2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge
The 2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge was the third round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom, on May 13, 2000.
This event was the first American Le Mans Series race held outside of North America. It served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series by gauging the willingness of European teams from the FIA Sportscar Championship and FIA GT Championship to participate in a series identical to the American Le Mans Series. This event also shared the weekend at Silverstone with an FIA GT round, with some GT teams running both events.
Race results[]
Class winners in bold.
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP | 42 | BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport |
Jörg Müller JJ Lehto |
BMW V12 LMR | M | 98 |
BMW S70 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
2 | LMP | 1 | Panoz Motor Sports | David Brabham Jan Magnussen |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | M | 98 |
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 | |||||||
3 | LMP | 77 | Audi Sport North America | Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish |
Audi R8R | M | 98 |
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
4 | LMP | 78 | Audi Sport North America | Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro |
Audi R8R | M | 97 |
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
5 DNF |
LMP | 2 | Panoz Motor Sports | Johnny O'Connell |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | M | 97 |
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 | |||||||
6 | LMP | 31 | Motorola DAMS | Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard |
Cadillac Northstar LMP | P | 97 |
Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
7 | LMP | 16 | Pescarolo Sport | Sébastien Bourdais Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico |
Courage C52 | M | 94 |
Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
8 | GTS | 91 | Viper Team Oreca | Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger |
Dodge Viper GTS-R | M | 91 |
Dodge 8.0 L V10 | |||||||
9 | GTS | 92 | Viper Team Oreca | David Donohue Tommy Archer |
Dodge Viper GTS-R | M | 90 |
Dodge 8.0 L V10 | |||||||
10 | LMP | 17 | SMG | Philippe Gache |
Courage C60 | P | 88 |
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | |||||||
11 | GTS | 49 | Freisinger Motorsport | Stéphane Ortelli |
Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 88 |
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
12 | LMP | 0 | Mimmo Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès |
Lola B2K/10 | M | 88 | |
Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10 | |||||||
13 | GT | 51 | Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | M | 87 | |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
14 | GTS | 33 | Konrad Motorsport | Franz Konrad |
Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 87 |
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
15 | GT | 23 | Alex Job Racing | Randy Pobst |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | M | 87 |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
16 | GT | 21 | MCR/Aspen Knolls | Shane Lewis |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | P | 86 |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
17 | GTS | 44 | |
Porsche 911 GT2 | D | 86 | |
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
18 | GT | 5 | Dick Barbour Racing | Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | M | 86 |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
19 | GTS | 61 | Chamberlain Motorsport | Walter Brun |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 86 |
Chrysler 8.0 L V10 | |||||||
20 | GT | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Robert Nagel |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | M | 86 |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
21 | GTS | 08 | Zak Brown |
Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 86 | |
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 | |||||||
22 | GT | 6 | Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck |
BMW M3 | Y | 85 | |
BMW 3.2 L I6 | |||||||
23 | GTS | 62 | Chamberlain Motorsport | |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 85 |
Chrysler 8.0 L V10 | |||||||
24 | GT | 70 | Johnny Mowlem |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | P | 85 | |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
25 | GT | 41 | Christophe Bouchut |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | M | 84 | |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
26 | LMP | 20 | Kremer Racing | |
Lola B98/K2000 | G | 84 |
Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8 | |||||||
27 | GT | 07 | RWS Red Bull Motorsport | Dieter Quester Luca Riccitelli |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | M | 84 |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
28 DNF |
GT | 10 | Peter Cunningham Niclas Jönsson |
BMW M3 | Y | 82 | |
BMW 3.2 L I6 | |||||||
29 | GT | 68 | Seikel Motorsport | Michel Neugarten |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | D | 82 |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
30 | GT | 69 | |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | P | 74 | |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
31 DNF |
GT | 71 | Doc Bundy |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | P | 62 | |
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | |||||||
32 DNF |
LMP | 43 | BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport |
Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen |
BMW V12 LMR | M | 56 |
BMW S70 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
33 DNF |
LMP | 32 | Motorola DAMS | Christophe Tinseau Marc Goossens |
Cadillac Northstar LMP | P | 39 |
Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
34 DNF |
LMP | 36 | Johansson-Matthews Racing | Stefan Johansson Guy Smith |
Reynard | Y | 32 |
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | |||||||
35 DNF |
LMP | 02 | Günther Blieninger Mark Simo |
Riley & Scott Mk III | M | 22 | |
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 | |||||||
DNS | LMP | 24 | Team Ascari | Max Wilson |
Ascari A410 | P | - |
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 |
Statistics[]
- Pole Position - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:37.030
- Fastest Lap - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:39.748
- Distance - 503.744 km
- Average Speed - 172.607 km/h
References[]
- "Official Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-16.
- "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05.
Categories:
- 2000 American Le Mans Series
- 2000 in British motorsport
- 6 Hours of Silverstone