2008 1000 km of Catalunya

The 2008 1000 km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain, on 6 April 2008.

Layout of the Circuit de Catalunya (2007-2020)

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of 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	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	215
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10	M	214
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60	M	212
					Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12
4	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01	M	210
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
5	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10	M	209
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
6	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Peter van Merksteijn Sr. Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	208
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
7	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01	M	208
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia	Lola B08/80	M	207
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	D	204
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short Vanina Ickx João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01	D	204
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
11	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265	M	201
					MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
12	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	200
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
13	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01	M	199
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
14	LMP2	27	Horag Racing	Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	198
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
15	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan	Radical SR9	D	194
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
16	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	194
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
17	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Julien Schroyen	Zytek 07S/2	M	193
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
18	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Frédéric Makowiecki Christophe Bouchut Patrick Bornhauser	Saleen S7-R	M	192
					Ford 7.0 L V8
19	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	190
					Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
20	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40	D	190
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
21	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT	D	189
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	189
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	187
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430GT	M	186
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
25	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasiliev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	184
					Audi 4.0 L V8
26	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Stéphane Daoudi Ben Aucott	Ferrari F430GT	M	183
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27	GT2	75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	182
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Markus Palttala Mikael Forsten Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	D	182
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	181
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
30	GT2	98	JMB Racing	Bo McCormick Maurice Basso Mauro Casadei	Ferrari F430GT	M	178
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
31	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans	Lola B06/10	D	177
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
32	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Angel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi EE1	M	167
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
33	LMP1	14	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall Felipe Ortiz	Creation CA07	D	163
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
34	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Patrice Roussel	WR LMP2008	D	154
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
35 NC	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Filippo Francioni Marco Didaio	Lucchini LMP2/04	D	142
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
36 DNF	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	178
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
37 DNF	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Sébastien Dumez Jean-Luc Blanchemain Roland Bervillé	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	162
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
38 DNF	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Marc Faggionato Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	M	132
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
39 DNF	GT1	59	Team Modena	Tomáš Enge Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9	M	124
					Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12
40 DNF	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	108
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
41 DNF	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40	D	94
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
42 DNF	GT2	91	Farnbacher Racing	Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	90
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
43 DNF	LMP1	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Giovanni Lavaggi Wolfgang Kaufmann	Lavaggi LS1	D	87
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
44 DNF	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers	Zytek 07S/2	M	55
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
45 DNF	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Mario Haberfeld Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01	M	43
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
46 DNF	LMP2	46	Embassy Racing	Jonny Kane Joey Foster	Embassy WF01	M	41
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
47 DNF	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	17
					Audi 4.0 L V8
DNS	GT2	93	James Watt Automotive	Alan van der Merwe Stéphane Lémeret Michael Outzen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	-
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:31.875^[2]
• Fastest Lap - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:33.515^[1]
• Average Speed - 167.030 km/h^[1]