Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race 2011

Peugeot 908 with starting number 7; Winning car with Anthony Davidson at the wheel, here at the Petit Le Mans 2011

Audi R18 TDI

The new Aston Martin AMR-One was not ready to race

The 28th 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps , also 1000 KM of Spa-Francorchamps, Circuit Spa-Francorchamps , took place on May 7, 2011 in Spa-Francorchamps and was the second round of the Le Mans Series of this year.

The race

As in previous years, the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps was the preparatory race for the Le Mans 24-hour race for the Peugeot and Audi factory teams . Both racing departments had built new prototypes for the sports car season . The Peugeot 908 was due to the rule changes a smaller diesel engine than the previous model 908 HDi FAP . The 3.7 liter V8 engine developed 405 kW (550 hp). A fin was added above the engine cover to prevent the vehicle from rolling over in the event of an accident. In addition, the same tire size was now used on the front axle as on the rear axle. The Audi R18 TDI , which also had a diesel engine, was the first Audi prototype with a roof since the Audi R8C used in 1999 .

Both Peugeot and Audi used three works cars each. In addition, there was a 908 HDi FAP registered by Oreca at Peugeot . Alexander Wurz , Marc Gené , Anthony Davidson , Franck Montagny , Stéphane Sarrazin , Nicolas Minassian , Sébastien Bourdais , Simon Pagenaud and Pedro Lamy competed for Peugeot . The Oreca-Peugeot was driven by Nicolas Lapierre , Loïc Duval and Olivier Panis . The Audi driver trios were Rinaldo Capello / Tom Kristensen / Allan McNish , Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas / Mike Rockenfeller and Marcel Fässler / André Lotterer / Benoît Tréluyer .

Matthieu Lahaye's serious accident overshadowed qualifying training. The Frenchman had an accident in the Pescarolo 01 in the Eau Rouge and was taken to a hospital for observation for one night, but had not suffered any injuries. The repair of the barriers caused a long hiatus that put the factory Peugeot in trouble. In contrast to the Audis, which drove their fastest laps at the beginning of practice, Peugeot had waited. When light rain set in after the interruption, the 908 only got 13th, 18th and 48th starting positions.

The race started with some restlessness. On the first lap, Allan McNish and Timo Bernhard in the Audis with the numbers 3 and 1 left the track at the end of the Kemmel straight and had to find their way back across the meadow. After an hour, Alexander Wurz took the lead from 13th on the grid. At racing speed, the three factory Peugeot were far faster than the Audi. At half time, all three Peugeot were in the lead, with Montagny, Sarrazin and Minassian in the number 8 car moving up from 48th place on the grid. The Audi also suffered from technical problems that led to unplanned pit stops. The second Peugeot with the number 9 had a suspension damage in the last quarter of the race. Simon Pagenaud managed to drive the vehicle back to the pits at a slow speed. The damage could be repaired, but the team fell back to eighth place overall. Nevertheless, there was a double victory for Peugeot. Number 7 won over number 8.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Peugeot Sport Total	Alexander Wurz Marc Gené Anthony Davidson	Peugeot 908	161
2	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908	161
3	LMP1	3	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen	Audi R18 TDI	160
4th	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18 TDI	159
5	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 TDI	158
6th	LMP1	16	Pescarolo team	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01	156
7th	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B10 / 60	156
8th	LMP1	9	Peugeot Sport Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908	155
9	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion	Lola B10 / 60	155
10	LMP1	10	Team Oreca Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Loïc Duval Olivier Panis	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	152
11	LMP2	46	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Jody Firth	Oreca 03	150
12	LMP2	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Nicolas De Crem	Oreca 03	150
13	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-01d	150
14th	LMP2	43	RLR Msport	Barry Gates Rob Garofall Simon Phillips	MG Lola EX265	147
15th	LMP2	26th	Signatech Nissan	Franck Mailleux Lucas Ordoñez Soheil Ayari	Oreca 03	146
16	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia	144
17th	GTE Pro	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 458 Italia	144
18th	GTE Pro	56	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Uwe Alzen	BMW M3	144
19th	FLM	95	Pegasus Racing	Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Julien Schell	Oreca FLM09	144
20th	GTE Pro	55	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller	BMW M3	143
21st	GTE Pro	79	Iota	Sam Hancock Simon Dolan	Aston Martin V8 Vantage	141
22nd	GTE Pro	75	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	141
23	FLM	93	Genoa Racing	Jens Petersen Elton Julian Christian Zugel	Oreca FLM09	141
24	GTE Am	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	140
25th	GTE Am	61	AF Corse	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Stéphane Lémeret	Ferrari F430 GTC	140
26th	GTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1	139
27	GTE Am	63	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Niek Hommerson	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	139
28	GTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr Proton	Horst Felbermayr senior Horst Felbermayr junior Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	137
29	GTE Am	62	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Roger Wills Shaun Lynn	Ferrari F430 GTC	137
30th	GTE Am	70	Kessel Racing	Michal Broniszewski Philipp Peter	Ferrari F430 GTC	135
31	GTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GTC	134
32	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue Andrea Barlesi	OAK Pescarolo 01	134
33	GTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell James Walker	Ferrari 458 Italia	132
34	LMP2	40	Race performance	Michel Frey Ralph Meichtry Marc Rostan	Oreca 03	132
35	GTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	129
36	FLM	92	Neil Garner Motorsport	John Hartshorne Stephen Keating Phil Keen	Oreca FLM09	125
37	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Karim Ojjeh Gary Chalandon Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN	123
38	LMP2	44	Extreme limit at Paris	Fabien Rosier Jean-Pierre Luco Maurice Basso	Norma M200P	122
39	LMP1	23	MIK Corse	Máximo Cortés Ferdinando Geri Giacomo Piccini	Zytek 09 Hybrid	120
40	GTE Pro	64	Lotus Jetalliance	Oskar Slingerland Martin Rich	Lotus Evora	119
41	FLM	99	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues Jean-Marc Menahem Olivier Lombard	Oreca FLM09	119
Not classified
42	GTE Am	66	Gulf AMR Middle East	Roald Goethe Mike Wainwright Fabien Giroix	Aston Martin V8 Vantage	108
Disqualified
43	FLM	91	Hope Racing	Luca Moro Shan Qi Zhang Nicolas Marroc	Oreca FLM09	144
Failed
44	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Jaime Melo Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia	137
45	GTE Am	82	CRS Racing	Klaas Hummel Adam Christodoulou	Ferrari F430 GTC	137
46	LMP1	20th	Quifel - ASM team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Zytek 09SC	106
47	GTE Am	72	AF Corse	Robert Kauffman Rui Águas	Ferrari F430 GTC	105
48	GTE Pro	59	Luxury racing	Stéphane Ortelli Frédéric Makowiecki	Ferrari 458 Italia	64
49	LMP2	39	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo Pierre Kaffer	Lola B11 / 80	60
50	LMP2	33	Level 5 motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut João Barbosa	Lola B11 / 80	59
51	GTE Pro	65	Lotus Jetalliance	Jonathan Hirschi James Rossiter Johnny Mowlem	Lotus Evora	21st
52	GTE Pro	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	16
53	GTE Pro	58	Luxury racing	François Jakubowski Anthony Beltoise Jean-Denis Delétraz	Ferrari 458 Italia	4th
Not started
54	LMP1	15th	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Guillaume Moreau Pierre Ragues	OAK Pescarolo 01	1
55	LMP2	36	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Ben Collins	HPD ARX-01d	2

¹ accident during training ² accident during training

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
56	LMP1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Christian Klien	Aston Martin AMR-One
57	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Andrew Meyrick Harold Primate Adrián Fernández	Aston Martin AMR-One
58	LMP1	5	Hope Racing	Steve Zacchia Nicolas Marroc	Oreca 01
59	LMP1	18th	Guess Racing Europ	Wolfgang Kaufmann Thor-Christian Ebbesvik Philippe Haezebrouck	Lola B09 / 80
60	LMP1	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	OAK Pescarolo 01

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Alexander Wurz	Marc Gené	Anthony Davidson	Peugeot 908	Overall victory
LMP2	Mathias Beche	Pierre Thiriet	Jody Firth	Oreca 03	Rank 11
FLM	Mirco Schultis	Patrick Simon	Julien Schell	Oreca FLM09	Rank 19
GTE Pro	Giancarlo Fisichella	Gianmaria Bruni		Ferrari 458 Italia	Rank 16
GTE Am	Raymond Narac	Nicolas Armindo		Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Rank 24

Racing data

• Registered: 60
• Started: 53
• Rated: 41
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 34,600
• Race day weather: sunny and warm
• Route length: 7.004 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:02: 03.799 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 161
• Total distance of the winning team: 1126.644 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: Timo Bernhard - Audi R18 TDI (# 1) - 2: 01.502 = 207.500 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Lamy - Peugeot 908 (# 9) - 2: 03.600 = 203.800 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the Le Mans Series 2011
• Racing series: 2nd round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 2011

Web links

• Official website of the Le Mans Series
• Results
• Race report

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