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35 000 spectators, sun and stars!
ELMS - 11/05/2008
In front of a record crowd of 35,000 spectators and in temperatures of more than 26 degrees Centigrade, the Le Mans Series put on another fantastic show at the third race of the 2008 season in Spa-Francorchamps with drama throughout the 1000km race. Star drivers from Peugeot and ORECA stepped onto the podium as Jacques Villeneuve joined Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gene on the top step for Peugeot, while Olivier Panis joined Nicolas Lapierre in third place for the ORECA team. Audi took second place overall through Mike Rockenfeller and Alexandre Premat, who through consistent finishing in the opening three races are tied on points at the head of the table with Minassian and Gene.
Jos Verstappen returned to the top step of the podium for the first time since Barcelona in April in the Porsche RS Spyder co-driven by Peter van Merksteijn. They headed an all-Porsche podium as the Horag Porsche of Didier Theys, Fredy Lienhard and Jan Lammers took second and Team Essex recovered from a series of problems to take third. The Luc Alphand Aventures team won the GT1 category, but it was the Lamborghini of Peter Kox and Roman Rusinov which led until the luggage cover lifted at the front of the car and left the Russian unsighted. Reigning GT2 champions Virgo Motorsport won the GT2 class by just two-tenths of a second ahead of the Porsche of Marc Lieb and Alex Davison after a thrilling end to a race.
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