2008 American Le Mans Series season

2008 American Le Mans Series season
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The 2008 American Le Mans Series season was the tenth season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It was a series comprised of Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Tourer (GT) race cars divided into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 15, 2008 and ended October 18, 2008 after eleven races.

The Audi Sport North America team wrapped up its title defence of LMP1 class Teams Championship with three races in hand after the Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio in August. Drivers Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr also secured the Drivers Championship after the Detroit Sports Car Challenge. It was a record fifth ALMS drivers title for Luhr and a fourth for Werner. The Petit Le Mans saw the drivers title for GT1 decided with Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell taking the title while Jörg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler likewise secured the GT2 drivers championship. It was O'Connell's fourth GT1 title and Bergmeisters third GT2 title.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Season results 3 Teams championships 3.1 LMP1 standings 3.2 LMP2 standings 3.3 GT1 standings 3.4 GT2 standings 4 Drivers championship 4.1 LMP1 standings 4.2 LMP2 standings 4.3 GT1 standings 4.4 GT2 standings 5 Partial season entries 6 Green Challenge 7 References 8 External links

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	March 15
2	Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg	1 Hour 55 Minutes	Streets of St. Petersburg	April 5
3	Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach	1 Hour 40 Minutes	Long Beach street circuit	April 19
4	Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Miller Motorsports Park	May 18
5	Northeast Grand Prix	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Lime Rock Park	July 12
6	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mid-Ohio	July 19
7	Generac 500 at Road America	4 Hours	Road America	August 9
8	Grand Prix of Mosport	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mosport International Raceway	August 24
9	Detroit Sports Car Challenge	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Belle Isle street circuit	August 30
10	Petit Le Mans	1000 miles or 10 Hours	Road Atlanta	October 4
11	Monterey Sports Car Championships	4 Hours	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	October 18

The Lone Star Grand Prix was originally scheduled to take place on April 26. However, following the merger of the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League, the Champ Car Grand Prix of Houston event was initially cancelled. The American Le Mans Series race, as well as the support races, were later cancelled on March 3.^[1]

Season results

Overall winner 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	Sebring	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
		Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Emmanuel Collard	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler Marc Lieb
2	St. Petersburg	#2 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#71 Tafel Racing	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller
3	Long Beach	#2 Audi Sport North America	#9 Highcroft Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#71 Tafel Racing	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller
4	Miller	#2 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler
5	Lime Rock	#2 Audi Sport North America	#9 Highcroft Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler
6	Mid-Ohio	#2 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#71 Tafel Racing	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller
7	Road America	#2 Audi Sport North America	#9 Highcroft Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#87 Farnbacher-Loles	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Dirk Werner Richard Westbrook Bryce Miller
8	Mosport	#2 Audi Sport North America	#9 Highcroft Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Jaime Melo Mika Salo
9	Belle Isle	#37 Intersport Racing	#26 Andretti Green Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
		John Field Clint Field Richard Berry	Franck Montagny James Rossiter	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler
10	Road Atlanta	#1 Audi Sport North America	#5 Penske Motorsports	#3 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
		Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Emanuele Pirro	Ryan Briscoe Hélio Castroneves	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows	Jaime Melo Mika Salo
11	Laguna Seca	#2 Audi Sport North America	#26 Andretti Green Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#71 Tafel Racing	Results
		Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Franck Montagny Tony Kanaan	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Dominik Farnbacher Dirk Müller

Teams championships

For races under three hours, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:

• 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

For races between four hours and eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:

• 25-21-18-15-13-11-9-8-7-6

For races longer than eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:

• 30-26-23-20-18-16-14-13-12-11

Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Unlike the Le Mans Series where teams with multiple entries have each entry number scored separately to the championship, teams with multiple entries only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP1 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Total
1	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	30	20	20	20	20	20	25	20		30	25	230
2	Intersport Racing	Lola B06/10 Lola B06/10 Lola B07/17	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 AER P32C 3.6 L Turbo V8 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	23		10	16	16	13	18		20		13	129
3	Peugeot Sport Total	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	20									26		46
4	Autocon Motorsports	Creation CA07 Lola B06/10	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8	18		13			10						41
5	Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek 07S	Zytek 4.5 L V8										20		20
6	Corsa Motorsports	Zytek 07S	Zytek 2ZG408 4.0 L V8 Zytek 4.5 L V8											18	18
7	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10											15	15

LMP2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Total
1	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	30	20	16	20	16	20	21	13	10	26	18	210
2	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	20	16	20	2	20	16	25	20	16		7	162
3	Dyson Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	26	10	8	10	6	8	18	4	6	20	13	129
4	Andretti Green Racing	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8	16	8	10	4	8	4	9	10	20	14	25	128
5	Lowe's Fernandez Racing	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8		4	6	8	10	13	7	16	2	13	9	88
6	de Ferran Motorsport	Acura ARX-01B	Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8				13	4		8	8	13	18	21	85
7	Penske Motorsports, Inc.	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8										30	15	45
8	B-K Motorsport	Lola B07/46 Lola B08/86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4		6	3	3		3	13	2	4		6	40
9	Horag Lista Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	18											18
10	Van der Steur Racing	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		3										3

GT1 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Total
1	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	30	20	20	20	20	20	25	20	20	30	25	250
2	Bell Motorsports	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	23						21	13	13			70

GT2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Total
1	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	30	16	16	20	20	16	21	13	20	26	13	211
2	Tafel Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	20	20	20	13	10	20	18	10	6	23	25	195
3	Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	23	8	6	4	13	8	13	20	13	30	21	159
4	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		13	8		16	10	25	16			18	106
5	Flying Lizard Motorsports 44	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	26	4	4	8			9	4	10	16	11	92
6	Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8		6		10	8	4		8	1		15	52
7	VICI Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	16		3	2		2	8			11		42
8	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8										18	9	27
9	Drayson-Barwell	Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8						1		3		12	8	24
10=	Corsa Motorsports	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		10	10	3								23
10=	Primetime Race Group	Dodge Viper Comp. Coupe	Dodge 8.3 L V10	18							1	4			23
12	Black Swan Racing	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	Ford 5.0 L V8					3		6				7	16
13	LG Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette C6	Chevrolet 6.3 L V8		3	1	6								10
14	Robertson Racing	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	Ford 5.0 L V8									3			3

Drivers championship

For races under three hours, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:

• 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

For races between four hours and eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:

• 25-21-18-15-13-11-9-8-7-6

For races longer than eight hours, points are awarded in the following order:

• 30-26-23-20-18-16-14-13-12-11

Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points, with the exception of the Long Beach round where drivers need only 30 minutes minimum.

LMP1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1=	Marco Werner	Audi Sport North America	26	20	20	20	20	20	25	20		23	25	219
1=	Lucas Luhr	Audi Sport North America	26	20	20	20	20	20	25	20		23	25	219
3	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport North America		16	16	10†	13	16	21	16		30	21	159
4	Jon Field	Intersport Racing	23		10	16	16		18		20		13	116
5	Richard Berry	Intersport Racing	23			16	16		18		20		13	106
6	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport North America	30				13	16		16		30		105
7	Clint Field	Intersport Racing	23		10	16	16		18		20			103
8	Allan McNish	Audi Sport North America	30									30		60
9=	Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot Sport Total	20									26		46
9=	Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot Sport Total	20									26		46
11	Frank Biela	Audi Sport North America		16	16	10†								42
12	Chris McMurry	Autocon Motorsports	18		13			10						41
13	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport North America	30											30
14=	Bryan Willman	Autocon Motorsports	18					10						28
14=	John Faulkner	Intersport Racing						13	15					28
14=	Ryan Lewis	Intersport Racing						13	15					28
17=	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport North America	26											26
17=	Christian Klien