2009 Le Mans Series
The 2009 Le Mans Series was the sixth season of Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. It was contested over five events between 5 April and 13 September 2009.
Aston Martin Racing trio Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke finished every race on the podium en route to the LMP1 championship. In LMP2, the pro-amateur pairing of Olivier Pla and Miguel Amaral won the title, with two class wins. Yann Clairay and Patrice Goueslard shared the honours in GT1, driving for former skier Luc Alphand's team. In the tightest battle out of the classes, Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz took GT2 honours by a single point ahead of JMW Motorsport pairing Rob Bell and Gianmaria Bruni.
Schedule
[edit ]On 10 October 2008, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) announced a preliminary 2009 schedule consisting of five rounds. The 1000 km of Algarve in Portugal notionally replaced the 1000 km of Monza, while the rest of the events from 2008 remain. In a first for the Le Mans series, the Algarve ran at night.[1] A second testing event was added to the schedule later, consisting of two days in April at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France.[2]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | France Test Session | Paul Ricard HTTT | 8–9 March |
| 1 | Spain 1000 km of Catalunya | Circuit de Catalunya | 5 April |
| – | France Test Session | Bugatti Circuit | 25–26 April |
| 2 | Belgium 1000 km of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 10 May |
| 3 | Portugal 1000 km of Algarve | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 1 August |
| 4 | Germany 1000 km of Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 23 August |
| 5 | United Kingdom 1000 km of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | 13 September |
| Sources:[1] [2] [3] | |||
Teams and drivers
[edit ]LMP1
[edit ]LMP2
[edit ]GT1
[edit ]GT2
[edit ]Season results
[edit ]Overall winners in bold.
Championship Standings
[edit ]Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. One bonus point was also awarded for winning pole position (denoted by bold).[5] Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points. Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes did not receive points. Entries which changed an engine prior to the two race minimum were penalized two points, with a four-point penalty for every subsequent engine change.
Teams Championships
[edit ]The top two finishers in each teams championship earned automatic entry to the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
LMP1 Standings
[edit ]LMP2 Standings
[edit ]| Pos | No. | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Portugal Quifel ASM Team | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 33 | |
| 2 | 33 | Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Sebah | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 24 |
| 3 | 29 | Italy Racing Box | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | 3 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 4 | 30 | Italy Racing Box | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 | |
| 5 | 41 | Switzerland GAC Racing Team | Zytek 07S/2 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 6 | 24 | France OAK Racing Team | Pescarolo 01 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 6 | DNS | 8 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | 31 | Denmark Team Essex | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 8 | 35 | France OAK Racing Team | Pescarolo 01 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | -10 | 9 |
| 9 | 26 | United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 4 | DSQ | 10 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |
| 10 | 38 | France Pegasus Racing | Courage-Oreca LC75 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 11= | 37 | France WR Salini | WR LMP2008 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 3 | |
| 11= | 45 | United Kingdom Team WFR | Embassy WF01 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 4 | -2 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | 39 | Germany KSM | Lola B07/46 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | 5 | -2 | 2 | |||
| 14 | 28 | France Ibañez Racing Service | Courage LC75 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
| – | 43 | Spain Q8 Oils Hache Team | Lucchini LMP2/08 | Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | NC | 0 | |
| – | 32 | France Team Barazi-Epsilon | Zytek 07S/2 | Zytek 2ZG348 3.4 L V8 | DSQ | 0 | |||||
| – | 42 | Italy Ranieri Randaccio | Lucchini LMP2/08 | Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8 | Ret | Ret | -2 | 0 | |||
| – | 25 | United Kingdom RML | Lola B08/86 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | -14 | 0 |
GT1 Standings
[edit ]| Pos | No. | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72 | France Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44 | |
| 2 | 50 | France Larbre Compétition | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0 L V8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||
| 3 | 55 | Russia IPB Spartak Racing | Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | 60 | United Kingdom Gigawave Motorsport | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 5 | 66 | Austria Jetalliance Racing | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| – | 51 | Slovakia ARC Bratislava Kaneko | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0 L V8 | Ret | 0 |
GT2 Standings
[edit ]Drivers Championships
[edit ]LMP1 Standings
[edit ]
LMP2 Standings
[edit ]
| Pos | Driver | Team | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Portugal Miguel Amaral | Portugal Quifel ASM Team | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 33 | |
| 1= | France Olivier Pla | Portugal Quifel ASM Team | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 33 | |
| 3= | France Xavier Pompidou | Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Sebah | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 24 |
| 3= | United Kingdom Jonny Kane | Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Sebah | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 24 |
| 5= | Italy Andrea Ceccato | Italy Racing Box | 3 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 5= | Italy Filippo Francioni | Italy Racing Box | 3 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 5= | Italy Giacomo Piccini | Italy Racing Box | 3 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 8 | Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger | Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Sebah | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 22 | |
| 9= | Italy Matteo Bobbi | Italy Racing Box | 1 | Ret | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 | |
| 9= | Italy Andrea Piccini | Italy Racing Box | 1 | Ret | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 | |
| 9= | Italy Thomas Biagi | Italy Racing Box | 1 | Ret | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 | |
| 12= | Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh | Switzerland GAC Racing Team | 8 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 12= | Austria Philipp Peter | Switzerland GAC Racing Team | 8 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 14= | France Jacques Nicolet | France OAK Racing | 6 | DNS | 8 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 14= | Monaco Richard Hein | France OAK Racing | 6 | DNS | 8 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 16= | Denmark Casper Elgaard | Denmark Team Essex | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 16= | Denmark Kristian Poulsen | Denmark Team Essex | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 16= | France Emmanuel Collard | Denmark Team Essex | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 19= | France Matthieu Lahaye | France OAK Racing | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | -10 | 9 |
| 19= | Switzerland Karim Ajlani | France OAK Racing | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | -10 | 9 |
| 21 | France Pierre Bruneau | United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | 4 | DSQ | 10 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |
| 22= | France Julien Schell | France Pegasus Racing | Ret | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 22= | France Philippe Thirion | France Pegasus Racing | Ret | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 24= | United Kingdom Stuart Moseley | United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | 4 | DSQ | 5 | ||||
| 24= | United Kingdom Nigel Greensall | United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 24= | Italy Francesco Sini | Germany KSM | Ret | 5 | -2 | 5 | |||
| United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | 10 | Ret | 6 | ||||||
| 24= | France Claude-Yves Gosselin | Switzerland GAC Racing Team | 8 | Ret | 5 | (5) | 5 | ||
| 28= | United Kingdom Darren Manning | United Kingdom Team WFR | 4 | -2 | 3 | ||||
| 28= | United Kingdom Warren Hughes | United Kingdom Team WFR | 4 | -2 | 3 | ||||
| 28= | France Stéphane Salini | France WR Salini | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 3 | |
| 28= | France Philippe Salini | France WR Salini | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 3 | |
| 28= | France Tristan Gommendy | France WR Salini | 9 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 3 | ||
| 28= | United Kingdom Tim Greaves | United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 34= | Japan Hideki Noda | Germany KSM | Ret | 5 | -2 | 2 | |||
| 34= | Hong Kong Matthew Marsh | Germany KSM | Ret | 5 | -2 | 2 | |||
| 34= | Switzerland Jean-Christophe Metz | France Pegasus Racing | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 37= | France José Ibañez | France Ibañez Racing Service | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
| 37= | France William Cavailhès | France Ibañez Racing Service | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
| 37= | France Frédéric Da Rocha | France Ibañez Racing Service | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
GT1 Standings
[edit ]GT2 Standings
[edit ]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "The 2009 calendar is ready!". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2008年10月10日. Archived from the original on 2008年11月19日. Retrieved 2008年10月10日.
- ^ a b "Five races and two tests". Le Mans Series. 2009年01月06日. Archived from the original on 2009年05月25日. Retrieved 2009年01月11日.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series Calendar 2009". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "LeMans Series (LMS) - Season 2009: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "LeMans Series (LMS) - 2009: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2024.