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]

Mosport International Raceway

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]
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References
  1. American Le Mans Series 2008 Season Yearbook. Odessa, Florida: TPP Publishing Inc. 2009. pp. 105–114. ISBN 978-0-9815390-1-0.
  2. Weather information for the 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  3. "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.
  4. "ALMS Final Race Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. "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.
  6. "ALMS Qualifying Report" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
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