Spa 1000 Kilometres 2008 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 1000 KM of Spa, Le Mans Series		Date: 11.5.2008
Track: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 7.004 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 1000 Kilometres
Le Mans Series (round 3)

Weather:	sunny, dry, hot
Start time:	12:50
Grid:	2-2-2
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	35000

Entered:	47
Practiced:	44
Qualified:	44
Started:	41
Finished:	30
Classified:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	13	13	10
Le Mans Prototype 2	14	11	7
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	5	5	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	12	12	9

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Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 9-10/5
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 10/5
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	Minassian / Villeneuve / Gené
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	Verstappen / van Merksteijn
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	72	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Alphand / Moreau / Goueslard
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Bruni / Bell
Leaders:
laps 1-21:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
laps 22-23:	2	Audi R10 TDI
laps 35-143:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	Minassian / Villeneuve / Gené	1:59.883	210.295 km/h	lap 79
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	Verstappen / van Merksteijn	2:06.711	198.963 km/h	lap 121
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	59	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Enge	2:16.625	184.526 km/h	lap 118
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	90	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kaffer / Ehret	2:22.918	176.400 km/h	lap 49
Pole Positions:
Overall:	8	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	Lamy / Sarrazin / Wurz	1:58.069	213.526 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	34	Porsche RS Spyder	Verstappen / van Merksteijn	2:05.841	200.339 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	59	Aston Martin DBR9	Garcia / Enge	2:16.074	185.273 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Bruni / Bell	2:21.205	178.540 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Pescarolo (5), Ferrari (4), Lola (3), Peugeot (2), Audi (2), Zytek (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Spyker (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Judd (8), Audi (4), Ferrari (4), Zytek (3), Aston Martin (3), AER (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (6), Pescarolo 01 (5), Ferrari F430 (4)
Driver nationalities:	F (26), GB (14), D (10), CH (7), NL (6), DK (5), E (4), A (4), I (4), P (3), B (3)
Team nationalities:	F (12), GB (8), D (6), CH (4), MC (3), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (75%), rear-engined (14%), front-engined (11%)
Average engine size:	4426 cc (with regard to 19% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4762 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (63), Peter Kutemann (61), Fredy Lienhard (61)
Youngest known drivers:	Jan Charouz (21), Pierre Kaffer (22), Matthieu Lahaye (24)
Woman drivers:	Vanina Ickx

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