2009 Le Mans Series

2009 Le Mans Series season
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The 2009 Le Mans Series season 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

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
–	Test Session	Paul Ricard HTTT	8–9 March
1	1000 km of Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya	5 April
–	Test Session	Bugatti Circuit	25–26 April
2	1000 km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	10 May
3	1000 km of Algarve	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	1 August
4	1000 km of Nürburgring	Nürburgring	23 August
5	1000 km of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	13 September

Season results

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Catalunya	No.007 AMR Eastern Europe	No.30 Racing Box	No.55 IPB Spartak Racing	No.77 Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	Matteo Bobbi Andrea Piccini Thomas Biagi	Peter Kox Roman Rusinov	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
2	Spa	No.7 Team Peugeot Total	No.31 Team Essex	No.72 Luc Alphand Aventures	No.77 Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Simon Pagenaud Christian Klien	Casper Elgaard Kristian Poulsen Emmanuel Collard	Luc Alphand Patrice Goueslard Yann Clairay	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
3	Algarve	No.16 Pescarolo Sport	No.40 Quifel ASM Team	No.72 Luc Alphand Aventures	No.92 JMW Motorsport	Results
		Jean-Christophe Boullion Christophe Tinseau	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Julien Jousse Patrice Goueslard Yann Clairay	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni
4	Nürburgring	No.007 AMR Eastern Europe	No.40 Quifel ASM Team	No.50 Larbre Compétition	No.77 Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Roland Berville Sébastien Dumez Laurent Groppi	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
5	Silverstone	No.10 Team Oreca AIM	No.33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah	No.60 Gigawave Motorsport	No.92 JMW Motorsport	Results
		Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Benjamin Leuenberger Xavier Pompidou Jonny Kane	Ryan Sharp Peter Kox	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni

Championships

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). 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.

Team championships

The top two finishers in each teams championship earned automatic entry to the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP1 standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1	007	AMR Eastern Europe	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	10	6	8	11	6	-2	39
2	16	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	8	8	10	0	0		26
3	10	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Courage-Oreca LC70E	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	6						23
			Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10		0	6		11
4	009	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	0	4	4	8	5		21
5=	13	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Lola B08/60	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	2	1	0	3	8		14
5=	12	Signature Plus	Courage-Oreca LC70E	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	5	0	3	4	2		14
7	14	Kolles	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	1	3	0	5	3		12
8=	7	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		11					11
8=	11	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Courage-Oreca LC70E	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	0						11
			Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10		5	6
10=	008	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12				6	0		6
10=	15	Kolles	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	0	2	0	0	4		6
12	23	Strakka Racing	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8	5	0	0	0	1	-2	4
13	17	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	3	0					3
–	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Lavaggi LS1	AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8		0		0			0
–	22	Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8		0					0
–	9	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		0					0
–	5	Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8					0	-2	0

LMP2 standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1	40	Quifel ASM Team	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	8	2	11	11	1		33
2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	2	8	4	2	10	-2	24
3	29	Racing Box	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	7	0	8	8			23
4	30	Racing Box	Lola B08/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	10	0	5	3		-2	16
5	41	GAC Racing Team	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	1	0	6	4	4		15
6	24	OAK Racing Team	Pescarolo 01	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	3	0	1	5	6	-2	13
7	31	Team Essex	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8		11					11
8	35	OAK Racing Team	Pescarolo 01	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	4	6	3	6	0	-10	9
9	26	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	5	0	0	0	3		8
10	38	Pegasus Racing	Courage-Oreca LC75	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	0	5		1	1		7
11=	37	WR Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	0	3	0	0	0		3
11=	45	Team WFR	Embassy WF01	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8					5	-2	3
13	39	KSM	Lola B07/46	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	0	4				-2	2
14	28	Ibañez Racing Service	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
–	43	Q8 Oils Hache Team	Lucchini LMP2/08	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	0	0	0	0	0		0
–	32	Team Barazi-Epsilon	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek 2ZG348 3.4 L V8		0					0
–	42	Ranieri Randaccio	Lucchini LMP2/08	Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8	0	0				-2	0
–	25	RML	Lola B08/86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	0	0	2	0	8	-14	0

GT1 standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8	9	10	11	8	6		44
2	50	Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8	6		8	11	9		34
3	55	IPB Spartak Racing	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0 L V12	10	8					18
4	60	Gigawave Motorsport	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12					10		10
5	66	Jetalliance Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		7					7
–	51	ARC Bratislava Kaneko	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8	0						0

GT2 standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	10	11	2	10	3		36
2	92	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	9	6	10	0	10		35
3	84	Team Modena	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	4	8	6	1	5		24
4	90	FBR	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	5	5	5	6	0		21
5	89	Hankook Farnbacher Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	6	0	4	6	4		20
6	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	0	3	8	4	6	-2	19
7	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	0	4	0	8	8	-6	14
8=	99	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	3	0	3	0	0		6
8=	91	FBR	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	0	0		3	3		6
10	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	2	0	0	2	1		5
11	81	Easyrace	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	0	0	2	0	0		2
12=	87	Drayson Racing	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	1	2	0	0	0	-2	1
12=	96	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	0	1					1
–	78	Advanced Engineering	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		0		0	0		0
–	94	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		0					0
–	79	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10		0					0
–	95	James Watt Automotive	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6					0		0

Driver championships

LMP1 standings

Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke won the LMP1 class title for Aston Martin Racing.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1=	Jan Charouz	AMR Eastern Europe	10	6	8	11	6	-2	39
1=	Tomáš Enge	AMR Eastern Europe	10	6	8	11	6	-2	39
1=	Stefan Mücke	AMR Eastern Europe	10	6	8	11	6	-2	39
4=	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	8	8	10	0	0		26
4=	Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo Sport	8	8	10	0	0		26
6=	Nicolas Lapierre	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	0	5	6		11		22
6=	Olivier Panis	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	0	5	6		11		22
8=	Darren Turner	Aston Martin Racing	0	4	4	8	5		21
8=	Harold Primat	Aston Martin Racing	0	4	4	8	5		21
10=	Marcel Fässler	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	1	0	3	8		14
10=	Andrea Belicchi	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	1	0	3	8		14
10=	Nicolas Prost	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	1	0	3	8		14
10=	Miguel Ramos	Aston Martin Racing	0	4	4				14
		AMR Eastern Europe				6	0
10=	Pierre Ragues	Signature Plus	5	0	3	4	2		14
10=	Franck Mailleux	Signature Plus	5	0	3	4	2		14
16=	Bruno Senna	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	6	0	6				12
16=	Charles Zwolsman, Jr.	Kolles	1	3	0	5	3		12
16=	Andrew Meyrick	Kolles	1	3	0	5	3		12
19=	Nicolas Minassian	Team Peugeot Total		11					11
19=	Simon Pagenaud	Team Peugeot Total		11					11
19=	Christian Klien	Team Peugeot Total		11					11
19=	Narain Karthikeyan	Kolles		3	0	5	3		11
23=	Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	6	0					6
23=	Tiago Monteiro	Team Oreca Matmut AIM			6				6
23=	Stuart Hall	AMR Eastern Europe				6	0		6
23=	Chris Buncombe	AMR Eastern Europe				6	0		6
23=	Christijan Albers	Kolles	0	2	0	0	4		6
23=	Christian Bakkerud	Kolles	0	2	0	0	4		6
29=	Nick Leventis	Strakka Racing	5	0	0	0	1	-2	4
29=	Danny Watts	Strakka Racing	5	0	0	0	1	-2	4
31=	Peter Hardman	Strakka Racing	5	0				-2	3
31=	Bruce Jouanny	Pescarolo Sport	3	0					3
31=	João Barbosa	Pescarolo Sport	3	0					3
34	Giorgio Mondini	Kolles		2	0	0			2
35	Michael Krumm	Kolles	1						1

LMP2 standings

Miguel Amaral and Olivier Pla won the LMP2 class title for Quifel ASM.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1=	Miguel Amaral	Quifel ASM Team	8	2	11	11	1		33
1=	Olivier Pla	Quifel ASM Team	8	2	11	11	1		33
3=	Xavier Pompidou	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	8	4	2	10	-2	24
3=	Jonny Kane	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2	8	4	2	10	-2	24
5=	Andrea Ceccato	Racing Box	7	0	8	8			23
5=	Filippo Francioni	Racing Box	7	0	8	8			23
5=	Giacomo Piccini	Racing Box	7	0	8	8			23
8	Benjamin Leuenberger	Speedy Racing Team Sebah		8	4	2	10	-2	22
9=	Matteo Bobbi	Racing Box	10	0	5	3		-2	16
9=	Andrea Piccini	Racing Box	10	0	5	3		-2	16
9=	Thomas Biagi	Racing Box	10	0	5	3		-2	16
12=	Karim Ojjeh	GAC Racing Team	1	0	6	4	4		15
12=	Philipp Peter	GAC Racing Team	1	0	6	4	4		15
14=	Jacques Nicolet	OAK Racing	3	0	1	5	6	-2	13
14=	Richard Hein	OAK Racing	3	0	1	5	6	-2	13
16=	Casper Elgaard	Team Essex		11					11
16=	Kristian Poulsen	Team Essex		11					11
16=	Emmanuel Collard	Team Essex		11					11
19=	Matthieu Lahaye	OAK Racing	4	6	3	6	0	-10	9
19=	Karim Ajlani	OAK Racing	4	6	3	6	0	-10	9
21	Pierre Bruneau	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	5	0	0	0	3		8
22=	Julien Schell	Pegasus Racing	0	5		1	1		7
22=	Philippe Thirion	Pegasus Racing	0	5		1	1		7
24=	Stuart Moseley	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	5	0					5
24=	Nigel Greensall	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	5						5
24=	Francesco Sini	KSM	0	4				-2	5
		Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team			0	0	3
24=	Claude-Yves Gosselin	GAC Racing Team	1	0		4	0		5
28=	Darren Manning	Team WFR					5	-2	3
28=	Warren Hughes	Team WFR					5	-2	3
28=	Stéphane Salini	WR Salini	0	3	0	0	0		3
28=	Philippe Salini	WR Salini	0	3	0	0	0		3
28=	Tristan Gommendy	WR Salini	0	3		0	0		3
28=	Tim Greaves	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team		0	0		3		3
34=	Hideki Noda	KSM	0	4				-2	2
34=	Matthew Marsh	KSM	0	4				-2	2
34=	Jean-Christophe Metz	Pegasus Racing				1	1		2
37=	José Ibañez	Ibañez Racing Service	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
37=	William Cavailhès	Ibañez Racing Service	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
37=	Frédéric Da Rocha	Ibañez Racing Service	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0

GT1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1=	Patrice Goueslard	Luc Alphand Aventures	9	10	11	8	6		44
1=	Yann Clairay	Luc Alphand Aventures	9	10	11	8	6		44
3	Roland Bervillé	Larbre Compétition	6		8	11	9		34
4	Peter Kox	IPB Spartak Racing	10	8					28
		Gigawave Motorsport					10
5	Julien Jousse	Luc Alphand Aventures			11	8	6		25
6	Laurent Groppi	Larbre Compétition				11	9		20
7	Luc Alphand	Luc Alphand Aventures	9	10					19
8	Sébastien Dumez	Larbre Compétition	6			11	1		18
9=	Roman Rusinov	IPB Spartak Racing	10						10
9=	Ryan Sharp	Gigawave Motorsport					10		10
11=	Filip Salaquarda	IPB Spartak Racing		8					8
11=	Erik Janiš	IPB Spartak Racing		8					8
11=	Stéphane Lémeret	Larbre Compétition			8				8
14=	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	Jetalliance Racing		7					7
14=	Thomas Gruber	Jetalliance Racing		7					7
16	Steve Zacchia	Larbre Compétition	6						6

GT2 standings

Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz won the GT2 class title for Felbermayr-Proton.

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Penalty	Total
1=	Marc Lieb	Team Felbermayr-Proton	10	11	2	10	3		36
1=	Richard Lietz	Team Felbermayr-Proton	10	11	2	10	3		36
3=	Rob Bell	JMW Motorsport	9	6	10	0	10		35
3=	Gianmaria Bruni	JMW Motorsport	9	6	10	0	10		35
5=	Antonio García	Team Modena	4	8	6	1	5		24
5=	Leo Mansell	Team Modena	4	8	6	1	5		24
7	Pierre Ehret	FBR	5	5	5	6	0		21
8=	Jaime Melo	Team Modena		8	6		5		19
8=	Patrick Pilet	IMSA Performance Matmut	0	3	8	4	6	-2	19
8=	Raymond Narac	IMSA Performance Matmut	0	3	8	4	6	-2	19
11=	Allan Simonsen	Hankook Team Farnbacher	6	0	4	6			16
11=	Anthony Beltoise	FBR	5		5	6	0		16
11=	Dominik Farnbacher	FBR		5	5	6	0		16
14=	Tom Coronel	Snoras Spyker Squadron	0	4	0	8	8	-6	14
14=	Pierre Kaffer	Hankook Team Farnbacher		0	4	6	4		14
16=	Jaroslav Janiš	Snoras Spyker Squadron			0	8	8	-6	10
16=	Christian Montanari	Hankook Team Farnbacher	6				4		10
18=	John Hartshorne	JMB Racing	3	0	3	0	0		6
18=	Andrea Montermini	FBR	0	0		3	3		6
18=	Gabrio Rosa	FBR	0	0		3	3		6
21=	Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	0	0	2	1		5
21=	Christian Ried	Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	0	0	2	1		5
21=	Francisco Cruz Martins	Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	0	0	2	1		5
24	Peter Dumbreck	Snoras Spyker Squadron		4					4
25=	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering		0					3
		JMB Racing			3
25=	Johan-Boris Scheier	JMB Racing	3			0			3
25=	Romain Ianetta	JMB Racing	3						3
25=	César Campaniço	JMB Racing			3				3
25=	Niki Cadei	FBR					3		3
30=	Maurice Basso	Easyrace	0	0	2	0	0		2
30=	Roberto Plati	Easyrace	0	0	2	0	0		2
30=	Gianpaolo Tenchini	Easyrace	0	0	2	0	0		2
33=	Paul Drayson	Drayson Racing	1	2	0	0	0	-2	1
33=	Jonny Cocker	Drayson Racing	1	2	0	0	0	-2	1
33=	Sean McInerney	Virgo Motorsport	0	1					1
33=	Michael McInerney	Virgo Motorsport	0	1					1
33=	Michael Vergers	Virgo Motorsport	0	1					1
33=	Toni Vilander	Team Modena				1			1

References

1. "The 2009 calendar is ready!". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2008-10-10. Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
2. "Five races and two tests". Le Mans Series. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

External links

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