2008 1000 km of Silverstone explained

The 2008 Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone was the fifth and final race of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain, on 14 September 2008. The race was attended by a record crowd of 53,000 spectators.^[1]

Although Audi scored their first and only win of the season, an accident involving the then championship-leading Peugeots allowed Audi to win the Teams, Constructors, and Drivers Championships in the LMP1 category. Luc Alphand's team won the GT1 championship by merely finishing the event, and Virgo Motorsports and driver Rob Bell secured their second consecutive GT2 championship with a class victory.

This was the first time in Le Mans Series history that none of the Peugeot 908s finished in the podium spots as well as in the top eight points positions (#8 finished 19th overall and 11th in LMP1; #7 did not finish at 44th overall and 15th (last) in class), which helped Audi to take the championship. The only other time that the Peugeot 908 did not finish in the podium was in the 12 Hours of Sebring earlier this year, when the lone 908 finished 11th overall and almost finished in the podium at 4th behind the two Audis and an Intersport Lola-AER.

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10 TDI		195
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		195
2	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60		193
2	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		193
3	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Romain Dumas Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01		191
3	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Romain Dumas Jean-Christophe Boullion	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		191
4	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10 TDI		191
4	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		191
5	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Peter Van Merksteijn Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		191
5	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Peter Van Merksteijn Jos Verstappen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		191
6	LMP1	15	Creation AIM	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall	Creation CA07		191
6	LMP1	15	Creation AIM	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10		191
7	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01		190
7	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		190
8	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli	Courage-Oreca LC70		189
8	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		189
9	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		187
9	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		187
10	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40		185
10	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		185
11	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265C		184
11	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4		184
12	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		184
12	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		184
13	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01		184
13	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Warren Hughes	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		184
14	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Charlie Hollings	Pescarolo 01		183
14	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Charlie Hollings	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		183
15	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe	Zytek 07S/2		183
15	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		183
16	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01		183
16	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		183
17	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70		183
17	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		183
18	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40		182
18	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4		182
19	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		182
19	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		182
20	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9		178
20	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		178
21	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		177
21	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12		177
22	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		174
22	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8		174
23	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01		174
23	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		174
24	GT1	61	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Peter Hardman Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9		173
24	GT1	61	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Peter Hardman Darren Turner	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		173
25	LMP1	21	Epsilon Euskadi	Adrián Vallés Shinji Nakano	Epsilon Euskadi ee1		172
25	LMP1	21	Epsilon Euskadi	Adrián Vallés Shinji Nakano	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		172
26	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430GT		172
26	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Jaime Melo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		172
27	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		171
27	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		171
28	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430GT		169
28	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		169
29	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		168
29	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev	Audi 4.0 L V8		168
30	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		162
30	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		162
31	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Julien Gilbert	Ferrari F430GT		160
31	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Julien Gilbert	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		160
32	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	Radical SR9		160
32	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		160
33	GT2	93	James Watt Automotive	Alan van der Merwe Tim Sugden Michael Outzen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2		159
33	GT2	93	James Watt Automotive	Alan van der Merwe Tim Sugden Michael Outzen	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		159
34	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		158
34	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Audi 4.0 L V8		158
35	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Darren Manning Joey Foster	Embassy WF01		156
35	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Darren Manning Joey Foster	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		156
36	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430GT		145
36	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		145
37 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S/2		162
37 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		162
38 DNF	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		91
38 DNF	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		91
39 DNF	LMP1	14	Creation AIM	Ryan Lewis Stephen Simpson	Creation CA07		89
39 DNF	LMP1	14	Creation AIM	Ryan Lewis Stephen Simpson	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10		89
40 DNF	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Lola B08/80		75
40 DNF	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		75
41 DNF	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1		59
41 DNF	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10		59
42 DNF	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Peter Bamford Paul Daniels Matt Griffin	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		55
42 DNF	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Peter Bamford Paul Daniels Matt Griffin	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		55
43 DNF	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		51
43 DNF	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Dirk Werner	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		51
44 DNF	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		45
44 DNF	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		45
45 DNF	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		38
45 DNF	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		38
46 DNF	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Tristan Gommendy	WR LMP2008		3
46 DNF	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Tristan Gommendy	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		3

Statistics

Pole Position - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:30.359^[3]
Fastest Lap - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:31.166
Average Speed - 176.696km/h

External links

Le Mans Series - Silverstone

Notes and References

Web site: Autosport: "Organisers hail Silverstone race" . 2008-09-15 . 2008-09-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080918020537/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70664. 18 September 2008 . live.
Web site: Race — Amended . . PDF . 2008-09-14 . 2008-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119222537/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=Le_Mans_Series_Silverstone_Race.pdf&id_circuit=6 . 2008-11-19 . dead .
Web site: Qualifying . . PDF . 2008-09-13 . 2008-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119222714/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=Le_Mans_Series_Silverstone_Qualifying.pdf&id_circuit=6 . 2008-11-19 . dead .