2009 Le Mans Series Season
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2009 Le Mans Series Season
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, Tomá? 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]
Teams and drivers
LMP1
LMP2
GT1
GT2
Entrant
|
Car
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Engine
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Tyre
|
|
Drivers
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Rounds
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IMSA Performance Matmut
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
|
M
|
76
|
Raymond Narac
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All
|
Patrick Pilet
|
All
|
Team Felbermayr-Proton
|
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
|
M
|
77
|
Marc Lieb
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All
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Richard Lietz
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All
|
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
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2, 5
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88
|
Francisco Cruz Martins
|
All
|
Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
|
All
|
Christian Ried
|
All
|
Advanced Engineering
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
M
|
78
|
Peter Bamford
|
2, 4-5
|
Matt Griffin
|
2, 4-5
|
Reiter Engineering
|
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560
|
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
|
M
|
79
|
Christophe Bouchut
|
2
|
Albert von Thurn und Taxis
|
2
|
Easyrace
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
P
|
81
|
Paolo Maurice Basso
|
All
|
Roberto Plati
|
All
|
Gianpaolo Tenchini
|
All
|
Team Modena
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
M
|
84
|
Antonio García
|
All
|
Leo Mansell
|
All
|
Jaime Melo
|
2-3, 5
|
Toni Vilander
|
4
|
Snoras Spyker Squadron
|
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R
|
Audi 4.0 L V8
|
M
|
85
|
Tom Coronel
|
All
|
Benjamin Leuenberger
|
1
|
Peter Dumbreck
|
2
|
Jaroslav Jani?
|
3-5
|
Drayson Racing
|
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
|
M
|
87
|
Jonny Cocker
|
All
|
Paul Drayson
|
All
|
Hankook Farnbacher Racing
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
H
|
89
|
Allan Simonsen
|
1-4
|
Christian Montanari
|
1, 5
|
Pierre Kaffer
|
2-5
|
FBR
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
M
|
90
|
Pierre Ehret
|
All
|
Anthony Beltoise
|
1, 3-5
|
Dominik Farnbacher
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2-5
|
91
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Andrea Montermini
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1-2, 4-5
|
Gabrio Rosa
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1-2, 4-5
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Giacomo Petrobelli
|
1-2
|
Giacomo Ricci
|
4
|
Niki Cadei
|
5
|
JMW Motorsport
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
D
|
92
|
Rob Bell
|
All
|
Gianmaria Bruni
|
All
|
Prospeed Competition
|
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
|
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
|
M
|
94
|
Paul Daniels
|
2
|
Markus Palttala
|
2
|
Virgo Motorsport
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
D
|
96
|
Michael McInerney
|
1-2
|
Sean McInerney
|
1-2
|
Michael Vergers
|
1-2
|
JMB Racing
|
Ferrari F430 GT2
|
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
|
M
|
99
|
John Hartshorne
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All
|
Romain Iannetta
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1
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Johan-Boris Scheier
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1, 4
|
Plamen Kralev
|
2
|
Manuel Rodrigues
|
2
|
César Campaniço
|
3
|
Albert von Thurn und Taxis
|
3
|
Peter Kutemann
|
4-5
|
Stéphane Daoudi
|
5
|
Season results
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
LMP2 Standings
GT1 Standings
GT2 Standings
Drivers Championships
LMP1 Standings
LMP2 Standings
GT1 Standings
GT2 Standings
References
External links