2003 FIA GT Donington 500km explained

The 2003 FIA GT Donington 500 km was the fifth round the 2003 FIA GT Championship. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom, on 29 June 2003.

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	23	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Thomas Biagi	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		112
1	GT	23	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Thomas Biagi	Ferrari 5.9L V12		112
2	GT	21	Care Racing BMS Scuderia Italia	Stefano Livio Lilian Bryner Enzo Calderari	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		111
2	GT	21	Care Racing BMS Scuderia Italia	Stefano Livio Lilian Bryner Enzo Calderari	Ferrari 5.9L V12		111
3	GT	4	Force One Racing Festina	Philippe Alliot David Hallyday Steve Zacchia	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		111
3	GT	4	Force One Racing Festina	Philippe Alliot David Hallyday Steve Zacchia	Chrysler 8.0L V10		111
4	GT	7	Graham Nash Motorsport	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Saleen S7-R		110
4	GT	7	Graham Nash Motorsport	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Ford 7.0L V8		110
5	GT	6	Creation Autosportif	Bobby Verdon-Roe Marco Zadra	Lister Storm		110
5	GT	6	Creation Autosportif	Bobby Verdon-Roe Marco Zadra	Jaguar 7.0L V12		110
6	N-GT	50	Freisinger Motorsport	Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		109
6	N-GT	50	Freisinger Motorsport	Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		109
7	GT	2	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Jean-Marc Gounon	Saleen S7-R		109
7	GT	2	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Toni Seiler Jean-Marc Gounon	Ford 7.0L V8		109
8	GT	11	Roos Optima Racing Team	Henrik Roos Magnus Wallinder	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		109
8	GT	11	Roos Optima Racing Team	Henrik Roos Magnus Wallinder	Chrysler 8.0L V10		109
9	N-GT	99	RWS Yukos Motorsport	Johnny Mowlem Stéphane Daoudi	Porsche 911 GT3-R		108
9	N-GT	99	RWS Yukos Motorsport	Johnny Mowlem Stéphane Daoudi	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		108
10	N-GT	51	Freisinger Motorsport	Bert Longin Gabriele Gardel	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		108
10	N-GT	51	Freisinger Motorsport	Bert Longin Gabriele Gardel	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		108
11	N-GT	75	Team Eurotech	David Jones Godfrey Jones	Porsche 911 GT3-R		107
11	N-GT	75	Team Eurotech	David Jones Godfrey Jones	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		107
12	GT	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		107
12	GT	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Ferrari 5.9L V12		107
13	GT	15	Lister Storm Racing	Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lister Storm		106
13	GT	15	Lister Storm Racing	Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz	Jaguar 7.0L V12		106
14	N-GT	88	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Tim Mullen Jamie Davies	Ferrari 360 Modena GT		106
14	N-GT	88	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Tim Mullen Jamie Davies	Ferrari 3.6L V8		106
15	N-GT	80	Veloqx Motorsport	Guy Smith Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari 360 Modena GT		106
15	N-GT	80	Veloqx Motorsport	Guy Smith Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari 3.6L V8		106
16	N-GT	77	RWS Yukos Motorsport	Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		105
16	N-GT	77	RWS Yukos Motorsport	Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		105
17	N-GT	53	JMB Racing	Antoine Gosse Peter Kutemann	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		103
17	N-GT	53	JMB Racing	Antoine Gosse Peter Kutemann	Ferrari 3.6L V8		103
18	GT	9	JMB Racing	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	Ferrari 550 Maranello		101
18	GT	9	JMB Racing	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	Ferrari 6.0L V12		101
19	N-GT	61	EMKA Racing	Emmanuel Collard Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT3-R		100
19	N-GT	61	EMKA Racing	Emmanuel Collard Tim Sugden	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		100
20	N-GT	69	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gerold Ried Maciej Marcinkiewicz	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		86
20	N-GT	69	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gerold Ried Maciej Marcinkiewicz	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		86
21	GT	10	JMB Racing	Boris Derichebourg David Terrien Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 550 Maranello		82
21	GT	10	JMB Racing	Boris Derichebourg David Terrien Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 6.0L V12		82
22 NC	GT	16	Wieth Racing	Wolfgang Kaufmann Vittorio Zoboli	Ferrari 550 Maranello		58
22 NC	GT	16	Wieth Racing	Wolfgang Kaufmann Vittorio Zoboli	Ferrari 6.0L V12		58
23 DNF	N-GT	52	JMB Racing	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio de Simone	Ferrari 360 Modena GT		74
23 DNF	N-GT	52	JMB Racing	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio de Simone	Ferrari 3.6L V8		74
24 DNF	GT	14	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Nathan Kinch Tom Coronel	Lister Storm		50
24 DNF	GT	14	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Nathan Kinch Tom Coronel	Jaguar 7.0L V12		50
25 DNF	N-GT	74	Team Eurotech	Mike Jordan Mark Sumpter	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		42
25 DNF	N-GT	74	Team Eurotech	Mike Jordan Mark Sumpter	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		42
26 DNF	N-GT	89	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Darren Turner Kelvin Burt	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		37
26 DNF	N-GT	89	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Darren Turner Kelvin Burt	Ferrari 3.6L V8		37
27 DNF	GT	5	Force One Racing Festina Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		26
27 DNF	GT	5	Force One Racing Festina Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen	Chrysler 8.0L V10		26
DSQ^†	GT	18	Zwaan's Racing	Arjan van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan Klaus Abbelen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		111
DSQ^†	GT	18	Zwaan's Racing	Arjan van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan Klaus Abbelen	Chrysler 8.0L V10		111
DNS	GT	8	Graham Nash Motorsport	Miguel Ramos Ni Amorim Pedro Chaves	Saleen S7-R		–
DNS	GT	8	Graham Nash Motorsport	Miguel Ramos Ni Amorim Pedro Chaves	Ford 7.0L V8		–

† – #18 Zwaan's Racing was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal fuel cooling device in use.

Statistics

Pole position – #4 Force One Racing Festina – 1:29.361
Fastest lap – #2 Konrad Motorsport – 1:30.802
Average speed – 149.950 km/h

References

Web site: Results: 2003 Round 5 – Donington . FIA GT Championship . 29 June 2003 . 2007-11-06.
Web site: 500 km Donington . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622050315/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt2003.html#5 . dead. 22 June 2008 . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-11-06 .
Web site: FIA GT Championship Donington 2003 (Photo Archive) . Racing Sports Cars . 1 September 2003 . 2007-11-06.