2004 FIA GT Imola 500 km

Layout of the Imola Circuit (1995-2006)

The 2004 FIA GT Imola 500 km was the eighth round of the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italy, on September 5, 2004.

This race featured the competition debut of the Maserati MC12, with AF Corse entering two cars. The FIA initially refused to homologate of the road versions of the MC12 because the car was wider than the current regulations allow. However, with agreement from other FIA GT teams, the MC12 was allowed to participate in the GT1 class with revised bodywork, a narrower rear wing, and no ability to score championship points.

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	GT	5	Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport	Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen	Saleen S7-R	P	97
					Ford 7.0L V8
2	GT	33	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Mika Salo	Maserati MC12 GT1	P	97
					Maserati 6.0L V12
3	GT	34	AF Corse	Fabrizio de Simone Johnny Herbert	Maserati MC12 GT1	P	97
					Maserati 6.0L V12
4	GT	2	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	96
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
5	GT	3	Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia	Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	96
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
6	GT	1	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	95
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
7	GT	11	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	P	95
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
8	GT	13	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	P	95
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
9	N-GT	99	Freisinger Motorsport	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	94
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10	GT	17	JMB Racing	Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	94
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
11	N-GT	50	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	93
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	N-GT	77	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Jörg Bergmeister Alexey Vasilyev	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	92
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	GT	7	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Saleen S7-R	D	92
					Ford 7.0L V8
14	N-GT	87	MIK Corse	Alessandro Piccolo Giovanni Berton	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	P	90
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
15	GT	19	JMB	Matteo Malucelli Antoine Gosse Peter Kutemann	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	90
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
16	N-GT	59	Jens Petersen Racing	Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	89
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	28	Graham Nash Motorsport	Paolo Ruberti Gabriele Lancieri Luca Pirri-Ardizzone	Saleen S7-R	D	88
					Ford 7.0L V8
18	N-GT	56	AB Motorsport	Antonio De Castro Renato Premoli Bruno Barbaro	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	88
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GT	18	JMB Racing	Chris Buncombe Bert Longin Sergei Zlobin	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	88
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
20	N-GT	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	87
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21	GT	24	DAMS	Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	86
					Lamborghini 6.0L V12
22	N-GT	57	Vonka Racing	Jan Vonka Marco Panzavuota Massimiliano Degiovanni	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	84
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	GT	10	Zwaans GTR Racing Team	Christophe Bouchut Stéphane Lemeret Val Hillebrand	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	77
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
24	N-GT	73	Cirtek Motorsport	Adam Jones Nikolai Fomenko	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	70
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 DNF	GT	35	Scuderia Veregra	Base Up Valerio Scarsellati Angelo Lancelotti	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	P	45
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
26 DNF	GT	4	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Walter Lechner, Jr. Toni Seiler	Saleen S7-R	P	44
					Ford 7.0L V8
27 DNF	GT	26	DAMS	Beppe Gabbiani Filipe Ortiz	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	39
					Lamborghini 6.0L V12
28 DNF	GT	8	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos	Saleen S7-R	D	0
					Ford 7.0L V8
29 DNF	GT	27	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire	Lister Storm	D	0
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
DSQ†	N-GT	62	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Iradj Alexander Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	P	94
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
DNS	N-GT	89	Scuderia Veregra	Roberto Castagna Bepo Orlandi	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	?	–
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

† – #62 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's airbox was larger than regulations allowed.

Statistics

• Pole position – #2 BMS Scuderia Italia – 1:45.593
• Fastest lap – #5 Vitaphone Racing Team – 1:47.399
• Average speed – 158.150 km/h

References

• "Results: 2004 Round 8 – Imola". FIA GT Championship. 5 September 2004. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
• "500 km Imola". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
• "FIA GT Championship Imola 2004 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-04.