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The 2008 Le Mans Series was the fifth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It ran from 6 April to 14 September 2008 with five rounds taking place.
Schedule
The 2008 schedule remained largely unchanged from that of 2007, except for Circuit de Catalunya replacing Circuit de Valencia for the Spanish round. A large gap was built into the schedule between May and August to better allow teams to prepare for and recover from the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]
An additional race was announced at a later date, with a 1000 km event in Shanghai. This event however would not replace the Mil Milhas Brasil round, but was instead to be a stand-alone event as a precursor to a new Asian Le Mans Series planned for 2009. Points for the Le Mans Series would not be awarded but class winners would gain automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2] The race was cancelled and was later rescheduled be held on 8 November 2009, because of conflicts with the 2008 Summer Olympics schedule.[3]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - |  LMS Official Test
|
Paul Ricard HTTT | 2 March 3 March |
| 1 |  1000 km of Catalunya
|
Circuit de Catalunya | 6 April |
| 2 |  1000 km of Monza
|
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 27 April |
| 3 |  1000 km of Spa
|
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 11 May |
| 4 |  1000 km of Nürburgring
|
Nürburgring | 17 August |
| 5 |  1000 km of Silverstone
|
Silverstone Circuit | 14 September |
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Season results
Overall winners in bold.
Teams Championships
Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Unlike the American Le Mans Series, where teams with multiple entries scored the points of their highest finishing entry in each race, teams with multiple entries did not have their cars combined and each entry number was scored separately in the championship.[6] Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.
The top two finishers in each team championship earned automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
LMP1 Standings
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2 | Audi Sport Team Joest
|
Audi R10 TDI | Audi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 35 |
| 2 | #7 | Team Peugeot Total
|
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 32 |
| 3 | #1 | Audi Sport Team Joest
|
Audi R10 TDI | Audi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | #8 | Team Peugeot Total
|
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 8 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | #10 |  Charouz Racing System
|
Lola B08/60 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | #16 | Pescarolo Sport
|
Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | 4 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | #15 | Creation AIM
|
Creation CA07 | AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | #17 | Pescarolo Sport
|
Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | #6 | Team Oreca-Matmut
|
Courage-Oreca LC70 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 10 | 6 |
| 10= | #5 | Team Oreca-Matmut
|
Courage-Oreca LC70 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | Ret | Ret | - | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 10= | #18 | Rollcentre Racing
|
Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | #20 | Epsilon Euskadi
|
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 12 | Ret | 2 |
| 13 | #4 | Saulnier Racing
|
Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| - | #14 | Creation AIM
|
Creation CA07 | AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 | 11 | DNS | - | 10 | Ret | 0 |
| - | #3 |  Scuderia Lavaggi
|
Lavaggi LS1 | AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | Ret | - | Ret | NC | - | 0 |
| - | #21 | Epsilon Euskadi
|
Epsilon Euskadi ee1 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 | - | - | - | NC† | 12 | 0 |
| - | #19 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport
|
Lola B06/10 | AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 0 |