2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Nogaro

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The 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship Nogaro was the seventh and final race for the 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship season, as well as the final race for the FIA Sportscar Championship series overall. It was held at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ran for two hours and thirty minutes. [1] It took place on September 21, 2003.

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This race also marked one of the smallest fields in FIA Sportscar history.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1SR116 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Franck Lagorce
Flag of France.svg Soheil Ayari
Courage C60 G 103
Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6
2SR12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Racing for Holland Flag of Italy.svg Beppe Gabbiani
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Felipe Ortiz
Dome S101 D 102
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
3SR262 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Sovereign Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Millard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Flux
Rapier 6 A 95
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
4SR299 Flag of France.svg PiR Bruneau Flag of France.svg Pierre Bruneau
Flag of France.svg Marc Rostan
Pilbeam MP84 A 74
Nissan 3.0L V6
DNFSR252 Flag of Italy.svg Lucchini Engineering Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Savoldi
Flag of Italy.svg Piergiuseppe Peroni
Lucchini SR2002 A 40
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
DNFSR263 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Equipe Palmyr Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Philippe Favre
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christophe Ricard
Lucchini SR2000 A 40
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
DNFSR18 Flag of Italy.svg Automotive Durango SRL Flag of Italy.svg Michele Rugolo
Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Maddalena
Durango LMP1 D 8
Judd GV4 4.0L V10

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