1000 Mile Race of Brazil 2007

Start phase of the 1000 mile race

Safety car on the track after Paulo Bonifácio's accident in the Pilbeam MP93

The 1000 mile race of Brazil 2007 , also 1000 Milhas Brasil, Interlagos , took place on November 10th at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace and was the sixth and final championship run of the Le Mans Series of this year.

The race

The long distance race in Interlagos was the event with the longest race distance of the season; it was 1,000 miles. Converted, that resulted in 1611.566 kilometers for a race duration of almost 9 hours.

For the first time in the year, Stéphane Sarrazin won the qualification training in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP with the number 7. With a time of 1: 18.787 minutes, he was 0.2 seconds faster than his teammates Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené in the number 8 car. The 1000 mile race started with an incident because Pedro Lamy did not start from pole position could and the car could go away until after the field is already in the formation lap was. The transmission was stuck between two gears and the electronics blocked the drive wheels. Pedro Lamy needs a good hour to move his Peugeot from last place to second position and to line up behind his team-mate. Halfway through the race, Pedro Lamy and Stéphane Sarrazin pushed the Peugeot into the pits to carry out repairs, but the car was able to continue. After the seventh hour of racing, the number 8 Peugeot also had to make an unscheduled visit to the pits, and after a lengthy repair to the rear suspension, it lost the lead and victory to team-mates Gené and Minassian. Pedro Lamy and Stéphane Sarrazin, however, finished second to win the championship

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Marc Gené Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	374
2	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	362
3	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Felipe Ortiz Stuart Hall	Creation CA07	358
4th	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Harold Primate	Pescarolo Sport 07	354
5	LMP2	32	Barazi Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek 07S	351
6th	GT1	51	AMR Larbre	Gregor Fisken Steve Zacchia Roland Bervillé Fernando Rees	Aston Martin DBR9	329
7th	GT2	77	Felbermayr proton	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	326
8th	GT2	75	JMB Racing	Alexandre Negrão Xandy Negrăo Andreas Mattheis	Ferrari F430 GT	324
9	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Ben Aucott Philipp Peter Rob Bell	Ferrari F430 GT	323
10	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Peter Kox Mike Hezemans Paul van Splunteren	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R	321
11	GT1	72	Alphand Aventures	Olivier Beretta Patrice Goueslard Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	320
12	GT2	91	Dener Motorsport	Flavio Figueiredo Raul Boesel Marcel Visconde	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	318
13	GT2	74	JMB Racing	Francisco Longo Chico Serra Daniel Serra	Ferrari F430 GT	318
14th	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R	316
15th	GT2	88	Felbermayr proton	Christian Ried Horst Felbermayr junior	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	302
16	LPM2	45	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Darren Manning Mario Haberfeld	Radical SR9	278
Not classified
17th	GT2	79	Felbermayr proton	Horst Felbermayr senior Gerold Ried Johannes Stuck	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	235
18th	GT2	92	Thierry Perrier	Philippe Hesnault Rob Barff John Hartshorne Thierry Perrier	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	232
19th	GT2	89	Markland Racing	Kurt Thiim Rene Rasmussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06	212
Failed
20th	GT2	97	GPC sport	Fabrizio De Simone Luca Drudi Matteo Bobbi Yves Lambert	Ferrari F430 GT	234
21st	GT2	85	JWA	Paul Daniels Richard Westbrook Allan Simonsen Bryce Washington	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	228
22nd	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Dirk Werner Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	226
23	LMP2	20th	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau Paulo Bonifácio	Pilbeam MP93	203

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
24	LMP2		Andretti Green Racing		Acura ARX-01a
25th	GT1		Team Oreca		Saleen S7-R
26th	GT1		Konrad Motorsport		Saleen S7-R
27	GT1		Konrad Motorsport		Saleen S7-R
28	LMP2	26th	Ranieri Randaccio SCI	Ranieri Randaccio Mirko Savoldi Giovanni Lavaggi	Lucchini LMP2-04

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Marc Gené	Nicolas Minassian			Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Overall victory
LMP2	Juan Barazi	Michael Vergers	Karim Ojjeh		Zytek 07S	Rank 5
GT1	Gregor Fisken	Steve Zacchia	Roland Bervillé	Fernando Rees	Aston Martin DBR9	Rank 6
GT2	Marc Lieb	Xavier Pompidou	Marc Basseng		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 28
• Started: 23
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 5000
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 4.309 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 8: 58: 21.822 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 374
• Total distance of the winning team: 1611.566 km
• Winner's average: 179.607 km / h
• Pole position: Stéphane Sarrazin - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 1: 18.787
• Fastest race lap: Nicolas Minassian - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 7) - 1: 21.027 = 191.447 km / h
• Racing series: 6th round of the 2007 Le Mans Series

literature

• Andrew Cotton, Alfredo Filippone, Olivier Loisy, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 2007 Le Mans Series Yearbook. Apollo Publishing, ISBN 2-9521044-7-6 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 Mile Race of Brazil 2007  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

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