2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup

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2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Organizer Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Discipline Sports car endurance racing
Number of races3
Champions
LMP1 Manufacturer Flag of France.svg Peugeot
GT2 Manufacturer Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari
LMP1 Team Flag of France.svg Team Peugeot Total
LMP2 Team Flag of France.svg OAK Racing
GT1 Team Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition
GT2 Team Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup seasons
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The 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup was the inaugural running of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, an international auto racing championship for manufacturers and teams. The Cup featured endurance races from the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and Asian Le Mans Series, as well as teams representing each of the three series. [1] Winning teams were awarded with automatic invitations to the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans. As with the three racing series based on Le Mans, the Intercontinental Cup featured the ACO's four premiere classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. Six manufacturers and eighteen teams vied for the Cup in each of the four classes utilized in Le Mans racing.

Contents

Race calendar and event results

The debut year of the Intercontinental Cup featured three events in the autumn. It consisted of the final rounds of the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series, as well as the sole event on the Asian Le Mans Series schedule. The opening round in September featured the 1000 km of Silverstone at the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain, followed by a 1000-mile race for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the United States in October. The final event, the 1000 km of Zhuhai, was the first Le Mans-style competition in China, held at the Zhuhai International Circuit in November.

Note that for each individual race, cars not competing in the Intercontinental Cup may have won their respective class. However, only the highest finishing Cup entrant is listed below.

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd.CircuitDateLMP1 Cup LeadersLMP2 Cup LeadersGT1 Cup LeadersGT2 Cup LeadersReport
1 Silverstone 12 September Flag of France.svg No. 1 Team Peugeot Total Flag of France.svg No. 35 OAK Racing [lower-alpha 1] Flag of France.svg No. 50 Larbre Compétition [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Italy.svg No. 96 AF Corse Report
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Moreau
Flag of Monaco.svg Richard Hein
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gabriele Gardel
Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Rees
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
2 Road Atlanta 2 October Flag of France.svg No. 08 Team Peugeot Total Flag of France.svg No. 35 OAK Racing [lower-alpha 3] Did Not Participate Flag of the United States.svg No. 62 Risi Competizione [lower-alpha 4] Report
Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Da Rocha
Flag of France.svg Patrice Lafargue
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
3 Zhuhai 7 November Flag of France.svg No. 2 Team Peugeot Total Flag of France.svg No. 35 OAK Racing Flag of France.svg No. 50 Larbre Compétition Flag of Germany.svg No. 78 BMW Team Schnitzer Report
Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Da Rocha
Flag of France.svg Patrice Lafargue
Flag of France.svg Laurent Groppi
Flag of France.svg Patrick Bornhauser
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner

Championship awards

The points scale for the championship included all individual race participants who completed 70% of the winner's distance, although points were only awarded to designated entries in the Intercontinental Cup. A bonus point was also available if an ILMC team scored pole position for an event. [2]

Points System [2]
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22ndPole Position
252220191817161514131211109876543211

Manufacturers Cups

Manufacturer Cups were available only to designated manufacturers in the LMP1 and GT2 categories. Each manufacturer had to designate teams to represent them at each event, with points being allocated by combining the top two finishing representatives. [2]

LMP1

Peugeot won all three races for LMP1 cars thanks to the victories of Team Peugeot Total, defeating their only rivals Audi for the manufacturers' championship.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos.ManufacturerChassis
Engine
TireCarResultsPoints
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
ZHU
1 Flag of France.svg Peugeot Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel)
M 1st111140
2nd224
2 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Audi R15 TDI plus
TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (diesel)
M 1st333101
2ndRet52

GT2

GT2 was the only other class to have two championships, with Ferrari edging out Porsche for the manufacturers' championship by seven points, taking two wins to Porsche's one.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos.ManufacturerModelTireCarResultsPoints
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
ZHU
1 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari Ferrari F430 GT2 M 1st133120
2nd475
2 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 1st252113
2nd594
3 Flag of Germany.svg BMW BMW M3 GT2 D 1st84169
2nd-13-
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaguar Jaguar XKRS D 1st-RetRet0
2nd-Ret-

Team Cups

LMP1

Team Peugeot Total claimed the Teams Cup, finishing 17 points clear of Audi Sport Team Joest, while Drayson Racing and Team Oreca Matmut also contested races.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos.TeamChassis
Engine
TireNo.ResultsPoints
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
ZHU
CarTeam
1 Flag of France.svg Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel)
M 112467118
2-1151
2 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI plus
TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (diesel)
M 835358101
7Ret3243
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Drayson Racing Lola B09/60
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
M 1186-3232
4 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel)
M 42--2222

LMP2

The LMP2 team cup was settled comprehensively, as OAK Racing were the only team to compete in all three LMP2 races.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos.TeamChassis
Engine
TireNo.ResultsPoints
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
ZHU
CarTeam
1 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing
Team Mazda France
Pescarolo 01
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
D 353316683
246--17
2 Flag of Italy.svg MIK Corse
Racing Box
Lola B09/80
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
D 305--1834
297--16

GT1

In the GT1 category, entries were received from Larbre Compétition and Atlas eFX-Team FS, but Atlas withdrew from all three ILMC events, automatically earning Larbre the title.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos.TeamCarTireNo.ResultsPoints
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
ZHU
CarTeam
1 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R M 501-15151

GT2

Porsche team Felbermayr-Proton upheld some honour for the marque, as they won the teams' championship despite not winning a race, fifteen points ahead of AF Corse, who won at Silverstone. Risi Competizione and BMW Team Schnitzer won the other races to be held.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pos.TeamCarTireNo.ResultsPoints
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United States.svg
ATL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
ZHU
CarTeam
1 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 775-24072
8810-432
2 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse SRL Ferrari F430 GT2 M 9512-33357
961--25
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 M 914-53747
9013--10
4 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 GT2 D 788-14040
5 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT2 M 62-3-2237
61-7-16
6 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 14-5-1832
44-9-14
7 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Rahal Letterman Racing BMW M3 GT2 D 92-4-1929
90-13-10
8 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Gulf Team First Lamborghini Murciélago [3] D 9911-61229
9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 752-Ret2222
10 Flag of the United States.svg JaguarRSR Jaguar XKRS Y 81-RetRet00
33-Ret-0

Footnotes

  1. Third in class in the race.
  2. Only class entrant in the race.
  3. Third in class in the race.
  4. Third in class in the race.

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