2008 Grand Prix of Mosport
The Mobil 1 Presents Grand Prix of Mosport was the eighth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada on August 24, 2008.[1] Temperatures had reached a maximum of 27.1 °C (80.8 °F); with wind speeds of up to 9.9 kilometres per hour (6.2 mph) not unheard of throughout the day.[2]
Race results[]
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[3]
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tire | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine | |||||||
1 | LMP1 | 2 | Audi Sport North America | Marco Werner Lucas Luhr |
Audi R10 TDI | M | 127 |
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
2 | LMP1 | 1 | Audi Sport North America | Emanuele Pirro Rinaldo Capello |
Audi R10 TDI | M | 127 |
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | |||||||
3 | LMP2 | 9 | Patrón Highcroft Racing | Scott Sharp David Brabham |
Acura ARX-01B | M | 127 |
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
4 | LMP2 | 15 | Lowe's Fernández Racing | Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz |
Acura ARX-01B | M | 127 |
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
5 | LMP2 | 6 | Penske Racing | Patrick Long Sascha Maassen |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | M | 127 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
6 | LMP2 | 26 | Andretti Green Racing | Franck Montagny James Rossiter |
Acura ARX-01B | M | 127 |
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
7 DNF |
LMP2 | 66 | de Ferran Motorsports | Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud |
Acura ARX-01B | M | 126 |
Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
8 DNF |
LMP2 | 7 | Penske Racing | Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | M | 126 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
9 | LMP2 | 16 | Dyson Racing | Chris Dyson Guy Smith |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | M | 125 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
10 | LMP2 | 20 | Dyson Racing | Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | M | 125 |
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
11 | LMP2 | 8 | B-K Motorsports | Gerardo Bonilla Ben Devlin |
Lola B07/46 | D | 121 |
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (E85 ethanol) | |||||||
12 | GT1 | 3 | Corvette Racing | Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 117 |
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol) | |||||||
13 | GT1 | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 117 |
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 (E85 ethanol) | |||||||
14 | GT1 | 008 | Bell Motorsports | Terry Borcheller Chapman Ducote |
Aston Martin DBR9 | D | 115 |
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | |||||||
15 | GT2 | 62 | Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo Mika Salo |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 113 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
16 | GT2 | 87 | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports | Pierre Kaffer Dirk Werner |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 113 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
17 | GT2 | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 113 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
18† | GT2 | 71 | Tafel Racing | Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 113 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
19 | GT2 | 21 | Panoz Team PTG | Tommy Milner Tom Sutherland Bryan Sellers |
Panoz Esperante GT-LM | D | 112 |
Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
20 | GT2 | 73 | Tafel Racing | Jim Tafel Alex Figge |
Ferrari F430GT | M | 111 |
Ferrari 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
21 | GT2 | 44 | Flying Lizard Motorsports 44 | Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 111 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
22 | GT2 | 007 | Drayson-Barwell | Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker |
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | D | 109 |
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 (E85 ethanol) | |||||||
23 | GT2 | 46 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Pilet |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 105 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
24 | GT2 | 11 | Primetime Race Group | Joel Feinberg Chris Hall |
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe | H | 105 |
Dodge 8.3 L V10 | |||||||
25 DNF |
LMP1 | 37 | Intersport Racing | Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry |
Lola B06/10 | D | 86 |
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 (E85 ethanol) | |||||||
26 DNF |
LMP1 | 30 | Intersport Racing | Ryan Lewis John Faulkner |
Lola B06/10 | K | 64 |
AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
27 DNF |
LMP1 | 12 | Autocon Motorsports | Chris McMurry Tony Burgess |
Creation CA07 | D | 42 |
Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 | |||||||
28 DNF |
GT2 | 18 | VICI Racing | Nicky Pastorelli Francesco Pastorelli Marc Basseng |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | K | 29 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
DNS | GT2 | 40 | Robertson Racing | David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry |
Ford GT-R Mk.VII | D | - |
Ford 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
ALMS FINAL RACE REPORT[4] |
† - The #71 Tafel Racing entry was penalized after the race for making repeated contact with the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports entry. 30 seconds was added to the #71's time, losing it one position in the final standings.[5]
Statistics[]
- Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:04.094[6]
- Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:05.823[3]
References[]
- ^ American Le Mans Series 2008 Season Yearbook. Odessa, Florida: TPP Publishing Inc. 2009. pp. 105–114. ISBN 978-0-9815390-1-0.
- ^ Weather information for the 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ^ a b "ALMS Provisional Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Tafel Racing finally classified 4th at Mosport". Planet Le Mans. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
- ^ "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2008 American Le Mans Series
- Grand Prix of Mosport
- 2008 in Canadian motorsport
- 2008 in Ontario