2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours

The 2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours was the second race of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, on May 18, 2008.

Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The #61 Prospeed Competition Porsche was initially disqualified after winning the GT2 class due to a refueling infraction.[1] The team however appealed and their victory was reinstated.[2]

Race results edit

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 3   Selleslagh Racing Team   Christophe Bouchut
  Xavier Maassen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
2 GT1 2   Vitaphone Racing Team   Miguel Ramos
  Alexandre Negrão
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
3 GT1 10   Gigawave Motorsport   Philipp Peter
  Allan Simonsen
Aston Martin DBR9 M 66
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4 GT1 6   Phoenix Carsport Racing   Mike Hezemans
  Fabrizio Gollin
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 1   Vitaphone Racing Team   Michael Bartels
  Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
6 GT1 4   Peka Racing   Anthony Kumpen
  Bert Longin
Saleen S7-R P 65
Ford 7.0 L V8
7 GT1 33   Jetalliance Racing   Karl Wendlinger
  Ryan Sharp
Aston Martin DBR9 M 65
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
8 GT1 7   Larbre Compétition   Vincent Vosse
  Grégory Franchi
Saleen S7-R M 65
Ford 7.0 L V8
9 GT1 15   JMB Racing   Stéphane Daoudi
  Ben Aucott
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 64
Maserati 6.0 L V12
10 GT2 61   Prospeed Competition   Emmanuel Collard
  Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 64
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
11 GT2 50   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  Toni Vilander
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 51   AF Corse   Thomas Biagi
  Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT2 62   Scuderia Ecosse   Jamie Davies
  Fabio Babini
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT1 37   Escuderia ACA Argentina   Gastón Mazzacane
  Esteban Tuero
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 64
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
15 GT2 77   BMS Scuderia Italia   Paolo Ruberti
  Matteo Malucelli
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 78   BMS Scuderia Italia   Joël Camathias
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 56   CR Scuderia Racing   Andrew Kirkaldy
  Rob Bell
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 55   CR Scuderia Racing   Tim Sugden
  Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19 GT1
C
12   AT Racing
  Renauer Motorsport Team
  Alexander Talkanitsa
  Wolfgang Kaufmann
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R M 63
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
20 GT2 95   Advanced Engineering
  PeCom Racing Team
  Matías Russo
  Luís Pérez Companc
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 GT2 57   Kessel Racing   Henri Moser
  Fabrizio del Monte
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 GT2 60   Prospeed Competition   Markus Palttala
  Mikael Forsten
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23 GT2 59   Trackspeed Racing   Richard Williams
  David Ashburn
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24 G2 101   Belgian Racing   Bas Leinders
  Renaud Kuppens
Gillet Vertigo Streiff P 61
Maserati 4.2 L V8
25 GT2 99   Victor Racing   Victor Coggiola
  Giovanni Coggiola
  Giorgio Coggiola
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
26
DNF
GT1 8   IPB Spartak Racing
  Reiter Engineering
  Roman Rusinov
  Peter Kox
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 42
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
27
DNF
GT1 36   Jetalliance Racing   Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
  Alex Müller
Aston Martin DBR9 M 41
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
28
DNF
GT1 5   Phoenix Carsport Racing   Jean-Denis Délétraz
  Marcel Fässler
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 41
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
29
DNF
G2
C
111   Autoracing Club Bratislava   Miro Konopka
  Sean Edwards
Saleen S7-R M 26
Ford 7.0 L V8
30
DNF
G2 103   Go To One Racing
  Charouz Racing System
  Aleš Jirásek
  Adam Lacko
Mosler MT900R M 26
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
31
DNF
GT1 13   iPos Racing
  Konrad Motorsport
  Jos Menten
  Andrea Piccini
Saleen S7-R P 7
Ford 7.0 L V8
32
DNF
GT1
C
22   Lanza Motorsport   Maurizio Strada
  Massimo Morini
  Mauro Simoncini
Chrysler Viper GTS-R ? 7
Chrysler 8.0 L V10
33
DNF
G2 104   Go To One Racing
  Charouz Racing System
  Štepán Vojtech
  Kenneth Heyer
Mosler MT900R M 4
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
DNQ GT1
C
21   Kessel Racing   Loris Kessel
  Andrea Chiesa
Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello M
Ferrari 6.0 L V12

Statistics edit

  • Pole Position – #36 JetAlliance Racing – 1:49.258[4]
  • Average Speed – 190.10 km/h[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "SRT victorious at Monza!". FIA. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  2. ^ "17 June 2008 Prospeed Competition Porsche reinstated further to Appeal". FIA. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "Results: 2008 Round 2 – Monza (Race Result)". FIA. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  4. ^ "Results: 2008 Round 2 – Monza (Qualifying 1)". FIA. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.


FIA GT Championship
Previous race:
2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy
2008 season Next race:
2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours