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 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Audi R10 TDI 195 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP1 10 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Lola B08/60 193 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 3 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Sport Romain Dumas Jean-Christophe Boullion Pescarolo 01 191 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 4 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI 191 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 5 LMP2 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Equipe Verschuur Peter Van Merksteijn Jos Verstappen Porsche RS Spyder Evo 191 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 6 LMP1 15 Creation AIM Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall Creation CA07 191 AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 7 LMP1 17 Pescarolo Sport Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau Pescarolo 01 190 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 8 LMP1 5 Team Oreca-Matmut Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli Courage-Oreca LC70 189 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 9 LMP2 27 Horag Racing Fredy Lienhard Didier Theys Jan Lammers Porsche RS Spyder Evo 187 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 10 LMP2 40 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Lola B05/40 185 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 11 LMP2 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Mike Newton Thomas Erdos MG-Lola EX265C 184 MG (AER) XP21 2.0 L Turbo I4 12 LMP2 31 Team Essex Casper Elgaard John Nielsen Porsche RS Spyder Evo 184 Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 13 LMP2 45 Embassy Racing Jonny Kane Warren Hughes Embassy WF01 184 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 14 LMP1 18 Rollcentre Racing João Barbosa Vanina Ickx Charlie Hollings Pescarolo 01 183 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 15 LMP2 41 Trading Performance Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Adam Sharpe Zytek 07S/2 183 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 16 LMP1 4 Saulnier Racing Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein Pescarolo 01 183 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 17 LMP1 6 Team Oreca-Matmut Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Courage-Oreca LC70 183 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 18 LMP2 44 Kruse Schiller Motorsport Jean de Pourtalès Hideki Noda Lola B05/40 182 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 LMP1 8 Team Peugeot Total Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 182 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 20 GT1 59 Team Modena Tomáš Enge Antonio García Aston Martin DBR9 178 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 21 GT1 55 IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering Peter Kox Roman Rusinov Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT 177 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 22 GT1 72 Luc Alphand Aventures Guillaume Moreau Patrice Goueslard Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 174 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0 L V8 23 LMP2 35 Saulnier Racing Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye Pescarolo 01 174 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 24 GT1 61 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Peter Hardman Darren Turner Aston Martin DBR9 173 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 25 LMP1 21 Epsilon Euskadi Adrián Vallés Shinji Nakano Epsilon Euskadi ee1 172 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 26 GT2 96 Virgo Motorsport Rob Bell Jaime Melo Ferrari F430GT 172 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 27 GT2 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb Alex Davison Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 171 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GT2 90 Farnbacher Racing Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer Anthony Beltoise Ferrari F430GT 169 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 29 GT2 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron Tom Coronel Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R 168 Audi 4.0 L V8 30 GT2 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 162 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 31 GT2 98 JMB Racing Maurice Basso Peter Kutemann Julien Gilbert Ferrari F430GT 160 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 32 LMP2 26 Team Bruichladdich Radical Jens Petersen Jan-Dirk Lueders Marc Rostan Radical SR9 160 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 33 GT2 93 James Watt Automotive Alan van der Merwe Tim Sugden Michael Outzen Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 159 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 34 GT2 94 Speedy Racing Team Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R 158 Audi 4.0 L V8 35 LMP2 46 Embassy Racing Darren Manning Joey Foster Embassy WF01 156 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 36 GT2 99 JMB Racing Aucott Racing Ben Aucott Stéphane Daoudi Ferrari F430GT 145 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 37DNF LMP2 32 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Fernando Rees Zytek 07S/2 162 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 38DNF GT2 75 IMSA Performance Matmut Richard Balandras Michel Lecourt Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 91 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 39DNF LMP1 14 Creation AIM Ryan Lewis Stephen Simpson Creation CA07 89 AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 40DNF LMP2 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia Lola B08/80 75 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 41DNF LMP1 20 Epsilon Euskadi Ángel Burgueño Miguel Ángel de Castro Epsilon Euskadi ee1 59 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 42DNF GT2 95 James Watt Automotive Peter Bamford Paul Daniels Matt Griffin Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 55 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 43DNF GT2 91 Farnbacher Racing Lars-Erik Nielsen Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 51 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 44DNF LMP1 7 Team Peugeot Total Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 45 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 45DNF GT2 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 38 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 46DNF LMP2 37 WR Salini Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Tristan Gommendy WR LMP2008 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 -

References

External links

Le Mans Series - Silverstone