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2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy

The 2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy was the opening race of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain, on 20 April 2008. It was the fourth time the RAC Tourist Trophy was held as a round of the FIA GT Championship.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.

Pos	Class	No	Team
DNF	DSQ†
GT1	33	AUT Jetalliance Racing	AUT Karl Wendlinger
GBR Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9		59
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT1	1	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini	Maserati MC12 GT1		59
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT1	10	GBR Gigawave Motorsport	AUT Philipp Peter
DNK Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin DBR9		59
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT1	3	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	FRA Christophe Bouchut
NLD Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		59
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	6	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	NLD Mike Hezemans
ITA Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		59
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	36	AUT Jetalliance Racing	AUT Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
DEU Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9		59
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
GT1	2	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	PRT Miguel Ramos
BRA Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12 GT1		59
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT1	5	DEU Phoenix Carsport Racing	CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz
CHE Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		59
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	7	FRA Larbre Compétition	BEL Vincent Vosse
BEL Grégory Franchi	Saleen S7-R		58
Ford 7.0 L V8
GT1	8	RUS IPB Spartak Racing
DEU Reiter Engineering	RUS Roman Rusinov
NLD Peter Kox	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		58
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
GT2	50	ITA AF Corse	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2		58
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	56	GBR CR Scuderia Racing	GBR Andrew Kirkaldy
GBR Rob Bell	Ferrari F430 GT2		57
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT1	13	AUT RBImmo Racing
DEU Konrad Motorsport	NLD Jos Menten
ITA Andrea Piccini	Saleen S7-R		57
Ford 7.0 L V8
GT2	77	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	ITA Paolo Ruberti
ITA Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2		57
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	51	ITA AF Corse	ITA Thomas Biagi
SMR Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2		57
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT1	4	BEL Peka Racing	BEL Anthony Kumpen
BEL Bert Longin	Saleen S7-R		57
Ford 7.0 L V8
GT2	55	GBR CR Scuderia Racing	CAN Chris Niarchos
GBR Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2		57
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	60	BEL Prospeed Competition	FIN Markus Palttala
FIN Mikael Forsten	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		56
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
GT2	78	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	CHE Joël Camathias
ITA Davide Rigon	Ferrari F430 GT2		56
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT1	37	ARG Escuderia ACA Argentina	ARG Gastón Mazzacane
ARG Esteban Tuero	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		56
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
GT2	57	CHE Kessel Racing	CHE Henri Moser
ITA Fabrizio del Monte	Ferrari F430 GT2		56
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	95	ITA Advanced Engineering
ARG PeCom Racing Team	ARG Matías Russo
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2		56
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	62	GBR Scuderia Ecosse	GBR Jamie Davies
ITA Fabio Babini	Ferrari F430 GT2		56
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
*GT1
C*	12	*AUT AT Racing
AUT Renauer Motorsport Team*	*BLR Alexander Talkanitsa
DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann*	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R		55
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
GT1	15	MCO JMB Racing	NLD Peter Kutemann
GBR Ben Aucott	Maserati MC12 GT1		54
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT2	59	GBR Trackspeed Racing	GBR Richard Williams
GBR David Ashburn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		54
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
G2	104	DEU Go To One Racing
CZE Charouz Racing System	CZE Štepán Vojtech
DEU Kenneth Heyer	Mosler MT900R		52
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
G2	103	DEU Go To One Racing
CZE Charouz Racing System	CZE Aleš Jirásek
CZE Adam Lacko	Mosler MT900R		52
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
G2
C	111	SVK Autoracing Club Bratislava	SVK Miro Konôpka
GBR Sean Edwards	Saleen S7-R		52
Ford 7.0 L V8
G2	101	BEL Belgian Racing	BEL Bas Leinders
BEL Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff		28
Maserati 4.2 L V8
GT2	61	BEL Prospeed Competition	FRA Emmanuel Collard
GBR Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		57
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6

† – #61 Prospeed Competition was disqualified after the race for failing technical inspection. The car was found to be below the minimum ride height.

Statistics

Pole Position – #5 Carsport Holland – 2:14.554
Average Speed – 155.21 km/h

References

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