2008 1000 km of Nürburgring

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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.

Nürburgring

Race results edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ a b c "Race — Final". Le Mans Series. 2008-08-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. ^ "Qualifying". Le Mans Series. 2008-08-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

External links edit


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2008 1000km of Spa
2008 season Next race:
2008 1000km of Silverstone