2008 24 Hours of Le Mans

2008 24 Hours of Le Mans

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The 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 76th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place on 14–15 June 2008 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The test day was on June 1. The race was attended by 258,000 spectators.^[1] The Audi team's progress and victory was documented in the 2008 film Truth in 24.

On 20 December 2007, the ACO confirmed the previously announced rule changes for the 2008 race and 2008 Le Mans Series season. Petrol engined Le Mans Prototype cars received a 3% larger air restrictor to increase power output and to balance performance between petrol and diesel engines. The performance difference between the LMP1 and LMP2 classes will be increased by decreasing LMP1 class' minimum weight 900 kg, the LMP2 class' minimum weight increased to 825 kg, and a reduction in the fuel capacity of LMP2 cars from 90 litres to 80 litres.

The ACO also added rules regarding the types of engines and fuels which can be used. Production engines which meet the GT1 and GT2 class regulations can now be installed in LMP1 and LMP2 class cars respectively. The use of biofuels will also be allowed in the prototype categories, with petrol engines allowed to run 10% ethanol, and diesel teams allowed to use biodiesel. The GT1 and GT2 categories remained unchanged in the new rules.^[2][3]

Prior to the Le Mans Test Day, Audi announced that they would be the first team to adapt their cars to use 10% biodiesel as allowed by the new rules, with partner Shell developing a biomass to liquid fuel.^[4]

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]

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

On 19 February, the ACO published their full list of fifty-five entries plus eight reserves, chosen from a total of 88 applications.^[7] The fifty-five main entries were required to appear at the Le Mans test day in order to compete.^[8][9]

Eight cars were granted reserve entries. If any selected team from the main entry list withdrew, a reserve entry would take their place.^[8] On April 10, the #81 Tafel Racing Ferrari withdrew and was replaced by the #4 Saulnier Pescarolo-Judd.^[10] Although several teams withdrew their reserve entries, none of the remaining reserve entries were promoted to the primary entry list. On Tuesday, June 10, Racing Box's Lucchini-Judd failed official scrutineering and was withdrawn.^[11] The first remaining reserve, Epsilon Euskadi's second entry, was allowed to take its place at the start of Wednesday qualifying.^[12]

Drivers, team, and equipment for fifty-five cars arrived at the Circuit de la Sarthe on June 1 to participate in a mandatory test session. Drivers who had not been to the circuit in the past three runnings of the 24 Hours, or had never participated before, were required to complete ten laps of the circuit during the session,^[13] while other drivers were allowed to concentrate on setting their cars up for the race two weeks away. Two sessions were held running four hours each, with an hour break for lunch.^[14]

Rain dominated the weather during the two sessions, with the track drying out only for brief periods of time before heavy rains dampened the circuit once more.^[15] Stéphane Sarrazin, in the #8 Peugeot, was able to set the fastest lap during a brief dry period in the second session, recording a time of 3:22.222.^[16] By the end of the test day, Sarrazin's time remained unbeaten, and was in fact nearly four and a half seconds ahead of the second fastest lap, set by the #9 Peugeot. Several hundredths of a second slower still was the #1 Audi, third fastest overall. The fastest car not running a diesel engine was the #17 Pescarolo, recording a time of 3:33.939, over eleven seconds behind the overall leader. In the LMP2 class, the five cars set lap times within three seconds of one another, the Van Merksteijn Motorsport Porsche setting a 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-Epsion Zytek in third.^[16]

The Grand Touring categories were led by the previous year's winner in GT1 class, the factory Aston Martin squad. The #009 DBR9 set a lap time of 3:53.531, fast enough for 25th place overall. Larbre Compétition's Saleen set the second fastest lap in the class, nearly two seconds behind. The two factory Corvettes were third and fourth, with the #64 team a few tenths faster than the #63. For the GT2 class, American teams lead the session. Risi Competizione's #82 Ferrari set a 4:05.561 lap time, only three one thousandths of a second ahead of the Flying Lizard Porsche. BMS Scuderia Italia's Ferrari completed the top three in the class, a second slower than the top two.^[16]

During the eight hours of testing, practice had to be halted four times for accidents around the circuit. During the first session, the JMB Ferrari spun and hit a wall at Arnage, requiring it to be towed from the track.^[17] The Ferrari did however return to the track several hours later after repairs.^[18] Shortly after the beginning of the second test session, the Risi-Krohn Ferrari also had a spin, impacting the wall at the Ford Chicane, leading to driver Tracy Krohn being briefly hospitalized.^[19] Less than an hour later, Marc Gené in the #7 Peugeot spun in the Karting 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 chassis.^[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 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 laps to prepare themselves for the circuit; three laps required in the first session, and another three laps in the night session. The best lap time from all four combined determined the starting grid.

Following a wet test day, qualifying began under dry conditions. The Peugeot lapped under 3:20 min, lap times reminding of that of the Porsche 917 records set in 1971, when the track had almost no chicanes, and was 120m shorter. Stéphane Sarrazin on Peugeot Nr 8 grabbed pole-position in 3:18.513, shortly followed by Franck Montagny on Peugeot Nr 9 with 3:18.862.

The second day of qualifying will determine the final grid.

Class leaders and the fastest lap time in each class on each day are in bold. The fastest lap for each car is in gray.

Pos	No.	Team	Car	Class	Day 1 [22]	Day 2 [23]	Behind
1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	3:18.513	3:20.566	Leader
2	9	Peugeot Sport Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	3:18.682	3:24.966	+0.169
3	7	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	3:20.451	3:21.490	+1.938
4	2	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	3:24.105	3:23.847	+5.334
5	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	3:24.287	3:26.432	+5.774
6	10	Charouz Racing System	Lola B08/60-Aston Martin	LMP1	3:34.211	3:25.158	+6.645
7	1	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	3:27.580	3:25.289	+6.776
8	11	Dome Racing Team	Dome S102	LMP1	3:29.352	3:26.928	+8.415
9	16	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:28.533	3:32.407	+10.020
10	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd	LMP1	3:30.490	3:32.176	+11.977
11	17	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:30.618	3:30.905	+12.105
12	12	Charouz Racing System	Lola B07/17-Judd	LMP1	3:31.910	3:31.135	+12.622
13	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd	LMP1	3:31.243	3:33.139	+12.730
14	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	3:34.078	3:32.301	+13.788
15	21	Epsilon Euskadi	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	LMP1	3:41.526	3:32.939	+14.426
16	31	Team Essex	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	3:33.441	3:38.621	+14.928
17	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	LMP1	3:39.158	3:34.281	+15.768
18	18	Rollcentre Racing	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:35.450	3:35.020	+16.507
19	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	LMP2	3:35.344	3:44.555	+16.831
20	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Lola B08/80-Judd	LMP2	3:35.401	–	+16.888
21	14	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07-AIM	LMP1	3:35.994	3:39.638	+17.481
22	24	Terramos	Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd	LMP1	3:37.560	3:40.318	+19.047
23	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B06/10-AER	LMP1	3:38.024	3:43.492	+19.511
24	45	Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	LMP2	3:39.926	3:49.019	+21.413
25	25	Ray Mallock Ltd.	MG-Lola EX265	LMP2	3:44.188	3:40.027	+21.514
26	40	Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40-AER	LMP2	3:41.193	3:44.074	+22.680
27	4	Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:46.666	3:42.162	+23.649
28	35	Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	3:42.545	4:10.588	+24.032
29	41	Trading Performance	Zytek 07S/2	LMP2	3:46.773	3:43.148	+24.635
30	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	LMP2	3:47.935	3:46.631	+28.118
31	63	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	3:49.406	3:47.668	+29.155
32	23	Autocon Motorsports	Creation CA07-Judd	LMP1	3:56.108	3:47.695	+29.182
33	50	Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	GT1	3:50.920	3:47.761	+29.248
34	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Lola B05/40-Mazda MZR-R	LMP2	3:47.802	–	+29.289
35	64	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	3:50.766	3:48.539	+30.026
36	009	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	3:52.266	3:48.994	+30.481
37	007	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	3:52.527	3:49.060	+30.547
38	55	IPB Spartak Racing	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	GT1	3:52.175	3:53.000	+33.662
39	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	3:53.990	3:52.993	+34.480
40	59	Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	3:58.193	3:53.031	+34.518
41	22	Tōkai University YGK	Courage-Oreca LC70-YGK	LMP1	3:53.143	–	+34.630
42	53	Vitaphone Racing Team	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	3:57.371	3:53.475	+34.962
43	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	3:55.736	3:58.025	+37.223
44	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	4:00.793	3:58.152	+39.639
45	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	4:02.517	3:59.072	+40.559
46	96	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:01.293	3:59.820	+41.307
47	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	4:00.106	4:02.799	+41.593
48	90	Farnbacher Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:05.098	4:01.464	+42.951
49	82	Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:01.598	4:02.412	+43.085
50	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:02.080	4:03.109	+43.577
51	99	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:03.293	4:14.033	+44.780
52	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R-Audi	GT2	4:05.096	4:03.641	+45.138
53	78	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:05.660	4:03.810	+45.297
54	83	Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	4:07.978	4:04.515	+46.002
55	94	Speedy Racing Team	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R-Audi	GT2	4:11.564	4:08.284	+49.771

The race began at 3:00 pm local time (GMT+2). The three Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs led the field into the first chicane, but Allan McNish overtook the #7 Peugeot of Nicolas Minassian at the exit of the Dunlop Chicane. Minassian retook the position on the Mulsanne Straight, and the Peugeots maintained the top three positions at the end of the first lap. The Peugeots were running consistently 3 seconds a lap faster than McNish, and over 5 seconds faster than the other 2 Audis.

In the early hours, the Peugeot #8, Pole setter and only car to set a fast race lap under 3:20, by black flag^[24] had been ordered into the pits to repair the headlights. This car trailed the other Diesels by several laps. The GT2 class saw drama for the two Porsches which had been battling for the class lead, as #80 collided^[25] with the Pole setting Porsche #76. Only #77 could continue after lengthy repairs.

The situation after 12 hours^[26] was as follows: Peugeot #7 was leading, with the first five being within 2 laps, with Audi #2 in 2nd, followed by Peugeot #9, and the Audi #3 and #1. Due to the fast pace and close competition, and despite a 34-minute safety car period,^[25] the leaders had completed 200 laps after 12 hours, a pace that might have topped the laps and distances covered in 1971 and 1988 despite the track now having chicanes. In the LMP2 class, the leader was 10th overall, the two Porsches being within a lap, leading the next car by nine laps. In GT1, the leader was 15th overall, the Aston Martins and Corvettes racing head to head less than a minute apart, with six cars being within six laps. In the GT2 class, the leading Ferrari was 26th overall, with no less than five Ferraris battling for the class win which was to be expected after the two class leading Porsches had collided, and five other GT2 cars were already out.

The second half of the race was under wet conditions. Lap times of the whole field went above the 4:00 mark, with GT1 cars actually as fast as the leading diesels. The Audis were able to cope with the rain much better than the Peugeots. Kristensen was able to reel in Minassian at 8 seconds per lap. In a desperate attempt to adapt the Peugeots to the wet conditions all 3 cars were fitted with high-downforce nose and tail sections. At 5am the #2 Audi grabbed the lead and McNish was able to build the advantage to a full lap. The rain stopped and the #7 started to reel in the #2. With less than 2 hours to go the rain returned. Minassian decided to stick with slicks and as a result spun in front of the Lizard Porsche just before the Dunlop Esses. In the end, Audi and Kristensen won once again, with the highest placing Peugeot being in the same lap, but not in reach for overtaking. The six factory-entered diesels dominated the LMP1 class, having no major problems. The Porsche RS Spyders dominated the LMP2 class, posting faster lap times than several LMP1 cars.

In the GT1 class, Aston Martin Racing edged Corvette Racing for the win, placed 13th overall, both covering 344 laps with three more GT1 entrants chasing them. It was AMR's second win against stiff competition from Corvette in as many years. Of the five Ferraris which had led the GT2 class, three made it to the finish ahead of the remaining Porsches which had been lapping slightly faster.

Of the 35 cars still running after 24 hours, only one failed to cover 70% of the 381 laps of the winner. Despite the conditions, the distance record on the current track layout, 380 laps, set in 2006, was beaten by one lap by both the #2 Audi and the #7 Peugeot.

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars finishing the race but not completing 70% of the winner's distance or cars not finishing the race at the end of 24 hours (marked as DNF; regardless of distance) are listed as NC (Not Classified).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen	Audi R10 TDI	M	381
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené Jacques Villeneuve	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	381
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	9	Peugeot Sport Total	Franck Montagny Ricardo Zonta Christian Klien	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	379
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
4	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	M	374
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
5	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	368
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
6	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro	Audi R10 TDI	M	367
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
7	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Christophe Tinseau Benoît Tréluyer Harold Primat	Pescarolo 01	M	362
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8	LMP1	5	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Loïc Duval Laurent Groppi	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	357
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
9	LMP1	10	Charouz Racing System Aston Martin Racing	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60	M	354
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10	LMP2	34	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Peter van Merksteijn Jeroen Bleekemolen Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	354
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
11	LMP1	18	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Stéphan Grégoire Vanina Ickx	Pescarolo 01	D	352
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
12	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	D	347
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
13	GT1	009	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Antonio García Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	M	344
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
14	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	344
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
15	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	341
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
16	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Andrea Piccini Karl Wendlinger	Aston Martin DBR9	M	339
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Guillaume Moreau Jérôme Policand	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	335
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
18	LMP2	35	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye Cheng Congfu	Pescarolo 01	M	333
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
19	GT2	82	Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	326
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Guy Smith	Lola B05/40	D	325
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
21	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Laurent Pasquali Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	325
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
22	GT2	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti Fabio Babini	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	318
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23	GT2	90	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Lars-Erik Nielsen	Ferrari F430 GT2	D	317
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24	LMP1	14	Creation Autosportif	Stuart Hall Johnny Mowlem Marc Goossens	Creation CA07	D	316
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
25	GT2	99	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Alain Ferté Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	312
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
26	LMP1	4	Saulnier Racing	Jacques Nicolet Marc Faggionato Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	M	311
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
27	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Alex Davison Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	309
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut David Smet Patrick Bornhauser	Saleen S7-R	M	306
					Ford 7.0 L V8
29	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Michael Vergers Juan Barazi Stuart Moseley	Zytek 07S/2	M	304
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
30	GT1	59	Team Modena	Terry Borcheller Christian Fittipaldi Jos Menten	Aston Martin DBR9	M	302
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
31	LMP2	26	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Marc Rostan Gunnar Jeannette Ben Devlin	Radical SR9	D	297
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
32	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	289
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
33	LMP1	11	Dome Racing Team	Tatsuya Kataoka Yuji Tachikawa Daisuke Itō	Dome S102	M	272
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
34 NC	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Mike Hezemans Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	266
					Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
35 NC	LMP1	24	Terramos	Yojiro Terada Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	Courage LC70	M	224
					Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V8
36 DNF	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Rob Bell Tim Mullen Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GT2	D	289
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
37 DNF	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas	Pescarolo 01	M	238
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
38 DNF	LMP1	23	Autocon Motorsports Creation Autosportif	Bryan Willman Michael Lewis Chris McMurry	Creation CA07	D	224
					Judd GV5 5.0 L V10
39 DNF	LMP2	45	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Jonny Kane Joey Foster	Embassy WF01	M	213
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
40 DNF	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Steve Zacchia Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou	Lola B08/80	M	194
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
41 DNF	LMP1	20	Epsilon Euskadi	Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro Adrián Vallés	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	M	189
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
42 DNF	LMP1	22	Tōkai University YGK Power	Toshio Suzuki Haruki Kurosawa Masami Kageyama	Courage-Oreca LC70	Y	185
					YGK YR40T 4.0 L Turbo V8
43 DNF	LMP1	21	Epsilon Euskadi	Shinji Nakano Stefan Johansson Jean-Marc Gounon	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	M	158
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
44 DNF	LMP1	6	Team Oreca-Matmut	Marcel Fässler Olivier Panis Simon Pagenaud	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	147
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
45 DNF	LMP2	44	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda Allan Simonsen	Lola B05/40	D	147
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
46 DNF	LMP1	12	Charouz Racing System Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Jan Lammers	Lola B07/17	M	146
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
47 DNF	GT2	78	AF Corse	Thomas Biagi Toni Vilander Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	111
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
48 DNF	LMP2	25	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Andy Wallace Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265	M	100
					MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
49 DNF	LMP1	19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Bob Berridge Gareth Evans Amanda Stretton	Lola B06/10	D	87
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
50 DNF	GT1	53	Vitaphone Racing Team Strakka Racing	Peter Hardman Nick Leventis Alexandre Negrão	Aston Martin DBR9	M	82
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
51 DNF	GT2	94	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Chiesa Iradj Alexander Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	72
					Audi 4.0 L V8
52 DNF	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev Peter Dumbreck	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	43
					Audi 4.0 L V8
53 DNF	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	26
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
54 DNF	LMP2	41	Trading Performance	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe	Zytek 07S/2	M	22
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
55 DNF	GT2	83	Risi Competizione Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Eric van de Poele	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	12
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8

• Fastest Lap – #8 Peugeot 908 HDI (Stéphane Sarrazin) – 3:19.394
• Average Speed – #2 Audi R10 TDI – 216.3 km/h
• Fastest Trap Speed – #8 Peugeot 908 HDI-FAP – 350 km/h*

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