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2008 Le Mans Series Official Thread
Entering its fifth season, the Le Mans Series is rapidly growing in appeal and prestige and will for the first time see two major manufacturers go head to head. As the name suggests, the Series is a spin off of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and offers competitors the chance to win an automatic entry for the following year's 24 Hour race. In 2008 the Le Mans Series consists of one official test day and five 1000 km races throughout Europe.
The dates: Paul Ricard Test, March 2-3 Barcelona 1000 km, April 4-6 Monza 1000 km, April 25-27 Spa 1000 km, May 9-11 Nurburgring 1000 km, August 15-17 Silverstone 1000 km, September 12-14 Official site:: Le Mans Series
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02-27-2008, 01:58 AM
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For the second year running the Le Mans Series was oversubscribed and the organizers have selected 50 full season entrants. Missing from the list is Giovanni Lavaggi's team, but it has already been announced that he will be invited to at least two rounds of the season with his now AER engined machine.
LMP1 1 AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST M Audi R10 TDI Rinaldo Capello (ITA) Allan McNish (SCO) - 2 AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST M Audi R10 TDI Mike Rockenfeller (GER) Alexandre Prémat (FRA) - 4 SAULNIER RACING M Pescarolo 05 - Judd Jacques Nicolet (FRA) Marc Faggionato (MON) Richard Hein (MON) 5 TEAM ORECA-MATMUT M Courage-Oreca LC70 - Judd Stéphane Ortelli (MON) Soheil Ayari (FRA) - 6 TEAM ORECA-MATMUT M Courage-ORECA LC70 - Judd Olivier Panis (FRA) Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) - 7 TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - - - 8 TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP - - - 10 CHAROUZ RACING SYSTEM M Lola B08/60 - Aston Martin Jan Charouz (CZE) Stefan Mücke (GER) - 14 CREATION AUTOSPORTIF D Creation CA07 - AIM Jamie Campbell-Walter (GBR) Felipe Ortiz (SUI) - 15 CREATION AUTOSPORTIF D Creation CA07 - AIM Stuart Hall (GBR) Simon Pagenaud (FRA) - 16 PESCAROLO SPORT M Pescarolo 01 - Judd Manu Collard (FRA) Jean-Christophe Boullion (FRA) - 17 PESCAROLO SPORT M Pescarolo 07 - Judd Harold Primat (SUI) Christophe Tinseau (FRA) - 18 ROLLCENTRE RACING WITHDEUTSCHE BANK X-MARKETS D Pescarolo - Judd Joao Barbosa (POR) Martin Short (GBR) 19 CHAMBERLAIN SYNERGY MOTORSPORT M Lola B06/10 - AER Gareth Evans (GBR) Bob Berridge (GBR) - 20 EPSILON EUSKADI M Epsilon Euskadi - - - 21 EPSILON EUSKADI M Epsilon Euskadi - - - LMP2: 25 RML M MG Lola EX 265 Thomas Erdos (BRA) Mike Newton (GBR) - 26 TEAM BRUICHLADDICH RADICAL D Radical SR9 - AER Jacob Greaves (GBR) Stuart Moseley (GBR) - 27 HORAG RACING M Porsche RS Spyder Fredy Lienhard (SUI) Didier Theys (BEL) Jan Lammers (HOL) 30 RACING BOX D Lucchini - Judd Marco Didaio (ITA) Filippo Francioni (ITA) - 31 TEAM ESSEX D Porsche RS Spyder John Nielsen (DEN) Casper Elgaard (DEN) - 32 BARAZI - EPSILON M Zytek 07S - Zytek Juan Barazi (DEN) Michael Vergers (HOL) - 33 SPEEDY RACING TEAM SEBAH M Lola B08/80 - Judd Xavier Pompidou (FRA) Steve Zacchia (SUI) Andrea Belicchi (ITA) 34 VAN MERKSTEIJN MOTORSPORT M Porsche RS Spyder Peter van Merksteijn (HOL) Jos Verstappen (HOL) Jeroen Bleekemolen (HOL) 37 WR - SALINI WR - Zytek Stéphane Salini (FRA) Philippe Salini (FRA) Patrice Roussel (FR) 35 SAULNIER RACING M Pescarolo 06 - Judd Pierre Ragues (FRA) - - 40 QUIFEL - ASM TEAM D Lola B05/40 - AER Miguel Amaral (POR) Olivier Pla (FRA) - 41 TRADING PERFORMANCE M Zytek 07S Karim Ojjeh (KSA) Claude-Yves Gosselin (FRA) Julien Schroyen (BEL) 44 KRUSE SCHILLER MOTORSPORT D Lola - Mazda Jean de Pourtalès (FRA) Alex Muller (GER) Hideki Noda (JPN) 45 EMBASSY RACING M WF01 - Zytek Jonny Kane (GBR) Warren Hughes (GBR) - 46 EMBASSY RACING M WF01 - Zytek Mario Haberfield (BRA) Joey Foster (GBR) - GT1: 50 LARBRE COMPETITION M Saleen S7R - Ford Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA) Dino Lunardi (FRA) David Halliday (FRA) 55 IPB SPARTAK RACING M Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT Roman Rusinov (RUS) Peter Kox (HOL) 59 TEAM MODENA M Aston Martin DBR9 Antonio Garcia (ESP) Tomas Enge (CZE) 72 LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES M Corvette C6.R-003 Luc Alphand (FRA) Guillaume Moreau (FRA) 73 LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES M Corvette C6.R-004 Sébastien Dumez (FRA) Jean-Luc Blanchemain (FRA) Roland Berville (FRA) GT2: 75 IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT M Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Richard Balandras (FRA) Michel Lecourt (FRA) Jean-Philippe Belloc (FRA) 76 IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT M Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Raymond Narac (FRA) Richard Lietz (AUT) 77 TEAM FELBERMAYR PROTON M Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Marc Lieb (GER) Alex Davison (AUS) 85 SPYKER SQUADRON ?? Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R Tom Coronel (GER) Peter Dumbrek (SCO) 86 SPYKER SQUADRON ?? Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R Ralf Kelleners (GER) Alexei Vassiliev (RUS) 88 TEAM FELBERMAYR PROTON M Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Horst Felbermayr Jr (AUT) Christian Ried (GER) 90 FARNBACHER RACING M Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Lars Erik Nielsen (DEN) Allan Simonsen (AUS) Richard Westbrook (GBR) 91 FARNBACHER RACING M Ferrari F430 GT Pierre Ehret (GER) Pierre Kaffer (GER) Anthony Beltoise (FRA) 93 JAMES WATT AUTOMOTIVE ?? Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Joël Camathias (SUI) Tim Sugden (GBR) Paul Daniels (GBR) 94 SPEEDY RACING TEAM ?? Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R Andrea Chiesa (SUI) Philippe Camandona (SUI) Benjamin Leuenberger (SUI) 95 JAMES WATT AUTOMOTIVE ?? Aston Martin Vantage V8 TBA TBA 96 VIRGO MOTORSPORT D Ferrari F430 GT Robert Bell (GBR) Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) 98 JMB ?? Ferrari F430 GT TBA TBA 99 JMB ?? Ferrari F430 GT Stéphane Daoudi (FRA) Ben Aucott (GBR)
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If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth. (Ted Joans) Last edited by Wouter Melissen; 02-27-2008 at 02:10 AM.
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02-27-2008, 05:01 AM
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How fast are these cars compared to F1?
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02-27-2008, 05:07 AM
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At Monza Alonso set a pole time of 1:21.356 and Minassian in the Peugeot 1:34.503. At Spa the Peugeot set a pole time of 2.00.105 and the Ferrari 1:45.070. So they are quite a bit quicker, which is not surprising as the Formula 1 cars have more power and are about 300 kg lighter. Also the tires of these cars are designed to last at least one hour and at Le Mans the Audis got away with triple stinting their tires.
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02-28-2008, 03:58 AM
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Cool, thanks. They're not so shabby, though.
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02-29-2008, 12:07 PM
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Posted a thread for the Paul Ricard Test.
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03-17-2008, 02:30 PM
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One Spyker is out, replaced by the Lavaggi, which was one of the most notable absentees on the original list.
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If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth. (Ted Joans)
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03-18-2008, 12:52 AM
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Quote:
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03-18-2008, 12:55 AM
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Quote:
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If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth. (Ted Joans)
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03-18-2008, 01:00 AM
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Quote:
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"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
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03-26-2008, 06:16 AM
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The P2 Lola B08/80 Coupe during testing at Magny Cours:
YouTube - Speedy Racing -Team Sebah Lola B08/80 Coupe LMP2
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05-06-2008, 02:10 PM
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Classic 1,000 km of Spa on May 11th
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/featu...ns-Series.html Site officiel du circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1,000 km of Spa
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05-07-2008, 07:23 PM
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Motors TV will likely upload videos from the race
YouTube - motorstelevision's Channel
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05-08-2008, 12:45 PM
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Pescarolo preview
Motorsport.com: News channel Harold Primat preview 3rd place finish for co-driver Christophe Tinseau at Monza (new aero for # 17 Pescarolo 01 Judd) Harold Primat News Story - Harold Primat: Le Mans Series, Spa 1000kms preview Audi preview Motorsport.com: News channel Peugeot preview (Alexander Wurz and Jacques Villeneuve in third 908) Motorsport.com: News channel Team Oreca Matmut preview new parts for Spa Le Mans Series  Michelin preview Planetlemans.com | Michelin looking for a hat-trick at Spa Charouz Racing System preview http://www.jan-charouz.com/EN/latest...p1_to_spa.html
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