2007 Le Mans Series
The 2007 Le Mans Series 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 di 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 |
| Sources:[1][2][3] | |||
Season results
Overall winners in bold.
Teams Championships
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.[5] 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 | MNZ |
VAL |
NÜR |
SPA |
SIL |
MIL† |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #8 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NC | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | #16 | Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36.5 |
| 3 | #7 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Peugeot HDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| 4 | #18 | Rollcentre Racing | Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |
| 5= | #15 | Charouz Racing System | Lola B07/17 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | NC | 15 | |
| 5= | #9 | Creation Autosportif | Creation CA07 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 7 | #17 | Pescarolo Sport | Pescarolo 01 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 14 | |
| 8 | #10 | Arena Motorsports International | Zytek 07S | Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9= | #5 | Swiss Spirit | Lola B07/18 | Audi FSI 3.6L Turbo V8 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 9= | #19 | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | Lola B06/10 | AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 6 | |
| 11= | #13 | Courage Compétition | Courage LC70 | AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 5 | |||
| 11= | #12 | Courage Compétition | Courage LC70 | AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 6 | 5 | |
| 13 | #14 | Racing for Holland | Dome S101.5 | Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 3 | |||
| NC | #3 | Scuderia Lavaggi | Lavaggi LS1 | Ford (PME) 6.0 L V8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.
LMP2 Standings
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | MNZ |
VAL |
NÜR |
SPA |
SIL |
MIL† |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #25 | RML | MG-Lola EX264 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36 | |
| 2 | #40 | Quifel ASM Team | Lola B05/40 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |
| 3 | #32 | Barazi-Epsilon | Zytek 07S/2 | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | DNS | 7 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | #35 | Saulnier Racing | Courage LC75 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | |
| 5 | #27 | Horag Racing | Lola B05/40 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | NC | 21 | |
| 6 | #31 | Binnie Motorsports | Lola B05/42 | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| 7 | #45 | Embassy Racing | Radical SR9 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 8= | #46 | Team LNT | Zytek 07S/2 | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 8= | #21 | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | Ret | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 8 | |
| 8= | #44 | Kruse Motorsport | Pescarolo 01 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||
| 11 | #24 | Noël del Bello Racing | Courage LC75 | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | #20 | Pir Competition | Pilbeam MP93 | Judd XV675 3.4L V8 | 6 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| NC | #29 | T2M Motorsport | Dome S101.5 | Mader 3.4L V8 | Ret | 10 | 0 | ||||
| NC | #26 | Ranieri Randaccio | Lucchini LMP2/04 | Nicholson-McLaren 3.3L V8 | NC | Ret | 0 |
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.
GT1 Standings
| Pos | No | Team | Chassis | Engine | MNZ |
VAL |
NÜR |
SPA |
SIL |
MIL† |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #55 | Team Oreca | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | |
| 2 | #72 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 37 |
| 3 | #50 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 30 | |
| 4 | #59 | Team Modena | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 4 | 5 | DSQ | 4 | 2 | 22 | |
| 5 | #61 | Racing Box | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 20 | |
| 6 | #51 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | #73 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 18 | |
| 8 | #65 | Jetalliance Racing | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | 5 | 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 | MNZ |
VAL |
NÜR |
SPA |
SIL |
MIL |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #96 | Virgo Motorsport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 | |
| 2 | #77 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 39 |
| 3 | #97 | GPC Sport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 27 | |
| 4 | #78 | Scuderia Villorba Corse | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| 5 | #90 | Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 16 |
| 6 | #94 | Speedy Racing Team | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8L V8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 7= | #76 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 6 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | 11 | |
| 7= | #85 | Spyker Squadron | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8L V8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 9= | #75 | JMB Racing | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 9= | #98 | Ice Pol Racing Team | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
| 11= | #99 | JMB Racing | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| 11= | #88 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 7 |
| 13 | #83 | GPC Sport | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 |
| 14 | #81 | Team LNT | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||
| 15 | #91 | Dener Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 16= | #82 | Team LNT | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 3 | |
| 16= | #74 | JMB Racing | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 18 | #92 | Thierry Perrier/Perspective | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | NC | 2 | |
| NC | #84 | Chad Peninsula Panoz | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford (Élan) 5.0 L V8 | 12 | 9 | NC | Ret | 13 | 0 | |
| NC | #80 | Prospeed Competition | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| NC | #95 | James Watt Automotive | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 0 | |
| NC | #79 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | Ret | NC | 0 | |
| NC | #89 | Markland Racing | Chevrolet Corvette Z06 | Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | NC | 0 |
Drivers Championships
Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.[5] Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes did not receive points.
LMP1 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.
LMP2 Standings
| Pos | Driver | Team | MNZ |
VAL |
NÜR |
SPA |
SIL |
MIL† |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Newton | RML | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36 | |
| Thomas Erdos | RML | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Miguel Amaral | Quifel ASM Team | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |
| Miguel Ángel de Castro | Quifel ASM Team | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Ángel Burgueño | Quifel ASM Team | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Juan Barazi | Barazi-Epsilon | DNS | 7 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Michael Vergers | Barazi-Epsilon | DNS | 7 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | ||
| Karim Ojjeh | Barazi-Epsilon | DNS | 7 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Jacques Nicolet | Saulnier Racing | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | |
| Alain Filhol | Saulnier Racing | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Bruce Jouanny | Saulnier Racing | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Fredy Lienhard | Horag Racing | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | NC | 21 | |
| Eric van de Poele | Horag Racing | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | NC | |||
| Didier Theys | Horag Racing | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | NC | |||
| 6 | William Binnie | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Allen Timpany | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Chris Buncombe | Binnie Motorsports | 3 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Warren Hughes | Embassy Racing | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Danny Watts | Team LNT | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Tom Kimber-Smith | Team LNT | 2 | |||||||
| 9 | Darren Manning | Embassy Racing | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Tim Greaves | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Ret | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 8 | |
| Stuart Moseley | Team Bruichladdich Radical | Ret | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | |||
| 11 | Tony Burgess | Kruse Motorsport | 5 | 5 | Ret | 8 | |||
| Jean de Pourtales | Kruse Motorsport | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | ||||
| Norbert Siedler | Kruse Motorsport | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | ||||
| 12 | Robin Liddell | Team Bruichladdich Radical | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 13 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Noël del Bello Racing | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Vitaly Petrov | Noël del Bello Racing | 4 | |||||||
| 14 | Mario Haberfeld | Embassy Racing | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 15 | Neil Cunningham | Embassy Racing | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Pierre Bruneau | Pierre Bruneau | 6 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| Marc Rostan | Pierre Bruneau | 6 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||
| Simon Pullan | Pierre Bruneau | 6 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 17 | Jacob Greaves | Team Bruichladdich Radical | 7 | 2 |
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.
GT1 Standings
† - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.
GT2 Standings
| Pos | Driver | Team | MNZ |
VAL |
NÜR |
SPA |
SIL |
MIL |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Bell | Virgo Motorsport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48 | |
| JMB Racing | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Xavier Pompidou | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 39 |
| Marc Lieb | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | ||
| 3 | Allan Simonsen | Virgo Motorsport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 4 | Alessandro Bonetti | GPC Sport | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 27 | |
| Fabrizio de Simone | GPC Sport | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Ret | ||
| 5 | Alex Caffi | Scuderia Villorba Corse | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| Denny Zardo | Scuderia Villorba Corse | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Sergio Hernández | GPC Sport | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Pierre Ehret | Farnbacher Racing | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 16 |
| Dirk Werner | Farnbacher Racing | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | |||
| Lars-Erik Nielsen | Farnbacher Racing | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | ||
| 8 | Jonny Kane | Speedy Racing Team | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| Andrea Chiesa | Speedy Racing Team | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Andrea Belicchi | Speedy Racing Team | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Marc Basseng | Team Felbermayr-Proton | 7 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Raymond Narac | IMSA Performance Matmut | 6 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | 11 | |
| Richard Lietz | IMSA Performance Matmut | 6 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | |||
| 11 | Mike Hezemans | Spyker Squadron | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | Gianmaria Bruni | Virgo Motorsport | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 13 | Matteo Bobbi | GPC Sport | 4 | 5 | Ret | 9 | |||
| 14 | Alexandre Negrão, Sr. | JMB Racing | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Alexandre Negrão, Jr. | JMB Racing | 2 | |||||||
| Andreas Mattheis | JMB Racing | 2 | |||||||
| 15 | Yves Lambert | Ice Pol Racing Team | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | |
| Christian Lefort | Ice Pol Racing Team | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | Christian Ried | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Ret | 5 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 7 |
| Horst Felbermayr Jr. | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Ret | 5 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 8 | ||
| 17 | Peter Dumbreck | Spyker Squadron | 3 | 6 | |||||
| = | Ben Aucott | JMB Racing | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Philipp Peter | JMB Racing | 3 | |||||||
| 19 | Luca Drudi | GPC Sport | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 |
| Gabrio Rosa | GPC Sport | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
| Johnny Mowlem | GPC Sport | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
| 20 | Tom Kimber-Smith | Team LNT | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||
| Danny Watts | Team LNT | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||
| = | Peter Kox | Spyker Squadron | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | ||
| Paul van Splunteren | Spyker Squadron | 4 | |||||||
| 22 | Stéphane Lémeret | Ice Pol Racing Team | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 23 | Thomas Grüber | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Ret | 5 | 13 | 4 | |||
| 24 | Raul Boesel | Dener Motorsport | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Marcel Visconde | Dener Motorsport | 5 | |||||||
| Flavio Figueiredo | Dener Motorsport | 5 | |||||||
| 25 | Markus Palttala | Ice Pol Racing Team | 6 | 3 | |||||
| = | Richard Dean | Team LNT | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 3 | |
| Lawrence Tomlinson | Team LNT | 6 | Ret | Ret | |||||
| = | Francisco Longo | JMB Racing | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Chico Serra | JMB Racing | 6 | |||||||
| Daniel Serra | JMB Racing | 6 | |||||||
| 28 | Philippe Hesnault | Thierry Perrier/Perspective | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 29 | Paolo Maurizio Basso | JMB Racing | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| Bo McCormick | JMB Racing | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 30 | Anthony Beltoise | Thierry Perrier/Perspective | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Nigel Smith | Thierry Perrier/Perspective | 9 | 10 | 8 | |||||
| 31 | Rob Barff | Thierry Perrier/Perspective | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Pedro Névoa | Thierry Perrier/Perspective | 8 |
References
- ^ "Provisional 2007 Le Mans Series Calendar". DailySportsCar. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Interlagos 1000 Miles On 11 November". DailySportsCar. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "LeMans Series (LMS) - Season 2007: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ a b "LeMans Series (LMS) - 2007: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
External links
- Le Mans Series homepage - English
- Mariantic Le Mans Series 2007 News
- Endurance-Info Daily News (French)