2007 Le Mans Series

2007 Le Mans Series season
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The 2007 Le Mans Series season was the fourth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 15 April and ended on 10 November after six races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
-	LMS Official Test	Paul Ricard HTTT	25 March 26 March
1	1000 km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	15 April
2	1000 km Valencia	Circuit de Valencia	6 May
3	1000 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	1 July
4	1000 km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	19 August
5	1000 km Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	16 September
6	Mil Milhas Brasil (1000 miles)	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	10 November

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Monza	#7 Team Peugeot Total	#27 Horag Racing	#72 Luc Alphand	#97 G.P.C. Sport	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Fredy Lienhard Eric van de Poele Didier Theys	Luc Alphand Jérôme Policand Patrice Goueslard	Sergio Hernández Alessandro Bonetti Fabrizio de Simone
2	Valencia	#8 Team Peugeot Total	#40 Quifel ASM Team	#55 Team Oreca	#77 Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Miguel Amaral Miguel Angel de Castro Angel Burgueño	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou
3	Nürburgring	#8 Team Peugeot Total	#25 RML	#55 Team Oreca	#96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
		Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Robert Bell Allan Simonsen
4	Spa	#8 Team Peugeot Total	#25 RML	#55 Team Oreca	#77 Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Marc Lieb Xavier Pompidou
5	Silverstone	#7 Team Peugeot Total	#32 Barazi-Epsilon	#55 Team Oreca	#96 Virgo Motorsport	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Soheil Ayari Stéphane Ortelli	Robert Bell Gianmaria Bruni
6	Interlagos	#7 Team Peugeot Total	#32 Barazi-Epsilon	#51 Aston Martin Larbre	#77 Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Juan Barazi Michael Vergers Karim Ojjeh	Gregor Fisken Roland Bervillé Steve Zacchia Fernando Rees	Marc Lieb Marc Basseng Xavier Pompidou

Teams' Championship

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries did not have their cars combined and each entry number was scored separately in the championship. Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.

The top two finishers in each teams championship earned automatic entry to the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP1 standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6^†	Total
1	#8	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	6	10	10	10		4	40
2	#16	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	8	4	6	8	8	2.5	36.5
3	#7	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	10		8		10	5	33
4	#18	Rollcentre Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	3	5		5	6		19
5=	#15	Charouz Racing System	Lola B07/17	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10		8	5	2			15
5=	#9	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10			4	3	5	3	15
7	#17	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	5	3		6			14
8	#10	Arena Motorsports International	Zytek 07S	Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8			3		4		7
9=	#5	Swiss Spirit	Lola B07/18	Audi FSI 3.6L Turbo V8		6					6
9=	#19	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport	Lola B06/10	AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8		2		4			6
11=	#13	Courage Compétition	Courage LC70	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	4		1				5
11=	#12	Courage Compétition	Courage LC70	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	2				3		5
13	#14	Racing for Holland	Dome S101.5	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	1		2				3

† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.

LMP2 standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6^†	Total
1	#25	RML	MG-Lola EX264	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	8	3	10	10	5		36
2	#40	Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		10	6	8	6		30
3	#32	Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8		2	8		10	5	25
4	#35	Saulnier Racing	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	5	8	2	5	3		23
5	#27	Horag Racing	Lola B05/40	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	10		5	6			21
6	#31	Binnie Motorsports	Lola B05/42	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	6		3	4	4		17
7	#45	Embassy Racing	Radical SR9	Judd XV675 3.4L V8			4	3	1	4	12
8=	#46	Team LNT	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8					8		8
8=	#21	Team Bruichladdich Radical	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		6			2		8
8=	#44	Kruse Motorsport	Pescarolo 01	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	4	4					8
11	#24	Noël del Bello Racing	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4		5					5
12	#20	Pir Competition	Pilbeam MP93	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	3		1				4

† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.

GT1 standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6^†	Total
1	#55	Team Oreca	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8		10	10	10	10		40
2	#72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	10	5	8	6	4	4	37
3	#50	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	8	6	6	8	2		30
4	#59	Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	5	4		5	8		22
5	#61	Racing Box	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	4	8	5		3		20
6	#51	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		3	3	3	5	5	19
7	#73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	6	2	4		6		18
8	#65	Jetalliance Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12				4			4

† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.

GT2 standings

Pos	No	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6	Total
1	#96	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	6	8	10	8	10		42
2	#77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	1	10	8	10		10	39
3	#97	G.P.C. Sport	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	10	2	5	6	4		27
4	#78	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	8	6		4	3		21
5	#90	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		5	6	5			16
6	#94	Speedy Racing Team	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	2		4	1	5	2	14
7=	#76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	3				8		11
7=	#85	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8					6	5	11
9=	#75	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8						8	8
9=	#98	Ice Pol Racing Team	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8		3	2	3			8
11=	#99	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8		1				6	7
11=	#88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		4		2		1	7
13	#83	G.P.C. Sport	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	4				2		6
14	#81	Team LNT	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8	5						5
15	#91	Dener Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6						4	4
16=	#82	Team LNT	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8			3				3
16=	#74	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8						3	3
18	#92	Thierry Perrier/Perspective	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6			1		1		2

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes did not receive points.

LMP1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6^†	Total
1=	Stéphane Sarrazin	Team Peugeot Total	6	10	10	10		4	40
1=	Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	6	10	10	10		4	40
3	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	8	4	6	8	8	2.5	36.5
4=	Nicolas Minassian	Team Peugeot Total	10		8		10	5	33
4=	Marc Gené	Team Peugeot Total	10		8		10	5	33
6	Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo Sport	8		6	8	8	2.5	32.5
7	Stuart Hall	Rollcentre Racing Creation Autosportif	3	5		5	6	3	22
8	João Barbosa	Rollcentre Racing	3	5		5	6		19
9	Harold Primat	Pescarolo Sport	5	3		6		2.5	16.5
10=	Jan Charouz	Charouz Racing System		8	5	2			15
10=	Stefan Mücke	Charouz Racing System		8	5	2			15
10=	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Creation Autosportif			4	3	5	3	15
10=	Felipe Ortiz	Creation Autosportif			4	3	5	3	15
14	Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo Sport	5	3		6			14
15	Alex Yoong	Charouz Racing System		8	5				13
16	Tom Chilton	Arena Motorsports International			3		4		7
17=	Marcel Fässler	Swiss Spirit		6					6
17=	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Swiss Spirit		6					6
17=	Iradj Alexander	Swiss Spirit		6					6
17=	Gareth Evans	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport		2		4			6
17=	Bob Berridge	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport		2		4			6
17=	Peter Owen	Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport		2		4			6
23=	Haruki Kurosawa	Creation Autosportif					5		5
23=	Jean-Marc Gounon	Courage Compétition	4		1				5
23=	Guillaume Moreau	Courage Compétition	4		1				5
23=	Alexander Frei	Courage Compétition	2				3		5
23=	Jonathan Cochet	Courage Compétition	2				3		5
28=	Romain Dumas	Pescarolo Sport		4					4
28=	Shinji Nakano	Creation Autosportif			4				4
28=	Max Chilton	Arena Motorsports International					4		4
31=	Hayanari Shimoda	Arena Motorsports International			3				3
31=	Jan Lammers	Racing for Holland	1		2				3
31=	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Racing for Holland	1		2				3
31=	David Hart	Racing for Holland	1		2				3

† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.

LMP2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6^†	Total
1=	Mike Newton	RML	8	3	10	10	5		36
1=	Thomas Erdos	RML	8	3	10	10	5		36
3=	Miguel Amaral	Quifel ASM Team		10	6	8	6		30
3=	Miguel Ángel de Castro	Quifel ASM Team		10	6	8	6		30
3=	Ángel Burgueño	Quifel ASM Team		10	6	8	6		30
6=	Juan Barazi	Barazi-Epsilon		2	8		10	5	25
6=	Michael Vergers	Barazi-Epsilon		2	8		10	5	25
6=	Karim Ojjeh	Barazi-Epsilon		2	8		10	5	25
9=	Jacques Nicolet	Saulnier Racing	5	8	2	5	3		23
9=	Alain Filhol	Saulnier Racing	5	8	2	5	3		23
9=	Bruce Jouanny	Saulnier Racing	5	8	2	5	3		23
12=	Fredy Lienhard	Horag Racing	10		5	6			21
12=	Eric van de Poele	Horag Racing	10		5	6			21
12=	Didier Theys	Horag Racing	10		5	6			21
15=	William Binnie	Binnie Motorsports	6		3	4	4		17
15=	Allen Timpany	Binnie Motorsports	6		3	4	4		17
15=	Chris Buncombe	Binnie Motorsports	6		3	4	4		17
18	Warren Hughes	Embassy Racing			4	3	1	4	12
19=	Danny Watts	Team LNT					8		8
19=	Tom Kimber-Smith	Team LNT					8		8
19=	Darren Manning	Embassy Racing				3	1	4	8
19=	Tim Greaves	Team Bruichladdich Radical		6			2		8
19=	Stuart Moseley	Team Bruichladdich Radical		6			2		8
19=	Tony Burgess	Kruse Motorsport	4	4					8
19=	Jean de Pourtales	Kruse Motorsport	4	4					8
19=	Norbert Siedler	Kruse Motorsport	4	4					8
27	Robin Liddell	Team Bruichladdich Radical		6					6
28=	Jean-Marc Gounon	Noël del Bello Racing		5					5
28=	Vitaly Petrov	Noël del Bello Racing		5					5
30=	Mario Haberfeld	Embassy Racing						4	4
30=	Neil Cunningham	Embassy Racing			4				4
30=	Pierre Bruneau	Pierre Bruneau	3		1				4
30=	Marc Rostan	Pierre Bruneau	3		1				4
30=	Simon Pullan	Pierre Bruneau	3		1				4
35	Jacob Greaves	Team Bruichladdich Radical					2		2

† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.

GT1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6^†	Total
1=	Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca		10	10	10	10		40
1=	Soheil Ayari	Team Oreca		10	10	10	10		40
3	Patrice Goueslard	Luc Alphand Aventures	10	5	8	6	4	4	37
4	Jérôme Policand	Luc Alphand Aventures	10	5	8	6	4		33
5=	Christophe Bouchut	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	8	6	6	8	2		30
5=	Fabrizio Gollin	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	8	6	6	8	2		30
5=	Gabriele Gardel	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	8	6	6	8	2		30
8	Luc Alphand	Luc Alphand Aventures	10	5	8	6			29
9	Antonio García	Team Modena	5	4		5	8		22
10=	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Racing Box	4	8	5		3		20
10=	Marco Cioci	Racing Box	4	8	5		3		20
10=	Salvatore Tavano	Racing Box	4	8	5		3		20
13=	Steve Zacchia	Aston Martin Racing Larbre		3	3	3	5	5	19
13=	Gregor Fisken	Aston Martin Racing Larbre		3	3	3	5	5	19
15=	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Luc Alphand Aventures	6	2	4		6		18
15=	Sébastien Dumez	Luc Alphand Aventures	6	2	4		6		18
17	Vincent Vosse	Luc Alphand Aventures	6		4		6		16
18	Grégory Franchi	Aston Martin Racing Larbre		3	3	3	5		14
19	Christian Fittipaldi	Team Modena		4		5			9
20	Oliver Gavin	Luc Alphand Aventures					4	4	8
21	Darren Turner	Team Modena					8		8
22=	Roland Bervillé	Aston Martin Racing Larbre						5	5
22=	Fernando Rees	Aston Martin Racing Larbre						5	5
22=	Liz Halliday	Team Modena	5						5
25=	Olivier Beretta	Luc Alphand Aventures						4	4
25=	Thomas Grüber	Jetalliance Racing				4			4
25=	Karl Wendlinger	Jetalliance Racing				4			4
25=	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	Jetalliance Racing				4			4
29	Didier André	Luc Alphand Aventures		2					2

† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.

GT2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6	Total
1	Robert Bell	Virgo Motorsport JMB Racing	6	8	10	8	10	6	48
2=	Xavier Pompidou	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	10	8	10		10	39
2=	Marc Lieb	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	10	8	10		10	39
4	Allan Simonsen	Virgo Motorsport	6	8	10	8			32
5=	Alessandro Bonetti	G.P.C. Sport	10	2	5	6	4		27
5=	Fabrizio de Simone	G.P.C. Sport	10	2	5	6	4		27
7=	Alex Caffi	Scuderia Villorba Corse	8	6		4	3		21
7=	Denny Zardo	Scuderia Villorba Corse	8	6		4	3		21
9	Sergio Hernández	G.P.C. Sport	10	2		6			18
10=	Pierre Ehret	Farnbacher Racing		5	6	5			16
10=	Dirk Werner	Farnbacher Racing		5	6	5			16
10=	Lars-Erik Nielsen	Farnbacher Racing		5	6	5			16
13=	Jonny Kane	Speedy Racing Team	2		4	1	5	2	14
13=	Andrea Chiesa	Speedy Racing Team	2		4	1	5	2	14
13=	Andrea Belicchi	Speedy Racing Team	2		4	1	5	2	14
16	Marc Basseng	Team Felbermayr-Proton				2		10	12
17=	Raymond Narac	IMSA Performance Matmut	3				8		11
17=	Richard Lietz	IMSA Performance Matmut	3				8		11
17=	Mike Hezemans	Spyker Squadron					6	5	11
20	Gianmaria Bruni	Virgo Motorsport					10		10
21	Matteo Bobbi	G.P.C. Sport			5		4		9
22=	Alexandre Negrão, Sr.	JMB Racing						8	8
22=	Alexandre Negrão, Jr.	JMB Racing						8	8
22=	Andreas Mattheis	JMB Racing						8	8
22=	Yves Lambert	Ice Pol Racing Team		3	2	3			8
22=	Christian Lefort	Ice Pol Racing Team		3	2	3			8
27=	Christian Ried	Team Felbermayr-Proton		4		2		1	7
27=	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton		4		2		1	7
29=	Peter Dumbreck	Spyker Squadron					6		6
29=	Ben Aucott	JMB Racing						6	6
29=	Philipp Peter	JMB Racing						6	6
29=	Luca Drudi	G.P.C. Sport	4				2		6
29=	Gabrio Rosa	G.P.C. Sport	4				2		6
29=	Johnny Mowlem	G.P.C. Sport	4				2		6
35=	Tom Kimber-Smith	Team LNT	5						5
35=	Danny Watts	Team LNT	5						5
35=	Peter Kox	Spyker Squadron						5	5
35=	Paul van Splunteren	Spyker Squadron						5	5
35=	Stéphane Lémeret	Ice Pol Racing Team			2	3			5
40=	Thomas Grüber	Team Felbermayr-Proton		4					4
40=	Raul Boesel	Dener Motorsport						4	4
40=	Marcel Visconde	Dener Motorsport						4	4
40=	Flavio Figueiredo	Dener Motorsport						4	4
44=	Markus Palttala	Ice Pol Racing Team		3					3
44=	Richard Dean	Team LNT			3				3
44=	Lawrence Tomlinson	Team LNT			3				3
44=	Francisco Longo	JMB Racing						3	3
44=	Chico Serra	JMB Racing						3	3
44=	Daniel Serra	JMB Racing						3	3
50	Philippe Hesnault	Thierry Perrier/Perspective			1		1		2
51=	Paolo Maurizio Basso	JMB Racing		1					1
51=	Bo McCormick	JMB Racing		1					1
51=	Anthony Beltoise	Thierry Perrier/Perspective			1				1
51=	Nigel Smith	Thierry Perrier/Perspective			1				1
51=	Rob Barff	Thierry Perrier/Perspective					1		1
51=	Pedro Névoa	Thierry Perrier/Perspective					1		1

External links

• Le Mans Series homepage - English
• Mariantic Le Mans Series 2007 News
• Endurance-Info Daily News (French)