2008 1000 km of Nürburgring explained

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		195
1	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		195
2	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		195
2	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		195
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10 TDI		194
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		194
4	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10 TDI		194
4	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		194
5	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60		189
5	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		189
6	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli Loïc Duval	Courage-Oreca LC70		188
6	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli Loïc Duval	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		188
7	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Jos Verstappen Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		188
7	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Jos Verstappen Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		188
8	LMP1	15	Creation AIM	Stuart Hall Jamie Campbell-Walter	Creation CA07		187
8	LMP1	15	Creation AIM	Stuart Hall Jamie Campbell-Walter	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10		187
9	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01		184
9	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		184
10	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Caspar Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		184
10	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Caspar Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		184
11	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Darren Manning Joey Foster	Embassy WF01		183
11	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Darren Manning Joey Foster	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		183
12	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40		182
12	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		182
13	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265		181
13	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4		181
14	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01		180
14	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Warren Hughes	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		180
15	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S/2		180
15	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		180
16	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Lola B08/80		179
16	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		179
17	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin	Zytek 07S/2		179
17	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		179
18	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01		176
18	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		176
19	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Martin Short	Pescarolo 01		175
19	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Martin Short	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		175
20	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9		172
20	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		172
21	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40		172
21	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4		172
22	LMP1	14	Creation AIM	Liz Halliday Stephen Simpson	Creation CA07		172
22	LMP1	14	Creation AIM	Liz Halliday Stephen Simpson	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10		172
23	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		170
23	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		170
24	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT		169
24	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		169
25	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		167
25	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		167
26	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		167
26	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		167
27	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430GT		166
27	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		166
28	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		165
28	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev	Audi 4.0 L V8		165
29	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		164
29	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		164
30	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01		164
30	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		164
31	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Johan-Boris Scheier	Ferrari F430GT		163
31	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Johan-Boris Scheier	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		163
32	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Markus Palttala Paul Daniels Tim Sugden	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		162
32	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Markus Palttala Paul Daniels Tim Sugden	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		162
33	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1		160
33	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		160
34	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	Radical SR9		159
34	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		159
35	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		157
35	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		157
36	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430GT		156
36	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		156
37	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		140
37	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8		140
38 NC	LMP1	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann	Lavaggi LS1		110
38 NC	LMP1	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8		110
39 NC^†	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70		167
39 NC^†	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		167
40 NC^†	LMP1	21	Epsilon Euskadi	Adrián Vallés Shinji Nakano	Epsilon Euskadi ee1		163
40 NC^†	LMP1	21	Epsilon Euskadi	Adrián Vallés Shinji Nakano	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		163
41 DNF	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		145
41 DNF	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Audi 4.0 L V8		145
42 DNF	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		131
42 DNF	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12		131
43 DNF	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel	WR LMP2008		126
43 DNF	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		126
44 DNF	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		101
44 DNF	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		101
45 DNF	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01		97
45 DNF	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		97
46 DNF	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jérôme Policand Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		50
46 DNF	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jérôme Policand Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8		50

† - 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
Average Speed - 174.227km/h

External links

Le Mans Series - Nürburgring

Notes and References

Web site: Race — Final . . PDF . 2008-08-17 . 2008-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119222836/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=Le_Mans_Series_Nurburgring_Race.pdf&id_circuit=5 . 2008-11-19 . dead .
Web site: Qualifying . . PDF . 2008-08-16 . 2008-08-17 . 2008-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120022340/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=Le_Mans_Series_Nurburgring_Qualifying.pdf&id_circuit=5 . dead .