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17/08/2008 à 21:38 Peugeot maintains the record with double victory in Germany

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.

Relife the final 1000 Km of Nürburgring press conference, and listen to the commentaries of winners of each category.

17/08/2008 à 17:24 The rain is coming....a few minutes before the end of the race

Will the changing of weather confuse the final classification?

You will know it in a few minutes! Stay with us!

17/08/2008 à 15:27 Some half-race figures

In the middle of the race, some interesting figures:

- the leading car run regularly 34 laps by hour from the beginning of the race

- best time is 1'40"501 as it was 1'44"046 in 2007

- only two cars dropped out in the half race: the Luc Alphand Aventures' Corvette (n°73) and the Pescarolo-Judd n°16

Find all the race facts by Infos Course in our live timing

"LM"P1 News

17/08/2008 à 21:30 The double of Peugeot!

The Peugeots battled each other for the race win and ultimately the pace of Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy proved too much for their team-mates Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gene who move into a two-point lead in the drivers' title. For Peugeot, the target is the teams' title and so the 1-2 finish was a perfect result. The Peugeots were untroubled throughout the race, powering ahead at the start as the two Audis ran in fourth and fifth positions behind the Aston Martin-powered Lola of the Charouz Racing Systems team. Stefan Mucke split the diesel manufacturers for four laps before Alexandre Premat found a way past, and Rinaldo Capello followed him through before the race was an hour old.

"LM"P2 News

17/08/2008 à 21:12 Verstappen wins LMP2 title

With a fine race Dutchman Jos Verstappen won the drivers' title after winning his third race this season. This win was scored with Jeroen Bleekemolen as car owner Peter van Merksteijn was competing in another event, so the former Grand Prix driver can now not be overtaken in the standings.

It was a competitive race, but the battle was mainly for second position after the Team Essex Porsche spun into the gravel with Casper Elgaard on board. The team lost time challenged early on, but the spin dropped them away from the van Merksteijn car which won the class by four laps.

"LM"GT1 News

17/08/2008 à 22:36 Modena still in hunt for LMGT1 title

Tomas Enge and Antonio Garcia faced a tough fight from the Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette team, but ultimately they were comfortable winners in the class as their Aston Martin DBR9 was the only car in the class to have a reliable and trouble free race.

The Corvette team suffered a double blow in the second hour when Jerome Policand and Olivier Beretta experienced a fuel leak in the pit lane. The team took the car into the garage, but could not fix the problem and the car was retired.

"LM"GT2 News

17/08/2008 à 22:46 Brilliant Bruni and Bell win LMGT2

For a time on Friday afternoon it looked as though the Virgo Motorsport Ferrari team would not compete in the Nurburgring 1000kms following an engine bay fire in second practice. However, the British team worked hard and readied the car for warm-up, and Rob Bell, with Gimmi Bruni, raced to an amazing two lap win after a brilliant race.

The two drivers were able to lap below two minutes for much of the race before they put their competitors a lap down, and they were able to ease off to conserve fuel in the final stages of the race.