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2008 Le Mans Series

Motorsport season

The 2008 Le Mans Series was the fifth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It ran from 6 April to 14 September 2008 with five rounds taking place.

Schedule

The 2008 schedule remained largely unchanged from that of 2007, except for Circuit de Catalunya replacing Circuit de Valencia for the Spanish round. A large gap was built into the schedule between May and August to better allow teams to prepare for and recover from the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.

An additional race was announced at a later date, with a 1000 km event in Shanghai. This event however would not replace the Mil Milhas Brasil round, but was instead to be a stand-alone event as a precursor to a new Asian Le Mans Series planned for 2009. Points for the Le Mans Series would not be awarded but class winners would gain automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race was cancelled and was later rescheduled be held on 8 November 2009, because of conflicts with the 2008 Summer Olympics schedule.

Rnd	Race	Circuit
FRA LMS Official Test	Paul Ricard HTTT	2 March
3 March
ESP 1000 km of Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya	6 April
ITA 1000 km of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	27 April
BEL 1000 km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	11 May
DEU 1000 km of Nürburgring	Nürburgring	17 August
GBR 1000 km of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	14 September
Sources:

Teams and drivers

LMP1

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	1	ITA Rinaldo Capello	All
GBR Allan McNish	All
2	FRA Alexandre Prémat	All
DEU Mike Rockenfeller	All
MCO Scuderia Lavaggi	Lavaggi LS1	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	3	DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann	1, 3–4
MCO Giovanni Lavaggi	1, 3–4
FRA Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	4	MCO Richard Hein	All
FRA Jacques Nicolet	All
MCO Marc Faggionato	1–3
FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	5	FRA Soheil Ayari	1–2, 4–5
MCO Stéphane Ortelli	1–2, 4–5
FRA Loïc Duval	4
6	FRA Nicolas Lapierre	All
FRA Olivier Panis	All
FRA Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	7	ESP Marc Gené	All
FRA Nicolas Minassian	All
CAN Jacques Villeneuve	3
8	PRT Pedro Lamy	All
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	All
AUT Alexander Wurz	3
CZE Charouz Racing System	Lola B08/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	10	CZE Jan Charouz	All
DEU Stefan Mücke	All
GBR Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10	14	GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter	1–2
ZAF Stephen Simpson	4–5
CHE Felipe Ortiz	1
GBR Stuart Hall	2
USA Liz Halliday	4
GBR Ryan Lewis	5
15	GBR Stuart Hall	All
GBR Robbie Kerr	2–3
GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter	4–5
FRA Simon Pagenaud	1
FRA Bruce Jouanny	2
FRA Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	16	FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion	All
FRA Emmanuel Collard	1–4
FRA Romain Dumas	5
17	CHE Harold Primat	All
FRA Christophe Tinseau	All
GBR Rollcentre Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	18	BEL Vanina Ickx	All
PRT João Barbosa	1, 3–5
GBR Martin Short	1–2
GBR Duncan Tappy	2
FIN Mikael Forsten	3
GBR Charlie Hollings	5
GBR Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	19	GBR Bob Berridge	1
GBR Gareth Evans	1
ESP Epsilon Euskadi	Epsilon Euskadi EE1	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	20	ESP Angel Burgueño	All
ESP Miguel Ángel de Castro	All
21	JPN Shinji Nakano	4–5
ESP Adrián Vallés	4–5

LMP2

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
GBR Ray Mallock Ltd.	MG-Lola EX265 4
MG-Lola EX265C 1	MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	BRA Thomas Erdos	All
GBR Mike Newton	All
GBR Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	26	DEU Jan-Dirk Lueders	All
FRA Marc Rostan	All
DEU Jens Petersen	All
CHE Horag Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	27	NLD Jan Lammers	All
CHE Fredy Lienhard	All
BEL Didier Theys	All
ITA Racing Box	Lucchini LMP2008	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	30	ITA Marco Didaio	1–2
ITA Filippo Francioni	1–2
DNK Team Essex	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	31	DNK Casper Elgaard	All
DNK John Nielsen	All
FRA Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	32	DNK Juan Barazi	All
NLD Michael Vergers	All
BRA Fernando Rees	2–5
CHE Speedy Racing Team
GBR Sebah Automotive	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	33	ITA Andrea Belicchi	All
FRA Xavier Pompidou	All
CHE Steve Zacchia	All
NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport
NLD Equipe Verschuur	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	34	NLD Jos Verstappen	All
NLD Peter van Merksteijn Sr.	1–3, 5
NLD Jeroen Bleekemolen	4
FRA Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	35	FRA Matthieu Lahaye	All
FRA Pierre Ragues	All
FRA WR Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	37	FRA Stéphane Salini	All
FRA Philippe Salini	All
FRA Patrice Roussel	1–4
FRA Tristan Gommendy	5
PRT Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	40	PRT Miguel Amaral	All
FRA Olivier Pla	All
CHE Trading Performance	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	41	FRA Claude-Yves Gosselin	All
SAU Karim Ojjeh	All
BEL Julien Schroyen	1–3
GBR Adam Sharpe	5
DEU Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Lola B05/40	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	44	JPN Hideki Noda	All
FRA Jean de Pourtales	All
GBR Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	45	GBR Warren Hughes	All
GBR Jonny Kane	3–5
BRA Mário Haberfeld	1–2
46	GBR Joey Foster	All
GBR Jonny Kane	1–2
GBR Darren Manning	4–5
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith	3

GT1

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
FRA Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	50	FRA Patrick Bornhauser	1
FRA Christophe Bouchut	1
FRA Frédéric Makowiecki	1
RUS IPB Spartak Racing
DEU Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12	55	NLD Peter Kox	All
RUS Roman Rusinov	All
GBR Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	59	CZE Tomáš Enge	All
ESP Antonio García	All
GBR Strakka Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	61	GBR Peter Hardman	3, 5
GBR Nick Leventis	3, 5
GBR Darren Turner	5
FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	72	FRA Patrice Goueslard	All
FRA Guillaume Moreau	All
MCO Olivier Beretta	2–3
FRA Luc Alphand	1, 4
73	FRA Jean-Luc Blanchemain	1–3
FRA Roland Bervillé	1–3
FRA Sébastien Dumez	1–3
MCO Olivier Beretta	4
FRA Jérôme Policand	4

GT2

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	75	FRA Richard Balandras	All
FRA Michel Lecourt	All
FRA Jean-Philippe Belloc	1–2, 4–5
76	AUT Richard Lietz	All
FRA Raymond Narac	All
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	77	AUS Alex Davison	All
DEU Marc Lieb	All
88	AUT Horst Felbermayr Sr.	All
AUT Horst Felbermayr Jr.	All
DEU Christian Ried	All
NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	85	DEU Ralf Kelleners	All
RUS Alexey Vasiliev	All
GBR Peter Dumbreck	1–4
NLD Tom Coronel	5
DEU Farnbacher Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	90	DEU Pierre Ehret	All
DEU Pierre Kaffer	All
FRA Anthony Beltoise	1, 4–5
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	91	DNK Lars-Erik Nielsen	All
DNK Allan Simonsen	1–4
GBR Richard Westbrook	1–4
DEU Dirk Werner	5
GBR James Watt Automotive	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	93	ZAF Alan van der Merwe	1, 5
DNK Michael Outzen	1, 5
BEL Stéphane Lémeret	1
GBR Tim Sugden	5
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	95	GBR Paul Daniels	All
FIN Markus Palttala	1–4
GBR Tim Sugden	3–4
FIN Mikael Forsten	1
GBR Peter Bamford	5
IRL Matt Griffin	5
CHE Speedy Racing Team	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	94	CHE Andrea Chiesa	All
CHE Benjamin Leuenberger	All
CHE Iradj Alexander	3
GBR Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	96	GBR Rob Bell	1
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	1
MCO JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	98	CHE Maurice Basso	All
NLD Peter Kutemann	2–5
ITA Mauro Casadei	1–2
GBR Bo McCormick	1
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	3
FRA Johan-Boris Scheier	4
FRA Julien Gilbert	5
MCO JMB Racing
GBR Aucott Racing	99	GBR Ben Aucott	All
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	1–2, 4–5
FRA Alain Ferté	3

Season results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team
Catalunya	FRA #7 Team Peugeot Total	NLD #34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	FRA #72 Luc Alphand Aventures	GBR #96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
FRA Nicolas Minassian
ESP Marc Gené	NLD Jos Verstappen
NLD Peter van Merksteijn	FRA Luc Alphand
FRA Guillaume Moreau
FRA Patrice Goueslard	GBR Rob Bell
ITA Gianmaria Bruni
Monza	FRA #8 Team Peugeot Total	DNK #31 Team Essex	GBR #59 Team Modena	DEU #91 Farnbacher Racing	Results
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin
PRT Pedro Lamy	DNK John Nielsen
DNK Casper Elgaard	ESP Antonio García
CZE Tomáš Enge	DNK Lars-Erik Nielsen
DNK Allan Simonsen
GBR Richard Westbrook
Spa	FRA #7 Team Peugeot Total	NLD #34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	FRA #72 Luc Alphand Aventures	GBR #96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
FRA Nicolas Minassian
ESP Marc Gené
CAN Jacques Villeneuve	NLD Jos Verstappen
NLD Peter van Merksteijn	MCO Olivier Beretta
FRA Guillaume Moreau
FRA Patrice Goueslard	GBR Rob Bell
ITA Gianmaria Bruni
Nürburgring	FRA #8 Team Peugeot Total	NLD #34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	GBR #59 Team Modena	GBR #96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin
PRT Pedro Lamy	NLD Jos Verstappen
NLD Jeroen Bleekemolen	ESP Antonio García
CZE Tomáš Enge	GBR Rob Bell
ITA Gianmaria Bruni
Silverstone	DEU #1 Audi Team Joest	NLD #34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	GBR #59 Team Modena	GBR #96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
GBR Allan McNish
ITA Rinaldo Capello	NLD Jos Verstappen
NLD Peter van Merksteijn	ESP Antonio García
CZE Tomáš Enge	GBR Rob Bell
BRA Jaime Melo
Source:

Teams Championships

Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Unlike the American Le Mans Series, where teams with multiple entries scored the points of their highest finishing entry in each race, teams with multiple entries did not have their cars combined and each entry number was scored separately in the championship. Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.

The top two finishers in each team championship earned automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP1 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	35	2	32	3	27	4	21	5	19	6	15	7	14	8	13	9	6	10=	5	10=	5	12	2	13	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
#2	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	2	2	2	3	4
#7	FRA Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	1	5	1	2	Ret
#1	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	5	6	4	4	1
#8	FRA Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	8	1	Ret	1	11
#10	CZE Charouz Racing System	Lola B08/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	3	8	10	5	2
#16	FRA Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	4	Ret	5	Ret	3
#15	GBR Creation AIM	Creation CA07	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10		4	6	7	5
#17	FRA Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	6	3	Ret	8	6
#6	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	10
#5	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	Ret	Ret		6	7
#18	GBR Rollcentre Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	7	7	9	9	8
#20	ESP Epsilon Euskadi	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	10	Ret	7	12	Ret
#4	FRA Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	Ret	Ret	8	11	9
#14	GBR Creation AIM	Creation CA07	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10	11	DNS		10	Ret
#3	MCO Scuderia Lavaggi	Lavaggi LS1	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	Ret		Ret	NC
#21	ESP Epsilon Euskadi	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10				NC†	12
#19	GBR Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	9

LMP2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	48	2	32	3	25	4=	21	4=	21	6	12	7	8	8	7	9	6	10	5	11=	4	11=	4	13	1	-	0	-	0
#34	NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	1	2	1	1	1
#31	DNK Team Essex	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	3	1	3	3	5
#27	CHE Horag Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	6	3	2	12	2
#35	FRA Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	5	5	4	2	9
#25	GBR Ray Mallock Ltd.	MG-Lola EX265
MG-Lola EX265C	MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4	4
4
6
6

4
#40	PRT Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	9	7	Ret	5	3
#33	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	2	9	NC†	9	Ret
#41	CHE Trading Performance	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	8	Ret	5	10	7
#45	GBR Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	8	Ret	7	6
#46	GBR Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	11
#44	DEU Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Lola B05/40	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	Ret	6	DNS	11	8
#26	GBR Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	7	Ret	7	13	10
#32	FRA Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret
#37	FRA WR Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	10	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret
#30	ITA Racing Box	Lucchini LMP2008	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	NC	Ret

GT1 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	42	2	36	3	27	4	10	5	8	6	6
#72	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	1	2	1	2	3
#59	GBR Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	Ret	1	3	1	1
#55	RUS IPB Spartak Racing	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12	3	4	2	Ret	2
#61	GBR Strakka Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12			4		4
#50	FRA Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	2
#73	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	Ret	3	Ret	Ret

GT2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	40	2	35	3	19	4	18	5	15	6	13	7=	11	7=	11	9=	10	9=	10	11=	5	11=	5	13	2
#96	GBR Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	1	Ret	1	1	1
#77	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	2	6	2	2	2
#90	DEU Farnbacher Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	4	2	Ret	10	3
#99	MCO JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	6	3	5	4	9
#76	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	3	DSQ	6	3	Ret
#85	NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	5	NC	9	5	4
#94	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	Ret	4	4	Ret	8
#98	MCO JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	10	5	7	7	6
#91	DEU Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret
#88	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	9	Ret	3	9	5
#75	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret
#95	GBR James Watt Automotive	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	8	7	8	8	Ret
#93	GBR James Watt Automotive	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	DNS				7

Drivers Championships

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes do not receive points.

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	35	2	32	3	27	4	21	5	19	6	15	7	14	8	13	9	10	10	9	11	8	12	6	13	6	14	6	15	5	16	5	17	3	18	3	19	2	20	2	21	1	=	1	Source:
FRA Alexandre Prémat	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	2	2	2	3	4
DEU Mike Rockenfeller	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	2	2	2	3	4
FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Team Peugeot Total	1	5	1	2	Ret
ESP Marc Gené	FRA Team Peugeot Total	1	5	1	2	Ret
GBR Allan McNish	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	5	6	4	4	1
ITA Rinaldo Capello	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	5	6	4	4	1
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Team Peugeot Total	8	1	Ret	1	11
PRT Pedro Lamy	FRA Team Peugeot Total	8	1	Ret	1	11
CZE Jan Charouz	CZE Charouz Racing System	3	8	10	5	2
DEU Stefan Mücke	CZE Charouz Racing System	3	8	10	5	2
FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion	FRA Pescarolo Sport	4	Ret	5	Ret	3
GBR Stuart Hall	GBR Creation AIM	11	4	6	7	5
CHE Harold Primat	FRA Pescarolo Sport	6	3	NC†	8	6
FRA Christophe Tinseau	FRA Pescarolo Sport	6	3	NC†	8	6
CAN Jacques Villeneuve	FRA Team Peugeot Total			1
FRA Emmanuel Collard	FRA Pescarolo Sport	4	Ret	5	Ret
GBR Robbie Kerr	GBR Creation AIM		4	6
FRA Olivier Panis	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret	3	NC†	10
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret	3	NC†	10
FRA Romain Dumas	FRA Pescarolo Sport					3
GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter	GBR Creation AIM	11	DNS		7	5
FRA Soheil Ayari	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret		6	7
MCO Stéphane Ortelli	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret		6	7
BEL Vanina Ickx	GBR Rollcentre Racing	7	7	9	9	8
FRA Loïc Duval	FRA Team Oreca-Matmut				6
PRT João Barbosa	GBR Rollcentre Racing	7		9	9	8
GBR Martin Short	GBR Rollcentre Racing	7	(7)		9
GBR Duncan Tappy	GBR Rollcentre Racing		7
ESP Ángel Burgueño	ESP Epsilon Euskadi	10	Ret	7	12	Ret
ESP Miguel Ángel de Castro	ESP Epsilon Euskadi	10	Ret	7	12	Ret
FRA Jacques Nicolet	FRA Saulnier Racing	Ret	Ret	8	11	9
MCO Richard Hein	FRA Saulnier Racing	Ret	Ret	8	11	9
MCO Marc Faggionato	FRA Saulnier Racing	Ret	Ret	8
GBR Charlie Hollings	GBR Rollcentre Racing					8

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	48	2	38	3	32	4	25	5	21	=	21	7	12	8	10	9	8	10	7	11	6	12	5	=	5	=	5	=	5	16	4	17	4	18	2	19	1	20	1	=	1
NLD Jos Verstappen	NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport	1	2	1	1	1
NLD Peter van Merksteijn	NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport	1	2	1		1
DNK John Nielsen	DNK Team Essex	3	1	3	3	5
DNK Casper Elgaard	DNK Team Essex	3	1	3	3	5
CHE Fredy Lienhard	CHE Horag Racing	6	3	2	12	2
BEL Didier Theys	CHE Horag Racing	6	3	2	12	2
NLD Jan Lammers	CHE Horag Racing	6	3	2	12	2
FRA Pierre Ragues	FRA Saulnier Racing	5	5	4	2	9
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	FRA Saulnier Racing	5	5	4	2	9
GBR Mike Newton	GBR Ray Mallock Ltd.	4	4	6	6	4
BRA Thomas Erdos	GBR Ray Mallock Ltd.	4	4	6	6	4
FRA Olivier Pla	PRT Quifel ASM Team	9	7	Ret	5	3
PRT Miguel Amaral	PRT Quifel ASM Team	9	7	Ret	5	3
NLD Jeroen Bleekemolen	NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport				1
ITA Andrea Belicchi	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	9	NC†	9	Ret
FRA Xavier Pompidou	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	9	NC†	9	Ret
CHE Steve Zacchia	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	9	NC†	9	Ret
SAU Karim Ojjeh	CHE Trading Performance	8	Ret	5	10	7
FRA Claude-Yves Gosselin	CHE Trading Performance	8	Ret	5	10	7
GBR Warren Hughes	GBR Embassy Racing	Ret	8	Ret	7	6
GBR Joey Foster	GBR Embassy Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	11
GBR Darren Manning	GBR Embassy Racing				4	11
BEL Julien Schroyen	CHE Trading Performance	8	Ret	5
GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Embassy Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6
FRA Jean de Pourtalès	DEU Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Ret	6	DNS	11	8
JPN Hideki Noda	DEU Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Ret	6	DNS	11	8
DEU Jens Petersen	GBR Team Bruichladdich Radical	7	Ret	7	13	10
DEU Jan-Dirk Leuders	GBR Team Bruichladdich Radical	7	Ret	7	13	10
FRA Marc Rostan	GBR Team Bruichladdich Radical	7	Ret	7	13	10
GBR Adam Sharpe	CHE Trading Performance					7
BRA Mario Haberfeld	GBR Embassy Racing	Ret	8
DNK Juan Barazi	FRA Barazi-Epsilon	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret
NLD Michael Vergers	FRA Barazi-Epsilon	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret
BRA Fernando Rees	FRA Barazi-Epsilon		Ret	Ret	8	Ret

GT1 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	42	2	36	3	27	4	18	=	18	5	10	6	8	7	6	=	6	9	5
FRA Guillaume Moreau	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	1	2	1	2	3
FRA Patrice Goueslard	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	1	2	1	2	3
ESP Antonio García	GBR Team Modena	Ret	1	3	1	1
CZE Tomáš Enge	GBR Team Modena	Ret	1	3	1	1
NLD Peter Kox	RUS IPB Spartak Racing	3	4	2	Ret	2
RUS Roman Rusinov	RUS IPB Spartak Racing	3	4	2	Ret	2
MCO Olivier Beretta	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures		2	1	Ret
FRA Luc Alphand	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	1			2
GBR Peter Hardman	GBR Strakka Racing			4		4
GBR Nick Leventis	GBR Strakka Racing			4		4
FRA Christophe Bouchut	FRA Larbre Compétition	2
FRA Frédéric Makowiecki	FRA Larbre Compétition	2
FRA Patrick Bornhauser	FRA Larbre Compétition	2
FRA Sébastien Dumez	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Ret	3	Ret
FRA Jean-Luc Blanchemain	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Ret	3	Ret
FRA Roland Bervillé	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Ret	3
GBR Darren Turner	GBR Strakka Racing					4

GT2 Standings

Rob Bell won the GT2 title for Virgo Motorsport.

Pos	Driver	Team	CAT
ESP	MNZ
ITA	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	SIL
GBR	Total	1	40	2	35	3	30	4	19	5	18	6	16	7	15	8	13	9	11	=	11	=	11	=	11	13	10	=	10	15	10	=	10	17	8	18	6	19	5	=	5	=	5	=	5	=	5	=	5	25	4	=	4	27	3	28	2	=	2	30	1
GBR Rob Bell	GBR Virgo Motorsport	1	Ret	1	1	1
DEU Marc Lieb	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	6	2	2	2
AUS Alex Davison	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	6	2	2	2
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	GBR Virgo Motorsport	1	Ret	1	1
DEU Pierre Kaffer	DEU Farnbacher Racing	4	2	Ret	10	3
DEU Pierre Ehret	DEU Farnbacher Racing	4	2	Ret	10	3
GBR Ben Aucott	MCO JMB Racing	6	3	5	4	9
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	MCO JMB Racing	6	3	7	4	9
FRA Raymond Narac	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	3	DSQ	6	3	Ret
AUT Richard Lietz	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	3	DSQ	6	3	Ret
DEU Ralf Kelleners	NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron	5	NC	9	5	4
RUS Alexey Vasilyev	NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron	5	NC	9	5	4
FRA Anthony Beltoise	DEU Farnbacher Racing	4			10	3
CHE Andrea Chiesa	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Ret	4	4	Ret	8
CHE Benjamin Leuenberger	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Ret	4	4	Ret	8
CHE Maurice Basso	MCO JMB Racing	10	5	7	7	6
NLD Peter Kutemann	MCO JMB Racing		5	7	7	6
DNK Lars-Erik Nielsen	DEU Farnbacher Racing	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret
DNK Allan Simonsen	DEU Farnbacher Racing	Ret	1	Ret	Ret
GBR Richard Westbrook	DEU Farnbacher Racing	Ret	1	Ret	Ret
BRA Jaime Melo	GBR Virgo Motorsport					1
AUT Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	9	Ret	3	9	5
AUT Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	9	Ret	3	9	5
DEU Christian Ried	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	9	Ret	3	9	5
GBR Peter Dumbreck	NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron	5	NC	9	5
GBR Tim Sugden	GBR James Watt Automotive		7	8	8	7
CHE Iradj Alexander	CHE Speedy Racing Team Sebah			4
NLD Tom Coronel	NLD Snoras Spyker Squadron					4
FRA Richard Balandras	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret
FRA Michel Lecourt	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret
FRA Jean-Philippe Belloc	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	7	Ret		6
GBR Paul Daniels	GBR James Watt Automotive	8	7	8	8	Ret
FIN Markus Palttala	GBR James Watt Automotive	8	7	8	8
ITA Mauro Casadei	MCO JMB Racing	10	5
FRA Alain Ferté	MCO JMB Racing			5
FRA Julien Gilbert	MCO JMB Racing					6
FRA Johan-Boris Scheier	MCO JMB Racing				7
ZAF Alan van der Merwe	GBR James Watt Automotive	DNS				7
DNK Michael Outzen	GBR James Watt Automotive	DNS				7
FIN Mikael Forsten	GBR James Watt Automotive	8

Confirmed entries

LMP1

Oreca purchased Courage Compétition on 14 September 2007. Oreca ran two Oreca-Courage LC70s in 2008, with Judd engines replacing AER units. Olivier Panis was one of the team's drivers.
Audi announced their intentions to run in the LMS in 2008, pending a marketing agreement for the series which Audi finds favorable. The two-car team was run by Joest Racing.
Epsilon Euskadi planned to enter two EE1 coupes in the 2008 season.
Creation Autosportif was due to switch to new AIM-built engines in 2008, while also running two cars.
On 10 January 2008, Aston Martin announced that it would be moving into the LMP1 category. Using the same engine as the GT1-class DBR9, the prototype was a Lola B08/60 coupe. Charouz Racing System ran the car with assistance from Prodrive, with drivers Tomáš Enge, Jan Charouz, and Stefan Mücke.
Swiss Spirit, now under the control of Phoenix Racing, planned a return for their Audi-powered Lola.

LMP2

Caspar Elgaard and John Nielsen formed Team Essex, running a Porsche RS Spyder in 2008.
Van Merksteijn (VM) Motorsport entered an RS Spyder in the series, driven by Dutchmen Jeroen Bleekemolen, Peter van Merksteijn Sr. and Jos Verstappen.
Swiss Horag Racing competed with an RS Spyder, with regular drivers Fredy Lienhard and Didier Theys.
Welter Racing returned to the series with an all-new prototype. The WR was powered by a Zytek V8 for the first time.
On 23 October 2007, Pescarolo Sport merged with Saulnier Sport to form Pescarolo Automobiles. Besides Pescarolo Sport's two-car LMP1 effort, Pescarolo Automobiles also had an LMP2 team run by Saulnier.
Embassy Racing constructed their own cars in 2008, known as the Embassy WF01. The cars will be powered by Zytek engines, and Warren Hughes, Jonny Kane and Joey Foster were to be drivers.
Speed Racing Team and Sebah Automotive planned a joint campaign with a new Lola B08/80 under the Speedy Racing Team Sebah banner.
Racing Box moved to LMP2 with the purchase of a Lucchini-Judd.

GT1

Larbre Compétition were no longer be a factory-backed Aston Martin squad, instead moving to a pair of Oreca-supported Saleen S7-Rs.

GT2

Spyker built new coupes (Laviolettes) for the GT2 class, both for their own team as well as replacements for the Speedy Racing Team.

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