Silverstone 1000 Kilometres 2008

Event: Autosport 1000km of Silverstone		Date: 14.9.2008
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 5.141 kms	Organiser: unknown
Silverstone 1000 Kilometres
Le Mans Series (round 5)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:20
Grid:	2-2-2
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	53000

Entered:	46
Practiced:	46
Qualified:	46
Started:	46
Finished:	36
Classified:	36

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	15	15	12
Le Mans Prototype 2	14	14	11
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	4	4	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	13	13	9

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

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 12-13/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 13/9

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Capello / McNish
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	van Merksteijn / Verstappen
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	59	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Enge
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Bell
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Lamy / Sarrazin	1:31.1660	203.0100 km/h	lap 168
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	van Merksteijn / Verstappen	1:35.6750	193.4420 km/h	lap 30
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	59	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Enge	1:46.0010	174.5980 km/h	lap 142
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Bell	1:50.0650	168.1520 km/h	lap 161
Pole Positions:
Overall:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Stéphane Sarrazin (F)	1:30.3590	204.8230 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	Jos Verstappen (NL)	1:34.2120	196.4460 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	55	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	Peter Kox (NL)	1:45.3270	175.7160 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rob Bell (GB)	1:48.9600	169.8570 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Pescarolo (5), Lola (4), Ferrari (4), Aston Martin (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Judd (10), Porsche (9), Zytek (5), Audi (4), Aston Martin (4), Ferrari (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (6), Pescarolo 01 (5), Ferrari F430 (4)
Driver nationalities:	F (28), GB (19), D (10), CH (7), NL (7), DK (5), E (5), A (3), BR (3), P (3)
Team nationalities:	F (13), GB (11), D (7), CH (4), MC (2), NL (2), E (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (78%), rear-engined (13%), front-engined (9%)
Average engine size:	4362 cc (with regard to 17% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4658 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (63), Peter Kutemann (61), Fredy Lienhard (61)
Youngest known drivers:	Jan Charouz (21), Dirk Werner (21), Pierre Kaffer (22)
Female drivers:	Vanina Ickx

Official Race Programme:

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