The 2004 FIA GT Donington 500 km was the sixth round of 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 built 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 retook 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 117 Ferrari 6.0L V12 2 GT 5 Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen Saleen S7-R 117 Ford 7.0L V8 3 GT 11 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Philipp Peter Fabio Babini Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 117 Ferrari 6.0L V12 4 GT 1 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 117 Ferrari 5.9L V12 5 GT 2 BMS Scuderia Italia Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 117 Ferrari 5.9L V12 6 GT 13 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 116 Ferrari 6.0L V12 7 GT 3 Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 116 Ferrari 5.9L V12 8 GT 7 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Saleen S7-R 116 Ford 7.0L V8 9 GT 8 Ray Mallock Ltd. Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos Saleen S7-R 115 Ford 7.0L V8 10 N-GT 50 Yukos Freisinger Motorsport Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 114 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 11 N-GT 99 Freisinger Motorsport Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 114 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 GT 18 JMB Racing Bert Longin Lorenzo Casè Matteo Malucelli Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 113 Ferrari 6.0L V12 13 GT 10 Zwaans GTR Racing Team Stéphane Lemeret Henrik Roos Arjan van der Zwaan Chrysler Viper GTS-R 113 Chrysler 8.0L V10 14 N-GT 88 GruppeM Tim Mullen Jonathan Cocker Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 112 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15 N-GT 65 Scuderia Ecosse Andrew Kirkaldy Nathan Kinch Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 111 Ferrari 3.6L V8 16 GT 19 JMB Mauro Casadei Andrea Garbagnati Antoine Gosse Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 111 Ferrari 6.0L V12 17 N-GT 62 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Fabrizio de Simone Christian Pescatori Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 110 Ferrari 3.6L V8 18 SP2 153 RSR Lawrence Tomlinson Nigel Greensall TVR Tuscan T400R 110 TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 19 N-GT 71 JWR Mike Jordan David Warnock Porsche 911 GT3-RS 109 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 20 N-GT 59 Jens Petersen Racing Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders Porsche 911 GT3-RS 106 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 21 GT 28 Graham Nash Motorsport Paolo Ruberti Paul Whight David Leslie Saleen S7-R 106 Ford 7.0L V8 22 GT 4 Konrad Motorsport Paul Knapfield Harald Becker Toni Seiler Saleen S7-R 104 Ford 7.0L V8 23 N-GT 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried Christian Ried Porsche 911 GT3-RS 80 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 24 GT 27 Creation Autosportif Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire Bobby Verdon-Roe Lister Storm 83 Jaguar 7.0L V12 25DNF N-GT 77 Yukos Freisinger Motorsport Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 83 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 26DNF GT 9 Zwaans GTR Racing Team Val Hillebrand Rob van der Zwaan Chrysler Viper GTS-R 56 Chrysler 8.0L V10 27DNF SP2 154 Synergy Motorsport Bob Berridge Lee Caroline Christopher Stockton TVR Tuscan T400R 51 TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6 28DNF GT 22 Wieth Racing Wolfgang Kaufmann Mark Mayall Rob Croydon Ferrari 550 Maranello 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
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