FIA GT Championship Nogaro 2008 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 47ème Nogaro Grand Prix		Date: 5.10.2008
Track: Circuit Paul Armagnac Nogaro (France), 3.636 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Nogaro
FIA GT Championship (round 8)

Weather:	sunny, dry
Start time:	13:13
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	26
Practiced:	25
Qualified:	25
Started:	24
Finished:	21
Classified:	21

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT1	12	11	9
FIA GT2	12	12	11
FIA Group 2	1	1	1

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

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 160 minutes on 4/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 35 minutes on 4/10
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Maserati MC12	Ramos / Negrão
FIA GT2:	61	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Davison / Westbrook
FIA Group 2:	164	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Enge / Mücke
Leaders:
laps 1-27:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler
laps 28-34:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Christophe Bouchut
laps 35-38:	7	Saleen S7-R	Greg Franchi
laps 39-55:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jean-Denis Deletraz
laps 56-62:	2	Maserati MC12	Miguel Ramos
laps 63-69:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler
laps 70-81:	2	Maserati MC12	Alexandre Negrao
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Saleen S7-R	Gregory Franchi (B)	1:25.3260	153.4000 km/h	lap 3
FIA GT2:	56	Ferrari F430 GTC	Andrew Kirkaldy (GB)	1:28.0300	148.6900 km/h	lap 36
FIA Group 2:	164	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:29.3790	146.4500 km/h	lap 39
Pole Positions:
Overall:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Delétraz / Fässler	1:23.7030	156.3800 km/h
FIA GT2:	61	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Davison / Westbrook	1:26.2960	151.6800 km/h
FIA Group 2:	164	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Enge / Mücke	1:28.1280	148.5200 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (10), Chevrolet (4), Aston Martin (3), Porsche (3), Maserati (2), Saleen (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (10), Chevrolet (4), Aston Martin (3), Porsche (3), Maserati (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari F430 (9), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (4), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (3)
Driver nationalities:	I (9), GB (8), RA (5), B (4), CH (4), F (3), FIN (3), NL (2), D (2), A (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (6), I (5), B (5), D (4)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (54%), front-engined (33%), rear-engined (13%)
Average engine size:	5120 cc
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	David Ashburn (61), Jean-Denis Delétraz (45), Bert Longin (43)
Youngest known drivers:	Henri Moser (21), Alexandre Negrão (23), Julien Canal (26)

Official Race Programme:

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