik Nielsen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller 2
United States Patrick Long 3–4
France Denis Cohignac Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 82 France Sylvain Noël 1–2
France Denis Cohignac 1
France Daniel Desbrueres
France Thierry Stépec 2
France André-Alain Corbel
Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 Y 83 Italy Luca Riccitelli 1
Italy Alex Caffi
Italy Gabrio Rosa
84 United States Philip Collin All
Canada Tony Burgess 1, 3–4
France Gaël Lesoudier 2–3
Germany Arno Klasen 2
United Kingdom Graeme Mundy 4
Germany Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 85 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli All
France Romain Dumas 1
France Emmanuel Collard 2–4
Russia Alexey Vasilyev 2
United Kingdom Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 D 89 United Kingdom Christopher Stockton 1
United Kingdom Bob Berridge
United Kingdom Michael Caine
United Kingdom Jonny Kane 3
United Kingdom Warren Hughes
Germany T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 Y 90 Belgium Vanina Ickx 1–2, 4
Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 1
Japan Keiko Ihara
France Thierry Rabineau 2, 4
United Kingdom Paul Daniels 2
United Kingdom Robin Liddell 3
France Gilles Vannelet
Japan Yukihiro Hane
France Christophe Tinseau 4
United Kingdom Racesport Salisbury TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 D 91 United Kingdom John Hartshorne All
United Kingdom Richard Stanton 1–3
United Kingdom Graeme Mundy
United Kingdom Steve Hyde 4
United Kingdom Adam Sharpe
United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 D 92 New Zealand Rob Wilson All
United Kingdom Frank Mountain 1–3
Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz 1
Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh 2
United Kingdom Rory Passey 3
United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy 4
Italy Maurizio Fabris
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 93 United Kingdom Adam Jones All
Germany Sascha Maassen
United Kingdom IN2 Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 D 96 Denmark Juan Barazi 4
Netherlands Michael Vergers
United Kingdom Nick Dudfield
France Auto Palace Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 P 97 France Steeve Hiesse 1–3
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi
Italy Giampaolo Ermolli 1

Season results

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Overall winner in bold.

Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team GTS Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers GTS Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Monza United Kingdom #88 Audi Sport UK Veloqx France #99 PiR Compétition France #86 Larbre Compétition Germany #85 Freisinger Motorsport Results
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
United Kingdom Jamie Davies
France Marc Rostan
France Pierre Bruneau
France Christophe Bouchut
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
France Romain Dumas
2 Nürburgring United Kingdom #8 Audi Sport UK Veloqx France #13 Courage Compétition France #86 Larbre Compétition United Kingdom #93 Cirtek Motorsport Results
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Switzerland Pierre Kaffer
France Jean-Marc Gounon
Switzerland Alexander Frei
United Kingdom Sam Hancock
France Christophe Bouchut
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
Germany Sascha Maassen
United Kingdom Adam Jones
3 Silverstone United Kingdom #8 Audi Sport UK Veloqx France #13 Courage Compétition France #86 Larbre Compétition Monaco #70 JMB Racing Results
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Switzerland Pierre Kaffer
France Jean-Marc Gounon
Switzerland Alexander Frei
United Kingdom Sam Hancock
France Christophe Bouchut
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
France Stéphane Daoudi
Russia Roman Rusinov
4 Spa United Kingdom #88 Audi Sport UK Veloqx France #13 Courage Compétition France #86 Larbre Compétition Germany #85 Freisinger Motorsport Results
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
United Kingdom Jamie Davies
France Jonathan Cochet
Switzerland Alexander Frei
United Kingdom Sam Hancock
France Christophe Bouchut
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
France Emmanuel Collard
Source:[5]

Teams Championships

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Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship.[6] Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.

LMP1 Standings

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Pos No Team Chassis Engine Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total
1 #88 United Kingdom Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 10 8 6 10 34
2 #8 United Kingdom Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 8 10 10 28
3 #5 Japan Team Goh Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 6 5 8 8 27
4 #3 United Kingdom Creation Autosportif DBA 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 6 6 12
5 #7 United Kingdom RML MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 2 2 2 4 10
6= #17 France Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Judd GV5 5.0L V10 5 4 9
6= #69 United Kingdom Team Jota Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 1 3 5 9
8= #6 United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 4 3 1 8
8= #22 United Kingdom Zytek Engineering Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 3 5 8
10 #14 United Kingdom Team Nasamax Nasamax DM139 Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bioethanol) 1 4 5
11 #11 France Larbre Compétition Panoz GTP Ford (Élan) 6L8 6.0L V8 3 3

LMP2 Standings

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Pos No Team Chassis Engine Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total
1 #13 France Courage Compétition Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 10 10 10 30
2 #99 France PiR Compétition Pilbeam MP91 JPX 3.4L V6 10 8 5 3 26
3 #27 United Kingdom Tracsport Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 6 4 5 15
4 #36 France Gerard Welter WR LMP2 Peugeot 3.4L V6 8 6 14
5 #26 France Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 8 8
6 #31 Switzerland Equipe Palmyr Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 6 6
7 #35 Belgium G-Force Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 5 5
8 #32 Italy Lucchini Engineering Lucchini LMP2 Judd XV675 3.4L V8 4 4

GTS Standings

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Pos No Team Chassis Engine Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total
1 #86 France Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 10 10 5 10 35
2 #61 Netherlands Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 8 5 2.5 5 20.5
3 #62 Netherlands Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 4 4 6 14
4 #52 United Kingdom Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 6 3 4 13
5= #59 Germany Vitaphone Racing
Germany Konrad Motorsport
Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 8 8
5= #87 France Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 8 8

† - Half points were awarded due to a lack of competitors.

GT Standings

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Pos No Team Chassis Engine Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Total
1 #80 United Kingdom Sebah Automotive Ltd. Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 4 8 8 6 26
2 #70 Monaco JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 8 3 10 4 25
3 #85 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 10 4 10 24
4 #93 United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3 10 8 21
5 #77 Japan Choro Q Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 6 1 13
6 #84 Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 1 5 5 1 12
7 #81 Germany Farnbacher Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 5 11
8 #81 United States The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 5 5
9= #92 United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 2 2 4
9= #97 France Auto Palace Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari 3.6L V8 4 4
11= #91 United Kingdom Racesport Salisbury TVR Tuscan T400R TVR 4.0L I6 1 2 3
11= #89 United Kingdom Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport TVR Tuscan T400R TVR 4.0L I6 3 3
11= #90 Japan T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3 3
14 #75 Italy Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 2 2

References

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  1. ^ "2004 Eifelrennen". MotorSport Magazine Database. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Final LMES Dates". DailySportsCar. 14 December 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - 2004: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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