2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours

The 2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours was the second round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, on May 18, 2008.

The #61 Prospeed Competition Porsche was initially disqualified after winning the GT2 class due to a refueling infraction.[1] The team however appealed and their victory was reinstated.[2]

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 3 Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team France Christophe Bouchut
Netherlands Xavier Maassen		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
2 GT1 2 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Portugal Miguel Ramos
Brazil Alexandre Negrão		 Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
3 GT1 10 United Kingdom Gigawave Motorsport Austria Philipp Peter
Denmark Allan Simonsen		 Aston Martin DBR9 M 66
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4 GT1 6 Germany Phoenix Carsport Racing Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Italy Fabrizio Gollin		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Germany Michael Bartels
Italy Andrea Bertolini		 Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
6 GT1 4 Belgium Peka Racing Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Belgium Bert Longin		 Saleen S7-R P 65
Ford 7.0 L V8
7 GT1 33 Austria Jetalliance Racing Austria Karl Wendlinger
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp		 Aston Martin DBR9 M 65
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
8 GT1 7 France Larbre Compétition Belgium Vincent Vosse
Belgium Grégory Franchi		 Saleen S7-R M 65
Ford 7.0 L V8
9 GT1 15 Monaco JMB Racing France Stéphane Daoudi
United Kingdom Ben Aucott		 Maserati MC12 GT1 M 64
Maserati 6.0 L V12
10 GT2 61 Belgium Prospeed Competition France Emmanuel Collard
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 64
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
11 GT2 50 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Finland Toni Vilander		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Thomas Biagi
San Marino Christian Montanari		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT2 62 United Kingdom Scuderia Ecosse United Kingdom Jamie Davies
Italy Fabio Babini		 Ferrari F430 GT2 P 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 GT1 37 Argentina Escuderia ACA Argentina Argentina Gastón Mazzacane
Argentina Esteban Tuero		 Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 64
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
15 GT2 77 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Paolo Ruberti
Italy Matteo Malucelli		 Ferrari F430 GT2 P 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 78 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Switzerland Joël Camathias
Italy Davide Rigon		 Ferrari F430 GT2 P 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 56 United Kingdom CR Scuderia Racing United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
United Kingdom Rob Bell		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 55 United Kingdom CR Scuderia Racing United Kingdom Tim Sugden
United Kingdom Tim Mullen		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19 GT1
C		 12 Austria AT Racing
Austria Renauer Motorsport Team		 Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa
Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann		 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R M 63
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
20 GT2 95 Italy Advanced Engineering
Argentina PeCom Racing Team		 Argentina Matías Russo
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 GT2 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Switzerland Henri Moser
Italy Fabrizio del Monte		 Ferrari F430 GT2 M 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 GT2 60 Belgium Prospeed Competition Finland Markus Palttala
Finland Mikael Forsten		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
23 GT2 59 United Kingdom Trackspeed Racing United Kingdom Richard Williams
United Kingdom David Ashburn		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24 G2 101 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Renaud Kuppens		 Gillet Vertigo Streiff P 61
Maserati 4.2 L V8
25 GT2 99 Italy Victor Racing Italy Victor Coggiola
Italy Giovanni Coggiola
Italy Giorgio Coggiola		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
26
DNF		 GT1 8 Russia IPB Spartak Racing
Germany Reiter Engineering		 Russia Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Peter Kox		 Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 42
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
27
DNF		 GT1 36 Austria Jetalliance Racing Austria Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
Germany Alex Müller		 Aston Martin DBR9 M 41
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
28
DNF		 GT1 5 Germany Phoenix Carsport Racing Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
Switzerland Marcel Fässler		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 41
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
29
DNF		 G2
C		 111 Slovakia Autoracing Club Bratislava Slovakia Miro Konopka
United Kingdom Sean Edwards		 Saleen S7-R M 26
Ford 7.0 L V8
30
DNF		 G2 103 Germany Go To One Racing
Czech Republic Charouz Racing System		 Czech Republic Aleš Jirásek
Czech Republic Adam Lacko		 Mosler MT900R M 26
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
31
DNF		 GT1 13 Austria iPos Racing
Germany Konrad Motorsport		 Netherlands Jos Menten
Italy Andrea Piccini		 Saleen S7-R P 7
Ford 7.0 L V8
32
DNF		 GT1
C		 22 Italy Lanza Motorsport Italy Maurizio Strada
Italy Massimo Morini
Italy Mauro Simoncini		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R ? 7
Chrysler 8.0 L V10
33
DNF		 G2 104 Germany Go To One Racing
Czech Republic Charouz Racing System		 Czech Republic Štepán Vojtech
Germany Kenneth Heyer		 Mosler MT900R M 4
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
DNQ GT1
C		 21 Switzerland Kessel Racing Switzerland Loris Kessel
Switzerland Andrea Chiesa		 Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello M –
Ferrari 6.0 L V12

Statistics

References

  1. ↑ "SRT victorious at Monza!". FIA. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  2. ↑ "17 June 2008 Prospeed Competition Porsche reinstated further to Appeal". FIA. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Results: 2008 Round 2 – Monza (Race Result)". FIA. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  4. ↑ "Results: 2008 Round 2 – Monza (Qualifying 1)". FIA. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
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