2011 6 Hours of Castellet

thumb|right|250px|Circuit Paul Ricard 1A-V2 (pit road was different before 2019 The 2011 6 Hours of Castellet (6 Heures du Castellet) was the opening round of the 2011 Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on April 3, 2011. It was also the first Le Mans Series race with the two new GT classes, GTE Pro and GTE Am, contesting the event after the demise of the GT1 class. Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=LMS_2011-6_Heures_du_Castellet-Qualifying_Practice_Classification.PDF&id_circuit=19 LMS Paul Ricard Qualifying PDF Le Mans Series 2011-04-02 2011-04-02 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP1 No.12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:46.783 1 2 LMP1 No.16 Pescarolo Team Emmanuel Collard 1:47.025 34 3 LMP1 No.20 Quifel-ASM Team Olivier Pla 1:47.231 2 4 LMP1 No.13 Rebellion Racing Jean-Christophe Boullion 1:48.491 3 5 LMP2 No.46 TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:48.928 4 6 LMP2 No.45 Boutsen Energy Racing Dominik Kraihamer 1:49.692 5 7 LMP2 No.41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:50.008 6 8 LMP2 No.40 Race Performance Thor-Christian Ebbesvik 1:50.356 7 9 LMP2 No.39 PeCom Racing Matías Russo 1:51.744 8 10 LMP2 No.44 Extrême Limite AM Paris Fabien Rosier 1:52.158 9 11 LMP1 No.009 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:52.267 10 12 LMP2 No.43 RLR msport Rob Garofall 1:53.414 11 13 LMP2 No.42 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:53.582 12 14 FLM No.91 Hope Polevision Racing Nicolas Marroc 1:53.659 13 15 FLM No.93 Genoa Racing Elton Julian 1:54.044 14 16 FLM No.92 Neil Garner Motorsport Phil Keen 1:54.081 15 17 FLM No.95 Pegasus Racing Patrick Simon 1:55.829 16 18 FLM No.99 JMB Racing Nicolas Misslin 1:56.806 17 19 GTE-Pro No.51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:58.522 18 20 GTE-Pro No.86 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge 1:58.773 19 21 GTE-Pro No.66 JMW Motorsport Rob Bell 1:59.119 20 22 GTE-Pro No.71 AF Corse Toni Vilander 1:59.144 21 23 GTE-Pro No.89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Allan Simonsen 1:59.244 22 24 GTE-Pro No.75 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer 1:59.244 23 25 GTE-Am No.67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 1:59.370 24 26 GTE-Pro No.77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Richard Lietz 1:59.455 25 27 GTE-Pro No.76 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrick Pilet 1:59.457 26 28 GTE-Pro No.79 JOTA Sam Hancock 2:00.336 27 29 GTE-Am No.88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Horst Felbermayr Jr. 2:00.354 28 30 GTE-Am No.61 AF Corse Marco Cioci 2:00.470 29 31 GTE-Am No.70 Kessel Racing Philipp Peter 2:00.698 30 32 GTE-Am No.82 CRS Racing Adam Christodoulou 2:01.137 31 33 GTE-Am No.72 AF Corse Rui Águas 2:01.691 32 34 LMP2 No.36 RML No Time 33 Note: the No. 16 Pescarolo Team was demoted to the back of the grid due to a ride height infringement in qualifying. Race The race got off to a controversial start when the pace car did not return to the pits when the green lights came on. The front running LMPs slowed down but some of the GT cars could not react fast enough, resulting in all three GTE Pro class Porsches getting heavily damaged and retired. The GTE Am class IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche and GTE Pro JOTA Aston Martin were also caught in the carnage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F63z6eGb6rE Start Chaos 2011 Le Mans Series at Le Castellet MT89Motorsport2 2011-04-03 2011-04-03 The race was won overall by Pescarolo Team after their first race since 2009 after their financial troubles in 2010. LMP2 was won by Greaves Motorsport, Pegasus Racing took the FLM victory. JMW Motorsport took GTE Pro victory after a hard fought battle with the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari towards the end. Team Felbermayr-Proton won in the GTE Am class. Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=LMS_2011-6_Heures_du_Castellet-Race_Provisional_Classification.PDF&id_circuit=19 LMS Paul Ricard Race PDF Le Mans Series 2011-04-03 2011-04-03 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 16 FRA Pescarolo Team FRA Emmanuel CollardFRA Christophe TinseauFRA Julien Jousse Pescarolo 01 Evo Michelin 185 Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10 2 LMP1 13 SUI Rebellion Racing FRA Jean-Christophe BoullionITA Andrea Belicchi Lola B10/60 Michelin 184 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 3 LMP2 41 GBR Greaves Motorsport FRA Gary ChalandonKSA Karim OjjehGBR Tom Kimber-Smith Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 4 LMP2 39 ARG Pecom Racing ARG Matías RussoARG Luís Pérez CompancDEU Pierre Kaffer Lola B11/40 Michelin 179 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 5 LMP2 42 GBR Strakka Racing GBR Danny WattsGBR Jonny KaneGBR Nick Leventis HPD ARX-01d Michelin 177 HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 6 LMP2 45 BEL Boutsen Energy Racing AUT Dominik KraihamerBEL Nicolas de Crem Oreca 03 Dunlop 175 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMP1 12 SUI Rebellion Racing SUI Neel JaniFRA Nicolas Prost Lola B10/60 Michelin 175 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 8 LMP1 20 POR Quifel ASM Team POR Miguel AmaralFRA Olivier Pla Zytek 09SC Dunlop 174 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 9 LMP2 43 GBR RLR msport GBR Barry GatesGBR Rob GarofallGBR Simon Phillips MG-Lola EX265 Dunlop 174 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 10 LMP2 40 SUI Race Performance SUI Michel FreySUI Ralph MeichtryNOR Thor-Christian Ebbesvik Oreca 03 Dunlop 174 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 11 LMP2 36 GBR RML GBR Mike NewtonBRA Thomas ErdosGBR Ben Collins HPD ARX-01d Dunlop 173 HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 12 FLM 95 FRA Pegasus Racing DEU Mirco SchultisDEU Patrick SimonFRA Julien Schell Oreca FLM09 Michelin 170 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 13 FLM 93 USA Genoa Racing DEU Jens PetersenECU Elton JulianDEU Christian Zugel Oreca FLM09 Michelin 170 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 14 GTEPro 66 GBR JMW Motorsport GBR Rob BellGBR James Walker Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Dunlop 170 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 15 GTEPro 51 ITA AF Corse ITA Giancarlo FisichellaITA Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 169 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 LMP2 44 FRA Extrême Limite AM Paris FRA Fabien RosierSUI Maurice BassoSUI Jean-Marc Luco Norma M200P Dunlop 169 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 17 GTEAm 88 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton AUT Horst Felbermayr Sr.AUT Horst Felbermayr Jr.DEU Christian Ried Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 167 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GTEAm 61 ITA AF Corse ITA Piergiuseppe PerazziniITA Marco CiociBEL Stéphane Lémeret Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 167 Ferrari 4.0 V8 19 GTEAm 70 SUI Kessel Racing POL Michał BroniszewskiAUT Philipp Peter Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 167 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 20 GTEAm 82 GBR CRS Racing GBR Phil QuaifeGBR Adam ChristodoulouNED Klaas Hummel Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 166 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 21 GTEPro 89 DEU Hankook Team Farnbacher DEU Dominik FarnbacherDEN Allan Simonsen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Hankook 163 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 22 GTEAm 72 ITA AF Corse USA Robert KuaffmanPRT Rui ÁguasITA Giuseppe Cirò Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 163 Ferrari 4.0 V8 23 GTEPro 71 ITA AF Corse BRA Jaime MeloFIN Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 161 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 24 FLM 92 GBR Neil Garner Motorsport GBR John HartshorneGBR Steve KeatingGBR Phil Keen Oreca FLM09 Michelin 157 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 25 FLM 99 MON JMB Racing FRA Manuel RodriguesFRA Jean-Marc MenahemFRA Nicolas Misslin Oreca FLM09 Michelin 142 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 26DNF GTEPro 86 DEU Young Driver AMR CZE Tomáš EngeDEU Alex MüllerDEN Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Michelin 140 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 27 GTEAm 67 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Raymond NaracFRA Nicolas Armindo Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 137 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28NC GTEPro 79 GBR JOTA GBR Simon DolanGBR Sam Hancock Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Dunlop 105 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 29NC LMP1 009 GBR Aston Martin Racing DEU Stefan MückeGBR Darren TurnerSUI Harold Primat Aston Martin AMR-One Michelin 96 Aston Martin 2.0 L Turbo I6 30DNF FLM 91 SUI Hope Polevision Racing FRA Nicolas MarrocITA Luca MoroCHN Zhang Shan Qi Oreca FLM09 Michelin 93 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 31DNF LMP2 46 ESP TDS Racing SUI Mathias BecheFRA Pierre ThirietGBR Jody Firth Oreca 03 Michelin 91 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 32DNF GTEPro 76 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Patrick PiletDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 2 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33DNF GTEPro 75 BEL Prospeed Competition DEU Marco HolzerBEL Marc Goossens Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 0 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 34DNF GTEPro 77 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Marc LiebAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 0 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 References 2011 Le Mans Series none 1000 km of Spa Castellet 2011 Category:2011 in French motorsport Category:April 2011 sports events in France