Catalonia 1000 km race 2008

Third placed Charouz Racing- Lola B08 / 60

The Epsilon Euskadi ee1 made its racing debut

The 1000 Mile Race of Catalonia 2008 , also 1000 Km de Catalunya, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona , took place on April 6th at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and was the first championship run of the Le Mans Series of this year.

The race

The reigning team champion Peugeot-Total also fielded the two driver pairs from the previous season in the Le Mans Series in 2008 , including the two winners of the drivers' championship. The Peugeot 908 HDi FAP were driven by Pedro Lamy , Stéphane Sarrazin , Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian . With the renewed participation of a team supported by Audi , the season brought the first meeting of the two diesel prototypes in a championship. So far, Peugeot and Audi have only competed against each other in Le Mans and the Sebring 12-hour race . Allan McNish found his way back into the series together with Audi . By then, McNish was one of the most successful prototype drivers in the Le Mans Series with three overall victories, and this year he was registered with Rinaldo Capello , with whom he won the American Le Mans Series last year . Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller drove the second Audi R10 TDI .

The first round of the Le Mans Series took place on the Circuit de Catalunya and covered a distance of 215 laps. 1000.825 kilometers were covered

Stéphane Sarrazin drove to pole position with a lap time of 1: 31.875 minutes , followed by team-mate Marc Gené in the sister car. Jos Verstappen qualified as the fastest LMP2 driver in the Porsche RS Spyder in fifth place . Pedro Lamy converted the vehicle pole position into a lead, behind which Allan McNish and Stefan Mücke were able to overtake Nicolas Minassian in the Lola B08 / 60 . Within 60 minutes, Minassian overtook Mücke and later also McNish and was able to close the gap to team-mate Lamy again. Shortly afterwards, the safety car had to be used after the Bruchladdich Radical had come to a standstill on the track. Many participants used the yellow phase for a pit stop. At the restart, McNish led ahead of Marc Gené and Sarrazin. A few laps later there was a collision between the Peugeot from Sarrazin and the Aston Martin DBR9 from Team Modena while lapping. Sarrazin was able to pit his damaged car but dropped back to 39th position after a long repair. Before the third hour of the race, McNish had problems with the vehicle electronics and he also had to have his R10 repaired in the pits for several laps. In the end, Lamy and Minassian won with a clear lead of one lap over the Audi of Prémat and Rockenfeller. For Peugeot it was the seventh overall victory in a row since the debut of the 908 HDi FAP at the Monza 1000 km race in 2007 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	215
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10 TDI	214
3	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Stefan Mücke Jan Charouz	Lola B08 / 60	212
4th	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo 01	210
5	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10 TDI	209
6th	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport VAN	Jos Verstappen Peter van Merksteijn senior	Porsche RS Spyder	208
7th	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Christophe Tinseau Harold Primat	Pescarolo 01	208
8th	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team	Xavier Pompidou Andrea Belicchi Steve Zacchia	Lola B08 / 80	207
9	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder	204
10	LMP1	18th	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Martin Short	Pescarolo 01	204
11	LMP2	25th	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	MG Lola EX265	201
12	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	200
13	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01	199
14th	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder	198
15th	LMP2	26th	Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Marc Rostan Jan-Dirk Lueders	Radical SR9	194
16	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau Luc Alphand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	194
17th	LMP2	41	Trading performance	Claude-Yves Gosselin Karim Ojjeh Julian Schroyen	Zytek 07S	193
18th	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Bornhauser	Saleen S7-R	192
19th	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	190
20th	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM team	Olivier Pla Miguel Amaral	Lola B05 / 40	190
21st	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GTC	189
22nd	GT2	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	189
23	GT2	76	Imsa Performance Matmut	Richard Lietz Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	187
24	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Kaffer Pierre Ehret Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430 GTC	186
25th	GT2	85	Snora's Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kellener's Alex Vassiliev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R	184
26th	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Stéphane Daoudi Ben Aucott	Ferrari F430 GTC	183
27	GT2	75	Imsa Performance Matmut	Jean-Philippe Belloc Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	182
28	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Mikael Forsten Paul Daniels Markus Palttala	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	182
29	GT2	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Horst Felbermayr junior Christian Ried Horst Felbermayr senior	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	181
30th	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Bo McCormick Mauro Casadei	Ferrari F430 GTC	178
31	LMP1	19th	Chamberlain Synergy	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans	Lola B06 / 10	177
32	LMP1	20th	Epsilon Euskadi	Angel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	167
33	LMP1	14th	Creation AIM	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall Felipe Ortiz	Creation CA07	163
34	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel	WR LMP 2008	154
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35	LMP2	30th	Racing box	Filippo Francioni Marco Didao Mirko Savoldi	Lucchini LMP2-08	142
Failed
36	LMP1	6th	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70	178
37	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Roland Bervillé Jean-Luc Blanchemain Sébastien Dumez	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	162
38	LPM1	4th	Saulnier Racing	Marc Faggionato Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	132
39	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	124
40	LMP1	5	Team Oreca Matmut	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Courage-Oreca LC70	108
41	LMP1	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Hideki Noda Jean de Pourtales	Lola B05 / 40	94
42	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Richard Westbrook Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	90
43	LMP1	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann	Lavaggi LS1	87
44	LMP2	32	Barazi Epsilon	Michael Vergers Juan Barazi	Zytek 07S	55
45	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Mario Haberfeld	WF01	43
46	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Joey Foster	WF01	41
47	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R	17th
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48	GT2	93	James Watt Automotive	Alan van der Merwe Stéphane Lémeret Michael Outzen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	1

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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
49	LMP1	12	Charouz Racing System		Lola B07 / 17
50	LMP1	15th	Creation AIM	Stuart Hall Simon Pagenaud	Creation CA07
51	LMP1	21st	Epsilon Euskadi		Epsilon Euskadi ee1
52	GT2	86	Snora's Spyker Squadron		Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Nicolas Minassian	Marc Gené		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Overall victory
LMP2	Jos Verstappen	Peter van Merksteijn senior		Porsche RS Spyder	Rank 6
GT1	Guillaume Moreau	Luc Alphand	Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 16
GT2	Rob Bell	Gianmaria Bruni		Ferrari F430 GTC	Rank 21

Racing data

• Registered: 52
• Started: 47
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 28,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.655 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 59: 30.812 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 215
• Total distance of the winning team: 1000.825 km
• Winner's average: 167.030 km / h
• Pole position: Stéphane Sarrazin - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 1: 31.875
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Lamy - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 1: 33.515 = 179,201 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the Le Mans Series 2008

literature

• Andrew Cotton, Michael Cotton, Alfredo Filippone, Thierry Jaglain, Olivier Loisy, Jean-Marc Teissèdre: 2008 Le Mans Series Yearbook Apollo Publishing, ISBN 978-2-9521044-1-8 .

Web links

• Results

Previous race of the 1000 Mile Race of Brazil 2007

Le Mans Series

Follow -up race 1000 km race of Monza 2008