2005 1000 km of Istanbul explained

The 2005 1000 km of Istanbul was the fifth and final round of the 2005 Le Mans Series season, held at the Istanbul Park, Turkey. It was run on November 13, 2005. Pescarolo Sport won the qualifying and the race.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^{[11] [12]}

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid		173
					Judd GV5 5.0L V10
2	LMP1	4	Audi PlayStation Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Allan McNish	Audi R8		173
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP1	7	Creation Autosportif	Nicolas Minassian Jamie Campbell-Walter Jean-Denis Délétraz	DBA 03S		171
					Judd GV5 5.0L V10
4	LMP1	15	Zytek Motorsport	Tom Chilton Hayanari Shimoda Casper Elgaard	Zytek 04S		171
					Zytek ZG3448 3.4L V8
5	LMP1	9	Team Jota	Gregor Fisken Sam Hancock Jason Tahincioglu	Zytek 04S		169
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
6	LMP2	25	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX264		164
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
7	LMP2	39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Gareth Evans Guy Smith Peter Owen	Lola B05/40		164
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
8	LMP1	8	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short João Barbosa Vanina Ickx	Dallara SP1		164
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
9	LMP2	27	Horag Lista Racing	Didier Theys Thed Björk	Lola B05/40		163
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
10	GT1	51	BMS Scuderia Italia	Michele Bartyan Christian Pescatori Toni Seiler	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		161
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
11	LMP2	32	Team Barazi	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers	Courage C65	?	160
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
12	GT1	52	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Cressoni Fabio Babini Miguel Ramos	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		160
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
13	GT1	67	MenX Racing	Robert Pergl Peter Kox Pedro Lamy	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		158
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
14	GT1	61	Convers Team Cirtek Motorsport	Alexey Vasilyev Christophe Bouchut Darren Turner	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		158
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
15	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Harold Primat Bruce Jouanny	Dallara SP1		156
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
16	GT2	93	Scuderia Ecosse	Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC		156
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
17	GT2	99	G.P.C. Sport	Gabrio Rosa Luca Drudi Jaime Melo	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC		156
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
18	GT2	83	Seikel Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Sr. Philip Collin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		153
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GT2	89	Sebah Automotive	Lars-Erik Nielsen Thorkild Thyrring Pierre Ehret	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR		152
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20	LMP2	36	Paul Belmondo Racing	Claude-Yves Gosselin Karim Ojjeh Vincent Vosse	Courage C65		151
					Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4
21	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition	Jean-Marc Gounon Alexander Frei	Courage C60 Hybrid		149
					Judd GV4 4.0L V10
22	LMP2	28	Ranieri Randaccio	Ranieri Randaccio Fabio Mancini	Tampolli SR2		148
					Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8
23	GT1	68	JMB Racing	Antoine Gosse Stéphane Daoudi Peter Kutemann	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello		146
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
24	GT2	73	Ice Pol Racing Team	Yves Lambert Christian Lefort Markus Palttala	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR		143
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25	GT1	57	Paul Belmondo Racing	Didier Sommereau Jean-Michel Papolla Stéphane Wasover	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		135
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
26 NC^†	GT2	95	Racesport Peninsula TVR	John Hartshorne Richard Stanton Rick Pearson	TVR Tuscan T400R		146
					TVR 4.0L I6
27 DNF	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jeroen Bleekemolen Donny Crevels	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R		88
					Audi 3.8L V8
28 DNF	LMP2	37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Paul Belmondo Ahmet Cemil Cipa Didier André	Courage C65		75
					Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4
29 DNF	GT2	76	Autorlando Sport	Franco Groppi Luigi Moccia Joël Camathias	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		74
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30 DNF	LMP2	35	G-Force Racing	Frank Hahn Jean-François Leroch Tim Greaves	Courage C65		46
					Judd XV675 3.4L V8
31 DNF	LMP2	20	Pir Competition	Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan Simon Pullan	Pilbeam MP93		36
					JPX (Mader) 3.4L V6
32 DNF	GT2	81	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Jonny Kane Warren Hughes	TVR Tuscan T400R		32
					TVR 4.0L I6
33 DNF	LMP2	26	Equipe Palmyr	Christophe Ricard Philippe Favre Grégory Fargier	Lucchini SR2000	?	26
					Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
DNS	GT2	82	Team LNT	Marc Hynes Patrick Pearce Tom Kimber-Smith	TVR Tuscan T400R		-
					TVR 4.0L I6

† - #95 Racesport Peninsula TVR was listed as not classified due to failing to complete the final lap.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #17 Pescarolo Sport - 1:39.359
• Fastest Lap - #17 Pescarolo Sport - 1:51.813
• Average Speed - 153.255 km/h

References

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 2005 1000 km of Istanbul results

Notes and References

1. Web site: LMES - Istanbul - Qualifying Report . 2005-11-12 . archive.dailysportscar.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805185215/http://archive.dailysportscar.com/subscribers/lmes/2005/istanbul/istanbul1000_qualreport.htm . 2019-08-05 . live . 2019-08-05 .
2. Web site: LMES - Istanbul - Hour 6 . 2005-11-13 . archive.dailysportscar.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805185708/http://archive.dailysportscar.com/subscribers/lmes/2005/istanbul/istanbul1000_6.htm . 2019-08-05 . live . 2019-08-05 .
3. Web site: 2005 LMES Review (1) . archive.dailysportscar.com . 2019-08-03.
4. Web site: 2005 LMES Review (2) - LMP1 . archive.dailysportscar.com . 2019-08-03.
5. Web site: 2005 LMES Review (3) - GT1 . archive.dailysportscar.com . 2019-08-03.
6. Web site: LMS news: Pescarolo win race, title at Istanbul . Redmayne . Tim . 2005-11-13 . AUTOSPORT.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20190803211638/https://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/48190 . 2019-08-03 . live . 2019-08-03 .
7. Web site: Pescarolo take fight to Zytek with pole. . Barstow . Ollie . 2005-11-12 . Crash . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805182535/https://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/141057/1/pescarolo-take-fight-to-zytek-with-pole . 2019-08-05 . live . 2019-08-05 .
8. Web site: Pescarolo snatch championship victory from Zytek. . Barstow . Ollie . 2005-11-13 . Crash . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805182914/https://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/141061/1/pescarolo-snatch-championship-victory-from-zytek . 2019-08-05 . live . 2019-08-05 .
9. Web site: Scuderia Ecosse win to wrap up second. . Salisbury . Matt . 2005-11-14 . Crash . en . 2019-08-05 . 2019-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805185012/https://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/141066/1/scuderia-ecosse-win-to-wrap-up-second . dead .
10. Web site: Creation trio swim to Turkish podium. . Salisbury . Matt . 2005-11-14 . Crash . en . 2019-08-05 . 2019-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805184929/https://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/141063/1/creation-trio-swim-to-turkish-podium . dead .
11. Web site: LMES 1000Km. Of Istanbul . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805190333/http://elms.alkamelsystems.com/Results/00_2005/01_ISTANBUL%20PARK/1000Km.%20Of%20Istanbul.pdf . 2019-08-05 . live . 2019-08-05 .
12. Web site: Season 2005 Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20060905123325/http://www.lemans-series.com/fr/download/FR_resume_courses2005.pdf . 2006-09-05 . dead . 2019-08-03 .