2008 1000 km of Catalunya

The 2008 1000 km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain, on 6 April 2008.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 7 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian
Marc Gené
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 215
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Alexandre Prémat
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R10 M 214
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 10 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz
Stefan Mücke
Lola B08/60 M 212
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Pescarolo 01 M 210
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
5 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish
Rinaldo Capello
Audi R10 M 209
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
6 LMP2 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport
Equipe Verschuur
Peter van Merksteijn Sr.
Jos Verstappen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 208
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 17 Pescarolo Sport Harold Primat
Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 208
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8 LMP2 33 Speedy Racing Team
Sebah Automotive
Andrea Belicchi
Xavier Pompidou
Steve Zacchia
Lola B08/80 M 207
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 31 Team Essex Casper Elgaard
John Nielsen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo D 204
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10 LMP1 18 Rollcentre Racing Martin Short
Vanina Ickx
João Barbosa
Pescarolo 01 D 204
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
11 LMP2 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton
Thomas Erdos
MG-Lola EX265 M 201
MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
12 LMP1 8 Team Peugeot Total Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 200
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
13 LMP2 35 Saulnier Racing Pierre Ragues
Matthieu Lahaye
Pescarolo 01 M 199
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
14 LMP2 27 Horag Racing Fredy Lienhard
Didier Theys
Jan Lammers
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 198
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
15 LMP2 26 Team Bruichladdich Radical Jens Petersen
Jan-Dirk Lueders
Marc Rostan
Radical SR9 D 194
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
16 GT1 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Luc Alphand
Guillaume Moreau
Patrice Goueslard
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 194
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
17 LMP2 41 Trading Performance Karim Ojjeh
Claude-Yves Gosselin
Julien Schroyen
Zytek 07S/2 M 193
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
18 GT1 50 Larbre Compétition Frédéric Makowiecki
Christophe Bouchut
Patrick Bornhauser
Saleen S7-R M 192
Ford 7.0 L V8
19 GT1 55 IPB Spartak Racing
Reiter Engineering
Peter Kox
Roman Rusinov
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 190
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
20 LMP2 40 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla
Lola B05/40 D 190
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
21 GT2 96 Virgo Motorsport Rob Bell
Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430GT D 189
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 GT2 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb
Alex Davison
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 189
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23 GT2 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac
Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 187
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24 GT2 90 Farnbacher Racing Pierre Ehret
Pierre Kaffer
Anthony Beltoise
Ferrari F430GT M 186
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
25 GT2 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron Peter Dumbreck
Ralf Kelleners
Alexey Vasiliev
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 184
Audi 4.0 L V8
26 GT2 99 JMB Racing
Aucott Racing
Stéphane Daoudi
Ben Aucott
Ferrari F430GT M 183
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27 GT2 75 IMSA Performance Matmut Richard Balandras
Michel Lecourt
Jean-Philippe Belloc
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 182
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28 GT2 95 James Watt Automotive Markus Palttala
Mikael Forsten
Paul Daniels
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 182
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29 GT2 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Christian Ried
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 181
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
30 GT2 98 JMB Racing Bo McCormick
Maurice Basso
Mauro Casadei
Ferrari F430GT M 178
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
31 LMP1 19 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Bob Berridge
Gareth Evans
Lola B06/10 D 177
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
32 LMP1 20 Epsilon Euskadi Angel Burgueño
Miguel Ángel de Castro
Epsilon Euskadi EE1 M 167
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
33 LMP1 14 Creation Autosportif Jamie Campbell-Walter
Stuart Hall
Felipe Ortiz
Creation CA07 D 163
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
34 LMP2 37 WR Salini Stéphane Salini
Philippe Salini
Patrice Roussel
WR LMP2008 D 154
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
35
NC
LMP2 30 Racing Box Filippo Francioni
Marco Didaio
Lucchini LMP2/04 D 142
Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
36
DNF
LMP1 6 Team Oreca-Matmut Olivier Panis
Nicolas Lapierre
Courage-Oreca LC70 M 178
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
37
DNF
GT1 73 Luc Alphand Aventures Sébastien Dumez
Jean-Luc Blanchemain
Roland Bervillé
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 162
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
38
DNF
LMP1 4 Saulnier Racing Jacques Nicolet
Marc Faggionato
Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 M 132
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
39
DNF
GT1 59 Team Modena Tomáš Enge
Antonio García
Aston Martin DBR9 M 124
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
40
DNF
LMP1 5 Team Oreca-Matmut Soheil Ayari
Stéphane Ortelli
Courage-Oreca LC70 M 108
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
41
DNF
LMP2 44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport Jean de Pourtales
Hideki Noda
Lola B05/40 D 94
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
42
DNF
GT2 91 Farnbacher Racing Lars-Erik Nielsen
Allan Simonsen
Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 90
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
43
DNF
LMP1 3 Scuderia Lavaggi Giovanni Lavaggi
Wolfgang Kaufmann
Lavaggi LS1 D 87
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
44
DNF
LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi
Michael Vergers
Zytek 07S/2 M 55
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
45
DNF
LMP2 45 Embassy Racing Mario Haberfeld
Warren Hughes
Embassy WF01 M 43
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
46
DNF
LMP2 46 Embassy Racing Jonny Kane
Joey Foster
Embassy WF01 M 41
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
47
DNF
GT2 94 Speedy Racing Team Andrea Chiesa
Benjamin Leuenberger
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 17
Audi 4.0 L V8
DNS GT2 93 James Watt Automotive Alan van der Merwe
Stéphane Lémeret
Michael Outzen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D -
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:31.875[2]
  • Fastest Lap - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:33.515[1]
  • Average Speed - 167.030 km/h[1]

References

  1. "1000 KM Final" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  2. "Qualifying" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
Le Mans Series
Previous race:
None
2008 season Next race:
2008 1000km of Monza
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.