2003 Spa 24 Hours
The 2003 Proximus 24 Spa was the 56th running of the Spa 24 Hours and the sixth round the 2003 FIA GT Championship. This event combined the FIA GT's two classes (GT and N-GT) with cars from national series and one-make series, designated G2 and G3. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 25 and 26 July 2003.
This race marked the only time in the history of the FIA GT Championship that the slower of the two classes (N-GT in this case) managed to win a race overall.
Half-point leaders
[edit]For the FIA GT Championship, the top eight cars in the GT and N-GT classes are awarded half points for their positions after six hours and twelve hours into the race. Points to the top eight were awarded in the order of 5.0 - 4.0 – 3.0 – 2.5 – 2.0 – 1.5 – 1.0 – 0.5.
6 Hour leaders in GT
[edit]Pos | No | Team | Laps |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | JMB Racing | 107 |
2 | 1 | Larbre Compétition | 107 |
3 | 22 | BMS Scuderia Italia | 105 |
4 | 17 | Larbre Compétition | 105 |
5 | 5 | Force One Racing Festina | 105 |
6 | 24 | Paul Belmondo Racing | 105 |
7 | 6 | Creation Autosportif | 105 |
8 | 15 | Lister Racing | 104 |
6 Hour leaders in N-GT
[edit]Pos | No | Team | Laps |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 50 | Freisinger Motorsport | 107 |
2 | 61 | EMKA Racing | 106 |
3 | 57 | MenX | 105 |
4 | 72 | Seikel Motorsport | 105 |
5 | 77 | RWS Yukos Motorsport | 105 |
6 | 88 | Team Maranello Concessionaires | 104 |
7 | 89 | Team Maranello Concessionaires | 104 |
8 | 74 | Team Eurotech | 104 |
12 Hour leaders in GT
[edit]Pos | No | Team | Laps |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Larbre Compétition | 220 |
2 | 9 | JMB Racing | 217 |
3 | 24 | Paul Belmondo Racing | 216 |
4 | 15 | Lister Racing | 215 |
5 | 22 | BMS Scuderia Italia | 214 |
6 | 17 | Larbre Compétition | 213 |
7 | 11 | Roos Optima Racing Team | 203 |
8 | 7 | Graham Nash Motorsport | 195 |
12 Hour leaders in N-GT
[edit]Pos | No | Team | Laps |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 50 | Freisinger Motorsport | 220 |
2 | 72 | Seikel Motorsport | 216 |
3 | 61 | EMKA Racing | 214 |
4 | 57 | MenX | 213 |
5 | 77 | RWS Yukos Motorsport | 213 |
6 | 74 | Team Eurotech | 207 |
7 | 53 | JMB Racing | 203 |
8 | 89 | Team Maranello Concessionaires | 203 |
Official results
[edit]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 |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | N-GT | 50 | Freisinger Motorsport | Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli Romain Dumas | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 479 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
2 | GT | 22 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 471 |
Ferrari 5.9L V12 | |||||||
3 | N-GT | 72 | Seikel Motorsport | Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 470 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
4 | GT | 1 | Larbre Compétition | Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Dumez Vincent Vosse Patrick Huisman | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 469 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
5 | G2 | 126 | Zakspeed | Kurt Mollekens Didier de Radiguès Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 468 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
6 | GT | 24 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Paul Belmondo Yann Clairay Emmanuel Clérico Pierre-Yves Corthals | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | P | 466 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
7 | N-GT | 57 | MenX | Jaroslav Janiš Robert Pergl Yannick Schroeder | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | D | 466 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
8 | N-GT | 53 | JMB Racing | Iradj Alexander Fabrizio de Simone Luciano Burti | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | P | 461 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
9 | G2 | 102 | AD Sport | Koen Wauters Kris Wauters Albert Vanierschot Jos Menten | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo | P | 457 |
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
10 | GT | 15 | Lister Storm Racing | Andrea Piccini Gabriele Lancieri David Sterckx Gavin Pickering | Lister Storm | D | 455 |
Jaguar 7.0L V12 | |||||||
11 | N-GT | 74 | Team Eurotech JVG Racing | Ian Khan Nigel Smith Mark Mayall Jürgen von Gartzen | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 455 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
12 | G3 | 117 | Land Motorsport | Christian Land Peter Scharmarch Loïc Deman Sylvie Delcour | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P | 454 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
13 | N-GT | 66 | Autorlando Sport | Diego Alessi Edy Gay Maurizio Mediani Michel Orts | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | P | 445 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
14 | G2 | 105 | De Bokkenrijders RTM Racing | Pascal Nelissen Grade Steve Van Bellingen Nicolas de Gastines | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P | 443 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
15 | G2 | 160 | Track Promotion Ice Pol Racing Team | Christian Lefort Yves Lambert Renato Premoli Antonio De Castro | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 441 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
16 | G3 | 110 | Alméras Freres | Philippe Almèras Marc Sourd Steeve Hiesse Pierre Martinet | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P | 438 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
17 | GT | 7 | Graham Nash Motorsport | Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Miguel Ramos Pedro Chaves | Saleen S7-R | D | 432 |
Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
18 | G2 | 106 | Excelsior | Patrick Selleslagh Alain Corbisier Marc Vannerum Frédéric Bouvy | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | D | 431 |
Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | |||||||
19 | G3 | 113 | Ruffier Racing | James Ruffier Eric Mouez Éric Hélary Stéphane Pereira | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P | 431 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
20 | N-GT | 89 | Team Maranello Concessionaires | Darren Turner Guy Smith Jamie Davies | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | D | 426 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
21 | G3 | 111 | Signa Racing Team | Patrick Chaillet Rafaël Coenen Bruno Giovanni | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P | 417 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
22 | GT | 5 | Force One Racing Festina | David Hallyday François Jakubowski Julien Gilbert Steve Zacchia | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | P | 412 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
23 | G2 | 171 | Emeraude Racing | Didier Caradec Olivier Baron André-Alain Corbel Gérard Tremblay | Porsche 911 GT3-R | P | 393 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
24 | G3 | 118 | Campus Automobile | Philippe Menage José Close Lino Pecoraro | Lotus Elise | Y | 389 |
Rover K18 1.8L I4 | |||||||
25 | GT | 11 | Roos Optima Racing Team | Henrik Roos Magnus Wallinder Vincent Dupont Peter Snowdon | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 375 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
26 | G2 | 100 | Racing Team Belgium | Sébastien Ugeux Renaud Kuppens Stéphane Lemeret | Gillet Vertigo Streiff | D | 360 |
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | |||||||
27 DNF | GT | 9 | JMB Racing | Philipp Peter Fabio Babini Boris Derichebourg | Ferrari 550 Maranello | P | 326 |
Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
28 DNF | N-GT | 69 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried Gerold Ried Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 303 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
29 DNF | N-GT | 61 | EMKA Racing | Emmanuel Collard Tim Sugden Chris Goodwin | Porsche 911 GT3-R | D | 268 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
30 DNF | N-GT | 77 | RWS Yukos Motorsport | Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev Adam Jones Stéphane Daoudi | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | P | 240 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
31 DNF | GT | 17 | Larbre Compétition | Jean-Luc Blanchemain Vanina Ickx Stefano Zonca Pertti Kuismanen | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 234 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
32 DNF | GT | 25 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Claude-Yves Gosselin Olivier Dupard Marco Saviozzi Pierre Ragues | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | P | 164 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
33 DNF | N-GT | 67 | Autorlando Sport | Bruno Corradi Moreno Soli Marco Facchetti Giampaolo Tenchini | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | P | 162 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
34 DNF | GT | 6 | Creation Autosportif | Bobby Verdon-Roe Marco Zadra Duncan Huisman Jean-Marc Gounon | Lister Storm | D | 152 |
Jaguar 7.0L V12 | |||||||
35 DNF | G2 | 109 | Laurent Van Moerkerke | Laurent Van Moerkerke Marc Schoonbroodt Pierre-Yves Rosoux Bernard de Dryver | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | D | 146 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
36 DNF | N-GT | 84 | T2M – Kaneko | Frank Hahn Paul Daniels Christophe Geoffroy Wim Coekelberghs | Porsche 911 GT3-R | D | 128 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
37 DNF | N-GT | 73 | Seikel Motorsport | Tony Burgess John Lloyd Philip Collin Tim Bergmeister | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Y | 115 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
38 DNF | N-GT | 68 | Peter Kutemann JMB Racing | Peter Kutemann Antoine Gosse Stephen Earle Batti Pregliasco | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | P | 111 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
39 DNF | N-GT | 88 | Team Maranello Concessionaires | Tim Mullen Kelvin Burt Andrew Kirkaldy | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | D | 104 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
40 DNF | N-GT | 52 | JMB Racing | Andrea Bertolini Christian Pescatori David Terrien | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | P | 96 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
41 DNF | GT | 14 | Lister Storm Racing | Jamie Campbell-Walter Nathan Kinch Robert Schirle Tom Coronel | Lister Storm | D | 93 |
Jaguar 7.0L V12 | |||||||
42 DNF | GT | 16 | Wieth Racing | Wolfgang Kaufmann Niko Wieth Elmar Grimm Thierry Stépec | Ferrari 550 Maranello | D | 87 |
Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
43 DNF | GT | 23 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Matteo Bobbi Thomas Biagi Ettore Bonaldi Stefano Livio | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 81 |
Ferrari 5.9L V12 | |||||||
44 DNF | G2 | 104 | Perspective Racing | Thierry Perrier Angelo Barretto Michel Neugarten João Barbosa | Mosler MT900R | D | 75 |
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
45 DNF | GT | 2 | Konrad Motorsport | Franz Konrad Walter Lechner, Jr. Toni Seiler Eric van de Poele | Saleen S7-R | D | 74 |
Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
46 DNF | N-GT | 51 | Freisinger Motorsport | Bert Longin Jeffrey van Hooydonk Gabriele Gardel Guillaume Gomez | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 52 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
47 DNF | G2 | 107 | Aero Racing | Paula Cook Neil Cunningham Jacques Laffite | Morgan Aero 8R | D | 45 |
BMW (Mader) 4.5L V8 | |||||||
48 DNF | G2 | 103 | Darro Motor Racing SEAT Sport | Miguel Ángel de Castro Didier Defourny Christian Lavieille | SEAT Toledo GT | D | 38 |
SEAT 3.0L Turbo V6 | |||||||
49 DNF | N-GT | 75 | Team Eurotech | David Jones Godfrey Jones Mike Jordan Mark Sumpter | Porsche 911 GT3-R | D | 33 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
50 DNF | G3 | 115 | JMT Racing | Stany Linnertz Mike Janssen Jérôme Naveaux Olivier Bouche | BMW Z3 M | P | 23 |
BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
51 DNF | GT | 18 | Zwaan's Racing | Arjan van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan Klaus Abbelen Marc Goossens | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 17 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
52 DNF | GT | 4 | Force One Racing Festina Carsport Holland | Mike Hezemans David Hart Anthony Kumpen Philippe Alliot | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | P | 12 |
Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
53 DNF | G2 | 101 | Rollcentre Racing | Martin Short Rob Barff Tom Herridge Patrick Pearce | Mosler MT900R | D | 0 |
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
DNS | GT | 21 | Care Racing BMS Scuderia Italia | Jean-Marc Gounon Jérôme Policand Nicola Cadei | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | – |
Ferrari 5.9L V12 |
Statistics
[edit]- Pole position – #22 BMS Scuderia Italia – 2:15.718
- Fastest lap – #14 Lister Racing – 2:19.453
- Distance – 3327.613 km
- Average speed – 138.557 km/h
References
[edit]- "Results: 2003 Round 6 – Spa-Francorchamps". FIA GT Championship. 26 July 2003. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- "24 h Spa". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- "Spa 24 Hours 2003 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-07.