2008 Le Mans Series

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.

2008 Le Mans Series

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2009

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
Sources:[1][4]

Teams and drivers

LMP1

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	1	Rinaldo Capello	All
				Allan McNish	All
			2	Alexandre Prémat	All
				Mike Rockenfeller	All
Scuderia Lavaggi	Lavaggi LS1	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	3	Wolfgang Kaufmann	1, 3–4
				Giovanni Lavaggi	1, 3–4
Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	4	Richard Hein	All
				Jacques Nicolet	All
				Marc Faggionato	1–3
Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	5	Soheil Ayari	1–2, 4–5
				Stéphane Ortelli	1–2, 4–5
				Loïc Duval	4
			6	Nicolas Lapierre	All
				Olivier Panis	All
Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	7	Marc Gené	All
				Nicolas Minassian	All
				Jacques Villeneuve	3
			8	Pedro Lamy	All
				Stéphane Sarrazin	All
				Alexander Wurz	3
Charouz Racing System	Lola B08/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	10	Jan Charouz	All
				Stefan Mücke	All
Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10	14	Jamie Campbell-Walter	1–2
				Stephen Simpson	4–5
				Felipe Ortiz	1
				Stuart Hall	2
				Liz Halliday	4
				Ryan Lewis	5
			15	Stuart Hall	All
				Robbie Kerr	2–3
				Jamie Campbell-Walter	4–5
				Simon Pagenaud	1
				Bruce Jouanny	2
Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	16	Jean-Christophe Boullion	All
				Emmanuel Collard	1–4
				Romain Dumas	5
			17	Harold Primat	All
				Christophe Tinseau	All
Rollcentre Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	18	Vanina Ickx	All
				João Barbosa	1, 3–5
				Martin Short	1–2
				Duncan Tappy	2
				Mikael Forsten	3
				Charlie Hollings	5
Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B06/10	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	19	Bob Berridge	1
				Gareth Evans	1
Epsilon Euskadi	Epsilon Euskadi EE1	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	20	Angel Burgueño	All
				Miguel Ángel de Castro	All
			21	Shinji Nakano	4–5
				Adrián Vallés	4–5
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10]

LMP2

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ray Mallock Ltd.	MG-Lola EX265 4 MG-Lola EX265C 1	MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4	25	Thomas Erdos	All
				Mike Newton	All
Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	26	Jan-Dirk Lueders	All
				Marc Rostan	All
				Jens Petersen	All
Horag Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	27	Jan Lammers	All
				Fredy Lienhard	All
				Didier Theys	All
Racing Box	Lucchini LMP2008	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	30	Marco Didaio	1–2
				Filippo Francioni	1–2
Team Essex	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	31	Casper Elgaard	All
				John Nielsen	All
Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	32	Juan Barazi	All
				Michael Vergers	All
				Fernando Rees	2–5
Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	33	Andrea Belicchi	All
				Xavier Pompidou	All
				Steve Zacchia	All
Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	34	Jos Verstappen	All
				Peter van Merksteijn Sr.	1–3, 5
				Jeroen Bleekemolen	4
Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	35	Matthieu Lahaye	All
				Pierre Ragues	All
WR Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	37	Stéphane Salini	All
				Philippe Salini	All
				Patrice Roussel	1–4
				Tristan Gommendy	5
Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	40	Miguel Amaral	All
				Olivier Pla	All
Trading Performance	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	41	Claude-Yves Gosselin	All
				Karim Ojjeh	All
				Julien Schroyen	1–3
				Adam Sharpe	5
Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Lola B05/40	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	44	Hideki Noda	All
				Jean de Pourtales	All
Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	45	Warren Hughes	All
				Jonny Kane	3–5
				Mário Haberfeld	1–2
			46	Joey Foster	All
				Jonny Kane	1–2
				Darren Manning	4–5
				Tom Kimber-Smith	3
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10]

GT1

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	50	Patrick Bornhauser	1
				Christophe Bouchut	1
				Frédéric Makowiecki	1
IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12	55	Peter Kox	All
				Roman Rusinov	All
Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	59	Tomáš Enge	All
				Antonio García	All
Strakka Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	61	Peter Hardman	3, 5
				Nick Leventis	3, 5
				Darren Turner	5
Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	72	Patrice Goueslard	All
				Guillaume Moreau	All
				Olivier Beretta	2–3
				Luc Alphand	1, 4
			73	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	1–3
				Roland Bervillé	1–3
				Sébastien Dumez	1–3
				Olivier Beretta	4
				Jérôme Policand	4
Source:[5][6][7][8][9][10]

GT2

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	75	Richard Balandras	All
				Michel Lecourt	All
				Jean-Philippe Belloc	1–2, 4–5
			76	Richard Lietz	All
				Raymond Narac	All
Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	77	Alex Davison	All
				Marc Lieb	All
			88	Horst Felbermayr Sr.	All
				Horst Felbermayr Jr.	All
				Christian Ried	All
Snoras Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	85	Ralf Kelleners	All
				Alexey Vasiliev	All
				Peter Dumbreck	1–4
				Tom Coronel	5
Farnbacher Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	90	Pierre Ehret	All
				Pierre Kaffer	All
				Anthony Beltoise	1, 4–5
	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	91	Lars-Erik Nielsen	All
				Allan Simonsen	1–4
				Richard Westbrook	1–4
				Dirk Werner	5
James Watt Automotive	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	93	Alan van der Merwe	1, 5
				Michael Outzen	1, 5
				Stéphane Lémeret	1
				Tim Sugden	5
	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	95	Paul Daniels	All
				Markus Palttala	1–4
				Tim Sugden	3–4
				Mikael Forsten	1
				Peter Bamford	5
				Matt Griffin	5
Speedy Racing Team	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	94	Andrea Chiesa	All
				Benjamin Leuenberger	All
				Iradj Alexander	3
Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	96	Rob Bell	1
				Gianmaria Bruni	1
JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	98	Maurice Basso	All
				Peter Kutemann	2–5
				Mauro Casadei	1–2
				Bo McCormick	1
				Stéphane Daoudi	3
				Johan-Boris Scheier	4
				Julien Gilbert	5
JMB Racing Aucott Racing			99	Ben Aucott	All
				Stéphane Daoudi	1–2, 4–5
				Alain Ferté	3
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Season results

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Catalunya	#7 Team Peugeot Total	#34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	#72 Luc Alphand Aventures	#96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Jos Verstappen Peter van Merksteijn	Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni
2	Monza	#8 Team Peugeot Total	#31 Team Essex	#59 Team Modena	#91 Farnbacher Racing	Results
		Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	John Nielsen Casper Elgaard	Antonio García Tomáš Enge	Lars-Erik Nielsen Allan Simonsen Richard Westbrook
3	Spa	#7 Team Peugeot Total	#34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	#72 Luc Alphand Aventures	#96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené Jacques Villeneuve	Jos Verstappen Peter van Merksteijn	Olivier Beretta Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni
4	Nürburgring	#8 Team Peugeot Total	#34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	#59 Team Modena	#96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
		Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Jos Verstappen Jeroen Bleekemolen	Antonio García Tomáš Enge	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni
5	Silverstone	#1 Audi Team Joest	#34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport	#59 Team Modena	#96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
		Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Jos Verstappen Peter van Merksteijn	Antonio García Tomáš Enge	Rob Bell Jaime Melo
Source:[11]

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.^[12] 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 TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	2	2	2	3	4	35
2	#7	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	1	5	1	2	Ret	32
3	#1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	5	6	4	4	1	27
4	#8	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	8	1	Ret	1	11	21
5	#10	Charouz Racing System	Lola B08/60	Aston Martin AM04 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

LMP2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	1	2	1	1	1	48
2	#31	Team Essex	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	3	1	3	3	5	32
3	#27	Horag Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	6	3	2	12	2	25
4=	#35	Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	5	5	4	2	9	21
4=	#25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	MG-Lola EX265 MG-Lola EX265C	MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4	4	4	6	6	4	21
6	#40	Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	9	7	Ret	5	3	12
7	#33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	2	9	NC†	9	Ret	8
8	#41	Trading Performance	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	8	Ret	5	10	7	7
9	#45	Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	8	Ret	7	6	6
10	#46	Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	11	5
11=	#44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Lola B05/40	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	Ret	6	DNS	11	8	4
11=	#26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	7	Ret	7	13	10	4
13	#32	Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	1
-	#37	WR Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	10	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	0
-	#30	Racing Box	Lucchini LMP2008	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	NC	Ret				0

GT1 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	1	2	1	2	3	42
2	#59	Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	Ret	1	3	1	1	36
3	#55	IPB Spartak Racing	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12	3	4	2	Ret	2	27
4	#61	Strakka Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12			4		4	10
5	#50	Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	2					8
6	#73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	Ret	3	Ret	Ret		6

GT2 Standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	#96	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	1	Ret	1	1	1	40
2	#77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	2	6	2	2	2	35
3	#90	Farnbacher Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	4	2	Ret	10	3	19
4	#99	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	6	3	5	4	9	18
5	#76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	3	DSQ	6	3	Ret	15
6	#85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	5	NC	9	5	4	13
7=	#94	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	Ret	4	4	Ret	8	11
7=	#98	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 GT 4.0 L V8	10	5	7	7	6	11
9=	#91	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
9=	#88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	9	Ret	3	9	5	10
11=	#75	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5
11=	#95	James Watt Automotive	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/77 3.8 L Flat-6	8	7	8	8	Ret	5
13	#93	James Watt Automotive	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	DNS				7	2

Drivers Championships

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.^[12] Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes do not receive points.

LMP1 Standings

Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller won the LMP1 title, despite not winning a race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Alexandre Prémat	Audi Sport Team Joest	2	2	2	3	4	35
1=	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Joest	2	2	2	3	4	35
3=	Nicolas Minassian	Team Peugeot Total	1	5	1	2	Ret	32
3=	Marc Gené	Team Peugeot Total	1	5	1	2	Ret	32
5=	Allan McNish	Audi Sport Team Joest	5	6	4	4	1	27
5=	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Team Joest	5	6	4	4	1	27
7=	Stéphane Sarrazin	Team Peugeot Total	8	1	Ret	1	11	21
7=	Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	8	1	Ret	1	11	21
9=	Jan Charouz	Charouz Racing System	3	8	10	5	2	19
9=	Stefan Mücke	Charouz Racing System	3	8	10	5	2	19
11	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	4	Ret	5	Ret	3	15
12	Stuart Hall	Creation AIM	11	4	6	7	5	14
13=	Harold Primat	Pescarolo Sport	6	3	NC†	8	6	13
13=	Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo Sport	6	3	NC†	8	6	13
15	Jacques Villeneuve	Team Peugeot Total			1			10
16	Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo Sport	4	Ret	5	Ret		9
17	Robbie Kerr	Creation AIM		4	6			8
18=	Olivier Panis	Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret	3	NC†	10	6
18=	Nicolas Lapierre	Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret	3	NC†	10	6
18=	Romain Dumas	Pescarolo Sport					3	6
18=	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Creation AIM	11	DNS		7	5	6
22=	Bruce Jouanny	Creation AIM		4				5
22=	Soheil Ayari	Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret		6	7	5
22=	Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca-Matmut	Ret	Ret		6	7	5
22=	Vanina Ickx	Rollcentre Racing	7	7	9	9	8	5
26	Martin Short	Rollcentre Racing	7	7		9		4
27=	Loïc Duval	Team Oreca-Matmut				6		3
27=	João Barbosa	Rollcentre Racing	7		9	9	8	3
29=	Duncan Tappy	Rollcentre Racing		7				2
29=	Ángel Burgueño	Epsilon Euskadi	10	Ret	7	12	Ret	2
29=	Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi	10	Ret	7	12	Ret	2
32=	Jacques Nicolet	Saulnier Racing	Ret	Ret	8	11	9	1
32=	Marc Faggionato	Saulnier Racing	Ret	Ret	8			1
32=	Richard Hein	Saulnier Racing	Ret	Ret	8	11	9	1
32=	Charlie Hollings	Rollcentre Racing					8	1

LMP2 Standings

Jos Verstappen won the LMP2 title as part of Van Merksteijn Motorsport.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Jos Verstappen	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	1	2	1	1	1	48
2	Peter van Merksteijn	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	1	2	1		1	38
3=	John Nielsen	Team Essex	3	1	3	3	5	32
3=	Casper Elgaard	Team Essex	3	1	3	3	5	32
5=	Fredy Lienhard	Horag Racing	6	3	2	12	2	25
5=	Didier Theys	Horag Racing	6	3	2	12	2	25
5=	Jan Lammers	Horag Racing	6	3	2	12	2	25
8=	Pierre Ragues	Saulnier Racing	5	5	4	2	9	21
8=	Matthieu Lahaye	Saulnier Racing	5	5	4	2	9	21
8=	Mike Newton	Ray Mallock Ltd.	4	4	6	6	4	21
8=	Thomas Erdos	Ray Mallock Ltd.	4	4	6	6	4	21
12=	Olivier Pla	Quifel ASM Team	9	7	Ret	5	3	12
12=	Miguel Amaral	Quifel ASM Team	9	7	Ret	5	3	12
14	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Van Merksteijn Motorsport				1		10
15=	Andrea Belicchi	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	9	NC†	9	Ret	8
15=	Xavier Pompidou	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	9	NC†	9	Ret	8
15=	Steve Zacchia	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	9	NC†	9	Ret	8
18=	Karim Ojjeh	Trading Performance	8	Ret	5	10	7	7
18=	Claude-Yves Gosselin	Trading Performance	8	Ret	5	10	7	7
20	Warren Hughes	Embassy Racing	Ret	8	Ret	7	6	6
21=	Darren Manning	Embassy Racing				4	11	5
21=	Joey Foster	Embassy Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	11	5
21=	Julien Schroyen	Trading Performance	8	Ret	5			5
21=	Jonny Kane	Embassy Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	5
25=	Jean de Pourtalès	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Ret	6	DNS	11	8	4
25=	Hideki Noda	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Ret	6	DNS	11	8	4
25=	Jens Petersen	Team Bruichladdich Radical	7	Ret	7	13	10	4
25=	Jan-Dirk Leuders	Team Bruichladdich Radical	7	Ret	7	13	10	4
25=	Marc Rostan	Team Bruichladdich Radical	7	Ret	7	13	10	4
30	Adam Sharpe	Trading Performance					7	2
31=	Mario Haberfeld	Embassy Racing	Ret	8				1
31=	Juan Barazi	Barazi-Epsilon	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	1
31=	Michael Vergers	Barazi-Epsilon	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	1
31=	Fernando Rees	Barazi-Epsilon		Ret	Ret	8	Ret	1

GT1 Standings

Guillaume Moreau and Patrice Goueslard won the GT1 title for Luc Alphand Aventures.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Guillaume Moreau	Luc Alphand Aventures	1	2	1	2	3	42
1=	Patrice Goueslard	Luc Alphand Aventures	1	2	1	2	3	42
3=	Antonio García	Team Modena	Ret	1	3	1	1	36
3=	Tomáš Enge	Team Modena	Ret	1	3	1	1	36
5=	Peter Kox	IPB Spartak Racing	3	4	2	Ret	2	27
5=	Roman Rusinov	IPB Spartak Racing	3	4	2	Ret	2	27
7=	Olivier Beretta	Luc Alphand Aventures		2	1	Ret		18
7=	Luc Alphand	Luc Alphand Aventures	1			2		18
9=	Peter Hardman	Strakka Racing			4		4	10
9=	Nick Leventis	Strakka Racing			4		4	10
11=	Christophe Bouchut	Larbre Compétition	2					8
11=	Frédéric Makowiecki	Larbre Compétition	2					8
11=	Patrick Bornhauser	Larbre Compétition	2					8
14=	Sébastien Dumez	Luc Alphand Aventures	Ret	3	Ret			6
14=	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Luc Alphand Aventures	Ret	3	Ret			6
14=	Roland Bervillé	Luc Alphand Aventures	Ret	3				6
17	Darren Turner	Strakka Racing					4	5

GT2 Standings

Rob Bell won the GT2 title for Virgo Motorsport.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Rob Bell	Virgo Motorsport	1	Ret	1	1	1	40
2=	Marc Lieb	Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	6	2	2	2	35
2=	Alex Davison	Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	6	2	2	2	35
4	Gianmaria Bruni	Virgo Motorsport	1	Ret	1	1		30
5=	Pierre Kaffer	Farnbacher Racing	4	2	Ret	10	3	19
5=	Pierre Ehret	Farnbacher Racing	4	2	Ret	10	3	19
7	Ben Aucott	JMB Racing	6	3	5	4	9	18
8	Stéphane Daoudi	JMB Racing	6	3	7	4	9	16
9=	Raymond Narac	IMSA Performance Matmut	3	DSQ	6	3	Ret	15
9=	Richard Lietz	IMSA Performance Matmut	3	DSQ	6	3	Ret	15
11=	Ralf Kelleners	Snoras Spyker Squadron	5	NC	9	5	4	13
11=	Alexey Vasilyev	Snoras Spyker Squadron	5	NC	9	5	4	13
13=	Anthony Beltoise	Farnbacher Racing	4			10	3	11
13=	Andrea Chiesa	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Ret	4	4	Ret	8	11
13=	Benjamin Leuenberger	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Ret	4	4	Ret	8	11
13=	Maurice Basso	JMB Racing	10	5	7	7	6	11
13=	Peter Kutemann	JMB Racing		5	7	7	6	11
18=	Lars-Erik Nielsen	Farnbacher Racing	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
18=	Allan Simonsen	Farnbacher Racing	Ret	1	Ret	Ret		10
18=	Richard Westbrook	Farnbacher Racing	Ret	1	Ret	Ret		10
18=	Jaime Melo	Virgo Motorsport					1	10
18=	Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton	9	Ret	3	9	5	10
18=	Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton	9	Ret	3	9	5	10
18=	Christian Ried	Team Felbermayr-Proton	9	Ret	3	9	5	10
25	Peter Dumbreck	Snoras Spyker Squadron	5	NC	9	5		8
26	Tim Sugden	James Watt Automotive		7	8	8	7	6
27=	Iradj Alexander	Speedy Racing Team Sebah			4			5
27=	Tom Coronel	Snoras Spyker Squadron					4	5
27=	Richard Balandras	IMSA Performance Matmut	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5
27=	Michel Lecourt	IMSA Performance Matmut	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5
27=	Jean-Philippe Belloc	IMSA Performance Matmut	7	Ret		6		5
27=	Paul Daniels	James Watt Automotive	8	7	8	8	Ret	5
27=	Markus Palttala	James Watt Automotive	8	7	8	8		5
34=	Mauro Casadei	JMB Racing	10	5				4
34=	Alain Ferté	JMB Racing			5			4
36	Julien Gilbert	JMB Racing					6	3
37=	Johan-Boris Scheier	JMB Racing				7		2
37=	Alan van der Merwe	James Watt Automotive	DNS				7	2
37=	Michael Outzen	James Watt Automotive	DNS				7	2
40	Mikael Forsten	James Watt Automotive	8					1

Confirmed entries

LMP1

• Oreca purchased Courage Compétition on 14 September 2007.^[13] Oreca ran two Oreca-Courage LC70s in 2008, with Judd engines replacing AER units. Olivier Panis was one of the team's drivers.^[14]
• Audi announced their intentions to run in the LMS in 2008, pending a marketing agreement for the series which Audi finds favorable. The two-car team was run by Joest Racing.^[15]
• Epsilon Euskadi planned to enter two EE1 coupes in the 2008 season.^[16]
• Creation Autosportif was due to switch to new AIM-built engines in 2008, while also running two cars.^[17]
• On 10 January 2008, Aston Martin announced that it would be moving into the LMP1 category. Using the same engine as the GT1-class DBR9, the prototype was a Lola B08/60 coupe. Charouz Racing System ran the car with assistance from Prodrive, with drivers Tomáš Enge, Jan Charouz, and Stefan Mücke.^[18]
• Swiss Spirit, now under the control of Phoenix Racing, planned a return for their Audi-powered Lola.^[19]

LMP2

• Caspar Elgaard and John Nielsen formed Team Essex, running a Porsche RS Spyder in 2008.^[20]
• Van Merksteijn (VM) Motorsport entered an RS Spyder in the series,^[21] driven by Dutchmen Jeroen Bleekemolen, Peter van Merksteijn Sr. and Jos Verstappen.^[22]
• Swiss Horag Racing competed with an RS Spyder, with regular drivers Fredy Lienhard and Didier Theys.^[23]
• Welter Racing returned to the series with an all-new prototype. The WR was powered by a Zytek V8 for the first time.^[24]
• On 23 October 2007, Pescarolo Sport merged with Saulnier Sport to form Pescarolo Automobiles. Besides Pescarolo Sport's two-car LMP1 effort, Pescarolo Automobiles also had an LMP2 team run by Saulnier.^[25]
• Embassy Racing constructed their own cars in 2008, known as the Embassy WF01.^[26] The cars will be powered by Zytek engines,^[27] and Warren Hughes, Jonny Kane and Joey Foster were to be drivers.^[28]
• Speed Racing Team and Sebah Automotive planned a joint campaign with a new Lola B08/80 under the Speedy Racing Team Sebah banner.^[29]
• Racing Box moved to LMP2 with the purchase of a Lucchini-Judd.^[30]

GT1

• Larbre Compétition were no longer be a factory-backed Aston Martin squad, instead moving to a pair of Oreca-supported Saleen S7-Rs.^[31]

GT2

• Spyker built new coupes (Laviolettes) for the GT2 class, both for their own team as well as replacements for the Speedy Racing Team.^[32]