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The2008 Total 24 Hours of Spawas the2008 FIA GT Championship seasonIs the final race before the summer break It took place atCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps,Belgium,on 2 – 3 August 2008.

Layout of theCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Half-point Leaders

In theFIA GT Championship(using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top eight teams at the six-hour mark as well as the midway point of the race are awarded points towards the championship. Points for the top eight go in the order of 5 – 4 – 3 – 2.5 – 2 – 1.5 – 1 – 0.5.

6 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	147
2	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	147
3	10	Gigawave Motorsport	147
4	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	147
5	33	Jetalliance Racing	146
6	8	IPB Spartak Racing	145
7	15	JMB Racing	142
8	4	Peka Racing	142

6 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	141
2	50	AF Corse	141
3	61	Prospeed Competition	140
4	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	140
5	56	CR Scuderia Racing	140
6	60	Prospeed Competition	140
7	51	AF Corse	140
8	62	Scuderia Ecosse	140

12 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	283
2	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	282
3	10	Gigawave Motorsport	280
4	8	IPB Spartak Racing	278
5	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	277
6	15	JMB Racing	273
7	4	Peka Racing	255
8	None Running

12 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	272
2	61	Prospeed Competition	271
3	50	AF Corse	269
4	55	CR Scuderia Racing	266
5	57	Kessel Racing	264
6	62	Scuderia Ecosse	259
7	59	Trackspeed Racing	258
8	75	Juniper Racing	257

Race results

Class winners inbold.Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini Eric van de Poele Stéphane Sarrazin	Maserati MC12GT1	M	577
					Maserati6.0 L V12
2	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alexandre Negrão Stéphane Lémeret Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati MC12GT1	M	575
					Maserati6.0 L V12
3	GT1	10	Gigawave Motorsport	Philipp Peter Allan Simonsen Darren Turner Andrew Thompson	Aston Martin DBR9	M	570
					Aston Martin6.0 L V12
4	GT1	15	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Alain Ferté Stéphane Daoudi	Maserati MC12GT1	M	561
					Maserati6.0 L V12
5	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Joël Camathias Davide Rigon Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430GT2	P	555
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
6	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	552
					Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
7	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430GT2	M	550
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
8	GT1	8	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Jan Lammers Peter Kox Roman Rusinov Tomáš Enge	Lamborghini MurciélagoR-GT	M	544
					Lamborghini6.0 L V12
9	GT2	55	CR Scuderia Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Gordon Shedden Andrea Piccini	Ferrari F430GT2	M	543
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
10	GT2	57	Kessel Racing	Henri Moser Fabrizio del Monte Andrea Palma Gilles Vannelet	Ferrari F430GT2	M	541
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
11	GT2	56	CR Scuderia Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell James Sutton Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT2	M	536
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
12	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	520
					Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
13	G3	123	Mühlner Motorsport	Heinz-Josef Bermes Marc Basseng Mark Thomas Jean-François Hemroulle	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	518
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
14	G3	124	Mühlner Motorsport	Duncan Huisman Paul van Splunteren Roeland Voerman Ian Khan	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	513
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
15	G3	112	AS Events	Christopher Campbell François Jakubowski Mathieu Zangarelli Ange Barde	Ferrari F430GT3	M	506
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
16	G3	160	Prospeed Competition	David Loix David Dermont Franz Lamot Jan Heylen	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	505
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
17	GT2	62	Scuderia Ecosse	Jamie Davies Fabio Babini Ferdinando Monfardini	Ferrari F430GT2	P	503
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
18	G3	145	First Motorsport	Christian Kelders Philippe Greisch Christophe Kirkhove François Duval	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	501
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
19	GT2	75	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper Max Twigg Craig Baird Rodney Forbes	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	472
					Porsche3.8 L Flat-6
20	G3	141	Emeraude Racing	Rémy Brouard Philippe Noziere Thierry Stépec Tony Samon	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	468
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
21 DNF	GT1	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fässler Mike Hezemans Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	460
					ChevroletLS7R 7.0 L V8
22	G3	106	Delahaye Racing	Damien Coens Armand Fumal Julien Schroyen Marc Faggionato	Ferrari F430GT3	P	459
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
23 DNF	G3	174	Sport Garage	Gaël Lesoudier Romain Brandela Arnaud Peyroles Hector Lester	Ferrari F430GT3	P	402
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
24 DNF	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Richard Williams David Ashburn Tim Sugden Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P	382
					Porsche3.8 L Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	70	Easy Race SRL	Maurice Basso Paolo Tenchini Roberto Plati Bertrand Baguette	Ferrari F430GT2	P	350
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
26 DNF	G3	122	Team EurotechPreci Spark	David Jones Godfrey Jones Mike Jordan	Ascari KZ1R	D	323
					BMW5.0 L V8
27	Coupe du Roi	180	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Andrea Garbagnati	Ferrari F430GT3	M	274
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
		181		Philippe Rambeaud Nicolas Comar	Ferrari F430GT3
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
		182		Pascal Ballay Johan-Boris Scheier	Ferrari F430GT3
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
28 DNF	G3	108	Ice Pol Racing Team GPR Pino Racing	Marc Duez Koen Wauters Ludovic Sougnez Olivier Muytjens	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	267
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
29 DNF	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Fred Bouvy Kurt Mollekens	Saleen S7-R	P	255
					Ford7.0 L V8
30 DNF	G3	116	Signa Racing	Patrick Chaillet Christophe Geoffroy Benoit Galland Pierre-Yves Rosoux	Dodge ViperCompetition Coupe	M	229
					Dodge8.3 L V10
31 DNF	G2	102	McDonald'sRacing PMB Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Kenneth Heyer Alexander Talkanitsa Philippe Ullmann	Porsche 911 GT2Bi-Turbo	M	229
					Porsche3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
32 DNF	GT2	51	AF Corse	Thomas Biagi Christian Montanari Matías Russo Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari F430GT2	M	225
					Ferrari4.0 L V8
33 DNF	G3	115	S-Berg Racing	Hans Knauss Dominik Kraihamer Vadim Kuzminykh Martin Rich	Lamborghini GallardoGT3	M	196
					Lamborghini5.0 L V10
34 DNF	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Markus Palttala Mikael Forsten Wolf Henzler Geoffroy Horion	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	183
					Porsche4.0 L Flat-6
35 DNF	GT1	33	Jetalliance Racing	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9	M	151
					Aston Martin6.0 L V12
36 DNF	G2	101	Belgian Racing	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens Maxime Martin	Gillet VertigoStreiff	P	145
					Maserati4.2 L V8
37 DNF	GT1	5	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Alexandros Margaritis Jos Menten Robert Schlünssen Uwe Alzen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	140
					ChevroletLS7R 7.0 L V8
38 DNF	G3	175	Sport Garage	Eddy Renard Robert Hissom Stéphane Lacroix-Wasover Philippe Thirion	Ferrari F430GT3	P	122
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
39 DNF	G3	140	Emeraude Racing	Olivier Baron Patrice Fournet André Alain Corbel Manuel Ferreira	Porsche 997 GT3Cup S	M	92
					Porsche3.6 L Flat-6
40 DNF	G3	121	Exagon Engineering	Éric Hélary Vincent Radermecker Daniel Desbruères Catherine Desbruères	Ferrari F430GT3	M	31
					Ferrari4.3 L V8
41 DNF	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Christophe Bouchut Xavier Maassen Maxime Soulet Christophe Pillon	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	12
					ChevroletLS7R 7.0 L V8
DNS	GT1	7	Larbre Compétition	Vincent Vosse Grégory Franchi Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia	Saleen S7-R	M	–
					Ford7.0 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position – #7 Larbre Compétition – 2:13.923
• Average Speed – 168.07 km/h
• Total Distance – 4041.885 km