2009 Le Mans Series
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | Template:Flagicon Test Session | Paul Ricard HTTT | 8–9 March |
| 1 | Template:Flagicon 1000 km of Catalunya | Circuit de Catalunya | 5 April |
| – | Template:Flagicon Test Session | Bugatti Circuit | 25–26 April |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon 1000 km of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 10 May |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon 1000 km of Algarve | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve | 1 August |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon 1000 km of Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 23 August |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon 1000 km of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | 13 September |
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Teams and drivers
LMP1
LMP2
GT1
GT2
Season results
Overall winners in bold.
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).[5] 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
LMP2 Standings
| Pos | No. | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Template:Flagicon Quifel ASM Team | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 33 | |
| 2 | 33 | Template:Flagicon Speedy Racing Team Sebah | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 24 |
| 3 | 29 | Template:Flagicon Racing Box | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | 3 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 4 | 30 | Template:Flagicon Racing Box | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 | |
| 5 | 41 | Template:Flagicon GAC Racing Team | Zytek 07S/2 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 6 | 24 | Template:Flagicon OAK Racing Team | Pescarolo 01 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 6 | DNS | 8 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | 31 | Template:Flagicon Team Essex | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| 8 | 35 | Template:Flagicon OAK Racing Team | Pescarolo 01 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | -10 | 9 |
| 9 | 26 | Template:Flagicon Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team | Radical SR9 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 4 | DSQ | 10 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |
| 10 | 38 | Template:Flagicon Pegasus Racing | Courage-Oreca LC75 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 11= | 37 | Template:Flagicon WR Salini | WR LMP2008 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 3 | |
| 11= | 45 | Template:Flagicon Team WFR | Embassy WF01 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | 4 | -2 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | 39 | Template:Flagicon KSM | Lola B07/46 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | 5 | -2 | 2 | |||
| 14 | 28 | Template:Flagicon Ibañez Racing Service | Courage LC75 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
| – | 43 | Template:Flagicon Q8 Oils Hache Team | Lucchini LMP2/08 | Judd XV675 3.4 L V8 | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | NC | 0 | |
| – | 32 | Template:Flagicon Team Barazi-Epsilon | Zytek 07S/2 | Zytek 2ZG348 3.4 L V8 | DSQ | 0 | |||||
| – | 42 | Template:Flagicon Ranieri Randaccio | Lucchini LMP2/08 | Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8 | Ret | Ret | -2 | 0 | |||
| – | 25 | Template:Flagicon RML | Lola B08/86 | Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | -14 | 0 |
GT1 Standings
| Pos | No. | Team | Chassis | Engine | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72 | Template:Flagicon Luc Alphand Aventures | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44 | |
| 2 | 50 | Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0 L V8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||
| 3 | 55 | Template:Flagicon IPB Spartak Racing | Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT | Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | 60 | Template:Flagicon Gigawave Motorsport | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 5 | 66 | Template:Flagicon Jetalliance Racing | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| – | 51 | Template:Flagicon ARC Bratislava Kaneko | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0 L V8 | Ret | 0 |
GT2 Standings
Drivers Championships
LMP1 Standings
LMP2 Standings
GT1 Standings
GT2 Standings
References
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