2:30 hour race on the Nürburgring 2000

Ferrari 333SP

The 2:30 hour race on the Nürburgring 2000 , also AMC / ADAC Sports Car Festival, Nürburgring , took place on September 17th at the Nürburgring and was the eighth round of the FIA Sports Car Championship of that year.

The race

In 1999 a new sports car series was established in the United States with the American Le Mans Series . From the start, it attracted international racing teams who submitted numerous reports. In the second year the series came to Europe with two races. The racing calendar included the 500 km race at Silverstone and the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring (overall winners Jan Magnussen and David Brabham in the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S ). 1953 was the endurance race on the Nordschleifebeen extended for the first time. After 1991 it disappeared from the motorsport year and was resumed in 2000.

With the reintroduction of the 1000 km race , there were now two endurance races on the converted Nürburgring with the 2:30 hour race. The 2:30 hour race, which was driven for the first time in 1998 , was part of the 2000 FIA Sports Car Championship .

By the end of the race, the Ferrari 333SP teams David Terrien / Christian Pescatori and Philipp Peter / Marco Zadra fought a duel for victory. At the finish, Jean-Pierre Jabouille's team with drivers Terrien and Pescatori had a lead of 12 seconds over the BMS-Scuderia-Italia -333SP.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	SR	1	JMB Giesse Team Ferrari	David Terrien Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 333SP	81
2	SR	23	BMS Scuderia Italia	Philipp Peter Marco Zadra	Ferrari 333SP	81
3	SR	15th	Konrad Motorsport	Sascha Maassen Jürgen von Gartzen	Lola B2K / 10	81
4th	SR	8th	Team Den Bla Avis	John Nielsen Casper Elgaard	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	80
5	SR	3	GLV Brums	Nicolas Filiberti Giovanni Lavaggi	Ferrari 333SP	80
6th	SR	10	Kremer Racing	Ralf Kellener's Norman Simon	Lola B98 / K2000	79
7th	SR	22nd	BMS Scuderia Italia	Angelo Zadra Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 333SP	78
8th	SR	6th	Dutch National Racing Team	Alexander van der Lof Dick Waaijenberg	Ferrari 333SP	78
9	SR	28	Tampolli Engineering	Gianluca Giraudi Rory Parasitili	Ferrari 333SP	77
10	SR	9	Team Den Bla Avis	Jason Watt Karsten Ree Jesper Carlsen	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	77
11	SR	27	Doran Lista	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard	Ferrari Doran	77
12	SRL	66	Audisio & Benvenuto Racing	Roberto Tonetti Massimo Saccomanno	Lucchini SR2-99	75
13	SRL	54	Siliprandi	Piergiuseppe Peroni Mauro Prospero	Lucchini SR2-99	75
14th	SRL	57	Scuderia Giudici	Raffaele Raimondi Gianni Giudici	Picchio MB1	75
15th	SRL	52	Tampolli Engineering	Leonardo Maddalena Emmanuele di Linosinelli	Tampolli SR2 RTA-99	74
16	SRL	70	Didier Bonnet Racing	Pascal Fabre Jean-François Yvon	Debora LMP2000	74
17th	SRL	99	PR Bruneau	Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau	Debora LMP299	72
18th	SRL	72	SCI	Ranieri Randaccio Massimo Perazza	Lucchini SR2000	72
19th	SRL	67	Project 2000 Schroder Motorsport	Bernardo Sá Nogueira Fritz Glatz Pierre Merche	Pilbeam MP84	71
20th	SRL	51	Tampolli Engineering	Niklas Loven Dino Morelli	Tampolli SR2 RTA-99	55
21st	SRL	63	Redman Bright	Peter Owen Mark Smithson	Pilbeam MP84	53
Failed
22nd	SR	21st	Durango	Andrea de Lorenzi Soheil Ayari	GMS LMP1	52
23	SR	14th	Thomas Bscher Promotions	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	BMW V12 LM	46
24	SRL	60	Lucchini Engineering	Filippo Francioni Salvatore Ronca	Lucchini SR2000	45
25th	SR	5	R&M	Gary Formato Mauro Baldi	Riley & Scott Mk III	27
26th	SR	17th	Team Ascari	Werner Lupberger Klaas Zwart	Ascari A410	27
27	SRL	58	EBRT Schroder Motorsport	Martin Henderson Owen Mildenhall	Pilbeam MP84	19th
28	SR	16	Conrero	Felice Tedeschi Beppe Gabbiani Felipe Ortiz	Riley & Scott Mk III	13
29	SRL	59	BM Autosport	Renato Nobili Massimo Monti	Tampolli SR2 RTA-99	8th

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
30th	SR	18th	Simpson Engineering	Robin Smith	Matrix XP
31	SR	25th	BGN Motorsport	Dieter Bergermann	BGN APB 1
32	SRL	75	Sovereign Racing	Mike Millard Ian Flux	Rapier 6

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR	David Terrien	Christian Pescatori	Ferrari 333SP	Overall victory
SRL	Roberto Tonetti	Massimo Saccomanno	Lucchini SR2-99	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 29
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 4.556 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 31: 47.448 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 81
• Total distance of the winning team: 369.036 km
• Winner's average: 145.873 km / h
• Pole position: Ralf Kelleners - Lola B98 / K2000 (# 10) - 1: 46.955 = 153.350 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Christian Pescatori - Ferrari 333SP (# 1) - 1: 41.119 = 162.023 km / h
• Racing series: 8th round of the FIA Sports Car Championship 2000

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 2:30 hour Donington 2000

FIA Sports Car Championship

Succession Race 2: 30-hour race at Magny-Cours in 2000