Tourist Trophy 2008 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Silverstone Supercar Showdown featuring The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy		Date: 20.4.2008
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 5.140 kms	Organiser: unknown
Tourist Trophy
FIA GT Championship (round 1)

Weather:	cloudy, wet
Start time:	12:13
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 hours
Attendance:	25000

Entered:	31
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	31
Started:	31
Finished:	30
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT1	15	15	15
FIA GT2	12	12	11
FIA Group 2	4	4	3

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 19/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 40 minutes on 19/4
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	33	Aston Martin DBR9	Wendlinger / Sharp
FIA GT2:	50	Ferrari F430 GTC	Vilander / Bruni
FIA Group 2:	104	Mosler MT900	Heyer / Vojtěch
Leaders:
laps 1-8:	33	Aston Martin DBR9	Karl Wendlinger
laps 9-24:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler
laps 25-26:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Christophe Bouchut
laps 27-33:	10	Aston Martin DBR9	Allan Simonsen
laps 34-40:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler
lap 41:	33	Aston Martin DBR9	Karl Wendlinger
laps 42-55:	10	Aston Martin DBR9	Philipp Peter
laps 56-59:	33	Aston Martin DBR9	Ryan Sharp
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Maserati MC12	Michael Bartels (D)	1:47.2310	172.5600 km/h	lap 55
FIA GT2:	77	Ferrari F430 GTC	Matteo Malucelli (I)	1:52.6780	164.2200 km/h	lap 56
FIA Group 2:	111	Saleen S7-R	Sean Edwards (GB)	1:51.8730	165.4000 km/h	lap 52
Pole Positions:
Overall:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Delétraz / Fässler	1:55.2200	160.5900 km/h
FIA GT2:	56	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kirkaldy / Bell	1:56.6320	158.6500 km/h
FIA Group 2:	111	Saleen S7-R	Konôpka / Edwards	1:55.4590	160.2600 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (10), Chevrolet (4), Saleen (4), Aston Martin (3), Maserati (3), Porsche (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (10), Chevrolet (6), Maserati (4), Ford (4), Aston Martin (3), Porsche (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari F430 (9), Saleen S7-R (4), Aston Martin DBR9 (3), Maserati MC12 (3), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (3), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (3)
Driver nationalities:	I (10), GB (9), B (6), D (5), NL (5), RA (4), CH (4), CZ (3), A (3), FIN (3)
Team nationalities:	D (7), B (5), GB (5), I (5), A (4)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (61%), front-engined (29%), rear-engined (10%)
Average engine size:	5449 cc
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	Peter Kutemann (61), Jean-Denis Delétraz (45), Wolfgang Kaufmann (44)
Youngest known drivers:	Henri Moser (21), Sean Edwards (22), Davide Rigon (22)

Official Race Programme:

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