2011 1000 km of Spa

The 2011 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 7, 2011. It was the second round of the 2011 Le Mans Series season and the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Prior to the race weekend there were up to 60 provisional entries but was shortened to 54 as there were some withdrawals from Aston Martin Racing who withdrew to continue developing their new and struggling AMR-One.[1] It was a similar situation for Hope Racing who were not quite ready to race the new KERS-driven Oreca 01 Hybrid.[2] Other cars had to withdraw from damage prior to the weekend including the No. 24 OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 LMP1 car.[3]

In the second free practice session of the race, the No. 13 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota driven by Jean-Christophe Boullion crashed heavily at Radillon corner. Then shortly after the green flag was waved to restart, the No. 8 Peugeot of Pedro Lamy and No. 36 RML Honda of Mike Newton collided with each other. Both Peugeot and Rebellion mechanics had to deal with a late night with the RML car too heavily damaged to take further part in the race weekend.[4]

Qualifying

The qualifying session was stopped early when another heavy impact during the weekend halted proceedings. It was the remaining LMP1 car of OAK Racing that fell victim to the famous Spa-Francorchamps track. Matthieu Lahaye crashed heavily into a barrier resulting in much débris being put on the track. The session was red flagged and not restarted. This was bad news for Peugeot who decided to released their cars later on in the session but the red flags meant the two car only set one flying laps each. This resulted in the two cars No. 7 and 9 starting in 13th and 18th overall respectively, with the No. 8 Peugeot starting at the back of the grid for not participating in the qualifying session as it was still being repaired from the practice crash.

The No. 1 Audi driven by Timo Bernhard took pole position with No. 2 and 3 qualifying second and third respectively. Strakka Racing took LMP2 pole only marginally ahead of TDS Racing. In the FLM class, Phil Keen of Neil Garner Motorsport took pole for their car. The No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari starts first in the GTE Pro class while the No. 67 IMSA Matmut Porsche took pole in GTE Am.[5]

Qualifying Result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[6]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP1 #1 Audi Sport Team Joest Timo Bernhard 2:01.502 1
2 LMP1 #2 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer 2:01.788 2
3 LMP1 #3 Audi Sport North America Tom Kristensen 2:02.145 3
4 LMP1 #10 Team Oreca-Matmut Nicolas Lapierre 2:05.482 4
5 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost 2:06.767 5
6 LMP1 #20 Quifel ASM Team Olivier Pla 2:07.290 6
7 LMP1 #16 Pescarolo Team Christophe Tinseau 2:07.528 7
8 LMP1 #15 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye 2:07.729 8
9 LMP1 #23 MIK Corse Giacomo Piccini 2:08.821 9
10 LMP2 #42 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 2:10.016 10
11 LMP2 #46 TDS Racing Mathias Beche 2:10.141 11
12 LMP2 #26 Signatech Nissan Franck Mailleux 2:10.474 12
13 LMP1 #7 Peugeot Sport Total Marc Gené 2:10.725 13
14 LMP2 #45 Boutsen Energy Racing Nicolas de Crem 2:11.183 14
15 LMP2 #41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 2:11.218 15
16 LMP2 #40 Race Performance Ralph Meichtry 2:11.306 16
17 LMP2 #44 Extrême Limite AM Paris Fabien Rosier 2:11.842 17
18 LMP1 #9 Peugeot Sport Total Simon Pagenaud 2:12.108 18
19 LMP2 #35 OAK Racing Andrea Barlesi 2:12.373 19
20 LMP2 #39 Pecom Racing Pierre Kaffer 2:13.584 20
21 FLM #92 Neil Garner Motorsport Phil Keen 2:13.592 21
22 LMP2 #33 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 2:13.851 22
23 LMP2 #43 RLR msport Rob Garofall 2:14.122 23
24 FLM #91 Hope Racing Nicolas Marroc 2:14.431 24
25 FLM #99 JMB Racing Olivier Lombard 2:17.120 25
26 FLM #93 Genoa Racing Elton Julian 2:18.219 26
27 FLM #95 Pegasus Racing Julien Schell 2:18.757 27
28 GTE-Pro #71 AF Corse Jaime Melo 2:20.743 28
29 GTE-Pro #66 JMW Motorsport Rob Bell 2:20.915 29
30 GTE-Pro #51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella 2:21.086 30
31 GTE-Pro #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb 2:21.291 31
32 GTE-Pro #55 BMW Motorsport Augusto Farfus 2:21.460 32
33 GTE-Pro #89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Dominik Farnbacher 2:21.779 33
34 GTE-Pro #56 BMW Motorsport Andy Priaulx 2:22.219 34
35 GTE-Pro #76 IMSA Performance Matmut Wolf Henzler 2:22.955 35
36 GTE-Am #67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 2:23.007 36
37 GTE-Pro #58 Luxury Racing Anthony Beltoise 2:23.063 37
38 GTE-Am #61 AF Corse Marco Cioci 2:23.269 38
39 GTE-Am #82 CRS Racing Phil Quaife 2:23.485 39
40 GTE-Pro #75 Prospeed Competition Marc Goossens 2:23.639 40
41 GTE-Am #60 Gulf AMR Middle East Fabien Giroix 2:23.727 41
42 GTE-Am #70 Kessel Racing Philipp Peter 2:24.050 42
43 GTE-Am #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 2:24.599 43
44 GTE-Am #50 Larbre Compétition Gabriele Gardel 2:24.773 44
45 GTE-Pro #65 Lotus Jetalliance James Rossiter 2:25.124 45
46 GTE-Am #62 CRS Racing Pierre Ehret 2:25.617 46
47 GTE-Am #63 Proton Competition Christian Ried 2:26.797 47
48 GTE-Pro #59 Luxury Racing Frédéric Makowiecki 2:27.098 48
49 GTE-Am #57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn 2:28.677 49
50 LMP1 #8 Peugeot Sport Total No Time 50
51 LMP1 #13 Rebellion Racing No Time 51
52 GTE-Pro #64 Lotus Jetalliance No Time 52
53 GTE-Am #72 AF Corse No Time 53
54 GTE-Pro #79 JOTA No Time 54

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[7]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 7 Peugeot Sport Total Alexander Wurz
Anthony Davidson
Marc Gené
Peugeot 908 M 161
Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 8 Peugeot Sport Total Franck Montagny
Stéphane Sarrazin
Nicolas Minassian
Peugeot 908 M 161
Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 3 Audi Sport North America Allan McNish
Rinaldo Capello
Tom Kristensen
Audi R18 TDI M 160
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
4 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R18 TDI M 159
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
5 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Benoît Tréluyer
Marcel Fässler
Audi R18 TDI M 158
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
6 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Team Emmanuel Collard
Christophe Tinseau
Julien Jousse
Pescarolo 01 Evo M 156
Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
7 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
Nicolas Prost
Lola B10/60 M 156
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
8 LMP1 9 Peugeot Sport Total Sébastien Bourdais
Pedro Lamy
Simon Pagenaud
Peugeot 908 M 155
Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8
(Diesel)
9 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Jean-Christophe Boullion
Andrea Belicchi
Lola B10/60 M 155
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
10 LMP1 10 Team Oreca-Matmut Nicolas Lapierre
Loïc Duval
Olivier Panis
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 152
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
11 LMP2 46 TDS Racing Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet
Jody Firth
Oreca 03 M 150
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 45 Boutsen Energy Racing Dominik Kraihamer
Nicolas de Crem
Oreca 03 D 150
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 42 Strakka Racing Danny Watts
Jonny Kane
Nick Leventis
HPD ARX-01d M 150
HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
14 LMP2 43 RLR msport Barry Gates
Rob Garofall
Simon Phillips
MG-Lola EX265 D 147
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
15 LMP2 26 Signatech Nissan Franck Mailleux
Soheil Ayari
Lucas Ordoñez
Oreca 03 D 146
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16 GTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella
Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 144
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17 GTE
Pro
89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Dominik Farnbacher
Allan Simonsen
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 H 144
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 GTE
Pro
56 BMW Motorsport Uwe Alzen
Andy Priaulx
BMW M3 GT2 D 144
BMW 4.0 L V8
19 FLM 95 Pegasus Racing Mirco Schultis
Patrick Simon
Julien Schell
Oreca FLM09 M 144
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
20 GTE
Pro
55 BMW Motorsport Jörg Müller
Augusto Farfus
BMW M3 GT2 D 143
BMW 4.0 L V8
21 GTE
Pro
79 JOTA Simon Dolan
Sam Hancock
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 141
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22 GTE
Pro
75 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer
Marc Goossens
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 141
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 FLM 93 Genoa Racing Jens Petersen
Elton Julian
Christian Zugel
Oreca FLM09 M 141
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
24 GTE
Am
67 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac
Nicolas Armindo
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 140
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GTE
Am
61 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Stéphane Lémeret
Ferrari F430 GTE M 140
Ferrari 4.0 V8
26 GTE
Am
50 Larbre Compétition Patrick Bornhauser
Julien Canal
Gabriele Gardel
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 139
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
27 GTE
Am
63 Proton Competition Christian Ried
Niek Hommerson
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 139
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTE
Am
88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Bryce Miller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 137
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29 GTE
Am
62 CRS Racing Pierre Ehret
Shaun Lynn
Roger Willis
Ferrari F430 GTE M 137
Ferrari 4.0  V8
30 GTE
Am
70 Kessel Racing Michał Broniszewski
Philipp Peter
Ferrari F430 GTE M 135
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
31 GTE
Am
57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jönsson
Ferrari F430 GTE D 134
Ferrari 4.0  V8
32 LMP2 35 OAK Racing Patrice Lafargue
Fréderic Da Rocha
Andrea Barlesi
OAK Pescarolo 01 D 134
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
33 GTE
Pro
66 JMW Motorsport Rob Bell
James Walker
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 132
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
34 LMP2 40 Race Performance Michel Frey
Ralph Meichtry
Marc Rostan
Oreca 03 D 132
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
35 GTE
Pro
77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 129
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36 FLM 92 Neil Garner Motorsport John Hartshorne
Steve Keating
Phil Keen
Oreca FLM09 M 125
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
37 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Gary Chalandon
Karim Ojjeh
Tom Kimber-Smith
Zytek Z11SN D 123
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
38 LMP2 44 Extrême Limite AM Paris Fabien Rosier
Maurice Basso
Jean-Marc Luco
Norma M200P D 122
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
39 LMP1 23 MIK Corse Máximo Cortés
Ferdinando Geri
Giacomo Piccini
Zytek 09SC - Hybrid D 174
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
40 GTE
Pro
64 Lotus Jetalliance Martin Rich
Oskar Slingerland
Lotus Evora GTE M 119
Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6
41 FLM 99 JMB Racing Manuel Rodrigues
Jean-Marc Menahem
Olivier Lombard
Oreca FLM09 M 117
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DSQ
FLM 91 Hope Racing Nicolas Marroc
Luca Moro
Zhang Shan Qi
Oreca FLM09 M 144
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNF GTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Jaime Melo
Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 137
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF GTE
Am
82 CRS Racing Phil Quaife
Adam Christodoulou
Klaas Hummel
Ferrari F430 GTE M 137
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
NC GTE
Am
60 Gulf AMR Middle East Fabien Giroix
Roald Goethe
Michael Wainright
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 108
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 20 Quifel ASM Team Miguel Amaral
Olivier Pla
Zytek 09SC D 106
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
DNF GTE
Am
72 AF Corse Robert Kauffman
Rui Águas
Ferrari F430 GTE M 105
Ferrari 4.0 V8
DNF GTE
Pro
59 Luxury Racing Stéphane Ortelli
Frédéric Makowiecki
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 39 Pecom Racing Matías Russo
Luís Pérez Companc
Pierre Kaffer
Lola B11/40 M 60
Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
DNF LMP2 33 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker
Christophe Bouchut
João Barbosa
Lola B08/80 M 59
HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
DNF GTE
Pro
65 Lotus Jetalliance James Rossiter
Johnny Mowlem
Jonathan Hirschi
Lotus Evora GTE M 21
Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6
DNF GTE
Pro
76 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrick Pilet
Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 16
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF GTE
Pro
58 Luxury Racing Anthony Beltoise
François Jakubowski
Jean-Denis Délétraz
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 4
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNS LMP1 15 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye
Pierre Ragues
Guillaume Moreau
OAK Pescarolo 01 D -
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
DNS LMP2 36 RML Mike Newton
Thomas Erdos
Ben Collins
HPD ARX-01d D -
HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

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