2009 1000 km of Catalunya explained

The 2009 1000 km of Catalunya was the opening round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 5 April 2009. Aston Martin Racing won overall on their debut of the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, while Lola also secured the LMP2 win with Racing Box. The GT1 category was won by the IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini, while Team Felbermayr-Proton's Porsche led GT2.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

Pos	Class	Team	Lap Time
1	LMP1	No. 23 Strakka Racing	1:32.492
2	LMP1	No. 009 Aston Martin Racing	1:32.942
3	LMP1	No. 007 Aston Martin Racing	1:33.532
4	LMP1	No. 16 Pescarolo Sport	1:33.572
5	LMP1	No. 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah	1:33.724
6	LMP1	No. 15 Kolles	1:34.266
7	LMP1	No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM	1:34.442
8	LMP1	No. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM	1:34.566
9	LMP1	No. 12 Signature Plus	1:35.044
10	LMP1	No. 17 Pescarolo Sport	1:35.412
11	LMP1	No. 14 Kolles	1:35.526
12	LMP2	No. 29 Racing Box	1:36.156
13	LMP2	No. 40 Quifel ASM Team	1:36.172
14	LMP2	No. 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah	1:36.328
15	LMP2	No. 30 Racing Box	1:37.026
16	LMP2	No. 25 RML	1:37.032
17	LMP2	No. 41 GAC Racing Team	1:38.018
18	LMP2	No. 39 KSM	1:39.130
19	LMP2	No. 37 WR Salini	1:39.184
20	LMP2	No. 35 OAK Racing	1:39.856
21	LMP2	No. 26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	1:40.342
22	LMP2	No. 38 Pegasus Racing	1:43.426
23	GT1	No. 55 IPB Spartak Racing	1:44.446
24	LMP2	No. 42 Ranieri Randaccio	1:45.150
25	GT1	No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures	1:45.926
26	GT1	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	1:46.834
27	GT1	No. 51 ARC Bratislava Kaneko	1:46.902
28	LMP2	No. 43 Q8 Oils Hache Team	1:47.288
29	GT2	No. 92 JMW Motorsport	1:48.606
30	GT2	No. 84 Team Modena	1:48.666
31	GT2	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	1:48.752
32	LMP2	No. 28 Ibañez Racing Service	1:48.836
33	GT2	No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	1:49.006
34	GT2	No. 99 JMB Racing	1:49.424
35	GT2	No. 89 Hankook Farnbacher Racing	1:49.552
36	GT2	No. 90 FBR	1:49.848
37	GT2	No. 91 FBR	1:50.164
38	GT2	No. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron	1:50.180
39	GT2	No. 96 Virgo Motorsport	1:50.368
40	GT2	No. 87 Drayson Racing	1:50.492
41	GT2	No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	1:51.368
42	GT2	No. 81 Easyrace	1:51.470
43	LMP2	No. 24 OAK Racing	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	007	Aston Martin Racing	Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Stefan Mücke	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60		209
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
2	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Jean-Christophe Boullion Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo 01		209
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
3	LMP1	10	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Stéphane Ortelli Bruno Senna	Courage-Oreca LC70E		206
					AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
4	LMP1	12	Signature Plus	Pierre Ragues Franck Mailleux	Courage-Oreca LC70E		206
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
5	LMP1	23	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Peter Hardman Danny Watts	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S		205
					Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
6	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Bruce Jouanny João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01		203
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
7	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Matteo Bobbi Andrea Piccini Thomas Biagi	Lola B08/80		201
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
8	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2		201
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
9	LMP2	29	Racing Box	Andrea Ceccato Filippo Francioni Giacomo Piccini	Lola B08/80		195
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10	LMP2	26	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	Pierre Bruneau Stuart Moseley Nigel Greensall	Radical SR9		193
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
11	LMP2	35	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Matthieu Lahaye Karim Ajlani	Pescarolo 01		190
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
12	LMP2	24	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Jacques Nicolet Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01		190
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
13	GT1	55	IPB Spartak Racing	Roman Rusinov Peter Kox	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		189
					Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
14	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		187
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Patrice Goueslard Yann Clairay	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		187
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
16	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GT2		186
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17	GT2	89	Hankook Farnbacher Racing	Allan Simonsen Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2		185
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18	GT2	90	FBR	Pierre Ehret Anthony Beltoise	Ferrari F430 GT2		185
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19	GT2	84	Team Modena	Antonio García Leo Mansell	Ferrari F430 GT2		185
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Xavier Pompidou Jonny Kane	Lola B08/80		184
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
21	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Johan-Boris Scheier Romain Iannetta John Hartshorne	Ferrari F430 GT2		184
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Steve Zacchia Roland Bervillé Sébastien Dumez	Saleen S7-R		184
					Ford 7.0 L V8
23	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr Jr. Christian Ried Francisco Cruz Martins	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		182
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	GT2	87	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2		181
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
25	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Sean McInerney Michael McInerney Michael Vergers	Ferrari F430 GT2		181
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
26	LMP1	13	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Marcel Fässler Andrea Belicchi Nicolas Prost	Lola B08/60		180
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
27	LMP1	14	Kolles	Michael Krumm Charles Zwolsman Jr. Andrew Meyrick	Audi R10 TDI		179
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
28	LMP2	41	GAC Racing Team	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin Philipp Peter	Zytek 07S/2		179
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
29	GT2	81	Easyrace	Paolo Maurice Basso Roberto Plati Gianpaolo Tenchini	Ferrari F430 GT2		175
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
30	LMP2	37	WR Salini	Stéphane Salini Philippe Salini Tristan Gommendy	WR LMP2008		163
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
31 DNF	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Harold Primat Miguel Ramos	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60		181
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
32 DNF	LMP1	15	Kolles	Christian Bakkerud Christijan Albers	Audi R10 TDI		153
					Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
33 DNF	GT1	51	ARC Bratislava Kaneko Racing	Miro Konopka Paul Daniels Sean Edwards	Saleen S7-R		139
					Ford 7.0 L V8
34 DNF	LMP2	39	KSM	Hideki Noda Francesco Sini Matthew Marsh	Lola B07/46		133
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
35 DNF	LMP2	38	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell Philippe Thirion	Courage-Oreca LC75		118
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
36 DNF	LMP2	28	Ibañez Racing Service	José Ibañez William Cavailhès Frédéric Da Rocha	Courage LC75		116
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
37 DNF	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		115
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
38 DNF	LMP1	11	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	Courage-Oreca LC70E		108
					AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
39 DNF	GT2	91	FBR	Gabrio Rosa Giacomo Petrobelli Andrea Montermini	Ferrari F430 GT2		106
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
40 DNF	LMP2	43	Q8 Oils Hache Team	Máximo Cortés Enrico Moncada Fabrizio Armetta	Lucchini LMP2/08		98
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
41 DNF	LMP2	25	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton	Lola B08/86		82
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
42 DNF	LMP2	42	Ranieri Randaccio	Ranieri Randaccio Raffaele Giammaria	Lucchini LMP2/08		17
					Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8
43 DNF	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Benjamin Leuenberger	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		6
					Audi 4.0 L V8

External links

• Le Mans Series - Catalunya

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualifying Practice . . PDF . 2009-04-04 . 2009-04-05.
2. Web site: Race . . PDF . 2009-04-05 . 2009-04-05.