2005 Le Mans Endurance Series

The 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series was the second season of ACO's Le Mans Endurance Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 17 April 2005 and ended on 13 November 2005 after 5 rounds.

Schedule[edit]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
-	LMES Official Test	Paul Ricard HTTT	1 April 2 April
1	1000km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 April
2	1000km of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	10 July
3	1000km of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	13 August
4	1000km of Nürburgring	Nürburgring	4 September
5	1000 km of Istanbul	Istanbul Racing Circuit	13 November
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Season results[edit]

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers	Results
1	Spa	#15 Zytek Motorsport	#39 Chamberlain-Synergy	#52 BMS Scuderia Italia	#81 Team LNT	Results
1	Spa	Hayanari Shimoda Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Bob Berridge Peter Owen Gareth Evans	Fabrizio Gollin Matteo Cressoni Miguel Ramos	Jonny Kane Warren Hughes	Results
2	Monza	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#36 Paul Belmondo Racing	#51 BMS Scuderia Italia	#90 Sebah Automotive	Results
2	Monza	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Vincent Vosse	Christian Pescatori Michele Bartyan Toni Seiler	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou	Results
3	Silverstone	#4 Audi Team Oreca	#36 Paul Belmondo Racing	#67 MenX	#90 Sebah Automotive	Results
3	Silverstone	Stéphane Ortelli Allan McNish	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Vincent Vosse	Robert Pergl Jaroslav Janiš Peter Kox	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou	Results
4	Nürburgring	#15 Zytek Motorsport	#27 Horag-Lista Racing	#62 Convers Team	#90 Sebah Automotive	Results
4	Nürburgring	Hayanari Shimoda Tom Chilton	Didier Theys Eric van de Poele	Darren Turner Robert Bell	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou	Results
5	Istanbul	#17 Pescarolo Sport	#25 RML	#51 BMS Scuderia Italia	#93 Scuderia Ecosse	Results
5	Istanbul	Jean-Christophe Boullion Emmanuel Collard	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Christian Pescatori Michele Barytan Toni Seiler	Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch	Results
Source:^[3]

Teams Championships[edit]

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries do not have their cars combined, each entry number is scored separately in the championship.^[4] Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.

LMP1 Standings[edit]

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#17	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid	Judd GV5 5.0L V10	8	10	1	5	10	34
2	#15	Zytek Motorsport	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	10	3	4	10	5	32
3	#4	Audi PlayStation Team Oreca	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8			10	8	8	26
4	#8	Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	6	6	6	4	3	25
5	#7	Creation Autosportif	DBA 03S	Judd GV5 5.0L V10		4	8	6	6	24
6	#9	Team Jota	Zytek 04S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		8	5	3	4	20
7	#13	Courage Compétition	Courage C60 Hybrid	Judd GV4 4.0L V10		5	3	2	1	11
8	#5	Jim Gainer International	Dome S101Hb	Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8	5					5
9	#10	Racing for Holland	Dome S101	Judd GV4 4.0L V10		2		1		3
10	#6	Lister Racing	Lister Storm LMP	Chevrolet 6.0L V8			2			2
11	#18	Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	Nissan 3.6L Turbo V6 Judd GV4 4.0L V10					1	1

LMP2 Standings[edit]

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#39	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	10	8	4	4	8	34
2	#25	RML	MG-Lola EX264	Judd XV675 3.4L V8 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4	5	6	6	6	10	33
3	#36	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4	3	10	10		4	27
4	#27	Horag Lista Racing	Lola B05/40	Judd XV675 3.4L V8			5	10	6	21
5=	#31	Noël del Bello Racing	Courage C65	Mecachrome 3.4L V8	8			2		10
5=	#37	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4			2	8		10
7=	#20	Pir Competition	Pilbeam MP91 Pilbeam MP93	JPX-Mader 3.4L V6	6		3			9
7=	#46	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Lucchini SR2001	Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6	4	5				9
9	#30	Kruse Motorsport	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8			8			8
10	#35	G-Force Racing	Courage C65	Judd XV675 3.4L V8			1	5		6
11	#32	Team Barazi	Courage C65	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4					5	5
12=	#21	Noël del Bello Racing	Courage C65	Mecachrome 3.4L V8				3		3
12=	#28	Ranieri Randaccio SRL	Tampolli SR2	Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8					3	3

GT1 Standings[edit]

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=^†	#51	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	6	10	3	6	10	35
1=	#52	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	10	5	4	8	8	35
3	#61	Convers Team Cirtek Motorsport	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12	8	6	8	4	5	31
4	#67	MenX	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12		8	10	5	6	29
5	#62	Convers Team Cirtek Motorsport	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12			5	10		15
6	#53	A-Level Engineering	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		3	6			9
7	#68	JMB Racing	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12		4			4	8
8	#57	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10			2	2	3	7
9	#56	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10				3		3
10	#65	Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8			1			1

† - #51 BMS Scuderia Italia won tie-breaker due to having more race wins.

GT2 Standings[edit]

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#90	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		10	10	10		30
2	#93	Scuderia Ecosse	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari 3.6L V8		8	5	5	10	28
3=	#76	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	6		8	6		20
3=	#73	Ice Pol Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	3	5	4	4	4	20
5	#83	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	5	6	1		6	18
6=	#99	GPC Sport	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari 3.6L V8	4		3		8	15
6=	#89	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		2	6	2	5	15
8	#81	Team LNT	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L I6	10					10
9=	#82	Team LNT	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L I6	8					8
9=	#85	Spyker Squadron b.v	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8				8		8
11	#95	Racesport Peninsula TVR	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L I6	2		2	3		7
12	#79	JP Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	1	4				5
13	#98	James Watt Automotive	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		3				3
14	#88	Noble Group Gruppe M Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6				1		1

References[edit]

^ "Five LMES Races It Is (Istanbul)". DailySportsCar. 19 January 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2005". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - Season 2005: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - 2005: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

External links[edit]

2005 LMES season review
World Sports Racing Prototypes^{[permanent dead link]} - 2005 Le Mans Series season results

[1] "Five LMES Races It Is (Istanbul)". DailySportsCar. 19 January 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[2] "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2005". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[3] "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - Season 2005: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[4] "LeMans Endurance Series (LMES) - 2005: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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