The 2005 1000 km of Spa was the opening race of the 2005 Le Mans Series season and held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was run on April 17, 2005

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (2004-2006)
The #15 Zytek of Nielsen/Elgaard/Shimoda won the race overall.

Official results

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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 LMP1 15   Zytek Engineering   John Nielsen
  Casper Elgaard
  Hayanari Shimoda
Zytek 04S M 132
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
2 LMP1 17   Pescarolo Sport   Emmanuel Collard
  Jean-Christophe Boullion
  Érik Comas
Pescarolo C60 Hybrid M 131
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
3 LMP1 8   Rollcentre Racing   Martin Short
  Rob Barff
  Vanina Ickx
Dallara SP1 M 127
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
4 LMP1 5   Jim Gainer International   Ryou Michigami
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
  Seiji Ara
Dome S101Hb D 126
Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
5 LMP2 39   Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport   Bob Berridge
  Gareth Evans
  Peter Owen
Lola B05/40 D 124
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
6 GT1 52   BMS Scuderia Italia   Fabrizio Gollin
  Matteo Cressoni
  Miguel Ramos
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello P 123
Ferrari 5.9L V12
7 LMP2 31   Noël del Bello Racing   Christophe Tinseau
  Ni Amorim
  Christophe Pillon
Courage C65 M 121
Mecachrome 3.4L V8
8 GT2 81   Team LNT   Warren Hughes
  Lawrence Tomlinson
  Jonny Kane
TVR Tuscan T400R D 120
TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
9 GT1 61   Convers Team
  Cirtek Motorsport
  Alexey Vasilyev
  Nikolai Fomenko
  Christophe Bouchut
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 120
Ferrari 5.9L V12
10 GT2 82   Team LNT   Marc Hynes
  Patrick Pearce
  Jason Templeman
TVR Tuscan T400R D 119
TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
11 GT2 76   Autorlando Sport   Luigi Moccia
  Franco Groppi
  Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 119
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 GT2 83   Seikel Motorsport   Horst Felbermayr Sr.
  Horst Felbermayr Jr.
  Philip Collin
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Y 117
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 GT2 99   G.P.C. Sport   Fabio Babini
  Gabrio Rosa
  Luca Drudi
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 117
Ferrari 3.6L V8
14 GT1 51   BMS Scuderia Italia   Christian Pescatori
  Michele Bartyan
  Toni Seiler
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello P 117
Ferrari 5.9L V12
15 GT2 73   Ice Pol Racing Team   Yves Lambert
  Christian Lefort
  Markus Palttala
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR D 116
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 LMP2 20   Pir Competition   Pierre Bruneau
  Marc Rostan
  Jean-Philippe Peugeot
Pilbeam MP91 M 115
JPX-Mader 3.4L V8
17 GT2 95   Racesport Peninsula TVR   John Hartshorne
  Daniel Eagling
  Richard Stanton
TVR Tuscan T400R D 113
TVR Speed Six 4.0L I6
18 LMP2 25   RML   Mike Newton
  Thomas Erdos
MG-Lola EX264 M 113
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
19 GT2 79   JP Racing   Jens Petersen
  Jan-Dirk Leuders
  Niki Leutwiler
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 113
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 LMP2 46   Scuderia Villorba Corse   Mauro Prospero
  Sébastien Ugeux
Lucchini SR2001 A 111
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
21 LMP2 36   Paul Belmondo Racing   Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Vincent Vosse
  Karim Ojjeh
Courage C65 M 105
Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4
22 GT2 84   Bernard Jubin   Sylvain Noël
  Bruno Houzelot
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 104
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23
NC
GT2 93   Scuderia Ecosse   Andrew Kirkaldy
  Nathan Kinch
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 98
Ferrari 3.6L V8
24
NC
LMP2 28   Ranieri Randaccio   Fabio Mancini
  Ranieri Randaccio
Tampolli SR2 D 98
Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8
25
NC
GT1 65   Graham Nash Motorsport   Rick Sutherland
  Ricky Cole
  Gian Maria Gabbiani
Saleen S7-R P 89
Ford 7.0L V8
26
NC
GT2 91   T2M Motorsport   Yatuka Yamagishi
  Xavier Pompidou
  Adam Jones
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 85
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27
NC
GT1 56   Paul Belmondo Racing   Pierre Perret
  Jean-Baptiste Émeric
  Benjamin Leuenberger
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 63
Chrysler 8.0L V10
28
DNF
LMP1 7   Creation Autosportif   Nicolas Minassian
  Jamie Campbell-Walter
DBA 03S M 115
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
29
DNF
LMP1 4   Audi PlayStation Team Oreca   Stéphane Ortelli
  Jean-Marc Gounon
Audi R8 M 109
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
30
DNF
LMP1 18   Rollcentre Racing   João Barbosa
  Michael Krumm
  Andrew Thompson
Dallara SP1 M 96
Nissan 3.0L Turbo V6
31
DNF
LMP2 37   Paul Belmondo Racing   Paul Belmondo
  Didier André
  Romain Iannetta
Courage C65 M 89
Ford (AER) 2.0L Turbo I4
32
DNF
LMP2 35   G-Force Racing
  Renstal de Bokkenrijders
  Loïc Deman
  Val Hillebrand
  Jean-François Leroch
Courage C65 D 86
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
33
DNF
GT2 89   Sebah Automotive   Lars-Erik Nielsen
  Pierre Ehret
  Thorkild Thyrring
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR D 83
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34
DNF
GT1 66   Graham Nash Motorsport   Paolo Ruberti
  Matteo Bobbi
  Stéphane Lémeret
Saleen S7-R P 76
Ford 7.0L V8
35
DNF
GT1 53   A-Level Engineering   Wolfgang Kaufmann
  Eric van de Poele
Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo D 64
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
36
DNF
LMP1 6   Lister Racing   Justin Keen
  Jens Møller
  Jan Magnussen
Lister Storm LMP D 51
Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8
37
DNF
GT2 98   James Watt Automotive   Paul Daniels
  David Gooding
  Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 43
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
38
DNF
GT2 88   Gruppe M Racing   Jonathan Cocker
  Tim Sugden
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 39
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
39
DNF
GT2 85   Spyker Squadron b.v.   Frans Munsterhuis
  Peter Van Merksteijn
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R D 31
Audi 3.8L V8
40
DNF
LMP1 9   Team Jota   John Stack
  Sam Hignett
  Haruki Kurosawa
Zytek 04S D 28
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
41
DNF
GT1 67   MenX   Tomáš Enge
  Robert Pergl
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 26
Ferrari 5.9L V12
42
DNF
GT2 96   IN2 Racing   Juan Barazi
  Michael Vergers
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR D 26
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
43
DNF
LMP2 45   Lucchini Engineering   Piergiuseppe Peroni
  Mirko Savoldi
Lucchini LMP2/04 P 24
Judd XV675 3.4L V8
44
DNF
GT1 68   JMB Racing   Antoine Gosse
  Peter Kutemann
  Hans Hugenholtz
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello P 23
Ferrari 6.0L V12
45
DNF
LMP1 13   Courage Compétition   Jonathan Cochet
  Christian Vann
  Alexander Frei
Courage C60 Hybrid Y 20
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
46
DNF
LMP2 21   Noël del Bello Racing   Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
  Jean-Philippe Belloc
  Baston Brière
Courage C65 M 14
Mecachrome 3.4L V8
47
DNF
LMP2 30   Kruse Motorsport   Philipp Bennett
  Gregor Fisken
  Harold Primat
Courage C65 P 8
Judd XV675 3.4L V8

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #17 Pescarolo Sport - 2:21.076
  • Fastest Lap - #15 Zytek Engineering - 2:10.270
  • Average Speed - 153.129 km/h
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