The 2008 1000 km of Spa was the third round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 11 May 2008.
This race marked the first international victory for Canadian Jacques Villeneuve since the Formula One Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997.
Race results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their Class winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 7 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené Jacques Villeneuve Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 143 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller Audi R10 143 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 3 LMP1 6 Team Oreca-Matmut Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Courage-Oreca LC70 140 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 4 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Audi R10 139 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 5 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Pescarolo 01 139 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 6 LMP2 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Peter Van Merksteijn Jos Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder Evo 138 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 7 LMP2 27 Horag Racing Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers Porsche RS Spyder Evo 138 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 8 LMP2 31 Team Essex Casper Elgaard John Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder Evo 135 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 9 LMP1 15 Creation AIM Stuart Hall Robbie Kerr Creation CA07 134 AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 10 LMP2 35 Saulnier Racing Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye Pescarolo 01 134 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 11 LMP1 20 Epsilon Euskadi Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro Epsilon Euskadi ee1 133 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 12 LMP2 41 Trading Performance Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Julian Schroyen Zytek 07S/2 133 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 13 GT1 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 130 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 14 LMP1 4 Saulnier Racing Jacques Nicolet Marc Faggionato Richard Hein Pescarolo 01 130 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 15 GT1 55 IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering Peter Kox Roman Rusinov Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT 129 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 16 GT1 59 Team Modena Tomáš Enge Antonio García Aston Martin DBR9 127 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 17 GT2 96 Virgo Motorsport Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari F430GT 126 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 18 GT2 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb Alex Davison Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 126 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 19 GT2 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 123 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 20 GT2 94 Speedy Racing Team Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger Iradj Alexander Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R 123 Audi 4.0 L V8 21 GT2 99 JMB Racing Aucott Racing Alain Ferté Ben Aucott Ferrari F430GT 123 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 22 GT2 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 122 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 23 GT2 98 JMB Racing Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Stéphane Daoudi Ferrari F430GT 122 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 24 GT1 61 Strakka Racing Peter Hardman Nick Leventis Aston Martin DBR9 121 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 25 GT2 95 James Watt Automotive Markus Palttala Paul Daniels Tim Sugden Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 121 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 26 GT2 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R 118 Audi 4.0 L V8 27 LMP1 18 Rollcentre Racing Mikael Forsten João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Pescarolo 01 112 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 28 LMP2 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton Thomas Erdos MG-Lola EX265 111 MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4 29 LMP1 10 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Lola B08/60 107 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 30 LMP2 26 Team Bruichladdich Radical Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan Radical SR9 106 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 31NC† LMP1 17 Pescarolo Sport Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau Pescarolo 01 137 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 32NC† LMP2 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia Lola B08/80 128 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 33DNF GT2 91 Farnbacher Racing Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 95 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 34DNF GT2 90 Farnbacher Racing Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT 93 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 35DNF LMP2 45 Embassy Racing Jonny Kane Warren Hughes Embassy WF01 77 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 36DNF LMP1 3 Scuderia Lavaggi Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann Lavaggi LS1 66 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 37DNF LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees Zytek 07S/2 62 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 38DNF LMP1 8 Team Peugeot Total Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Alexander Wurz Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 56 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 39DNF GT2 75 IMSA Performance Matmut Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 49 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 40DNF LMP2 40 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Lola B05/40 35 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 41DNF GT1 73 Luc Alphand Aventures Sébastien Dumez Jean-Luc Blanchemain Stéphane Lémeret Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 26 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 42DNF LMP2 46 Embassy Racing Tom Kimber-Smith Joey Foster Embassy WF01 0 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 DNS LMP2 44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda Lola B05/40 - Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 DNQ LMP2 37 WR Salini Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel WR LMP2008 - Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
Both the #17 Pescarolo and #33 Speedy Sebah entries failed to complete the final lap of the race. Both cars were therefore not classified in the final results even though they had covered sufficient distance.
Statistics Pole Position – #8 Team Peugeot Total – 1:58.069 Fastest Lap – #7 Team Peugeot Total – 1:59.883 Average Speed – 189.062 km/h
References
External links
Le mans Series — 1000 km of Spa