2003 24 Hours of Le Mans | |
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The 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 71st Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 14 and 15 2003.
Race[]
After three consecutive wins, the Audi factory team officially did not field a team, although several privateers did use R8 chassis. Bentley, with an Audi engine and support from Audi works team Joest Racing, won its first Le Mans title since 1930 in the Bentley Speed 8 and Danish driver Tom Kristensen set a record with his fourth straight victory. The Bentley team of David Brabham, Mark Blundell and Johnny Herbert finished second, ahead of the customer Audis.
In GTS-class, the Prodrive Ferraris went on to beat the fastest Corvette by a margin of 10 laps, ending their streak of class wins. American Alex Job Racing took the GT-class victory, while Noel del Bello survived to take LMP675.
Official results[]
Class winners marked in bold. Cars not completing 75% of the winner's distance are listed as Not Classified (NC).
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | |
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Engine | ||||||||
1 | LMGTP | 7 | Team Bentley | Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen Guy Smith |
Bentley Speed 8 | M | 377 | |
Bentley 4.0L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
2 | LMGTP | 8 | Team Bentley | Mark Blundell David Brabham Johnny Herbert |
Bentley Speed 8 | M | 375 | |
Bentley 4.0L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
3 | LMP900 | 6 | Champion Racing | JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Stefan Johansson |
Audi R8 | M | 372 | |
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
4 | LMP900 | 5 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | Seiji Ara Jan Magnussen Marco Werner |
Audi R8 | M | 370 | |
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
5 | LMP900 | 11 | JML Team Panoz | Olivier Beretta Gunnar Jeanette Max Papis |
Panoz LMP01 Evo | M | 360 | |
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | ||||||||
6 | LMP900 | 15 | Racing for Holland | Jan Lammers John Bosch Andy Wallace |
Dome S101 | M | 360 | |
Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | ||||||||
7 | LMP900 | 13 | Courage Compétition | Jonathan Cochet Stéphane Grégoire Jean-Marc Gounon |
Courage C60 | M | 360 | |
Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | ||||||||
8 | LMP900 | 17 | Pescarolo Sport | Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce Stéphane Sarrazin |
Courage C60 | M | 356 | |
Peugeot 3.2L Turbo V6 | ||||||||
9 | LMP900 | 18 | Pescarolo Sport | Eric Hélary Nicolas Minassian Soheil Ayari |
Courage C60 | M | 352 | |
Peugeot 3.2L Turbo V6 | ||||||||
10 | GTS | 88 | Veloqx Prodrive Racing | Tomáš Enge Peter Kox Jamie Davies |
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 336 | |
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12 | ||||||||
11 | GTS | 50 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim |
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | G | 326 | |
Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | ||||||||
12 | GTS | 53 | Corvette Racing | Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Franck Freon |
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | G | 326 | |
Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | ||||||||
13 | LMP900 | 9 | Kondo Racing | Masahiko Kondo Ukyo Katayama Ryo Fukuda |
Dome S101 | Y | 322 | |
Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 | ||||||||
14 | GT | 93 | Alex Job Racing Petersen Motorsports |
Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard Lucas Luhr |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 320 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
15 | LMP675 | 29 | Noël del Bello Racing | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Christophe Pillon Didier André |
Reynard 2KQ-LM | M | 319 | |
Volkswagen HPT16 2.0L Turbo I4 | ||||||||
16 | GTS | 86 | Larbre Compétition | Patrice Goueslard Christophe Bouchut Steve Zacchia |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 317 | |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | ||||||||
17 | GT | 87 | Orbit Racing | Leo Hindery, Jr. Peter Baron Marc Lieb |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 314 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
18 | GT | 75 | Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing |
Michel Neugarten Nigel Smith Ian Khan |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | P | 305 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
19 | GT | 77 | Team Taisan Advan | Atsushi Yogo Akira Iida Kazuyuki Nishizawa |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 304 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
20 | GT | 81 | The Racer's Group | Kevin Buckler Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 304 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
21 | GTS | 72 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Frédéric Dor |
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 298 | |
Ferrari F133 6.0L V12 | ||||||||
22 | LMP675 | 26 | RN Motorsport Ltd. | John Nielsen Hayanari Shimoda Casper Elgaard |
DBA4 03S | D | 288 | |
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | ||||||||
23 | GT | 78 | PK Sport, Ltd. | Robin Liddell David Warnock Piers Masarati |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | P | 285 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
24 | LMP900 | 19 | Automotive Durango SRL | Sylvain Boulay Michele Rugolo Jean-Bernard Bouvet |
Durango LMP1 | D | 277 | |
Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | ||||||||
25 | GT | 70 | JMB Racing | David Terrien Fabrizio de Simone Fabio Babini |
Ferrari 360 Modena GT | P | 273 | |
Ferrari F131 3.6L V8 | ||||||||
26 | GT | 94 | Risi Competizione | Anthony Lazzaro Ralf Kelleners Terry Borcheller |
Ferrari 360 Modena GT | M | 269 | |
Ferrari F131 3.6L V8 | ||||||||
27 | GT | 84 | T2M Motorsport | Vanina Ickx Roland Bervillé Patrick Bourdais |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 264 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
28 NC |
GTS | 64 | Graham Nash Motorsport Ray Mallock Ltd. |
Pedro Chaves Thomas Erdos Mike Newton |
Saleen S7-R | D | 292 | |
Ford 7.0L V8 | ||||||||
29 NC |
GT | 85 | ST Team Orange Spyker | Norman Simon Tom Coronel Hans Hugenholtz |
Spyker C8 Double-12R | D | 229 | |
Audi 4.0L V8 | ||||||||
30 NC |
LMP675 | 24 | Rachel Welter | Yojiro Terada Olivier Porta Gavin Pickering |
WR LMP01 | M | 235 | |
Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4 | ||||||||
31 DNF |
LMP900 | 16 | Racing for Holland | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Bolivia | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias Bolivia]] Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Tristan Gommendy |
Dome S101 | M | 316 |
Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | ||||||||
32 DNF |
LMP900 | 12 | JML Team Panoz | Benjamin Leuenberger David Saelens Scott Maxwell |
Panoz LMP01 Evo | M | 233 | |
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | ||||||||
33 DNF |
GTS | 68 | Scorp Motorsport Communication | Luis Marques Olivier Thévenin Denis Dupuis |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 229 | |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | ||||||||
34 DNF |
GT | 99 | XL Racing | Ange Barde Michel Ferté Gaël Lasoudier |
Ferrari 550 Maranello | P | 227 | |
Ferrari F131 5.5L V12 | ||||||||
35 DNF |
LMP900 | 4 | Riley & Scott Racing | Jim Matthews Marc Goossens Christophe Tinseau |
Riley & Scott Mk III C | M | 214 | |
Ford (Yates) 6.0L V8 | ||||||||
36 DNF |
LMP675 | 25 | Gerard Welter | Bastien Brière Jean-René de Fournoux Stéphane Daoudi |
WR LMP02 | M | 176 | |
Peugeot 3.0L V6 | ||||||||
37 DNF |
GTS | 80 | Veloqx Prodrive Racing | Anthony Davidson Kelvin Burt Darren Turner |
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 176 | |
Ferrari F131 5.9L V12 | ||||||||
38 DNF |
LMP900 | 14 | Team Nasamax McNeil Engineering |
Romain Dumas Robbie Sterling Werner Lupberger |
Reynard 01Q | G | 138 | |
Cosworth XDE 2.7L Turbo V8 (Bioethanol) | ||||||||
39 DNF |
GT | 95 | Risi Competizione | Shane Lewis Butch Leitzinger Johnny Mowlem |
Ferrari 360 Modena GT | Y | 138 | |
Ferrari F133 3.6L V8 | ||||||||
40 DNF |
GT | 83 | Seikel Motorsport | Anthony Burgess David Shep Andrew Bagnall |
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 134 | |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||||
41 DNF |
LMP675 | 27 | Intersport Racing | Jon Field Duncan Dayton Rick Sutherland |
MG-Lola EX257 | G | 107 | |
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | ||||||||
42 DNF |
GT | 92 | Dewalt Racesports Salisbury | Mike Jordan Michael Caine Tim Sugden |
TVR Tuscan T400R | D | 93 | |
TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 | ||||||||
43 DNF |
GTS | 66 | Konrad Motorsport | Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Walter Brun |
Saleen S7-R | D | 91 | |
Ford 7.0L V8 | ||||||||
44 DNF |
LMP900 | 21 | Edouard Sezionale | Patrice Roussel Edouard Sezionale Lucas Lasserre |
Norma M2000-2 | D | 82 | |
Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 | ||||||||
45 DNF |
LMP675 | 31 | Courage Compétition | David Hallyday Philippe Alliot Carl Rosenblad |
Courage C65 | M | 41 | |
JPX 3.4L V6 | ||||||||
46 DNF |
LMP900 | 10 | Audi Sport UK Arena Motorsport |
Frank Biela Perry McCarthy Mika Salo |
Audi R8 | M | 28 | |
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | ||||||||
47 DNF |
LMP675 | 23 | Team Bucknum Racing | Jeff Bucknum Bryan Willman Chris McMurry |
Pilbeam MP91 | D | 27 | |
JPX 3.4L V6 | ||||||||
48 DNF |
GT | 91 | Dewalt Racesport Salisbury | Rob Barff Richard Hay Richard Stanton |
TVR Tuscan T400R | D | 11 | |
TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 | ||||||||
49 DNF |
GTS | 61 | Carsport America | Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen David Hart |
Pagani Zonda GR | P | 10 | |
Mercedes-Benz AMG 6.0L V12 | ||||||||
DNS | LMP900 | 20 | Lister Racing | Jamie Campbell-Walter Nathan Kinch Vincent Vosse |
Lister Storm LMP | D | - | |
Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8 |
Statistics[]
- Pole Position — #7 Team Bentley — 3:32.843
- Fastest Lap — #8 Team Bentley — 3:35.529
- Distance — 5146.05 km
- Average Speed — 214.33 km/h
- Highest Trap Speed - Dome Mugen & Dome Judd - 337 km/h (qualifying)
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