The 2004 FIA GT Imola 500 km was the eighth round of the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italy, on September 5, 2004.
This race featured the competition debut of the Maserati MC12, with AF Corse entering two cars. The FIA initially refused to homologate of the road versions of the MC12 because the car was wider than the current regulations allow. However, with agreement from other FIA GT teams, the MC12 was allowed to participate in the GT1 class with revised bodywork, a narrower rear wing, and no ability to score championship points.
Official results 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 GT 5 Vitaphone Racing Team Konrad Motorsport Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen Saleen S7-R 97 Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 2 GT 33 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini Mika Salo Maserati MC12 GT1 97 Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12 3 GT 34 AF Corse Fabrizio de Simone Johnny Herbert Maserati MC12 GT1 97 Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12 4 GT 2 BMS Scuderia Italia Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 96 Ferrari F133A 5.9 L V12 5 GT 3 Care Racing Developments BMS Scuderia Italia Stefano Livio Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 96 Ferrari F133A 5.9 L V12 6 GT 1 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Bobbi Gabriele Gardel Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello 95 Ferrari F133A 5.9 L V12 7 GT 11 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Philipp Peter Fabio Babini Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 95 Ferrari F133E 6.0 L V12 8 GT 13 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Emanuele Naspetti Gianni Morbidelli Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 95 Ferrari F133E 6.0 L V12 9 N-GT 99 Freisinger Motorsport Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 94 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 10 GT 17 JMB Racing Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 94 Ferrari F133E 6.0 L V12 11 N-GT 50 Yukos Freisinger Motorsport Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 93 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 12 N-GT 77 Yukos Freisinger Motorsport Jörg Bergmeister Alexey Vasilyev Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 92 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT 7 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Saleen S7-R 92 Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 14 N-GT 87 MIK Corse Alessandro Piccolo Giovanni Berton Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 90 Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8 15 GT 19 JMB Matteo Malucelli Antoine Gosse Peter Kutemann Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 90 Ferrari F133E 6.0 L V12 16 N-GT 59 Jens Petersen Racing Jens Petersen Oliver Mathai Jan-Dirk Lueders Porsche 911 GT3-RS 89 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 17 GT 28 Graham Nash Motorsport Paolo Ruberti Gabriele Lancieri Luca Pirri-Ardizzone Saleen S7-R 88 Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 18 N-GT 56 AB Motorsport Antonio De Castro Renato Premoli Bruno Barbaro Porsche 911 GT3-RS 88 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GT 18 JMB Racing Chris Buncombe Bert Longin Sergei Zlobin Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello 88 Ferrari F133E 6.0 L V12 20 N-GT 69 Proton Competition Gerold Ried Christian Ried Porsche 911 GT3-RS 87 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GT 24 DAMS Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT 86 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 22 N-GT 57 Vonka Racing Jan Vonka Marco Panzavuota Massimiliano Degiovanni Porsche 911 GT3-R 84 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 23 GT 10 Zwaans GTR Racing Team Christophe Bouchut Stéphane Lemeret Val Hillebrand Chrysler Viper GTS-R 77 Chrysler Viper 356-T6 8.0 L V10 24 N-GT 73 Cirtek Motorsport Adam Jones Nikolai Fomenko Porsche 911 GT3-RS 70 Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6 25DNF GT 35 Scuderia Veregra Base Up Valerio Scarsellati Angelo Lancelotti Chrysler Viper GTS-R 45 Chrysler Viper 356-T6 8.0 L V10 26DNF GT 4 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Walter Lechner, Jr. Toni Seiler Saleen S7-R 44 Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 27DNF GT 26 DAMS Beppe Gabbiani Filipe Ortiz Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT 39 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 28DNF GT 8 Ray Mallock Ltd. Chris Goodwin Miguel Ramos Saleen S7-R 0 Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 29DNF GT 27 Creation Autosportif Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire Lister Storm 0 Jaguar 7.0 L V12 DSQ† N-GT 62 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse Iradj Alexander Christian Pescatori Ferrari 360 Modena GTC 94 Ferrari F131 3.6 L V8 DNS N-GT 89 Scuderia Veregra Roberto Castagna Bepo Orlandi Porsche 911 GT3-RS ? – Porsche M96/79 3.6 L Flat-6
† – #62 G.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's airbox was larger than regulations allowed.
Statistics Pole position – #2 BMS Scuderia Italia – 1:45.593 Fastest lap – #5 Vitaphone Racing Team – 1:47.399 Average speed – 158.150 km/h
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