The 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series was the inaugural 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, GTS, and GT. It began on 9 May 2004 and ended on 13 November 2004 after 4 rounds.

This season was preceded by the 1000km of Le Mans held in 2003 as a development race for the creation of the LMES.

Schedule

Rnd Race Circuit Date - LMES Official Test Paul Ricard HTTT 10 April11 April 1 1000km of Monza Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 9 May 2 1000km of Nürburgring Nürburgring 3 July 3 1000km of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit 13 August 4 1000km of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 12 SeptemberSources:

Entry list Entry List Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No Drivers Rounds LMP1 Creation Autosportif DBA 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 3 Nicolas Minassian All Jamie Campbell-Walter Taurus Sports Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 4 Christian Vann 1 Benjamin Leuenberger Alex Müller Caterpillar TDI 4.9 L Turbo V10 (Diesel) 10 Calum Lockie 1, 3 Phil Andrews Richard Jones 3 Team Goh Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 5 Rinaldo Capello All Seiji Ara Tom Kristensen 1 Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 6 Martin Short All João Barbosa Rob Barff 1 Patrick Pearce 2–4 RML MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 7 Mike Newton All Thomas Erdos Miguel Ramos Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 8 Allan McNish All Pierre Kaffer 88 Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies Advan Kondo Racing Dome S101 Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 9 Hiroki Katoh 1 Ryo Michigami Larbre Compétition Panoz GTP Ford Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 11 Olivier Dupard 4 Sébastien Dumez Jean-Luc Blanchemain Team Nasamax Nasamax DM139 (Reynard) Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bio-ethanol) 14 Robbie Stirling 1, 3–4 Werner Lupberger Romain Dumas 3–4 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 17 Soheil Ayari 1–2, 4 Emmanuel Collard 1 Éric Hélary 2 Jean-Marc Gounon 4 Lister Cars Lister Racing Lister Storm LMP Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 20 Justin Keen 2–4 John Nielsen 2 Rob Barff 3 Marc Goossens 4 Zytek Engineering Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 22 Andy Wallace 1 David Brabham Stefan Johansson Robbie Kerr 3 Chris Dyson Spinnaker Clandesteam Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 24 Rocky Agusta 1 Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Team Jota Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 69 John Stack All Sam Hignett Gianni Collini LMP2 Courage Compétition Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 13 Alexander Frei 2–4 Sam Hancock Jean-Marc Gounon 2–3 Jonathan Cochet 4 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 26 Paul Belmondo All Claude-Yves Gosselin Marco Saviozzi 1–3 Wim Eyckmans 4 Tracsport Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 27 John Ingram 2–4 John Gaw Rick Pearson Team Ranieri Randaccio Tampolli RTA99 Ford Nicholson-McLaren XB 3.3 L V8 28 Ranieri Randaccio 1–3 Leonardo Maddalena 1–2 Fabio Mancini 3 Équipe Palmyr Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6 31 Christophe Ricard 2–4 Philippe Favre Grégory Fargier Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 32 Clint Field 1 Jon Field William Binnie Lucchini Engineering Lucchini LMP2/04 Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 Piergiuseppe Peroni 4 Mirko Savoldi Filippo Francioni Renauer Motorsport Tampolli RTA99 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 33 Manfred Jurasz 2 Hannes Gsell Petr Válek K2 Race Engineering Pilbeam MP91 Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 ? 34 Simon Pullan 3 Peter Owen Ben Devlin G-Force Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 35 Franck Hahn 2–4 Jean-François Leroch 2–3 Philippe Haezebrouck 2, 4 Tim Greaves 3 Sylvie Delcour 4 Gerard Welter Welter Racing WR LMP2 Peugeot ES9 3.4 L V6 36 Jean-René de Fournoux 2–4 Jean-Bernard Bouvet Sylvain Boulay 4 Pierre Bruneau PiR Compétition Pilbeam MP91 JPX (Mader) 3.4 L V6 99 Pierre Bruneau All Marc Rostan GTS A-Level Engineering Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 50 Wolfgang Kaufmann 2–3 Eric van de Poele MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 51 Maurizio Strada 1–2 Massimo Morini "Base Up" Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 52 Gian Maria Gabbiani 1–2 Ettore Bonaldi 1 Michel Orts Phillip Bennett 2–4 David Leslie 3–4 Paul Whight Konrad Motorsport Vitaphone Racing Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 53 Klaus Abbelen 2 Maciej Stanco Paul Knapfield 59 Uwe Alzen All Michael Bartels Franz Konrad Force One Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 60 David Hallyday 1–2 Bruno Besson Anthony Kumpen 2 Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari F133 GT 6.0 L V12 61 Thomas Biagi All Danny Sullivan John Bosch 62 Mike Hezemans All Jean-Denis Délétraz Ange Barde 1 Andrea Piccini 3 Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 A 6.0 L V12 86 Christophe Bouchut All Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia 87 Tomáš Enge 4 Robert Pergl Patrice Goueslard GT RSR Racing TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6 40 Michael Caine 4 Nigel Greensall Jonathan Coleman 41 Jonny Kane Warren Hughes Lawrence Tomlinson 74 3 Nigel Greensall JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8 70 Roman Rusinov All Stéphane Daoudi 1–3 Jaime Melo 1, 4 Bert Longin 4 JWR Mike Jordan JWR Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 71 Mike Jordan 2–3 Robin Liddell 2 Johnny Mowlem 3 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 75 Liz Halliday 4 Piers Masarati 76 Franco Groppi 1 Giampaolo Tenchini Joël Camathias Jim Michaelian 4 Mauro Casadei François Labhardt Choro-Q Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 77 Haruki Kurosawa All Kazuyuki Nishizawa Manabu Orido 1–2 Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 79 Ian Khan 1–2, 4 Nigel Smith 1 Peter Kox Michel Heydens 2, 4 Tim Sugden 4 Sebah Automotive Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 80 Piers Masarati 1, 3 Bart Hayden 1 Xavier Pompidou 2–3 Marino Franchitti 2 Marc Lieb 4 The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 81 Patrick Long 1 Lars-Erik Nielsen Thorkild Thyrring Farnbacher Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 2–4 Lars-Erik Nielsen Mike Rockenfeller 2 Patrick Long 3–4 Denis Cohignac Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 82 Sylvain Noël 1–2 Denis Cohignac 1 Daniel Desbrueres Thierry Stépec 2 André-Alain Corbel Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 83 Luca Riccitelli 1 Alex Caffi Gabrio Rosa 84 Philip Collin All Tony Burgess 1, 3–4 Gaël Lesoudier 2–3 Arno Klasen 2 Graeme Mundy 4 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 85 Stéphane Ortelli All Romain Dumas 1 Emmanuel Collard 2–4 Alexey Vasilyev 2 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6 89 Christopher Stockton 1 Bob Berridge Michael Caine Jonny Kane 3 Warren Hughes T2M Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 90 Vanina Ickx 1–2, 4 Wolfgang Kaufmann 1 Keiko Ihara Thierry Rabineau 2, 4 Paul Daniels 2 Robin Liddell 3 Gilles Vannelet Yukihiro Hane Christophe Tinseau 4 Racesport Salisbury TVR Tuscan T400R TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6 91 John Hartshorne All Richard Stanton 1–3 Graeme Mundy Steve Hyde 4 Adam Sharpe Cirtek Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8 92 Rob Wilson All Frank Mountain 1–3 Hans Hugenholtz 1 Karim Ojjeh 2 Rory Passey 3 Andrew Kirkaldy 4 Maurizio Fabris Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 93 Adam Jones All Sascha Maassen IN2 Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 96 Juan Barazi 4 Michael Vergers Nick Dudfield Auto Palace Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8 97 Steeve Hiesse 1–3 Giovanni Lavaggi Giampaolo Ermolli 1

Season results Overall winner in bold.

Rnd Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team GTS Winning Team GT Winning Team Results LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers GTS Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Monza #88 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx #99 PiR Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #85 Freisinger Motorsport Results Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau Christophe Bouchut Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia Stéphane Ortelli Romain Dumas 2 Nürburgring #8 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx #13 Courage Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #93 Cirtek Motorsport Results Allan McNish Pierre Kaffer Jean-Marc Gounon Alexander Frei Sam Hancock Christophe Bouchut Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia Sascha Maassen Adam Jones 3 Silverstone #8 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx #13 Courage Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #70 JMB Racing Results Allan McNish Pierre Kaffer Jean-Marc Gounon Alexander Frei Sam Hancock Christophe Bouchut Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia Stéphane Daoudi Roman Rusinov 4 Spa #88 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx #13 Courage Compétition #86 Larbre Compétition #85 Freisinger Motorsport Results Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies Jonathan Cochet Alexander Frei Sam Hancock Christophe Bouchut Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia Stéphane Ortelli Emmanuel CollardSource:

Teams Championships 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. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.

LMP1 Standings Pos No Team Chassis Engine MNZ NÜR SIL SPA Total 1 #88 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 1 2 3 1 34 2 #8 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 2 1 1 Ret 28 3 #5 Team Goh Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 3 4 2 2 27 4 #3 Creation Autosportif DBA 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 Ret 3 Ret 3 12 5 #7 RML MG-Lola EX257 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 7 7 7 5 10 6= #17 Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 4 5 Ret 9 6= #69 Team Jota Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 Ret 8 6 4 9 8= #6 Rollcentre Racing Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 5 6 8 Ret 8 8= #22 Zytek Engineering Zytek 04S Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 6 4 8 10 #14 Team Nasamax Nasamax DM139 Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bioethanol) 8 5 5 11 #11 Larbre Compétition Panoz GTP Ford Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 6 3 NC #20 Lister Cars Lister Storm LMP Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC #10 Taurus Sports Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 Ret Ret 0 NC #9 Advan Kondo Racing Dome S101 Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8 Ret 0 NC #4 Taurus Sports Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 Ret 0 NC #14 Team Nasamax Nasamax DM139 (Reynard) Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 (Bioethanol) Ret 0 NC #24 Spinnaker Clandesteam Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 DNS 0 LMP2 Standings Pos No Team Chassis Engine MNZ NÜR SIL SPA Total 1 #13 Courage Compétition Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 1 1 30 2 #99 PiR Compétition Pilbeam MP91 JPX 3.4 L V6 1 2 4 6 26 3 #27 Tracsport Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 3 5 4 15 4 #36 Gerard Welter WR LMP2 Peugeot ES9 3.4 L V6 DSQ 2 3 14 5 #26 Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C65 MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4 Ret Ret Ret 2 8 6 #31 Equipe Palmyr Lucchini SR2000 Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6 Ret 3 Ret 6 7 #35 G-Force Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6 4 NC Ret 5 8 #32 Lucchini Engineering Lucchini LMP2/04 Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 5 4 NC #28 Team Ranieri Randaccio Tampolli RTA99 Ford Nicholson-McLaren XB 3.3 L V8 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC #32 Intersport Racing Lola B2K/40 Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 Ret 0 NC #34 K2 Race Engineering Pilbeam MP91 Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 Ret 0 NC #33 Renauer Motorsport Tampolli RTA99 Alfa Romeo 3.0 L V6 DNS 0

GTS Standings