The 2004 FIA GT Donington 500 km was the sixth round of the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Donington Park, United Kingdom, on 27 June 2004.
Several competitors from the British GT Championship participated in this event, although the TVR Tuscans were required to run in a separate special class due to the cars not meeting N-GT homologation requirements. The #5 Vitaphone Saleen overtook the #17 JMB Ferrari for the lead, then quickly built up a gap of 8 seconds. In the last lap at the chicane, the #5 had come together with the #99 Porsche and the former suffered a puncture. The damage to the Saleen was enough to lose the win as Jaime Melo retook the lead in the final corner. Matteo Bobbi was able to unlap the #17 Ferrari on the final corner as well and gained a lap advantage.
Official results
editClass 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | GT | 17 |  JMB Racing
|
 Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo
|
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | M | 117 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 2 | GT | 5 |  Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport
|
Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen
|
Saleen S7-R | P | 117 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | GT | 11 |  G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse
|
Philipp Peter Fabio Babini
|
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | P | 117 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 4 | GT | 1 | BMS Scuderia Italia
|
Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel
|
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 117 |
| Ferrari 5.9L V12 | |||||||
| 5 | GT | 2 | BMS Scuderia Italia
|
Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari
|
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 117 |
| Ferrari 5.9L V12 | |||||||
| 6 | GT | 13 | G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse
|
Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli
|
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | P | 116 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 7 | GT | 3 |  Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia
|
Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner
|
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 116 |
| Ferrari 5.9L V12 | |||||||
| 8 | GT | 7 | Ray Mallock Ltd.
|
Mike Newton Thomas Erdos
|
Saleen S7-R | D | 116 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | GT | 8 | Ray Mallock Ltd.
|
Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos
|
Saleen S7-R | D | 115 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | N-GT | 50 | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport
|
 Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 114 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 11 | N-GT | 99 | Freisinger Motorsport
|
Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 114 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 12 | GT | 18 | JMB Racing
|
 Bert Longin Lorenzo Casè Matteo Malucelli
|
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | M | 113 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 13 | GT | 10 |  Zwaans GTR Racing Team
|
Stéphane Lemeret Henrik Roos Arjan van der Zwaan
|
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 113 |
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 14 | N-GT | 88 | GruppeM
|
Tim Mullen Jonathan Cocker
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | D | 112 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 15 | N-GT | 65 | Scuderia Ecosse
|
Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch
|
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | P | 111 |
| Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
| 16 | GT | 19 | JMB
|
Mauro Casadei Andrea Garbagnati Antoine Gosse
|
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | M | 111 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 17 | N-GT | 62 | G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse
|
Fabrizio de Simone Christian Pescatori
|
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | P | 110 |
| Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
| 18 | SP2 | 153 | RSR
|
Lawrence Tomlinson Nigel Greensall
|
TVR Tuscan T400R | D | 110 |
| TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 | |||||||
| 19 | N-GT | 71 | JWR
|
Mike Jordan David Warnock
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 109 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | N-GT | 59 | Jens Petersen Racing
|
Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 106 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 21 | GT | 28 | Graham Nash Motorsport
|
Paolo Ruberti Paul Whight David Leslie
|
Saleen S7-R | D | 106 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 22 | GT | 4 | Konrad Motorsport
|
Paul Knapfield Harald Becker Toni Seiler
|
Saleen S7-R | P | 104 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 23 | N-GT | 69 | Proton Competition
|
Gerold Ried Christian Ried
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 80 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 | GT | 27 | Creation Autosportif
|
Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire Bobby Verdon-Roe
|
Lister Storm | D | 83 |
| Jaguar 7.0L V12 | |||||||
| 25 DNF |
N-GT | 77 | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport
|
 Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev
|
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 83 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 26 DNF |
GT | 9 | Zwaans GTR Racing Team
|
Val Hillebrand Rob van der Zwaan
|
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 56 |
| Chrysler 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 27 DNF |
SP2 | 154 | Synergy Motorsport
|
Bob Berridge Lee Caroline Christopher Stockton
|
TVR Tuscan T400R | D | 51 |
| TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 | |||||||
| 28 DNF |
GT | 22 | Wieth Racing
|
Wolfgang Kaufmann Mark Mayall Rob Croydon
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | D | 36 |
| Ferrari 6.0L V12 |
Statistics
edit- Pole position – #4 Konrad Motorsport – 1:40.747
- Fastest lap – #5 Vitaphone Racing Team – 1:28.906
- Average speed – 156.670 km/h
References
edit- "Results: 2004 Round 6 – Donington". FIA GT Championship. 27 June 2004. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- "500 km Donington". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- "FIA GT Championship Donington 2004 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-11-04.