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.