2009 1000 km of Silverstone

The 2009 Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone was the fifth and final round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, England, on 13 September 2009. The race was won from pole position by Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre for Team Oreca, while the third-place finishing Aston Martin of Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke won the LMP1 championship. Speedy Racing Team Sebah won their first race in the LMP2 category while the ASM Team failed to finish but were able to win their championship. First-time LMS entrant Gigawave Motorsport led the GT1 category while JMW Motorsport won in GT2. Team Felbermayr-Proton secured the GT2 class championship by finishing in seventh in their class.

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (2004-2009)

Report edit

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

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

Pos Class Team Lap Time
1 LMP1 No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:32.798
2 LMP1 No. 007 Aston Martin Racing 1:33.714
3 LMP1 No. 009 Aston Martin Racing 1:34.618
4 LMP1 No. 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:34.654
5 LMP1 No. 5 Team LNT 1:35.296
6 LMP1 No. 14 Kolles 1:35.522
7 LMP1 No. 008 AMR Eastern Europe 1:36.014
8 LMP2 No. 40 Quifel ASM Team 1:36.092
9 LMP1 No. 12 Signature Plus 1:36.292
10 LMP2 No. 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:37.128
11 LMP2 No. 25 RML 1:37.280
12 LMP2 No. 41 GAC Racing Team 1:38.210
13 LMP2 No. 45 Team WFR 1:38.810
14 LMP2 No. 37 WR Salini 1:39.096
15 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:39.396
16 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing 1:40.116
17 LMP2 No. 28 Ibañez Racing Service 1:41.922
18 LMP2 No. 26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team 1:42.340
19 LMP2 No. 43 Q8 Oils Hache Team 1:43.470
20 LMP2 No. 38 Pegasus Racing 1:44.486
21 GT1 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:45.714
22 GT1 No. 60 Gigawave Motorsports 1:45.796
23 GT1 No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures 1:45.848
24 GT2 No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:48.638
25 GT2 No. 92 JMW Motorsport 1:48.830
26 GT2 No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut 1:48.984
27 GT2 No. 84 Team Modena 1:49.358
28 GT2 No. 89 Hankook Team Farnbacher 1:49.570
29 GT2 No. 87 Drayson Racing 1:49.594
30 GT2 No. 91 FBR 1:49.612
31 GT2 No. 90 FBR 1:50.062
32 GT2 No. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron 1:50.342
33 GT2 No. 78 Advanced Engineering 1:50.710
34 GT2 No. 99 JMB Racing 1:51.126
35 GT2 No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:52.176
36 GT2 No. 81 Easyrace 1:52.630
37 GT2 No. 95 James Watt Automotive 1:52.920
38 LMP1 No. 16 Pescarolo Sport 5:31.444
39 LMP1 No. 15 Kolles 5:59.292
40 LMP1 No. 23 Strakka Racing No Time

Race edit

Race result 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 10   Team Oreca Matmut AIM   Olivier Panis
  Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 01 M 195
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
2 LMP1 13   Speedy Racing Team
  Sebah Automotive
  Marcel Fässler
  Andrea Belicchi
  Nicolas Prost
Lola B08/60 M 195
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
3 LMP1 007   Aston Martin Racing   Jan Charouz
  Tomáš Enge
  Stefan Mücke
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 195
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4 LMP1 009   Aston Martin Racing   Darren Turner
  Harold Primat
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 195
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
5 LMP1 15   Kolles   Christijan Albers
  Christian Bakkerud
Audi R10 TDI M 194
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
6 LMP1 14   Kolles   Narain Karthikeyan
  Andrew Meyrick
  Charles Zwolsman Jr.
Audi R10 TDI M 193
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
7 LMP1 12   Signature Plus   Pierre Ragues
  Franck Mailleux
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 193
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
8 LMP2 33   Speedy Racing Team
  Sebah Automotive
  Benjamin Leuenberger
 Xavier Pompidou
  Jonny Kane
Lola B08/80 M 190
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
9 LMP1 23   Strakka Racing   Nick Leventis
  Danny Watts
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S M 189
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 25   RML   Thomas Erdos
  Mike Newton
Lola B08/86 M 186
MG(AER) XP-21 2.0 L Turbo I4[3]
11 LMP2 24   OAK Racing
  Team Mazda France
  Jacques Nicolet
  Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 D 184
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
12 LMP1 008   AMR Eastern Europe   Miguel Ramos
  Stuart Hall
  Chris Buncombe
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 182
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
13 LMP1 16   Pescarolo Sport   Jean-Christophe Boullion
  Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 181
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
14 LMP2 45   Team WFR   Darren Manning
  Warren Hughes
  Jody Firth
Embassy WF01 D 179
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
15 LMP2 41   GAC Racing Team   Karim Ojjeh
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Philipp Peter
Zytek 07S/2 M 179
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
16 LMP2 26   Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team   Pierre Bruneau
  Tim Greaves
  Francesco Sini
Radical SR9 D 179
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
17 LMP2 28   Ibañez Racing Service   José Ibañez
  William Cavailhès
  Frédéric da Rocha
Courage LC75 D 175
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
18 LMP2 38   Pegasus Racing   Julien Schell
  Philippe Thirion
  Jean-Christophe Metz
Courage-Oreca LC75 A 175
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
19 GT1 60   Gigawave Motorsport   Ryan Sharp
  Peter Kox
Aston Martin DBR9 M 175
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
20 LMP2 37   WR Salini   Stéphane Salini
  Philippe Salini
  Tristan Gommendy
WR LMP2008 D 174
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
21 GT1 50   Larbre Compétition   Roland Berville
  Sébastien Dumez
  Laurent Groppi
Saleen S7-R M 174
Ford 7.0 L V8
22 GT1 72   Luc Alphand Aventures   Yann Clairay
  Patrice Goueslard
  Julien Jousse
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R D 173
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
23 GT2 92   JMW Motorsport   Rob Bell
  Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2 D 172
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24 GT2 85   Snoras Spyker Squadron   Tom Coronel
  Jaroslav Janiš
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 170
Audi 4.0 L V8
25 GT2 76   IMSA Performance Matmut   Patrick Pilet
  Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 170
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GT2 84   Team Modena   Antonio García
  Leo Mansell
  Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 170
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27 GT2 89   Hankook Team Farnbacher   Christian Montanari
  Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430 GT2 H 170
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
28 LMP1 5   Team LNT   Nigel Mansell
  Greg Mansell
  Lawrence Tomlinson
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S M 168
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
29 GT2 91   FBR   Andrea Montermini
  Niki Cadei
  Gabrio Rosa
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 168
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
30 GT2 77   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Marc Lieb
  Richard Lietz
  Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 165
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31 GT2 88   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Horst Felbermayr Jr.
  Christian Ried
  Francisco Cruz Martins
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 165
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 GT2 95   James Watt Automotive   Paul Daniels
  Martin Rich
  Markus Palttala
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 164
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
33 GT2 78   Advanced Engineering   Peter Bamford
  Matt Griffin
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 164
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
34 GT2 81   Easyrace   Maurice Basso
  Roberto Plati
  Gianpaolo Tenchini
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 161
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
35 GT2 99   JMB Racing   John Hartshorne
  Peter Kutemann
  Stéphane Daoudi
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 160
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
36
NC
LMP2 43   Q8 Oils Hache Team   Máximo Cortés
  Fonsi Nieto
  Carmen Jordá
Lucchini LMP2/08 D 135
Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
37
NC
GT2 90   FBR   Pierre Ehret
  Dominik Farnbacher
  Anthony Beltoise
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 131
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
38
DNF
LMP2 35   OAK Racing
  Team Mazda France
  Matthieu Lahaye
  Karim Ajlani
Pescarolo 01 D 138
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
39
DNF
GT2 87   Drayson Racing   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 M 122
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
40
DNF
LMP2 40   Quifel ASM Team   Miguel Amaral
  Olivier Pla
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 D 32
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualifying Practice". Le Mans Series. 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-09-13.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Race". Le Mans Series. 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-09-13.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "RML AD Group / RML News / RML AD Group Sports Prototypes for Sale". RML. 2011-02-09. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-02-10.

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