The 2008 1000 km of Spa was the third round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 11 May 2008.

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian, Marc Gené, and Jacques Villeneuve.

This race marked the first international victory for Canadian Jacques Villeneuve since the Formula One Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997.

Race results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their Class winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 7   Team Peugeot Total   Nicolas Minassian
  Marc Gené
  Jacques Villeneuve
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 143
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 2   Audi Sport Team Joest   Alexandre Prémat
  Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R10 M 143
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 6   Team Oreca-Matmut   Olivier Panis
  Nicolas Lapierre
Courage-Oreca LC70 M 140
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
4 LMP1 1   Audi Sport Team Joest   Allan McNish
  Rinaldo Capello
Audi R10 M 139
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
5 LMP1 16   Pescarolo Sport   Emmanuel Collard
  Jean-Christophe Boullion
Pescarolo 01 M 139
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
6 LMP2 34   Van Merksteijn Motorsport   Peter Van Merksteijn
  Jos Verstappen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 138
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7 LMP2 27   Horag Racing   Fredy Lienhard
  Didier Theys
  Jan Lammers
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 138
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 31   Team Essex   Casper Elgaard
  John Nielsen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo D 135
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9 LMP1 15   Creation AIM   Stuart Hall
  Robbie Kerr
Creation CA07 D 134
AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
10 LMP2 35   Saulnier Racing   Pierre Ragues
  Matthieu Lahaye
Pescarolo 01 M 134
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
11 LMP1 20   Epsilon Euskadi   Ángel Burgueño
  Miguel Ángel de Castro
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 M 133
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
12 LMP2 41   Trading Performance   Karim Ojjeh
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Julian Schroyen
Zytek 07S/2 M 133
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
13 GT1 72   Luc Alphand Aventures   Luc Alphand
  Guillaume Moreau
  Patrice Goueslard
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 130
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
14 LMP1 4   Saulnier Racing   Jacques Nicolet
  Marc Faggionato
  Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 M 130
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
15 GT1 55   IPB Spartak Racing
  Reiter Engineering
  Peter Kox
  Roman Rusinov
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 129
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
16 GT1 59   Team Modena   Tomáš Enge
  Antonio García
Aston Martin DBR9 M 127
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17 GT2 96   Virgo Motorsport   Rob Bell
  Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430GT D 126
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 77   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Marc Lieb
  Alex Davison
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 126
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19 GT2 88   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
  Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
  Christian Ried
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 123
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20 GT2 94   Speedy Racing Team   Andrea Chiesa
  Benjamin Leuenberger
  Iradj Alexander
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 123
Audi 4.0 L V8
21 GT2 99   JMB Racing
  Aucott Racing
  Alain Ferté
  Ben Aucott
Ferrari F430GT M 123
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 GT2 76   IMSA Performance Matmut   Raymond Narac
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 122
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23 GT2 98   JMB Racing   Maurice Basso
  Peter Kutemann
  Stéphane Daoudi
Ferrari F430GT M 122
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24 GT1 61   Strakka Racing   Peter Hardman
  Nick Leventis
Aston Martin DBR9 D 121
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
25 GT2 95   James Watt Automotive   Markus Palttala
  Paul Daniels
  Tim Sugden
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 121
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
26 GT2 85   Snoras Spyker Squadron   Peter Dumbreck
  Ralf Kelleners
  Alexey Vasilyev
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 118
Audi 4.0 L V8
27 LMP1 18   Rollcentre Racing   Mikael Forsten
  João Barbosa
  Vanina Ickx
Pescarolo 01 D 112
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
28 LMP2 25   Ray Mallock Ltd.   Mike Newton
  Thomas Erdos
MG-Lola EX265 M 111
MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
29 LMP1 10   Charouz Racing System   Jan Charouz
  Stefan Mücke
Lola B08/60 M 107
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
30 LMP2 26   Team Bruichladdich Radical   Jens Petersen
  Jan-Dirk Lueders
  Marc Rostan
Radical SR9 D 106
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
31
NC
LMP1 17   Pescarolo Sport   Harold Primat
  Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 137
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
32
NC
LMP2 33   Speedy Racing Team
  Sebah Automotive
  Andrea Belicchi
  Xavier Pompidou
  Steve Zacchia
Lola B08/80 M 128
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
33
DNF
GT2 91   Farnbacher Racing   Lars-Erik Nielsen
  Allan Simonsen
  Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 95
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
34
DNF
GT2 90   Farnbacher Racing   Pierre Ehret
  Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430GT M 93
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
35
DNF
LMP2 45   Embassy Racing   Jonny Kane
  Warren Hughes
Embassy WF01 M 77
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
36
DNF
LMP1 3   Scuderia Lavaggi   Giovanni Lavaggi
  Wolfgang Kaufmann
Lavaggi LS1 D 66
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
37
DNF
LMP2 32   Barazi-Epsilon   Juan Barazi
  Michael Vergers
  Fernando Rees
Zytek 07S/2 M 62
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
38
DNF
LMP1 8   Team Peugeot Total   Stéphane Sarrazin
  Pedro Lamy
  Alexander Wurz
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 56
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
39
DNF
GT2 75   IMSA Performance Matmut   Richard Balandras
  Michel Lecourt
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 49
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
40
DNF
LMP2 40   Quifel ASM Team   Miguel Amaral
  Olivier Pla
Lola B05/40 D 35
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
41
DNF
GT1 73   Luc Alphand Aventures   Sébastien Dumez
  Jean-Luc Blanchemain
  Stéphane Lémeret
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 26
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
42
DNF
LMP2 46   Embassy Racing   Tom Kimber-Smith
  Joey Foster
Embassy WF01 M 0
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
DNS LMP2 44   Kruse Schiller Motorsport   Jean de Pourtalès
  Hideki Noda
Lola B05/40 D -
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNQ LMP2 37   WR Salini   Stéphane Salini
  Philippe Salini
  Patrice Roussel
WR LMP2008 D -
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8

Both the #17 Pescarolo and #33 Speedy Sebah entries failed to complete the final lap of the race. Both cars were therefore not classified in the final results even though they had covered sufficient distance.

Statistics

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  • Pole Position – #8 Team Peugeot Total – 1:58.069[1]
  • Fastest Lap – #7 Team Peugeot Total – 1:59.883[1]
  • Average Speed – 189.062 km/h[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "1000km of Spa Timing" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
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2008 1000km of Monza
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2008 1000km of Nürburgring