page_title: Proton Competition
section_title: 2008
hierarchical_section_title: Proton Competition / History / 2008
caption_attribution_description: English: Marc Lieb drivs a Team Felbermayr-Proton's Porsche 997 GT3-RSR at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone. Deutsch: Marc Lieb fährt einen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR des Felbermayr-Proton-Teams beim 1000-km-Rennen von Silverstone 2008.
context_page_description: Proton Competition is a German auto racing team founded by Gerold Ried. The team is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. They currently operate a Porsche 911 RSR sports car in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series
context_section_description: Team Felbermayr-Proton's 2008 campaign was similar to 2007's. They would compete every round of the Le Mans Series, selected round in the FIA GT Championship and compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The team raced two cars in the LMS rather than three in 2007 with Marc Lieb joined by Alex Davison in car No. 77 while car No. 88 was piloted by the two Horst Felbermayrs and Christian Ried. Despite not winning any races, car 77 finished second in the Teams Championship finishing once again behind Virgo Motorsport with a gap of 5 points this time round. Car 88 finished eighth place with ten points, level with Farnbacher Racing.
  The team only competed one round in FIA GT which was the FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours. The team scored no points in either of the two races that weekend.
  The team made its full début at Le Mans with no partnership from Seikel Motorsport this time round. The teams' line up for Le Mans was Horst Felbermayr, Sr., Alex Davison and Wolf Henzler. Qualifying went well with car 77 qualifying in second place in the GT2 class behind 2007 class winners IMSA Performance Matmut. They were not able to retain their second place qualifying position during the race but finished a respectable fifth place in class and 27th overall.
caption: Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone
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