2009 Le Mans Series

The 2009 Le Mans Series 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.

2009 Le Mans Series
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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

Championship Standings

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.

Teams 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


Drivers 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 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  2. "Five races and two tests". Le Mans Series. 2009-01-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
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