2011 6 Hours of Castellet

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.

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. 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).

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

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