2011 6 Hours of Castellet

The 2011 6 Hours of Castellet (6 Heures du Castellet) was the opening round of the 2011 Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on April 3, 2011. It was also the first Le Mans Series race with the two new GT classes, GTE Pro and GTE Am, contesting the event after the demise of the GT1 class.

Qualifying result

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

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP1 No.12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:46.783 1
2 LMP1 No.16 Pescarolo Team Emmanuel Collard 1:47.025 34
3 LMP1 No.20 Quifel-ASM Team Olivier Pla 1:47.231 2
4 LMP1 No.13 Rebellion Racing Jean-Christophe Boullion 1:48.491 3
5 LMP2 No.46 TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:48.928 4
6 LMP2 No.45 Boutsen Energy Racing Dominik Kraihamer 1:49.692 5
7 LMP2 No.41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:50.008 6
8 LMP2 No.40 Race Performance Thor-Christian Ebbesvik 1:50.356 7
9 LMP2 No.39 PeCom Racing Matías Russo 1:51.744 8
10 LMP2 No.44 Extrême Limite AM Paris Fabien Rosier 1:52.158 9
11 LMP1 No.009 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:52.267 10
12 LMP2 No.43 RLR msport Rob Garofall 1:53.414 11
13 LMP2 No.42 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:53.582 12
14 FLM No.91 Hope Polevision Racing Nicolas Marroc 1:53.659 13
15 FLM No.93 Genoa Racing Elton Julian 1:54.044 14
16 FLM No.92 Neil Garner Motorsport Phil Keen 1:54.081 15
17 FLM No.95 Pegasus Racing Patrick Simon 1:55.829 16
18 FLM No.99 JMB Racing Nicolas Misslin 1:56.806 17
19 GTE-Pro No.51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:58.522 18
20 GTE-Pro No.86 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge 1:58.773 19
21 GTE-Pro No.66 JMW Motorsport Rob Bell 1:59.119 20
22 GTE-Pro No.71 AF Corse Toni Vilander 1:59.144 21
23 GTE-Pro No.89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Allan Simonsen 1:59.244 22
24 GTE-Pro No.75 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer 1:59.244 23
25 GTE-Am No.67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 1:59.370 24
26 GTE-Pro No.77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Richard Lietz 1:59.455 25
27 GTE-Pro No.76 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrick Pilet 1:59.457 26
28 GTE-Pro No.79 JOTA Sam Hancock 2:00.336 27
29 GTE-Am No.88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 2:00.354 28
30 GTE-Am No.61 AF Corse Marco Cioci 2:00.470 29
31 GTE-Am No.70 Kessel Racing Philipp Peter 2:00.698 30
32 GTE-Am No.82 CRS Racing Adam Christodoulou 2:01.137 31
33 GTE-Am No.72 AF Corse Rui Águas 2:01.691 32
34 LMP2 No.36 RML No Time 33

Note: the No. 16 Pescarolo Team was demoted to the back of the grid due to a ride height infringement in qualifying.

Race

The race got off to a controversial start when the pace car did not return to the pits when the green lights came on. The front running LMPs slowed down but some of the GT cars could not react fast enough, resulting in all three GTE Pro class Porsches getting heavily damaged and retired. The GTE Am class IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche and GTE Pro JOTA Aston Martin were also caught in the carnage.[2] The race was won overall by Pescarolo Team after their first race since 2009 after their financial troubles in 2010. LMP2 was won by Greaves Motorsport, Pegasus Racing took the FLM victory. JMW Motorsport took GTE Pro victory after a hard fought battle with the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari towards the end. Team Felbermayr-Proton won in the GTE Am class.

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Team Emmanuel Collard
Christophe Tinseau
Julien Jousse		 Pescarolo 01 Evo M 185
Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
2 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Jean-Christophe Boullion
Andrea Belicchi		 Lola B10/60 M 184
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
3 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Gary Chalandon
Karim Ojjeh
Tom Kimber-Smith		 Zytek Z11SN D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 39 Pecom Racing Matías Russo
Luís Pérez Companc
Pierre Kaffer		 Lola B11/40 M 179
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
5 LMP2 42 Strakka Racing Danny Watts
Jonny Kane
Nick Leventis		 HPD ARX-01d M 177
HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
6 LMP2 45 Boutsen Energy Racing Dominik Kraihamer
Nicolas de Crem		 Oreca 03 D 175
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
Nicolas Prost		 Lola B10/60 M 175
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
8 LMP1 20 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla		 Zytek 09SC D 174
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 43 RLR msport Barry Gates
Rob Garofall
Simon Phillips		 MG-Lola EX265 D 174
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
10 LMP2 40 Race Performance Michel Frey
Ralph Meichtry
Thor-Christian Ebbesvik		 Oreca 03 D 174
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
11 LMP2 36 RML Mike Newton
Thomas Erdos
Ben Collins		 HPD ARX-01d D 173
HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
12 FLM 95 Pegasus Racing Mirco Schultis
Patrick Simon
Julien Schell		 Oreca FLM09 M 170
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
13 FLM 93 Genoa Racing Jens Petersen
Elton Julian
Christian Zugel		 Oreca FLM09 M 170
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
14 GTE
Pro		 66 JMW Motorsport Rob Bell
James Walker		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 170
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
15 GTE
Pro		 51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella
Gianmaria Bruni		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 169
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16 LMP2 44 Extrême Limite AM Paris Fabien Rosier
Maurice Basso
Jean-Marc Luco		 Norma M200P D 169
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
17 GTE
Am		 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Christian Ried		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 167
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 GTE
Am		 61 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Stéphane Lémeret		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 167
Ferrari 4.0 V8
19 GTE
Am		 70 Kessel Racing Michał Broniszewski
Philipp Peter		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 167
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 GTE
Am		 82 CRS Racing Phil Quaife
Adam Christodoulou
Klaas Hummel		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 166
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 GTE
Pro		 89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Dominik Farnbacher
Allan Simonsen		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 H 163
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 GTE
Am		 72 AF Corse Robert Kuaffman
Rui Águas
Giuseppe Cirò		 Ferrari F430 GTE M 163
Ferrari 4.0 V8
23 GTE
Pro		 71 AF Corse Jaime Melo
Toni Vilander		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 161
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
24 FLM 92 Neil Garner Motorsport John Hartshorne
Steve Keating
Phil Keen		 Oreca FLM09 M 157
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
25 FLM 99 JMB Racing Manuel Rodrigues
Jean-Marc Menahem
Nicolas Misslin		 Oreca FLM09 M 142
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
26
DNF		 GTE
Pro		 86 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge
Alex Müller
Christoffer Nygaard		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 M 140
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
27 GTE
Am		 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac
Nicolas Armindo		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 137
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28
NC		 GTE
Pro		 79 JOTA Simon Dolan
Sam Hancock		 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 105
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
29
NC		 LMP1 009 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Darren Turner
Harold Primat		 Aston Martin AMR-One M 96
Aston Martin 2.0 L Turbo I6
30
DNF		 FLM 91 Hope Polevision Racing Nicolas Marroc
Luca Moro
Zhang Shan Qi		 Oreca FLM09 M 93
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
31
DNF		 LMP2 46 TDS Racing Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet
Jody Firth		 Oreca 03 M 91
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
32
DNF		 GTE
Pro		 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrick Pilet
Wolf Henzler		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 2
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33
DNF		 GTE
Pro		 75 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer
Marc Goossens		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 0
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34
DNF		 GTE
Pro		 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 0
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References
  1. "LMS Paul Ricard Qualifying" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  2. "Start Chaos 2011 Le Mans Series at Le Castellet". MT89Motorsport2. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  3. "LMS Paul Ricard Race" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
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