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2008 1000 km of Silverstone

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.

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).

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

Statistics

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

References

(2008-09-15). "Autosport: "Organisers hail Silverstone race"".
(2008-09-14). "Race — Amended". [[Le Mans Series]].
(2008-09-13). "Qualifying". [[Le Mans Series]].

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