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2005

The 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series was the inaugural 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 di Monza	9 May
2	1000km of Nürburgring	Nürburgring	3 July
3	1000km of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	13 August
4	1000km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	12 September
Sources:

Entry list

Entry List
Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
LMP1
Creation Autosportif	DBA 03S	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	D	3	Nicolas Minassian	All
					Jamie Campbell-Walter
Taurus Sports	Lola B2K/10	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	D	4	Christian Vann	1
					Benjamin Leuenberger
					Alex Müller
		Caterpillar TDI 4.9 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)		10	Calum Lockie	1, 3
					Phil Andrews
					Richard Jones	3
Team Goh	Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	M	5	Rinaldo Capello	All
					Seiji Ara
					Tom Kristensen	1
Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	D	6	Martin Short	All
					João Barbosa
					Rob Barff	1
					Patrick Pearce	2–4
RML	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4	D	7	Mike Newton	All
					Thomas Erdos
					Miguel Ramos
Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	M	8	Allan McNish	All
					Pierre Kaffer
				88	Johnny Herbert
					Jamie Davies
Advan Kondo Racing	Dome S101	Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8	Y	9	Hiroki Katoh	1
					Ryo Michigami
Larbre Compétition	Panoz GTP	Ford Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8	M	11	Olivier Dupard	4
					Sébastien Dumez
					Jean-Luc Blanchemain
Team Nasamax	Nasamax DM139 (Reynard)	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bio-ethanol)	D M	14	Robbie Stirling	1, 3–4
					Werner Lupberger
					Romain Dumas	3–4
Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10	M	17	Soheil Ayari	1–2, 4
					Emmanuel Collard	1
					Éric Hélary	2
					Jean-Marc Gounon	4
Lister Cars Lister Racing	Lister Storm LMP	Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8	D	20	Justin Keen	2–4
					John Nielsen	2
					Rob Barff	3
					Marc Goossens	4
Zytek Engineering	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	M	22	Andy Wallace	1
					David Brabham
					Stefan Johansson
					Robbie Kerr	3
					Chris Dyson
Spinnaker Clandesteam	Dallara SP1	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	M	24	Rocky Agusta	1
					Felipe Ortiz
					Beppe Gabbiani
Team Jota	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	D	69	John Stack	All
					Sam Hignett
					Gianni Collini
LMP2
Courage Compétition	Courage C65	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4	M	13	Alexander Frei	2–4
					Sam Hancock
					Jean-Marc Gounon	2–3
					Jonathan Cochet	4
Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4	M	26	Paul Belmondo	All
					Claude-Yves Gosselin
					Marco Saviozzi	1–3
					Wim Eyckmans	4
Tracsport	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6	D	27	John Ingram	2–4
					John Gaw
					Rick Pearson
Team Ranieri Randaccio	Tampolli RTA99	Ford Nicholson-McLaren XB 3.3 L V8	G	28	Ranieri Randaccio	1–3
					Leonardo Maddalena	1–2
					Fabio Mancini	3
Équipe Palmyr	Lucchini SR2000	Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6	A D	31	Christophe Ricard	2–4
					Philippe Favre
					Grégory Fargier
Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/40	Judd KV675 3.4 L V8	P	32	Clint Field	1
					Jon Field
					William Binnie
Lucchini Engineering	Lucchini LMP2/04	Judd KV675 3.4 L V8	P		Piergiuseppe Peroni	4
					Mirko Savoldi
					Filippo Francioni
Renauer Motorsport	Tampolli RTA99	Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6	D	33	Manfred Jurasz	2
					Hannes Gsell
					Petr Válek
K2 Race Engineering	Pilbeam MP91	Judd KV675 3.4 L V8	?	34	Simon Pullan	3
					Peter Owen
					Ben Devlin
G-Force Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6	D	35	Franck Hahn	2–4
					Jean-François Leroch	2–3
					Philippe Haezebrouck	2, 4
					Tim Greaves	3
					Sylvie Delcour	4
Gerard Welter Welter Racing	WR LMP2	Peugeot ES9 3.4 L V6	M	36	Jean-René de Fournoux	2–4
					Jean-Bernard Bouvet
					Sylvain Boulay	4
Pierre Bruneau PiR Compétition	Pilbeam MP91	JPX (Mader) 3.4 L V6	M	99	Pierre Bruneau	All
					Marc Rostan
GTS
A-Level Engineering	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	M	50	Wolfgang Kaufmann	2–3
					Eric van de Poele
MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10	P G	51	Maurizio Strada	1–2
					Massimo Morini
					"Base Up"
Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	D	52	Gian Maria Gabbiani	1–2
					Ettore Bonaldi	1
					Michel Orts
					Phillip Bennett	2–4
					David Leslie	3–4
					Paul Whight
Konrad Motorsport Vitaphone Racing	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	P	53	Klaus Abbelen	2
					Maciej Stanco
					Paul Knapfield
				59	Uwe Alzen	All
					Michael Bartels
					Franz Konrad
Force One Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10	P	60	David Hallyday	1–2
					Bruno Besson
					Anthony Kumpen	2
Barron Connor Racing	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12	P	61	Thomas Biagi	All
					Danny Sullivan
					John Bosch
				62	Mike Hezemans	All
					Jean-Denis Délétraz
					Ange Barde	1
					Andrea Piccini	3
Larbre Compétition	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12	M	86	Christophe Bouchut	All
					Pedro Lamy
					Steve Zacchia
				87	Tomáš Enge	4
					Robert Pergl
					Patrice Goueslard
GT
RSR Racing	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6	D	40	Michael Caine	4
					Nigel Greensall
					Jonathan Coleman
				41	Jonny Kane
					Warren Hughes
					Lawrence Tomlinson
				74		3
					Nigel Greensall
JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8	D	70	Roman Rusinov	All
					Stéphane Daoudi	1–3
					Jaime Melo	1, 4
					Bert Longin	4
JWR Mike Jordan JWR	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	D	71	Mike Jordan	2–3
					Robin Liddell	2
					Johnny Mowlem	3
Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	P	75	Liz Halliday	4
					Piers Masarati
				76	Franco Groppi	1
					Giampaolo Tenchini
					Joël Camathias
					Jim Michaelian	4
					Mauro Casadei
					François Labhardt
Choro-Q Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	Y	77	Haruki Kurosawa	All
					Kazuyuki Nishizawa
					Manabu Orido	1–2
Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	D	79	Ian Khan	1–2, 4
					Nigel Smith	1
					Peter Kox
					Michel Heydens	2, 4
					Tim Sugden	4
Sebah Automotive	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	D	80	Piers Masarati	1, 3
					Bart Hayden	1
					Xavier Pompidou	2–3
					Marino Franchitti	2
					Marc Lieb	4
The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	D	81	Patrick Long	1
					Lars-Erik Nielsen
					Thorkild Thyrring
Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	D			2–4
					Lars-Erik Nielsen
					Mike Rockenfeller	2
					Patrick Long	3–4
Denis Cohignac	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	D	82	Sylvain Noël	1–2
					Denis Cohignac	1
					Daniel Desbrueres
					Thierry Stépec	2
					André-Alain Corbel
Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	Y	83	Luca Riccitelli	1
					Alex Caffi
					Gabrio Rosa
				84	Philip Collin	All
					Tony Burgess	1, 3–4
					Gaël Lesoudier	2–3
					Arno Klasen	2
					Graeme Mundy	4
Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	D	85	Stéphane Ortelli	All
					Romain Dumas	1
					Emmanuel Collard	2–4
					Alexey Vasilyev	2
Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6	D	89	Christopher Stockton	1
					Bob Berridge
					Michael Caine
					Jonny Kane	3
					Warren Hughes
T2M Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	Y	90	Vanina Ickx	1–2, 4
					Wolfgang Kaufmann	1
					Keiko Ihara
					Thierry Rabineau	2, 4
					Paul Daniels	2
					Robin Liddell	3
					Gilles Vannelet
					Yukihiro Hane
					Christophe Tinseau	4
Racesport Salisbury	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6	D	91	John Hartshorne	All
					Richard Stanton	1–3
					Graeme Mundy
					Steve Hyde	4
					Adam Sharpe
Cirtek Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8	D	92	Rob Wilson	All
					Frank Mountain	1–3
					Hans Hugenholtz	1
					Karim Ojjeh	2
					Rory Passey	3
					Andrew Kirkaldy	4
					Maurizio Fabris
	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6		93	Adam Jones	All
					Sascha Maassen
IN2 Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	D	96	Juan Barazi	4
					Michael Vergers
					Nick Dudfield
Auto Palace	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8	P	97	Steeve Hiesse	1–3
					Giovanni Lavaggi
					Giampaolo Ermolli	1

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

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

Teams Championships

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	MNZ	NÜR	SIL	SPA	Total
1	#88	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	1	2	3	1	34
2	#8	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	2	1	1	Ret	28
3	#5	Team Goh	Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	3	4	2	2	27
4	#3	Creation Autosportif	DBA 03S	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	3	Ret	3	12
5	#7	RML	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4	7	7	7	5	10
6=	#17	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10	4	5		Ret	9
6=	#69	Team Jota	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	Ret	8	6	4	9
8=	#6	Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	5	6	8	Ret	8
8=	#22	Zytek Engineering	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	6		4		8
10	#14	Team Nasamax	Nasamax DM139	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bioethanol)	8		5		5
11	#11	Larbre Compétition	Panoz GTP	Ford Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8				6	3
NC	#20	Lister Cars	Lister Storm LMP	Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8		Ret	Ret	Ret	0
NC	#10	Taurus Sports	Lola B2K/10	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	Ret		Ret		0
NC	#9	Advan Kondo Racing	Dome S101	Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8	Ret				0
NC	#4	Taurus Sports	Lola B2K/10	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	Ret				0
NC	#14	Team Nasamax	Nasamax DM139 (Reynard)	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bioethanol)				Ret	0
NC	#24	Spinnaker Clandesteam	Dallara SP1	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	DNS				0

LMP2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	MNZ	NÜR	SIL	SPA	Total
1	#13	Courage Compétition	Courage C65	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4		1	1	1	30
2	#99	PiR Compétition	Pilbeam MP91	JPX 3.4 L V6	1	2	4	6	26
3	#27	Tracsport	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6		3	5	4	15
4	#36	Gerard Welter	WR LMP2	Peugeot ES9 3.4 L V6		DSQ	2	3	14
5	#26	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	8
6	#31	Equipe Palmyr	Lucchini SR2000	Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6		Ret	3	Ret	6
7	#35	G-Force Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6		4	NC	Ret	5
8	#32	Lucchini Engineering	Lucchini LMP2/04	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8				5	4
NC	#28	Team Ranieri Randaccio	Tampolli RTA99	Ford Nicholson-McLaren XB 3.3 L V8	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
NC	#32	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/40	Judd KV675 3.4 L V8	Ret				0
NC	#34	K2 Race Engineering	Pilbeam MP91	Judd KV675 3.4 L V8			Ret		0
NC	#33	Renauer Motorsport	Tampolli RTA99	Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6		DNS			0

GTS Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	MNZ	NÜR	SIL†	SPA	Total
1	#86	Larbre Compétition	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12	1	1	1	1	35
2	#61	Barron Connor Racing	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12	2	4	4	4	20.5
3	#62	Barron Connor Racing	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12	Ret	5	2	3	14
4	#52	Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	NC	3	3	5	13
5=	#59	Vitaphone Racing Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	8
5=	#87	Larbre Compétition	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12				2	8
NC	#51	MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10	Ret	Ret			0
NC	#60	Force One Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10	Ret	Ret			0
NC	#53	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8		Ret			0
NC	#50	A-Level Engineering	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		DNS	DNS		0

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

GT Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	MNZ	NÜR	SIL	SPA	Total
1	#80	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	5	2	2	3	26
2	#70	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8	2	6	1	5	25
3	#85	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	1		5	1	24
4	#93	Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	6	1		2	21
5	#77	Choro Q Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	3	3	8		13
6	#84	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6	8	4	4	8	12
7	#81	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6			3	4	11
8	#81	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6	4				5
9=	#92	Cirtek Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8	7	7			4
9=	#97	Auto Palace	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8		5			4
11=	#91	Racesport Salisbury	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6		8	7		3
11=	#89	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6			6		3
11=	#90	T2M Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6				6	3
14	#75	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6				7	2

External links

• 2004 LMES season review