2011 24 Hours of Le Mans

2011 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The No. 2 Audi leading a duo of Peugeots

The 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans 2011) was the 79th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 11–12 June 2011 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). It was the third round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, and was part of a World Championship or International Cup for the first time since 1992, when it was part of the World Sportscar Championship. The race was attended by 249,500 spectators.^[1]

Audi Sport Team Joest's Benoît Tréluyer earned Audi their first pole position in five years while the team's sister car locked out the front row.^[2] Early accidents eliminated two of Audi's three entries, but the sole remaining Audi R18 TDI of Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler, and André Lotterer held off the trio of Peugeot 908s to claim victory by a margin of 13.8 seconds. Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan won the LMP2 category, Corvette Racing secured the GTE Pro class victory, and Larbre Compétition claimed a one-two finish in the GTE Am category with Corvette and Porsche.^[3]

Regulation changes

2011 marked the first major revisions in Le Mans regulations since 2007, with significant changes on both the Le Mans Prototype category (LMP) and the Grand Touring category (GT).^[4][5]

The new ACO rules meant that the previous LMP1 cars (2007–2010) were rendered obsolete. New prototypes would have to be created. Engines in the LMP1 cars were similar to the engines in the LMP2 cars prior to 2010 (maximum engine sizes were: 3.4 L (3400 cc) for naturally aspirated engines; 2.0 L (2000 cc) for turbocharged petrol engines; 3.7 L (3700 cc) for turbocharged diesel engines). For 2011, cars raced during the 2010 season in an ACO-sanctioned event could participate, but would need to run smaller air restrictors, less boost pressure (turbo and turbo diesel), and a smaller fuel cell.

LMP2 engines were reduced to those similar to GT2; the engines would be production-based (maximum engine sizes were: 5.0 L (5000 cc) for normally aspirated engines, 8 cylinders maximum; 3.2 L (3200 cc) for turbocharged engines, 6 cylinders maximum; diesel engines were not permitted). LMP2 were also focused on lower costs: the price cap for an LMP2 car was set at €400,000 (€325,000 for chassis, €75,000 for engine). Lola Cars International was the first manufacturer to announce two different LMP2 cars, the open cockpit B11/40 and the closed cockpit B11/80; BMW, Ford, Honda (HPD), Jaguar, Nissan and Toyota engines could be fitted into a B11/40.^[6]

Hybrid vehicle drivetrain systems were extensively allowed with the new regulations, which included kinetic-energy recovery systems (KERS; no push-to-pass systems – KERS in LMP cars must be activated with the accelerator pedal), as well as four-wheel drive (non-hybrid vehicles would remain two-wheel drive, specifically rear-wheel drive). All LMP cars were to weigh in at 900 kg (2,000 lb). In addition, LMP bodywork was to have a vertical fin on the top of the engine cover in order to reduce lift tendency and airborne crashes such as the 1999 race where Mercedes-Benz CLRs driven by Mark Webber and Peter Dumbreck repeatedly crashed, and the 2008 1000 km of Monza crash of a Courage-Oreca LC70 driven by Stéphane Ortelli.

The former GT2 class became the sole production-based category in 2011, renamed as GT Endurance category and was separated into two subclasses - GTE Amateur (GTE Am) and GTE Professional (GTE Pro) - with a trophy each class. The 2011 regulations allowed for 2010-spec GT1 cars to take part on GTE Am class, although none were entered.

Entries

With the construction of a 56th pit that was designed for the 56th entry in the 2010 race, there will be 56 spaces for the 2011 race. Unlike 2010, the 56th pit from 2011 onwards will not be accepted to normal LMP/GT competitors. The ACO have claimed that they will accept a 56th car from anywhere outside of all the ACO rules and regulations and any Le Mans-based series, providing that this vehicle in question demonstrates the use of green environmental-friendly technology.

Automatic invitations

Automatic entries to the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans were granted to teams that performed well in the previous year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as the 2010 seasons of the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, Petit Le Mans, Asian Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. An automatic invitation is also awarded to the team which accumulates the most points in the Michelin Green X Challenge as part of the Le Mans Series, based on fuel economy of competitors during each event.^[7]

Reason Entered	LMP1	LMP2	LMGT
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans	Audi Sport North America	Strakka Racing	Team Felbermayr-Proton
2nd in the 24 Hours of Le Mans	Audi Sport Team Joest	OAK Racing	Hankook Team Farnbacher
1st in the Le Mans Series	Team Oreca Matmut	RML	Team Felbermayr-Proton
2nd in the Le Mans Series	Signature Plus	Strakka Racing	AF Corse
1st in the Petit Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Corvette Racing
1st in the American Le Mans Series	No Recipient	Patrón Highcroft Racing	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing
1st in Intercontinental Le Mans Cup	Team Peugeot Total	OAK Racing	Team Felbermayr-Proton
1st in the LMS Green X Challenge		OAK Racing

Entry list

On 9 February 2011, the ACO released the official entry list of 56 cars plus ten reserves.

On April 12, the second Signatech entry in LMP2 was withdrawn from the entry list, promoting Extrême Limite AM Paris's Norma MP200P from the reserve list.^[8]

On May 16, Highcroft Racing's entry in LMP1 was withdrawn from the entry list. The team cited a lack of financial support as the cause, while at the same time announcing their partnership with Honda and HPD had come to a close. The Kronos Racing Lola-Aston Martin was promoted to the entry list.^[9]

As in the previous year's Le Mans, ten cars were selected as reserves. These ten are divided evenly with five LMPs and five GTs. Rather than the first reserve replacing a car of any class, a withdrawing LMP can only be replaced by another LMP and the same applies to GTs. The specific classes within LMP and GT are not considered in this process. Reserve entries are added in the order specified below.

Qualifying

Even though Audi has collected many Le Mans victories, 2011 was the first year where Audi started on pole since 2006. Despite the capacity reduction to just 3.7L, the new R18 and 908 managed to run several seconds faster than the original LMP1 diesel, the Audi R10 TDI, that clocked a 2006 lap of 3:30.466. The new prototype qualifying speed is also quicker than the Audi R10 in 2007. Again, despite the capacity reduction, the new Peugeot 908 managed a top speed of 341 km/h, just 5 km/h less than last year's Peugeot 908 HDi FAP with a much bigger 5.5L V12 turbodiesel engine.

Qualifying result

GTE-Pro polesitter, the #55 BMW Motorsport M3

The No. 26 Signatech Oreca 03 Nissan took pole position in LMP2

Class leaders are in bold.

Pos	No.	Team	Vehicle	Class	Time[10]	Gap	Grid
1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	3:25.738		1
2	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	3:25.799	+0.061	2
3	9	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908	LMP1	3:26.010	+0.272	3
4	8	Peugeot Sport Total	Peugeot 908	LMP1	3:26.156	+0.418	4
5	3	Audi Sport North America	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	3:26.165	+0.427	5
6	7	Peugeot Sport Total	Peugeot 908	LMP1	3:26.272	+0.534	6
7	10	Team Oreca Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	3:30.084	+4.346	7
8	12	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60-Toyota	LMP1	3:32.883	+7.145	8
9	16	Pescarolo Team	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:33.066	+7.328	9
10	13	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60-Toyota	LMP1	3:34.573	+8.835	10
11	15	OAK Racing	OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:34.933	+9.195	11
12	22	Kronos Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	LMP1	3:36.551	+10.813	12
13	20	Quifel-ASM Team	Zytek 09SC	LMP1	3:37.393	+11.655	13
14	26	Signatech Nissan	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	3:41.458	+15.720	14
15	24	OAK Racing	OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	3:41.908	+16.170	15
16	42	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01d	LMP2	3:42.615	+16.877	16
17	48	Team Oreca Matmut	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	3:43.098	+17.360	17
18	39	Pecom Racing	Lola B11/40-Judd BMW	LMP2	3:43.223	+17.485	18
19	49	OAK Racing	OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd BMW	LMP2	3:43.479	+17.741	19
20	41	Greaves Motorsport	Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	3:43.802	+18.064	20
21	40	Race Performance	Oreca 03-Judd BMW	LMP2	3:44.294	+18.556	21
22	007	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AMR-One	LMP1	3:45.918	+20.180	22
23	36	RML	HPD ARX-01d	LMP2	3:47.308	+21.570	23
24	5	Hope Racing	Oreca Swiss HY Tech-Hybrid	LMP1	3:47.691	+21.953	24
25	009	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AMR-One	LMP1	3:48.355	+22.617	25
26	44	Extrême Limite AM Paris	Norma MP200P-Judd BMW	LMP2	3:48.420	+22.682	26
27	35	OAK Racing	OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd BMW	LMP2	3:48.665	+22.927	27
28	33	Level 5 Motorsports	Lola B08/80-HPD	LMP2	3:48.863	+23.125	28
29	55	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	LM GTE Pro	3:57.592	+31.854	29
30	51	AF Corse SRL	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	LM GTE Pro	3:58.040	+32.302	30
31	56	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	LM GTE Pro	3:58.426	+32.688	31
32	74	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	LM GTE Pro	3:59.519	+33.781	32
33	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	LM GTE Pro	3:59.519	+33.781	33
34	73	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	LM GTE Pro	3:59.633	+33.895	34
35	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Pro	3:59.662	+33.924	35
36	59	Luxury Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	LM GTE Pro	3:59.901	+34.163	36
37	75	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Pro	3:59.962	+34.224	37
38	79	Jota	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	LM GTE Pro	4:00.747	+35.009	38
39	66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	LM GTE Pro	4:00.890	+35.152	39
40	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Pro	4:01.024	+35.286	40
41	58	Luxury Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	LM GTE Pro	4:01.176	+35.438	41
42	61	AF Corse SRL	Ferrari F430 GTE	LM GTE Am	4:01.282	+35.544	42
43	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Pro	4:01.752	+36.014	43
44	71	AF Corse SRL	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	LM GTE Pro	4:02.216	+36.478	44
45	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Pro	4:02.548	+36.810	45
46	63	Proton Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Am	4:03.532	+37.794	46
47	81	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Am	4:03.648	+37.910	47
48	70	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	LM GTE Am	4:03.918	+38.180	48
49	83	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	LM GTE Am	4:04.640	+38.902	49
50	60	Gulf AMR Middle East	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	LM GTE Am	4:04.825	+39.087	50
51	57	Krohn Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	LM GTE Am	4:05.211	+39.473	51
52	50	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	LM GTE Am	4:05.955	+40.217	52
53	62	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	LM GTE Am	4:07.236	+41.498	53
54	65	Lotus Jetalliance	Lotus Evora GTE	LM GTE Pro	4:07.465	+41.727	54
55	68	Robertson Racing LLC	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	LM GTE Am	4:08.208	+42.470	55
56	64	Lotus Jetalliance	Lotus Evora GTE	LM GTE Pro	4:12.569	+46.831	56

Race

The 2nd place No. 9 Peugeot 908

The GTE-Am class winning No. 50 Corvette of Labre Compétition

The GTE-Pro class winning No. 73 Corvette C6.R of Corvette Racing

Before the race began, many teams were already adopting different strategies. Audi could not make the R18 go on a tank of fuel for longer than 11 laps, so they decided to trade fuel efficiency in favour of speed and downforce. The Peugeot 908 can run 12 laps on the same tank, mostly owing to its low-drag design. The 1-lap deficit in fuel economy that Audi had meant that they had to perform two more pitstops over the 24-hour period. This also forced them to run, on average, at least 0.5 seconds per lap quicker than Peugeot in order to compete effectively with the 908s. This had historically been the opposite, as Audi's cars had won the 2008 and 2010 races through reliability, fuel economy, and tyre-wear efficiency despite Peugeot's quick pace.

Within the first hour of the race, the Audi R18 #3 car driven by Allan McNish hit the barrier and rolled over near the Dunlop Bridge after a collision with the No. 58 GTE Pro class Ferrari 458 Italia, driven by Anthony Beltoise, after it had rejoined the track from the pit lane and was passing the slower Ferrari just after the Dunlop Bridge. McNish had started from fifth on the grid and by the second lap and was running second. The crash was severe and threw the Audi into the air after hitting the crash barrier beyond the gravel trap. The Audi was effectively destroyed but McNish walked away from the accident, while Beltoise, after assistance, rejoined the track with his car having bodywork damage.^[11] The BMW M3s were struggling with grip issues and by the time the field reached Dunlop Bridge, Gavin in the #74 Corvette had already taken the class lead. The early safety car period from McNish's accident gave Gavin a major advantage over the rest of the GTE Pro field, and from that point on the #74 Corvette opened up its lead to a full lap. The #2 Audi, meanwhile, had already made back a single pitstop deficit and was still leading the Peugeots. The total 4:46 hours of safety car periods throughout the race eventually negated any advantage Peugeot had over Audi on fuel economy.

Eight hours into the race, the Audi R18 #1 car crashed in another massive accident for Joest Racing after making contact with the #71 Ferrari whilst trying to pass in a high-speed section between Mulsanne and Indianapolis corners, but again driver Mike Rockenfeller was able to walk away from the crash.^[12] After the accident, the safety car came out for over 2 hours because of massive damage done to the barriers from the crash. For the first time ever at Le Mans, the safety car ran low on fuel and had to be replaced – it was required to drive as fast as possible to maintain the race cars' tyre pressures, but in so doing greatly increased its own fuel consumption.

By dawn, Jan Magnussen in the #74 Corvette had built up a lead of 2 laps over the 2nd placed GTE Pro car, the #51 AF Corse Ferrari. However, at 8 AM, he lost traction coming out of the Porsche Curves and collided with the #63 Proton Competition Porsche. Both cars were immediately out of the race. With 7 hours to go, the #51 AF Corse Ferrari was back in the lead, more than a lap ahead of the #73 Corvette. When the track became damp late in the race, though, the Corvette at times gained more than 2 seconds per lap on the Ferrari. The Corvette drivers were also doing triple stints, whilst the AF Corse Ferrari only double stinted. Despite the Corvette having to pit twice more due to poorer fuel economy, the #73 team's total pit stop times were up to 2:55 quicker than the AF Corse car. This, combined with their pace advantage was just enough for the Corvette to take the lead. Antonio Garcia took the final stint and brought the #73 to the finish line effectively for the first Le Mans win in the new GTE Pro class.

The lead Audi and Peugeot pack were never far apart. It appeared that while the Audi R18 couldn't run as far as the Peugeot on a tank of fuel, its tyres could last 4 stints, while the 908's could only last 3, a direct result of the low-drag design. All 4 cars were leapfrogging each other pitstop after pitstop. Calculations for the pitstop cycles indicated the advantage to Peugeot car #7, but this was negated when Alexander Wurz collided with the barriers at Indianapolis, dropping the #7 back 3 laps. After a close battle in the last few hours of the race, the fate of the race came down to the final pit stops. Andre Lotterer in the #2 R18 had a large enough lead that he was able to pit without losing track position to the Peugeots. The Audi had a 40-second lead after its penultimate pit stop, but started to develop a slow puncture. At what should have been the last pit stop for fuel, Audi was forced to change tyres as well, while Peugeot brought Simon Pagenaud's #9 car in for just fuel. The Audi #2 stop was longer but Lotterer nevertheless left the pit lane just seconds ahead of the Pagenaud's Peugeot. On fresh tyres, Lotterer was able to pull away gradually and crossed the finish line just 13.854 seconds ahead of Pagenaud. The final lap was the first full race speed final lap (as opposed to the traditional staged photo-finish) since that of the 1969 race, due to the small gap between the two lead cars, and the race was the 4th closest in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The traditional waving of the flags by the track marshals on the final lap was also altered due to the pace of the final laps, so the ceremony was not seen until the slow-down lap.

The victory was Audi's tenth at the race, second in total wins behind Porsche's sixteen and ahead of Ferrari's nine.^[12] After the race, Tréluyer said that "[i]t's absolutely fantastic to win like this [...] You need good opponents to have a great victory. With Peugeot, we had rivals who were really strong."^[12] Bourdais, who drove the second place car, said that "[w]e were beaten by a competitor stronger than us [...] Audi has developed a highly reliable and fast car. We chose to work on reliability. The objective is met, but we missed by 13 seconds at the finish."^[12] Leena Gade, the Audi #2 car's race engineer became the first female race engineer to win at Le Mans.^[13]

Race result

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance (249 laps) are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[14]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 TDI	M	355
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
2	LMP1	9	Team Peugeot Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908	M	355
					Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	8	Peugeot Sport Total	Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian	Peugeot 908	M	353
					Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)
4	LMP1	7	Peugeot Sport Total	Anthony Davidson Alexander Wurz Marc Gené	Peugeot 908	M	351
					Peugeot HDi 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)
5	LMP1	10	Team Oreca-Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Loïc Duval Olivier Panis	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	339
					Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)
6	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lola B10/60	M	338
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
7	LMP1	22	Kronos Racing Marc VDS Racing Team	Vanina Ickx Bas Leinders Maxime Martin	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	M	328
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
8	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Karim Ojjeh Olivier Lombard Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN	D	326
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9	LMP2	26	Signatech Nissan	Soheil Ayari Franck Mailleux Lucas Ordóñez	Oreca 03	D	320
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	33	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut João Barbosa	Lola B08/80	M	319
					HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
11	LMGTE Pro	73	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Tommy Milner Antonio García	Corvette C6.R	M	314
					Corvette 5.5 L V8
12	LMP2	36	RML	Mike Newton Ben Collins Thomas Erdos	HPD ARX-01d	D	314
					HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
13	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse SRL	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	314
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14	LMP2	49	OAK Racing	Shinji Nakano Nicolas de Crem Jan Charouz	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	313
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	56	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	D	313
					BMW 4.0 L V8
16	LMGTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	312
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE Pro	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	311
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	LMGTE Pro	80	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Lucas Luhr Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	310
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19	LMP2	40	Race Performance	Michel Frey Ralph Meichtry Marc Rostan	Oreca 03	D	304
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
20	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel	Corvette C6.R	M	302
					Corvette 5.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon Jean-Philippe Belloc	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	301
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22	LMGTE Pro	65	Lotus Jetalliance	Jonathan Hirschi Johnny Mowlem James Rossiter	Lotus Evora GTE	M	295
					Toyota-Cosworth 4.0 L V6
23	LMGTE Pro	75	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens Marco Holzer Jaap van Lagen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	293
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24	LMGTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Tim Sugden Xavier Maassen	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	290
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue Andrea Barlesi	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	288
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
26	LMGTE Am	68	Robertson Racing LLC	David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	M	285
					Ford 5.0 L V8
27	LMGTE Am	83	JMB Racing	Manuel Rodrigues Jean-Marc Menahem Nicolas Marroc	Ferrari F430 GTE	D	272
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
NC	LMP2	44	Extrême Limite AM Paris	Fabien Rosier Phillipe Haezebrouck Jean-René De Fournoux	Norma MP200P	D	247
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01	M	305
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
DNF	LMGTE Pro	55	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	D	276
					BMW 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	74	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Richard Westbrook Jan Magnussen	Corvette C6.R	M	211
					Corvette 5.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	81	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Darren Law Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	211
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP2	48	Team Oreca-Matmut	Alexandre Prémat David Hallyday Dominik Kraihamer	Oreca 03	M	200
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	63	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	199
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion Guy Smith	Lola B10/60	M	190
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse SRL	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Seán Paul Breslin	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	188
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	59	Luxury Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	183
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	178
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Nick Tandy Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	169
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-01d	M	144
					HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMGTE Am	60	Gulf AMR Middle East	Fabien Giroix Roald Goethe Michael Wainright	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	D	141
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	39	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo Pierre Kaffer	Lola B11/40	M	139
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	89	Hankook-Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Leh Keen	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	H	137
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	58	Luxury Racing	Anthony Beltoise François Jakubowski Pierre Thiriet	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	136
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	64	Lotus Jetalliance	Oskar Slingerland Martin Rich John Hartshorne	Lotus Evora GTE	M	126
					Toyota-Cosworth 4.0 L V6
DNF	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari F430 GTE	D	123
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMP1	24	OAK Racing	Richard Hein Jacques Nicolet Jean-François Yvon	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	119
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
DNF	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18 TDI	M	116
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
DNF	LMP1	5	Hope Racing	Steve Zacchia Jan Lammers Casper Elgaard	Oreca 01	M	115
					Swiss HyTech 2.0 L Hybrid Turbo I4
DNF	LMGTE Am	62	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Shaun Lynn Roger Wills	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	84
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DNF	LMP1	15	OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau Pierre Ragues Tiago Monteiro	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	80
					Judd DB 3.4 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	79	Jota	Sam Hancock Simon Dolan Chris Buncombe	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	D	74
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP1	20	Quifel-ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Warren Hughes	Zytek 09SC	D	48
					Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
DNF	LMP1	3	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R18 TDI	M	14
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
DNF	LMP1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Christian Klien	Aston Martin AMR-One	M	4
					Aston Martin 2.0 L Turbo I6
DNF	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Harold Primat Adrián Fernández Andy Meyrick	Aston Martin AMR-One	M	2
					Aston Martin 2.0 L Turbo I6

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