2008 1000 km of Nürburgring

The 2008 1000 km of Nürburgring was the fourth round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Nürburgring, Germany, on 17 August 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 8 Team Peugeot Total Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 195
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 7 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian
Marc Gené
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 195
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Alexandre Prémat
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R10 TDI M 194
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
4 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish
Rinaldo Capello
Audi R10 TDI M 194
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
5 LMP1 10 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz
Stefan Mücke
Lola B08/60 M 189
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
6 LMP1 5 Team Oreca-Matmut Soheil Ayari
Stéphane Ortelli
Loïc Duval
Courage-Oreca LC70 M 188
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
7 LMP2 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport
Equipe Verschuur
Jos Verstappen
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 188
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8 LMP1 15 Creation AIM Stuart Hall
Jamie Campbell-Walter
Creation CA07 D 187
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
9 LMP2 35 Saulnier Racing Pierre Ragues
Matthieu Lahaye
Pescarolo 01 M 184
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10 LMP2 31 Team Essex Caspar Elgaard
John Nielsen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo D 184
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
11 LMP2 46 Embassy Racing Darren Manning
Joey Foster
Embassy WF01 M 183
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
12 LMP2 40 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla
Lola B05/40 D 182
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
13 LMP2 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton
Thomas Erdos
MG-Lola EX265 M 181
MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
14 LMP2 45 Embassy Racing Jonny Kane
Warren Hughes
Embassy WF01 M 180
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
15 LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi
Michael Vergers
Fernando Rees
Zytek 07S/2 M 180
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
16 LMP2 33 Speedy Racing Team
Sebah Automotive
Andrea Belicchi
Xavier Pompidou
Steve Zacchia
Lola B08/80 M 179
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
17 LMP2 41 Trading Performance Karim Ojjeh
Claude-Yves Gosselin
Zytek 07S/2 M 179
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
18 LMP1 17 Pescarolo Sport Harold Primat
Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 176
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
19 LMP1 18 Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa
Vanina Ickx
Martin Short
Pescarolo 01 D 175
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
20 GT1 59 Team Modena Tomáš Enge
Antonio García
Aston Martin DBR9 M 172
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
21 LMP2 44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport Jean de Pourtalès
Hideki Noda
Lola B05/40 D 172
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
22 LMP1 14 Creation AIM Liz Halliday
Stephen Simpson
Creation CA07 D 172
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
23 LMP2 27 Horag Racing Fredy Lienhard
Didier Theys
Jan Lammers
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 170
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
24 GT2 96 Virgo Motorsport Rob Bell
Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430GT D 169
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
25 GT2 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb
Alex Davison
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 167
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GT2 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac
Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 167
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GT2 99 JMB Racing
Aucott Racing
Ben Aucott
Stéphane Daoudi
Ferrari F430GT D 166
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
28 GT2 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron Peter Dumbreck
Ralf Kelleners
Alexey Vasilyev
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 165
Audi 4.0 L V8
29 GT2 75 IMSA Performance Matmut Richard Balandras
Michel Lecourt
Jean-Philippe Belloc
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 164
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 LMP1 4 Saulnier Racing Jacques Nicolet
Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 M 164
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
31 GT2 98 JMB Racing Maurice Basso
Peter Kutemann
Johan-Boris Scheier
Ferrari F430GT D 163
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
32 GT2 95 James Watt Automotive Markus Palttala
Paul Daniels
Tim Sugden
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 162
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
33 LMP1 20 Epsilon Euskadi Ángel Burgueño
Miguel Ángel de Castro
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 M 160
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
34 LMP2 26 Team Bruichladdich Radical Jens Petersen
Jan-Dirk Lueders
Marc Rostan
Radical SR9 D 159
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
35 GT2 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Christian Ried
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 157
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36 GT2 90 Farnbacher Racing Pierre Ehret
Pierre Kaffer
Anthony Beltoise
Ferrari F430GT M 156
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
37 GT1 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Luc Alphand
Guillaume Moreau
Patrice Goueslard
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 140
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
38
NC
LMP1 3 Scuderia Lavaggi Giovanni Lavaggi
Wolfgang Kaufmann
Lavaggi LS1 D 110
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
39
NC
LMP1 6 Team Oreca-Matmut Olivier Panis
Nicolas Lapierre
Courage-Oreca LC70 M 167
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
40
NC
LMP1 21 Epsilon Euskadi Adrián Vallés
Shinji Nakano
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 M 163
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
41
DNF
GT2 94 Speedy Racing Team Andrea Chiesa
Benjamin Leuenberger
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 145
Audi 4.0 L V8
42
DNF
GT1 55 IPB Spartak Racing
Reiter Engineering
Peter Kox
Roman Rusinov
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 131
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
43
DNF
LMP2 37 WR Salini Stéphane Salini
Philippe Salini
Patrice Roussel
WR LMP2008 D 126
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
44
DNF
GT2 91 Farnbacher Racing Lars-Erik Nielsen
Allan Simonsen
Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 101
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
45
DNF
LMP1 16 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Pescarolo 01 M 97
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
46
DNF
GT1 73 Luc Alphand Aventures Jérôme Policand
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 50
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8

† - Both #6 Team Oreca-Matmut and #21 Epsilon Euskadi failed to complete the final lap of the race, therefore they are not classified in the final results.

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #7 Team Peugeot Total - 1:39.492[2]
  • Fastest Lap - #7 Team Peugeot Total - 1:40.501[1]
  • Average Speed - 174.227 kilometres per hour (108.260 mph)[1]

References

  1. "Race — Final". Le Mans Series. 2008-08-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. "Qualifying" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
Le Mans Series
Previous race:
2008 1000km of Spa
2008 season Next race:
2008 1000km of Silverstone
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.