Le Mans Series
The Pescarolo Sport team showed once again why they are the defending Le Mans Champions with another victory, this time at the Spa 1000km. Starting from third on the grid, they raced strongly to win by over a lap from the polesiters - Swiss Spirit. Zytek Engineering finshed third a further lap behind.
Winning the LMP2 catagory was the Chamberlain Synergy squad. Finishing third overall was a strong result for the LMP2 squad, especially as they finished on the same lap as the Zytek Engineering team who finished third overall. Second in LMP2 was the RML team followed by Binnie Motorsport
ORECA showed they will be a tough squad to beat this year as they won their first outing in their Saleen S7R. Although they missed the first round, the raced strongly to winn the GT1 class and finish seventh overall. Winning the GT2 class was the Autorlando Sport who finished 15th overall.
The full results are as follows:
1. Collard/Boullion Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Judd 134 laps LMP1
2. Primat/Fassler Swiss Spirit Courage LC 70 Judd 133 laps LMP1
3. Nielsen/Elgaard/Andersen Zytek Engineering Zytek 06S 132 laps LMP1
4. Amaral/De Castro/Burguem Chamberlain Synergy Lola B05/40 AER 132 laps LMP2
5. Newton/Erdos RML MG Lola EX 264 131 laps LMP2
6. Binnie/Timpany/Hancock Binnie Lola 05/42 Zytek 131 laps LMP2
7. Ortelli/Ayari Team Oreca Saleen S7R 129 laps GT1
8. Vergers/Barazi/Valsecchi Barazi Epsilion CourageC65 AER 129 laps LMP2
9. Garcia/Lyons Cirtek Motorsport Aston Martin DBR9 128 laps GT1
10. Kuismanen/Menten/Palttala PSI Experienc Corvette C6R 128 laps GT1
11. Hardman/Vann/Campbell-Walter Cirtek Motorsport
Aston Martin DBR9 126 laps GT1
12. Kox/Pergl/Vasiliev Convers Menx Team Ferrari 550 Maranello 126 laps GT1
13. Policand/Goueslard/Beltoise Alphand Aventures Corvette C5-R 126 laps GT1
14. Gosselin/Ojjeh/Ragues Paul Belmondo Racin CourageC65 Ford 126 laps LMP2
15. Lieb/Camathias Autorlando Sport Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 123 laps GT2
16. Tomlinson/Dean/Kimber-Smith Team LNT Panoz Esperante GT-LM 123 laps GT2
17. Ealing/Sugden Virgo Motorsport Ferrari 430 GT 122 laps GT2
18. Nielsen/Seefried Farnbacher Racing Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 122 laps GT2
19. Bouchut/Narac IMSA Porsche 996 122 laps GT2
20. Smith/Barbosa/Hesnault Thierry Perrier Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 121 laps GT2
21. Burgess/Collin/Bergmeister Seikel Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 119 laps GT2
22. Lambert/Lefort/Iannetta Ice Pol Racing Porsche 996 GT3RSR 118 laps GT2
23. Hartshorne/Dockerill Peninsular TVR TVR Tuscan T400R 114 laps GT2
24. Bleekemolen/Hezemans Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 111 laps GT2
25. Daniels/Elsegood/Pompidou James Watt Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 96 laps GT2
Not classified less than 93 laps – 70 per cent
26. Rostan/Bruneau Pierre Bruneau Pilbeam Judd 79 laps LMP2
27. Lamy/Gardel Aston Martin Labre Aston Martin DBR9 58 laps GT1
28. Gounon/Frei Courage Courage LC70 Mugen 47 laps LMP1
29. Andre/Clairay Paul Belmondo Racing Courage C6 Ford 28 laps LMP2
R Ehret/Farnbacher Farnbacher Racing Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 86 laps GT2
R Konopka/Yamagishi/Graves T2M Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 RS 80 laps GT2
R Randaccio/Mancini/Collini Randaccio Ranieri Lucchini LMP2 74 laps LMP1
R Short/Greaves/Fisken Rollcentre Racing Radical SR9 Judd 67 laps LMP1
R Nakano/Kurosawa Courage Competition Courage LC70 Mugen 53 laps GT2
R Hughes/Bell Team LNT Panoz Esperante GTLM 49 laps GT2
R Drudi/Rosa/De Simone GPC Sport Ferrari 430 GT 49 laps GT2
R Kiesa/Moller Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm Hybrid 42 laps LMP1
R Kane/Crevels Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 26 laps GT2
R Berridge/Evans/Owen Chamberlin Synergy Lola B06/10 AER 3 laps LMP1
R Leuenberger/Walchhofer/ Racing RS Line Team Lamborghini Murcielago 1 laps GT1