Le Mans 2009

Audi are looking to build on their success with a whole new car; the R15.

Already looking the car to beat following their win at the first ALMS race of the season at Sebring in March, Audi will face tough competition at Le Mans from Peugeot, who return to La sarthe with four 908s.

For the British fans at least, the big news in LMP1 has to be the return of Aston Martin, partnered by Lola, with a petrol prototype hoping to take the fight for an outright win to the diesels. Meanwhile, Henri Pescarolo appears to be hedging his bets, running a Peugeot 908 alongside his own Pescarolo Judd.

The Porsche RS Spyders look to be the pick of the bunch in LMP2, while the GT1 field is depleted with Aston Martin turning their factory attentions to the prototype class. Corvettes look the strongest ahead of privateer Astons. In GT2 we've come to expect a battle between Porsche and Ferrari and the 2009 field doesn't disappoint, with the odd Aston V8 and Spyker thrown in to the mix for good measure!

Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1	9	Peugeot Sport Total	David Brabham-Marc Gené-Alexander Wurz	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Michelin	382
2	LMP1	8	Team Peugeot Total	Franck Montagny-Sébastien Bourdais-Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Michelin	381
3	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen-Allan McNish-Rinaldo Capello	Audi R15 TDI	Michelin	376
4	LMP1	7	AMR Eastern Europe	Jan Charouz-Tomáš Enge-Stefan Mücke	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Michelin	373
5	LMP1	11	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Olivier Panis-Nicolas Lapierre-Soheil Ayari	Oreca 01	Michelin	370
6	LMP1	7	Team Peugeot Total	Nicolas Minassian-Pedro Lamy-Christian Klien	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Michelin	369
7	LMP1	14	Kolles	Charles Zwolsman, Jr.-Narain Karthikeyan-André Lotterer	Audi R10 TDI	Michelin	369
8	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Sport	Christophe Tinseau-Bruce Jouanny-João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01	Michelin	368
9	LMP1	15	Kolles	Christian Bakkerud-Christijan Albers-Giorgio Mondini	Audi R10 TDI	Michelin	360
10	LMP2	31	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard-Kristian Poulsen-Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Michelin	357
11	LMP1	12	Signature Plus	Pierre Ragues-Franck Mailleux-Didier André	Courage-Oreca LC70E	Michelin	344
12	LMP2	33	Speedy Racing Team - Sebah Automotive	Benjamin Leuenberger-Xavier Pompidou-Jonny Kane	Lola B08/80	Michelin	343
13	LMP1	8	Aston Martin Racing	Anthony Davidson-Darren Turner-Jos Verstappen	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Michelin	342
14	LMP1	13	Speedy Racing Team - Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi-Nicolas Prost-Neel Jani	Lola B08/60	Michelin	342
15	GT1	63	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell-Jan Magnussen-Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Michelin	342
16	GT1	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	Xavier Maassen-Yann Clairay-Julien Jousse	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Dunlop	336
17	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard-Romain Dumas-Alexandre Prémat	Audi R15 TDI	Michelin	333
18	GT2	82	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo-Pierre Kaffer-Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GT2	Michelin	329
19	GT2	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabio Babini-Matteo Malucelli-Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari F430 GT2	Pirelli	327
20	LMP2	24	OAK Racing - Team Mazda France	Jacques Nicolet-Richard Hein-Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01	Dunlop	325
21	LMP1	23	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis-Peter Hardman-Danny Watts	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Michelin	325
22	GT2	83	Risi Competizione - Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn-Eric van de Poele-Nic Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GT2	Michelin	323
23	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell-Andrew Kirkaldy-Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GT2	Dunlop	320
24	LMP1	4	Creation Autosportif	Jamie Campbell-Walter-Vanina Ickx-Romain Ianetta	Creation CA07	Michelin	319
25	GT2	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel-Jeroen Bleekemolen-Jaroslav Janiš	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Michelin	319
26	GT2	78	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni-Luis Pérez Companc-Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GT2	Michelin	317
27	GT2	84	Team Modena	Leo Mansell-Pierre Ehret-Roman Rusinov	Ferrari F430 GT2	Michelin	314
28	LMP2	32	Barazi-Epsilon	Juan Barazi-Phil Bennett-Stuart Moseley	Zytek 07S/2	Dunlop	306
29	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues-Yvan Lebon-Christophe Bouchut	Ferrari F430 GT2	Michelin	304
30	GT2	81	Advanced Engineering - Team Seattle	Patrick Dempsey-Don Kitch, Jr.-Joe Foster	Ferrari F430 GT2	Michelin	301
31	GT1	66	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer-Thomas Gruber-Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9	Michelin	294
32	GT2	96	Virgo Motorsport	Sean McInerney-Michael McInerney-Michael Vergers	Ferrari F430 GT2	Dunlop	280
Not Classified
33	GT2	75	Endurance Asia Team - Perspective Racing	Darryl O'Young-Philippe Hesnault-Plamen Kralev	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Dunlop	186
Did Not Finish
34	LMP2	5	Navi Team Goh	Seiji Ara-Keisuke Kunimoto-Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Michelin	339
35	GT1	64	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin-Olivier Beretta-Marcel Fässler	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Michelin	311
36	LMP2	25	RML	Thomas Erdos-Mike Newton-Chris Dyson	Lola B08/86	Michelin	273
37	GT2	87	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson-Jonny Cocker-Marino Franchitti	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Michelin	272
38	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet-Raymond Narac-Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Michelin	265
39	LMP2	39	KSM	Hideki Noda-Jean de Pourtales-Matthew Marsh	Lola B07/46	Dunlop	261
40	LMP1	9	Aston Martin Racing	Stuart Hall-Harold Primat-Peter Kox	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Michelin	252
41	LMP1	10	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	Stéphane Ortelli-Bruno Senna-Tiago Monteiro	Oreca 01	Michelin	219
42	LMP1	17	Pescarolo Sport	Simon Pagenaud-Jean-Christophe Boullion-Benoît Tréluyer	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Michelin	210
43	LMP2	35	OAK Racing - Team Mazda France	Matthieu Laheye-Guillaume Moreau-Karim Ajlani	Pescarolo 01	Dunlop	208
44	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Andrea Piccini-Thomas Biagi-Matteo Bobbi	Lola B08/80	Michelin	203
45	GT2	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister-Darren Law-Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Michelin	194
46	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher-Allan Simonsen-Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2	Hancook	183
47	LMP1	6	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson-Richard Dean-Nigel Moore	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Michelin	178
48	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner-Lucas Luhr-Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R15 TDI	Michelin	104
49	LMP2	41	GAC Racing Team	Karim Ojjeh-Claude-Yves Gosselin-Philipp Peter	Zytek 07S/2	Michelin	102
50	GT2	70	IMSA Performance Matmut - Team Felbermayr-Proton	Michel Lecourt-Horst Felbermayr, Sr.-Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Michelin	102
51	GT1	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand-Stéphan Grégoire-Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Dunlop	99
52	LMP2	26	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	Pierre Bruneau-Marc Rostan-Tim Greaves	Radical SR9	Dunlop	91
53	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral-Olivier Pla-Guy Smith	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2	Dunlop	46
54	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb-Wolf Henzler-Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Michelin	24
55	GT1	68	JLOC	Atsushi Yogo-Yutaka Yamagishi-Marco Apicella	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Yokohama	1

Qualifying

Position	No.	Team	Class	Time	Gap
1	8	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	03:22.9
2	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	03:23.7	0.762
3	7	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	03:24.9	1.972
4	17	Pescarolo Sport	LMP1	03:25.1	2.174
5	9	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	03:25.3	2.364
6	2	Audi Sport North America	LMP1	03:25.8	2.892
7	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	03:27.1	4.218
8	7	AMR Eastern Europe	LMP1	03:27.2	4.292
9	8	Aston Martin Racing	LMP1	03:27.7	4.816
10	13	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	LMP1	03:28.1	5.246
11	23	Strakka Racing	LMP1	03:29.8	6.91
12	16	Pescarolo Sport	LMP1	03:30.5	7.578
13	15	Kolles	LMP1	03:31.2	8.304
14	14	Kolles	LMP1	03:31.5	8.66
15	10	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	LMP1	03:33.5	10.626
16	11	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	LMP1	03:33.9	10.972
17	9	Aston Martin Racing	LMP1	03:34.0	11.08
18	6	Team LNT	LMP1	03:35.8	12.916
19	4	Creation Autosportif	LMP1	03:36.6	13.072
20	31	Team Essex	LMP2	03:37.7	14.832
21	5	Navi Team Goh	LMP2	03:37.8	14.914
22	12	Signature Plus	LMP1	03:39.3	16.438
23	33	Speedy Racing Team Sebah	LMP2	03:41.7	18.836
24	25	RML	LMP2	03:42.0	19.064
25	40	Quifel ASM Team	LMP2	03:42.0	19.124
26	30	Racing Box	LMP2	03:42.8	19.96
27	41	GAC Racing Team	LMP2	03:44.8	21.942
28	35	OAK Racing	LMP2	03:45.0	22.144
29	32	Barazi-Epsilon	LMP2	03:53.0	30.068
30	39	KSM	LMP2	03:53.1	30.184
31	63	Corvette Racing	GT1	03:54.2	31.342
32	64	Corvette Racing	GT1	03:54.7	31.814
33	26	Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team	LMP2	03:55.3	32.432
34	66	Jetalliance Racing	GT1	03:56.1	33.238
35	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	GT1	03:57.2	34.282
36	24	OAK Racing	LMP2	03:57.5	34.636
37	73	Luc Alphand Aventures	GT1	04:00.5	35.676
38	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GT2	04:03.2	40.314
39	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	GT2	04:03.2	40.344
40	82	Risi Competizione	GT2	04:04.1	41.168
41	99	JMB Racing	GT2	04:04.1	41.196
42	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	GT2	04:04.2	41.334
43	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	04:04.6	41.76
44	78	AF Corse	GT2	04:04.9	42.05
45	92	JMW Motorsport	GT2	04:05.2	42.28
46	87	Drayson Racing	GT2	04:06.5	43.594
47	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	GT2	04:06.6	43.724
48	85	Snoras Spyker Squadron	GT2	04:08.3	45.46
49	84	Team Modena	GT2	04:08.5	45.62
50	83	Risi Competizione	GT2	04:08.8	45.87
51	70	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	04:10.0	47.126
52	75	Endurance Asia Team	GT2	04:10.5	47.568
53	96	Virgo Motorsport	GT2	04:10.7	47.776
54	81	Advanced Engineering	GT2	04:13.9	51.032
55	68	JLOC	GT1	04:21.8	58.924

Entry List

N°	LM P1	NATIONALITY	TYRE	CAR	CYL.
1	AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST	DEU	MICHELIN	AUDI R15	5499T
3	AUDI SPORT TEAM JOEST	DEU	MICHELIN	AUDI R15	5499T
2	AUDI SPORT NORTH AMERICA	DEU	MICHELIN	AUDI R15	5499T
14	KOLLES	DEU	?	AUDI R10	5499T
15	KOLLES	DEU	?	AUDI R10	5499T
7	TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL	FRA	MICHELIN	PEUGEOT 908	5500T
8	TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL	FRA	MICHELIN	PEUGEOT 908	5500T
9	PEUGEOT SPORT TOTAL	FRA	MICHELIN	PEUGEOT 908	5500T
17	PESCAROLO SPORT	FRA	MICHELIN	PEUGEOT 908	5500T
16	PESCAROLO SPORT	FRA	MICHELIN	PESCAROLO JUDD	5496A
007	ASTON MARTIN RACING	GBR	MICHELIN	LOLA ASTON MARTIN	5993A
009	ASTON MARTIN RACING	GBR	MICHELIN	LOLA ASTON MARTIN	5993A
008	AMR EASTERN EUROPE	CZE	MICHELIN	LOLA ASTON MARTIN	5993A
13	SPEEDY RACING TEAM SEBAH	CHE	MICHELIN	LOLA ASTON MARTIN	5993A
10	TEAM ORECA MATMUT AIM	FRA	MICHELIN	COURAGE-ORECA AIM	5496A
11	TEAM ORECA MATMUT AIM	FRA	MICHELIN	COURAGE-ORECA AIM	5496A
6	TEAM LNT	GBR	MICHELIN	GINETTA ZYTEK	4496A
23	STRAKKA RACING	GBR	MICHELIN	GINETTA ZYTEK	4496A
12	SIGNATURE PLUS	FRA	MICHELIN	COURAGE JUDD	5496A
20	EPSILON EUSKADI	ESP	MICHELIN	EPSILON EUSKADI JUDD	5496A
4	CREATION AUTOSPORTIF	USA	DUNLOP	CREATION JUDD	5496A
N°	LM P2	NATIONALITY	TYRE	CAR	CYL.
5	NAVI TEAM GOH	JPN	MICHELIN	PORSCHE RS SPYDER	3396A
31	TEAM ESSEX	DNK	MICHELIN	PORSCHE RS SPYDER	3396A
49	VITAPHONE RACING TEAM	DEU	MICHELIN	PORSCHE RS SPYDER	3396A
25	RML	GBR	MICHELIN	LOLA MAZDA COUPE	1998T
39	KSM	DEU	MICHELIN	LOLA MAZDA COUPE	1997T
30	RACING BOX SRL	ITA	MICHELIN	LOLA JUDD COUPE	3397A
33	SPEEDY RACING TEAM SEBAH	CHE	MICHELIN	LOLA JUDD COUPE	3394A
24	OAK RACING	FRA	DUNLOP	PESCAROLO MAZDA	1997T
35	OAK RACING	FRA	DUNLOP	PESCAROLO MAZDA	1997T
40	QUIFEL - ASM TEAM	PRT	DUNLOP	GINETTA ZYTEK 09S	3396A
41	GAC RACING TEAM	CHE	MICHELIN	ZYTEK 07S	3396A
26	BRUICHLADDICH BRUNEAU	GBR	DUNLOP	RADICAL AER	1994T
N°	LM GT1	NATIONALITY	TYRE	CAR	CYL.
63	CORVETTE RACING	USA	MICHELIN	CORVETTE C6.R	6993A
64	CORVETTE RACING	USA	MICHELIN	CORVETTE C6.R	6993A
72	LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES	FRA	?	CORVETTE C6.R	6993A
73	LUC ALPHAND AVENTURES	FRA	?	CORVETTE C6.R	6993A
66	JETALLIANCE RACING GMBH	AUT	MICHELIN	ASTON MARTIN DBR9	5993A
55	IPB SPARTAK RACING	RUS	MICHELIN	LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO	5988A
68	JLOC	JPN	?	LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO	5988A
N°	LM GT2	NATIONALITY	TYRE	CAR	CYL.
76	IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT	FRA	MICHELIN	PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR (997)	3996A
77	TEAM FELBERMAYER-PROTON	DEU	?	PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR (997)	3996A
80	FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORT	USA	MICHELIN	PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR (997)	3996A
78	AF CORSE SRL	ITA	MICHELIN	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
81	TEAM SEATTLE ADVANCED ENG	ITA	MICHELIN	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
82	RISI COMPETIZIONE	USA	MICHELIN	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
83	RISI COMPETIZIONE	USA	MICHELIN	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
84	TEAM MODENA	GBR	MICHELIN	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
89	HANKOOK - TEAM FARNBACHER	DEU	HANKOOK	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
92	JMW MOTORSPORT	GBR	DUNLOP	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
96	VIRGO MOTORSPORT	GBR	DUNLOP	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
97	BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA SPA	ITA	PIRELLI	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
99	JMB RACING	MCO	MICHELIN	FERRARI F 430 GT	3996A
87	DRAYSON RACING	GBR	?	ASTON MARTIN V8	4475A
85	SNORAS SPYKER SQUADRON	NLD	MICHELIN	SPYKER C8 LAVIOLETTE	3800A
RESERVE CARS
GT2 R1	ENDURANCE CHINA TEAM	CHN	DUNLOP	PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR (997)	3797A
GT2 R2	IMSA PERFORMANCE MATMUT	FRA	MICHELIN	PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR (997)	3996A
LM P2 R3	BARAZI EPSILON	FRA	?	ZYTEK 07S	3396A
LM P2 R4	GERARD WELTER	FRA	DUNLOP	WR ZYTEK	3396A
LM P1 R5	EPSILON EUSKADI	ESP	MICHELIN	EPSILON EUSKADI JUDD	5496A
GT2 R6	TEAM FELBERMAYER-PROTON	DEU	?	PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR (997)	3996A
GT2 R7	SNORAS SPYKER SQUADRON	NLD	MICHELIN	SPYKER C8 LAVIOLETTE	3800A
GT1 R8	TEAM LARBRE COMPETITION	FRA	?	SALEEN S7R	6998A
LMP2 R9	RACING BOX SRL	ITA	MICHELIN	LOLA JUDD COUPE	3397A

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