The 2010 TOYO Tires Dubai 24 Hour was the fifth running of the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. The race was held at the Dubai Autodrome and was organized by the promoter Creventic. [1] The official event commenced on 14 January and finished on 16 January 2010. [2]
The race was won by the A6 class IMSA Performance Matmut team, with Raymond Narac, Patrick Pilet and Marco Holzer piloting the team's Porsche 997 GT3 RSR to a race record distance, covering 608 laps over the 24 Hours. The podium was completed by a pair of A5 class BMW Z4 M-Coupés; the Petronas Syntium Team of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida, Fariqe Hairuman, Johannes Stuck and Hiroki Yoshida finished second, behind Narac, Pilet and Holzer, and the Al Faisal Racing team finished third, two laps behind the Petronas team, with a driving quartet of Abdulaziz and Khaled Al Faisal, Marko Hartung and Claudia Hürtgen. Other classes were won by BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics (11th overall, D2 class), Team Black Falcon (12th, SP2 class, and 31st, A4 class), Bovi Motorsport (13th, SP1 class), AUH Motorsports (16th, SP3 class), SUNRED Racing Team (20th, A3T class), Team Sally Racing (30th, A2 class), and Marcos Racing International (34th, D1 class).
Practice day for the participants was on 13 January and was split into two segments. The first segment was held at 11:30 a.m. and concluded at 12:30 a.m., giving the entrants 1 hour to prepare for the Qualifying Session. The other segment of practice was held started at 1:25 p.m. and concluded at 2:50 p.m. allowing the entrants another 1 hour 25 minutes to prepare their cars for the Qualifying Session. The Qualifying session was held on the same day as practice and commenced at 3:30 p.m. and concluded at 5:00 p.m. [2]
The race itself commenced on 15 January at exactly 2:00 p.m. with the weather being Sunny and warm. A total of 75 vehicles made up the grid for the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour which was down from last years number of 78 vehicles. Nonetheless, the Endurance Event lasted for the full 24 Hours and as such finished at 2:00 p.m. on 16 January. [2]
The Qualifying Session for the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour commenced on 13 January at 3:30 p.m. with the session lasting for 1 hour 30 minutes, concluding at 5:00 p.m. [2] Unlike the previous edition of the race in which the Top Ten was dominated by different variants of Porsche 911s, this year saw a mixture of 911s, a Mosler MT900, a number of BMW Z4 Coupes and a GT3-spec Ascari KZ1-R GT. However, Pole position was once again occupied by a Porsche entered by the IMSA Performance Matmut crew with a blistering time of 2:02.701. [3] [4]
Rank | No. | Class | Team | Car | Lap Time | Gap |
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1 | 66 | A6 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 2:02.701 | |
2 | 147 | SP2 | Gravity Racing International | Mosler MT900R GT3 | 2:03.536 | +0.835 |
3 | 8 | A6 | De Lorenzi Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 2:04.006 | +1.305 |
4 | 65 | A6 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 2:05.179 | +2.478 |
5 | 155 | SP2 | Rhino's Leipert Motorsport | Ascari KZ1-R GT3 | 2:05.627 | +2.926 |
6 | 2 | A5 | Al Faisal Racing | BMW Z4 M-Coupé | 2:06.009 | +3.308 |
7 | 31 | A6 | Land Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:06.189 | +3.488 |
8 | 41 | A5 | Petronas Syntium Team | BMW Z4 M-Coupé | 2:06.533 | +3.832 |
9 | 40 | A5 | Petronas Syntium Team | BMW Z4 M-Coupé | 2:06.783 | +4.082 |
10 | 148 | SP2 | AF Corse | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 2:07.241 | +4.540 |
11 | 3 | A6 | Besaplast Racing Team | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:07.622 | +4.921 |
12 | 1 | A6 | Land Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:07.786 | +5.085 |
13 | 4 | A6 | Auto Racing Club Bratislava | Porsche 911 GT3 | 2:07.815 | +5.114 |
14 | 7 | SP2 | First Motorsport | Ferrari F430 GT3 | 2:07.843 | +5.142 |
15 | 146 | SP2 | Craft Racing | Ginetta G50Z GT3 | 2:08.365 | +5.494 |
16 | 5 | A6 | Team Need For Speed | Porsche 997 Supercup | 2:08.365 | +5.664 |
17 | 6 | A6 | Jetalliance Racing | Porsche 997 Cup | 2:09.723 | +6.022 |
18 | 24 | SP2 | H&P Incentives | BMW 140 GTR | 2:08.754 | +6.053 |
19 | 44 | SP2 | Mal Rose Racing | Holden Commodore SS | 2:08.945 | +6.244 |
20 | 46 | SP2 | VDS Racing Adventures | Ford Mustang FR500 | 2:09.034 | +6.333 |
21 | 25 | A6 | Hermes Attempto Racing Gmbh | Porsche 997 Cup | 2:09.300 | +6.599 |
22 | 10 | A6 | CC Car Collection | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:09.700 | +6.999 |
23 | 168 | SP1 | Bovi Motorsport | Brokernet Silver Sting | 2:09.794 | +7.093 |
24 | 16 | A6 | Lukas Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:10.107 | +7.406 |
25 | 11 | A6 | CC Car Collection | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:10.282 | +7.581 |
26 | 9 | A6 | De Lorenzi Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:10.560 | +7.859 |
27 | 18 | A6 | Tzunami Rally Team | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2:11.567 | +8.866 |
28 | 74 | A3T | SUNRED Racing Team | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 2:12.448 | +9.747 |
29 | 124 | SP3 | Nicholas Mee Racing | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 2:13.482 | +10.930 |
30 | 128 | SP3 | Gentle Swiss Racing | Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 | 2:14.482 | +11.781 |
31 | 78 | A3T | SUNRED Racing Team | SEAT Leon Super Copa TFS | 2:15.030 | +12.329 |
32 | 122 | SP3 | AUH Motorsports | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 2:15.174 | +12.473 |
33 | 171 | SP1 | Gomez Competition | Solution F-Touring Cup | 2:15.348 | +12.647 |
34 | 123 | SP3 | Donkervoort Racing | Donkervoort D8 GT | 2:15.672 | +12.971 |
35 | 121 | SP3 | AUH Motorsports | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 2:15.719 | +13.018 |
36 | 154 | SP3 | Speedlover | Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 | 2:16.611 | +13.910 |
37 | 71 | A3T | Strategic Transport Racing | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 2:16.627 | +13.926 |
38 | 33 | D2 | BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics | BMW 120d | 2:16.882 | +14.181 |
39 | 17 | A6 | Track Torque Racing | Ginetta G50 | 2:17.108 | +14.407 |
40 | 45 | A5 | Povey Motorsport with Pontoon Hire | BMW M3 | 2:17.183 | +14.482 |
41 | 129 | SP3 | DXB Racing | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 2:18.197 | +15.496 |
42 | 70 | SP3 | RED Motorsport | Lotus Exige GT4 | 2:18.364 | +15.663 |
43 | 72 | A3T | Strategic Transport Racing | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 2:18.688 | +15.987 |
44 | 73 | A3T | Zengő Dubai Team Motorsport | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 2:18.768 | +16.067 |
45 | 125 | SP3 | Nicholas Mee Racing | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 2:19.277 | +16.576 |
46 | 76 | A3T | Zengő Motorsport KTF | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 2:19.311 | +16.610 |
47 | 120 | SP3 | Brunswick Automtive | Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 2:19.642 | +16.941 |
48 | 77 | A3T | WRC Developments | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 2:19.676 | +16.975 |
49 | 75 | A3T | Tschornia Motorsport | VW Golf R-Line | 2:20.023 | +17.332 |
50 | 145 | SP2 | GRC Racing | Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 | 2:20.606 | +17.905 |
51 | 170 | SP1 | Gomez Competition | Solution F-Touring Cup | 2:20.620 | +17.919 |
52 | 172 | SP2 | Red Camel Racing | Saker Sportscar GT TDI | 2:21.117 | +18.416 |
53 | 61 | A4 | K&K Racing Team | BMW 130i | 2:23.298 | +20.597 |
54 | 88 | A4 | Team Black Falcon | BMW Z4 Coupe SI | 2:23.393 | +20.692 |
55 | 165 | A4 | Team 930 Rush | Porsche 964 Carrera | 2:23.493 | +20.792 |
56 | 86 | A2 | Boutsen Energy Racing | Renault Clio Cup | 2:24.738 | +22.037 |
57 | 19 | D2 | Nooren Autosport | BMW 120d | 2:24.971 | +22.270 |
58 | 110 | D1 | Volkswagen Motorsport Austria | VW Scirocco TDI | 2:25.521 | +22.820 |
59 | 94 | A2 | Team First | Renault Clio Cup | 2:25.521 | +22.909 |
60 | 95 | A2 | Team First | Renault Clio Cup | 2:26.137 | +23.436 |
61 | 90 | A2 | Duel Racing | Renault Clio Cup | 2:26.202 | +23.501 |
62 | 87 | A2 | Boutsen Energy Racing | Renault Clio Cup | 2:26.644 | +23.943 |
63 | 89 | A2 | Team Sally Racing | Renault Clio Cup | 2:26.808 | +24.107 |
64 | 42 | A5 | Jaco's Paddock Limited Motorsport | BMW M3 | 2:26.906 | +24.205 |
65 | 85 | A2 | Team Premier | Renault Clio Cup | 2:28.192 | +25.491 |
66 | 108 | D1 | Red Camel Racing | SEAT Leon TDI | 2:28.641 | +25.940 |
67 | 57 | A2 | LAP57 Racing Team | Honda Civic Type R | 2:28.939 | +26.235 |
68 | 112 | D1 | Marcos Racing International | BMW 120d | 2:29.350 | +26.649 |
69 | 62 | A4 | Duwo Racing | BMW 130i Challenge | 2:30.418 | +27.717 |
70 | 116 | D1 | Marcos Racing International | BMW 120d | 2.30.920 | +28.219 |
71 | 117 | D1 | Marcos Racing International | BMW 120d | 2:39.747 | +37.046 |
72 | 99 | SP2 | Besaplast Racing Dolate Motorsport | BMW M3 | No Time | No Time |
73 | 111 | SP2 | Team Black Falcon | BMW M3 | No Time | No Time |
74 | 22 | SP3 | Al Faisal Racing | BMW M3 GT4 | No Time | No Time |
75 | 105 | D1 | Certainly Racing Team | BMW 120d | No Time | No Time |
The first eight hours saw a lot of action that involved some of the possible contenders for a podium finish. Among the early retirements were the Auto Racing Club Bratislava-Porsche (Miroslav Konopka-Oliver Morley-Sean Edwards-Richard Cvörnjek) and the Besaplast Racing Team-Porsche (Franjo Kovac-Martin Tschornia-Kurt Thiim-Roland Asch-Sebastian Asch). The latter team that finished third in last year's race was out of contention after their car caught fire on the main straight with Martin Tschornia behind the wheel, seven and a half hours into the race. The unfortunate driver escaped unscathed, but the car was damaged beyond immediate repair. [5]
Last year's winners, the No.1 Land Motorsport-Porsche (Gabriel Abergel-Xavier Pompidou-Carsten Tilke-Otto Klohs) were sidelined as well after Tilke had over-revved the engine. Almost at the same time, the number 148-AF Corse Ferrari (Robert Kaufmann-Michael Waltrip-Marcos Ambrose-Rui Águas-Niki Cadei) became involved in a collision with the car of NASCAR-star Michael Waltrip, who was in his first-ever 24-hour race in Dubai. Michael Waltrip couldn't avoid the collision when the other car started swerving in front of him. The Ferrari F430 also incurred considerable damage and retired. Up to the time of the accident, the car had always been in the top ten, running as high as sixth. [5]
In the opening half of the race, the pace was set by the two IMSA Performance Matmut-Porsches and the BMWs of the Petronas Syntium Team and Al Faisal Racing. However, the IMSA Performance Matmut team No.65's hopes were dealt a severe blow when the clutch had to be replaced on the car in the twelfth hour of the race. Later on, the car retired due to gearbox failure. [5]
In the end, the No.66 IMSA Performance Matmut team-Porsche 997 GT3-RSR was able to match its blistering Pole position performance with a solid final hour in the race to pen up a 2 Lap lead over the 2nd placed Petronas Syntium Team-BMW Z4 Coupe and take the victory. Though the Z4 Coupe GT was lapping faster in the final 20 minutes, the Porsche's reliability kept a solid gap between the two vehicles allowing for Porsche to win their third-straight Dubai 24 Hour. [5]
The Japanese Petronas Synthium team also raced in Dubai for the first time. They had their pair of BMW Z4s in the top five for most of the race, but the second car (Tatsuya Kataoka-Manabu Orido-Johan Adzmi-Kosuke Matsuura-Hiroki Yoshida) retired with half an hour remaining. A good performance was shown by the BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics. The BMW 120D driven by Lázlò Palik-János Vida-Csaba Walter-Gábor Weber finished eleventh overall out of the 75 participating cars, winning the D2-class for diesel-powered cars. The Hungarian Brokernet Silversting sportscar was also successful, winning the SP1 category with Kalman Bodis-Attila Barta-Istvàn Ràcz-Wolfgang Kaufmann driving for the Bovi Motorsport team. Leading the A3T-class, the SEAT Leon of the Spanish SUNRED team (Oscar Nogues-Michael Rossi-Ferran Monje-Borja Veiga) was in the top ten for a long time, but dropped back after a collision. Still, the SUNRED team scored a 1–2 in this class. [6]
The German Black Falcon team that has won the title in the German Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring for the past two years also had a very successful debut in Dubai, winning the SP2-class with the BMW M3 (Vimal Metha-Sean Patrick Breslin-Sean Paul Breslin-Christer Jöns-Alexander Böhm) and the A4-class with the BMW Z4 Coupé (Oleg Volin-Andrii Lebed-Marc Colell-Kai Riebetz-Alexander Böhm). There was local success for the AUH Motorsport team that won the SP3-class with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, driven by Humaid Al Masaood-Alex Kapadia-Michael Prophet-Eric Charles. The A2-class brought victory for Team Sally Racing from Denmark, their Renault Clio driven by Anders Maigaard-Dan Brian Träger-Martin Sally Pederson-Brian Borger-Mick Reimerson. Victory in the D1 class, last but not least, went to the Marcos Racing International BMW 120D of Jim Briody-Hal Prewitt-Toto Lassally-Cor Euser. [5] [6]
Rank | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Gap | Fastest Lap |
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1 | A6 | 66 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Marco Holzer | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 608 | 2:03.892 | |
2 | A5 | 40 | Petronas Syntium Team | Nobuteru Taniguchi Masataka Yanagida Fariqe Hairuman Johannes Stuck Hiroki Yoshida | BMW Z4 M-Coupé | 605 | +3 Laps | 2:05.594 |
3 | A5 | 2 | Al Faisal Racing | Abdulaziz Al Faisal Claudia Hürtgen Marko Hartung Khaled Al Faisal | BMW Z4 M-Coupé | 603 | +5 Laps | 2:06&5 |
4 | A6 | 31 | Land Motorsport | Jürgen Häring Taki Konstantinou René Münnich Marc Basseng | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 588 | +20 Laps | 2:06.998 |
5 | A6 | 16 | Lukas Motorsport | Robert Lukas Mariusz Miekos Stefan Bilinski Teodor Myszkowski Adam Kornacki | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 573 | +35 Laps | 2:08.975 |
6 | A6 | 11 | CC Car Collection | Heinz Schmersal Mike Stursberg Stephan Rösler Christoph Koslowski | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 568 | +40 Laps | 2:11.085 |
7 | A6 | 5 | Team Need For Speed | Hubert Bergh Magnus Öhman Patrik Söderlund Johan Sturesson | Porsche 997 Supercup | 567 | +41 Laps | 2:08.675 |
8 | A6 | 18 | Tsunami RT | Oleksandr Gaidai Arno Klasen Andrii Kruglyk Michael Schratz | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 567 | +41 Laps | 2:09.353 |
9 | A6 | 10 | CC Car Collection | Peter Schmidt Kersten Jodexnis David Horn Hans-Christian Zink | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 566 | +42 Laps | 2:09.856 |
10 | A6 | 25 | Hermes Attempto Racing Gmbh | Sven Heyrowsky Dietmar Haggenmüller Florian Scholze | Porsche 997 Cup | 564 | +44 Laps | 2:10.107 |
11 | D2 | 33 | BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics | Lászlò Palik János Vida Csaba Walter Gábor Wéber | BMW 120D | 560 | +48 Laps | 2:16.408 |
12 | SP2 | 111 | Team Black Falcon | Vimal Mehta Sean Patrick Breslin Sean Paul Breslin Christer Jöns Alexander Böhm | BMW M3 | 560 | +48 Laps | 2:12.622 |
13 | SP1 | 168 | Bovi Motorsport | Kalman Bodis Attila Barta Istvàn Ràcz Wolfgang Kaufmann | Brokernet Silver Sting | 556 | +52 Laps | 2:08.661 |
14 DNF | A5 | 41 | Petronas Syntium Team | Tatsuya Kataoka Manabu Orido Johan Adzmi Kosuke Matsuura Hiroki Yoshida | BMW Z4 M-Coupé | 555 | +53 Laps | 2:06.871 |
15 | SP2 | 46 | VDS Racing Adventures | Raphael van der Straten Stéphane Lémeret José Close Karim Al Azhari | Ford Mustang FR500 | 555 | +53 Laps | 2:08.408 |
16 | SP3 | 122 | AUH Motorsports | Humaid Al Masaood Alex Kapadia Michael Prophet Eric Charles | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 552 | +56 Laps | 2:13.706 |
17 | SP3 | 22 | Al Faisal Racing | Al Faisal Jörg Viebahn Spooner Saied Al Mouri | BMW M3 GT4 | 551 | +57 Laps | 2:15.192 |
18 | SP3 | 124 | Nicholas Mee Racing | Karsten le Blanc David Clark Shaun Lynn Wolfgang Kaufmann | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 550 | +58 Laps | 2:15.192 |
19 | SP3 | 129 | DXB Racing | Frederic Gaillard Jonathan Simmonds Julian Griffin Phil Quaife Robert Barff | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 549 | +59 Laps | 2:13.762 |
20 | A3T | 74 | SUNRED Racing Team | Oscar Nogués Michaël Rossi Ferran Monje Borja Veiga | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 546 | +62 Laps | 2:12.203 |
21 | A3T | 78 | SUNRED Racing Team | Noel Jammal Toni Forné Marcos de Diego Josep Maria Dabad | SEAT Leon Super Copa TFS | 540 | +68 Laps | 2:14.463 |
22 | SP2 | 147 | Gravity Racing International | Stephan Lemeret Loris de Sordi Vincent Radermecker Eric Lux Gérard Lopez | Mosler MT900R GT3 | 538 | +70 Laps | 2:06.010 |
23 | SP3 | 123 | Donkervoort Racing | Nico Pronk Denis Donkervoort Peter Kox Stéphane Wintenberger | Donkervoort D8 GT | 531 | +77 Laps | 2:14.403 |
24 | SP3 | 121 | AUH Motorsports | Jordon Grogor Bassam Kornfli Alban Varutti Martin Dechent | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 527 | +81 Laps | 2:14.209 |
25 | D2 | 19 | Nooren Autosport | Marcel Nooren Luc Braams Wim van Genderen Bas Koeten | BMW 120d | 523 | +85 Laps | 2:23.931 |
26 | SP1 | 171 | Gomez Competition | Armand Funal Michael Schmetz Jeremy Reymond Joe Schmitz | Solution F-Touring Cup | 516 | +92 Laps | 2:14.256 |
27 | A3T | 75 | Tschornia Motorsport | Johann Wanger Patrick Hilty Paul Hunsperger Thomas Wasel Matthias Wasel | VW Golf R-Line | 516 | +92 Laps | 2:18.961 |
28 | SP2 | 172 | Red Camel Racing | Monny Krant Jean-Sebastian Sauriol Ivo Breukers Henk Thijssen Ton Verkoelen | Saker Sportscar GT TDI | 509 | +99 Laps | 2:16.571 |
29 | A5 | 45 | Povey Motorsport with Pontoon Hire | Guy Povey Alistair Davidson Geoff Kimber-Smith Tom Kimber-Smith | BMW M3 | 502 | +106 Laps | 2:18.789 |
30 | A2 | 89 | Team Sally Racing | Anders Maigaard Dan Brian Träger Martin Sally Pederson Brian Borger Mick Reimerso | Renault Clio Cup | 497 | +111 Laps | 2:26.103 |
31 | A4 | 88 | Team Black Falcon | Oleg Volin Andrii Lebed Marc Colell Kai Riebetz Alexander Böhm | BMW Z4 Coupe SI | 494 | +114 Laps | 2:24.411 |
32 | A2 | 90 | Duel Racing | Ramzi Moutran Sami Moutran Nabil Moutran Salman Bin Rashid Al-Khalifa | Renault Clio Cup | 486 | +122 Laps | 2:24.551 |
33 | A3T | 71 | Strategic Transport Racing | Malcolm Niall Clint Harvey Brett Niall Daniel Welch | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 483 | +125 Laps | 2:14.672 |
34 | D1 | 112 | Marcos Racing International | Jim Briody Hal Prewitt Toto Lassally Cor Euser | BMW 120d | 479 | +129 Laps | 2:28.811 |
35 | A2 | 86 | Boutsen Energy Racing | Carlos Sarrea Michael Sarrea Julien Piguet Frederic Renner Jean Michel Carton | Renault Clio Cup | 474 | +134 Laps | 2:23.676 |
36 DNF | SP2 | 44 | Mal Rose Racing | Mal Rose Tony Alford Peter Leemhuis | Holden Commodore SS | 470 | +138 Laps | 2:09.484 |
37 | A3T | 73 | Zengő Dubai Team Motorsport | Robert Galotti Balasz Galotti Tamás Révész Nadir Zuhour Christophe Hissette | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 468 | +140 Laps | 2:17.005 |
38 | A5 | 42 | Jaco's Paddock Limited Motorsport | Lorenzo Rocco Masera Denat Joseph | BMW M3 | 467 | +141 Laps | 2:22.894 |
39 | D1 | 117 | Marcos Racing International | Aaron Scott Andy Ruhan Bob Lyons Craig Wilkins Tommy Dreelan | BMW 120d | 464 | +144 Laps | 2:28.650 |
40 | A2 | 85 | Team Premier | Hannes Waimer Bernhard Schnell Haus Hotfiel Armin Schmid | Renault Clio Cup | 463 | +145 Laps | 2:26.513 |
41 | A4 | 62 | Duwo Racing | Frédéric Schmit Nicolas Schmit Jean-Louis Dauger Antoine Orel Jean-Marie Dumont | BMW 130i Challenge | 459 | +149 Laps | 2:25.753 |
42 | SP2 | 145 | GRC Racing | Jacob Thomsen Harald Nordeng Hans Peter Lieb Thierry Blaise Olivier Baharian | Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 | 443 | +165 Laps | 2:15.477 |
43 DNF | A6 | 8 | De Lorenzi Racing | Stefano Borghi Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Gianluca de Lorenzi | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 438 | +170 Laps | 2:03.348 |
44 | A2 | 95 | Team First | David Carvalho Alexandre Renneteau Stephane Payelle Mike Wainwright Fabien Giroix | Renault Clio Cup | 435 | +173 Laps | 2:24.736 |
45 DNF | A2 | 87 | Boutsen Energy Racing | Sebastien Deveze Philipe Vigneron Jean-Charles Battut Pierre-Yves Rosoux Jean-Michel Carton | Renault Clio Cup | 420 | +188 Laps | 2:24.111 |
46 | SP2 | 146 | Craft Racing | Eric Ying Wai Cheung Frank Yu Richard Dean Aki Hiro Tsusuki | Ginetta G50Z GT3 | 412 | +196 Laps | 2:07.989 |
47 | D1 | 116 | Marcos Racing International | Trevor Knight Fred van Putten Jafeth Molenaar Santi Navarro | BMW 120d | 410 | +198 Laps | 2:29.581 |
48 | SP3 | 120 | Brunswick Automtive | Mark Griffiths Nikolay Zhuravlev Rigo Mey Nick Gooch Ian Barrowman | Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 408 | +200 Laps | 2:16.307 |
49 | SP3 | 125 | Nicholas Mee Racing | Tarek Mahmoud Greg Audi Jalal Mahmoud Corentine Quiniou | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 403 | +205 Laps | 2:16.700 |
50 DNF | A6 | 65 | IMSA Performance Matmut | Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon Richard Balandras | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 400 | +208 Laps | 2:04.255 |
51 | A3T | 72 | Strategic Transport Racing | Mark Pilatti Glen Zampatti Callaghan Gablziani | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 397 | +211 Laps | 2:17.141 |
52 | A4 | 165 | Team 930 Rush | Yutaka Matsushima Masashi Kakiuchi Jun Yamashita Yousuke Shimojima | Porsche 964 Carrera | 356 | +252 Laps | 2:18.230 |
53 | A4 | 61 | K&K Racing Team | Marcel Kusin Petr Valek Stepan Ladik Petr Fulin | BMW 130i | 348 | +260 Laps | 2:20.588 |
54 | SP3 | 128 | Gentle Swiss Racing | Frederic Barth Stefano Comini Wolfgang Kudrass Valentin Hummel | Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 | 342 | +266 Laps | 2:15.874 |
55 | A2 | 57 | LAP57 Racing Team | Mohammed Al Owais Omran Al Owais Saeed Al Mehairi Umair Ahmed Khan | Honda Civic Type R | 341 | +267 Laps | 2:23.452 |
56 DNF | A6 | 9 | De Lorenzi Racing | Giorgio Piodi "Jox" Angelo Cobianchi Guido Formilli Fendi | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 337 | +271 Laps | 2:10.468 |
57 | D1 | 105 | Certainly Racing Team | Marcel van Leen Sven Andries Christiaan Frankenhout Sebastian Kamps | BMW 120d | 322 | +286 Laps | 2:27.190 |
58 DNF | SP2 | 155 | Rhino's Leipert Motorsport | Roland Hertner Peter Röschmann Andzej Dzikevic Roland Rehfeld Marcel Leipert | Ascari KZ1-R GT3 | 304 | +304 Laps | 2:05.555 |
59 DNF | A6 | 6 | Jetalliance Racing | Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Vitus Eckert Marco Seefried Martin Rich | Porsche 997 Cup | 287 | +321 Laps | 2:09.934 |
60 DNF | D1 | 108 | Red Camel Racing | Monny Krant Jean-Sebastian Sauriol Ivo Breukers Henk Thijssen Wolf Nathan | SEAT Leon TDI | 286 | +322 Laps | 2:28.232 |
61 DNF | SP1 | 170 | Gomez Competition | Jean-Marc Merlin Damien Kohler Michel Pulinx Yves Provins | Solution F-Touring Cup | 261 | +347 Laps | 2:19.581 |
62 DNF | SP3 | 70 | RED Motorsport | Martin Roos Gunther Deutsch Marco Deutsch Karolina Lampel-Czapka | Lotus Exige GT4 | 248 | +360 Laps | 2:18.687 |
63 DNF | D1 | 110 | Volkswagen Motorsport Austria | Hannes Danzinger Michael Kogler Levente Zoltan Lászlóf Willi Rabl | VW Scirocco TDI | 242 | +366 Laps | 2:24.666 |
64 DNF | A2 | 94 | Team First | Roald Goethe Frédéric Fatien Jean-Pierre Valentini Theophile Albertini Fabien Giroix | Renault Clio Cup | 221 | +387 Laps | 2:26.027 |
65 DNF | SP2 | 148 | AF Corse | Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip Marcos Ambrose Rui Águas Nicola Cadei | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 210 | +398 Laps | 2:06.081 |
66 | SP3 | 154 | Speedlover | Richard Verburg Jean-Michel Gérome Dirk de Groof Jean-Michel Gérome | Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 | 203 | +405 Laps | 2:16.177 |
67 DNF | A3T | 76 | Zengő Motorsport KTF | Tamás Horváth György Kontra Gábor Kismarty-Lechner Zoltan Zengo Istvan Gáspár | SEAT Leon Super Copa | 182 | +426 Laps | 2:18.206 |
68 DNF | A6 | 1 | Land Motorsport | Gabriel Abergel Xavier Pompidou Carsten Tilke Otto Klohs | Posrche 997 GT3 Cup | 176 | +432 Laps | 2:08(4 |
69 DNF | A6 | 3 | Besaplast Racing Team | Franjo Kovac Martin Tschornia Kurt Thiim Roland Asch Sebastian Asch | Posrche 997 GT3 Cup | 168 | +440 Laps | 2:06.826 |
70 DNF | SP2 | 7 | First Motorsport | Christian Kelders Philippe Greisch Daniel Desbrueres Catherine Desbrueres | Ferrari F430 GT3 | 151 | +457 Laps | 2:08.120 |
71 DNF | A6 | 17 | Track Torque Racing | Matthew Perry Nigel Farmer Nicola Pantone | Ginetta G50 | 124 | +484 Laps | 2:16.486 |
72 DNF | A6 | 4 | ARC Bratislava | Miro Konôpka Oliver Morley Sean Edwards Richard Cvörnjek | Porsche 911 GT3 | 87 | +521 Laps | 2:10.992 |
73 | A3T | 77 | WRC Developments | James Kaye James Emmett Raed Hassan Mark Lemmer Luke Hines | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 56 | +552 Laps | 2:17.410 |
74 DNF | SP2 | 24 | H&P Incentives | Peter van der Kolk Jeroen Bleekemolen Michael Bleekemolen Henry Zumbrink Jeroen van der Heuvel | BMW 140 GTR | 1 | +607 Laps | No Time |
DNS | SP2 | 99 | Besaplast Racing Dolate Motorsport | Frank Schmickler Jörg Hardt | BMW M3 | N/A | N/A | No Time |
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