Silverstone 1000km 2007 race

Emmanuel Collard at the wheel of the second-placed Pescarolo Sport 07

Stefan Mücke in Lola B07 / 17

The 2007 Silverstone 1000 km race , also known as the 1000 Kilometers of Silverstone , took place on September 16 at the Silverstone Circuit and was the fifth round of the Le Mans Series this year.

The race

The Silverstone 1000 km race on the Silverstone Circuit, near the city of Northampton , covered a distance of 195 laps of 5.141 kilometers, a total of 1002.495 kilometers. The two Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs had established themselves as superior Le Mans prototypes in the championship races that had already been completed .

With a time of 1: 31.692 minutes, Nicolas Minassian took pole position , followed by his team-mate Pedro Lamy , who completed the front row for Peugeot. The two Peugeots were able to immediately convert their starting position into a lead and quickly put a large gap between themselves and the rest of the field. While the car with the number 7 had a problem-free race, the difficulties with the second Peugeot began at the halfway point of the race. After a puncture in the front right, Pedro Lamy had to drive almost a full lap on the rim to reach the pit lane. When driving with the disintegrating tire, the front end of the vehicle was so badly damaged that the lights went out. The car was put back on the track after a tire change and Stéphane Sarrazin drove up to second place in the overall standings. Since, according to the regulations, the car lighting had to be fully functional at all times, the race management ordered the car to be checked in the pits a few laps before the end because only the left front light was on on the Peugeot. Since the mechanics could not repair the defective light at short notice, the car was taken out of the race and subsequently disqualified by the race management.

The race ended with the victory of Gené and Minassian in the number 7 Peugeot. The lead over the second-placed Pescarolo Sport 07 of Emmanuel Collard and Jean-Christophe Boullion, who was registered by Henri Pescarolo , was two laps at the finish.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Marc Gené Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	195
2	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport 07	193
3	LMP1	18th	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Stuart Hall Martin Short	Pescarolo Sport 07	191
4th	LMP1	9	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Felipe Ortiz Haruki Kurosawa	Creation CA07	188
5	LMP2	32	Barazi Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek 07S	187
6th	LMP1	10	Arena motorsport	Tom Chilton Max Chilton	Zytek 07S	187
7th	LMP2	46	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts	Zytek 07S	186
8th	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM team	Miguel Amaral Miguel Ángel de Castro Angel Burgueño	Lola B05 / 40	185
9	LMP2	25th	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	MG Lola EX264	184
10	LMP2	31	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Allen Timpany Chris Buncombe	Lola B05 / 40	132
11	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75	181
12	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Saleen S7-R	137
13	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	180
14th	LMP2	21st	Bruichladdich Radical	Stuart Moseley Tim Greaves Jacob Greaves	Radical SR9	180
15th	GT1	73	Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Sébastien Dumez Vincent Vosse	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	177
16	LPM2	45	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Darren Manning Neil Cunningham	Radical SR9	177
17th	GT1	51	AMR Larbre	Gregor Fisken Steve Zacchia Gregory Franchi	Aston Martin DBR9	175
18th	GT1	72	Alphand Aventures	Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	174
19th	GT1	61	Racing box	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Salvatore Tavano	Saleen S7-R	174
20th	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GT	173
21st	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Alexander Frei Jonathan Cochet	Courage LC70	173
22nd	GT2	76	Imsa performance	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	172
23	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Mike Hezemans Peter Dumbreck	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R	171
24	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R	170
25th	GT2	97	GPC sport	Alessandro Bonetti Fabrizio De Simone Matteo Bobbi	Ferrari F430 GT	169
26th	GT2	78	Scuderia Villorba	Alex Caffi Denny Zardo	Ferrari F430 GT	168
27	GT2	83	GPC sport	Luca Drudi Johnny Mowlem Gabrio Rosa	Ferrari F430 GT	167
28	GT2	92	Thierry Perrier	Philippe Hesnault Rob Barff Pedro Nevoa	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	164
29	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Bo McCormick Francisco da Cruz Martins	Ferrari F430 GT	163
30th	GT2	98	Ice Pol Racing Team	Yves Lambert Christian Lefort Christian Kelders	Ferrari F430 GT	163
31	GT1	50	AMR Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Gabriele Gardel Fabrizio Gollin	Aston Martin DBR9	160
32	GT2	95	JWA	Paul Daniels Dave Cox Joël Camathias	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	159
33	GT2	89	Markland Racing	Kurt Thiim Henrik Møller Sørensen	Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06	157
34	GT2	84	Chad Peninsula Panoz	John Hartshorne Sean McInerney Michael McInerney	Panoz Esperante GTLM	97
Disqualified
35	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	187
Failed
36	LMP1	15th	Charouz Racing	Stefan Mücke Jan Charouz	Lola B07 / 17	183
37	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Frey Lienhard Didier Theys Eric van de Poele	Lola B05 / 40	183
38	LMP1	19th	Chamberlain Synergy	Gareth Evans Bob Berridge Peter Owen	Lola B06 / 10	173
39	GT2	77	Felbermayr proton	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	156
40	GT2	88	Felbermayr proton	Christian Ried Horst Felbermayr junior Johannes Stuck	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	150
41	GT2	82	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean	Panoz Esperante GTLM	140
42	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Piers Masarati Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	72
43	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Harold Primate Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo Sport 07	67
44	GT2	79	Felbermayr proton	Horst Felbermayr senior Gerold Ried Philip Collin	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	59
45	LMP2	20th	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau Simon Pullan	Pilbeam MP93	57
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46	LMP2	26th	Ranieri Randaccio	Ranieri Randaccio Giovanni Lavaggi	Lucchini LMP2-04	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
47	LMP1	13	Courage Compétition		Courage LC70
48	LMP2	29	T2M motorsport	Yutaka Yamagishi	Dome S101.5
49	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean de Pourtales Norbert Siedler	Pescarolo Sport 07
50	LMP2	81	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts	Panoz Esperante GTLM

Class winner

class	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	Stéphane Ortelli	Soheil Ayari		Saleen S7-R	Rank 12
GT2	Rob Bell	Gianmaria Bruni		Ferrari F430 GT	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 50
• Started: 45
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 5.141 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 41: 45.230 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 195
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.495 km
• Winner's average: 176.003 km / h
• Pole position: Nicolas Minassian - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 7) - 1: 31.692
• Fastest race lap: Marc Gené - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 7) - 1: 34.935 = 194.950 km / h
• Racing series: 5th 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 : Silverstone 1000km Race 2007  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Results

Previous race 1000 km at Spa-Francorchamps 2007

Le Mans Series

Successor to the 1000 mile race of Brazil 2007