2009 1000 km of Okayama

2009 Asian Le Mans Series none 2013 thumb|250px|Layout of the Okayama International Circuit right|thumb|250px|The start of the 2009 1000km of Okayama (Race 1). The 2009 1000 km of Okayama was the inaugural event of Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) Asian Le Mans Series. It was held at the Okayama International Circuit, Japan and featured two 500 km races held on 30 October and 1 November 2009. The winning teams in each of the four categories earned an automatic invitation to the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. A second Asian Le Mans Series event, scheduled for the Shanghai International Circuit, China, on 7 and 8 November was cancelled by the ACO due to economic circumstances. http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/08/04/asian-le-mans-series-the-latest-news/ Asian Le Mans Series: The latest news Planetlemans.com Planetlemans.com Series Update 2009-08-04 2009-08-04 The race weekend is being shared with the World Touring Car Championship's Race of Japan. Entries The ACO's initial plans for the debut event of the Asian Le Mans Series was for a minimum of 30 entries. On 9 May 2009 the ACO announced an initial entry of 31 teams which would consist of competitors from the Le Mans Series, American Le Mans Series, FIA GT Championship, Super GT, as well as other local Japanese and Chinese teams. The ACO agreed to supply applying teams with freight transport in an attempt to lure further entries. A second entry list was published on 1 September and included 23 cars. The final entry list is led by Europeans in the LMP1 category featuring Pescarolo Sport entered under the Sora Racing title, two Kolles Audis, an Le Mans Series-champion Aston Martin, one Oreca, and the new Drayson Lola. The sole Japanese entrant in the category was from Tōkai University/YGK Power, who last competed at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans. LMP2 features a mere two entries, both from the Le Mans Series. OAK Racing enters their Mazda-powered Pescarolo while Ibañez Racing Service enters their Courage-AER for a shot at a Le Mans invitation. Entries in the GT1 category were predominantly Japanese, all of which are teams currently entered in the Super GT series. Hitotsuyama Team Nova's Aston Martin was joined by the experienced JLOC Lamborghinis. The sole European entry was the Larbre Compétition Saleen. In GT2 there were a variety of entries and cars, led by the first entries from the American Le Mans Series: Rahal Letterman Racing brought one of their new BMW M3s while Robertson Racing represents Ford. Felbermayr-Proton's two Porsches and Team Farnbacher's Hankook-shod Ferrari were entered from the Le Mans Series, while Hankook-KTR, Team Daishin, and JimGainer came from Super GT. Scuderia Forme also entered their Porsche 996 which had previously competed in the Japan Le Mans Challenge. A lone Chinese entry came in the form of an Aston Martin for Team Hong Kong Racing.http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/09/01/already-23-entries-for-a-%c2%ab-grande-premiere-%c2%bb/ Already 23 entries for a " Grande Première! " Planetlemans.com Planetlemans.com Series Update 2009-09-01 2009-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171836/http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/09/01/already-23-entries-for-a-%c2%ab-grande-premiere-%c2%bb/ 2012-03-07 live The top two teams from the 2009 Formula Le Mans Cup series were to also receive free entries for the event, but a scheduling conflict with the new Formula Le Mans Winter Series prevented teams from participating. Qualifying Jonny Cocker led the field in the Drayson Lola-Judd, earning the first pole position for himself and the team. A tenth of a second behind was Christophe Tinseau in the Sora Pescarolo 01, while Nicolas Lapierre was a further three tenths of a second behind for Oreca. Mathieu Laheye was the victor amongst the two LMP2 cars, beating the Ibañez Courage by three seconds. http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/10/30/asian-le-mans-series-okayama-qualifying-report/ Asian Le Mans Series – Okayama Qualifying Report PlanetLeMans.com Marcel ten Caat 2009-10-30 2009-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20091102074651/http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/10/30/asian-le-mans-series-okayama-qualifying-report/ 2 November 2009 live GT1 was led by the local Hitotsuyama Team Nova Aston Martin of Takeshi Tsuchiya, but the car was later disqualified for a rear wing violation.http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/news_gb.html The LM GT1 & GT2 Aston Martins disqualified! Automobile Club de l'Ouest 2009-10-30 2009-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090906102848/http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/news_gb.html September 6, 2009 This gave the Larbre Saleen pole position in the category, ahead of the two JLOC Lamborghinis. A similar story in GT2 featured the Team Hong Kong Aston Martin initially setting the fastest time but later being disqualified for the same rule violation. Marc Lieb's Felbermayr-Proton Porsche thus was promoted to pole position, leading the JimGainer Ferrari and the second Felbermayr-Proton entry. The two disqualified Aston Martins will be required to start from the back of the grid. Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. The qualifying positions will set the starting grid for both races.http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/chronos_gb.html Qualifying Automobile Club de l'Ouest 2009-10-30 2009-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20091102013009/http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/chronos_gb.html November 2, 2009 dead Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time 1 LMP1 No. 87 Drayson Racing Jonny Cocker 1:19.143 2 LMP1 No. 17 Sora Racing Christophe Tinseau 1:19.249 3 LMP1 No. 10 Team Oreca Matmut AIM Nicolas Lapierre 1:19.548 4 LMP1 No. 007 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:19.747 5 LMP1 No. 14 Kolles Christijan Albers 1:20.165 6 LMP1 No. 15 Kolles Oliver Jarvis 1:20.297 7 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye 1:23.790 8 LMP1 No. 11 Tōkai University/YGK Power Shogo Mitsuyama 1:25.847 9 LMP2 No. 29 Ibañez Racing Service José Ibañez 1:26.647 10 GT1 No. 50 Larbre Compétition Carlo van Dam 1:29.827 11 GT1 No. 69 JLOC Hiroyuki Iiri 1:30.679 12 GT2 No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb 1:30.847 13 GT1 No. 68 JLOC Koji Yamanishi 1:30.873 14 GT2 No. 85 JimGainer Racing Tetsuya Tanaka 1:31.283 15 GT2 No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marco Holzer 1:31.515 16 GT2 No. 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:31.665 17 GT2 No. 71 Team Daishin Takayuki Aoki 1:31.733 18 GT2 No. 40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:31.746 19 GT2 No. 89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Allan Simonsen 1:31.977 20 GT2 No. 98 Hankook KTR Masami Kageyama 1:32.258 21 GT2 No. 81 Scuderia Forme Tadakazu Kojima 1:39.442 22 GT1 No. 61 Hitotsuyama Team Nova Takeshi Tsuchiya Disallowed 23 GT2 No. 91 Team Hong Kong Racing Tomáš Enge Disallowed Race One thumb|right|250px|Shinji Nakano driving the Sora Racing car to victory in Race One The first 500 km race was led early by Jonny Cocker in the Drayson Lola-Judd before Cocker was forced to pit for headlight repairs, dropping him several laps behind the leaders. The Aston Martin Racing entry led for much of the three hours before being forced to make an extra pit stop for fuel in the closing minutes, allowing the Sora Pescarolo to win the first race of the weekend. Drivers Christophe Tinseau and Shinji Nakano led the second place Oreca by a margin of 6.9 seconds at the finish, while the third place No. 15 Kolles Audi was two laps behind in third. OAK Racing won the LMP2 category by 22 seconds over their only other competitor. In the GT1 class it was the Japanese teams which dominated as JLOC's No. 69 Lamborghini won the category by fifteen seconds over the Hitotsuyama Team Nova Aston Martin. The Larbre Saleen and second JLOC Lamborghini failed to finish the race. GT2 was led by the American entry from Rahal Letterman BMW, finishing three tenths of a second ahead of European Felbermayr-Proton Porsche and Farnbacher Ferrari. Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/ressources/chronos/90011alm.pdf PDF Booklet Asian Le Mans Series PDF 2009-10-31 2009-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707173538/http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/ressources/chronos/90011alm.pdf 2011-07-07 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 17 FRA Sora Racing FRA Christophe TinseauJPN Shinji Nakano Pescarolo 01 Michelin 126 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 2 LMP1 10 FRA Team Oreca Matmut AIM FRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Loïc Duval Oreca 01 Michelin 126 AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10 3 LMP1 15 DEU Kolles DNK Christian BakkerudGBR Oliver Jarvis Audi R10 TDI Michelin 125 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 4 LMP1 007 GBR Aston Martin Racing CHE Harold PrimatDEU Stefan Mücke Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Michelin 124 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 5 LMP1 14 DEU Kolles NLD Christijan AlbersITA Matteo CressoniJPN Hideki Noda Audi R10 TDI Michelin 122 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 6 LMP1 87 GBR Drayson Racing GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny Cocker Lola B09/60 Michelin 121 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 7 LMP2 24 FRA OAK RacingFRA Team Mazda France FRA Jacques NicoletFRA Matthieu LahayeMCO Richard Hein Pescarolo 01 Dunlop 116 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 LMP2 28 FRA Ibañez Racing Service FRA José IbañezFRA Damien ToullemondeFRA Frédéric Da Rocha Courage LC75 Dunlop 116 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 9 LMP1 11 JPN Tōkai UniversityJPN YGK Power JPN Shogo MitsuyamaJPN Shigekazu Wakisaka Courage-Oreca LC70 Yokohama 115 YGK YR40T 4.0 L Turbo V8 10 GT1 69 JPN JLOC JPN Atsushi YogoJPN Hiroyuki Iiri Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Yokohama 113 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 11 GT2 92 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Tommy MilnerDEU Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 113 BMW 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 77 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Marc LiebDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 113 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT1 61 JPN Hitotsuyama Team Nova JPN Akihiro TsuzukiJPN Takeshi Tsuchiya Aston Martin DBR9 Yokohama 113 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 14 GT2 89 DEU Hankook Team Farnbacher DEU Dominik FarnbacherDNK Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT2 Hankook 113 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 88 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Christian RiedDEU Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 112 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GT2 85 JPN JimGainer Racing JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ferrari F430 GT2 Yokohama 112 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 71 JPN Team Daishin JPN Takayuki AokiJPN Tomonobu Fujii Ferrari F430 GT2 Yokohama 111 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 18 GT2 98 JPN Hankook KTR JPN Mitsuhiro KinoshitaJPN Masami Kageyama Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Hankook 109 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 19 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII Dunlop 108 Ford 5.0 L V8 20 GT2 91 CHN Team Hong Kong Racing HKG Philip MaTWN Jeffrey LeeCZE Tomáš Enge Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Yokohama 107 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 21DNF GT1 50 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Roland BervilléBEL Stéphane LémeretNLD Carlo van Dam Saleen S7-R Michelin 81 Ford 7.0 L V8 22DNF GT1 68 JPN JLOC JPN Koji YamanishiJPN Yuya Sakamoto Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Yokohama 37 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 23DNF GT2 81 JPN Scuderia Forme JPN Tadakazu KojimaJPN K. R. HoriJPN Masao Kimura Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Yokohama 3 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Race Two The second race started with the same grid as the first race, which allowed Jonny Cocker to once again lead the opening laps in Drayson Lola. Stefan Mücke in the Aston Martin was able to catch Cocker and take the lead several laps in, which it maintained for the rest of the event and took the second of the weekend's checkered flags. Race one winners Sora Racing finished in second but over a minute behind the Aston Martin. Oreca once again finished on the podium with third. In LMP2, early damage to the Ibañez Courage allowed OAK Racing to win the second race unchallenged. In the GT1 category the class was again dominated by the Hitotsuyama Aston Martin and the No. 68 JLOC Lamborghini, although it was Hitotsuyama who were the victors in this round, winning by over a lap. The Larbre Compétition Saleen was third in class, just losing out to the Lamborghini by less than two tenths of a second. In the GT2 category the race one-winning No. 77 Felbermayr-Proton Porsche suffered an engine failure early in the event, allowing the second team car and the Robertson Ford to fight for the class lead. Engine problems set the Ford back but Felbermayr-Proton were still not able to secure victory as the Hankook Farnbacher Ferrari was able to make it into the top position at the end of the three hours. The Japanese Team Daishin Ferrari completed the podium in third. Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 007 GBR Aston Martin Racing CHE Harold PrimatDEU Stefan Mücke Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Michelin 128 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 2 LMP1 17 FRA Sora Racing FRA Christophe TinseauJPN Shinji Nakano Pescarolo 01 Michelin 128 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 3 LMP1 10 FRA Team Oreca Matmut AIM FRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Loïc Duval Oreca 01 Michelin 128 AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10 4 LMP1 87 GBR Drayson Racing GBR Paul DraysonGBR Jonny Cocker Lola B09/60 Michelin 127 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 5 LMP1 15 DEU Kolles DNK Christian BakkerudGBR Oliver Jarvis Audi R10 TDI Michelin 127 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 6 LMP1 14 DEU Kolles NLD Christijan AlbersITA Matteo CressoniJPN Hideki Noda Audi R10 TDI Michelin 125 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) 7 LMP2 24 FRA OAK RacingFRA Team Mazda France FRA Jacques NicoletFRA Matthieu LahayeMCO Richard Hein Pescarolo 01 Dunlop 118 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 GT1 61 JPN Hitotsuyama Team Nova JPN Akihiro TsuzukiJPN Takeshi Tsuchiya Aston Martin DBR9 Yokohama 115 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 9 GT1 69 JPN JLOC JPN Atsushi YogoJPN Hiroyuki Iiri Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Yokohama 114 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 10 GT1 50 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Roland BervilléBEL Stéphane LémeretNLD Carlo van Dam Saleen S7-R Michelin 114 Ford 7.0 L V8 11 GT2 89 DEU Hankook Team Farnbacher DEU Dominik FarnbacherDNK Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT2 Hankook 114 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 12 GT2 88 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Christian RiedDEU Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 113 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT1 68 JPN JLOC JPN Koji YamanishiJPN Yuya Sakamoto Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Yokohama 113 Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 14 GT2 71 JPN Team Daishin JPN Takayuki AokiJPN Tomonobu Fujii Ferrari F430 GT2 Yokohama 113 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 98 JPN Hankook KTR JPN Mitsuhiro KinoshitaJPN Masami Kageyama Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Hankook 112 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 16 GT2 92 USA BMW Rahal Letterman Racing USA Tommy MilnerDEU Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 110 BMW 4.0 L V8 17 GT2 40 USA Robertson Racing USA David RobertsonUSA Andrea RobertsonUSA David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII Dunlop 105 Ford 5.0 L V8 18 GT2 91 CHN Team Hong Kong Racing HKG Philip MaTWN Jeffrey LeeCZE Tomáš Enge Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Yokohama 93 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 19 LMP2 28 FRA Ibañez Racing Service FRA José IbañezFRA Damien ToullemondeFRA Frédéric Da Rocha Courage LC75 Dunlop 92 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 20NC GT2 81 JPN Scuderia Forme JPN Tadakazu KojimaJPN K. R. HoriJPN Masao Kimura Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Yokohama 69 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21DNF GT2 85 JPN JimGainer Racing JPN Tetsuya TanakaJPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ferrari F430 GT2 Yokohama 62 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 22DNF GT2 77 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Marc LiebDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 13 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNS LMP1 11 JPN Tōkai UniversityJPN YGK Power JPN Shogo MitsuyamaJPN Shigekazu Wakisaka Courage-Oreca LC70 Yokohama – YGK YR40T 4.0 L Turbo V8 References External links Asian Le Mans Series Okayama 1000 km of Okayama 2009 1000 km of Okayama 2009