The 2011 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 7, 2011. It was the second round of the 2011 Le Mans Series season and the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Prior to the race weekend there were up to 60 provisional entries but was shortened to 54 as there were some withdrawals from Aston Martin Racing who withdrew to continue developing their new and struggling AMR-One.[1] It was a similar situation for Hope Racing who were not quite ready to race the new KERS-driven Oreca 01 Hybrid.[2] Other cars had to withdraw from damage prior to the weekend including the No. 24 OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 LMP1 car.[3]
In the second free practice session of the race, the No. 13 Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota driven by Jean-Christophe Boullion crashed heavily at Radillon corner. Then shortly after the green flag was waved to restart, the No. 8 Peugeot of Pedro Lamy and No. 36 RML Honda of Mike Newton collided with each other. Both Peugeot and Rebellion mechanics had to deal with a late night with the RML car too heavily damaged to take further part in the race weekend.[4]
- ^ "Aston Martin Racing to sit out Spa-Francorchamps". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "Oreca Hybrid to be absent from Spa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2011-05-03. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "OAK Racing LM P1 #24 to miss Spa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2011-05-01. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "1000 KM of Spa: Crashes halt second practice". planetlemans.com. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-06.