2010 Le Mans Series

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.

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.

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 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.

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

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	FLM Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	FLM Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Paul Ricard	No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest	No. 42 Strakka Racing	No. 49 Applewood Seven	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Danny Watts Nick Leventis Jonny Kane	Damien Toulemonde David Zollinger Ross Zampatti	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Julien Canal	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
2	Spa	No.3 Team Peugeot Total	No. 40 Quifel-ASM Team	No. 47 Hope Polevision Racing	No. 70 Marc VDS Racing Team	No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Sébastien Bourdais Pedro Lamy Simon Pagenaud	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Wolfgang Kaufmann Steve Zacchia Luca Moro	Eric De Doncker Bas Leinders Markus Palttala	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
3	Algarve	No. 4 Team Oreca Matmut	No. 25 RML	No. 44 DAMS	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	No. 96 AF Corse	Results
		Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Sarrazin	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Ben Collins	Jody Firth Warren Hughes	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo
4	Hungaroring	No. 5 Beechdean Mansell	No. 42 Strakka Racing	No. 43 DAMS	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Results
		Greg Mansell Leo Mansell	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	Andrea Barlesi Alessandro Cicognani Gary Chalandon	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
5	Silverstone	No. 1 Team Peugeot Total	No. 42 Strakka Racing	No. 44 DAMS	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	No. 96 AF Corse	Results
		Nicolas Minassian Anthony Davidson	Danny Watts Jonny Kane Nick Leventis	Jody Firth Warren Hughes	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo

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.

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).

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Total
1	4	Team Oreca Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	4	Ret	1	4	2	63
2	008	Signature Plus	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	6	8	3	3	6	55
3	12	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Rebellion 5.5 L V10	7	Ret	2	2	5	52
4	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	1	3			Ret	45
5	13	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Rebellion 5.5 L V10	3	6	4	Ret	10	44
6	009	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	2				4	38
7	5	Beechdean Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8	8			1	7	34
8	1	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		4			1	27
9	8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)		8			3	21
10	3	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		1				18
11	6	AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	5					17
12	2	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		2				15
13	9	Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)		5				10
14	11	Drayson Racing	Lola B09/60	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10					8	7
15	20	Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8					9	6
-	007	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12					NC	0

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Total
1	25	RML	Lola B08/80	HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8	3	2	1	4	4	75
2	42	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01C	HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	69
3	24	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	4	4	4	3	6	53
4	35	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	2	3	Ret	7	3	52
5	41	Team Bruichladdich	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	5	Ret	2	5	8	46
6	40	Quifel ASM Team	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	1	Ret	2	2	44
7	30	Racing Box	Lola B09/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	6	5		10	5	39
8	36	Pegasus Racing	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	7	6	3	Ret	Ret	34
9	39	KSM Motorsport	Lola B08/47	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	8	Ret			9	17
10	27	Race Performance	Radical SR9	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	Ret	7		9	10	17
11	29	Racing Box	Lola B09/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	Ret			6	7	15
12	31	RLR MSport	MG-Lola EX265	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4				8	NC	7
-	37	WR / Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret					0

All teams in the Formula Le Mans category utilized the Oreca FLM09 chassis and General Motors LS3 6.3 L V8.

Pos	No.	Team	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Total
1	43	DAMS	3	Ret	2	1	4	59
2	47	Hope Polevision Racing	4	1	Ret	3	2	57
3	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Ret	2	3	4	5	41
4	46	JMB Racing	Ret	3	4	2	6	40
5	48	Hope Polevision Racing	2	Ret	Ret		3	39
6	49	Applewood Seven	1	Ret	Ret	Ret		32
7	44	DAMS	Ret		1	Ret	1	31

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Total
1	50	Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	1	4	1	1	1	97
2	66	Atlas FX-Team FS	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8		6	2	Ret		25
3	70	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8		1				18
4	60	Matech Competition	Ford GT1	Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8		2				15
5	61	Matech Competition	Ford GT1	Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8		3				13
6	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Corvette C6.R	Corvette LS7.R 7.0 L V8		5				10
-	52	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12		Ret				0

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Total
1	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	1	1	3	1	5	87
2	95	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	3	3	2	4	12	66
3	96	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	Ret	2	1	5	1	59
4	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	2	8	5	7	10	55
5	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	7	5	10	3	6	47
6	91	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	Ret	6	8	2	4	40
7	94	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	5	11	6	8	9	38
8	85	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	8	7	9	9	7	38
9	90	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	4	15	11	12	13	33
10	92	JMW Motorsport	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	Ret	NC	4	6	3	30
11	78	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW S65B40 4.0 L V8	6	12			8	26
12	75	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	2	19
13	79	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0 L V8		4				18
14	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	Ret	10	7	10	Ret	17
15	86	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6				11		4
16	99	Gulf Team First	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10					11	4
17	98	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		13				3
18	93	JWA Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		14				3

Pos	Driver	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Points
1	Stéphane Sarrazin	4	2	1	4	2	78
2	Nicolas Lapierre	4	Ret	1	4	2	63
3	Rinaldo Capello	1	3			3	57
4	Vanina Ickx	6	8	3	3	6	55
	Franck Mailleux	6	8	3	3	6
	Pierre Ragues	6	8	3	3	6
5	Neel Jani	7	Ret	2	2	5	52
	Nicolas Prost	7	Ret	2	2	5
6	Allan McNish	1	3			Ret	45
7	Andrea Belicchi	3	6	4	Ret	10	44
	Jean-Christophe Boullion	3	6	4	Ret	10
8	Olivier Panis	4	Ret	1	4		39
9	Greg Mansell	8			1	7	34
	Leo Mansell	8			1	7
10	Adrián Fernández	2				NC	28
	Harold Primat	2				NC
	Stefan Mücke	2
11	Anthony Davidson		4			1	27
12	Guy Smith	3					23
13	Timo Bernhard		5			3	23
14	Sébastien Bourdais		1				18
	Simon Pagenaud		1
	Pedro Lamy		1
Source:[7]

Pos	Driver	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Points
1	Thomas Erdos	3	2	1	4	4	75
	Mike Newton	3	2	1	4	4
2	Jonny Kane	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	69
	Nick Leventis	1	Ret	Ret	1	1
	Danny Watts	1	Ret	Ret	1	1
3	Matthieu Lahaye	4	4	4	3	6	53
	Jacques Nicolet	4	4	4	3	6
4	Richard Hein	2	3	Ret	7	3	52
	Guillaume Moreau	2	3	Ret	7	3
5	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	5	Ret	2	5	8	46
	Karim Ojjeh	5	Ret	2	5	8
6	Miguel Amaral	Ret	1	Ret	2	2	44
	Olivier Pla	Ret	1	Ret	2	2
Source:[8]

Pos	Driver	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Points
1	Andrea Barlesi	3	Ret	2	1	4	59
	Gary Chalandon	3	Ret	2	1	4
2	Steve Zacchia	4	1	Ret	3	2	57
3	Alessandro Cicognani	3	Ret	2	1	4	46
4	Luca Moro	4	1	Ret	3	2	44
5	Dominik Kraihamer	Ret	2	3	4	5	41
	Nicolas de Crem	Ret	2	3	4	5
Source:[9]

Pos	Driver	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Points
1	Gabriele Gardel	1	4	1	1	1	97
	Patrice Goueslard	1	4	1	1	1
2	Fernando Rees		4	1	1	1	64
3	Julien Canal	1					33
4	Julien Schroyen		6	2	Ret		25
	Carlo van Dam		6	2	Ret
5	Bas Leinders		1				18
	Markus Palttala		1
Source:[10]

Pos	Driver	LEC	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL	Points
1	Marc Lieb	1	1	3	1	5	87
	Richard Lietz	1	1	3	1	5
2	Jean Alesi	3	3	2	4	12	66
	Giancarlo Fisichella	3	3	2	4	12
	Toni Vilander	3	3	2	4	12
3	Martin Ragginger	2	8	5	7	10	55
	Christian Ried	2	8	5	7	10
4	Gianmaria Bruni	Ret	2	1		1	50
	Jaime Melo	Ret	2	1		1
5	Patrick Pilet	7	5	10	3	6	47
	Raymond Narac	7	5	10	3	6
6	Andrew Kirkaldy	Ret	6	8	2	4	40
	Tim Mullen	Ret	6	8	2	4
7	Luis Pérez Companc	5	11	6	8	9	38
	Matías Russo	5	11	6	8	9
8	Peter Dumbreck	8	7	9	9	7	38
9	Patrick Long	2	8				35
Source:[11]

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