Okayama 1000 Kilometres 2009 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Asian Le Mans Series Okayama		Date: 1.11.2009
Track: Okayama International Circuit (Japan), 3.703 kms	Organiser: unknown
Okayama 1000 Kilometres
Asian Le Mans Series (round 1)

Weather:	sunny, dry
Start time:	31/10 12:27 and 1/11 8:58
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 x 500 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	40
Practiced:	23
Qualified:	23
Started:	23
Finished:	17
Classified:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	7	7	6
Le Mans Prototype 2	2	2	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	4	4	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	10	10	7

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Race 1 Results Grid Race 1 Race 2 Results Grid Race 2 Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
Overall results were not officially released. Just points from the two races were officially used to create class positions.

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 30/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 45 minutes on 30/10
15 minute pre-race warm-up held on 31/10

Winners:
Overall:	17	Pescarolo 01 Evo Judd	Tinseau / Nakano
Le Mans Prototype 2:	24	Pescarolo 01 Evo Mazda	Hein / Lahaye / Nicolet
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	61	Aston Martin DBR9	Tsuduki / Tsuchiya
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	89	Ferrari F430 GTC	Farnbacher / Simonsen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	87	Lola B09/60 Judd	Cocker / Drayson	1:20.561	165.475 km/h	lap 124
Le Mans Prototype 2:	24	Pescarolo 01 Evo Mazda	Hein / Lahaye / Nicolet	1:24.948	156.929 km/h	lap 120
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	50	Saleen S7-R	van Dam / Lémeret / Bervillé	1:30.359	147.532 km/h	lap 121
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	92	BMW M3 E92	Müller / Milner	1:32.136
Pole Positions:
Overall:	87	Lola B09/60 Judd	Cocker / Drayson	1:19.143	168.430 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	24	Pescarolo 01 Evo Mazda	Hein / Lahaye / Nicolet	1:23.790	159.090 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	50	Saleen S7-R	van Dam / Lémeret / Bervillé	1:29.827	148.400 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	77	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Lieb / Henzler	1:30.847	146.730 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (4), Ferrari (3), Pescarolo (2), Lola (2), Audi (2), Aston Martin (2), Lamborghini (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (4), Aston Martin (3), Ferrari (3), Judd (2), Audi (2), Lamborghini (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari F430 (3), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (3), Pescarolo 01 (2), Audi R10 (2), Lamborghini Murciélago (2)
Driver nationalities:	J (19), F (8), D (7), USA (4), GB (3), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	J (8), D (5), F (5), GB (2), USA (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (69%), rear-engined (17%), front-engined (14%)
Oldest known drivers:	Frédéric da Rocha (56), Jacques Nicolet (53), David Murry (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthieu Lahaye (25), Matteo Cressoni (25), Nicolas Lapierre (25)
Woman drivers:	Andrea Robertson

Official Race Programme:

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