The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian, Marc Gené, and Jacques Villeneuve.

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.

## Contents

* 1 Race results
* 2 Statistics
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Race results[edit]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their Class winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]

Pos  | Class  | No  | Team  | Drivers  | Chassis  | Tyre  | Laps

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1  | LMP1  | 7  |  Team Peugeot Total |  Nicolas Minassian
Marc Gené
Jacques Villeneuve | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | M | 143
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2  | LMP1  | 2  |  Audi Sport Team Joest |  Alexandre Prémat
Mike Rockenfeller | Audi R10 | M | 143
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3  | LMP1  | 6  |  Team Oreca-Matmut  |  Olivier Panis
Nicolas Lapierre | Courage-Oreca LC70  | M | 140
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
4  | LMP1  | 1  |  Audi Sport Team Joest |  Allan McNish
Rinaldo Capello | Audi R10 | M | 139
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
5  | LMP1  | 16  |  Pescarolo Sport |  Emmanuel Collard
Jean-Christophe Boullion | Pescarolo 01  | M | 139
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
6  | LMP2  | 34  |  Van Merksteijn Motorsport |  Peter Van Merksteijn
Jos Verstappen | Porsche RS Spyder Evo  | M | 138
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7  | LMP2  | 27  |  Horag Racing  |  Fredy Lienhard
Didier Theys
Jan Lammers | Porsche RS Spyder Evo  | M | 138
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8  | LMP2  | 31  |  Team Essex  |  Casper Elgaard
John Nielsen | Porsche RS Spyder Evo  | D | 135
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9  | LMP1  | 15  |  Creation AIM  |  Stuart Hall
Robbie Kerr | Creation CA07  | D | 134
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
10  | LMP2  | 35  |  Saulnier Racing |  Pierre Ragues
Matthieu Lahaye | Pescarolo 01  | M | 134
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
11  | LMP1  | 20  |  Epsilon Euskadi |  Ángel Burgueño
Miguel Ángel de Castro  | Epsilon Euskadi ee1 | M | 133
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
12  | LMP2  | 41  |  Trading Performance  |  Karim Ojjeh
Claude-Yves Gosselin
Julian Schroyen  | Zytek 07S/2  | M | 133
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
13  | GT1  | 72  |  Luc Alphand Aventures  |  Luc Alphand
Guillaume Moreau
Patrice Goueslard | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 130
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
14  | LMP1  | 4  |  Saulnier Racing |  Jacques Nicolet
Marc Faggionato
Richard Hein  | Pescarolo 01  | M | 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  | M | 129
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
16  | GT1  | 59  |  Team Modena  |  Tomáš Enge
Antonio García | Aston Martin DBR9 | M | 127
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17  | GT2  | 96  |  Virgo Motorsport  |  Rob Bell
Gianmaria Bruni | Ferrari F430GT  | D | 126
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18  | GT2  | 77  |  Team Felbermayr-Proton |  Marc Lieb
Alex Davison | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | M | 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  | M | 123
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20  | GT2  | 94  |  Speedy Racing Team |  Andrea Chiesa
Benjamin Leuenberger
Iradj Alexander | Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R  | M | 123
Audi 4.0 L V8
21  | GT2  | 99  |  JMB Racing
Aucott Racing  |  Alain Ferté
Ben Aucott  | Ferrari F430GT  | M | 123
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22  | GT2  | 76  |  IMSA Performance Matmut  |  Raymond Narac
Richard Lietz | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | M | 122
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23  | GT2  | 98  |  JMB Racing |  Maurice Basso
Peter Kutemann
Stéphane Daoudi  | Ferrari F430GT  | M | 122
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24  | GT1  | 61  |  Strakka Racing |  Peter Hardman
Nick Leventis | Aston Martin DBR9 | D | 121
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
25  | GT2  | 95  |  James Watt Automotive  |  Markus Palttala
Paul Daniels
Tim Sugden | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | D | 121
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
26  | GT2  | 85  |  Snoras Spyker Squadron |  Peter Dumbreck
Ralf Kelleners
Alexey Vasilyev | Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R  | M | 118
Audi 4.0 L V8
27  | LMP1  | 18  |  Rollcentre Racing  |  Mikael Forsten
João Barbosa
Vanina Ickx | Pescarolo 01  | D | 112
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
28  | LMP2  | 25  |  Ray Mallock Ltd. |  Mike Newton
Thomas Erdos | MG-Lola EX265 | M | 111
MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
29  | LMP1  | 10  |  Charouz Racing System |  Jan Charouz
Stefan Mücke | Lola B08/60 | M | 107
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
30  | LMP2  | 26  |  Team Bruichladdich Radical |  Jens Petersen
Jan-Dirk Lueders
Marc Rostan | Radical SR9  | D | 106
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4

NC† | LMP1  | 17  |  Pescarolo Sport |  Harold Primat
Christophe Tinseau | Pescarolo 01  | M | 137
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10

NC† | LMP2  | 33  |  Speedy Racing Team
Sebah Automotive  |  Andrea Belicchi
Xavier Pompidou
Steve Zacchia | Lola B08/80 | M | 128
Judd DB 3.4 L V8

DNF  | GT2  | 91  |  Farnbacher Racing  |  Lars-Erik Nielsen
Allan Simonsen
Richard Westbrook | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | M | 95
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

DNF  | GT2  | 90  |  Farnbacher Racing  |  Pierre Ehret
Pierre Kaffer | Ferrari F430GT  | M | 93
Ferrari 4.0 L V8

DNF  | LMP2  | 45  |  Embassy Racing |  Jonny Kane
Warren Hughes | Embassy WF01  | M | 77
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8

DNF  | LMP1  | 3  |  Scuderia Lavaggi |  Giovanni Lavaggi
Wolfgang Kaufmann  | Lavaggi LS1 | D | 66
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8

DNF  | LMP2  | 32  |  Barazi-Epsilon |  Juan Barazi
Michael Vergers
Fernando Rees | Zytek 07S/2  | M | 62
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8

DNF  | LMP1  | 8  |  Team Peugeot Total |  Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Alexander Wurz | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | M | 56
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)

DNF  | GT2  | 75  |  IMSA Performance Matmut  |  Richard Balandras
Michel Lecourt  | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR  | M | 49
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

DNF  | LMP2  | 40  |  Quifel ASM Team  |  Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla | Lola B05/40 | D | 35
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4

DNF  | GT1  | 73  |  Luc Alphand Aventures  |  Sébastien Dumez
Jean-Luc Blanchemain
Stéphane Lémeret  | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 26
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8

DNF  | LMP2  | 46  |  Embassy Racing |  Tom Kimber-Smith
Joey Foster | Embassy WF01  | M | 0
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
DNS  | LMP2  | 44  |  Kruse Schiller Motorsport  |  Jean de Pourtalès
Hideki Noda | Lola B05/40 | D | \-
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNQ  | LMP2  | 37  |  WR Salini  |  Stéphane Salini
Philippe Salini
Patrice Roussel  | WR LMP2008  | D | \-
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[edit]

* Pole Position – #8 Team Peugeot Total – 1:58.069[1]
* Fastest Lap – #7 Team Peugeot Total – 1:59.883[1]
* Average Speed – 189.062 km/h[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "1000km of Spa Timing" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.

## External links[edit]

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