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

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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

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Overall winner in bold.

Rnd. Circuit LMP1 Winning Team LMP2 Winning Team FLM Winning Team GTE Pro Winning Team GTE Am Winning Team Results
LMP1 Winning Drivers LMP2 Winning Drivers FLM Winning Drivers GTE Pro Winning Drivers GTE Am Winning Drivers
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
  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
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
  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
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
  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
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
  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
5 Estoril   No. 16 Pescarolo Team   No. 46 TDS Racing   No. 95 Pegasus Racing   No. 66 JMW Motorsport   No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Results
  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

Championship Standings

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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
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th And Lower
1000 km 15 13 11 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Teams Championships

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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LMP1 Standings

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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

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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

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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
  JMB Racing 1 2
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
  JMB Racing 3
8   Tor Graves   Hope Polevision Racing 3 23
  Neil Garner Motorsport 3
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

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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

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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

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LMP1 Standings

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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

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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

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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

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  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.