2000 FIA GT Valencia 500km explained

The 2000 FIA GT Valencia 500 km was the first round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Spain, on March 26, 2000.

Official results

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT	14	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Julian Bailey	Lister Storm		109
1	GT	14	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Julian Bailey	Jaguar 7.0L V12		109
2	GT	12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Paul Belmondo Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		108
2	GT	12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Paul Belmondo Vincent Vosse	Chrysler 8.0L V10		108
3	GT	11	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Claude-Yves Gosselin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		108
3	GT	11	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Claude-Yves Gosselin	Chrysler 8.0L V10		108
4	GT	25	Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans David Hart	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		108
4	GT	25	Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans David Hart	Chrysler 8.0L V10		108
5	GT	4	Freisinger Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Yukihiro Hane	Porsche 911 GT2		106
5	GT	4	Freisinger Motorsport	Ernst Palmberger Yukihiro Hane	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		106
6	GT	2	Chamberlain Motorsport	Walter Brun Toni Seiler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		105
6	GT	2	Chamberlain Motorsport	Walter Brun Toni Seiler	Chrysler 8.0L V10		105
7	GT	10	Paul Belmondo Competition	Jean-Claude Lagniez Guy Martinolle	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		105
7	GT	10	Paul Belmondo Competition	Jean-Claude Lagniez Guy Martinolle	Chrysler 8.0L V10		105
8	N-GT	52	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT3-R		105
8	N-GT	52	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		105
9	GT	5	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT2		105
9	GT	5	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		105
10	N-GT	50	Pennzoil Quaker State G-Force	Robert Nearn Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 911 GT3-R		104
10	N-GT	50	Pennzoil Quaker State G-Force	Robert Nearn Magnus Wallinder	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		104
11	GT	8	Haberthur Racing	Michel Ligonnet Mauro Casadei Alberto Castello	Porsche 911 GT2		103
11	GT	8	Haberthur Racing	Michel Ligonnet Mauro Casadei Alberto Castello	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		103
12	N-GT	56	EMKA GTC	Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT3-R		103
12	N-GT	56	EMKA GTC	Steve O'Rourke Tim Sugden	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		103
13	GT	28	RWS	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	?	103
13	GT	28	RWS	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	?	103
14	N-GT	53	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Ferdinand de Lesseps Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT3-R		103
14	N-GT	53	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Ferdinand de Lesseps Jean-Luc Chéreau	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		103
15	N-GT	77	RWS Red Bull Racing	Luca Riccitelli Hans-Jörg Hofer Hans Willems	Porsche 911 GT3-R		103
15	N-GT	77	RWS Red Bull Racing	Luca Riccitelli Hans-Jörg Hofer Hans Willems	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		103
16	N-GT	64	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Jean-Paul Richard Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 911 GT3-R		102
16	N-GT	64	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Jean-Paul Richard Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		102
17	GT	7	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 911 GT2		101
17	GT	7	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		101
18	GT	27	Autorlando	Marco Spinelli Fabio Villa Gabriele Sabatini	Porsche 911 GT2		100
18	GT	27	Autorlando	Marco Spinelli Fabio Villa Gabriele Sabatini	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		100
19	GT	21	Racing Box	Luca Cappellari Raffaele Sangiuolo Gabriele Matteuzzi	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		100
19	GT	21	Racing Box	Luca Cappellari Raffaele Sangiuolo Gabriele Matteuzzi	Chrysler 8.0L V10		100
20	N-GT	66	MAC Racing	Massimo Frigerio Paolo Rapetti	Porsche 911 GT3-R		98
20	N-GT	66	MAC Racing	Massimo Frigerio Paolo Rapetti	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		98
21	GT	32	Seikel Motorsport	Francis Werner Jacques Piattier	Porsche 911 GT2		97
21	GT	32	Seikel Motorsport	Francis Werner Jacques Piattier	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		97
22	N-GT	51	Pennzoil Quaker State G-Force	Nigel Smith Michel Neugarten	Porsche 911 GT3-R		96
22	N-GT	51	Pennzoil Quaker State G-Force	Nigel Smith Michel Neugarten	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		96
23	N-GT	54	Noël del Bello Racing	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére Marc Sourd Bernard Chauvin	Porsche 911 GT3-R		95
23	N-GT	54	Noël del Bello Racing	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére Marc Sourd Bernard Chauvin	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		95
24	GT	22	Wieth Racing	Niko Wieth Franz Wieth	Porsche 911 GT2		85
24	GT	22	Wieth Racing	Niko Wieth Franz Wieth	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		85
25 DNF	GT	3	Freisinger Motorsport	Bob Wollek Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2		73
25 DNF	GT	3	Freisinger Motorsport	Bob Wollek Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		73
26 DNF	GT	9	Haberthur Racing	Jacques Corbet Patrick Vuillaume Paco Orti	Porsche 911 GT2		69
26 DNF	GT	9	Haberthur Racing	Jacques Corbet Patrick Vuillaume Paco Orti	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		69
27 DNF	GT	15	Lister Storm Racing	Peter Hardman Nicolaus Springer Carlos Palau	Lister Storm		48
27 DNF	GT	15	Lister Storm Racing	Peter Hardman Nicolaus Springer Carlos Palau	Jaguar 7.0L V12		48
28 DNF	GT	19	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Christian Vann	Marcos Mantara LM600		43
28 DNF	GT	19	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Christian Vann	Chevrolet 5.9L V8		43
29 DNF	GT	1	Chamberlain Motorsport	Ni Amorim Stephen Watson	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		38
29 DNF	GT	1	Chamberlain Motorsport	Ni Amorim Stephen Watson	Chrysler 8.0L V10		38
30 DNF	GT	16	First Racing	Jean-Denis Délétraz Fabien Giroix	Ferrari 550 Maranello		14
30 DNF	GT	16	First Racing	Jean-Denis Délétraz Fabien Giroix	Ferrari 6.0L V12		14

Statistics

Pole position – #14 Lister Storm Racing – 1:33.635
Fastest lap – #14 Lister Storm Racing – 1:33.951
Average speed – 143.350 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 2000 Round 1 – Valencia . FIA GT Championship . 26 March 2000 . 2007-11-30.
Web site: 500 km Valencia . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914023004/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt2000.html#1 . 2008-09-14 . dead .