2011 Le Mans Series

The 2011 Le Mans Series was the eighth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. The series began on 3 April with the 6 Hours of Castellet and ended after five rounds on 25 September. It is a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes. LMP1, LMP2 and FLM are retained from last year, while GT1 is removed, and GT2 split into GTE-Pro and GTE-Am.^[1]

With the launch of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, several LMP1 teams left the Le Mans Series, such as Peugeot Sport, Audi Sport, Aston Martin Racing and Oreca. This was the last season of the LMP1 in the championship.

Schedule

On 29 November 2010, the ACO announced a 5-race calendar, plus an official test session at Circuit Paul Ricard.^[2] The initial calendar included a race in Portugal, with the circuit to be announced. Three events; Spa, Imola, and Silverstone; will also be part of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup calendar.^[3]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
–	Official Test Session	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	11–12 March
1	6 Hours of Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	3 April
2	1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	7 May
3	6 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy	3 July
4	6 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom	11 September
5	6 Hours of Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal	25 September

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	FLM Winning Team	GTE Pro Winning Team	GTE Am Winning Team	Results
Rnd.	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	FLM Winning Drivers	GTE Pro Winning Drivers	GTE Am Winning Drivers	Results
1	Paul Ricard	No. 16 Pescarolo Team	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	No. 95 Pegasus Racing	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Results
1	Paul Ricard	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Gary Chalandon Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Julien Schell	Rob Bell James Walker	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Christian Ried	Results
2	Spa	No. 7 Peugeot Sport Total	No. 46 TDS Racing	No. 95 Pegasus Racing	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Results
2	Spa	Alexander Wurz Anthony Davidson Marc Gené	Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Jody Firth	Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Julien Schell	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	Results
3	Imola	No. 7 Peugeot Sport Total	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	No. 99 JMB Racing	No. 71 AF Corse	No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Results
3	Imola	Sébastien Bourdais Anthony Davidson	Olivier Lombard Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Chapman Ducote Kyle Marcelli Nicolas Marroc	Jaime Melo Toni Vilander	Nicolas Armindo Raymond Narac	Results
4	Silverstone	No. 7 Peugeot Sport Total	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	No. 95 Pegasus Racing	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Results
4	Silverstone	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	Olivier Lombard Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Julien Schell	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Nicolas Armindo Raymond Narac	Results
5	Estoril	No. 16 Pescarolo Team	No. 46 TDS Racing	No. 95 Pegasus Racing	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Results
5	Estoril	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Jody Firth	Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Julien Schell	Rob Bell James Walker	Nicolas Armindo Raymond Narac	Results

Championship Standings

Points are awarded to all race finishers, with unclassified entries failing to complete 70% of the race distance or entries failing to reach the finish not earning championship points. One bonus point is awarded for winning pole position (denoted by bold), and a further bonus is awarded (denoted by parenthesis). Entries which change an engine prior to the required two race minimum are penalized two points, with a four-point penalty for every subsequent engine change.

Points System
Race Distance	Position												Pole Position
Race Distance	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th And Lower	Pole Position
1000 km	15	13	11	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Teams Championships

The top two finishers in the LMP1, LMP2, GTE Pro, and GTE Am championships earn automatic entry to the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8	2	7	5	4	2	51
2	Pescarolo Team	Pescarolo 01 Evo	Judd GV5 5.0 L V10	1	6	7	6	1	50
3	Quifel-ASM Team	Zytek 09SC	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	4	Ret				9
4	MIK Corse	Zytek 09SC Hybrid	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		11	Ret			2

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	1	8	1	1	2	64
2	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01d	HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	3	3	6	8	6	43
3	TDS Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	Ret	1	7	Ret	1	38
4	Boutsen Energy Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	4	2	10	3	Ret	36
5	Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	6	7	Ret	2	4	35
6	RLR MSport	MG-Lola EX265	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	5	4	Ret	5	5	33
7	Extrême Limite AM Paris	Norma M200P	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	8	9	8		3	25
8	Pecom Racing	Lola B11/40	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	22
9	RML	HPD ARX-01d	HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	7	DNS	11	4		17

FLM Standings

All teams in the Formula Le Mans category utilize the Oreca FLM09 chassis and General Motors 6.3 L V8.

Pos	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Pegasus Racing	1	1	2	1	1	73
2	JMB Racing	4	4	1	3	2	58
3	Genoa Racing	2	2	4	2		48
4	Neil Garner Motorsport	3	3		4	3	45
5	Hope Polevision Racing	Ret	DSQ	3			12

LM GTE Pro Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	2	(1)	(1)	1	Ret	61
2	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	1	(7)	Ret	(9)	(1)	46
3	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Ret	(8)	(4)	(3)	(2)	44
4	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	3	(2)	Ret	(8)	Ret	32
5	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Ret	Ret	5	(7)	(3)	27
6	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Ret	6	(6)	(5)	Ret	25
7	Jota	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	NC	5	7	11	5	24

LM GTE Am Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	(6)	(1)	1	(1)	(1)	75
2	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	(2)	(2)	3	(5)	(4)	58
3	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	1	(5)	NC	(6)	(3)	44
4	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	4	Ret	(4)	(9)	2	36

Drivers Championships

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo Team	1	6	7	6	1	50
1=	Julien Jousse	Pescarolo Team	1	6	7	6	1	50
2=	Andrea Belicchi	Rebellion Racing	2	9	5	4	2	47
2=	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Rebellion Racing	2	9	5	4	2	47
3=	Neel Jani	Rebellion Racing	3	7	6	Ret	3	37
3=	Nicolas Prost	Rebellion Racing	3	7	6	Ret	3	37
4	Christophe Tinseau	Pescarolo Team	1	6	7	6		35
5=	Miguel Amaral	Quifel ASM Team	4	Ret				9
5=	Olivier Pla	Quifel ASM Team	4	Ret				9
6=	Ferdinando Geri	MIK Corse		11	Ret			2
6=	Giacomo Piccini	MIK Corse		11	Ret			2
6=	Máximo Cortés	MIK Corse		11	Ret			2

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Karim Ojjeh	Greaves Motorsport	1	8	1	1	2	64
1=	Tom Kimber-Smith	Greaves Motorsport	1	8	1	1	2	64
2	Olivier Lombard	Greaves Motorsport			1	1	2	44
3=	Danny Watts	Strakka Racing	3	3	6	8	6	43
3=	Jonny Kane	Strakka Racing	3	3	6	8	6	43
3=	Nick Leventis	Strakka Racing	3	3	6	8	6	43
4=	Jody Firth	TDS Racing	Ret	1	7	Ret	1	38
4=	Mathias Beche	TDS Racing	Ret	1	7	Ret	1	38
4=	Pierre Thiriet	TDS Racing	Ret	1	7	Ret	1	38
5	Dominik Kraihamer	Boutsen Energy Racing	4	2	10	3	Ret	36
6=	Michel Frey	Race Performance	6	7	Ret	2	4	35
6=	Ralph Meichtry	Race Performance	6	7	Ret	2	4	35
7=	Barry Gates	RLR MSport	5	4	Ret	5	5	33
7=	Rob Garofall	RLR MSport	5	4	Ret	5	5	33
8	Nicolas de Crem	Boutsen Energy Racing	4	2	10			25
9	Fabien Rosier	Extrême Limite AM Paris	8	9	8		3	25
10=	Luís Pérez Companc	Pecom Racing	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	22
10=	Matías Russo	Pecom Racing	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	22
10=	Pierre Kaffer	Pecom Racing	2	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	22
11	Gary Chalandon	Greaves Motorsport	1	8				20
12	Marc Rostan	Race Performance		7	Ret	2		19
13	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	Race Performance / Boutsen Energy Racing	6			3	Ret	18
14	Simon Phillips	RLR MSport	5	4	Ret			17
15=	Ben Collins	RML	7	DNS	11	4		17
15=	Mike Newton	RML	7	DNS	11	4		17
15=	Thomas Erdos	RML	7	DNS	11	4		17
16	Warren Hughes	RLR MSport				5	5	16
17	Maurice Basso	Extrême Limite AM Paris	8	9	8			14
18=	Manuel Mello-Breyner	Extrême Limite AM Paris					3	11
18=	Pedro Mello-Breyner	Extrême Limite AM Paris					3	11
19	Jonathan Hirschi	Race Performance					4	9
20	Jean-Marc Luco	Extrême Limite AM Paris	8	9				9

FLM Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Julien Schell	Pegasus Racing	1	1	2	1	1	73
1=	Mirco Schultis	Pegasus Racing	1	1	2	1	1	73
1=	Patrick Simon	Pegasus Racing	1	1	2	1	1	73
2	John Hartshorne	Neil Garner Motorsport	3	3		4	3	45
3=	Christian Zugel	Genoa Racing	2	2	4			35
3=	Elton Julian	Genoa Racing	2	2	4			35
3=	Jens Petersen	Genoa Racing	2	2	4			35
4=	Phil Keen	Neil Garner Motorsport	3	3		4		33
4=	Steve Keating	Neil Garner Motorsport	3	3		4		33
5	Nicolas Marroc	Hope Polevision Racing	Ret	DSQ				30
5	Nicolas Marroc	JMB Racing			1		2	30
6=	Chapman Ducote	JMB Racing			1	3		27
6=	Kyle Marcelli	JMB Racing			1	3		27
7	Luca Moro	Hope Polevision Racing	Ret	DSQ	3			23
7	Luca Moro	JMB Racing				3		23
8	Tor Graves	Hope Polevision Racing			3			23
8	Tor Graves	Neil Garner Motorsport					3	23
9	Jean-Marc Menahem	JMB Racing	4	4				18
10=	Aldous Mitchell	Genoa Racing				2		13
10=	Bassam Kronfli	Genoa Racing				2		13
10=	Jordan Grogor	Genoa Racing				2		13
11	Peter Kutemann	JMB Racing					2	13
12	Zhang Shan Qi	Hope Polevision Racing	Ret	DSQ	3			12
13	Alex Kapadia	Neil Garner Motorsport					3	12
14=	Manuel Rodrigues	JMB Racing	4	4*				9
14=	Nicolas Misslin	JMB Racing	4					9
15	Olivier Lombard	JMB Racing		4				9

LM GTE Pro Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Giancarlo Fisichella	AF Corse	2	(1)	(2)	1	Ret	60
1=	Gianmaria Bruni	AF Corse	2	(1)	(2)	1	Ret	60
2=	James Walker	JMW Motorsport	1	(7)	Ret	(9)	(1)	46
2=	Rob Bell	JMW Motorsport	1	(7)	Ret	(9)	(1)	46
3=	Marc Lieb	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Ret	(8)	(4)	(3)	(2)	44
3=	Richard Lietz	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Ret	(8)	(4)	(3)	(2)	44
4=	Jaime Melo	AF Corse	4	Ret	(1)	Ret	(4)	37
4=	Toni Vilander	AF Corse	4	Ret	(1)	Ret	(4)	37
5=	Allan Simonsen	Hankook Team Farnbacher	3	(2)	Ret	(8)	Ret	32
5=	Dominik Farnbacher	Hankook Team Farnbacher	3	(2)	Ret	(8)	Ret	32
6=	Patrick Pilet	IMSA Performance Matmut	Ret	Ret	5	(7)	(3)	27
6=	Wolf Henzler	IMSA Performance Matmut	Ret	Ret	5	(7)	(3)	27
7=	Marc Goossens	ProSpeed Competition	Ret	6	(6)	(5)	Ret	25
7=	Marco Holzer	ProSpeed Competition	Ret	6	(6)	(5)	Ret	25
8=	Sam Hancock	Jota Sport AMR	NC	5	7	11	5	24
8=	Simon Dolan	Jota Sport AMR	NC	5	7	11	5	24
9	Chris Buncombe	Jota Sport AMR				11		2

LM GTE Am Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1=	Nicolas Armindo	IMSA Performance Matmut	(6)	(1)	1	(1)	(1)	75
1=	Raymond Narac	IMSA Performance Matmut	(6)	(1)	1	(1)	(1)	75
2=	Marco Cioci	AF Corse	(2)	(2)	3	(5)	(4)	58
2=	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	AF Corse	(2)	(2)	3	(5)	(4)	58
2=	Stéphane Lémeret	AF Corse	(2)	(2)	3	(5)	(4)	58
3	Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	(5)	NC	(6)	(3)	44
4=	Adam Christodoulou	CRS Racing	4	Ret	(4)	(9)	2	36
4=	Phil Quaife	CRS Racing	4	Ret	(4)	(9)	2	36
5	Christian Ried	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1		NC	(6)	(3)	35
6	Klaas Hummel	CRS Racing	4	Ret	4*		2*	9
7	Bryce Miller	Team Felbermayr-Proton		(5)				9
8	Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1*					0

Manufacturers Cups

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Constructor	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Lola-Toyota	25	10	15	9	25	84
2	Pescarolo-Judd	15	7	6	7	15	50
3	Zytek	9	2	0			11
–	Aston Martin	0	0				0

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Constructor	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	ORECA-Nissan	10	28	10	11	15	74
2	Zytek-Nissan	15	5	15	15	14	64
3	HPD	17	12	9	15	7	60
4	ORECA-Judd	7	6	0	13	9	35
5	MG Lola-Judd	8	9		8	8	33
6	Norma-Judd	5	4	5		11	25
7	Lola-Judd	13		9	0	0	22

LM GTE Standings

Pos	Constructor	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Ferrari	29	30	31	16	29	135
2	Porsche	15	11	18	23	27	94
3	Aston Martin	0	8	3	1	7	19

References

^ "The Categories". Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ Foubert, Claude (29 November 2010). "Cinq manches de six heures en 2011 avec Imola au programme!". Endurance-Info.com (in French). Infomaniak Network SA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Forbert, Claude (29 November 2010). "Calendrier 2011: Sept épreuves dont Petit Le Mans!". Endurance-Info.com (in French). Infomaniak Network SA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[The_Categories-1] "The Categories". Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[2] Foubert, Claude (29 November 2010). "Cinq manches de six heures en 2011 avec Imola au programme!". Endurance-Info.com (in French). Infomaniak Network SA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[3] Forbert, Claude (29 November 2010). "Calendrier 2011: Sept épreuves dont Petit Le Mans!". Endurance-Info.com (in French). Infomaniak Network SA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

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