American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca 2008

Event: Monterey Sports Car Championships Laguna Seca		Date: 18.10.2008
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca
American Le Mans Series (round 11)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:45
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	34
Practiced:	34
Qualified:	34
Started:	34
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	7	7	7
Le Mans Prototype 2	10	10	10
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	2	2	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	15	15	14

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

Race notes:
12 full-course cautions: laps 7-10 (no.18 off course), laps 14-17 (debris on track), laps 20-25 (no.18 off course), laps 27-28 (no.12 off course), laps 31-35 (no.11 off course), laps 52-55 (no.61 off course), laps 61-63 (no.37 off course), laps 80-83 (no.73 off course), laps 86-87 (no.88 off course), laps 102-105 (no.12 off course), laps 107-111 (no.6 off course), laps 121-123 (no.11 off course

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 16/10
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 17/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 17/10
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Werner / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Montagny / Kanaan
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Gavin / Beretta
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Farnbacher / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1 - 18:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham
laps 19 - 36:	66	Acura ARX-01b	Gil de Ferran
laps 37 - 47:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr
laps 48 - 52:	66	Acura ARX-01b	Gil de Ferran
laps 53 - 61:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Patrick Long
lap 62:	48	Zytek 07S	Stefan Johansson
laps 63 - 88:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 89 - 102:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro
laps 103 - 106:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Sascha Maassen
laps 107 - 112:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Tony Kanaan
laps 113 - 123:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro
laps 124 - 145:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	15	Acura ARX-01b	Adrian Fernandez (MEX)	1:11.1560	182.2212 km/h	lap 115
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:12.1260	179.7718 km/h	lap 39
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jan Magnussen (DK)	1:19.7600	162.5647 km/h	lap 43
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	45	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	1:22.6980	156.7887 km/h	lap 34
Pole Positions:
Overall:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham (AUS)	1:10.1030	184.9587 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:11.2640	181.9460 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jan Magnussen (DK)	1:19.2910	163.5271 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	87	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Dirk Werner (D)	1:22.0600	158.0086 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ferrari (5), Acura (4), Lola (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ferrari (5), Acura (4), Ford (3), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche RS Spyder (5), Ferrari F430 (5), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), D (12), GB (10), F (4), NL (3), BR (3), S (2), AUS (2), MEX (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (70%), rear-engined (14%), front-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4172 cc (with regard to 11% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4355 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (54), Tracy Krohn (54), Tony Burgess (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Dirk Werner (21), Pierre Kaffer (22), Jonny Cocker (22)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday, Andrea Robertson

Official Race Programme:

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