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2008 1000 km of Spa

The [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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
NC†	32
NC†	33
DNF	34
DNF	35
DNF	36
DNF	37
DNF	38
DNF	39
DNF	40
DNF	41
DNF	42
DNF	DNS	DNQ
LMP1	7	FRA Team Peugeot Total	FRA Nicolas Minassian
ESP Marc Gené
CAN Jacques Villeneuve	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		143
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
LMP1	2	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	FRA Alexandre Prémat
DEU Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10		143
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
LMP1	6	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	FRA Olivier Panis
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70		140
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
LMP1	1	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	GBR Allan McNish
ITA Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10		139
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
LMP1	16	FRA Pescarolo Sport	FRA Emmanuel Collard
FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01		139
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
LMP2	34	NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport	NLD Peter Van Merksteijn
NLD Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		138
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
LMP2	27	CHE Horag Racing	CHE Fredy Lienhard
BEL Didier Theys
NLD Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		138
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
LMP2	31	DNK Team Essex	DNK Casper Elgaard
DNK John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		135
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
LMP1	15	GBR Creation AIM	GBR Stuart Hall
GBR Robbie Kerr	Creation CA07		134
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
LMP2	35	FRA Saulnier Racing	FRA Pierre Ragues
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01		134
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
LMP1	20	ESP Epsilon Euskadi	ESP Ángel Burgueño
ESP Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1		133
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
LMP2	41	CHE Trading Performance	SAU Karim Ojjeh
FRA Claude-Yves Gosselin
BEL Julian Schroyen	Zytek 07S/2		133
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
GT1	72	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	FRA Luc Alphand
FRA Guillaume Moreau
FRA Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		130
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
LMP1	4	FRA Saulnier Racing	FRA Jacques Nicolet
MCO Marc Faggionato
MCO Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01		130
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
GT1	55	RUS IPB Spartak Racing
DEU Reiter Engineering	NLD Peter Kox
RUS Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		129
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
GT1	59	GBR Team Modena	CZE Tomáš Enge
ESP Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9		127
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT2	96	GBR Virgo Motorsport	GBR Rob Bell
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT		126
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	77	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	DEU Marc Lieb
AUS Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		126
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
GT2	88	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	AUT Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
AUT Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
DEU Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		123
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
GT2	94	CHE Speedy Racing Team	CHE Andrea Chiesa
CHE Benjamin Leuenberger
CHE Iradj Alexander	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		123
Audi 4.0 L V8
GT2	99	MCO JMB Racing
GBR Aucott Racing	FRA Alain Ferté
GBR Ben Aucott	Ferrari F430GT		123
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	76	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	FRA Raymond Narac
AUT Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		122
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
GT2	98	MCO JMB Racing	CHE Maurice Basso
NLD Peter Kutemann
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430GT		122
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT1	61	GBR Strakka Racing	GBR Peter Hardman
GBR Nick Leventis	Aston Martin DBR9		121
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT2	95	GBR James Watt Automotive	FIN Markus Palttala
GBR Paul Daniels
GBR Tim Sugden	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		121
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
GT2	85	NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron	GBR Peter Dumbreck
DEU Ralf Kelleners
RUS Alexey Vasilyev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		118
Audi 4.0 L V8
LMP1	18	GBR Rollcentre Racing	FIN Mikael Forsten
PRT João Barbosa
BEL Vanina Ickx	Pescarolo 01		112
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
LMP2	25	GBR Ray Mallock Ltd.	GBR Mike Newton
BRA Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265		111
MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
LMP1	10	CZE Charouz Racing System	CZE Jan Charouz
DEU Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60		107
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
LMP2	26	GBR Team Bruichladdich Radical	DEU Jens Petersen
DEU Jan-Dirk Lueders
FRA Marc Rostan	Radical SR9		106
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
LMP1	17	FRA Pescarolo Sport	CHE Harold Primat
FRA Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01		137
Judd GV5.5 S2 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		128
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
GT2	91	DEU Farnbacher Racing	DNK Lars-Erik Nielsen
DNK Allan Simonsen
GBR Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		95
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
GT2	90	DEU Farnbacher Racing	DEU Pierre Ehret
DEU Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430GT		93
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
LMP2	45	GBR Embassy Racing	GBR Jonny Kane
GBR Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01		77
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
LMP1	3	MCO Scuderia Lavaggi	MCO Giovanni Lavaggi
DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann	Lavaggi LS1		66
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
LMP2	32	FRA Barazi-Epsilon	DNK Juan Barazi
NLD Michael Vergers
BRA Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S/2		62
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
LMP1	8	FRA Team Peugeot Total	FRA Stéphane Sarrazin
PRT Pedro Lamy
AUT Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		56
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
GT2	75	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	FRA Richard Balandras
FRA Michel Lecourt	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		49
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
LMP2	40	PRT Quifel ASM Team	PRT Miguel Amaral
FRA Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40		35
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
GT1	73	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	FRA Sébastien Dumez
FRA Jean-Luc Blanchemain
FRA Stéphane Lémeret	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		26
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
LMP2	46	GBR Embassy Racing	GBR Tom Kimber-Smith
GBR Joey Foster	Embassy WF01		0
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
LMP2	44	DEU Kruse Schiller Motorsport	FRA Jean de Pourtalès
JPN Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40		-
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
LMP2	37	FRA WR Salini	FRA Stéphane Salini
FRA Philippe Salini
FRA 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

(11 May 2008). "1000km of Spa Timing". [[Le Mans Series]].

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