500km Silverstone 2000 race

Track layout of the Silverstone Circuit 2000

The 500 km race of Silverstone 2000 , also Days of Thunder (Silverstone 500 USA Challenge, European Le Mans Series), Silverstone Circuit , took place on May 13th on the Silverstone Circuit and was the third round of the American Le Mans Series of this Year.

The race

In 2000, two 500 km races were held at the Silverstone Circuit on one weekend. The sports car race held on May 13th was the first American Le Mans Series race outside of North America. The day after, the FIA GT Championship carried out its race with the same race distance, which ended with the victory of Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter in the Lister Storm .

JJ Lehto and Jörg Müller won the American Le Mans Series race in their BMW V12 LMR with a lead of 30 seconds over the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S driven by Jan Magnussen and David Brabham .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	BMW V12 LMR	98
2	LMP	1	Panoz Motor Sports	Jan Magnussen David Brabham	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	98
3	LMP	77	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8R	98
4th	LMP	78	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Audi R8R	97
5	LMP	31	Motorola DAMS	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP	97
6th	LMP	16	Pescarolo sport	Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico Sébastien Bourdais	Courage C52	94
7th	GTS	91	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Dodge Viper GTS-R	91
8th	GTS	92	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Tommy Archer	Dodge Viper GTS-R	99
9	LMP	17th	SMG	Philippe Gache Gary Formato	Courage C60	88
10	GTS	49	Freising Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	88
11	LMP	0	Team Rafanelli	Domenico Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès	Lola B2K / 10	88
12	GT	51	Dick Barbour Racing	Bob Wollek Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-R	87
13	GTS	33	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT2	87
14th	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Bruno Lambert Randy Pobst	Porsche 996 GT3-R	87
15th	GT	21st	MCR Aspen Knolls	Shane Lewis Cort Wagner	Porsche 911 GT3-R	86
16	GTS	44	BVB Motorsport	Max Beaverbroock Geoff Lister	Porsche 911 GT2	86
17th	GT	5	Dick Barbour Racing	Lucas Luhr Dirk Müller	Porsche 911 GT3-R	86
18th	GTS	61	Chamberlain Motorsport	Toni Seiler Walter Brun	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	86
19th	GT	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Robert Nagel Mike Fitzgerald	Porsche 911 GT3-R	86
20th	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport	Hubert Haupt Vic Rice Zak Brown	Porsche 911 GT2	86
21st	GT	6th	Prototype Technology Group	Boris Said III Johannes van Overbeek Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3 E46	85
22nd	GTS	62	Chamberlain Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr junior Michael Culver	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	85
23	GT	70	Skea Racing Kingston	Johnny Mowlem David Murry	Porsche 911 GT3-R	85
24	GT	41	LR organization	Michel Ligonnet Christophe Bouchut	Porsche 911 GT3-R	84
25th	LMP	20th	Kremer Racing	Christian Gläsel Christian Vann	Lola B98 / K2000	84
26th	GT	07	RWS Red Bull Motorsport	Luca Riccitelli Hans-Jörg Hofer Dieter Quester	Porsche 911 GT3-R	84
27	GT	68	Seikel Motorsport	Michel Neugarten Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-R	82
28	GT	69	Kyser Racing	Kye Wankum Greg Doff	Porsche 911 GT3-R	74
Failed
29	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Kato	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	97
30th	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson	BMW M3 E46	82
31	GT	71	Skea Racing Kingston	Rohan Skea Doc Bundy	Porsche 911 GT3-R	62
32	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Jean-Marc Gounon	BMW V12 LMR	56
33	LMP	32	Motorola DAMS	Marc Goossens Christophe Tinseau	Cadillac Northstar LMP	39
34	LMP	36	Johansson Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith	Reynard 2KQ	32
35	LMP	02	Pole team	Mark Simo Norman Simon Günther Blieninger	Riley & Scott Mk III	22nd
Not started
36	LMP	24	Team Ascari	Klaas Zwart Max Wilson	Ascari A410	1
37	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport	Hugh Price Zak Brown	Porsche 911 GT2	2

¹ Gearbox damage in training ² not started

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
38	LMP	18th	Thomas Bscher PhD	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	BMW V12 LM
39	LMP	35	Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Tom Coronel	Lola B2K / 10
40	LMP	38	Champion Racing	Dorsey Schroeder James Weaver	Lola B2K / 10

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP	JJ Lehto	Jörg Müller	BMW V12 LMR	Overall victory
GTS	Olivier Beretta	Karl Wendlinger	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Rank 7
GT	Bob Wollek	Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 40
• Started: 35
• Rated: 28
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 10,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.140 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 55: 06.379 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 98
• Total distance of the winning team: 503.744 km
• Winner's average: 172.607 km / h
• Pole position: Domenico Schiattarella - Lola B2K / 10 (# 0) - 1: 37.030 = 190.714 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Domenico Schiattarella - Lola B2K / 10 (# 0) - 1: 39.748 = 185.516 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd run for the 2000 ALMS season

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ^ 500km Silverstone 2000 GT Championship

Previous race 2:45 hour Charlotte 2000

American Le Mans Series

Follow -up race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 2000