Le Mans 24 hour race 2009

The Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, winner of the 2009 Le Mans 24-hour race

Audi R15 TDi

The 77th 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 77 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from 13 to 14 June 2009 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

The race was organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and started on June 13th at 3pm. The race was attended by 234,800 spectators.

Peugeot won the race on its third participation in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP with drivers David Brabham , Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz . Second place was taken by another Peugeot. Audi , having won eight times in the previous nine years, had to admit defeat. The best-placed Audi R15 TDI was in third place at the end of the race. In the LMP2 class, the Essex team won the Porsche RS Spyder . At the end of the race, Corvette Racing was ahead in the GT1 class, while Risi Competizione in the Ferrari F430 won the GT2 class.

Results

Pilots by nationality

52 French	29 British	14 Germans	12 Italians	9 Americans
8 Austrians	8 Dutch	5 danes	5 Japanese	5 Portuguese
4 Swiss	3 Brazilians	3 Monegasque	2 Argentinians	2 Australians
2 Belgians	2 Spaniards	2 Czechs	2 Chinese	1 fin
1 Russian	1 Saudi	1 Swede	1 Indian

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	9	Peugeot Sport Total	David Brabham Marc Gené Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	382
2	LMP1	8th	Team Peugeot Total	Franck Montagny Sébastien Bourdais Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	381
3	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10	M.	376
4th	LMP1	007	Charouz Racing System	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	Lola-Aston Martin B09 / 60	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	373
5	LMP1	11	Team ORECA Matmut AIM	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Soheil Ayari	ORECA 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5L V10	M.	370
6th	LMP1	7th	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian Pedro Lamy Christian Klien	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	369
7th	LMP1	14th	Kolles	Charles Zwolsman junior Narain Karthikeyan 1 André Lotterer	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	369
8th	LMP1	16	Pescarolo sport	Christophe Tinseau Bruce Jouanny João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	368
9	LMP1	15th	Kolles	Christian Bakkerud Christijan Albers Giorgio Mondini	Audi R10 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	360
10	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard Kristian Poulsen Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	M.	357
11	LMP1	12	Signature Plus	Pierre Ragues Franck Mailleux Didier André	Courage-ORECA LC70	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	344
12	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team	Benjamin Leuenberger Xavier Pompidou Jonny Kane	Lola B08 / 80	Judd DB 3.4L V8	M.	343
13	LMP1	008	Aston Martin Racing	Anthony Davidson Darren Turner Jos Verstappen	Lola-Aston Martin B09 / 60	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	342
14th	LMP1	13	Speedy Racing Team	Andrea Belicchi Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B08 / 60	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	342
15th	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	M.	342
16	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Xavier Maassen Yann Clairay Julien Jousse	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	D.	336
17th	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Alexandre Prémat	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10	M.	333
18th	GT2	82	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	329
19th	GT2	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabio Babini Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	P	327
20th	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01	Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	325
21st	LMP1	23	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Peter Hardman Danny Watts	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek 4.5L V8	M.	325
22nd	GT2	83	Risi Competizione	Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	323
23	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	D.	320
24	LMP1	4th	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter Vanina Ickx Romain Iannetta	Creation CA07	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	M.	319
25th	GT2	85	Snora's Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Jeroen Bleekemolen Jaroslav Janiš	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	M.	319
26th	GT2	78	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	317
27	GT2	84	Team Modena	Leo Mansell Pierre Ehret Roman Russinow	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	314
28	LMP2	32	Barazi epsilon	Juan Barazi Phil Bennett Stuart Moseley	Zytek 07S / 2	Zytek 2ZG348 3.4 L V8	M.	306
29	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues Yvan Lebon Christophe Bouchut	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	304
30th	GT2	81	Team Seattle	Patrick Dempsey Don Kitch Joe Foster	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	301
31	GT1	66	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Thomas Gruber Alexander Müller	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	294
32	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Sean McInerney Michael McInerney Michael Vergers	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	D.	280
Not classified
33	GT2	75	Endurance Asia Team	Darryl O'Young Philippe Hesnault Plamen Kralev	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	D.	186
Failed
34	LMP2	5	Navi Team Goh	Seiji Ara Keisuke Kunimoto Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	M.	339
35	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	M.	311
36	LMP2	25th	Ray Mallock Ltd.	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Chris Dyson	Lola B08 / 86	Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4	M.	273
37	GT2	87	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker Marino Franchitti	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M.	272
38	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	265
39	LMP2	39	Kruse-Schiller Motorsport	Hideki Noda Jean de Pourtales Matthew Marsh	Lola B07 / 46	Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	261
40	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Stuart Hall 2 Harold Primate Peter Kox	Lola-Aston Martin B09 / 60	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	252
41	LMP1	10	Team ORECA Matmut AIM	Stéphane Ortelli Bruno Senna Tiago Monteiro	ORECA 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5L V10	M.	219
42	LMP1	17th	Pescarolo sport	Simon Pagenaud Jean-Christophe Boullion Benoît Tréluyer	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	210
43	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Guillaume Moreau Karim Ajlani	Pescarolo 01	Mazda MZR-R 2.0L I4	D.	208
44	LMP2	30th	Racing box	Andrea Piccini Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Lola B08 / 80	Judd DB 3.4L V8	M.	203
45	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	194
46	GT2	81	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	H	183
47	LMP1	6th	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Nigel Moore	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZG408 4.0L V8	M.	178
48	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10	M.	104
49	LMP2	41	GAC Racing Team	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Philipp Peter	Zytek 07S / 2	Zytek ZG384 3.4L V8	M.	102
50	GT2	70	Felbermayr-Proton team	Michel Lecourt Horst Felbermayr senior Horst Felbermayr junior	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	102
51	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Stéphan Grégoire Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	D.	99
52	LMP2	26th	Bruichladdich-Bruneau team	Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan Tim Greaves	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	D.	91
53	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Guy Smith	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S / 2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	D.	46
54	GT2	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	24
55	GT1	68	JLOC	Atsushi Yogō Yutaka Yamagishi Marco Apicella	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0L V12	Y	1

¹ Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a fall from the pit wall shortly before the start and was unable to take part. André Lotterer and Charles Zwolsman junior therefore had to contest the race as a team of two.

² Stuart Hall was disqualified by the race management after causing an accident with a Radical which caused it to be out of the race. Harold Primat and Peter Kox therefore had to continue as a team of two until they dropped out.

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires
56	LMP1	20th	Epsilon Euskadi		Euskadi ee2	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
57	LMP1	21st	Epsilon Euskadi		Euskadi ee2	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
58	LMP2	29	Racing box		Lola B08 / 80	Judd DB 3.4L V8
59	LMP2	37	Gerard Welter		WR LMP2008	Zytek 2ZG348 3.4 L V8
60	LMP2	49	Vitaphone Racing Team		Porsche RS Spyder	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
61	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition		Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8
62	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing		Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0L V12
63	GT1	60	Gigawave Motorsport		Aston Martini DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12
64	GT2	86	Snora's Spyker Squadron		Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8
65	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr Proton		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	David Brabham	Marc Gené	Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP	Overall victory
LMP2	Caspar Elgaard	Kristian Poulsen	Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Rank 10
GT1	Johnny O'Connell	Jan Magnussen	Antonio Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 15
GT2	Jaime Melo	Pierre Kaffer	Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 65
• Started: 55
• Rated: 32
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 234 800
• Honorary starter of the race: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo , President of Ferrari
• Race weekend weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 13.629 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 01: 45.442 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 382
• Distance of the winning team: 5206.280 km
• Winner's average: 216.664 km / h
• Pole position: Stéphane Sarrazin - Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP (# 8) - 3: 22.888 = 241.830 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Nicolas Minassian - Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP (# 7) - 3: 24.352 = 240.097 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

Web links

Commons : Le Mans 24 Hours 2009  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/mehr/news/2009/06/Leuenberger_Platz_zwei_das_Karrierehighlight_09061414.html
2. ^ Race - After 24 Hours. (PDF) Automobile Club de l'Ouest, June 14, 2009, archived from the original on July 11, 2009 ; Retrieved August 2, 2013 . 
3. ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/formelsport/news/2009/07/Gute_Taten_Simulator_Siege_und_Le_Mans_09071003.html
4. ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/mehr/news/2009/06/Hall_Der_Le-Mans-Crash_tut_mir_sehr_leid_09061704.html