2011 1000 km of Spa

      The 2011 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 7, 2011. It was the second round of the 2011 Le Mans Series season and the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Prior to the race weekend there were up to 60 provisional entries but was shortened to 54 as there were some withdrawals from Aston Martin Racing who withdrew to continue developing their new and struggling AMR-One.[1] It was a similar situation for Hope Racing who were not quite ready to race the new KERS-driven Oreca 01 Hybrid.[2] Other cars had to withdraw from damage prior to the weekend including the No. 24 OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 LMP1 car.[3]

      In the second free practice session of the race, the No. 13 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota driven by Jean-Christophe Boullion crashed heavily at Radillon corner. Then shortlyafter the green flag was waved to restart, the No. 8 Peugeot of Pedro Lamy and No. 36 RML Honda of Mike Newton collided with each other. Both Peugeot and Rebellion mechanics had to deal with a late night with the RML car too heavily damaged to take further part in the race weekend.[4]

      Qualifying

      The qualifying session was stopped early when another heavy impact during the weekend halted proceedings. It was the remaining LMP1 car of OAK Racing that fell victim to the famous Spa-Francorchamps track. Mathieu Lahaye crashed heavily into a barrier resulting in lots of débris being put on the track. The session was red flagged and not restarted. This was bad news for Peugeot who decided to released their cars later on in the session but the red flags meant the two car only set one flying laps each. This resulted in the two cars No. 7 and 9 starting in 13th and 18th overall respectively, with the No. 8 Peugeot starting at the back of the grid for not participating in the qualifying session as it was still being repaired from the practice crash.

      The No. 1 Audi driven by Timo Bernhard took pole position with No. 2 and 3 qualifying second and third respectively. Strakka Racing took LMP2 pole only marginally ahead of TDS Racing. In the FLM class, Phil Keen of Neil Garner Motorsport took pole for their car. The No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari starts first in the GTE Pro class while the No. 67 IMSA Matmut Porsche took pole in GTE Am.[5]

      Qualifying Result

      Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[6]

      Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
      1 LMP1 #1 Audi Sport Team Joest Timo Bernhard 2:01.502 1
      2 LMP1 #2 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer 2:01.788 2
      3 LMP1 #3 Audi Sport North America Tom Kristensen 2:02.145 3
      4 LMP1 #10 Team Oreca-Matmut Nicolas Lapierre 2:05.482 4
      5 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost 2:06.767 5
      6 LMP1 #20 Quifel ASM Team Olivier Pla 2:07.290 6
      7 LMP1 #16 Pescarolo Team Christophe Tinseau 2:07.528 7
      8 LMP1 #15 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye 2:07.729 8
      9 LMP1 #23 MIK Corse Giacomo Piccini 2:08.821 9
      10 LMP2 #42 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 2:10.016 10
      11 LMP2 #46 TDS Racing Mathias Beche 2:10.141 11
      12 LMP2 #26 Signatech Nissan Franck Mailleux 2:10.474 12
      13 LMP1 #7 Peugeot Sport Total Marc Gené 2:10.725 13
      14 LMP2 #45 Boutsen Energy Racing Nicolas de Crem 2:11.183 14
      15 LMP2 #41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 2:11.218 15
      16 LMP2 #40 Race Performance Ralph Meichtry 2:11.306 16
      17 LMP2 #44 Extrême Limite AM Paris Fabien Rosier 2:11.842 17
      18 LMP1 #9 Peugeot Sport Total Simon Pagenaud 2:12.108 18
      19 LMP2 #35 OAK Racing Andrea Barlesi 2:12.373 19
      20 LMP2 #39 Pecom Racing Pierre Kaffer 2:13.584 20
      21 FLM #92 Neil Garner Motorsport Phil Keen 2:13.592 21
      22 LMP2 #33 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 2:13.851 22
      23 LMP2 #43 RLR msport Rob Garofall 2:14.122 23
      24 FLM #91 Hope Racing Nicolas Marroc 2:14.431 24
      25 FLM #99 JMB Racing Olivier Lombard 2:17.120 25
      26 FLM #93 Genoa Racing Elton Julian 2:18.219 26
      27 FLM #95 Pegasus Racing Julien Schell 2:18.757 27
      28 GTE-Pro #71 AF Corse Jaime Melo 2:20.743 28
      29 GTE-Pro #66 JMW Motorsport Rob Bell 2:20.915 29
      30 GTE-Pro #51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella 2:21.086 30
      31 GTE-Pro #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb 2:21.291 31
      32 GTE-Pro #55 BMW Motorsport Augusto Farfus 2:21.460 32
      33 GTE-Pro #89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Dominik Farnbacher 2:21.779 33
      34 GTE-Pro #56 BMW Motorsport Andy Priaulx 2:22.219 34
      35 GTE-Pro #76 IMSA Performance Matmut Wolf Henzler 2:22.955 35
      36 GTE-Am #67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 2:23.007 36
      37 GTE-Pro #58 Luxury Racing Anthony Beltoise 2:23.063 37
      38 GTE-Am #61 AF Corse Marco Cioci 2:23.269 38
      39 GTE-Am #82 CRS Racing Phil Quaife 2:23.485 39
      40 GTE-Pro #75 Prospeed Competition Marc Goossens 2:23.639 40
      41 GTE-Am #60 Gulf AMR Middle East Fabien Giroix 2:23.727 41
      42 GTE-Am #70 Kessel Racing Philipp Peter 2:24.050 42
      43 GTE-Am #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 2:24.599 43
      44 GTE-Am #50 Larbre Compétition Gabriele Gardel 2:24.773 44
      45 GTE-Pro #65 Lotus Jetalliance James Rossiter 2:25.124 45
      46 GTE-Am #62 CRS Racing Pierre Ehret 2:25.617 46
      47 GTE-Am #63 Proton Competition Christian Ried 2:26.797 47
      48 GTE-Pro #59 Luxury Racing Frédéric Makowiecki 2:27.098 48
      49 GTE-Am #57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn 2:28.677 49
      50 LMP1 #8 Peugeot Sport Total No Time 50
      51 LMP1 #13 Rebellion Racing No Time 51
      52 GTE-Pro #64 Lotus Jetalliance No Time 52
      53 GTE-Am #72 AF Corse No Time 53
      54 GTE-Pro #79 JOTA No Time 54
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      Race result

      Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[7]

      Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
      Engine
      1 LMP1 7 France Peugeot Sport Total Austria Alexander Wurz
      United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
      Spain Marc Gené      		 Peugeot 908 M 161
      Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8
      (Diesel)
      2 LMP1 8 France Peugeot Sport Total France Franck Montagny
      France Stéphane Sarrazin
      France Nicolas Minassian      		 Peugeot 908 M 161
      Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8
      (Diesel)
      3 LMP1 3 Germany Audi Sport North America United Kingdom Allan McNish
      Italy Rinaldo Capello
      Denmark Tom Kristensen      		 Audi R18 TDI M 160
      Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
      (Diesel)
      4 LMP1 1 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Timo Bernhard
      France Romain Dumas
      Germany Mike Rockenfeller      		 Audi R18 TDI M 159
      Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
      (Diesel)
      5 LMP1 2 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
      France Benoît Tréluyer
      Switzerland Marcel Fässler      		 Audi R18 TDI M 158
      Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
      (Diesel)
      6 LMP1 16 France Pescarolo Team France Emmanuel Collard
      France Christophe Tinseau
      France Julien Jousse      		 Pescarolo 01 Evo M 156
      Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
      7 LMP1 12 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Neel Jani
      France Nicolas Prost      		 Lola B10/60 M 156
      Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
      8 LMP1 9 France Peugeot Sport Total France Sébastien Bourdais
      Portugal Pedro Lamy
      France Simon Pagenaud      		 Peugeot 908 M 155
      Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8
      (Diesel)
      9 LMP1 13 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Jean-Christophe Boullion
      Italy Andrea Belicchi      		 Lola B10/60 M 155
      Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
      10 LMP1 10 France Team Oreca-Matmut France Nicolas Lapierre
      France Loïc Duval
      France Olivier Panis      		 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 152
      Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
      (Diesel)
      11 LMP2 46 Spain TDS Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
      France Pierre Thiriet
      United Kingdom Jody Firth      		 Oreca 03 M 150
      Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
      12 LMP2 45 Belgium Boutsen Energy Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
      Belgium Nicolas de Crem      		 Oreca 03 D 150
      Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
      13 LMP2 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Danny Watts
      United Kingdom Jonny Kane
      United Kingdom Nick Leventis      		 HPD ARX-01d M 150
      HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
      14 LMP2 43 United Kingdom RLR msport United Kingdom Barry Gates
      United Kingdom Rob Garofall
      United Kingdom Simon Phillips      		 MG-Lola EX265 D 147
      Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
      15 LMP2 26 France Signatech Nissan France Franck Mailleux
      France Soheil Ayari
      Spain Lucas Ordoñez      		 Oreca 03 D 146
      Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
      16 GTE
      Pro      		 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
      Italy Gianmaria Bruni      		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 144
      Ferrari 4.5 L V8
      17 GTE
      Pro      		 89 Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher Germany Dominik Farnbacher
      Denmark Allan Simonsen      		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 H 144
      Ferrari 4.5 L V8
      18 GTE
      Pro      		 56 Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Uwe Alzen
      United Kingdom Andy Priaulx      		 BMW M3 GT2 D 144
      BMW 4.0 L V8
      19 FLM 95 France Pegasus Racing Germany Mirco Schultis
      Germany Patrick Simon
      France Julien Schell      		 Oreca FLM09 M 144
      Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
      20 GTE
      Pro      		 55 Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Jörg Müller
      Brazil Augusto Farfus      		 BMW M3 GT2 D 143
      BMW 4.0 L V8
      21 GTE
      Pro      		 79 United Kingdom JOTA United Kingdom Simon Dolan
      United Kingdom Sam Hancock      		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 141
      Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
      22 GTE
      Pro      		 75 Belgium Prospeed Competition Germany Marco Holzer
      Belgium Marc Goossens      		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 141
      Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
      23 FLM 93 United States Genoa Racing Germany Jens Petersen
      Ecuador Elton Julian
      Germany Christian Zugel      		 Oreca FLM09 M 141
      Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
      24 GTE
      Am      		 67 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Raymond Narac
      France Nicolas Armindo      		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 140
      Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
      25 GTE
      Am      		 61 Italy AF Corse Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
      Italy Marco Cioci
      Belgium Stéphane Lémeret      		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 140
      Ferrari 4.0 V8
      26 GTE
      Am      		 50 France Larbre Compétition France Patrick Bornhauser
      France Julien Canal
      Switzerland Gabriele Gardel      		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 139
      Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
      27 GTE
      Am      		 63 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried
      Netherlands Niek Hommerson      		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 139
      Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
      28 GTE
      Am      		 88 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Austria Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
      United States Bryce Miller      		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 137
      Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
      29 GTE
      Am      		 62 United Kingdom CRS Racing Germany Pierre Ehret
      United Kingdom Shaun Lynn
      New Zealand Roger Willis      		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 137
      Ferrari 4.0  V8
      30 GTE
      Am      		 70 Switzerland Kessel Racing Poland Michał Broniszewski
      Austria Philipp Peter      		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 135
      Ferrari 4.0 L V8
      31 GTE
      Am      		 57 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
      Sweden Niclas Jönsson      		 Ferrari F430 GTE D 134
      Ferrari 4.0  V8
      32 LMP2 35 France OAK Racing France Patrice Lafargue
      France Fréderic Da Rocha
      Italy Andrea Barlesi      		 OAK Pescarolo 01 D 134
      Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
      33 GTE
      Pro      		 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Rob Bell
      United Kingdom James Walker      		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 132
      Ferrari 4.5 L V8
      34 LMP2 40 Switzerland Race Performance Switzerland Michel Frey
      Switzerland Ralph Meichtry
      France Marc Rostan      		 Oreca 03 D 132
      Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
      35 GTE
      Pro      		 77 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Germany Marc Lieb
      Austria Richard Lietz      		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 129
      Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
      36 FLM 92 United Kingdom Neil Garner Motorsport United Kingdom John Hartshorne
      United Kingdom Steve Keating
      United Kingdom Phil Keen      		 Oreca FLM09 M 125
      Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
      37 LMP2 41 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport France Gary Chalandon
      Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh
      United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith      		 Zytek Z11SN D 123
      Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
      38 LMP2 44 France Extrême Limite AM Paris France Fabien Rosier
      Switzerland Maurice Basso
      Switzerland Jean-Marc Luco      		 Norma M200P D 122
      Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
      39 LMP1 23 Italy MIK Corse Spain Máximo Cortés
      Italy Ferdinando Geri
      Italy Giacomo Piccini      		 Zytek 09SC - Hybrid D 174
      Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
      40 GTE
      Pro      		 64 Austria Lotus Jetalliance United Kingdom Martin Rich
      Netherlands Oskar Slingerland      		 Lotus Evora GTE M 119
      Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6
      41 FLM 99 Monaco JMB Racing France Manuel Rodrigues
      France Jean-Marc Menahem
      France Olivier Lombard      		 Oreca FLM09 M 117
      Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
      DSQ
      [citation needed]      		 FLM 91 Switzerland Hope Racing France Nicolas Marroc
      Italy Luca Moro
      China Zhang Shan Qi      		 Oreca FLM09 M 144
      Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
      DNF GTE
      Pro      		 71 Italy AF Corse Brazil Jaime Melo
      Finland Toni Vilander      		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 137
      Ferrari 4.5 L V8
      DNF GTE
      Am      		 82 United Kingdom CRS Racing United Kingdom Phil Quaife
      United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
      Netherlands Klaas Hummel      		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 137
      Ferrari 4.0 L V8
      NC GTE
      Am      		 60 United Arab Emirates Gulf AMR Middle East France Fabien Giroix
      Germany Roald Goethe
      United Kingdom Michael Wainright      		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 108
      Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
      DNF LMP1 20 Portugal Quifel ASM Team Portugal Miguel Amaral
      France Olivier Pla      		 Zytek 09SC D 106
      Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
      DNF GTE
      Am      		 72 Italy AF Corse United States Robert Kauffman
      Portugal Rui Águas      		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 105
      Ferrari 4.0 V8
      DNF GTE
      Pro      		 59 France Luxury Racing Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
      France Frédéric Makowiecki      		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 64
      Ferrari 4.5 L V8
      DNF LMP2 39 Argentina Pecom Racing Argentina Matías Russo
      Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
      Germany Pierre Kaffer      		 Lola B11/40 M 60
      Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
      DNF LMP2 33 United States Level 5 Motorsports United States Scott Tucker
      France Christophe Bouchut
      Portugal João Barbosa      		 Lola B08/80 M 59
      HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
      DNF GTE
      Pro      		 65 Austria Lotus Jetalliance United Kingdom James Rossiter
      United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
      SwitzerlandJonathan Hirschi      		 Lotus Evora GTE M 21
      Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6
      DNF GTE
      Pro      		 76 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Patrick Pilet
      Germany Wolf Henzler      		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 16
      Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
      DNF GTE
      Pro      		 58 France Luxury Racing France Anthony Beltoise
      France François Jakubowski
      Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz      		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 4
      Ferrari 4.5 L V8
      DNS LMP1 15 France OAK Racing France Matthieu Lahaye
      France Pierre Ragues
      France Guillaume Moreau      		 OAK Pescarolo 01 D -
      Judd DB 3.4 L V8
      DNS LMP2 36 United Kingdom RML United Kingdom Mike Newton
      Brazil Thomas Erdos
      United Kingdom Ben Collins      		 HPD ARX-01d D -
      HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
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      References

      1. ^ "Aston Martin Racing to sit out Spa-Francorchamps". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
      2. ^ "Oreca Hybrid to be absent from Spa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
      3. ^ "OAK Racing LM P1 #24 to miss Spa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
      4. ^ "1000 KM of Spa: Crashes halt second practice". planetlemans.com. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
      5. ^ "1000 KM of Spa: Audi on pole, Peugeot gambles wrong". planetlemans.com. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
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      7. ^ "Race - Provisional Classification" (PDF). lemans-series.com. Le Mans Series. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 


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