Algarve 1000 km race 2010

Autódromo Internacional do Algarve

The Algarve 1000 km race 2010 , also known as 1000 Km do Algarve , took place on July 17th at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve and was the third round of the Le Mans Series of this year.

The race

Thanks to the absence of the Peugeot and Audi factory cars , the Oreca team achieved a clear overall victory. Olivier Panis , Stéphane Sarrazin and Nicolas Lapierre won the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP by five laps over the Lola B10 / 60 driven by Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	4th	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Lapierre	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	215
2	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Lola B10 / 60	210
3	LMP1	008	Signature Plus	Franck Mailleux Vanina Ickx Pierre Ragues	Lola Aston Martin DBR1	209
4th	LMP2	25th	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Ben Collins	Lola B08 / 80	201
5	LMP2	41	Team Bruichladdich	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik Karim Ojjeh Tim Greaves	Ginetta-Zytek 09S	193
6th	FLM	44	DAMS	Warren Hughes Jody Firth	Oreca FLM09	193
7th	GT2	96	AF Corse	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GTC	192
8th	FLM	43	DAMS	Alessandro Cicognani Gary Chalandon Andrea Barlesi	Oreca FLM09	191
9	GT2	95	AF Corse	Jean Alesi Toni Vilander Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari F430 GTC	191
10	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr Proton	Richard Lietz Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	191
11	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Darren Turner	Aston Martin V8 Vantage	190
12	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr Proton	Martin Ragginger Wolf Henzler Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	190
13	GT2	94	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GTC	190
14th	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GTC	189
15th	GT2	91	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GTC	189
16	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Jeroen Bleekemolen Peter Dumbreck	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	188
17th	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	188
18th	GT2	90	CRS Racing	Pierre Kaffer Phil Quaife Pierre Ehret	Ferrari F430 GTC	187
19th	FLM	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Nicolas De Crem Bernard Delhez	Oreca FLM09	187
20th	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Jean-Christophe Boullion Andrea Belicchi	Lola B10 / 60	186
21st	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Saleen S7-R	184
22nd	LMP2	36	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell Frédéric Da Rocha	Courage-Oreca LC75	179
23	FLM	46	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Maurice Basso John Hartshorne	Oreca FLM09	175
24	GT1	66	Atlas FX Team Full Speed	Carlo van Dam Julian Schroyen Norbert Walchhofer	Saleen S7-R	171
25th	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet	Pescarolo 01 Evo	153
Failed
26th	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Jonny Kane Danny Watts Nick Leventis	HPD ARX-01c	120
27	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Richard Hein Guillaume Moreau	Pescarolo 01 Evo	91
28	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM team	Olivier Pla Miguel Amaral	Ginetta-Zytek 09S	91
29	GT2	75	Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	38
30th	FLM	49	Applewood Seven	Damien Toulemonde Mathias Beche	Oreca FLM09	26th
31	FLM	47	Hope Polevision Racing	Olivier Lombard Steve Zacchia Luca Moro	Oreca FLM09	3
32	FLM	48	Hope Polevision Racing	Nico Verdonck Christophe Pillon Vincent Capillaire	Oreca FLM09	1

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
42	LMP2	39	KSM	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda Jonathan Kennard	Lola B08 / 47

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Olivier Panis	Stéphane Sarrazin	Nicolas Lapierre	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Overall victory
LMP2	Thomas Erdos	Mike Newton	Ben Collins	Lola B08 / 80	Rank 4
FLM	Warren Hughes	Jody Firth		Oreca FLM09	Rank 6
GT1	Patrice Goueslard	Gabriele Gardel	Fernando Rees	Saleen S7-R	Rank 21
GT2	Gianmaria Bruni	Jaime Melo		Ferrari F430 GTC	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 42
• Started: 41
• Valued: 25
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: dry, falling darkness at the end of the race
• Route length: 4.665 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 48: 30.820 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 215
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.975 km
• Winner's average: 172.302 km / h
• Pole position: Nicolas Lapierre - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 4) - 1: 30.681 = 184.802 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Olivier Panis - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 4) - 1: 32.375 = 181.413 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the Le Mans Series 2010

Web links

• Official website of the Le Mans Series
• Results

Previous race 1000 km at Spa-Francorchamps 2010

Le Mans Series

Successor 1000 km race on the Hungaroring 2010