2004 Le Mans Endurance Series season

2004 Le Mans Endurance Series season
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The 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series season was the first 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

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
-	LMES Official Test	Paul Ricard HTTT	10 April 11 April
1	1000km of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	9 May
2	1000km of Nürburgring	Nürburgring	4 July
3	1000km of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	13 August
4	1000km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	12 September

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

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

Teams Championship

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. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.

LMP1 Standings

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

LMP2 Standings

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

GTS Standings

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

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

GT Standings

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

External links

2004 LMES season review

European Le Mans Series

Automobile Club de l'Ouest 24 Hours of Le Mans FIA World Endurance Championship 2001 European Le Mans Series Classic Endurance Racing

LMP Classes list LMGT Classes Le Mans Prototype Challenge 2009 Cup

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