2004 FIA GT Imola 500 km

The 2004 FIA GT Imola 500 km was the eighth round the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italy, on September 5, 2004.

This race featured the competition debut of the Maserati MC12, with AF Corse entering two cars. The FIA had initially refused homologation of the road versions of the MC12 due to the car being wider than the current regulations allow. However, with agreement from other FIA GT teams, the MC12 was allowed to participate in the GT1 class with revised bodywork, a narrower rear wing, and no ability to score championship points.^[1]

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT	5	Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport	Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen	Saleen S7-R	P	97
1	GT	5	Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport	Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen	Ford 7.0L V8	P	97
2	GT	33	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Mika Salo	Maserati MC12 GT1	P	97
2	GT	33	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Mika Salo	Maserati 6.0L V12	P	97
3	GT	34	AF Corse	Fabrizio de Simone Johnny Herbert	Maserati MC12 GT1	P	97
3	GT	34	AF Corse	Fabrizio de Simone Johnny Herbert	Maserati 6.0L V12	P	97
4	GT	2	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	96
4	GT	2	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Ferrari 5.9L V12	M	96
5	GT	3	Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia	Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	96
5	GT	3	Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia	Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 5.9L V12	M	96
6	GT	1	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	95
6	GT	1	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel	Ferrari 5.9L V12	M	95
7	GT	11	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	P	95
7	GT	11	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	Ferrari 6.0L V12	P	95
8	GT	13	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	P	95
8	GT	13	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari 6.0L V12	P	95
9	N-GT	99	Freisinger Motorsport	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	94
9	N-GT	99	Freisinger Motorsport	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M	94
10	GT	17	JMB Racing	Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	94
10	GT	17	JMB Racing	Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo	Ferrari 6.0L V12	M	94
11	N-GT	50	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	93
11	N-GT	50	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M	93
12	N-GT	77	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Jörg Bergmeister Alexey Vasilyev	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	92
12	N-GT	77	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Jörg Bergmeister Alexey Vasilyev	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M	92
13	GT	7	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Saleen S7-R	D	92
13	GT	7	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Ford 7.0L V8	D	92
14	N-GT	87	MIK Corse	Alessandro Piccolo Giovanni Berton	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	P	90
14	N-GT	87	MIK Corse	Alessandro Piccolo Giovanni Berton	Ferrari 3.6L V8	P	90
15	GT	19	JMB	Matteo Malucelli Antoine Gosse Peter Kutemann	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	90
15	GT	19	JMB	Matteo Malucelli Antoine Gosse Peter Kutemann	Ferrari 6.0L V12	M	90
16	N-GT	59	Jens Petersen Racing	Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	89
16	N-GT	59	Jens Petersen Racing	Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M	89
17	GT	28	Graham Nash Motorsport	Paolo Ruberti Gabriele Lancieri Luca Pirri-Ardizzone	Saleen S7-R	D	88
17	GT	28	Graham Nash Motorsport	Paolo Ruberti Gabriele Lancieri Luca Pirri-Ardizzone	Ford 7.0L V8	D	88
18	N-GT	56	AB Motorsport	Antonio De Castro Renato Premoli Bruno Barbaro	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	88
18	N-GT	56	AB Motorsport	Antonio De Castro Renato Premoli Bruno Barbaro	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	88
19	GT	18	JMB Racing	Chris Buncombe Bert Longin Sergei Zlobin	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	88
19	GT	18	JMB Racing	Chris Buncombe Bert Longin Sergei Zlobin	Ferrari 6.0L V12	M	88
20	N-GT	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	87
20	N-GT	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	87
21	GT	24	DAMS	Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	86
21	GT	24	DAMS	Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lamborghini 6.0L V12	M	86
22	N-GT	57	Vonka Racing	Jan Vonka Marco Panzavuota Massimiliano Degiovanni	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	84
22	N-GT	57	Vonka Racing	Jan Vonka Marco Panzavuota Massimiliano Degiovanni	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	84
23	GT	10	Zwaans GTR Racing Team	Christophe Bouchut Stéphane Lemeret Val Hillebrand	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	77
23	GT	10	Zwaans GTR Racing Team	Christophe Bouchut Stéphane Lemeret Val Hillebrand	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	77
24	N-GT	73	Cirtek Motorsport	Adam Jones Nikolai Fomenko	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	70
24	N-GT	73	Cirtek Motorsport	Adam Jones Nikolai Fomenko	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	70
25 DNF	GT	35	Scuderia Veregra	"Base Up" Valerio Scarsellati Angelo Lancelotti	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	P	45
25 DNF	GT	35	Scuderia Veregra	"Base Up" Valerio Scarsellati Angelo Lancelotti	Chrysler 8.0L V10	P	45
26 DNF	GT	4	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Walter Lechner, Jr. Toni Seiler	Saleen S7-R	P	44
26 DNF	GT	4	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Walter Lechner, Jr. Toni Seiler	Ford 7.0L V8	P	44
27 DNF	GT	26	DAMS	Beppe Gabbiani Filipe Ortiz	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	39
27 DNF	GT	26	DAMS	Beppe Gabbiani Filipe Ortiz	Lamborghini 6.0L V12	M	39
28 DNF	GT	8	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos	Saleen S7-R	D	0
28 DNF	GT	8	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos	Ford 7.0L V8	D	0
29 DNF	GT	27	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire	Lister Storm	D	0
29 DNF	GT	27	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	0
DSQ^†	N-GT	62	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Iradj Alexander Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	P	94
DSQ^†	N-GT	62	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Iradj Alexander Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 3.6L V8	P	94
DNS	N-GT	89	Scuderia Veregra	Roberto Castagna Bepo Orlandi	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	?	-
DNS	N-GT	89	Scuderia Veregra	Roberto Castagna Bepo Orlandi	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	?	-

† - #62 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's airbox was larger than regulations allowed.

Statistics

Pole position - #2 BMS Scuderia Italia - 1:45.593
Fastest lap - #5 Vitaphone Racing Team - 1:47.399
Average speed - 158.150 km/h

References

^ "FIA Statement on the Maserati MC12". dailysportscar.com. 7 August 2004. http://archive.dailysportscar.com/subscribers/news/fiagt/2004fiagt/fiagt320.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

"Results: 2004 Round 8 - Imola". FIA GT Championship. 5 September 2004. http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=8&season=2004&session=Race%20Result. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
"500 km Imola". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt2004.html#8. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
"FIA GT Championship Imola 2004 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 2 January 2005. http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Imola-2004-09-05-photo.html. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

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