2011 1000 km of Spa

The 2011 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 7, 2011. It was the second round of the 2011 Le Mans Series season and the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Prior to the race weekend there were up to 60 provisional entries but was shortened to 54 as there were some withdrawals from Aston Martin Racing who withdrew to continue developing their new and struggling AMR-One.^[1] It was a similar situation for Hope Racing who were not quite ready to race the new KERS-driven Oreca 01 Hybrid.^[2] Other cars had to withdraw from damage prior to the weekend including the No. 24 OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 LMP1 car.^[3]

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

In the second free practice session of the race, the No. 13 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota driven by Jean-Christophe Boullion crashed heavily at Radillon corner. Then shortly after the green flag was waved to restart, the No. 8 Peugeot of Pedro Lamy and No. 36 RML Honda of Mike Newton collided with each other. Both Peugeot and Rebellion mechanics had to deal with a late night with the RML car too heavily damaged to take further part in the race weekend.^[4]

Qualifying

The qualifying session was stopped early when another heavy impact during the weekend halted proceedings. It was the remaining LMP1 car of OAK Racing that fell victim to the famous Spa-Francorchamps track. Matthieu Lahaye crashed heavily into a barrier resulting in much débris being put on the track. The session was red flagged and not restarted. This was bad news for Peugeot who decided to release their cars later on in the session but the red flags meant the two car only set one flying laps each. This resulted in the two cars No. 7 and 9 starting in 13th and 18th overall respectively, with the No. 8 Peugeot starting at the back of the grid for not participating in the qualifying session as it was still being repaired from the practice crash.

The No. 1 Audi driven by Timo Bernhard took pole position with No. 2 and 3 qualifying second and third respectively. Strakka Racing took LMP2 pole only marginally ahead of TDS Racing. In the FLM class, Phil Keen of Neil Garner Motorsport took pole for their car. The No. 71 AF Corse Ferrari starts first in the GTE Pro class while the No. 67 IMSA Matmut Porsche took pole in GTE Am.^[5]

Qualifying Result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[6]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP1	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard	2:01.502	1
2	LMP1	#2 Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer	2:01.788	2
3	LMP1	#3 Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen	2:02.145	3
4	LMP1	#10 Team Oreca-Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre	2:05.482	4
5	LMP1	#12 Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost	2:06.767	5
6	LMP1	#20 Quifel ASM Team	Olivier Pla	2:07.290	6
7	LMP1	#16 Pescarolo Team	Christophe Tinseau	2:07.528	7
8	LMP1	#15 OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye	2:07.729	8
9	LMP1	#23 MIK Corse	Giacomo Piccini	2:08.821	9
10	LMP2	#42 Strakka Racing	Danny Watts	2:10.016	10
11	LMP2	#46 TDS Racing	Mathias Beche	2:10.141	11
12	LMP2	#26 Signatech Nissan	Franck Mailleux	2:10.474	12
13	LMP1	#7 Peugeot Sport Total	Marc Gené	2:10.725	13
14	LMP2	#45 Boutsen Energy Racing	Nicolas de Crem	2:11.183	14
15	LMP2	#41 Greaves Motorsport	Tom Kimber-Smith	2:11.218	15
16	LMP2	#40 Race Performance	Ralph Meichtry	2:11.306	16
17	LMP2	#44 Extrême Limite AM Paris	Fabien Rosier	2:11.842	17
18	LMP1	#9 Peugeot Sport Total	Simon Pagenaud	2:12.108	18
19	LMP2	#35 OAK Racing	Andrea Barlesi	2:12.373	19
20	LMP2	#39 Pecom Racing	Pierre Kaffer	2:13.584	20
21	FLM	#92 Neil Garner Motorsport	Phil Keen	2:13.592	21
22	LMP2	#33 Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut	2:13.851	22
23	LMP2	#43 RLR msport	Rob Garofall	2:14.122	23
24	FLM	#91 Hope Racing	Nicolas Marroc	2:14.431	24
25	FLM	#99 JMB Racing	Olivier Lombard	2:17.120	25
26	FLM	#93 Genoa Racing	Elton Julian	2:18.219	26
27	FLM	#95 Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell	2:18.757	27
28	GTE-Pro	#71 AF Corse	Jaime Melo	2:20.743	28
29	GTE-Pro	#66 JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell	2:20.915	29
30	GTE-Pro	#51 AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella	2:21.086	30
31	GTE-Pro	#77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb	2:21.291	31
32	GTE-Pro	#55 BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus	2:21.460	32
33	GTE-Pro	#89 Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher	2:21.779	33
34	GTE-Pro	#56 BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx	2:22.219	34
35	GTE-Pro	#76 IMSA Performance Matmut	Wolf Henzler	2:22.955	35
36	GTE-Am	#67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Nicolas Armindo	2:23.007	36
37	GTE-Pro	#58 Luxury Racing	Anthony Beltoise	2:23.063	37
38	GTE-Am	#61 AF Corse	Marco Cioci	2:23.269	38
39	GTE-Am	#82 CRS Racing	Phil Quaife	2:23.485	39
40	GTE-Pro	#75 Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens	2:23.639	40
41	GTE-Am	#60 Gulf AMR Middle East	Fabien Giroix	2:23.727	41
42	GTE-Am	#70 Kessel Racing	Philipp Peter	2:24.050	42
43	GTE-Am	#88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	2:24.599	43
44	GTE-Am	#50 Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel	2:24.773	44
45	GTE-Pro	#65 Lotus Jetalliance	James Rossiter	2:25.124	45
46	GTE-Am	#62 CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret	2:25.617	46
47	GTE-Am	#63 Proton Competition	Christian Ried	2:26.797	47
48	GTE-Pro	#59 Luxury Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki	2:27.098	48
49	GTE-Am	#57 Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn	2:28.677	49
50	LMP1	#8 Peugeot Sport Total	No Time		50
51	LMP1	#13 Rebellion Racing	No Time		51
52	GTE-Pro	#64 Lotus Jetalliance	No Time		52
53	GTE-Am	#72 AF Corse	No Time		53
54	GTE-Pro	#79 JOTA	No Time		54

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[7]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	7	Peugeot Sport Total	Alexander Wurz Anthony Davidson Marc Gené	Peugeot 908	M	161
					Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	8	Peugeot Sport Total	Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908	M	161
					Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	3	Audi Sport North America	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen	Audi R18 TDI	M	160
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
4	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18 TDI	M	159
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
5	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Audi R18 TDI	M	158
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
6	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01 Evo	M	156
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
7	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Lola B10/60	M	156
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
8	LMP1	9	Peugeot Sport Total	Sébastien Bourdais Pedro Lamy Simon Pagenaud	Peugeot 908	M	155
					Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)
9	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Jean-Christophe Boullion Andrea Belicchi	Lola B10/60	M	155
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
10	LMP1	10	Team Oreca-Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Loïc Duval Olivier Panis	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	152
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
11	LMP2	46	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Jody Firth	Oreca 03	M	150
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Nicolas de Crem	Oreca 03	D	150
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Danny Watts Jonny Kane Nick Leventis	HPD ARX-01d	M	150
					HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
14	LMP2	43	RLR msport	Barry Gates Rob Garofall Simon Phillips	MG-Lola EX265	D	147
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
15	LMP2	26	Signatech Nissan	Franck Mailleux Soheil Ayari Lucas Ordoñez	Oreca 03	D	146
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	144
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17	GTE Pro	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	H	144
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18	GTE Pro	56	BMW Motorsport	Uwe Alzen Andy Priaulx	BMW M3 GT2	D	144
					BMW 4.0 L V8
19	FLM	95	Pegasus Racing	Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Julien Schell	Oreca FLM09	M	144
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
20	GTE Pro	55	BMW Motorsport	Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus	BMW M3 GT2	D	143
					BMW 4.0 L V8
21	GTE Pro	79	JOTA[broken anchor]	Simon Dolan Sam Hancock	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	141
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22	GTE Pro	75	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Marc Goossens	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	141
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23	FLM	93	Genoa Racing	Jens Petersen Elton Julian Christian Zugel	Oreca FLM09	M	141
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
24	GTE Am	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	140
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25	GTE Am	61	AF Corse	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Stéphane Lémeret	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	140
					Ferrari 4.0 V8
26	GTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	139
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
27	GTE Am	63	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Niek Hommerson	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	139
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	GTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	137
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29	GTE Am	62	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Shaun Lynn Roger Willis	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	137
					Ferrari 4.0  V8
30	GTE Am	70	Kessel Racing	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	135
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
31	GTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GTE	D	134
					Ferrari 4.0  V8
32	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Patrice Lafargue Fréderic Da Rocha Andrea Barlesi	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	134
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
33	GTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell James Walker	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	132
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
34	LMP2	40	Race Performance	Michel Frey Ralph Meichtry Marc Rostan	Oreca 03	D	132
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
35	GTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	129
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36	FLM	92	Neil Garner Motorsport	John Hartshorne Steve Keating Phil Keen	Oreca FLM09	M	125
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
37	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Gary Chalandon Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN	D	123
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
38	LMP2	44	Extrême Limite AM Paris	Fabien Rosier Maurice Basso Jean-Marc Luco	Norma M200P	D	122
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
39	LMP1	23	MIK Corse	Máximo Cortés Ferdinando Geri Giacomo Piccini	Zytek 09SC - Hybrid	D	174
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
40	GTE Pro	64	Lotus Jetalliance	Martin Rich Oskar Slingerland	Lotus Evora GTE	M	119
					Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6
41	FLM	99	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues Jean-Marc Menahem Olivier Lombard	Oreca FLM09	M	117
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DSQ[8]	FLM	91	Hope Racing	Nicolas Marroc Luca Moro Zhang Shan Qi	Oreca FLM09	M	144
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNF	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Jaime Melo Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	137
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	GTE Am	82	CRS Racing	Phil Quaife Adam Christodoulou Klaas Hummel	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	137
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
NC	GTE Am	60	Gulf AMR Middle East	Fabien Giroix Roald Goethe Michael Wainright	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	108
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP1	20	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Zytek 09SC	D	106
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
DNF	GTE Am	72	AF Corse	Robert Kauffman Rui Águas	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	105
					Ferrari 4.0 V8
DNF	GTE Pro	59	Luxury Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Frédéric Makowiecki	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	64
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	39	Pecom Racing	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer	Lola B11/40	M	60
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMP2	33	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut João Barbosa	Lola B08/80	M	59
					HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
DNF	GTE Pro	65	Lotus Jetalliance	James Rossiter Johnny Mowlem Jonathan Hirschi	Lotus Evora GTE	M	21
					Toyota (Cosworth) 4.0 L V6
DNF	GTE Pro	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	16
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	GTE Pro	58	Luxury Racing	Anthony Beltoise François Jakubowski Jean-Denis Délétraz	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	4
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNS	LMP1	15	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Pierre Ragues Guillaume Moreau	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	-
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
DNS	LMP2	36	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Ben Collins	HPD ARX-01d	D	-
					HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6

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