Valencia 1000 km race 2007

The only Pilbeam M93 that started was retired after having driven 172 laps after an accident due to a wheel loss

The 2007 Valencia 1000 km race , also known as the 1000 Kilometers of Valencia, Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana , took place on May 6th at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit and was the second round of the Le Mans Series this year.

The race

At the race on the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP made its second works outing . Marc Gené starts from pole position in the number 7 Peugeot. With a time of 1: 23.489 minutes, he distanced the second Peugeot by 0.441 seconds. In the LMP2 class lapped Michael Vergers in the Zytek 07S the course in 1: 25.606 minutes and started from 4. Training place on the grid. As in Monza , the fastest qualifying times for the GT vehicles went to the ORECA and IMSA Performance teams .

Similar to Monza, the two factory Peugeots were able to gain a considerable lead right after the start. The possible double victory for Peugeot was prevented in the last hour of the race by a clutch damage on the Peugeot with the number 7. Stéphane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy won two laps ahead of the two Lolas from Charouz Racing and Swiss Spirit.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	235
2	LMP1	15th	Charouz Racing	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Alex Yoong	Lola B07 / 17	232
3	LMP1	5	Swiss Spirit	Jean-Denis Delétraz Marcel Fässler Iradj Alexander	Lola B07 / 10	231
4th	LMP1	18th	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Stuart Hall Martin Short	Pescarolo Sport 07	230
5	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas	Pescarolo Sport 07	229
6th	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Harold Primate Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo Sport 07	229
7th	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM team	Miguel Amaral Miguel Ángel de Castro Angel Burgueño	Lola B05 / 40	224
8th	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75	222
9	LMP2	21st	Bruichladdich Radical	Tom Greaves Stuart Moseley Robin Liddell	Radical SR9	222
10	GT1	55	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Saleen S7-R	222
11	LMP2	24	Noël del Bello Racing	Vitaly Petrov Jean-Marc Gounon	Courage LC75	220
12	GT1	61	Racing box	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Salvatore Tavano	Saleen S7-R	219
13	GT1	50	AMR Larbre	Christophe Bouchut Gabriele Gardel Fabrizio Gollin	Aston Martin DBR9	218
14th	LMP1	19th	Chamberlain Synergy	Gareth Evans Bob Berridge Peter Owen	Lola B06 / 10	217
15th	LMP2	44	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean de Pourtales Norbert Siedler	Pescarolo Sport 07	216
16	LMP2	25th	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	MG Lola EX264	215
17th	GT1	72	Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	213
18th	GT2	77	Felbermayr proton	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	211
19th	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT	210
20th	GT2	78	Scuderia Villorba	Alex Caffi Denny Zardo	Ferrari F430 GT	210
21st	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Dirk Werner Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	210
22nd	LMP2	32	Barazi Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Zytek 07S	209
23	GT2	88	Felbermayr proton	Christian Ried Horst Felbermayr junior Thomas Gruber	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	206
24	GT2	98	Pol Racing Team	Yves Lambert Christian Lefort Markus Palttala	Ferrari F430 GT	206
25th	GT1	59	Team Modena	Antonio García Liz Halliday Christian Fittipaldi	Aston Martin DBR9	203
26th	GT2	97	GPC sport	Fabrizio De Simone Sergio Hernández Alessandro Bonetti	Ferrari F430 GT	201
27	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Maurice Basso Bo McCormick	Ferrari F430 GT	197
28	GT1	51	AMR Larbre	Gregor Fisken Steve Zacchia Gregory Franchi	Aston Martin DBR9	192
29	GT1	73	Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Sébastien Dumez Didier André	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	188
30th	GT2	84	Chad Peninsula Panoz	John Hartshorne Sean McInerney Michael McInerney	Panoz Esperante GTLM	188
31	GT2	92	Thierry Perrier	Philippe Hesnault Nigel Smith Anthony Beltoise	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	188
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32	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Jonny Kane	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R	199
33	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Jaroslav Janiš Sandor van Es	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R	196
34	GT2	76	Imsa performance	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	184
35	LMP2	20th	Pierre Bruneau	Marc Rostan Pierre Bruneau Simon Pullan	Pilbeam MP93	172
36	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Marc Gené Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	168
37	GT2	83	GPC sport	Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari F430 GT	167
38	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Eric van de Poele	Lola B05 / 40	166
39	GT2	82	Team LNT	Richard Dean Tom Milner	Panoz Esperante GTLM	154
40	LMP1	10	Arena motorsport	Stefan Johansson Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek 07S	125
41	LMP1	12	Courage Compétition	Alexander Frei Jonathan Cochet Bruno Besson	Courage LC70	124
42	LMP1	14th	Racing For Holland	Jan Lammers David Hart Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dome S101.5	105
43	GT2	81	Team LNT	Tom Kimber-Smith Danny Watts	Panoz Esperante GTLM	84
44	LMP2	29	T2M motorsport	Robin Longechal Yutaka Yamagishi	Dome S101.5	22nd
45	LMP2	31	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie Allen Timpany Chris Buncombe	Lola B05 / 40	22nd
46	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Neil Cunningham	Radical SR9	22nd
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47	GT2	79	Felbermayr proton	Gerold Ried Horst Felbermayr senior	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR	1

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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Pedro Lamy	Stéphane Sarrazin		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Overall victory
LMP2	Miguel Amaral	Miguel Ángel de Castro	Angel Burgueño	Lola B05 / 40	Rank 7
GT1	Stéphane Ortelli	Soheil Ayari		Saleen S7-R	Rank 12
GT2	Marc Lieb	Xavier Pompidou		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 47
• Started: 46
• Rated: 31
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 3000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.005 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01: 22.555 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 235
• Total distance of the winning team: 941.175 km
• Winner's average: 156.265 km / h
• Pole position: Marc Gené - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 7) - 1: 23.489
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Lamy - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 8) - 1: 24.234 = 169.158 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd 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

• Results

Previous race at the Monza 1000 km race in 2007

Le Mans Series

Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 2007