2008 1000 km of Catalunya

Layout of the Circuit de Catalunya (2007-2020)

The 2008 1000 km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain, on 6 April 2008.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	215
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10	M	214
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60	M	212
					Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12
4	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01	M	210
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
5	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10	M	209
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
6	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Peter van Merksteijn Sr. Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	208
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01	M	208
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Lola B08/80	M	207
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	D	204
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short Vanina Ickx João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01	D	204
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
11	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265	M	201
					MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
12	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	200
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
13	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01	M	199
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
14	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	198
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
15	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	Radical SR9	D	194
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
16	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	194
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
17	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Julien Schroyen	Zytek 07S/2	M	193
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
18	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Frédéric Makowiecki Christophe Bouchut Patrick Bornhauser	Saleen S7-R	M	192
					Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8
19	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	190
					Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
20	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40	D	190
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
21	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT	D	189
					Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8
22	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	189
					Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
23	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	187
					Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
24	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430GT	M	186
					Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8
25	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasiliev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	184
					Audi 4.0 L V8
26	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Stéphane Daoudi Ben Aucott	Ferrari F430GT	M	183
					Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8
27	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	182
					Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
28	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Markus Palttala Mikael Forsten Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	D	182
					Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
29	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	181
					Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
30	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Bo McCormick Maurice Basso Mauro Casadei	Ferrari F430GT	M	178
					Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8
31	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans	Lola B06/10	D	177
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
32	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Angel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi EE1	M	167
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
33	LMP1	14	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall Felipe Ortiz	Creation CA07	D	163
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
34	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel	WR LMP2008	D	154
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
35 NC	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Filippo Francioni Marco Didaio	Lucchini LMP2/04	D	142
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
36 DNF	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	178
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
37 DNF	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Sébastien Dumez Jean-Luc Blanchemain Roland Bervillé	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	162
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
38 DNF	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Marc Faggionato Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	M	132
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
39 DNF	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9	M	124
					Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12
40 DNF	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	108
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
41 DNF	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40	D	94
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
42 DNF	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	90
					Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
43 DNF	LMP1	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann	Lavaggi LS1	D	87
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
44 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers	Zytek 07S/2	M	55
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
45 DNF	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Mario Haberfeld Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01	M	43
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
46 DNF	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Joey Foster	Embassy WF01	M	41
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
47 DNF	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	17
					Audi 4.0 L V8
DNS	GT2	93	James Watt Automotive	Alan van der Merwe Stéphane Lémeret Michael Outzen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	-
					Aston Martin AJ37 4.5 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:31.875
• Fastest Lap - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:33.515
• Average Speed - 167.030 km/h

External links

• Le Mans Series – 1000 km de Catalunya