2003 Spa 24 Hours Explained

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
					Engine
1	N-GT	50	Freisinger Motorsport	Marc Lieb Stéphane Ortelli Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		479
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
2	GT	22	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		471
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
3	N-GT	72	Seikel Motorsport	Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		470
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
4	GT	1	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Dumez Vincent Vosse Patrick Huisman	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		469
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
5	G2	126	Zakspeed	Kurt Mollekens Didier de Radiguès Pedro Lamy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		468
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
6	GT	24	Paul Belmondo Racing	Paul Belmondo Yann Clairay Emmanuel Clérico Pierre-Yves Corthals	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		466
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
7	N-GT	57	MenX	Jaroslav Janiš Robert Pergl Yannick Schroeder	Ferrari 360 Modena GT		466
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
8	N-GT	53	JMB Racing	Iradj Alexander Fabrizio de Simone Luciano Burti	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		461
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
9	G2	102	AD Sport	Koen Wauters Kris Wauters Albert Vanierschot Jos Menten	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo		457
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT	15	Lister Storm Racing	Andrea Piccini Gabriele Lancieri David Sterckx Gavin Pickering	Lister Storm		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		455
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	G3	117	Land Motorsport	Christian Land Peter Scharmarch Loïc Deman Sylvie Delcour	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup		454
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	N-GT	66	Autorlando Sport	Diego Alessi Edy Gay Maurizio Mediani Michel Orts	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		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		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		441
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	G3	110	Alméras Freres	Philippe Almèras Marc Sourd Steeve Hiesse Pierre Martinet	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup		438
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	7	Graham Nash Motorsport	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Miguel Ramos Pedro Chaves	Saleen S7-R		432
					Ford 7.0L V8
18	G2	106	Excelsior	Patrick Selleslagh Alain Corbisier Marc Vannerum Frédéric Bouvy	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R		431
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
19	G3	113	Ruffier Racing	James Ruffier Eric Mouez Éric Hélary Stéphane Pereira	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup		431
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20	N-GT	89	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Darren Turner Guy Smith Jamie Davies	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		426
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
21	G3	111	Signa Racing Team	Patrick Chaillet Rafaël Coenen Bruno Giovanni	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup		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		412
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
23	G2	171	Emeraude Racing	Didier Caradec Olivier Baron André-Alain Corbel Gérard Tremblay	Porsche 911 GT3-R		393
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24	G3	118	Campus Automobile	Philippe Menage José Close Lino Pecoraro	Lotus Elise		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		375
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
26	G2	100	Racing Team Belgium	Sébastien Ugeux Renaud Kuppens Stéphane Lemeret	Gillet Vertigo Streiff		360
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
27 DNF	GT	9	JMB Racing	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini Boris Derichebourg	Ferrari 550 Maranello		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		303
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29 DNF	N-GT	61	EMKA Racing	Emmanuel Collard Tim Sugden Chris Goodwin	Porsche 911 GT3-R		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		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		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		164
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
33 DNF	N-GT	67	Autorlando Sport	Bruno Corradi Moreno Soli Marco Facchetti Giampaolo Tenchini	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		162
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34 DNF	GT	6	Creation Autosportif	Bobby Verdon-Roe Marco Zadra Duncan Huisman Jean-Marc Gounon	Lister Storm		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		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		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		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		111
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
39 DNF	N-GT	88	Team Maranello Concessionaires	Tim Mullen Kelvin Burt Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari 360 Modena GT		104
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
40 DNF	N-GT	52	JMB Racing	Andrea Bertolini Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Ferrari 360 Modena GT		96
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
41 DNF	GT	14	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Nathan Kinch Robert Schirle Tom Coronel	Lister Storm		93
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
42 DNF	GT	16	Wieth Racing	Wolfgang Kaufmann Niko Wieth Elmar Grimm Thierry Stépec	Ferrari 550 Maranello		87
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
43 DNF	GT	23	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Thomas Biagi Ettore Bonaldi Stefano Livio	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		81
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
44 DNF	G2	104	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Angelo Barretto Michel Neugarten João Barbosa	Mosler MT900R		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		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		52
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
47 DNF	G2	107	Aero Racing	Paula Cook Neil Cunningham Jacques Laffite	Morgan Aero 8R		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		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		33
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
50 DNF	G3	115	JMT Racing	Stany Linnertz Mike Janssen Jérôme Naveaux Olivier Bouche	BMW Z3 M		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		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		12
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
53 DNF	G2	101	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short Rob Barff Tom Herridge Patrick Pearce	Mosler MT900R		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		–
					Ferrari 5.9L V12

Statistics

• 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

• Web site: Results: 2003 Round 6 – Spa-Francorchamps . FIA GT Championship . 26 July 2003 . 2007-11-07.
• Web site: 24 h Spa . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622050315/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt2003.html#6 . dead . 22 June 2008 . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-11-07 .
• Web site: Spa 24 Hours 2003 (Photo Archive) . Racing Sports Cars . 4 April 2006 . 2007-11-07.