2008 1000 km of Monza explained

The 2008 1000 km of Monza was the second round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, on 27 April 2008. This event was the last.

Monégasque driver Stéphane Ortelli was injured in an incident during the race in which his Oreca-Courage Le Mans prototype became airborne in the first chicane. The car flipped several times, and Ortelli suffered a broken ankle. Ortelli's car narrowly missed hitting the #1 Audi R10 driven by Allan McNish. McNish had to weave his way through the debris of the crash.^[1]

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		173
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10		173
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01		169
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
4	LMP1	15	Creation Autosportif	Robbie Kerr Stuart Hall Bruce Jouanny	Creation CA07		169
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
5	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		167
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
6	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10		166
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
7	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short Duncan Tappy Vanina Ickx	Pescarolo 01		166
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		165
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Peter van Merksteijn Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		165
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		164
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
11	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265		164
					MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
12	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01		163
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
13	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40		162
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
14	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40		161
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
15	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9		159
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
16	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Olivier Beretta Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		159
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
17	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60		158
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
18	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Mario Haberfeld Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01		155
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
19	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Sébastien Dumez Jean-Luc Blanchemain Roland Bervillé	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		155
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
20	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		153
					Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
21	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		151
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Lola B08/80		151
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
23	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT		151
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Stéphane Daoudi Ben Aucott	Ferrari F430GT		150
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
25	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		147
					Audi 4.0 L V8
26	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Mauro Casadei Peter Kutemann	Ferrari F430GT		146
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		141
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Markus Palttala Tim Sugden Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		135
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29 NC	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		149
					Audi 4.0 L V8
30 DNF	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Joey Foster	Embassy WF01		146
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
31 DNF	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Marc Faggionato Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01		134
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
32 DNF	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli	Courage-Oreca LC70		130
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
33 DNF	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01		121
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
34 DNF	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT		119
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
35 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S/2		116
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
36 DNF	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Filippo Francioni Marco Didaio	Lucchini LMP2/04		115
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
37 DNF	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Julian Schroyen	Zytek 07S/2		94
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
38 DNF	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		86
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
39 DNF	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1		73
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
40 DNF	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel	WR LMP2008		71
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
41 DNF	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70		27
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
42 DNF	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		22
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
43 DNF	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	Radical SR9		6
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
DSQ^†	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		152
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
DNS	LMP1	14	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall	Creation CA07		-
					AIM (Judd) 5.0 L V10

† - #76 IMSA Performance Matmut was disqualified after failing post-race technical inspection. The car's airbox was found to be outside the regulations.^[3]

Statistics

• Pole Position - #7 Team Peugeot Total - 1:31.470
  • Pole Position (LMP2) - #34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport - 1:36.842^[4]
• Fastest Lap - #7 Team Peugeot Total - 1:32.449
• Average Speed - 201.019 km/h

External links

• Le Mans Series — 1000 km of Monza

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stéphane Ortelli update . Planetlemans.com . 27 April 2008 . 2008-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20080501134701/http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/27/stephane-ortelli-update/. 1 May 2008 . live.
2. Web site: 1000km of Monza Timing . . PDF . 27 April 2008 . 2008-04-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120023712/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=1000km_of_Monza-Timing.pdf&id_circuit=3 . 20 November 2008 .
3. Web site: IMSA Performance Matmut #76 excluded from Monza race results . Planetlemans.com . 27 April 2008 . 2008-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20080501160147/http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/27/imsa-performance-matmut-76-excluded-from-monza-race/. 1 May 2008 . live.
4. Web site: Verstappen.com, Official website of Max Verstappen. news.verstappen.com.