The 2009 Grand Prix of Mosport presented by Mobil 1 is the eighth round of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on August 30, 2009. David Brabham and Scott Sharp won their second straight ALMS race for Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura, while drivers Adrian Fernández and Luis Díaz and the Lowe's Fernández Racing Acura team secured their respective LMP2 championships with victory at Mosport, their seventh of the season. Corvette Racing earned their first victory since the team moved to the GT2 category two rounds prior. The ALMS Challenge category did not participate in this event due to the high speed differences between various classes.
Report
Qualifying
Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
Pos Class Team Qualifying Driver Lap Time 1 LMP1 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham 1:05.323 2 LMP1 #66 de Ferran Motorsports Simon Pagenaud 1:05.397 3 LMP2 #20 Dyson Racing Team Marino Franchitti 1:06.379 4 LMP1 #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:06.764 5 LMP2 #16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson 1:06.853 6 LMP2 #15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Luis Díaz 1:06.944 7 LMP1 #12 Autocon Motorsport Tony Burgess 1:10.613 8 LMP2 #19 van der Steur Racing Adam Pecorari 1:11.391 9 GT2 #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Dirk Müller 1:17.528 10 GT2 #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:17.657 11 GT2 #87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler 1:17.788 12 GT2 #4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:17.959 13 GT2 #3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell 1:18.309 14 GT2 #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 1:18.361 15 GT2 #21 Panoz Team PTG Dominik Farnbacher 1:18.778 16 GT2 #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:19.208 17 GT2 #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 1:19.475 18 GT2 #11 Primetime Race Group Chris Hall 1:19.746 19 GT2 #62 Risi Competizione Did Not Participate
Race
Race result Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 LMP1 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing David Brabham Scott Sharp Acura ARX-02a 131 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 2 LMP1 66 de Ferran Motorsports Gil de Ferran Simon Pagenaud Acura ARX-02a 130 Acura AR7 4.0 L V8 3 LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Díaz Acura ARX-01B 127 Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 4 LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Lola B06/10 125 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 5DNF LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger Marino Franchitti Lola B08/86 118 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 GT2 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 117 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 7 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430GT 117 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 8 GT2 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 116 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 9 GT2 87 Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports Wolf Henzler Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 116 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 115 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Ian James Dominik Farnbacher Panoz Esperante GT-LM 115 Ford 5.0 L V8 12 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law Johannes van Overbeek Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 115 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg Chris Hall Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 113 Dodge 8.3 L V10 14 GT2 90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 110 BMW 4.0 L V8 15 GT2 40 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson David Murry Ford GT-R Mk. VII 105 Ford 5.0 L V8 16DNF GT2 92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 71 BMW 4.0 L V8 17DNF LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Tony Burgess Chris McMurry Lola B06/10 63 AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8 18DNF LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B09/86 43 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 DSQ LMP2 19 van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur Adam Pecorari Radical SR9 116 AER P07 2.0 L I4ALMS FINAL RACE REPORT
References
External links 2009 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)