The 1000 Kilometres of Istanbul was a sports car race held at

Istanbul Park Istanbul Park (), also known as the TOSFED İstanbul Park, is a motor sports race track in the Tuzla, Istanbul, Tuzla district of Istanbul, Turkey. Designed by Hermann Tilke, it opened on 19–21 August 2005. It has been called "the best race ...

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. The race was first held on 13 November 2005 as part of the 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series season and last held on 9 April 2006 as part of the

2006 Le Mans Series The 2006 Le Mans Series was the third season of ACO Le Mans Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 9 April and ended on 24 September after 5 rounds. S ...

season. It has been a part of the

Le Mans Endurance Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

and

Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...

. In 2005, in its debut, the race ended after 6 hours when 1000 km were not covered by that time. In 2006 it was shortened to 4 hours due to a fuel logistics issue, and it was not held next season.

Winners

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External links

Racing Sports Cars: Istanbul archive
European Le Mans Series races Auto races in Turkey Sports car races {{Sportscar-autoracing-stub