2008 1000 km of Spa
The 2008 1000 km of Spa was the third round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 11 May 2008.
This race marked the first international victory for Canadian Jacques Villeneuve since the Formula One Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997.
Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their Class winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP1 | 7 | Team Peugeot Total | Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené Jacques Villeneuve |
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | M | 143 |
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
2 | LMP1 | 2 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller |
Audi R10 | M | 143 |
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
3 | LMP1 | 6 | Team Oreca-Matmut | Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre |
Courage-Oreca LC70 | M | 140 |
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
4 | LMP1 | 1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello |
Audi R10 | M | 139 |
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
5 | LMP1 | 16 | Pescarolo Sport | Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion |
Pescarolo 01 | M | 139 |
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
6 | LMP2 | 34 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter Van Merksteijn Jos Verstappen |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | M | 138 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
7 | LMP2 | 27 | Horag Racing | Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | M | 138 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
8 | LMP2 | 31 | Team Essex | Casper Elgaard John Nielsen |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | D | 135 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
9 | LMP1 | 15 | Creation AIM | Stuart Hall Robbie Kerr |
Creation CA07 | D | 134 |
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
10 | LMP2 | 35 | Saulnier Racing | Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye |
Pescarolo 01 | M | 134 |
Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
11 | LMP1 | 20 | Epsilon Euskadi | Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro |
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 | M | 133 |
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
12 | LMP2 | 41 | Trading Performance | Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Julian Schroyen |
Zytek 07S/2 | M | 133 |
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
13 | GT1 | 72 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 130 |
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 | |||||||
14 | LMP1 | 4 | Saulnier Racing | Jacques Nicolet Marc Faggionato Richard Hein |
Pescarolo 01 | M | 130 |
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
15 | GT1 | 55 | IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering |
Peter Kox Roman Rusinov |
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | M | 129 |
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
16 | GT1 | 59 | Team Modena | Tomáš Enge Antonio García |
Aston Martin DBR9 | M | 127 |
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
17 | GT2 | 96 | Virgo Motorsport | Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni |
Ferrari F430GT | D | 126 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
18 | GT2 | 77 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Marc Lieb Alex Davison |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 126 |
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
19 | GT2 | 88 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 123 |
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
20 | GT2 | 94 | Speedy Racing Team | Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger Iradj Alexander |
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R | M | 123 |
Audi 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
21 | GT2 | 99 | JMB Racing Aucott Racing |
Alain Ferté Ben Aucott |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 123 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
22 | GT2 | 76 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Raymond Narac Richard Lietz |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 122 |
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
23 | GT2 | 98 | JMB Racing | Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Stéphane Daoudi |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 122 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
24 | GT1 | 61 | Strakka Racing | Peter Hardman Nick Leventis |
Aston Martin DBR9 | D | 121 |
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
25 | GT2 | 95 | James Watt Automotive | Markus Palttala Paul Daniels Tim Sugden |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | D | 121 |
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
26 | GT2 | 85 | Snoras Spyker Squadron | Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev |
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R | M | 118 |
Audi 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
27 | LMP1 | 18 | Rollcentre Racing | Mikael Forsten João Barbosa Vanina Ickx |
Pescarolo 01 | D | 112 |
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
28 | LMP2 | 25 | Ray Mallock Ltd. | Mike Newton Thomas Erdos |
MG-Lola EX265 | M | 111 |
MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
29 | LMP1 | 10 | Charouz Racing System | Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke |
Lola B08/60 | M | 107 |
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
30 | LMP2 | 26 | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan |
Radical SR9 | D | 106 |
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
31 NC† |
LMP1 | 17 | Pescarolo Sport | Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau |
Pescarolo 01 | M | 137 |
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | |||||||
32 NC† |
LMP2 | 33 | Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive |
Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia |
Lola B08/80 | M | 128 |
Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
33 DNF |
GT2 | 91 | Farnbacher Racing | Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 95 |
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
34 DNF |
GT2 | 90 | Farnbacher Racing | Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 93 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
35 DNF |
LMP2 | 45 | Embassy Racing | Jonny Kane Warren Hughes |
Embassy WF01 | M | 77 |
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
36 DNF |
LMP1 | 3 | Scuderia Lavaggi | Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann |
Lavaggi LS1 | D | 66 |
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
37 DNF |
LMP2 | 32 | Barazi-Epsilon | Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees |
Zytek 07S/2 | M | 62 |
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
38 DNF |
LMP1 | 8 | Team Peugeot Total | Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Alexander Wurz |
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | M | 56 |
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
39 DNF |
GT2 | 75 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 49 |
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
40 DNF |
LMP2 | 40 | Quifel ASM Team | Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla |
Lola B05/40 | D | 35 |
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
41 DNF |
GT1 | 73 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Sébastien Dumez Jean-Luc Blanchemain Stéphane Lémeret |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 26 |
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 | |||||||
42 DNF |
LMP2 | 46 | Embassy Racing | Tom Kimber-Smith Joey Foster |
Embassy WF01 | M | 0 |
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
DNS | LMP2 | 44 | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda |
Lola B05/40 | D | - |
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
DNQ | LMP2 | 37 | WR Salini | Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel |
WR LMP2008 | D | - |
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 |
Both the #17 Pescarolo and #33 Speedy Sebah entries failed to complete the final lap of the race. Both cars were therefore not classified in the final results even though they had covered sufficient distance.
Statistics
- Pole Position – #8 Team Peugeot Total – 1:58.069[1]
- Fastest Lap – #7 Team Peugeot Total – 1:59.883[1]
- Average Speed – 189.062 km/h[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "1000km of Spa Timing" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
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