The 2004 FIA GT Zhuhai 500 km was the eleventh and final round the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Zhuhai International Circuit, China, on November 14, 2004.
Following three straight races in which AF Corse's Maserati MC12s were allowed to race but ineligible for points, the FIA finally approved the car for homologation. Although this meant that the MC12s were still restricted, Maserati was able to score their first and only points all season.
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 33 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini Mika Salo Maserati MC12 GT1 113 Maserati 6.0L V12 2 GT 34 AF Corse Fabrizio de Simone Johnny Herbert Maserati MC12 GT1 113 Maserati 6.0L V12 3 GT 1 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 113 Ferrari 5.9L V12 4 GT 3 Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia Christophe Bouchut Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 112 Ferrari 5.9L V12 5 GT 17 JMB Racing Karl Wendlinger Tarso Marques Iradj Alexander Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 112 Ferrari 6.0L V12 6 GT 13 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Emanuele Naspetti Philipp Peter Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 111 Ferrari 6.0L V12 7 GT 8 Ray Mallock Ltd. Chris Goodwin Michael Mallock Saleen S7-R 111 Ford 7.0L V8 8 GT 11 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Gianni Morbidelli Fabio Babini Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 110 Ferrari 6.0L V12 9 GT 18 JMB Racing Maurizio Mediani Bert Longin Sergei Zlobin Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 109 Ferrari 6.0L V12 10 N-GT 62 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Jaime Melo Christian Pescatori Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 109 Ferrari 3.6L V8 11 N-GT 99 Freisinger Motorsport Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 108 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 GT 2 BMS Scuderia Italia Luca Drudi Nicola Cadei Frédéric Dor Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 108 Ferrari 5.9L V12 13 GT 19 JMB Stéphane Daoudi Mauro Casadei Peter Kutemann Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 107 Ferrari 6.0L V12 14 GT 7 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Saleen S7-R 105 Ford 7.0L V8 15 GT 10 Zwaans GTR Racing Team Val Hillebrand Rob van der Zwaan Chrysler Viper GTS-R 102 Chrysler 8.0L V10 16 N-GT 57 Vonka Racing Jan Vonka Miro Konopka Porsche 911 GT3-R 100 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 N-GT 64 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Charles Kwan Matthew Marsh Ferrari 360 Modena GT 99 Ferrari 3.6L V8 18 N-GT 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried Christian Ried Porsche 911 GT3-RS 97 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 GT 24 DAMS Philip Ma Michael Choi Koon Ming Samson Chan Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT 94 Lamborghini 6.0L V12 20 GT 88 GruppeM Europe Marc Lieb Tim Sugden Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 87 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 21DNF GT 4 Konrad Motorsport Alexandros Margaritis Walter Lechner, Jr. Franz Konrad Saleen S7-R 60 Ford 7.0L V8 22DNF N-GT 50 Yukos Freisinger Motorsport Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 57 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 23DNF N-GT 68 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Porsche 911 GT3-RS 48 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 24DNF GT 28 Graham Nash Motorsport Paolo Ruberti Luca Pirri-Ardizzone Rocky Agusta Saleen S7-R 45 Ford 7.0L V8 25DNF GT 5 Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen Saleen S7-R 31 Ford 7.0L V8 26DNF N-GT 85 RJN Motorsport Neil Cunningham Ben Collins Nissan 350Z 27 Nissan VQ35 3.5L V6 27DNF GT 26 DAMS Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT 15 Lamborghini 6.0L V12 28DNF GT 35 Scuderia Veregra Marco Saviozzi David Terrien Jean-Yves Mallat Chrysler Viper GTS-R 8 Chrysler 8.0L V10 29DNF N-GT 77 Yukos Freisinger Motorsport Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 8 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 DNS N-GT 70 Graham Nash Motorsport Stephen Stokoe Ken McAlpine Ben Orcutt Porsche 911 GT3-R – Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
Statistics Pole position – #1 BMS Scuderia Italia – 1:31.121 Fastest lap – #1 BMS Scuderia Italia – 1:32.490 Average speed – 160.850 km/h
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