American Le Mans Series Mosport 2008

Event: Mobil 1 presents The Grand Prix of Mosport		Date: 24.8.2008
Track: Mosport International Raceway (Canada), 3.957 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Mosport
American Le Mans Series (round 8)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	15:05
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	29
Practiced:	29
Qualified:	29
Started:	28
Finished:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	5	5
Le Mans Prototype 2	9	9
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	3	3
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	12	11

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

Race notes:
2 full-course cautions: laps 37-43 (no.18 off course), laps 67-74 (no.30 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held in two sessions for a total of 90 minutes on 22/8
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 23-24/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 24/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Werner / Luhr
Le Mans Prototype 2:	9	Acura ARX-01b	Sharp / Brabham
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	O'Connell / Magnussen
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Salo
Leaders:
laps 1 - 6:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Dindo Capello
laps 7 - 38:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 39 - 48:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
laps 49 - 68:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 69 - 73:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 74 - 78:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Franck Montagny
laps 79 - 85:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr
laps 86 - 89:	26	Acura ARX-01b	Franck Montagny
laps 90 - 117:	66	Acura ARX-01b	Gil de Ferran
laps 118 - 127:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner (D)	1:05.8230	216.4375 km/h	lap 66
Le Mans Prototype 2:	9	Acura ARX-01b	David Brabham (AUS)	1:06.1640	215.3222 km/h	lap 61
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:14.5700	191.0500 km/h	lap 95
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	71	Ferrari F430 GTC	Dirk Müller (D)	1:18.0120	182.6203 km/h	lap 43
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:04.0940	222.2762 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas (F)	1:04.3180	221.5021 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:13.8780	192.8396 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (BR)	1:16.8630	185.3498 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Acura (4), Lola (3), Ferrari (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Acura (4), Ferrari (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), AER (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (5), Acura ARX-01 (4), Porsche RS Spyder (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), D (11), GB (9), F (4), I (2), BR (2), MEX (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (60%), front-engined (21%), rear-engined (19%)
Average engine size:	4156 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4372 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Seth Neiman (54), Tony Burgess (53), Jon Field (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Dirk Werner (21), Pierre Kaffer (22), Jonny Cocker (22)

Official Race Programme:

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