Okayama 1000km race 2009

Beginning of the Asian Le Mans Series . Start of the first race of the 1000 km race in Okayama

Shinji Nakano in the victorious Pescarolo 01 during the second run

The 1000 km race of Okayama 2009 , also known as the Asian Le Mans Series, Okayama Circuit , took place on November 1st at the Okayama International Circuit and was the first race in the history of the Asian Le Mans Series .

The race

The newly created Asian Le Mans Series was originally supposed to start with a race on the Shanghai International Circuit . However, the event was canceled at short notice, which meant the endurance race in Okayama marked the start of this championship. Since only two races were announced for the 2009 series , the entire championship consisted of a single race. The respective winners (overall and class classification) in Okayama were also the championship winners.

The 1000 km distance was covered in two 500-kilometer races. The first run ended with the success of Christophe Tinseau and Shinji Nakano , who drove a Pescarolo 01 for Henri Pescarolo's team . The second part of the rating was secured by Harold Primat and Stefan Mücke in the Lola Aston Martin DBR1 . However, the Aston Martin duo had lost two laps in the first part in third and had to be satisfied with this position in the overall standings. Nicolas Lapierre and Loïc Duval came in second overall in the Oreca 01 .

In addition to a second 01, the victorious Pescarolo team reported another car, a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP . However, the car was so badly damaged in the accident of Benoît Tréluyer at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that it could not be rebuilt.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	17th	Sora Racing	Christophe Tinseau Shinji Nakano	Pescarolo 01	254
2	LMP1	10	Team Oreca Matmut Aim	Nicolas Lapierre Loïc Duval	Oreca 01	254
3	LMP1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Harold Primate Stefan Mücke	Lola Aston Martin DBR1	252
4th	LMP1	15th	Kolles	Christian Bakkerud Oliver Jarvis	Audi R10 TDI	251
5	LMP1	87	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonathan Cocker	Lola B09 / 60	248
6th	LMP1	14th	Kolles	Christijan Albers Matteo Cressoni Hideki Noda	Audi R10 TDI	247
7th	LMP2	24	Oak Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01 Evo	234
8th	GT1	61	Hitotsuyama Team Nova	Akihiro Tsuzuki Takeshi Tsuchiya	Aston Martin DBR9	228
9	GT1	69	JLOC	Atsushi Yogō Hiroyuki Iiri	Lamborghini Murcielago R-G1	227
10	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GTC	227
11	GT2	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Christian Ried Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	225
12	GT2	71	Team Daishin	Takayuki Aoki Tomonobu Fujii	Ferrari F430	224
13	GT2	92	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	Dirk Muller Tommy Milner	BMW E92 M3	223
14th	GT2	98	Hankook - KTR	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita Masami Kageyama	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	221
15th	GT2	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.7	213
16	LMP2	28	José Ibanez	José Ibanez Damien Toulemonde Frédéric Da Rocha	Courage LC75	208
17th	GT2	91	Team Hong Kong Racing	Jeffrey Lee Philip Ma Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	200
Failed
18th	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Roland Bervillé Stéphane Lémeret Carlo van Dam	Saleen S7-R	195
19th	GT2	85	Jim Gainer Racing	Tetsuya Tanaka Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Ferrari F430 GT	174
20th	GT1	68	JLOC	Kōji Yamanishi Yuya Sakamoto	Lamborghini Murcielago R-G1	150
21st	GT2	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	126
22nd	LMP1	11	Tokai Univercity Ygk Power	Shigekazu Wakisaka Shogo Mitsuyama	Courage-Oreca LC70	115
23	GT2	81	Scuderia Forme	Tadakazu Kojima Kazutomo Hori Masao Kimura	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	73

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
24	GT2		Drayson Racing		Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2
25th	FLM				Formula Le Mans 09
26th	GT2		China Race FYI		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
27	GT2		China Race FYI		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
28	GT2		Endurance Asia Team		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
29	GT2		AF Corse		Ferrari F430 GTC
30th	LMP1		Speedy Racing Team Sebah		Lola B08 / 60
31	LMP1		Team Oreca Matmut Aim		Oreca 01
32	LMP2		Navi Team Goh		Porsche RS Spyder
33	LMP1		Sora Racing		Pescarolo 01 Evo
34	GT2		IMSA Performance Matmut		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
35	LMP1		Sora Racing		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
36	FLM				Formula Le Mans 09
37	LMP2		KSM		Lola B07 / 46
38	LMP2		Speedy Racing Team Sebah		Lola B08 / 80
39	GT1		Luc Alphand Aventures		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
40	LMP1		Signature Plus		Courage-Oreca LC70

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Christophe Tinseau	Shinji Nakano		Pescarolo 01 Evo	Overall victory
LMP2	Jacques Nicolet	Richard Hein	Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01 Evo	Rank 7
GT1	Akihiro Tsuzuki	Takeshi Tsuchiya		Aston Martin DBR9	Rank 8
GT2	Dominik Farnbacher	Allan Simonsen		Ferrari F430 GTC	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 40
• Started: 23
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: dry and sunny
• Route length: 3.703 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:02: 33.140 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 254
• Total distance of the winning team: 940.562 km
• Winner's average: 157.570 km / h
• Pole position: Jonathan Cocker - Lola B09 / 60 (# 87) - 1: 19.143 = 168.430 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jonathan Cocker - Lola B09 / 60 (# 87) - 1: 20.561 = 165.475 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the Asian Le Mans Series 2009

literature

• Cécile Bonardel, Michael Cotton, Marc Laffeas, Olivier Loisy, Jean-Marc Teissèdre: 2009 Le Mans Series Yearbook Apollo Publishing, ISBN 978-2-9521044-4-9 .

Web links

Commons : Okayama 1000km Race 2009  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Results

Previous race: None

Asian Le Mans Series

Successor to the 1000 km race in Zhuhai 2010