2009 1000 km of Algarve

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The 2009 1000 km of Algarve (1000 km do Algarve) was the third round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal, and was held over the night starting on 1 August 2009 and ending in the early morning of 2 August.

Portugal Republic in Southwestern Europe

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe. It is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.

Contents

Race Report

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

B09/60 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 driven by Stefan Mucke in the 1000km do Algarve Race of the Le Mans Series 2009 AM007.jpg
B09/60 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 driven by Stefan Mücke in the 1000km do Algarve Race of the Le Mans Series 2009
Pos Class Team Lap Time
1 LMP1 No. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:31.020
2 LMP1 No. 007 Aston Martin Racing 1:31.160
3 LMP1 No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM 1:31.236
4 LMP1 No. 23 Strakka Racing 1:31.468
5 LMP1 No. 009 Aston Martin Racing 1:31.556
6 LMP1 No. 15 Kolles 1:32.124
7 LMP1 No. 16 Pescarolo Sport 1:32.232
8 LMP1 No. 14 Kolles 1:32.284
9 LMP1 No. 13 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:32.408
10 LMP2 No. 40 Quifel ASM Team 1:34.296
11 LMP1 No. 12 Signature Plus 1:34.328
12 LMP2 No. 25 RML 1:34.728
13 LMP2 No. 41 GAC Racing Team 1:34.752
14 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Box 1:34.948
15 LMP2 No. 33 Speedy Racing Team Sebah 1:35.100
16 LMP2 No. 30 Racing Box 1:35.448
17 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:37.076
18 LMP2 No. 37 WR Salini 1:37.088
19 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing 1:38.396
20 LMP2 No. 43 Q8 Oils Hache Team 1:39.296
21 LMP2 No. 28 Ibañez Racing Service 1:39.940
22 LMP2 No. 26 Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team 1:40.820
23 GT1 No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures 1:42.052
24 GT1 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:44.028
25 GT2 No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:44.804
26 GT2 No. 92 JMW Motorsport 1:44.868
27 GT2 No. 84 Team Modena 1:45.436
28 GT2 No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut 1:45.744
29 GT2 No. 90 FBR 1:45.808
30 GT2 No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:46.080
31 GT2 No. 89 Hankook Team Fernbacher 1:46.380
32 GT2 No. 87 Drayson Racing 1:46.636
33 GT2 No. 99 JMB Racing 1:46.672
34 GT2 No. 81 Easyrace 1:48.412
35 GT2 No. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron No Time

Race report

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 16 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion
Flag of France.svg Christophe Tinseau
Pescarolo 01 M 215
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
2 LMP1 007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 215
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
3 LMP1 10 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca Matmut AIM Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna
Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro
Oreca 01 M 214
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
4 LMP1 11 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca Matmut AIM Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 01 M 212
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
5 LMP1 009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of Switzerland.svg Harold Primat
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Ramos
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 211
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
6 LMP2 40 Flag of Portugal.svg Quifel ASM Team Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Amaral
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 D 207
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
7 LMP2 29 Flag of Italy.svg Racing Box Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Ceccato
Flag of Italy.svg Filippe Francioni
Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Piccini
Lola B08/80 M 205
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 41 Flag of Switzerland.svg GAC Racing Team Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Karim Ojjeh
Flag of France.svg Claude-Yves Gosselin
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter
Zytek 07S/2 M 205
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
9 LMP2 30 Flag of Italy.svg Racing Box Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Bobbi
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Piccini
Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Biagi
Lola B08/80 M 203
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10 LMP1 12 Flag of France.svg Signature Plus Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux
Courage-Oreca LC70E M 202
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
11 LMP2 33 Flag of Switzerland.svg Speedy Racing Team
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebah Automotive
Flag of Switzerland.svg Benjamin Leuenberger
Flag of France.svg Xavier Pompidou
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Lola B08/80 M 198
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
12 LMP2 35 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing
Flag of France.svg Team Mazda France
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of Switzerland.svg Karim Ajlani
Pescarolo 01 D 195
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
13 LMP2 25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RML Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Erdos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton
Lola B08/86 M 195
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
14 GT1 72 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Yann Clairay
Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of France.svg Julien Jousse
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R D 194
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
15 GT2 92 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JMW Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Bell
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2 D 190
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 76 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 190
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GT2 84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Modena Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leo Mansell
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 189
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18 GT2 90 Flag of Germany.svg FBR Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of France.svg Anthony Beltoise
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 188
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
19 GT2 89 Flag of Germany.svg Hankook Team Farnbacher Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430 GT2 H 187
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 GT2 99 Flag of Monaco.svg JMB Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Hartshorne
Flag of Portugal.svg César Campaniço
Flag of Germany.svg Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 182
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
21 LMP2 24 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing
Flag of France.svg Team Mazda France
Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet
Flag of Monaco.svg Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01 D 179
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
22 GT2 81 Flag of Italy.svg Easyrace Flag of Italy.svg Maurice Basso
Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Plati
Flag of Italy.svg Gianpaolo Tenchini
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 179
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
23 GT1 50 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Roland Berville
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Dumez
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stéphane Lémeret
Saleen S7-R M 172
Ford 7.0 L V8
24 LMP2 37 Flag of France.svg WR Salini Flag of France.svg Stéphane Salini
Flag of France.svg Philippe Salini
Flag of France.svg Bruce Jouanny
WR LMP2008 D 171
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
25 LMP2 26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team Flag of France.svg Pierre Bruneau
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Greaves
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Sini
Radical SR9 D 165
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
26 GT2 77 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 153
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27
NC
LMP1 14 Flag of Germany.svg Kolles Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Meyrick
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman, Jr.
Audi R10 TDI M 149
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
28
NC
LMP2 28 Flag of France.svg Ibañez Racing Service Flag of France.svg José Ibañez
Flag of France.svg William Cavailhès
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Da Rocha
Courage LC75 D 124
AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
29
DNF
LMP1 15 Flag of Germany.svg Kolles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers
Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Bakkerud
Flag of Switzerland.svg Giorgio Mondini
Audi R10 TDI M 180
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
30
DNF
GT2 85 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Snoras Spyker Squadron Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Janiš
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 163
Audi 4.0 L V8
31
DNF
LMP2 43 Flag of Spain.svg Q8 Oils Hache Team Flag of Spain.svg Máximo Cortés
Flag of Spain.svg Fonsi Nieto
Flag of Spain.svg Carmen Jordá
Lucchini LMP2/08 D 90
Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
32
DNF
LMP1 23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S M 67
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
33
DNF
GT2 87 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Drayson Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Drayson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Cocker
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 M 47
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
34
DNF
LMP1 13 Flag of Switzerland.svg Speedy Racing Team
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebah Automotive
Flag of Switzerland.svg Marcel Fässler
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Belicchi
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost
Lola B08/60 M 30
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
35
DNF
GT2 88 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Austria.svg Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Ried
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cruz Martins
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 1
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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  2. "Le Mans Series — Race after 215 laps". Le Mans Series. 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
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