Silverstone 1000km race 2008

Le Mans prototypes during a safety car phase . In the front the Zytek 07S from Karim Ojjeh , Claude-Yves Gosselin and Adam Sharpe , followed by the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP from Pedro Lamy and Nicolas Minassian . Behind them the second placed Lola B08 / 60 by Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz and the Lola B05 / 40 by Jean de Pourtales and Hideki Noda

The winning car. Rinaldo Capello at the wheel of the Audi R10 TDI with starting number 1

The 2008 Silverstone 1000 km race , also known as Autosport 1000km of Silverstone, Silverstone , took place on September 14th at the Silverstone Circuit and was the fifth and final round of the Le Mans Series of this year.

The race

When long-distance race at Silverstone the ten races lasting winning streak ended the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP rigid truck chassis. In the 20-minute qualifying session, Stéphane Sarrazin drove to his second pole position of the year in the number 7 Peugeot. With a lap time of 1: 30.359 minutes, he finished his fastest lap 11/1000 seconds behind his team-mate Nicolas Minassian , who completed the front row. Jos Verstappen achieved the best time in the LMP2 category in the Porsche RS Spyder . All the best times in his class this season went to the Dutchman. With a lap time of 1: 34.212 minutes, Verstappen also qualified in the midfield of the LMP1 vehicles. The fastest laps in the two GT classes were driven by Peter Kox in a Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT and Rob Bell in a Ferrari F430 GTC .

The race was marked by collisions between the Peugeot and Audi prototypes. Already at the start, Allan McNish in the Audi R10 TDI and Nicolas Minassian in the Peugeot collided . Minassian spun and had to line up at the bottom of the field, while McNish stayed in second place behind leader Pedro Lamy in the second Peugeot. At the pit stop before the end of the first hour of the race, the Audi driver took the lead past Lamy. Minassian, who had meanwhile worked his way up to third place after the spin at the start of the race, collided with Richard Lietz's Porsche 997 GT3 RSR while lapping. Both vehicles were irreparably damaged and had to be parked. After the safety car phase, Rinaldo Capello and Stéphane Sarrazin collide . As a result of the second accident between the two cars in this race, Sarrazin had to go to the pit for a half-hour repair, while Capello was able to continue immediately after changing tires. Due to the accident, Alexandre Prémat was in the lead in the second Audi. As the race continued, Capello and McNish were able to catch up with the sister vehicle and overtake it one hour before the end of the race. Shortly afterwards, the now second-placed Prémat had to pit with problems with the suspension. He was able to continue after a brief stop, but fell back to fourth place due to a subsequent stop-and-go penalty due to excessive speed in the pit lane.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	195
2	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Stefan Mücke Jan Charouz	Lola B08 / 60	193
3	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Romain Dumas Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01	191
4th	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10 TDI	191
5	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Jos Verstappen Peter van Merksteijn senior	Porsche RS Spyder	191
6th	LMP1	15th	Creation AIM	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall	Creation CA07	191
7th	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Harold Primate Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01	190
8th	LMP1	5	Team Oreca Matmut	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Courage-Oreca LC70	189
9	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder	187
10	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM team	Olivier Pla Miguel Amaral	Lola B05 / 40	185
11	LMP2	25th	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	MG Lola EX265C	184
12	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder	184
13	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Jonny Kane	WF01	184
14th	LMP1	18th	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Charlie Hollings	Pescarolo 01	183
15th	LMP2	41	Trading performance	Claude-Yves Gosselin Karim Ojjeh Adam Sharpe	Zytek 07S	183
16	LMP1	4th	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	183
17th	LMP1	6th	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70	183
18th	LMP1	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Hideki Noda Jean de Pourtales	Lola B05 / 40	182
19th	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	182
20th	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	178
21st	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	177
22nd	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	174
23	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01	174
24	GT1	61	Strakka Racing	Peter Hardman Nick Leventis Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	173
25th	LMP1	21st	Epsilon Euskadi	Adrián Vallés Shinji Nakano	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	172
26th	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GTC	172
27	GT2	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	171
28	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Kaffer Pierre Ehret Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430 GTC	169
29	GT2	85	Snora's Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Ralf Kellener's Alex Vassiliev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R	168
30th	GT2	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Horst Felbermayr junior Christian Ried Horst Felbermayr senior	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	162
31	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Maurice Basso Julien Gilbert	Ferrari F430 GT	160
32	LMP2	26th	Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Marc Rostan Jan-Dirk Lueders	Radical SR9	160
33	GT2	93	James Watt Automotive	Alan van der Merwe Tim Sugden Michael Outzen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	159
34	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R	158
35	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Darren Manning Joey Foster	WF01	156
36	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Stéphane Daoudi Ben Aucott	Ferrari F430 GTC	145
Failed
37	LMP2	32	Barazi Epsilon	Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S	162
38	GT2	75	Imsa Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	91
39	LMP1	14th	Creation AIM	Stephen Simpson Ryan Lewis	Creation CA07	89
40	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team	Xavier Pompidou Andrea Belicchi Steve Zacchia	Lola B08 / 80	75
41	LMP1	20th	Epsilon Euskadi	Angel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	59
42	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Paul Daniels Peter Bamford Matt Griffin	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	55
43	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	51
44	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Marc Gené Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	45
45	GT2	76	Imsa Performance Matmut	Richard Lietz Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	38
46	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Tristan Gommendy	WR LMP 2008	3

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Rinaldo Capello	Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI	Overall victory
LMP2	Jos Verstappen	Peter van Merksteijn senior	Porsche RS Spyder	Rank 5
GT1	Antonio García	Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	Rank 20
GT2	Rob Bell	Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rank 26

Racing data

• Reported: 46
• Started: 46
• Rated: 36
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 53,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 5.141 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:40: 24.862 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 195
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.495 km
• Winner's average: 176.696 km / h
• Pole position: Stéphane Sarrazin - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 1: 30.359 = 204.823 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Lamy - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 1: 31.166 = 203.010 km / h
• Racing series: 5th 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

Commons : Silverstone 1000km Race 2008  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

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