2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
| 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup | |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Automobile Club de l'Ouest |
| Discipline | Sports car endurance racing |
| Number of races | 7 |
| Number of manufacturers | 8 |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Champions | |
| LMP1 Manufacturer |
 Peugeot |
| GTE Manufacturer |
 Ferrari |
| LMP1 Team |
Peugeot Sport Total |
| LMP2 Team |
Signatech Nissan |
| LMGTE Pro Team |
AF Corse |
| LMGTE Am Team |
Larbre Compétition |
The 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup was the second and final running of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, an international auto racing championship for manufacturers and teams. The Cup featured endurance races from the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and a stand-alone event in Zhuhai, China. Championships were held for Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance – Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance – Amateur (LMGTE Am) category cars.
Schedule
On 29 November 2010, the ACO announced an initial 2011 calendar with seven events, expanding from just three in 2010. The most notable new addition was the 24 Hours of Le Mans which returned as a round of a championship series for the first time since the final World Sportscar Championship season in 1992. Double points were awarded for the event at Le Mans.[1] The Sebring and Road America rounds were held in conjunction with the American Le Mans Series, while the Spa, Imola, and Silverstone rounds were shared with the Le Mans Series. Zhuhai was solely a round of the ILMC.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Hours of Sebring |  Sebring International Raceway |
Sebring, Florida, United States | 19 March |
| 2 | 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps | .svg.png){kind=small} Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
Spa, Belgium | 7 May |
| 3 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe |
Le Mans, France | 11–12 June |
| 4 | 6 Hours of Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari |
Imola, Italy | 3 July |
| 5 | 6 Hours of Silverstone |  Silverstone Circuit |
Silverstone, United Kingdom | 11 September |
| 6 | Petit Le Mans | Road Atlanta |
Braselton, Georgia, United States | 2 October |
| 7 | 6 Hours of Zhuhai |  Zhuhai International Circuit |
Zhuhai, China | 13 November |
Entries
Results and standings
Race results
Note that for each individual race, cars not competing in the Intercontinental Cup may have won their respective class. However, only the highest finishing Cup entrant is listed below.
Points were awarded to manufacturers and teams which completed at least 70% of their class winner's distance. One bonus point was awarded for winning pole position (denoted by bold). Points were doubled for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
| Points System[2] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
| Points | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Manufacturers' Cups
The top two finishing cars from each designated manufacturer earned points towards their respective championships. Additionally, LMGTE manufacturers were awarded one bonus point for a car completing a race, other than Le Mans, with over 15 hours on the engine, and two bonus points for each engine over 30 hours.[3]
LMP1 standings
|
Bold - Pole position in each category |
LMGTE standings
| Pos | Constructor | SEB | SPA | LM | IMO | SIL | ATL | ZHU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari |
15 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 171 |
| 2 |  BMW |
29 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 152 |
| 3 | Porsche |
8 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 114 |
| 4 | Corvette |
20 | 4 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 95 |
| 5 | Aston Martin |
0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Lotus |
– | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
Team Cups
2011 saw the team cups for all four classes hotly contested. Peugeot's factory team was able to retain the LMP1 title. Audi's Joest team was able to briefly take the lead in the standings after their victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which netted double points, but the Peugeot Sport Total team would run the table for the rest of the season, not only winning every race, but even gathering the pole-sitter bonus points for each one as well. Aston Martin's new AMR-One car proved to be a failure, and the team's late-season return with the Lola B09/60 was too late to make an impact. Oreca won the season opening round, and performed well in other races, but did not compete in all rounds. Non-manufacturer LMP1 teams were well off of the pace of the manufacturer-supported teams and despite season-long participation were not able to challenge for the cup. The LMP2 cup was essentially a battle between Signatech and OAK Racing, with Level 5 Motorsports failing to compete season-long. AF Corse carried its 2010 GT2 class success forward into the new LMGTE Pro class against a strong effort by the BMW Motorsport team, while Larbre's Corvette performed well through the season netting the team the cup in the LMGTE Am class against several competitors.[4]
Several teams changed the type of car they ran during the Cup. Audi Sport Team Joest started the season with the older Audi R15 TDI plus (powered by an Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 diesel engine), while in the LMGTE Pro class, AF Corse entered the first event with a Ferrari F430 GTE. In both cases, the teams switched to their new car for the second event. Aston Martin Racing had intended to run their troubled Aston Martin AMR-One car in the LMP1 class, but extended testing prevented it entering the first two events. After its unsuccessful debut at Le Mans, the fourth round at Imola was skipped as well and ultimately, the team would switch to the older Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 for to run the final three rounds.
| Full 2011 ILMC Team Cup Standings[4] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Team | Chassis Engine |
Tire | Results (key) | Points | |||||||
| SEB |
SPA |
LMS |
IMO |
SIL |
ATL |
ZHU | ||||||
| LMP1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | |
Peugeot Sport Total | Peugeot 908 HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (diesel) |
M | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 113 |
| 2 | |
Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 TDI TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (diesel) |
M | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | NC | 3 | 85 |
| 3 |  |
Rebellion Racing | Lola B10/60 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 |
M | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 50 |
| 4 | |
Team Oreca Matmut | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (diesel) |
M | 1 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 47 |
| 5 | |
OAK Racing | Pescarolo 01 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 |
D | Ret | DNS | Ret | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | |
Aston Martin Racing | Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 |
M | - | - | Ret | - | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | |
Hope Racing | Oreca 01 Swiss HyTech 2.0 L Turbo I4 Hybrid |
M | - | - | Ret | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| LMP2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | |
Signatech Nissan | Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |
D | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 95 |
| 2 | |
OAK Racing | Pescarolo 01 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 |
M | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 63 |
| 3 | |
Level 5 Motorsports | Lola B11/80 HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 |
D | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 57 |
| LMGTE PRO | ||||||||||||
| 1 | |
AF Corse | Ferrari 458 GTC 4.5 L V8 |
M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 108 |
| 2 | |
BMW Motorsport | BMW M3 GT2 4.0 L V8 |
D | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 101 |
| 3 | |
Luxury Racing | Ferrari 458 GTC 4.5 L V8 |
M | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| 4 |  |
Lotus Jetalliance | Lotus Evora GTE Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6 |
M | - | 9 | 7 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 4 | 27 |
| LMGTE AM | ||||||||||||
| 1 | |
Larbre Compétition | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 5.5 L V8 |
M | NC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 93 |
| 2 | |
Krohn Racing | Ferrari F430 GTE 4.0 L V8 |
D | 1 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 62 |
| 3 | |
Proton Competition | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 4.0 L Flat-6 |
M | 2 | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 2 | Ret | 1 | 52 |
| 4 | |
CRS Racing | Ferrari F430 GTE 4.0 L V8 |
M | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | |
AF Corse | Ferrari F430 GTE 4.0 L V8 |
M | - | 2 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 47 |
| 6 |  |
Gulf AMR Middle East | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 4.5 L V8 |
D | Ret | Ret | Ret | - | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
References
- ↑ "2011 ILMC Calendar". lemans.org (Automobile Club de l'Ouest). 2010-11-29. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ↑ "Règlement Sportif 2011 / 2011 Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 December 2010. p. 5, Article 6, Part 1. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ↑ "Provisional Manufacturers Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 November 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- 1 2 "Provisional Teams Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 November 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
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