2011 6 Hours of Castellet

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.^[1]

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	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	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	1:50.356	7
9	LMP2	No.39	Matías Russo	1:51.744	8
10	LMP2	No.44		1:52.158	9
11	LMP1	No.009 Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke	1:52.267	10
12	LMP2	No.43		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	Elton Julian	1:54.044	14
16	FLM	No.92	Phil Keen	1:54.081	15
17	FLM	No.95		1:55.829	16
18	FLM	No.99 JMB Racing		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	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	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		2:00.354	28
30	GTE-Am	No.61 AF Corse		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.^[2] 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).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01 Evo	M	185
1	LMP1	16	Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse	Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10	M	185
2	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Jean-Christophe Boullion Andrea Belicchi	Lola B10/60	M	184
2	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Jean-Christophe Boullion Andrea Belicchi	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8	M	184
3	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Gary Chalandon Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN	D	179
3	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Gary Chalandon Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	179
4	LMP2	39	Pecom Racing	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer	Lola B11/40	M	179
4	LMP2	39	Pecom Racing	Matías Russo Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	M	179
5	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Danny Watts Jonny Kane Nick Leventis	HPD ARX-01d	M	177
5	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Danny Watts Jonny Kane Nick Leventis	HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	M	177
6	LMP2	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer	Oreca 03	D	175
6	LMP2	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	175
7	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Lola B10/60	M	175
7	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8	M	175
8	LMP1	20		Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Zytek 09SC	D	174
8	LMP1	20		Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	D	174
9	LMP2	43			MG-Lola EX265	D	174
9	LMP2	43			Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	D	174
10	LMP2	40		Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	Oreca 03	D	174
10	LMP2	40		Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	D	174
11	LMP2	36	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Ben Collins	HPD ARX-01d	D	173
11	LMP2	36	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Ben Collins	HPD HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	D	173
12	FLM	95		Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon	Oreca FLM09	M	170
12	FLM	95		Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	170
13	FLM	93		Elton Julian	Oreca FLM09	M	170
13	FLM	93		Elton Julian	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	170
14	GTE Pro	66		Rob Bell James Walker	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	170
14	GTE Pro	66		Rob Bell James Walker	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	D	170
15	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	169
15	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	M	169
16	LMP2	44			Norma M200P	D	169
16	LMP2	44			Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	D	169
17	GTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	167
17	GTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	167
18	GTE Am	61	AF Corse		Ferrari F430 GTE	M	167
18	GTE Am	61	AF Corse		Ferrari 4.0 V8	M	167
19	GTE Am	70	Kessel Racing	Philipp Peter	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	167
19	GTE Am	70	Kessel Racing	Philipp Peter	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	167
20	GTE Am	82	CRS Racing	Phil Quaife Adam Christodoulou	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	166
20	GTE Am	82	CRS Racing	Phil Quaife Adam Christodoulou	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	166
21	GTE Pro	89	Hankook	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	H	163
21	GTE Pro	89	Hankook	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	H	163
22	GTE Am	72	AF Corse	Robert Kuaffman Rui Águas Giuseppe Cirò	Ferrari F430 GTE	M	163
22	GTE Am	72	AF Corse	Robert Kuaffman Rui Águas Giuseppe Cirò	Ferrari 4.0 V8	M	163
23	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Jaime Melo Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	161
23	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Jaime Melo Toni Vilander	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	M	161
24	FLM	92		Phil Keen	Oreca FLM09	M	157
24	FLM	92		Phil Keen	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	157
25	FLM	99	JMB Racing		Oreca FLM09	M	142
25	FLM	99	JMB Racing		Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	142
26 DNF	GTE Pro	86	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	M	140
26 DNF	GTE Pro	86	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	M	140
27	GTE Am	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	137
27	GTE Am	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	137
28 NC	GTE Pro	79	JOTA	Simon Dolan Sam Hancock	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	105
28 NC	GTE Pro	79	JOTA	Simon Dolan Sam Hancock	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	D	105
29 NC	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Harold Primat	Aston Martin AMR-One	M	96
29 NC	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Harold Primat	Aston Martin 2.0 L Turbo I6	M	96
30 DNF	FLM	91	Hope Polevision Racing	Nicolas Marroc Luca Moro Zhang Shan Qi	Oreca FLM09	M	93
30 DNF	FLM	91	Hope Polevision Racing	Nicolas Marroc Luca Moro Zhang Shan Qi	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	93
31 DNF	LMP2	46	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Jody Firth	Oreca 03	M	91
31 DNF	LMP2	46	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Jody Firth	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	91
32 DNF	GTE Pro	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	2
32 DNF	GTE Pro	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Wolf Henzler	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	2
33 DNF	GTE Pro	75	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Marc Goossens	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	0
33 DNF	GTE Pro	75	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Marc Goossens	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	0
34 DNF	GTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	0
34 DNF	GTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	0

References[]

^ "LMS Paul Ricard Qualifying" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
^ "Start Chaos 2011 Le Mans Series at Le Castellet". MT89Motorsport2. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
^ "LMS Paul Ricard Race" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

Le Mans Series
Previous race: none	2011 season	Next race: 1000 km of Spa

[Qualifying-1] "LMS Paul Ricard Qualifying" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

[Race_Start_Crash-2] "Start Chaos 2011 Le Mans Series at Le Castellet". MT89Motorsport2. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

[Race-3] "LMS Paul Ricard Race" (PDF). Le Mans Series. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

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