2009 1000 km of Catalunya

The 2009 1000 km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 5 April 2009. Aston Martin Racing won overall on their debut of the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, while Lola also secured the LMP2 win with Racing Box. The GT1 category was won by the IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini, while Team Felbermayr-Proton's Porsche led GT2.

Layout of the Circuit de Catalunya (2007-2020)

Report edit

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

 
JMW Motorsport's Ferrari F430 of Rob Bell and Gianmaria Bruni, that qualified in pole position in the GT2 class.

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Lap Time
1 LMP1 No. 23 Strakka Racing 1:32.492
2 LMP1 No. 009 Aston Martin Racing 1:32.942
3 LMP1 No. 007 Aston Martin Racing 1:33.532
4 LMP1 No. 16 Pescarolo Sport 1:33.572
5 LMP1 No. 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:33.724
6 LMP1 No. 15 Kolles 1:34.266
7 LMP1 No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:34.442
8 LMP1 No. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:34.566
9 LMP1 No. 12 Signature Plus 1:35.044
10 LMP1 No. 17 Pescarolo Sport 1:35.412
11 LMP1 No. 14 Kolles 1:35.526
12 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Box 1:36.156
13 LMP2 No. 40 Quifel ASM Team 1:36.172
14 LMP2 No. 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:36.328
15 LMP2 No. 30 Racing Box 1:37.026
16 LMP2 No. 25 RML 1:37.032
17 LMP2 No. 41 GAC Racing Team 1:38.018
18 LMP2 No. 39 KSM 1:39.130
19 LMP2 No. 37 WR Salini 1:39.184
20 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:39.856
21 LMP2 No. 26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team 1:40.342
22 LMP2 No. 38 Pegasus Racing 1:43.426
23 GT1 No. 55 IPB Spartak Racing 1:44.446
24 LMP2 No. 42 Ranieri Randaccio 1:45.150
25 GT1 No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures 1:45.926
26 GT1 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:46.834
27 GT1 No. 51 ARC Bratislava Kaneko 1:46.902
28 LMP2 No. 43 Q8 Oils Hache Team 1:47.288
29 GT2 No. 92 JMW Motorsport 1:48.606
30 GT2 No. 84 Team Modena 1:48.666
31 GT2 No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut 1:48.752
32 LMP2 No. 28 Ibañez Racing Service 1:48.836
33 GT2 No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:49.006
34 GT2 No. 99 JMB Racing 1:49.424
35 GT2 No. 89 Hankook Farnbacher Racing 1:49.552
36 GT2 No. 90 FBR 1:49.848
37 GT2 No. 91 FBR 1:50.164
38 GT2 No. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron 1:50.180
39 GT2 No. 96 Virgo Motorsport 1:50.368
40 GT2 No. 87 Drayson Racing 1:50.492
41 GT2 No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:51.368
42 GT2 No. 81 Easyrace 1:51.470
43 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing No Time

Race edit

Race results edit

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 007   Aston Martin Racing   Jan Charouz
  Tomáš Enge
  Stefan Mücke
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 209
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
2 LMP1 16   Pescarolo Sport   Jean-Christophe Boullion
  Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 209
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
3 LMP1 10   Team Oreca Matmut AIM   Stéphane Ortelli
  Bruno Senna
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 206
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
4 LMP1 12   Signature Plus   Pierre Ragues
  Franck Mailleux
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 206
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
5 LMP1 23   Strakka Racing   Nick Leventis
  Peter Hardman
  Danny Watts
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S M 205
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
6 LMP1 17   Pescarolo Sport   Bruce Jouanny
  João Barbosa
Pescarolo 01 M 203
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
7 LMP2 30   Racing Box   Matteo Bobbi
  Andrea Piccini
  Thomas Biagi
Lola B08/80 M 201
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 40   Quifel ASM Team   Miguel Amaral
  Olivier Pla
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 D 201
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 29   Racing Box   Andrea Ceccato
  Filippo Francioni
  Giacomo Piccini
Lola B08/80 M 195
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10 LMP2 26   Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team   Pierre Bruneau
  Stuart Moseley
  Nigel Greensall
Radical SR9 D 193
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
11 LMP2 35   OAK Racing
  Team Mazda France
  Matthieu Lahaye
  Karim Ajlani
Pescarolo 01 D 190
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
12 LMP2 24   OAK Racing
  Team Mazda France
  Jacques Nicolet
  Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 D 190
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
13 GT1 55   IPB Spartak Racing   Roman Rusinov
  Peter Kox
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 189
Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
14 GT2 77   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Marc Lieb
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 187
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GT1 72   Luc Alphand Aventures   Luc Alphand
  Patrice Goueslard
  Yann Clairay
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R D 187
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
16 GT2 92   JMW Motorsport   Rob Bell
  Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2 D 186
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 89   Hankook Farnbacher Racing   Allan Simonsen
  Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2 H 185
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 90   FBR   Pierre Ehret
  Anthony Beltoise
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 185
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19 GT2 84   Team Modena   Antonio García
  Leo Mansell
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 185
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 LMP2 33   Speedy Racing Team
  Sebah Automotive
  Xavier Pompidou
  Jonny Kane
Lola B08/80 M 184
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
21 GT2 99   JMB Racing   Johan-Boris Scheier
  Romain Iannetta
  John Hartshorne
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 184
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 GT1 50   Larbre Compétition   Steve Zacchia
  Roland Bervillé
  Sébastien Dumez
Saleen S7-R M 184
Ford 7.0 L V8
23 GT2 88   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Horst Felbermayr Jr.
  Christian Ried
  Francisco Cruz Martins
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 182
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GT2 87   Drayson Racing   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 M 181
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
25 GT2 96   Virgo Motorsport   Sean McInerney
  Michael McInerney
  Michael Vergers
Ferrari F430 GT2 D 181
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
26 LMP1 13   Speedy Racing Team
  Sebah Automotive
  Marcel Fässler
  Andrea Belicchi
  Nicolas Prost
Lola B08/60 M 180
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
27 LMP1 14   Kolles   Michael Krumm
  Charles Zwolsman Jr.
  Andrew Meyrick
Audi R10 TDI M 179
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
28 LMP2 41   GAC Racing Team   Karim Ojjeh
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Philipp Peter
Zytek 07S/2 M 179
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
29 GT2 81   Easyrace   Paolo Maurice Basso
  Roberto Plati
  Gianpaolo Tenchini
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 175
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
30 LMP2 37   WR Salini   Stéphane Salini
  Philippe Salini
  Tristan Gommendy
WR LMP2008 D 163
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
31
DNF
LMP1 009   Aston Martin Racing   Darren Turner
  Harold Primat
  Miguel Ramos
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 181
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
32
DNF
LMP1 15   Kolles   Christian Bakkerud
  Christijan Albers
Audi R10 TDI M 153
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
33
DNF
GT1 51   ARC Bratislava
  Kaneko Racing
  Miro Konopka
  Paul Daniels
  Sean Edwards
Saleen S7-R D 139
Ford 7.0 L V8
34
DNF
LMP2 39   KSM   Hideki Noda
  Francesco Sini
  Matthew Marsh
Lola B07/46 D 133
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
35
DNF
LMP2 38   Pegasus Racing   Julien Schell
  Philippe Thirion
Courage-Oreca LC75 A 118
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
36
DNF
LMP2 28   Ibañez Racing Service   José Ibañez
  William Cavailhès
  Frédéric Da Rocha
Courage LC75 D 116
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
37
DNF
GT2 76   IMSA Performance Matmut   Patrick Pilet
  Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 115
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38
DNF
LMP1 11   Team Oreca Matmut AIM   Olivier Panis
  Nicolas Lapierre
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 108
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
39
DNF
GT2 91   FBR   Gabrio Rosa
  Giacomo Petrobelli
  Andrea Montermini
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 106
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
40
DNF
LMP2 43   Q8 Oils Hache Team   Máximo Cortés
  Enrico Moncada
  Fabrizio Armetta
Lucchini LMP2/08 D 98
Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
41
DNF
LMP2 25   RML   Thomas Erdos
  Mike Newton
Lola B08/86 M 82
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
42
DNF
LMP2 42   Ranieri Randaccio   Ranieri Randaccio
  Raffaele Giammaria
Lucchini LMP2/08 D 17
Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8
43
DNF
GT2 85   Snoras Spyker Squadron   Tom Coronel
  Benjamin Leuenberger
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 6
Audi 4.0 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualifying Practice" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ "Race" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-05.

External links edit


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