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ELMS - 17/08/2008
A perfect race in perfect conditions saw Peugeot score a 1-2 finish for the 2008 Le Mans Series fourth race at the Nurburgring. In front of 22,000 spectators, Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy led home their team-mates Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian, the two diesel-powered prototypes crossing the line 16 seconds apart after 1000kms. The race was completed in five hours, 44 minutes at an average speed of 174km/h (108 mph) around the 5.137km circuit nestled in the Eifel region of Germany.
Jos Verstappen won the “LM” P2 drivers' title in the van Merksteijn Porsche RS Spyder team, also declared Teams' Champion. The Dutchman, sharing the wheel with Jeroen Bleekemolen, scored the third victory of the year and leads the points by ten points. The Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder ranked third after a spin, a puncture and a major tyre problem which led John Nielsen attempting a double stint with his Dunlop tyres.
The Team Modena Aston Martin team won the GT1 class with Tomas Enge and Antonio Garcia, and close to ten points to Luc Alphand Aventures' Corvette which recovered to take second place in class after an accident with a prototype at mid-race. In GT2, the Virgo Motorsport team achieved a perfect race. They started from the pit lane after a fire badly damaging the car on Friday, and the team could not set a qualifying time. However, they drove through the field at a scintillating pace, and won the race by two laps from the Team Felbermayr Porsche of Marc Lieb and Alex Davison who struggled for grip.
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