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2008 24 Hours of Le Mans
2008 24 Hours of Le Mans Prior to the Le Mans Test Day, Audi announced that
they would be the first team to adapt their cars to use
Previous: 2007 Next: 2009 10% biodiesel as allowed by the new rules, with partner
Index: Races | Winners Shell developing a biomass to liquid fuel.[4]
Entries
Automatic invitations
Automatic entry to the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was
granted to teams that had performed well in the previous
year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as the 2007 seasons
of the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, FIA GT
Championship, and the Petit Le Mans. The official list
of automatic invites was published by the ACO on 16
November 2007,[5] with confirmation of entries accepted
by teams published on 18 January 2008.[6]
Allan McNish in the #2 Audi R10 TDI which won the 2008 24 List of automatic invitations
Hours of Le Mans.
1. Due to Audi Sport North America already
earning two entries, their third automatic entry
The 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 76th Grand Prix
was passed to the next team in the championship.
of Endurance, taking place on 14–15 June 2008 at the Cir-
cuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, organised by the Auto- 2. Due to Corvette Racing already earning two
mobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO). The test day was on June 1. entries, their third automatic entry would have
The race was attended by 258,000 spectators.[1] The Audi been passed to the next team in the championship.
team’s progress and victory was documented in the 2008 However, no team had run enough ALMS races to
film Truth in 24. be counted towards the GT1 championship, leaving
the invitation unassigned.
Rule changes 3. Vitaphone Racing initially turned down their
On 20 December 2007, the ACO confirmed the previously automatic invitation due to their Maserati MC12
announced rule changes for the 2008 race and 2008 Le not complying with ACO rules. The team however
Mans Series season. Petrol engined Le Mans Prototype reapplied for a legal Aston Martin DBR9 in the
cars received a 3% larger air restrictor to increase power same class at a later date.
output and to balance performance between petrol and
diesel engines. The performance difference between the Official entry list
LMP1 and LMP2 classes will be increased by decreasing
On 19 February, the ACO published their full list of fifty-
LMP1 class’ minimum weight 900 kg, the LMP2 class’
five entries plus eight reserves, chosen from a total of 88
minimum weight increased to 825 kg, and a reduction in
applications.[7] The fifty-five main entries were required
the fuel capacity of LMP2 cars from 90 litres to 80 litres.
to appear at the Le Mans test day in order to compe-
The ACO also added rules regarding the types of en-
te.[8][9]
gines and fuels which can be used. Production engines
which meet the GT1 and GT2 class regulations can now be Reserve entries
installed in LMP1 and LMP2 class cars respectively. The
Eight cars were granted reserve entries. If any selected
use of biofuels will also be allowed in the prototype cat-
team from the main entry list withdrew, a reserve entry
egories, with petrol engines allowed to run 10% ethanol,
would take their place.[8] On April 10, the #81 Tafel Rac-
and diesel teams allowed to use biodiesel. The GT1 and
ing Ferrari withdrew and was replaced by the #4 Saulnier
GT2 categories remained unchanged in the new
Pescarolo-Judd.[10] Although several teams withdrew
rules.[2][3]
their reserve entries, none of the remaining reserve en-
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Team Reason Entered Note
LMP1
Audi Sport North America 1st in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Team Peugeot Total 2nd in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Team Peugeot Total 1st in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Pescarolo Sport 2nd in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Audi Sport North America 1st in 2007 Petit Le Mans
Autocon Motorsports 2nd in 2007 American Le Mans Series championship1
LMP2
Binnie Motorsports 1st in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans Entry not taken
Barazi-Epsilon 2nd in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Ray Mallock Ltd. 1st in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Quifel ASM Team 2nd in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Penske Racing 1st in 2007 Petit Le Mans Entry not taken
Penske Racing 1st in 2007 American Le Mans Series championship Entry not taken
GT1
Aston Martin Racing 1st in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Corvette Racing 2nd in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Team Oreca 1st in 2007 Le Mans Series championship Entry not taken
Luc Alphand Aventures 2nd in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Corvette Racing 1st in 2007 Petit Le Mans
None 2nd in 2007 American Le Mans Series championship2
Vitaphone Racing 1st in 2007 FIA GT Championship Entry not taken3
Scuderia Playteam Sarafree 2nd in 2007 FIA GT Championship Entry not taken
GT2
IMSA Performance Matmut 1st in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Risi Competizione 2nd in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
Virgo Motorsport 1st in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Team Felbermayr-Proton 2nd in 2007 Le Mans Series championship
Flying Lizard Motorsports 1st in 2007 Petit Le Mans
Risi Competizione 1st in 2007 American Le Mans Series championship
Motorola AF Corse 1st in 2007 FIA GT Championship
BMS Scuderia Italia 2nd in 2007 FIA GT Championship
tries were promoted to the primary entry list. On Tues- mandatory test session. Drivers who had not been to the
day, June 10, Racing Box’s Lucchini-Judd failed official circuit in the past three runnings of the 24 Hours, or had
scrutineering and was withdrawn.[11] The first remaining never participated before, were required to complete ten
reserve, Epsilon Euskadi’s second entry, was allowed to laps of the circuit during the session,[13] while other dri-
take its place at the start of Wednesday qualifying.[12] vers were allowed to concentrate on setting their cars up
for the race two weeks away. Two sessions were held run-
Test session ning four hours each, with an hour break for lunch. [14]
Rain dominated the weather during the two sessions,
Drivers, team, and equipment for fifty-five cars arrived with the track drying out only for brief periods of time
at the Circuit de la Sarthe on June 1 to participate in a before heavy rains dampened the circuit once more.[15]
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ing curve and his 908 became airborne, impacting the
wall heavily. Gené was hospitalized with an injured
toe,[20] and the car had to be replaced by a new chas-
sis.[15] The final stoppage of practice occurred in the final
hour when Joey Foster impacting the wall at the Dunlop
Chicane with his Embassy-Zytek.[21]
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 11–12 June, with two individual
two-hour sessions being held each day. The first sessions
were held at early dusk, while following an hour break,
the second sessions ran into the darkness of night. All
drivers were once again required to set a minimum of
The #8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, driven by Stéphane Sarrazin, laps to prepare themselves for the circuit; three laps re-
which set a 3:22.222 lap time during the test day quired in the first session, and another three laps in the
night session. The best lap time from all four combined
Stéphane Sarrazin, in the #8 Peugeot, was able to set the determined the starting grid.
fastest lap during a brief dry period in the second ses-
sion, recording a time of 3:22.222.[16] By the end of the Wednesday
test day, Sarrazin’s time remained unbeaten, and was in Following a wet test day, qualifying began under dry con-
fact nearly four and a half seconds ahead of the second ditions. The Peugeot lapped under 3:20 min, lap times re-
fastest lap, set by the #9 Peugeot. Several hundredths of minding of that of the Porsche 917 records set in 1971,
a second slower still was the #1 Audi, third fastest over- when the track had almost no chicanes, and was 120m
all. The fastest car not running a diesel engine was the shorter.
#17 Pescarolo, recording a time of 3:33.939, over eleven
seconds behind the overall leader. In the LMP2 class, the Thursday
five cars set lap times within three seconds of one an-
The second day of qualifying will determine the final
other, the Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche setting a
grid.
3:42.191 lap time to lead the class and place fourteenth
overall in the standings. The other Porsche RS Spyder of
Team Essex was second fastest, followed by the Barazi-
Qualifying times
Epsion Zytek in third.[16] Class leaders and the fastest lap time in each class on
The Grand Touring categories were led by the previ- bold.
each day are in bold The fastest lap for each car is in
ous year’s winner in GT1 class, the factory Aston Martin gray.
squad. The #009 DBR9 set a lap time of 3:53.531, fast
enough for 25th place overall. Larbre Compétition’s Race
Saleen set the second fastest lap in the class, nearly two
seconds behind. The two factory Corvettes were third The race began at 3:00 pm local time (GMT+1). The three
and fourth, with the #64 team a few tenths faster than the Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs led the field into the first chicane,
#63. For the GT2 class, American teams lead the session. but Allan McNish overtook the #7 Peugeot of Nicolas Mi-
Risi Competizione’s #82 Ferrari set a 4:05.561 lap time, nassian at the exit of the Dunlop Chicane. Minassian re-
only three one thousandths of a second ahead of the Fly- took the position on the Mulsanne Straight, and the Peu-
ing Lizard Porsche. BMS Scuderia Italia’s Ferrari complet- geots maintained the top three positions at the end of the
ed the top three in the class, a second slower than the top first lap. The Peugeots were running consistently 3 sec-
two.[16] onds a lap faster than McNish, and over 5 seconds faster
During the eight hours of testing, practice had to be than the other 2 Audis.
halted four times for accidents around the circuit. During In the early hours, the Peugeot #8, Pole setter and on-
the first session, the JMB Ferrari spun and hit a wall at ly car to set a fast race lap under 3:20, by black flag[24] had
Arnage, requiring it to be towed from the track.[17] The been ordered into the pits to repair the headlights. This
Ferrari did however return to the track several hours lat- car trailed the other Diesels by several laps. The GT2 class
er after repairs.[18] Shortly after the beginning of the sec- saw drama for the two Porsches which had been battling
ond test session, the Risi-Krohn Ferrari also had a spin, for the class lead, as #80 collided[25] with the Pole set-
impacting the wall at the Ford Chicane, leading to driver ting Porsche #76. Only #77 could continue after lengthy
Tracy Krohn being briefly hospitalized.[19] Less than an repairs.
hour later, Marc Gené in the #7 Peugeot spun in the Kart-
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Pos Team Class Day 1 Day 2
22]
[22] 23]
[23]
1 #8 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 3:18.513 3:20.566
2 #9 Peugeot Sport Total LMP1 3:18.682 3:24.966
3 #7 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 3:20.451 3:21.490
4 #2 Audi Sport North America LMP1 3:24.105 3:23.847
5 #3 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 3:24.287 3:26.432
6 #10 Charouz Racing System LMP1 3:34.211 3:25.158
7 #1 Audi Sport North America LMP1 3:27.580 3:25.289
8 #11 Dome Racing Team LMP1 3:29.352 3:26.928
9 #16 Pescarolo Sport LMP1 3:28.533 3:32.407
10 #5 Team Oreca-Matmut LMP1 3:30.490 3:32.176
11 #17 Pescarolo Sport LMP1 3:30.618 3:30.905
12 #12 Charouz Racing System LMP1 3:31.910 3:31.135
13 #6 Team Oreca-Matmut LMP1 3:31.243 3:33.139
14 #34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport LMP2 3:34.078 3:32.301
15 #21 Epsilon Euskadi LMP1 3:41.526 3:32.939
16 #31 Team Essex LMP2 3:33.441 3:38.621
17 #20 Epsilon Euskadi LMP1 3:39.158 3:34.281
18 #18 Rollcentre Racing LMP1 3:35.450 3:35.020
19 #32 Barazi-Epsilon LMP2 3:35.344 3:44.555
20 #33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah LMP2 3:35.401 -
21 #14 Creation Autosportif LMP1 3:35.994 3:39.638
22 #24 Terramos LMP1 3:37.560 3:40.318
23 #19 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport LMP1 3:38.024 3:43.492
24 #45 Embassy Racing LMP2 3:39.926 3:49.019
25 #25 Ray Mallock Ltd. LMP2 3:44.188 3:40.027
26 #40 Quifel ASM Team LMP2 3:41.193 3:44.074
27 #4 Saulnier Racing LMP1 3:46.666 3:42.162
28 #35 Saulnier Racing LMP2 3:42.545 4:10.588
29 #41 Trading Performance LMP2 3:46.773 3:43.148
30 #26 Team Bruichladdich Radical LMP2 3:47.935 3:46.631
31 #63 Corvette Racing GT1 3:49.406 3:47.668
32 #23 Autocon Motorsports LMP1 3:56.108 3:47.695
33 #50 Larbre Compétition GT1 3:50.920 3:47.761
34 #44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport LMP2 3:47.802 -
35 #64 Corvette Racing GT1 3:50.766 3:48.539
36 #009 Aston Martin Racing GT1 3:52.266 3:48.994
37 #007 Aston Martin Racing GT1 3:52.527 3:49.060
38 #55 IPB Spartak Racing GT1 3:52.175 3:53.000
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39 #72 Luc Alphand Aventures GT1 3:53.990 3:52.993
40 #59 Team Modena GT1 3:58.193 3:53.031
41 #22 Tōkai University YGK LMP1 3:52.143 -
42 #53 Vitaphone Racing Team GT1 3:57.371 3:53.475
43 #73 Luc Alphand Aventures GT1 3:55.736 3:58.025
44 #76 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 4:00.793 3:58.152
45 #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton GT2 4:02.517 3:59.072
46 #96 Virgo Motorsport GT2 4:01.293 3:59.820
47 #80 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT2 4:00.106 4:02.799
48 #90 Farnbacher Racing GT2 4:05.098 4:01.464
49 #82 Risi Competizione GT2 4:01.598 4:02.412
50 #97 BMS Scuderia Italia GT2 4:02.080 4:03.109
51 #99 JMB Racing GT2 4:03.293 4:14.033
52 #85 Snoras Spyker Squadron GT2 4:05.096 4:03.641
53 #78 AF Corse GT2 4:05.660 4:03.810
54 #83 Risi Competizione GT2 4:07.978 4:04.515
55 #94 Speedy Racing Team GT2 4:11.564 4:08.284
The situation after 12 hours[26] was as follows: Peuge- in the same lap, but not in reach for overtaking. The six
ot #7 was leading, with the first five being within 2 laps, factory-entered diesels dominated the LMP1 class, hav-
with Audi #2 in 2nd, followed by Peugeot #9, and the Au- ing no major problems. The Porsche RS Spyders dominat-
di #3 and #1. Due to the fast pace and close competition, ed the LMP2 class, posting faster lap times than several
and despite a 34 minute safety car period ,[25] the leaders LMP1 cars. In the GT1 class, the Aston placed 13th overall,
had completed 200 laps after 12 hours, a pace that might prevailing over a Corvette which also covered 344 laps,
have topped the laps and distances covered in 1971 and with three more GT1 entrants chasing them. Of the five
1988 despite the track now having chicanes. In the LMP2 Ferraris which had led the GT2 class, three made it to the
class, the leader was 10th overall, the two Porsches being finish ahead of the remaining Porsches which had been
within a lap, leading the next car by nine laps. In GT1, the lapping slightly faster. Of the 35 cars still running after 24
leader was 15th overall, the Aston Martins and Corvettes hours, only one failed to cover 70% of the 381 laps of the
racing head to head less than a minute apart, with six winner. Despite the conditions, the distance record on
cars being within six laps. In the GT2 class, the leading the current track layout, 380 laps, set in 2006, was beaten
Ferrari was 26th overall, with no less than five Ferraris by one lap by both the #2 Audi and the #7 Peugeot.
battling for the class win which was to be expected after
the two class leading Porsches had collided, and five oth- Results
er GT2 cars were already out. Class winners[27] are marked in bold Cars finishing the
bold.
The second half of the race was under wet conditions. race but not completing 70% of the winner’s distance or
Lap times of the whole field went above the 4:00 mark, cars not finishing the race at the end of 24 hours (marked
with GT1 cars actually as fast as the leading diesels. The as DNF; regardless of distance) are listed as NC (Not Clas-
Audis were able to cope with the rain much better than sified).
the Peugeots. Kristensen was able to reel in Minassian
at 8 seconds per lap. In a desperate attempt to adapt the Statistics
Peugeots to the wet conditions all 3 cars were fitted with • Fastest Lap - #8 Peugeot 908 HDI - 3:19.394
high-downforce nose and tail sections. At 5am the #2 Au- • Average Speed - #2 Audi R10 TDI - 216.3 km/h
di grabbed the lead and McNish was able to build the ad- • Best Speed - #8 Peugeot 908 HDI-FAP - 350 km/h*
vantage to a full lap. The rain stopped and the #7 start- • * Indianapolis
ed to reel in the #2. With less than 2 hours to go the
rain returned. Minassian decided to stick with slicks and
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Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Allan McNish Audi R10 TDI M 381
Rinaldo Capello Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
Tom Kristensen (Diesel)
2 LMP1 7 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 381
Marc Gené Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo
Jacques Villeneuve V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 9 Peugeot Sport Total Franck Montagny Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 379
Ricardo Zonta Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo
Christian Klien V12
(Diesel)
4 LMP1 3 Audi Sport Team Joest Mike Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI M 374
Lucas Luhr Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
Alexandre Prémat (Diesel)
5 LMP1 8 Team Peugeot Total Stéphane Sarrazin Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 368
Pedro Lamy Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo
Alexander Wurz V12
(Diesel)
6 LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela Audi R10 TDI M 367
Marco Werner Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
Emanuele Pirro (Diesel)
7 LMP1 17 Pescarolo Sport Christophe Tinseau Pescarolo 01 M 362
Benoît Tréluyer Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Harold Primat
8 LMP1 5 Team Oreca-Matmut Soheil Ayari Courage-Oreca LC70 M 357
Loïc Duval Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Laurent Groppi
9 LMP1 10 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz Lola B08/60 M 354
Aston Martin Racing Tomáš Enge Aston Martin 6.0L V12
Stefan Mücke
10 LMP2 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Peter van Merksteijn Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 354
Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
Jos Verstappen
11 LMP1 18 Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa Pescarolo 01 D 352
Stéphan Grégoire Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Vanina Ickx
12 LMP2 31 Team Essex Casper Elgaard Porsche RS Spyder Evo D 347
John Nielsen Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
Sascha Maassen
13 GT1 009 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham Aston Martin DBR9 M 344
Antonio García Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
Darren Turner
14 GT1 63 Corvette Racing Johnny O’Connell Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 344
Jan Magnussen Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
Ron Fellows
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15 GT1 64 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 341
Olivier Beretta Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
Max Papis
16 GT1 007 Aston Martin Racing Heinz-Harald Aston Martin DBR9 M 339
Frentzen Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
Andrea Piccini
Karl Wendlinger
17 GT1 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Luc Alphand Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 335
Guillaume Moreau Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
Jérôme Policand
18 LMP2 35 Saulnier Racing Pierre Ragues Pescarolo 01 M 333
Mathieu Lahaye Judd DB 3.4 L V8
Cheng Congfu
19 GT2 82 Risi Competizione Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari F430 GT2 M 326
Mika Salo Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Jaime Melo
20 LMP2 40 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral Lola B05/40 D 325
Olivier Pla AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
Guy Smith
21 GT1 73 Luc Alphand Aventures Jean-Luc Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 325
Blanchemain Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
Laurent Pasquali
Patrice Goueslard
22 GT2 97 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli Ferrari F430 GT2 P 318
Paolo Ruberti Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Fabio Babini
23 GT2 90 Farnbacher Racing Pierre Ehret Ferrari F430 GT2 D 317
Pierre Kaffer Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Lars-Erik Nielsen
24 LMP1 14 Creation Autosportif Stuart Hall Creation CA07 D 316
Johnny Mowlem AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
Marc Goossens
25 GT2 99 JMB Racing Ben Aucott Ferrari F430 GT2 M 312
Aucott Racing Alain Ferté Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Stéphane Daoudi
26 LMP1 4 Saulnier Racing Jacques Nicolet Pescarolo 01 M 311
Marc Faggionato Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Richard Hein
27 GT2 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 309
Alex Davison Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
Wolf Henzler
28 GT1 50 Larbre Compétition Christophe Bouchut Saleen S7-R M 306
David Smet Ford 7.0 L V8
Patrick Bornhauser
29 LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Michael Vergers Zytek 07S/2 M 304
Juan Barazi Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
Stuart Moseley
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30 GT1 59 Team Modena Terry Borcheller Aston Martin DBR9 M 302
Christian Fittipaldi Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
Jos Menten
31 LMP2 26 Team Bruichladdich Radical Marc Rostan Radical SR9 D 297
Gunnar Jeannette AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
Ben Devlin
32 GT2 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 289
Johannes van Over- Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
beek
Seth Neiman
33 LMP1 11 Dome Racing Team Tatsuya Kataoka Dome S102 M 272
Yuji Tachikawa Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Daisuke Ito
34 GT1 55 IPB Spartak Racing Peter Kox Lamborghini Murciélago M 266
NC Reiter Engineering Mike Hezemans R-GT
Roman Rusinov Lamborghini L535 6.0 L
V12
35 LMP1 24 Terramos Yojiro Terada Courage LC70 M 224
NC Hiroki Katoh Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8
Kazuho Takahashi
36 GT2 96 Virgo Motorsport Rob Bell Ferrari F430 GT2 D 289
DNF Tim Mullen Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Tim Sugden
37 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Collard Pescarolo 01 M 238
DNF Jean-Christophe Boul- Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
lion
Romain Dumas
38 LMP1 23 Autocon Motorsports Bryan Willman Creation CA07 D 224
DNF Creation Autosportif Michael Lewis Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
Chris McMurry
39 LMP2 45 Embassy Racing Warren Hughes Embassy WF01 M 213
DNF Jonny Kane Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
Joey Foster
40 LMP2 33 Speedy Racing Team Steve Zacchia Lola B08/80 M 194
DNF Sebah Automotive Andrea Belicchi Judd DB 3.4 L V8
Xavier Pompidou
41 LMP1 20 Epsilon Euskadi Ángel Burgueño Epsilon Euskadi EE1 M 189
DNF Miguel Ángel de Cas- Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
tro
Adrián Vallés
42 LMP1 22 Tōkai University Toshio Suzuki Courage-Oreca LC70 Y 185
DNF YGK Power Haruki Kurosawa YGK YR40T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Masami Kageyama
43 LMP1 21 Epsilon Euskadi Shinji Nakano Epsilon Euskadi EE1 M 158
DNF Stefan Johansson Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Jean-Marc Gounon
44 LMP1 6 Team Oreca-Matmut Marcel Fässler Courage-Oreca LC70 M 147
DNF Olivier Panis Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Simon Pagenaud
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45 LMP2 44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport Jean de Pourtales Lola B05/40 D 147
DNF Hideki Noda Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo
Allan Simonsen I4
46 LMP1 12 Charouz Racing System Greg Pickett Lola B07/17 M 146
DNF Team Cytosport Klaus Graf Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Jan Lammers
47 GT2 78 AF Corse Thomas Biagi Ferrari F430 GT2 M 111
DNF Toni Vilander Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Christian Montanari
48 LMP2 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) Andy Wallace MG-Lola EX265 M 100
DNF Mike Newton MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo
Thomas Erdos I4
49 LMP1 19 Chamberlain-Synergy Motor- Bob Berridge Lola B06/10 D 87
DNF sport Gareth Evans AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
Amanda Stretton
50 GT1 53 Vitaphone Racing Team Peter Hardman Aston Martin DBR9 M 82
DNF Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
Alexandre Negrão
51 GT2 94 Speedy Racing Team Andrea Chiesa Spyker C8 Laviolette M 72
DNF Iradj Alexander GT2-R
Benjamin Leuenberg- Audi 4.0 L V8
er
52 GT2 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron Ralf Kelleners Spyker C8 Laviolette M 43
DNF Alexey Vasilyev GT2-R
Peter Dumbreck Audi 4.0 L V8
53 GT2 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 26
DNF Patrick Long Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
Richard Lietz
54 LMP2 41 Trading Performance Karim Ojjeh Zytek 07S/2 M 22
DNF Claude-Yves Gosselin Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
Adam Sharpe
55 GT2 83 Risi Competizione Tracy Krohn Ferrari F430 GT2 M 12
DNF Krohn Racing Nic Jonsson Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Eric van der Poele
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