Le Mans 24 Hours 2011

The victorious Audi R18 from Fässler / Lotterer / Tréluyer ahead of the Peugeot 908 with starting numbers 7 and 8 in the Esses

The later victorious Audi R18 with the number 2; on Saturday evening around 8 p.m. when leaving the Mulsanne

The second-placed Peugeot with starting number 9, during qualifying training on the Thursday before the race

The Audi R18 with the characteristic fin

The Peugeot 908 during the pre-tests

The 79th 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 79 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from 11 to 12 June 2011 on the Circuit des 24 Heures . The race was the third round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup .

Changes to the regulations

For the 2011 24-hour race, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest made major changes to the regulations for the first time since 2007, affecting both the prototypes and Gran Turismos .

According to the changes to the ACO regulations, the LMP1 vehicles should be slowed down so that the lap times no longer fall below the 3:30 minute mark. The upper limit of the displacement for naturally aspirated engines was set at 3.4 liters, for turbo gasoline engines at 2.0 liters and for turbo diesel at 3.7 liters. LMP1 vehicles from the period up to 2010 were still allowed to participate, but had to use smaller air flow limiters , lower boost pressure and smaller fuel tanks. The F-shaft , which was originally planned for 2011, was banned.

In the LMP2 class, the main aim was to save costs. Series-based engines were now required. Naturally aspirated engines were allowed to have a maximum displacement of 5.0 liters and 8 cylinders, whereas turbo engines were only allowed to have 3.2 liters displacement and 6 cylinders. Diesel engines were not permitted. An LMP2 vehicle could cost a maximum of 400,000 euros, with the upper limit for the chassis being 325,000 euros and for the engine 75,000 euros. At least one amateur had to start on an LMP2 vehicle.

The 24-hour race should become more environmentally friendly in 2011. Hybrid drives were largely allowed with the changes in the regulations, including an energy recovery system similar to the KERS from Formula 1, whereby the stored energy was automatically used when the accelerator pedal was pressed. Hybrid vehicles were also allowed to use all-wheel drive. The minimum weight for all prototypes was 900 kilograms. In addition, a vertical fin had to be attached to the bonnet of the body of the prototype. This should reduce the tendency to take off and prevent such serious accidents as that of the Mercedes-Benz CLR from 1999.

The separate class for GT1 vehicles was abolished. For this, the GT2 class has been upgraded and divided into an amateur and a professional class. In the amateur class, vehicles were eligible to start that were at most the technical level of the previous year and had at least one amateur racing driver. The 2010 GT1 vehicles would have been approved for the GT amateur class, but no such vehicle took part.

The workout

In the week before the race, three qualifying sessions were held. The best time from all three sessions was decisive for the placement on the starting grid.

The first session took place on Wednesday June 8th and lasted two hours from 10pm to midnight. Stéphane Sarrazin achieved the best time of 3: 27.033 in the Peugeot 908 . This gave him a lead of almost a second over the three Audi R18s placed behind .

On Thursday, June 9th, the second session followed, which started at 7 p.m. and ended at 9 p.m. Marcel Fässler achieved the fastest lap in the Audi with a time of 3: 25.961 and relegated Sarrazin, who reduced his own record to 3: 26.156, to second place.

A short time later, the third and last session began at 10 p.m. and lasted until midnight. The Audi and Peugeot set an even faster pace and a close exchange of blows developed between the teams. The Audi driver Benoît Tréluyer set a new best time of 3: 25.738 and thus secured pole position for his team . He narrowly undercut Romain Dumas' 3: 25.799 in another Audi. Two Peugeot followed behind and placed on the second row of the grid. The third Audi team had to be content with fifth place on the grid after Tom Kristensen was blocked by a GT vehicle on his fast lap and his vehicle crashed into the guardrails on the next attempt. The last factory Peugeot came in sixth.

The older Peugeot 908 HDi FAP from the private team ORECA was already more than four seconds behind. The Pescarolo and the two Rebellion- Lola as the fastest petrol engine were even missing the top by more than seven seconds. It was therefore clear that only the three Audi and the three Peugeot of the works teams would be able to intervene in the battle for overall victory. However, there was no clear favorite among these vehicles for the race, as their times from qualifying were all very close together. The sixth-placed Peugeot was just 0.534 seconds short of the fastest time.

Soheil Ayari achieved pole position in the LMP2 class in the Signatech- Nissan with a time of 3: 41.458. In the GT-Pro class, the BMW M3 GT2 from Farfus / Müller / Werner took the lead with 3: 57.592. The fastest car in the GT-Am class was the Ferrari F430 GTE from AF Corse with 4: 01.282.

The race

As expected, the race started with a clear superiority of the six diesel works vehicles. At the beginning, pole-setter Benoît Tréluyer in the Audi R18 was in the lead . The new Aston Martin LMP1 project ended after just two or four laps. On the second lap, Darren Turner , the starting driver in the Aston Martin AMR-One with the number 007, spun around the Indianapolis curve. Almost at the same time and only a short time afterwards, Adrián Fernández rolled out in the car with the number 009 with a broken V-belt tensioner. Turner returned the car to the pits despite the puncture, but the race for this car was over there too.

After almost 45 minutes of racing and the first series of pit stops, the Audi R18 with starting number 1 and Timo Bernhard at the wheel led in the LMP1 class and thus in the overall standings . In the LMP2 class, Alexandre Prémat was in the lead in the works Oreca 03 and in the GTs, Gianmaria Bruni in a Ferrari 458 Italia GTC and Mario Cioci also in a Ferrari when Allan McNish's accident occurred.

Allan McNish's accident

On the 13th lap, Allan McNish overtook the leader Timo Bernhard on the descent to the Dunlop arch and collided with Anthony Beltoise's Ferrari, which was driving in front of Bernhard . Touching it pushed the Audi off the track, got under-air and hit a pile of tires hard after driving through the gravel bed . There was even a brief threat of the wreck tipping over behind the guardrails, where photographers and marshals were doing their work. The wreck of the Audi, which was completely destroyed by the impact, remained on the roof in front of the cordon. McNish was able to leave the car unharmed with the help of the marshals who had rushed up, but four people suffered minor injuries from the flying parts. Beltoise stayed in the car and was able to continue the race after repairs to the pits.

Mike Rockenfeller's accident

The second serious accident occurred in the early hours of the night. At this point the duel between Audi and Peugeot had already come to a head. The Peugeots could do longer stints and over the distance it was foreseeable that this would save up to three pit stops per Peugeot. On the other hand, at Audi you drove four-fold stints until the next driver and tire change, while at Peugeot only three-fold stints. The Audi made more stops, but only had to change tires seven times; at Peugeot, nine changes were planned. The different strategic approaches led to a stalemate, which led both teams to permanent driving at the limit.

Mike Rockenfeller had lost more than a minute in the pits during an unplanned stop that was necessary to change the hood and was in the process of making up for the lost time by doing fast laps. In addition, teammate Romain Dumas had spun once, which had cost additional time. Just before the Indianapolis, the accident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. At almost 300 km / h Rockenfeller collided with the private driver Robert Kauffman in a Ferrari while approaching this curve . Similar to McNish, the driver immediately lost control of the vehicle. The Audi first hit the guardrail violently on the left and came to a stop on the right after another impact. The car was so massively destroyed that there was practically nothing compact left except for the driver's cell. Rockenfeller was able to leave the wreck independently. Like McNish, he was taken to the Le Mans hospital for a detailed examination , where, like his Scottish team-mate, no injuries apart from bruises were found.

After six hours of racing, 52 of the 56 starters were still in the race. Only four LMP1 works cars had failed; the two Aston Martin and the two crashed Audi R18s.

Jan Magnussen's accident

On Sunday early in the morning there was a rare situation in long-distance races , leadership changes directly on the road. The remaining Audi with the number 2 fought a tough but fair battle with the Peugeots with the numbers 9 and 7. At 8 o'clock on Sunday there was another accident, this time with serious consequences. In front of the Ford chicane, Jan Magnussen collided with Horst Felbermayr's Porsche 997 GT3-RSR in the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R , which is the leader in the LMGE Pro class . The Dane lost control of the Corvette at the end of the Porsche corners. The rear broke out, hit the Porsche fully and pushed it into the wall. Both vehicles were badly damaged. The Austrian Felbermayr, a wealthy private driver who was 67 years old and drove sports car races in the 1970s, was seriously injured. He suffered a fractured pelvis and a crushed lung.

After the end of the following safety car phase, Treluyer was only one second ahead of Simon Pagenaud's Peugeot . Due to the different pit stop strategies, the lead between Audi and Peugeot changed with each stop. A preliminary decision was made on Sunday at 9:30 am when Alexander Wurz in the 908 with the number 7 had a slip in the Indianapolis, which caused a loss of 12 minutes by repairing the damage to the front end. At this point in time, the Wurz car was almost 25 seconds ahead of the sister car with the number 9.

After the last pit stops, 40 minutes before the end of the race, André Lotterer in the Audi had six seconds ahead of Simon Pagenaud, who was now driving the Peugeot again. The German was able to extend his lead to 13 seconds right through to the finish line and clinch his tenth overall victory for Audi. The race continued at full speed until the checkered flag and for the first time since 1999 there was a full run-out and honor lap.

After the race it became known that the victorious Audi R18 had a creeping puncture in the last hour and could hardly have managed a full lap of almost 14 kilometers at full speed. Therefore, the tires also had to be changed during the last refueling stop shortly before the end.

Invitations

Automatic invitations

Automatic invitations to the 2011 Le Mans 24-hour race were issued to the teams that achieved top positions in high-class sports car races and sports car racing series in 2010. The winners of the Petit Le Mans , the American Le Mans Series , the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the Michelin Green X Challenge were among the first and second in the LMP1, LMP2 and GT2 classes of the previous year's race and the Le Mans Series within the LMS. In contrast to previous years, no team received an automatic invitation from the FIA GT Championship .

An automatic invitation did not have to be accepted.

Race / racing series	LMP1	LMP2	LM GTE
1. at the 24 hours of Le Mans	Audi Sport North America	Strakka Racing	Felbermayr-Proton team
2. at the Le Mans 24-hour race	Audi Sport Team Joest	OAK Racing	Hankook Team Farnbacher
1st in the Le Mans Series	Team Oreca Matmut	RML	Felbermayr-Proton team
2nd in the Le Mans Series	Signature Plus	Strakka Racing	AF Corse
1st at the Petit Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Corvette Racing
1st in the American Le Mans Series	no participant	Patrón Highcroft Racing	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing
1st in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup	Peugeot Sport Total	OAK Racing	Felbermayr-Proton team
1. in the LMS Green X Challenge		OAK Racing

1. ↑ In 2010, the ALMS combined classes LMP1 and LMP2 into one class.

Start list

On February 9, 2011, the ACO published a first preliminary start list with 56 participants plus ten reserve teams. The start list saw some changes in the period that followed.

On April 12, Signatech Nissan withdrew its second Oreca 03. The Norma M200P from Extrême Limite AM Paris moved up to the starting position .

On May 16, Highcroft Racing withdrew its HPD ARX-01e. The former partner Honda had no longer given the team the necessary financial means to use the vehicle. The Lola-Aston Martin B09 / 60 from Kronos Racing was then given the starting position .

Start list
No.	team	vehicle	tires	driver	driver	driver
LMP1
1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18	M.	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Mike Rockenfeller
2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18	M.	Marcel Fässler	André Lotterer	Benoît Tréluyer
3	Audi Sport North America	Audi R18	M.	Tom Kristensen	Rinaldo Capello	Allan McNish
5	Hope Racing	Oreca Swiss HY Tech Hybrid	M.	Steve Zacchia	Jan Lammers	Casper Elgaard
7th	Peugeot Sport Total	Peugeot 908	M.	Anthony Davidson	Marc Gené	Alexander Wurz
8th	Peugeot Sport Total	Peugeot 908	M.	Stéphane Sarrazin	Franck Montagny	Nicolas Minassian
9	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908	M.	Sébastien Bourdais	Simon Pagenaud	Pedro Lamy
10	Team Oreca Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M.	Nicolas Lapierre	Loïc Duval	Olivier Panis
12	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	M.	Nicolas Prost	Neel Jani	Jeroen Bleekemolen
13	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	M.	Andrea Belicchi	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Guy Smith
15th	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	D.	Guillaume Moreau	Pierre Ragues	Tiago Monteiro
16	Pescarolo team	Pescarolo 01	M.	Emmanuel Collard	Christophe Tinseau	Julien Jousse
20th	Quifel-ASM team	Zytek 09SC	D.	Miguel Amaral	Olivier Pla	Warren Hughes
22nd	Kronos Racing	Lola B09 / 60	M.	Vanina Ickx	Maxime Martin	Bas Leinders
24	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	D.	Richard Hein	Jacques Nicolet	Jean-François Yvon
007	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AMR-One	M.	Stefan Mücke	Darren Turner	Christian Klien
009	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AMR-One	M.	Harold Primate	Adrián Fernández	Andrew Meyrick
LMP2
26th	Signatech Nissan	Oreca 03	D.	Franck Mailleux	Lucas Ordoñez	Soheil Ayari
33	Level 5 motorsports	Lola B08 / 80	M.	Scott Tucker	Christophe Bouchut	João Barbosa
35	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	D.	Andrea Barlesi	Frédéric Da Rocha	Patrice Lafargue
36	RML	HPD ARX-01d	D.	Mike Newton	Thomas Erdos	Ben Collins
39	Pecom Racing	Lola B11 / 40	M.	Luís Pérez Companc	Matias Russo	Pierre Kaffer
40	Race performance	Oreca 03	D.	Michel Frey	Ralph Meichtry	Marc Rostan
41	Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	D.	Karim Ojjeh	Tom Kimber-Smith	Olivier Lombard
42	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01d	M.	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Jonny Kane
44	Extreme limit at Paris	Norma M200P	D.	Fabien Rosier	Philippe Haezebrouck	Jean-René de Fournoux
48	Team Oreca Matmut	Oreca 03	M.	Alexandre Prémat	David Hallyday	Dominik Kraihamer
49	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	D.	Shinji Nakano	Nicolas De Crem	Jan Charouz
LM GTE Pro
51	AF Corse SRL	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	M.	Giancarlo Fisichella	Gianmaria Bruni	Toni Vilander
55	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	D.	Augusto Farfus	Jörg Müller	Dirk Werner
56	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	D.	Andy Priaulx	Dirk Mueller	Joey hand
58	Luxury racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	M.	Anthony Beltoise	Pierre Thiriet	François Jakubowski
59	Luxury racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	M.	Stéphane Ortelli	Frédéric Makowiecki	Jaime Melo
64	Lotus Jetalliance	Lotus Evora GTE	M.	Oskar Slingerland	Martin Rich	John Hartshorne
65	Lotus Jetalliance	Lotus Evora GTE	M.	Jonathan Hirschi	James Rossiter	Johnny Mowlem
66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	D.	Rob Bell	Tim Sugden	Xavier Maassen
71	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	M.	Robert Kauffman	Michael Waltrip	Rui Águas
73	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M.	Olivier Beretta	Tommy Milner	Antonio García
74	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M.	Oliver Gavin	Jan Magnussen	Richard Westbrook
75	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Marc Goossens	Marco Holzer	Jaap van Lagen
76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Raymond Narac	Patrick Pilet	Nicolas Armindo
77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Marc Lieb	Richard Lietz	Wolf Henzler
79	Iota	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D.	Sam Hancock	Simon Dolan	Chris Buncombe
80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Jörg Bergmeister	Patrick Long	Lucas Luhr
88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Nick Tandy	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	Bryce Miller
89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	H	Dominik Farnbacher	Allan Simonsen	Leh Keen
LM GTE Am
50	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M.	Patrick Bornhauser	Julien Canal	Gabriele Gardel
57	Krohn Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	D.	Tracy Krohn	Niclas Jönsson	Michele Rugolo
60	Gulf AMR Middle East	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D.	Fabien Giroix	Mike Wainwright	Roald Goethe
61	AF Corse SRL	Ferrari F430 GTE	M.	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Marco Cioci	Seán Paul Breslin
62	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	M.	Pierre Ehret	Roger Wills	Shaun Lynn
63	Proton Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Horst Felbermayr junior	Horst Felbermayr senior	Christian Ried
68	Robertson Racing LLC	Ford GT-R Mk. VIII	M.	David Robertson	Andrea Robertson	David Murry
70	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Christophe Bourret	Pascal Gibon	Jean-Philippe Belloc
81	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M.	Seth Neiman	Darren Law	Spencer Pumpelly
83	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	D.	Manuel Rodrigues	Jean-Marc Menahem	Nicolas Marroc

The following entries, which had originally received a starting place, have been withdrawn:

No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver
LMP1
19th	Highcroft Racing	HPD ARX-01e	David Brabham
LMP2
27	Signatech Nissan	Oreca 03	Tiago Monteiro

Reserve vehicles

As in previous years, the ACO published a list of reserve vehicles at the same time as the first preliminary start list. Five LMP and five GT teams each were put on the list and were given the opportunity to replace those teams that were unable to take part in the race for various reasons. The LMP reservists were only allowed to replace LMP1 and LMP2-class vehicles, just as the GT reservists were only allowed to replace GT vehicles. The advancement took place in the order of nomination.

Two entries from the reserve list received a starting place. There is no longer a reserve list.

The following entries, which were originally on the reserve list, were added to the starting list:

sequence	class	No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver
LMP
1	LMP2	44	Extreme limit at Paris	Norma M200P	Fabien Rosier
2	LMP1	22nd	Kronos Racing	Lola B09 / 60	Vanina Ickx

The following entries, which were originally on the reserve list, were withdrawn or were not given a starting place:

class	No.	team	vehicle	Nominated driver
LMP
LMP1	21st	Rangoni Motorsport	Zytek 09H Hybrid	Ferdinando Geri
LMP2	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Oreca 03	Dominik Kraihamer
LMP2	38	Pegasus Racing	Courage LC75	Julien Schell
LM GTE
Per	69	Robertson Racing	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	David Murry
At the	85	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Paul van Splunteren
At the	84	Tolimit Arabia	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Sascha Maassen
Per	86	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Tomáš Enge
Per	87	BMS Scuderia Italia	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Romain Grosjean

Training times

qualification

Item	No.	team	class	time	Residue	begin
1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	3: 25.738		1
2	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	3: 25.799	+0.061	2
3	9	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	3: 26.010	+0.272	3
4th	8th	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	3: 26.156	+0.418	4th
5	3	Audi Sport North America	LMP1	3: 26.165	+0.427	5
6th	7th	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	3: 26.272	+0.534	6th
7th	10	Team Oreca Matmut	LMP1	3: 30.084	+4.346	7th
8th	12	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	3: 32.883	+7.145	8th
9	16	Pescarolo team	LMP1	3: 33.066	+7.328	9
10	13	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	3: 34.573	+8.835	10
11	15th	OAK Racing	LMP1	3: 34.933	+9.195	11
12	22nd	Kronos Racing	LMP1	3: 36.551	+10.813	12
13	20th	Quifel-ASM team	LMP1	3: 37.393	+11.655	13
14th	26th	Signatech Nissan	LMP2	3: 41.458	+15.720	14th
15th	24	OAK Racing	LMP1	3: 41.908	+16.170	15th
16	42	Strakka Racing	LMP2	3: 42.615	+16.877	16
17th	48	Team Oreca Matmut	LMP2	3: 43.098	+17,360	17th
18th	39	Pecom Racing	LMP2	3: 43.223	+17.485	18th
19th	49	OAK Racing	LMP2	3: 43.479	+17.741	19th
20th	41	Greaves Motorsport	LMP2	3: 43.802	+18.064	20th
21st	40	Race performance	LMP2	3: 44.294	+18.556	21st
22nd	007	Aston Martin Racing	LMP1	3: 45.918	+20.180	22nd
23	36	RML	LMP2	3: 47.308	+21,570	23
24	5	Hope Racing	LMP1	3: 47.691	+21,953	24
25th	009	Aston Martin Racing	LMP1	3: 48.355	+22.617	25th
26th	44	Extreme limit at Paris	LMP2	3: 48.420	+22.682	26th
27	35	OAK Racing	LMP2	3: 48.665	+22.927	27
28	33	Level 5 motorsports	LMP2	3: 48.863	+23.125	28
29	55	BMW Motorsport	LM GTE Pro	3: 57.592	+31.854	29
30th	51	AF Corse SRL	LM GTE Pro	3: 58.040	+32,302	30th
31	56	BMW Motorsport	LM GTE Pro	3: 58.426	+32.688	31
32	74	Corvette Racing	LM GTE Pro	3: 59.519	+33.781	32
33	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	LM GTE Pro	3: 59.519	+33.781	33
34	73	Corvette Racing	LM GTE Pro	3: 59.633	+33.895	34
35	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	LM GTE Pro	3: 59.662	+33.924	35
36	59	Luxury racing	LM GTE Pro	3: 59.901	+34.163	36
37	75	Prospeed Competition	LM GTE Pro	3: 59.962	+34.224	37
38	79	Iota	LM GTE Pro	4: 00.747	+35.009	38
39	66	JMW Motorsport	LM GTE Pro	4: 00.890	+35.152	39
40	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	LM GTE Pro	4: 01.024	+35.286	40
41	58	Luxury racing	LM GTE Pro	4: 01.176	+35.438	41
42	61	AF Corse SRL	LM GTE Am	4: 01.282	+35.544	42
43	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	LM GTE Pro	4: 01.752	+36.014	43
44	71	AF Corse	LM GTE Pro	4: 02.216	+36.478	44
45	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	LM GTE Pro	4: 02.548	+36.810	45
46	63	Proton Competition	LM GTE Am	4: 03.532	+37.794	46
47	81	Flying Lizard Motorsports	LM GTE Am	4: 03.648	+37.910	47
48	70	Larbre Compétition	LM GTE Am	4: 03.918	+38.180	48
49	83	JMB Racing	LM GTE Am	4: 04.640	+38.902	49
50	60	Gulf AMR Middle East	LM GTE Am	4: 04.825	+39.087	50
51	57	Krohn Racing	LM GTE Am	4: 05.211	+39.473	51
52	50	Larbre Compétition	LM GTE Am	4: 05.955	+40.217	52
53	62	CRS Racing	LM GTE Am	4: 07.236	+41.498	53
54	65	Lotus Jetalliance	LM GTE Pro	4: 07.465	+41.727	54
55	68	Robertson Racing LLC	LM GTE Am	4: 08.208	+42.470	55
56	64	Lotus Jetalliance	LM GTE Pro	4: 12.569	+46.831	56

Results

Pilots by nationality

48 French	27 British	17 Germans	15 Americans	8 Swiss
7 Italians	6 Belgians	6 Austrians	5 Dutch	5 Portuguese
4 danes	3 Brazilians	3 Monegasque	3 Spaniards	2 Argentinians
2 Saudis	1 fin	1 Irish	1 Japanese	1 Mexican
1 New Zealander	1 Swede	1 Czech

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18	Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6	M.	355
2	LMP1	9	Team Peugeot Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDi 3.7L Turbo V8	M.	355
3	LMP1	8th	Peugeot Sport Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDi 3.7L Turbo V8	M.	353
4th	LMP1	7th	Peugeot Sport Total	Anthony Davidson Alexander Wurz Marc Gené	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDi 3.7L Turbo V8	M.	351
5	LMP1	10	Team Oreca Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Loïc Duval Olivier Panis	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12	M.	339
6th	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lola B10 / 60	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4L V8	M.	338
7th	LMP1	22nd	Kronos Racing	Vanina Ickx Bas Leinder's Maxime Martin	Lola B09 / 60	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	M.	328
8th	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Karim Ojjeh Olivier Lombard Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	326
9	LMP2	26th	Signatech Nissan	Soheil Ayari Franck Mailleux Lucas Ordoñez	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	D.	320
10	LMP2	33	Level 5 motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut João Barbosa	Lola B08 / 80	HPD HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	M.	319
11	LMGTE Pro	73	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Tommy Milner Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	314
12	LMP2	36	RML	Mike Newton Ben Collins Thomas Erdos	HPD ARX-01d	HPD HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	D.	314
13	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse SRL	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	314
14th	LMP2	49	OAK Racing	Shinji Nakano Nicolas De Crem Jan Charouz	Pescarolo 01	BMW HK 3.6L V8	D.	313
15th	LMGTE Pro	56	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0L V8	D.	313
16	LMGTE Pro	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	312
17th	LMGTE Pro	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	311
18th	LMGTE Pro	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Lucas Luhr Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	310
19th	LMP2	40	Race performance	Michel Frey Ralph Meichtry Marc Rostan	Oreca 03	BMW HK 3.6L V8	D.	304
20th	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	302
21st	LMGTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	301
22nd	LMGTE Pro	65	Jetalliance Racing	Jonathan Hirschi Johnny Mowlem James Rossiter	Lotus Evora GTE	Cosworth 4.0L V6	M.	295
23	LMGTE Pro	75	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens Marco Holzer Jaap van Lagen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	293
24	LMGTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Tim Sugden Xavier Maassen	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	D.	290
25th	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue Andrea Barlesi	Pescarolo 01	BMW HK 3.6L V8	D.	288
26th	LMGTE Am	68	Robertson Racing LLC	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk.VII	Ford 5.0L V8	M.	285
27	LMGTE Am	83	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues Jean-Marc Menehem Nicolas Marroc	Ferrari F430 GTE	Ferrari 4.0L V8	D.	272
Not classified
28	LMP2	44	Extreme limit at Paris	Fabien Rosier Philippe Haezebrouck Jean-René de Fournoux	Norma M200P	BMW HK 3.6L V8	D.	247
Failed
29	LMP1	16	Pescarolo team	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	M.	305
30th	LMGTE Pro	55	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0L V8	D.	276
31	LMGTE Pro	74	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Richard Westbrook Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	M.	211
32	LMGTE Am	81	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Darren Law Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	211
33	LMP2	48	Team Oreca Matmut	Alexandre Prémat David Hallyday Dominik Kraihamer	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	M.	200
34	LMGTE Am	63	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr junior Horst Felbermayr senior Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	199
35	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion Guy Smith	Lola B10 / 60	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4L V8	M.	190
36	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse SRL	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Seán Paul Breslin	Ferrari F430 GTE	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	188
37	LMGTE Pro	59	Luxury racing	Stéphane Ortelli Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	183
38	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	178
39	LMGTE Pro	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Nick Tandy Abdulaziz Al Faisal Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	M.	169
40	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-01d	HPD HR28TT 2.8L Turbo V6	M.	144
41	LMGTE Am	60	AMR Middle East	Fabien Giroix Roald Goethe Mike Wainwright	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	D.	141
42	LMP2	39	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo Pierre Kaffer	Lola B11 / 40	BMW HK 3.6L V8	M.	139
43	LMGTE Pro	89	Hankook team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Leh Keen	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	H	137
44	LMGTE Pro	58	Luxury racing	Anthony Beltoise François Jakubowski Pierre Thiriet	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	M.	136
45	LMGTE Pro	64	Jetalliance Racing	Oskar Slingerland Martin Rich John Hartshorne	Lotus Evora GTE	Cosworth 4.0L V6	M.	126
46	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönnson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari F430 GTE	Ferrari 4.0L V8	D.	123
47	LMP1	24	OAK Racing	Richard Hein Jacques Nicolet Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4L V8	D.	119
48	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18	Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6	M.	116
49	LMP1	5	Hope Racing	Steve Zacchia Jan Lammers Casper Elgaard	Oreca 01	Swiss HyTech 2.0L Hybrid Turbo I4	M.	115
50	LMGTE Am	62	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Shaun Lynn Roger Willis	Ferrari F430 GTE	Ferrari 4.0L V8	M.	84
51	LMP1	15th	OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau Pierre Ragues Tiago Monteiro	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4L V8	D.	80
52	LMGTE Pro	79	Iota	Sam Hancock Simon Dolan Chris Buncombe	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	D.	74
53	LMP1	20th	Quifel-ASM team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Warren Hughes	Zytek 09SC	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8	D.	48
54	LMP1	3	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R18	Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6	M.	14th
55	LMP1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Christian Klien	Aston Martin AMR-One	Aston Martin 2.0L Turbo I6	M.	4th
56	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Harold Primate Adrián Fernández Andrew Meyrick	Aston Martin AMR-One	Aston Martin 2.0L Turbo I6	M.	2

Only in the entry list

Other registered teams, vehicles and drivers can be found in the start and reserve lists.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	André Lotterer	Benoît Tréluyer	Marcel Fässler	Audi R18	Overall victory
LMP2	Karim Ojjeh	Olivier Lombard	Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN	Rank 8
LMGTE Pro	Olivier Beretta	Tommy Milner	Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 11
LMGTE Am	Patrick Bornhauser	Julien Canal	Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 66
• Started: 56
• Rated: 28
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 249,500
• Honorary starter of the race: Jean Todt , President of the FIA
• Weather on the race weekend: warm, light rain on Sunday
• Route length: 13.629 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 02: 21.525 hours
• Rounds of the winning team: 355
• Distance of the winning team: 4838.295 km
• Winner's average: 201.266 km / h
• Pole position: Benoît Tréluyer - Audi R18 (# 2) - 3: 25.738 - 238.480 km / h
• Fastest race lap: André Lotterer - Audi R18 (# 2) - 3: 25.289 - 239.002 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 2011

Web links

Commons : Le Mans 24 Hours 2011  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} New ACO rules: F-shaft prohibited (Motorsport-Total.com on December 22, 2010)
2. ↑ Le Mans regulations: Good ideas, but ... (Motorsport-Total.com on June 15, 2010)
3. ↑ Le Mans: Some innovations for 2011 (Motorsport-Total.com on June 10, 2010)
4. ↑ Peugeot already on pole thanks to Sarrazin? (Motorsport-Total.com on June 9, 2011)
5. ↑ Audi vs. Peugeot: what a battle! (Motorsport-Total.com on June 9, 2011)
6. ↑ Le Mans: Qualifying thriller over! (Motorsport-Total.com on June 10, 2011)
7. ↑ Ultra-Crime: One came through . In: Auto-News , June 14, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
8. ↑ Le Mans 2011: These are the 56 starters (Motorsport-Total.com on February 9, 2011)
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Signatech pulls back car with the number 27; Limite-AM-Paris-Norma moves up
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Highcroft: Marriage to Honda is over! (Motorsport-Total.com on May 17, 2011)
11. ↑ Official list of participants ( Memento of March 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 174 kB)
12. ↑ 22. Jan Lammers started in Le Mans
13. ↑ Tiago Monteiro replaces Lahaye ( Memento from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
14. ^ Christian Klien at Aston Martin
15. ↑ Driver exchange at Greaves Motorsport
16. ↑ David Hallyday and Domink Kraihamer at ORECA
17. ↑ Nicolas De Crem and Shinji Nakano at OAK Racing
18. ↑ BMW announces the other four drivers
19. ↑ Max: Preview: Le Mans 24h, Part III - The GTE-Pro - Racingblog. In: racingblog.de. August 30, 2012, accessed January 8, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Chris Buncombe RJN Motorsport. Retrieved January 8, 2019 . 
21. ↑ Lucas Luhr and Patrick Long in the Porsche 997 with the number 80
22. ↑ Gulf AMR team complete
23. ↑ Darren Law and Spencer Pumpelly in the Porsche 997 with the number 81
24. ↑ Menaham and Marroc complete JMB Racing
25. ↑ Kraihamer changes to ORECA; a replacement driver for him has not yet been reported
26. ↑ 24 HEURES DU MANS. ILMC. Race. Final classification. (PDF; 1.1 MB) (No longer available online.) Automobile Club de l'Ouest, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, June 12, 2011, archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; Retrieved August 2, 2013 . 
27. ↑ ^{a b} Facts on Audi's tenth Le Mans victory. In: audi-mediacenter.com. September 1, 2017, accessed January 8, 2019 .