2004 FIA GT Donington 500km

Layout of the Donington Park

The 2004 FIA GT Donington 500 km was the sixth round the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Donington Park, United Kingdom, on 27 June 2004.

Several competitors from the British GT Championship participated in this event, although the TVR Tuscans were required to run in a separate special class due to the cars not meeting N-GT homologation requirements. The #5 Vitaphone Saleen overtook the #17 JMB Ferrari for the lead, then quickly build up a gap of 8 seconds. In the last lap at the chicane, the #5 had come together with the #99 Porsche and the former suffered a puncture. The damage to the Saleen was enough to lose the win as Jaime Melo retake the lead in the final corner. Matteo Bobbi was able to unlap the #17 Ferrari on the final corner as well and gained a lap advantage.

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	17	JMB Racing	Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	117
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
2	GT	5	Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport	Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen	Saleen S7-R	P	117
					Ford 7.0L V8
3	GT	11	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	P	117
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
4	GT	1	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	117
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
5	GT	2	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	117
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
6	GT	13	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	P	116
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
7	GT	3	Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia	Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	116
					Ferrari 5.9L V12
8	GT	7	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Saleen S7-R	D	116
					Ford 7.0L V8
9	GT	8	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos	Saleen S7-R	D	115
					Ford 7.0L V8
10	N-GT	50	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	114
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	N-GT	99	Freisinger Motorsport	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	114
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	GT	18	JMB Racing	Bert Longin Lorenzo Casè Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	113
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
13	GT	10	Zwaans GTR Racing Team	Stéphane Lemeret Henrik Roos Arjan van der Zwaan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	113
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
14	N-GT	88	GruppeM	Tim Mullen Jonathan Cocker	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	112
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15	N-GT	65	Scuderia Ecosse	Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	P	111
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
16	GT	19	JMB	Mauro Casadei Andrea Garbagnati Antoine Gosse	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	M	111
					Ferrari 6.0L V12
17	N-GT	62	G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse	Fabrizio de Simone Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	P	110
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
18	SP2	153	RSR	Lawrence Tomlinson Nigel Greensall	TVR Tuscan T400R	D	110
					TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
19	N-GT	71	JWR	Mike Jordan David Warnock	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	109
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20	N-GT	59	Jens Petersen Racing	Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	106
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21	GT	28	Graham Nash Motorsport	Paolo Ruberti Paul Whight David Leslie	Saleen S7-R	D	106
					Ford 7.0L V8
22	GT	4	Konrad Motorsport	Paul Knapfield Harald Becker Toni Seiler	Saleen S7-R	P	104
					Ford 7.0L V8
23	N-GT	69	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	80
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24	GT	27	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire Bobby Verdon-Roe	Lister Storm	D	83
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
25 DNF	N-GT	77	Yukos Freisinger Motorsport	Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	83
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26 DNF	GT	9	Zwaans GTR Racing Team	Val Hillebrand Rob van der Zwaan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	56
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
27 DNF	SP2	154	Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Lee Caroline Christopher Stockton	TVR Tuscan T400R	D	51
					TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
28 DNF	GT	22	Wieth Racing	Wolfgang Kaufmann Mark Mayall Rob Croydon	Ferrari 550 Maranello	D	36
					Ferrari 6.0L V12

Statistics

• Pole position – #4 Konrad Motorsport – 1:40.747
• Fastest lap – #5 Vitaphone Racing Team – 1:28.906
• Average speed – 156.670 km/h

References

• "Results: 2004 Round 6 – Donington". FIA GT Championship. 27 June 2004. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
• "500 km Donington". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
• "FIA GT Championship Donington 2004 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-11-04.