2008 12 Hours of Hungary

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The 2008 12 Hours of Hungary was an endurance sports car race held on September 27, 2008, at the Hungaroring. The race was organized by Creventic and open to GT, touring cars and 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars. This was the second and final event of the 2008 24H Series. This was the third running of the event. [1] [2]

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Official Results

Class winners are marked in bold.

PosClassNo.TeamDriversChassisLaps
1A652 Flag of Germany.svg Schubert Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Hürtgen
Flag of Norway.svg Stian Sørlie
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Viebahn
BMW Z4 M Coupe 349
2A658 Flag of Sweden.svg Levin Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Levin
Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Behrens
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Öhman
Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Stugemo
Porsche 996 GT3RS 340
3A614 Flag of Austria.svg Jetalliance Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
Flag of Austria.svg Vitus Eckert
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Sharp
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 331
4D199 Flag of Germany.svg Schubert Motorsport Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Walter
Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Tackman-Thomson
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Kalmar
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Posavac
BMW 120d 318
5D188 Flag of Hungary.svg Procar Motorsport Flag of Hungary.svg László Csuti
Flag of Hungary.svg Brigitta Nagy
Flag of Hungary.svg Viktor Csuti
Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Kiss
Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Nagy
Seat Leon Supercopa 309
6D193 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcos Racing International Flag of Hungary.svg Bela Czenkar
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor Euser
Flag of Hungary.svg István Balásdi-Szabó
Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Molnar
BMW 120d 308
7SP2103 Flag of Hungary.svg Bovi Motorsport Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Barta
Flag of Hungary.svg Kalman Bodis
Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Racz
Brokernet Silver Sting304
8D194 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcos Racing International Flag of El Salvador.svg Toto Lassally
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Briody
Flag of Spain.svg José Luis Bermúdez de Castro
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor Euser
BMW 120d 299
9SP235 Flag of Hungary.svg Proex Sport Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Horvath
Flag of Hungary.svg Robert Szabolcs
Ferrari 430 Challenge 275
10A276 Flag of Hungary.svg Endurance Club Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg István Gáspár
Flag of Hungary.svg Gustáv Herter
Flag of Hungary.svg Béla Nyritay
Flag of Hungary.svg Lászlo Fekete
Ford Fiesta GT 274
11A270 Flag of Hungary.svg Bovi Motorsport Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Zental
Flag of Hungary.svg Lászlo Keskeny
Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Grigalek
Suzuki Swift 263
12SP2116 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg VDS Racing Adventures Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christian Deridder
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Raphaël van der Straten
Ford Mustang 259
13D186 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Didi Motorsport Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henk Thijssen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ton Verkoelen
Seat Leon 116
14
DNF
D185 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Didi Motorsport Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo Breukers
Flag of Germany.svg Edgar Schönleben
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfram Lethert
Seat Ibiza Cupra 117
15SP2888 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Audi CR-8 Team Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo Breukers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor Euser
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap van Lagen
Audi R8 46
16A222 Flag of Hungary.svg Absolute Motorsport Flag of Hungary.svg Károly Burghardt
Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Csüllog
Honda Civic 18
17
DNF
A65 Flag of Slovakia.svg ARC Bratislava Flag of Slovakia.svg Miro Konopka
Flag of Slovakia.svg Miroslav Hornak
Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Studenic
Porsche 996 GT3RS 16
Source: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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