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.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - |  LMES Official Test | Paul Ricard HTTT | 10 April 11 April |
| 1 |  1000km of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 9 May |
| 2 |  1000km of Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 3 July [1] [2] |
| 3 |  1000km of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | 13 August |
| 4 |  1000km of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 12 September |
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||
| Entry List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | Tyre | No | Drivers | Rounds |
| LMP1 | ||||||
| Creation Autosportif | DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | D | 3 | Nicolas Minassian | All |
| Jamie Campbell-Walter | ||||||
| Taurus Sports | Lola B2K/10 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | D | 4 | Christian Vann | 1 |
 Benjamin Leuenberger | ||||||
| Alex Müller | ||||||
| Caterpillar 5.0L Turbo V10 (Diesel) | 10 | Calum Lockie | 1, 3 | |||
| Phil Andrews | ||||||
| Richard Jones | 3 | |||||
 Team Goh | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | M | 5 | Rinaldo Capello | All |
| Seiji Ara | ||||||
 Tom Kristensen | 1 | |||||
| Rollcentre Racing | Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | D | 6 | Martin Short | All |
 João Barbosa | ||||||
| Rob Barff | 1 | |||||
| Patrick Pearce | 2–4 | |||||
| RML | MG-Lola EX257 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | D | 7 | Mike Newton | All |
 Thomas Erdos | ||||||
| Miguel Ramos | ||||||
| Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | M | 8 | Allan McNish | All |
| Pierre Kaffer | ||||||
| 88 | Johnny Herbert | |||||
| Jamie Davies | ||||||
| Advan Kondo Racing | Dome S101 | Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 | Y | 9 | Hiroki Katoh | 1 |
| Ryo Michigami | ||||||
| Larbre Compétition | Panoz GTP | Ford Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | M | 11 | Olivier Dupard | 4 |
| Sébastien Dumez | ||||||
| Jean-Luc Blanchemain | ||||||
| Team Nasamax | Nasamax (Reynard) DM139 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bio-ethanol) | D M | 14 |  Robbie Stirling | 1, 3–4 |
 Werner Lupberger | ||||||
| Romain Dumas | 3–4 | |||||
| Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo C60 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | M | 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 6.0L V8 | D | 20 | Justin Keen | 2–4 |
| John Nielsen | 2 | |||||
| Rob Barff | 3 | |||||
| Marc Goossens | 4 | |||||
| Zytek Engineering | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | M | 22 | Andy Wallace | 1 |
 David Brabham | ||||||
 Stefan Johansson | ||||||
| Robbie Kerr | 3 | |||||
 Chris Dyson | ||||||
| Spinnaker Clandesteam | Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | M | 24 | Rocky Agusta | 1 |
 Felipe Ortiz | ||||||
| Beppe Gabbiani | ||||||
| Team Jota | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | D | 69 | John Stack | All |
| Sam Hignett | ||||||
| Gianni Collini | ||||||
| LMP2 | ||||||
| Courage Compétition | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | M | 13 | Alexander Frei | 2–4 |
| Sam Hancock | ||||||
| Jean-Marc Gounon | 2–3 | |||||
| Jonathan Cochet | 4 | |||||
| Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | M | 26 | Paul Belmondo | All |
| Claude-Yves Gosselin | ||||||
| Marco Saviozzi | 1–3 | |||||
| Wim Eyckmans | 4 | |||||
| Tracsport | Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | D | 27 | John Ingram | 2–4 |
| John Gaw | ||||||
| Rick Pearson | ||||||
| Team Ranieri Randaccio | Tampolli RTA99 | Ford Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8 | G | 28 | Ranieri Randaccio | 1–3 |
| Leonardo Maddalena | 1–2 | |||||
| Fabio Mancini | 3 | |||||
| Équipe Palmyr | Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | A D | 31 | Christophe Ricard | 2–4 |
| Philippe Favre | ||||||
| Grégory Fargier | ||||||
| Intersport Racing | Lola B2K/40 | Judd KV675 3.4L V8 | P | 32 | Clint Field | 1 |
| Jon Field | ||||||
| William Binnie | ||||||
| Lucchini Engineering | Lucchini LMP2/04 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | P | Piergiuseppe Peroni | 4 | |
| Mirko Savoldi | ||||||
| Filippo Francioni | ||||||
 Renauer Motorsport | Tampolli RTA99 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | D | 33 | Manfred Jurasz | 2 |
| Hannes Gsell | ||||||
 Petr Válek | ||||||
| K2 Race Engineering | Pilbeam MP91 | Judd KV675 3.4L V8 | ? | 34 | Simon Pullan | 3 |
| Peter Owen | ||||||
| Ben Devlin | ||||||
| G-Force Racing | Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | D | 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 3.4L V6 | M | 36 | Jean-René de Fournoux | 2–4 |
| Jean-Bernard Bouvet | ||||||
| Sylvain Boulay | 4 | |||||
| Pierre Bruneau PiR Compétition | Pilbeam MP91 | JPX (Mader) 3.4L V6 | M | 99 | Pierre Bruneau | All |
| Marc Rostan | ||||||
| GTS | ||||||
| A-Level Engineering | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo | Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 50 | Wolfgang Kaufmann | 2–3 |
| Eric van de Poele | ||||||
| MAC Racing Scuderia Veregra | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | P G | 51 | Maurizio Strada | 1–2 |
| Massimo Morini | ||||||
| "Base Up" | ||||||
| Graham Nash Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | Ford 6.9L V8 | D | 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 6.9L V8 | P | 53 | Klaus Abbelen | 2 |
 Maciej Stanco | ||||||
| Paul Knapfield | ||||||
| 59 | Uwe Alzen | All | ||||
| Michael Bartels | ||||||
| Franz Konrad | ||||||
| Force One Racing | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | P | 60 | David Hallyday | 1–2 |
| Bruno Besson | ||||||
| Anthony Kumpen | 2 | |||||
 Barron Connor Racing | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | P | 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 5.9L V12 | M | 86 | Christophe Bouchut | All |
| Pedro Lamy | ||||||
| Steve Zacchia | ||||||
| 87 | Tomáš Enge | 4 | ||||
| Robert Pergl | ||||||
| Patrice Goueslard | ||||||
| GT | ||||||
| RSR Racing | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 | D | 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 3.6L V8 | D | 70 |  Roman Rusinov | All |
| Stéphane Daoudi | 1–3 | |||||
| Jaime Melo | 1, 4 | |||||
| Bert Longin | 4 | |||||
| JWR Mike Jordan JWR | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 71 | Mike Jordan | 2–3 |
| Robin Liddell | 2 | |||||
| Johnny Mowlem | 3 | |||||
| Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | P | 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 3.6L Flat-6 | Y | 77 | Haruki Kurosawa | All |
| Kazuyuki Nishizawa | ||||||
| Manabu Orido | 1–2 | |||||
| Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 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 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 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 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 81 | Patrick Long | 1 |
| Lars-Erik Nielsen | ||||||
| Thorkild Thyrring | ||||||
| Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 2–4 | ||
| Lars-Erik Nielsen | ||||||
| Mike Rockenfeller | 2 | |||||
| Patrick Long | 3–4 | |||||
| Denis Cohignac | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 82 | Sylvain Noël | 1–2 |
| Denis Cohignac | 1 | |||||
| Daniel Desbrueres | ||||||
| Thierry Stépec | 2 | |||||
| André-Alain Corbel | ||||||
| Seikel Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Y | 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 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 85 | Stéphane Ortelli | All |
| Romain Dumas | 1 | |||||
| Emmanuel Collard | 2–4 | |||||
| Alexey Vasilyev | 2 | |||||
| Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR Speed 6 4.0L I6 | D | 89 | Christopher Stockton | 1 |
| Bob Berridge | ||||||
| Michael Caine | ||||||
| Jonny Kane | 3 | |||||
| Warren Hughes | ||||||
| T2M Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | Y | 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 6 4.0L I6 | D | 91 | John Hartshorne | All |
| Richard Stanton | 1–3 | |||||
| Graeme Mundy | ||||||
| Steve Hyde | 4 | |||||
| Adam Sharpe | ||||||
| Cirtek Motorsport | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | D | 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 3.6L Flat-6 | 93 | Adam Jones | All | ||
| Sascha Maassen | ||||||
| IN2 Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | D | 96 | Juan Barazi | 4 |
| Michael Vergers | ||||||
| Nick Dudfield | ||||||
| Auto Palace | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | P | 97 | Steeve Hiesse | 1–3 |
| Giovanni Lavaggi | ||||||
| Giampaolo Ermolli | 1 | |||||
Overall winner in bold.
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. [6] Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points.
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #88 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
| 2 | #8 | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |
| 3 | #5 | Team Goh | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | #3 | Creation Autosportif | DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | #7 | RML | MG-Lola EX257 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6= | #17 | Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo C60 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6= | #69 | Team Jota | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 8= | #6 | Rollcentre Racing | Dallara SP1 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 8= | #22 | Zytek Engineering | Zytek 04S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | #14 | Team Nasamax | Nasamax DM139 | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 (Bioethanol) | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | #11 | Larbre Compétition | Panoz GTP | Ford (Élan) 6L8 6.0L V8 | 3 | 3 |
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #13 | Courage Compétition | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| 2 | #99 | PiR Compétition | Pilbeam MP91 | JPX 3.4L V6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | #27 | Tracsport | Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| 4 | #36 | Gerard Welter | WR LMP2 | Peugeot 3.4L V6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | #26 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 6 | #31 | Equipe Palmyr | Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | #35 | G-Force Racing | Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 8 | #32 | Lucchini Engineering | Lucchini LMP2 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 4 | 4 |
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3† | Rnd 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #86 | Larbre Compétition | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | #61 | Barron Connor Racing | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 20.5 |
| 3 | #62 | Barron Connor Racing | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| 4 | #52 | Graham Nash Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| 5= | #59 | Vitaphone Racing Konrad Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 5= | #87 | Larbre Compétition | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 8 | 8 |
† - Half points were awarded due to a lack of competitors.
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #80 | Sebah Automotive Ltd. | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | #70 | JMB Racing | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 3 | #85 | Freisinger Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 24 | |
| 4 | #93 | Cirtek Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21 | |
| 5 | #77 | Choro Q Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| 6 | #84 | Seikel Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | #81 | Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | #81 | The Racer's Group | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 9= | #92 | Cirtek Motorsport | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9= | #97 | Auto Palace | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 11= | #91 | Racesport Salisbury | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR 4.0L I6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11= | #89 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | TVR Tuscan T400R | TVR 4.0L I6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 11= | #90 | T2M Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 14 | #75 | Autorlando Sport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 2 |
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