2008 1000 km of Silverstone

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Map of the Silverstone Circuit (2004–2009)

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Rinaldo Capello driving the race winning Audi R10 TDI, still showing damage from an earlier accident with the #8 Peugeot

The 2008 Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone was the fifth and final race of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain, on 14 September 2008. The race was attended by a record crowd of 53,000 spectators.

Although Audi scored their first and only win of the season, an accident involving the then championship-leading Peugeots allowed Audi to win the Teams, Constructors, and Drivers Championships in the LMP1 category. Luc Alphand's team won the GT1 championship by merely finishing the event, and Virgo Motorsports and driver Rob Bell secured their second consecutive GT2 championship with a class victory.

This was the first time in Le Mans Series history that none of the Peugeot 908s finished in the podium spots as well as in the top eight points positions (#8 finished 19th overall and 11th in LMP1; #7 did not finish at 44th overall and 15th (last) in class), which helped Audi to take the championship. The only other time that the Peugeot 908 did not finish in the podium was in the 12 Hours of Sebring earlier this year, when the lone 908 finished 11th overall and almost finished in the podium at 4th behind the two Audis and an Intersport Lola-AER.

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	1	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest	Template:Flagicon Allan McNish Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Audi R10 TDI	M	195
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	10	Template:Flagicon Charouz Racing System	Template:Flagicon Jan Charouz Template:Flagicon Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60	M	193
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
3	LMP1	16	Template:Flagicon Pescarolo Sport	Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas Template:Flagicon Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01	M	191
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
4	LMP1	2	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R10 TDI	M	191
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
5	LMP2	34	Template:Flagicon Van Merksteijn Motorsport Template:Flagicon Equipe Verschuur	Template:Flagicon Peter Van Merksteijn Template:Flagicon Jos Verstappen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	191
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
6	LMP1	15	Template:Flagicon Creation AIM	Template:Flagicon Jamie Campbell-Walter Template:Flagicon Stuart Hall	Creation CA07	D	191
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
7	LMP1	17	Template:Flagicon Pescarolo Sport	Template:Flagicon Harold Primat Template:Flagicon Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01	M	190
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8	LMP1	5	Template:Flagicon Team Oreca-Matmut	Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari Template:Flagicon Stéphane Ortelli	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	189
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
9	LMP2	27	Template:Flagicon Horag Racing	Template:Flagicon Fredy Lienhard Template:Flagicon Didier Theys Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	187
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
10	LMP2	40	Template:Flagicon Quifel ASM Team	Template:Flagicon Miguel Amaral Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla	Lola B05/40	D	185
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
11	LMP2	25	Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Mike Newton Template:Flagicon Thomas Erdos	MG-Lola EX265C	M	184
					MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4
12	LMP2	31	Template:Flagicon Team Essex	Template:Flagicon Casper Elgaard Template:Flagicon John Nielsen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	D	184
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
13	LMP2	45	Template:Flagicon Embassy Racing	Template:Flagicon Jonny Kane Template:Flagicon Warren Hughes	Embassy WF01	M	184
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
14	LMP1	18	Template:Flagicon Rollcentre Racing	Template:Flagicon João Barbosa Template:Flagicon Vanina Ickx Template:Flagicon Charlie Hollings	Pescarolo 01	D	183
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
15	LMP2	41	Template:Flagicon Trading Performance	Template:Flagicon Karim Ojjeh Template:Flagicon Claude-Yves Gosselin Template:Flagicon Adam Sharpe	Zytek 07S/2	M	183
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
16	LMP1	4	Template:Flagicon Saulnier Racing	Template:Flagicon Jacques Nicolet Template:Flagicon Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	M	183
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
17	LMP1	6	Template:Flagicon Team Oreca-Matmut	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70	M	183
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
18	LMP2	44	Template:Flagicon Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jean de Pourtalès Template:Flagicon Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40	D	182
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
19	LMP1	8	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	182
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
20	GT1	59	Template:Flagicon Team Modena	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Enge Template:Flagicon Antonio García	Aston Martin DBR9	M	178
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
21	GT1	55	Template:Flagicon IPB Spartak Racing Template:Flagicon Reiter Engineering	Template:Flagicon Peter Kox Template:Flagicon Roman Rusinov	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	177
					Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
22	GT1	72	Template:Flagicon Luc Alphand Aventures	Template:Flagicon Guillaume Moreau Template:Flagicon Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	174
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8
23	LMP2	35	Template:Flagicon Saulnier Racing	Template:Flagicon Pierre Ragues Template:Flagicon Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01	M	174
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
24	GT1	61	Template:Flagicon Strakka Racing	Template:Flagicon Nick Leventis Template:Flagicon Peter Hardman Template:Flagicon Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	D	173
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
25	LMP1	21	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi	Template:Flagicon Adrián Vallés Template:Flagicon Shinji Nakano	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	M	172
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
26	GT2	96	Template:Flagicon Virgo Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Rob Bell Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430GT	D	172
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27	GT2	77	Template:Flagicon Team Felbermayr-Proton	Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb Template:Flagicon Alex Davison	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	171
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	GT2	90	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher Racing	Template:Flagicon Pierre Ehret Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer Template:Flagicon Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430GT	M	169
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
29	GT2	85	Template:Flagicon Snoras Spyker Squadron	Template:Flagicon Tom Coronel Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners Template:Flagicon Alexey Vasilyev	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	168
					Audi 4.0 L V8
30	GT2	88	Template:Flagicon Team Felbermayr-Proton	Template:Flagicon Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Template:Flagicon Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Template:Flagicon Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	162
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31	GT2	98	Template:Flagicon JMB Racing	Template:Flagicon Maurice Basso Template:Flagicon Peter Kutemann Template:Flagicon Julien Gilbert	Ferrari F430GT	M	160
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
32	LMP2	26	Template:Flagicon Team Bruichladdich Radical	Template:Flagicon Jens Petersen Template:Flagicon Jan-Dirk Lueders Template:Flagicon Marc Rostan	Radical SR9	D	160
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
33	GT2	93	Template:Flagicon James Watt Automotive	Template:Flagicon Alan van der Merwe Template:Flagicon Tim Sugden Template:Flagicon Michael Outzen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	159
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
34	GT2	94	Template:Flagicon Speedy Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Andrea Chiesa Template:Flagicon Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	158
					Audi 4.0 L V8
35	LMP2	46	Template:Flagicon Embassy Racing	Template:Flagicon Darren Manning Template:Flagicon Joey Foster	Embassy WF01	M	156
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
36	GT2	99	Template:Flagicon JMB Racing Template:Flagicon Aucott Racing	Template:Flagicon Ben Aucott Template:Flagicon Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430GT	M	145
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
37 DNF	LMP2	32	Template:Flagicon Barazi-Epsilon	Template:Flagicon Juan Barazi Template:Flagicon Michael Vergers Template:Flagicon Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S/2	M	162
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
38 DNF	GT2	75	Template:Flagicon IMSA Performance Matmut	Template:Flagicon Richard Balandras Template:Flagicon Michel Lecourt	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	91
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39 DNF	LMP1	14	Template:Flagicon Creation AIM	Template:Flagicon Ryan Lewis Template:Flagicon Stephen Simpson	Creation CA07	D	89
					AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10
40 DNF	LMP2	33	Template:Flagicon Speedy Racing Team Template:Flagicon Sebah Automotive	Template:Flagicon Andrea Belicchi Template:Flagicon Xavier Pompidou Template:Flagicon Steve Zacchia	Lola B08/80	M	75
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
41 DNF	LMP1	20	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi	Template:Flagicon Ángel Burgueño Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel de Castro	Epsilon Euskadi ee1	M	59
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
42 DNF	GT2	95	Template:Flagicon James Watt Automotive	Template:Flagicon Peter Bamford Template:Flagicon Paul Daniels Template:Flagicon Matt Griffin	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	D	55
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
43 DNF	GT2	91	Template:Flagicon Farnbacher Racing	Template:Flagicon Lars-Erik Nielsen Template:Flagicon Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	51
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
44 DNF	LMP1	7	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian Template:Flagicon Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	45
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
45 DNF	GT2	76	Template:Flagicon IMSA Performance Matmut	Template:Flagicon Raymond Narac Template:Flagicon Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	38
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
46 DNF	LMP2	37	Template:Flagicon WR Salini	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Salini Template:Flagicon Philippe Salini Template:Flagicon Tristan Gommendy	WR LMP2008	D	3
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:30.359
• Fastest Lap - #8 Team Peugeot Total - 1:31.166
• Average Speed -

External links

• Le Mans Series - Silverstone