Catalunya 1000 Kilometres 2008 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 1000 Km de Catalunya		Date: 6.4.2008
Track: Circuito de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain), 4.655 kms	Organiser: unknown
Catalunya 1000 Kilometres
Le Mans Series (round 1)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:35
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	28000

Entered:	52
Practiced:	48
Qualified:	48
Started:	47
Finished:	35
Classified:	34

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	15	15	11
Le Mans Prototype 2	15	15	10
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	5	5	3
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	13	12	10

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 4-5/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 5/4
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	Minassian / Gené
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	Verstappen / van Merksteijn
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	72	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Moreau / Alphand / Goueslard
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Bruni / Bell
Leaders:
laps 1-28:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
laps 29-30:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
laps 31-32:	6	Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd
laps 33-57:	1	Audi R10 TDI
laps 58-65:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
lap 66:	2	Audi R10 TDI
laps 67-99:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
laps 100-101:	2	Audi R10 TDI
laps 102-215:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	Lamy / Sarrazin	1:33.515	179.201 km/h	lap 80
Le Mans Prototype 2:	27	Porsche RS Spyder	Theys / Lienhard / Lammers	1:36.594	173.489 km/h	lap 170
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	59	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Enge	1:45.141	159.386 km/h	lap 31
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Bruni / Bell	1:48.812	154.009 km/h	lap 187
Pole Positions:
Overall:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	Lamy / Sarrazin	1:31.875
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	Verstappen / van Merksteijn	1:34.422
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	59	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Enge	1:44.484
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Bruni / Bell	1:47.844
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lola (5), Pescarolo (5), Ferrari (4), Peugeot (2), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Zytek (2), Spyker (2), Courage-Oreca (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Judd (10), Porsche (9), Zytek (5), Audi (4), AER (4), Ferrari (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (6), Pescarolo 01 (5), Ferrari F430 (4)
Driver nationalities:	F (37), GB (15), D (10), I (8), DK (6), CH (6), NL (5), E (4), A (3), P (3)
Team nationalities:	F (15), GB (10), D (7), CH (4), MC (3), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (80%), rear-engined (12%), front-engined (8%)
Average engine size:	4344 cc (with regard to 21% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4708 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (63), Fredy Lienhard (61), Miguel Amaral (54)
Youngest known drivers:	Jan Charouz (21), Pierre Kaffer (22), Matthieu Lahaye (24)
Woman drivers:	Vanina Ickx

Official Race Programme:

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