2009 1000 km of Spa

The 2009 1000 km of Spa was the second round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 10 May 2009. Several teams used Spa as a test prior to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including eventual winners Team Peugeot and Team Essex Porsche, as well as the Jetalliance Racing Aston Martin. This is the 28th European Le Mans Series race since 2004.

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The #007 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 which finished in third place

The Peugeot 908 HDi FAP No. 7, driven by Nicolas Minassian, Simon Pagenaud, and Christian Klien, won the event less than thirty seconds ahead of their pursuer, the Pescarolo 01 No. 16, driven by Jean-Christophe Bouillon and Christophe Tinseau. In the LMP2 class, Xavier Pompidou in the Speedy Racing Team Sebah's Lola B08/80 No. 33 did not manage to catch up to Team Essex's Porsche RS Spyder Evo at the end of the race. The latter, driven by Casper Elgaard, Kristian Poulsen, and Emmanuel Collard, won by seven-tenths of a second.

In GT1, only three crews take the start. The French team Luc Alphand Adventures, the defending champion, prevailed once again with its Chevrolet Corvette C6.R driven by Luc Alphand, Patrice Goueslard, and Yann Clairay. Lastly, in GT2, Team Felbermayr Proton's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997), driven by Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, and Horst Felbermayr, Sr. was initially disqualified then reclassified as the winner, ahead of Team Modena's Ferrari F430 GTC driven by Antonio García, Leo Mansell, and Jaime Melo.

Report

Qualifying

The qualifying sessions for both the GT and Prototype categories were marked by several red flag periods which halted the sessions. These were caused by several accidents and car failures on circuit, which left five cars unable to complete a flying lap time. Peugeot was able to lock out the first row by margin of over a second from the leading Aston Martin, while the returning Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder secured pole position in LMP2. Jetalliance Racing gave Aston Martin a pole in GT1 and championship leaders Team Felbermayr-Proton led GT2.

Qualifying result

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

Pos	Class	Team	Lap Time
1	LMP1	No. 7 Team Peugeot Total	2:01.056
2	LMP1	No. 9 Team Peugeot Total	2:01.082
3	LMP1	No. 009 Aston Martin Racing	2:02.488
4	LMP1	No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM	2:02.570
5	LMP1	No. 16 Pescarolo Sport	2:02.674
6	LMP1	No. 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2:03.022
7	LMP1	No. 22 Team LNT	2:03.598
8	LMP1	No. 17 Pescarolo Sport	2:04.390
9	LMP1	No. 14 Kolles	2:04.478
10	LMP1	No. 12 Signature Plus	2:04.614
11	LMP1	No. 15 Kolles	2:04.630
12	LMP2	No. 31 Team Essex	2:07.918
13	LMP2	No. 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah	2:08.446
14	LMP2	No. 30 Racing Box	2:08.600
15	LMP2	No. 40 Quifel ASM Team	2:08.850
16	LMP2	No. 41 GAC Racing Team	2:09.326
17	LMP2	No. 32 Team Barazi-Epsilon	2:09.662
18	LMP2	No. 35 OAK Racing Team	2:11.244
19	LMP2	No. 37 WR Salini	2:11.874
20	LMP1	No. 3 Scuderia Lavaggi	2:12.506
21	LMP2	No. 39 KrSM	2:12.876
22	LMP2	No. 43 Q8 Oils Hache Team	2:14.256
23	LMP2	No. 38 Pegasus Racing	2:17.026
24	GT1	No. 66 Jetalliance Racing	2:17.344
25	LMP2	No. 24 OAK Racing	2:17.834
26	GT1	No. 55 IPB Spartak Racing	2:18.242
27	LMP2	No. 28 Ibañez Racing Service	2:19.258
28	GT1	No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures	2:19.680
29	LMP1	No. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM	2:21.146
30	GT2	No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	2:21.870
31	GT2	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	2:22.012
32	GT2	No. 84 Team Modena	2:22.698
33	LMP2	No. 29 Racing Box	2:22.858
34	LMP2	No. 42 Ranieri Randaccio	2:23.044
35	GT2	No. 92 JMW Motorsport	2:23.148
36	GT2	No. 89 Hankook Team Farnbacher	2:23.232
37	GT2	No. 91 FBR	2:23.656
38	GT2	No. 87 Drayson Racing	2:23.694
39	GT2	No. 90 FBR	2:23.758
40	GT2	No. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron	2:25.088
41	GT2	No. 94 Prospeed Competition	2:26.260
42	GT2	No. 78 Advanced Engineering	2:26.448
43	GT2	No. 96 Virgo Motorsport	2:26.892
44	GT2	No. 81 Easyrace	2:27.024
45	GT2	No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	2:27.672
46	GT2	No. 99 JMB Racing	2:27.926
47	LMP2	No. 26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	3:37.296
48	LMP1	No. 23 Strakka Racing	3:55.058
49	LMP1	No. 007 Aston Martin Racing	No Time
-	LMP2	No. 25 RML	No Time
-	GT2	No. 79 Reiter Engineering	No Time

Race

Race results

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	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian   Simon Pagenaud   Christian Klien	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	143
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion   Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01	M	143
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
3	LMP1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Jan Charouz   Tomáš Enge   Stefan Mücke	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	M	142
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4	LMP1	11	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Olivier Panis   Nicolas Lapierre	Oreca 01	M	142
					AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
5	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner   Harold Primat   Miguel Ramos	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	M	142
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
6	LMP1	14	Kolles	Narain Karthikeyan   Andrew Meyrick   Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Audi R10 TDI	M	141
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
7	LMP1	15	Kolles	Christijan Albers   Christian Bakkerud   Giorgio Mondini	Audi R10 TDI	M	139
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
8	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard   Kristian Poulsen   Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	139
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team   Sebah Automotive	Benjamin Leuenberger   Xavier Pompidou   Jonny Kane	Lola B08/80	M	139
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10	LMP1	13	Speedy Racing Team   Sebah Automotive	Marcel Fässler   Andrea Belicchi   Nicolas Prost	Lola B08/60	M	139
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
11	LMP1	12	Signature Plus	Pierre Ragues   Franck Mailleux	Courage-Oreca LC70E	M	138
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
12	LMP1	9	Team Peugeot Total	David Brabham   Marc Gené   Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	136
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
13	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand   Patrice Goueslard   Yann Clairay	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	D	132
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
14	LMP2	35	OAK Racing   Team Mazda France	Matthieu Lahaye   Karim Ajlani	Pescarolo 01	D	132
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
15	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing	Peter Kox   Filip Salaquarda   Erik Janiš	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	M	131
					Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
16	LMP1	22	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson   Robbie Kerr   Guy Smith	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	M	130
					Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
17	LMP1	23	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis   Peter Hardman   Danny Watts	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	M	129
					Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
18	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb   Richard Lietz   Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	129
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19	GT2	84	Team Modena	Antonio García   Leo Mansell   Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	129
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell   Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GT2	D	128
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21	GT2	90	FBR	Pierre Ehret   Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	128
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel   Peter Dumbreck	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	128
					Audi 4.0 L V8
23	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet   Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	127
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	LMP2	38	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell   Philippe Thirion	Courage-Oreca LC75	A	127
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
25	GT2	87	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson   Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	M	126
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Sean McInerney   Michael McInerney   Michael Vergers	Ferrari F430 GT2	D	125
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
27	GT2	78	Advanced Engineering	Peter Bamford   Matt Griffin	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	124
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
28	GT2	94	Prospeed Competition	Markus Palttala   Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	124
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29	LMP2	39	KSM	Hideki Noda   Francesco Sini   Matthew Marsh	Lola B07/46	D	115
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
30	GT1	66	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer   Thomas Gruber   Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9	M	113
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
31	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Jr.   Christian Ried   Francisco Cruz Martins	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	112
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini   Philippe Salini   Tristan Gommendy	WR LMP2008	D	110
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
33	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral   Olivier Pla	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2	D	101
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
34 NC	GT2	79	Reiter Engineering	Albert von Thurn und Taxis   Christophe Bouchut	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	M	99
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
35 NC	LMP2	43	Q8 Oils Hache Team	Máximo Cortés   Nil Montserrat   Pierre Combot	Lucchini LMP2/08	D	88
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
36 NC	LMP1	3	Scuderia Lavaggi	Giovanni Lavaggi   Wolfgang Kaufmann	Lavaggi LS1	D	49
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
37 DNF	LMP1	10	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Stéphane Ortelli   Bruno Senna	Oreca 01	M	129
					AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
38 DNF	GT2	89	Hankook Farnbacher Racing	Allan Simonsen   Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2	H	110
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
39 DNF	LMP2	41	GAC Racing Team	Karim Ojjeh   Claude-Yves Gosselin   Philipp Peter	Zytek 07S/2	M	80
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
40 DNF	GT2	81	Easyrace	Maurice Basso   Roberto Plati   Gianpaolo Tenchini	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	75
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
41 DNF	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues   John Hartshorne   Plamen Kralev	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	57
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
42 DNF	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Bruce Jouanny   João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01	M	53
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
43 DNF	GT2	91	FBR	Gabrio Rosa   Giacomo Petrobelli   Andrea Montermini	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	53
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
44 DNF	LMP2	25	RML	Thomas Erdos   Mike Newton	Lola B08/86	M	47
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
45 DNF	LMP2	28	Ibañez Racing Service	José Ibañez   William Cavailhès   Frédéric Da Rocha	Courage LC75	D	41
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
46 DNF	LMP2	42	Ranieri Randaccio	Ranieri Randaccio   Glauco Solieri	Lucchini LMP2/08	D	35
					Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8
47 DNF	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Matteo Bobbi   Andrea Piccini   Thomas Biagi	Lola B08/80	M	7
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
DSQ	LMP2	29	Racing Box	Andrea Ceccato   Filippe Francioni   Giacomo Piccini	Lola B08/80	M	137
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
DSQ	LMP2	32	Team Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi   Fernando Rees	Zytek 07S/2	M	134
					Zytek 2ZG348 3.4 L V8
DSQ	LMP2	26	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	Pierre Bruneau   Stuart Moseley   Jonathan Coleman	Radical SR9	D	129
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNS	LMP2	24	OAK Racing   Team Mazda France	Jacques Nicolet   Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	D	-
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4

References

1. "Le Mans Series Qualifying Practice" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
2. "Le Mans Series Race" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-10.

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