2009 1000 km of Catalunya

Layout of the Circuit de Catalunya (2007-2020)

The 2009 1000 km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 5 April 2009. Aston Martin Racing won overall on their debut of the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, while Lola also secured the LMP2 win with Racing Box. The GT1 category was won by the IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini, while Team Felbermayr-Proton's Porsche led GT2.

Report

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Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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JMW Motorsport's Ferrari F430 of Rob Bell and Gianmaria Bruni, that qualified in pole position in the GT2 class.

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

Pos Class Team Lap Time
1 LMP1 No. 23 Strakka Racing 1:32.492
2 LMP1 No. 009 Aston Martin Racing 1:32.942
3 LMP1 No. 007 Aston Martin Racing 1:33.532
4 LMP1 No. 16 Pescarolo Sport 1:33.572
5 LMP1 No. 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:33.724
6 LMP1 No. 15 Kolles 1:34.266
7 LMP1 No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:34.442
8 LMP1 No. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:34.566
9 LMP1 No. 12 Signature Plus 1:35.044
10 LMP1 No. 17 Pescarolo Sport 1:35.412
11 LMP1 No. 14 Kolles 1:35.526
12 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Box 1:36.156
13 LMP2 No. 40 Quifel ASM Team 1:36.172
14 LMP2 No. 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:36.328
15 LMP2 No. 30 Racing Box 1:37.026
16 LMP2 No. 25 RML 1:37.032
17 LMP2 No. 41 GAC Racing Team 1:38.018
18 LMP2 No. 39 KSM 1:39.130
19 LMP2 No. 37 WR Salini 1:39.184
20 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:39.856
21 LMP2 No. 26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team 1:40.342
22 LMP2 No. 38 Pegasus Racing 1:43.426
23 GT1 No. 55 IPB Spartak Racing 1:44.446
24 LMP2 No. 42 Ranieri Randaccio 1:45.150
25 GT1 No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures 1:45.926
26 GT1 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:46.834
27 GT1 No. 51 ARC Bratislava Kaneko 1:46.902
28 LMP2 No. 43 Q8 Oils Hache Team 1:47.288
29 GT2 No. 92 JMW Motorsport 1:48.606
30 GT2 No. 84 Team Modena 1:48.666
31 GT2 No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut 1:48.752
32 LMP2 No. 28 Ibañez Racing Service 1:48.836
33 GT2 No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:49.006
34 GT2 No. 99 JMB Racing 1:49.424
35 GT2 No. 89 Hankook Farnbacher Racing 1:49.552
36 GT2 No. 90 FBR 1:49.848
37 GT2 No. 91 FBR 1:50.164
38 GT2 No. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron 1:50.180
39 GT2 No. 96 Virgo Motorsport 1:50.368
40 GT2 No. 87 Drayson Racing 1:50.492
41 GT2 No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:51.368
42 GT2 No. 81 Easyrace 1:51.470
43 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing No Time

Race

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Race results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 007 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Stefan Mücke
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 209
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
2 LMP1 16 France Pescarolo Sport France Jean-Christophe Boullion
France Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 209
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
3 LMP1 10 France Team Oreca Matmut AIM Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Brazil Bruno Senna
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 206
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
4 LMP1 12 France Signature Plus France Pierre Ragues
France Franck Mailleux
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 206
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
5 LMP1 23 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Peter Hardman
United Kingdom Danny Watts
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S M 205
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
6 LMP1 17 France Pescarolo Sport France Bruce Jouanny
Portugal João Barbosa
Pescarolo 01 M 203
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
7 LMP2 30 Italy Racing Box Italy Matteo Bobbi
Italy Andrea Piccini
Italy Thomas Biagi
Lola B08/80 M 201
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 40 Portugal Quifel ASM Team Portugal Miguel Amaral
France Olivier Pla
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 D 201
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 29 Italy Racing Box Italy Andrea Ceccato
Italy Filippo Francioni
Italy Giacomo Piccini
Lola B08/80 M 195
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10 LMP2 26 United Kingdom Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team France Pierre Bruneau
United Kingdom Stuart Moseley
United Kingdom Nigel Greensall
Radical SR9 D 193
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
11 LMP2 35 France OAK Racing
France Team Mazda France
France Matthieu Lahaye
Switzerland Karim Ajlani
Pescarolo 01 D 190
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
12 LMP2 24 France OAK Racing
France Team Mazda France
France Jacques Nicolet
Monaco Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 D 190
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
13 GT1 55 Russia IPB Spartak Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Peter Kox
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 189
Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
14 GT2 77 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 187
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GT1 72 France Luc Alphand Aventures France Luc Alphand
France Patrice Goueslard
France Yann Clairay
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R D 187
Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
16 GT2 92 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Rob Bell
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2 D 186
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 GT2 89 Germany Hankook Farnbacher Racing Denmark Allan Simonsen
San Marino Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2 H 185
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 90 Germany FBR Germany Pierre Ehret
France Anthony Beltoise
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 185
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19 GT2 84 United Kingdom Team Modena Spain Antonio García
United Kingdom Leo Mansell
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 185
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 LMP2 33 Switzerland Speedy Racing Team
United Kingdom Sebah Automotive
France Xavier Pompidou
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
Lola B08/80 M 184
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
21 GT2 99 Monaco JMB Racing France Johan-Boris Scheier
France Romain Iannetta
United Kingdom John Hartshorne
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 184
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 GT1 50 France Larbre Compétition Switzerland Steve Zacchia
France Roland Bervillé
France Sébastien Dumez
Saleen S7-R M 184
Ford 7.0 L V8
23 GT2 88 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Germany Christian Ried
Portugal Francisco Cruz Martins
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 182
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 GT2 87 United Kingdom Drayson Racing United Kingdom Paul Drayson
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 M 181
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
25 GT2 96 United Kingdom Virgo Motorsport United Kingdom Sean McInerney
United Kingdom Michael McInerney
Netherlands Michael Vergers
Ferrari F430 GT2 D 181
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
26 LMP1 13 Switzerland Speedy Racing Team
United Kingdom Sebah Automotive
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Italy Andrea Belicchi
France Nicolas Prost
Lola B08/60 M 180
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
27 LMP1 14 Germany Kolles Germany Michael Krumm
Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr.
United Kingdom Andrew Meyrick
Audi R10 TDI M 179
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
28 LMP2 41 Switzerland GAC Racing Team Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh
France Claude-Yves Gosselin
Austria Philipp Peter
Zytek 07S/2 M 179
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
29 GT2 81 Italy Easyrace Italy Paolo Maurice Basso
Italy Roberto Plati
Italy Gianpaolo Tenchini
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 175
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
30 LMP2 37 France WR Salini France Stéphane Salini
France Philippe Salini
France Tristan Gommendy
WR LMP2008 D 163
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
31
DNF
LMP1 009 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Switzerland Harold Primat
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 181
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
32
DNF
LMP1 15 Germany Kolles Denmark Christian Bakkerud
Netherlands Christijan Albers
Audi R10 TDI M 153
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
33
DNF
GT1 51 Slovakia ARC Bratislava
Japan Kaneko Racing
Slovakia Miro Konopka
United Kingdom Paul Daniels
United Kingdom Sean Edwards
Saleen S7-R D 139
Ford 7.0 L V8
34
DNF
LMP2 39 Germany KSM Japan Hideki Noda
Italy Francesco Sini
Hong Kong Matthew Marsh
Lola B07/46 D 133
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
35
DNF
LMP2 38 France Pegasus Racing France Julien Schell
France Philippe Thirion
Courage-Oreca LC75 A 118
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
36
DNF
LMP2 28 France Ibañez Racing Service France José Ibañez
France William Cavailhès
France Frédéric Da Rocha
Courage LC75 D 116
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
37
DNF
GT2 76 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Patrick Pilet
France Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 115
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38
DNF
LMP1 11 France Team Oreca Matmut AIM France Olivier Panis
France Nicolas Lapierre
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 108
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
39
DNF
GT2 91 Germany FBR Italy Gabrio Rosa
Italy Giacomo Petrobelli
Italy Andrea Montermini
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 106
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
40
DNF
LMP2 43 Spain Q8 Oils Hache Team Spain Máximo Cortés
Italy Enrico Moncada
Italy Fabrizio Armetta
Lucchini LMP2/08 D 98
Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
41
DNF
LMP2 25 United Kingdom RML Brazil Thomas Erdos
United Kingdom Mike Newton
Lola B08/86 M 82
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
42
DNF
LMP2 42 Italy Ranieri Randaccio Italy Ranieri Randaccio
Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Lucchini LMP2/08 D 17
Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8
43
DNF
GT2 85 Netherlands Snoras Spyker Squadron Netherlands Tom Coronel
Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 6
Audi 4.0 L V8

References

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  1. ^ "Qualifying Practice" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ "Race" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
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