Le Mans Test 2008 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Essais des 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 1.6.2008
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.629 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans Test
Non championship race

Weather:	mainly rain, wet
Start time:	9:00
Grid:	test session
Distance:	test session
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	55
Started:	55
Finished:	unknown
Classified:	55

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	21	21	21
Le Mans Prototype 2	12	12	12
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	10	10	10
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	12	12	12

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held in 2 sessions for a total of 640 minutes on 1/6

Winners:
Overall:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Lamy / Sarrazin / Wurz
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	van Merksteijn / Verstappen / Bleekemolen
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	009	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Brabham / Turner
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	82	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Bruni / Salo
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (7), Lola (6), Pescarolo (5), Porsche (5), Aston Martin (4), Chevrolet (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Judd (13), Ferrari (7), Audi (5), Aston Martin (5), Porsche (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari F430 (7), Pescarolo 01 (5), Aston Martin DBR9 (4), Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (4)
Driver nationalities:	F (37), GB (23), I (13), D (13), J (11), USA (10), NL (8), DK (6), E (5), CH (5), A (5), BR (5)
Team nationalities:	F (14), GB (10), D (7), USA (5), CH (3), J (3), I (2), CZ (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (80%), front-engined (14%), rear-engined (6%)
Average engine size:	4689 cc (with regard to 21% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5082 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (63), Yojiro Terada (61), Seth Neiman (54)
Youngest known drivers:	Jan Charouz (21), Andrea Ceccato (22), Pierre Kaffer (22)
Woman drivers:	Vanina Ickx, Amanda Stretton

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