2010 Le Mans Series

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The 2010 Le Mans Series was the seventh season of Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. It featured five events between 11 April and 12 September 2010. For the first time in 2010, Formula Le Mans (FLM) cars were run in a fifth class in the series, running alongside Le Mans Prototype cars and GT cars, rather than as a support series. [1] It was also the final season when GT1 cars were allowed to run in the series.

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Stéphane Sarrazin won the LMP1 championship despite sharing his car with Nicolas Lapierre for most of the season; Sarrazin did not run with his usual Team Oreca Matmut outfit at the 1000 km of Spa, instead gaining championship points with his Peugeot Sport teammates in a precursor to the 24 Hours of Le Mans the following month. Despite this, Sarrazin won only one race, winning at the 1000 km of Algarve with Lapierre and Olivier Panis. Lapierre was second ahead of Rinaldo Capello, who won at Paul Ricard with Allan McNish. Other class victories went to Sébastien Bourdais, Pedro Lamy and Simon Pagenaud at Spa, Greg Mansell and Leo Mansell at the Hungaroring, and Nicolas Minassian and Anthony Davidson at Silverstone. In LMP2, Thomas Erdos and Mike Newton claimed the championship for the second time, after their more consistent finishes helped them to fend off Strakka Racing's Jonny Kane, Danny Watts and Nick Leventis, who won three races to one for Erdos and Newton. The only other win was taken by Miguel Amaral and Olivier Pla at Spa.

The GT1 championship went to Larbre Compétition pairing Gabriele Gardel and Patrice Goueslard, as they were the only team to attempt every race in the championship. Julien Canal and Fernando Rees joined them in various races but were not a factor in the championship. The only team to beat Larbre during the season was the Marc VDS Racing Team car of Eric De Doncker, Bas Leinders and Markus Palttala, who won at Spa. GT2 proceedings saw a second successive title for Felbermayr-Proton duo Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz, winning three of the season's five races. The other two were taken by AF Corse duo Gianmaria Bruni and Jaime Melo at Algarve and at Silverstone. Another tight championship battle was fought out in the Formula Le Mans class, with DAMS' Andrea Barlesi and Gary Chalandon holding off Hope Polevision Racing driver Steve Zacchia by just two points. The season's five races were shared between four different entries, with Barlesi and Chalandon only winning at the Hungaroring with Alessandro Cicognani. Zacchia won at Spa with Wolfgang Kaufmann and Luca Moro, Damien Toulemonde, Ross Zampatti and David Zollinger won at Paul Ricard, while Jody Firth and Warren Hughes won twice, in the Algarve, and at Silverstone.

Schedule

On 27 October 2009 the ACO released a preliminary calendar for the 2010 season featuring three named events and two unconfirmed events, plus the traditional pre-season test session at Circuit Paul Ricard. [2] The calendar was further revised with two additional events at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve and the Hungaroring. The Paul Ricard race was also extended to eight hours in length. [3] The 1000 km of Silverstone was also the part of the inaugural Le Mans Intercontinental Cup for LMP1s, [4] and it was also the first time that the race had been run on the circuit's "Arena" configuration.

Except for the 8 Hours of Castellet, as the name implied an eight-hour time limit, all races ran for either 1000 km or six hours, whichever came first; [5] partially wet weather and a red flag period caused the 2010 1000 km of Spa to run slightly less than the 143 laps it was originally scheduled; the top three finishers completed 139 laps at the end of six hours. The 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring race was also run at a distance shorter than the 1000-km scheduled distance after six hours.

RndRaceCircuitDate
 Official Test Session Flag of France.svg Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 7–9 March
1 8 Hours of Castellet Flag of France.svg Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 11 April
2 1000 km of Spa Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 9 May
3 1000 km of Algarve Flag of Portugal.svg Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal 17 July
4 1000 km of Hungaroring Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 22 August
5 Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom 12 September

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd.CircuitLMP1 Winning TeamLMP2 Winning TeamFLM Winning TeamGT1 Winning TeamGT2 Winning TeamResults
LMP1 Winning DriversLMP2 Winning DriversFLM Winning DriversGT1 Winning DriversGT2 Winning Drivers
1 Paul Ricard Flag of Germany.svg No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of the United Kingdom.svg No. 42 Strakka Racing Flag of France.svg No. 49 Applewood Seven Flag of France.svg No. 50 Larbre Compétition Flag of Germany.svg No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Results
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Flag of France.svg Damien Toulemonde
Flag of France.svg David Zollinger
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Zampatti
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gabriele Gardel
Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
2 Spa Flag of France.svg No.3 Team Peugeot Total Flag of Portugal.svg No. 40 Quifel-ASM Team Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg No. 47 Hope Polevision Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg No. 70 Marc VDS Racing Team Flag of Germany.svg No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Results
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Amaral
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Kaufmann
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Steve Zacchia
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric De Doncker
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Palttala
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
3 Algarve Flag of France.svg No. 4 Team Oreca Matmut Flag of the United Kingdom.svg No. 25 RML Flag of France.svg No. 44 DAMS Flag of France.svg No. 50 Larbre Compétition Flag of Italy.svg No. 96 AF Corse Results
Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton
Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Erdos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Collins
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jody Firth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
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
4 Hungaroring Flag of the United Kingdom.svg No. 5 Beechdean Mansell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg No. 42 Strakka Racing Flag of France.svg No. 43 DAMS Flag of France.svg No. 50 Larbre Compétition Flag of Germany.svg No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Results
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Mansell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leo Mansell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Andrea Barlesi
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Cicognani
Flag of France.svg Gary Chalandon
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gabriele Gardel
Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Rees
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
5 Silverstone Flag of France.svg No. 1 Team Peugeot Total Flag of the United Kingdom.svg No. 42 Strakka Racing Flag of France.svg No. 44 DAMS Flag of France.svg No. 50 Larbre Compétition Flag of Italy.svg No. 96 AF Corse Results
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jody Firth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
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

Championship Standings

Points were awarded to all race finishers, with unclassified entries failing to complete 70% of the race distance or entries failing to reach the finish not earning championship points. One bonus point was awarded for winning pole position (denoted by bold), and a further bonus was awarded for the entry which sets the fastest race lap (denoted by italics). Entries which changed an engine prior to the required two race minimum were penalized two points, with a four-point penalty for every subsequent engine change.

Points were allocated in one of two ways, dependent on race length.

Points System [6]
Race DistancePositionPole PositionFastest Lap
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th And Lower
1000 km15131198765432111
Over 1500 km3026221816141210864212

Teams Championships

The top two finishers in the LMP1, LMP2 and GT2 championships earned automatic entry to the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, provided that the team was running for the full season. Partial season entries (teams that run on a part-time basis, e.g. race-by-race) were not eligible for automatic entries for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

GT1 championships were not awarded any automatic entries as the GT1 category was phased out by the end of the year (see New 2011 regulations section).

LMP1 Standings

With one victory over the season, Team Oreca Matmut won the LMP1 teams title. Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Nr4 Spa 2010.JPG
With one victory over the season, Team Oreca Matmut won the LMP1 teams title.
PosNo.TeamChassisEngineRnd 1Rnd 2Rnd 3Rnd 4Rnd 5Total
14 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)4Ret14263
2008 Flag of France.svg Signature Plus Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V126833655
312 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Rebellion 5.5 L V107Ret22553
47 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)13Ret45
513 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Rebellion 5.5 L V10364Ret1044
6009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V122438
75 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beechdean Mansell Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V881734
81 Flag of France.svg Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)4127
98 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)8321
103 Flag of France.svg Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)118
116 Flag of France.svg AIM Team Oreca Matmut Oreca 01 AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10517
122 Flag of France.svg Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)215
139 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)510
1411 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Drayson Racing Lola B09/60 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V1087
1520 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team LNT Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V896
-007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12NC0

LMP2 Standings

RML, and drivers Thomas Erdos and Mike Newton, won their respective LMP2 class championships. Lola B0880 Nr25 Erdos Spa 2010.JPG
RML, and drivers Thomas Erdos and Mike Newton, won their respective LMP2 class championships.
PosNo.TeamChassisEngineRnd 1Rnd 2Rnd 3Rnd 4Rnd 5Total
125 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RML Lola B08/80 HPD AL7R 3.4 L V83214475
242 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01C HPD AL7R 3.4 L V81RetRet1169
324 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd DB 3.4 L V84443653
435 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd DB 3.4 L V823Ret7352
541 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Bruichladdich Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V85Ret25846
640 Flag of Portugal.svg Quifel ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8Ret1Ret2244
730 Flag of Italy.svg Racing Box Lola B09/80 Judd DB 3.4 L V86510539
836 Flag of France.svg Pegasus Racing Courage-Oreca LC75 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4763RetRet34
939 Flag of Germany.svg KSM Motorsport Lola B08/47 Judd DB 3.4 L V88Ret917
1027 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Race Performance Radical SR9 Judd DB 3.4 L V8Ret791017
1129 Flag of Italy.svg Racing Box Lola B09/80 Judd DB 3.4 L V8Ret6715
1231 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport MG-Lola EX265 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I48NC7
-37 Flag of France.svg WR / Salini WR LMP2008 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8Ret0

FLM Standings

All teams in the Formula Le Mans category utilized the Oreca FLM09 chassis and General Motors 6.3 L V8.

PosNo.TeamRnd 1Rnd 2Rnd 3Rnd 4Rnd 5Total
143 Flag of France.svg DAMS 3Ret21459
247 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hope Polevision Racing 41Ret3257
345 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Boutsen Energy Racing Ret234541
446 Flag of Monaco.svg JMB Racing Ret342640
548 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hope Polevision Racing 2RetRet339
649 Flag of France.svg Applewood Seven1RetRetRet32
744 Flag of France.svg DAMS Ret1Ret131

GT1 Standings

PosNo.TeamChassisEngineRnd 1Rnd 2Rnd 3Rnd 4Rnd 5Total
150 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0 L V81411197
266 Flag of Austria.svg Atlas FX-Team FS Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0 L V862Ret25
370 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc VDS Racing Team Ford GT1 Ford 5.3 L V8118
460 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Matech Competition Ford GT1 Ford 5.3 L V8215
561 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Matech Competition Ford GT1 Ford 5.3 L V8313
672 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R Corvette LS7.R 7.0 L V8510
-52 Flag of Germany.svg Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12Ret0

GT2 Standings

Felbermayr-Proton won the GT2 class title for the second successive season, with drivers Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz. Felbermayr-Proton Nr77 Spa2010.JPG
Felbermayr-Proton won the GT2 class title for the second successive season, with drivers Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz.
PosNo.TeamChassisEngineRnd 1Rnd 2Rnd 3Rnd 4Rnd 5Total
177 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-61131587
295 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V833241266
396 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8Ret215159
488 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-628571055
576 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-675103647
691 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8Ret682440
794 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V851168938
885 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R Audi 4.0 L V88799738
990 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V841511121333
1092 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JMW Motorsport Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8RetNC46330
1178 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0 L V8612826
1275 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6Ret9RetRet219
1379 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0 L V8418
1489 Flag of Germany.svg Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8Ret10710Ret17
1586 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6114
1699 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Gulf Team First Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10114
1798 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6133
1893 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JWA Racing Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6143

Drivers Championships

LMP1 Standings

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin 78
2 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre 63
3 Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello 57
4= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vanina Ickx 55
4= Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux 55
4= Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues 55
7= Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani 52
7= Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost 52
9= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish 45
10= Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Belicchi 14
10= Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion 44
12 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis 39
13= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Mansell 34
13= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leo Mansell 34
15= Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández 28
15= Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke 28
15= Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat 28
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson 27
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith 23
20 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard 23
21= Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 18
21= Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud 18
21= Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy 18

LMP2 Standings

PosDriverPoints
1= Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Erdos 75
1= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton 75
3= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane 69
3= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis 69
3= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts 69
6= Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye 53
6= Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet 53
8= Flag of France.svg Richard Hein52
8= Flag of France.svg Guillaume Moreau 52
10= Flag of Norway.svg Thor-Christian Ebbesvik 46
10= Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Karim Ojjeh 46
12= Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Amaral 44
12= Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla 44

FLM Standings

PosDriverPoints
1= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Andrea Barlesi 59
1= Flag of France.svg Gary Chalandon 59
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Steve Zacchia 57
4 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Cicognani46
5 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro 44
6= Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer 41
6= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas de Crem41

GT1 Standings

PosDriverPoints
1= Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gabriele Gardel 97
1= Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard 97
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Rees 64
4 Flag of France.svg Julien Canal 33
5= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Julien Schroyen25
5= Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carlo van Dam 25
7= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders 18
7= Flag of Finland.svg Markus Palttala 18

GT2 Standings

PosDriverPoints
1= Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb 87
1= Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz 87
3= Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi 66
3= Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella 66
3= Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander 66
6= Flag of Austria.svg Martin Ragginger55
6= Flag of Germany.svg Christian Ried 55
8= Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni 50
8= Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo 50
10= Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet 47
10= Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac47
12= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Kirkaldy 40
12= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Mullen 40
14= Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Pérez Companc 38
14= Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Russo 38
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck 38
17 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long 35

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