Zhuhai 1000 km race in 2010

Start of the 1000 km race

Last factory run of the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

The Zhuhai 1000 km race 2010 , also called Zhuhai 1000 kms China, Zhuhai , took place on November 7th at the Zhuhai International Circuit and was the only championship run of the Asian Le Mans Series this year.

Before the race

As in 2009 , the Asian Le Mans Series consisted of only one race in 2010 , as the 1000 km race in Shanghai was canceled again. However, the race was also part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, which was held for the first time . The cup comprised one race each from the European , American and Asian Le Mans Series. After the 1000 km race at Silverstone and the Petit Le Mans , the Zhuhai race was the third and last of the cup.

The race

Both Peugeot and Audi each brought two works cars to China . The large Peugeot works driver squad made it possible to fill the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP with new driver pairings. Sébastien Bourdais drove the number 1 car with Simon Pagenaud . The vehicle with the number 2 was driven by Franck Montagny and Stéphane Sarrazin . Allan McNish / Tom Kristensen and Romain Dumas / Rinaldo Capello sat in the two Audi R15 TDI cars used by Joest Racing . In qualifying, Stéphane Sarrazin was the fastest in the Peugeot. With a time of 1: 21.8689 minutes, he was 1.2 seconds faster than Allan McNish in the best-placed Audi, who was third overall. In between was the second Peugeot with Bourdais at the wheel.

In the race, the difference between the two Peugeots and the Audis was far smaller than in practice. The different racing strategies meant that the lead changed between the Peugeot with the number 2 (Montagny / Sarrazin) and the two Audis after each refueling stop. The second Peugeot fell back after a collision while lapping. The decision was made on lap 219, when Sarrazin came to the pits for a final splash-and-dash stop and then just kept the lead over Tom Kristensen's Audi. In the last 13 laps he was able to fend off Kristensen's attempts to overtake and won with a lead of four seconds.

It was the 19th overall victory of the Peugeot 908 HDi Fap, which the works team fielded for the last time in Zhuhai. In 2011 the model was replaced by the Peugeot 908 , only Oreca contested a few races with the 908 HDi FAP in 2011.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	2	Team Peugeot Total	Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	232
2	LMP1	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R15 TDI	232
3	LMP1	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Rinaldo Capello Romain Dumas	Audi R15 TDI	232
4th	LMP1	1	Team Peugeot Total	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP	229
5	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue	Pescarolo 01 Evo	206
6th	GTH	92	Porsche AG	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3 R Hybrid	206
7th	GT2	78	BMW Team Schnitzer	Dirk Werner Jörg Müller	BMW M3	202
8th	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr Proton	Richard Lietz Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	202
9	FLM	47	Hope Polevision Racing SA	Steve Zacchia Shan Qi Zhang Jeffrey Lee	Oreca FLM09	201
10	GT2	95	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GTC	199
11	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr Proton	Gianluca Roda Martin Ragginger Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	192
12	GTC	98	KK performance	Marchy Lee Alex Yoong Matthew Marsh	Audi R8 LMS	192
13	GT2	90	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Phil Quaife Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GTC	191
14th	LMP1	23	Tokai University YGK Power	Shogo Mitsuyama Shigekazu Wakisaka	Courage-Oreca LC70	190
15th	GT2	99	Gulf Team First	Fabien Giroix Roald Goethe	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	187
16	GTC	91	Team Hong Kong Racing	Philip Ma Mathias Beche	Aston Martin DBRS9	172
17th	GTC	97	United Autosports	Henri Richard Allan Li	Audi R8 LMS	171
18th	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Laurent Groppi Pedro Lamy	Saleen S7-R	170
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19th	GTC	96	United Autosports	Danny Watts Richard Mine Frank Yu	Audi R8 LMS	168
20th	LMP1	11	Drayson Racing	Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson	Lola B09 / 60	141
21st	GT2	75	Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook Darryl O'Young	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	119
22nd	GT1	69	JLOC	Hiroyuki Iiri Yūhi Sekiguchi Yuya Sakamoto	Lamborghini Murcielago	10
23	GT2	81	Jaguar RSR	Marc Goossens Paul Gentilozzi	Jaguar XKRS	10

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
24	LMP2	29	MIK Corse	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Luca Pirri	Lola B09 / 80
25th	LMP2	30th	MIK Corse	Ferdinando Geri Fabio Babini	Lola B09 / 80
26th	GT1	66	Atlas eFX-Team FS	Carlo van Dam	Saleen S7-R
27	GT1	82	Jaguar RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Tomy Drissi	Jaguar XKRS

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Franck Montagny	Stéphane Sarrazin		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Overall victory
LMP2	Jacques Nicolet	Frédéric Da Rocha	Patrice Lafargue	Pescarolo 01 Evo	Rank 5
FLM	Steve Zacchia	Shan Qi Zhang	Jeffrey Lee	Oreca FLM09	Rank 9
GT1	Patrick Bornhauser	Laurent Groppi	Pedro Lamy	Saleen S7-R	Rank 18
GT2	Jörg Müller	Dirk Mueller		BMW M3	Rank 7
GTC	Marchy Lee	Alex Yoong	Matthew Marsh	Audi R8 LMS	Rank 12
GTH	Jörg Bergmeister	Patrick Long		Porsche 997 GT3 R Hybrid	Rank 6

Racing data

• Registered: 27
• Started: 23
• Valued: 18
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4,319 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 35: 39.053 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 232
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.008 km
• Winner's average: 179.116 km / h
• Pole position: Stéphane Sarrazin - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 2) - 1: 21.868 = 189.920 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Franck Montagny - Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (# 2) - 1: 22.296 = 188.933 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the Asian Le Mans Series 2010
• Racing series: 2nd round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 2010

Web links

Commons : Zhuhai 1000 km race 2010  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race report
• Results

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