2008 Le Mans Series

It was a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2.

A large gap was built into the schedule between May and August to better allow teams to prepare for and recover from the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.

[1] An additional race was announced at a later date, with a 1000 km event in Shanghai.

[2] The race was cancelled and was later rescheduled be held on 8 November 2009, because of conflicts with the 2008 Summer Olympics schedule.

The top two finishers in each team championship earned automatic entry to the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller won the LMP1 title, despite not winning a race.
Jos Verstappen won the LMP2 title as part of Van Merksteijn Motorsport.
Guillaume Moreau and Patrice Goueslard won the GT1 title for Luc Alphand Aventures.
Rob Bell won the GT2 title for Virgo Motorsport.