Le Mans Series 2010

The 2010 Le Mans Series season was the seventh season of the Le Mans Series hosted by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . It was held over five races in the period from April 10, 2010 to September 12, 2010. Stéphane Sarrazin won the title in the LMP1 class .

Racing calendar

Compared to the 2009 season, the 1000 km race in Barcelona was dropped in favor of an 8-hour race on the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet. The only run in Germany, the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , was replaced by a race on the Hungaroring in Budapest. In contrast to previous years, there were two races in 2010 that ended in the night, namely the race on the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve and the race on the Hungaroring. The usual pre-test on the Circuit Paul Ricard took place from March 7th to 8th. The season finale, 1000 km from Silverstone, also marked the start of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup .

No.	run	Racetrack	date
-	Official test drives	Circuit Paul Ricard	7th-8th March
1	8 hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	11 April
2	1000 kilometers from Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 9
3	Algarve 1000 km race	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	17th July
4th	1000 km race on the Hungaroring	Hungaroring	August 22nd
5	Silverstone 1000km race	Silverstone Circuit	12th September

Teams and drivers

LMP1

team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	Race participation
Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin LMP1	Aston Martin 6.0 liter V12	M.	007	Adrián Fernández
					Harold Primate
					Andrew Meyrick
Signature plus	Lola-Aston Martin LMP1	Aston Martin 6.0 liter V12	D.	008	Vanina Ickx
					Franck Mailleux
					Pierre Ragues
Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin LMP1	Aston Martin 6.0 liter V12	M.	009	Adrián Fernández
					Harold Primate
					Stefan Mücke
					Sam Hancock
					Juan Barazi
Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 l V12 turbo diesel	M.	1	Marc Gené
					Alexander Wurz
					Anthony Davidson
					Nicolas Minassian
				2	Franck Montagny
					Stéphane Sarrazin
				3	Sébastien Bourdais
					Pedro Lamy
					Simon Pagenaud
Team Oreca Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 l V12 turbo diesel	M.	4th	Stéphane Sarrazin
					Nicolas Lapierre
					Olivier Panis
					Loïc Duval
Beechdean Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 liter V8	D.	5	Nigel Mansell
					Greg Mansell
					Leo Mansell
AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5-l-V12	D.	6th	Didier André
					Soheil Ayari
					Loïc Duval
Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 l V10 turbodiesel	M.	7th	Rinaldo Capello
					Allan McNish
					Tom Kristensen
				8th	André Lotterer
					Benoît Tréluyer
					Marcel Fässler
					Rinaldo Capello
					Timo Bernhard
Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5 l V10 turbodiesel	M.	9	Timo Bernhard
					Romain Dumas
					Mike Rockenfeller
Drayson Racing	Lola B09 / 60	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5-l-V10	M.	11	Paul Drayson
					Jonny Cocker
Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	Judd 5.5-l-V10	M.	12	Neel Jani
					Nicolas Prost
				13	Andrea Belicchi
					Jean-Christophe Boullion
					Guy Smith
Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 l V8	D.	20th	Johnny Mowlem
					Tony Burgess
					Chris McMurry

LMP2

team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	Race participation
OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4-l-V8	D.	24	Matthieu Lahaye
					Jacques Nicolet
RML	Lola B08 / 80	HPD AL7R 3.4 l V8	D.	25th	Mike Newton
					Thomas Erdos
					Andy Wallace
					Ben Collins
Race performance	Radical SR9	Judd DB 3.4-l-V8	D.	27	Michel Frey
					Ralph Meichtry
					Tyler Dueck
					Pierre Bruneau
					Chris Buncombe
					Marc Rostan
Racing box	Lola B09 / 80	Judd DB 3.4-l-V8	P	29	Marco Cioci
					Luca Pirri
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini
				30th	Ferdinando Geri
					Andrea Piccini
					Giacomo Piccini
					Federico Leo
					Fabio Babini
RLR Msport	MG-Lola EX265	AER P07 2.0 liter turbo-R4	D.	31	Rob Garofall
					Barry Gates
					Warren Hughes
					Simon Phillips
OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4-l-V8	D.	35	Guillaume Moreau
					Richard Hein
Pegasus Racing	Courage-Oreca LC75	AER P07 2.0 l R4 turbo	D.	36	Julien Schell
					Frédéric Da Rocha
					Jean-Christophe Metz
WR / Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 l V8	D.	37	Philippe Salini
					Stéphane Salini
					Tristan Gommendy
KSM	Lola B08 / 47	Judd DB 3.4-l-V8	D.	39	Hideki Noda
					Jonathan Kennard
					Jean de Pourtales
					Lucas Ordoñez
Quifel ASM team	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S / 2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 l V8	D.	40	Miguel Amaral
					Olivier Pla
					Warren Hughes
Team Bruichladdich	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S / 2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 l V8	D.	41	Karim Ojjeh
					Thor-Christian Ebbesvik
					Tim Greaves
Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01c	HPD AL7R 3.4 l V8	M.	42	Danny Watts
					Nick Leventis
					Jonny Kane

FLM

team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	Race participation
DAMS	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2-liter V8	M.	43	Andrea Barlesi
					Gary Chalandon
					Alessandro Cicognani
				44	Luke Hines
					Edoardo Piscopo
					Dean Stirling
					Jody Firth
					Warren Hughes
					Darren Manning
Boutsen Energy Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2-liter V8	M.	45	Dominik Kraihamer
					Nicolas De Crem
					Bernard Delhez
JMB Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2-liter V8	M.	46	Maurice Basso
					John Hartshorne
					Peter Kutemann
Hope Polevision Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2-liter V8	M.	47	Luca Moro
					Steve Zacchia
					Wolfgang Kaufmann
					Olivier Lombard
				48	Vincent Capillaire
					Christophe Pillon
					Mathias Beche
					Nico Verdonck
					Charlie Hollings
Applewood Seven	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2-liter V8	M.	49	Damien Toulemonde
					Ross Zampatti
					David Zollinger
					Mathias Beche

LMGT1

team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	Race participation
Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7R	Ford 7.0 liter V8	M.	50	Gabriele Gardel
					Patrice Goueslard
					Julien Canal
					Fernando Rees
Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0 liter V12	M.	52	Tomáš Enge
					Christoffer Nygaard
					Stefan Mücke
Matech Competition	Ford GT1	Ford 5.3-liter V8	M.	60	Jonathan Hirschi
					Mathias Beche
					Thomas Mutsch
				61	Cyndie Allemann
					Rahel Frey
					Yann room
Atlas FX Team Full Speed	Saleen S7R	Ford 7.0 liter V8	M.	66	Julien Schroyen
					Carlo van Dam
					Adam Lacko
					Norbert Walchhofer
					Stéphane Lemeret
Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	Ford 5.3-liter V8	M.	70	Bas Leinders
					Markus Palttala
					Eric De Doncker
Luc Alphand Aventures	Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0-liter V8	D.	72	Stéphan Grégoire
					David Hart
					Julien Jousse

LMGT2

team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	Race participation
Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81 4.0-l-B6	M.	75	Marco Holzer
					Richard Westbrook
IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81 4.0-l-B6	M.	76	Raymond Narac
					Patrick Pilet
Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81 4.0-l-B6	M.	77	Marc Lieb
					Richard Lietz
BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0 l V8	D.	78	Jörg Müller
					Dirk Werner
					Uwe Alzen
				79	Dirk Mueller
					Augusto Farfus
					Andy Priaulx
Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0-liter V8	M.	85	Peter Dumbreck
					Tom Coronel
					Jeroen Bleekemolen
Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81 4.0-l-B6	M.	86	Horst Felbermayr Sr.
					Horst Felbermayr jun.
					Marco Seefried
				88	Martin Ragginger
					Christian Ried
					Patrick Long
					Wolf Henzler
					Romain Dumas
Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136 4.0-liter V8	H	89	Allan Simonsen
					Dominik Farnbacher
CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136 4.0-liter V8	M.	90	Pierre Ehret
					Phil Quaife
					Pierre Kaffer
				91	Andrew Kirkaldy
					Tim Mullen
JMW Motorsport	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5 liter V8	D.	92	Robert Bell
					Darren Turner
JWA Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81 4.0-l-B6	D.	93	Paul Daniels
					Oskar Slingerland
					Niki Lanik
AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136 4.0-liter V8	M.	94	Luís Pérez Companc
					Matias Russo
				95	Jean Alesi
					Giancarlo Fisichella
					Toni Vilander
				96	Gianmaria Bruni
					Jaime Melo
					Álvaro Barba
					Álvaro Parente
Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81 4.0-l-B6	M.	98	Niek Hommerson
					Louis Machiels
					Paul van Splunteren
Gulf Team First	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT2	Lamborghini 5.2-liter V10	D.	99	Fabien Giroix
					Roald Goethe

Race results

Overall winners are highlighted in bold .

No.	date	run	Winner team LMP1	Winner team LMP2	Winner team FLM	Winner team LMGT1	Winner team LMGT2
			Winner driver LMP1	Winner driver LMP2	Winner driver FLM	Winner driver LMGT1	Winner driver LMGT2
1	11 April	Le Castellet 8 h Le Castellet	# 7 Audi Sport Team Joest	# 42 Strakka Racing	# 49 Applewood Seven	# 50 Larbre Compétition	# 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton
			Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	Damien Toulemonde David Zollinger Ross Zampatti	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Julien Canal	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
2	May 9	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km Spa-Francorchamps	# 3 Team Peugeot Total	# 40 Quifel ASM team	# 47 Hope Polevision Racing	# 70 Marc VDS Racing	# 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton
			Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Steve Zacchia Wolfgang businessman Luca Moro	Bas Leinders Markus Palttala Eric De Doncker	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
3	17th July	Algarve 1000 km Algarve	# 4 Team Oreca Matmut	# 25 RML	# 44 DAMS	# 50 Larbre Compétition	# 96 AF Corse
			Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Ben Collins	Jody Firth Warren Hughes	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Gianmaria Bruni , Jaime Melo
4th	August 22nd	Budapest 1000 km Budapest	# 5 Beechdean Mansell	# 42 Strakka Racing	# 43 DAMS	# 50 Larbre Compétition	# 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton
			Greg Mansell Leo Mansell	Jonny Kane Nick Leventis Danny Watts	Andrea Barlesi Gary Chalandon Alessandro Cicognani	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
5	12th September	Silverstone 1000 km Silverstone	# 1 Team Peugeot Total	# 42 Strakka Racing	# 44 DAMS	# 50 Larbre Compétition	# 96 AF Corse
			Nicolas Minassian Anthony Davidson	Jonny Kane Nick Leventis Danny Watts	Jody Firth Warren Hughes	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Gianmaria Bruni , Jaime Melo

Ratings

At each race, points were given to all participants who could finish the race. Participants who were unable to complete the race or who did not cover the required 70 percent of the race distance to be classified did not receive any points. In each class, a bonus point was awarded for pole position and the fastest race lap . Participants who changed the engine before the required two races contested received two minus points. For every further engine change before two races, four additional minus points followed. With a race distance of over 1500 kilometers, the number of points awarded in the race doubled.

Point system
Race distance	position												Pole position	Fastest race lap
	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	From 12
1000 km	15th	13	11	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	1	1
Over 1500 km	30th	26th	22nd	18th	16	14th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1	2

Team evaluation

The top two teams in the LMP1, LMP2 and LMGT2 classes received an automatic invitation to the 2011 Le Mans 24-hour race , provided the team took part in all the races in the 2010 Le Mans Series season. Teams in the LMGT1 class did not receive an invitation as the class was abolished at the end of the year.

LMP1

space	No.	team	chassis	engine	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
1	4th	Team Oreca Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi	21st	0	18th	10	14th	63
2	008	Signature plus	Lola-Aston Martin LMP1	Aston Martin	16	7th	12	12	8th	55
3	12	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	Judd	14th	0	15th	14th	9	53
4th	7th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI	3	12			1	45
5	13	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	Judd	23	8th	9	1	3	44
6th	009	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin LMP1	Aston Martin	28				10	38
7th	5	Beechdean Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB	Zytek ZJ458	12			16	6th	36
8th	1	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi		11			16	27
9	8th	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI		8th			13	21st
10	3	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi		18th				18th
11	6th	AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5	17th					17th
12	2	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi		15th				15th
13	9	Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI	Audi TDI		10				10
14th	11	Drayson Racing	Lola B09 / 60	Judd GV5.5 S2					7th	7th
15th	20th	Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458					6th	6th
-	007	Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin LMP1	Aston Martin					0	0

LMP2

space	No.	team	chassis	engine	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
1	25th	RML	Lola B08 / 80	HPD AL7R	24	15th	16	10	10	75
2	42	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01c	HPD AL7R	33	1	1	17th	17th	69
3	24	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB	19th	10	8th	10	6th	53
4th	35	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB	27	11	−1	5	10	52
5	41	Team Bruichladdich	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB / 2	Zytek ZG348	18th	0	14th	9	5	46
6th	40	Quifel ASM team	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB / 2	Zytek ZG348	0	17th	0	13	14th	44
7th	30th	Racing box	Lola B09 / 80	Judd DB	16	10		4th	9	39
8th	36	Pegasus Racing	Courage-Oreca LC75	AER P07	14th	8th	12	0	0	34
9	39	KSM	Lola B08 / 47	Judd DB	12	0			5	17th
10	27	Race performance	Radical SR9	Judd DB	0	8th		5	4th	17th
11	29	Racing box	Lola B09 / 80	Judd DB	0			8th	7th	15th
12	31	RLR Msport	MG-Lola EX265	AER P07				7th	0	7th
-	37	WR / Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348	0					0

FLM

space	No.	team	chassis	engine	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
1	43	DAMS	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	22nd	0	13	15th	9	59
2	47	Hope Polevision Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	18th	15th	0	11	13	57
3	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	0	13	11	9	8th	41
4th	46	JMB Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	0	11	9	13	7th	40
5	48	Hope Polevision Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	26th	1	0		12	39
6th	49	Applewood Seven	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	30th	0	1	1		32
7th	44	DAMS	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3	1		15th	0	15th	31

LMGT1

space	No.	team	chassis	engine	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
1	50	Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7R	ford	33	11	17th	18th	18th	97
2	66	Atlas FX Team Full Speed	Saleen S7R	ford		9	16	0		25th
3	70	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	ford		18th				18th
4th	60	Matech Competition	Ford GT1	ford		15th				15th
5	61	Matech Competition	Ford GT1	ford		13				13
6th	72	Luc Alphand Aventures	Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R		10				10
-	52	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin		0				0

LMGT2

space	No.	team	chassis	engine	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
1	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81	32	17th	13	16	9	87
2	95	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136	24	13	15th	11	3	66
3	96	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136	1	16	18th	9	15th	59
4th	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81	28	7th	9	7th	4th	55
5	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81	14th	10	4th	12	7th	47
6th	91	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136	0	9	7th	14th	10	40
7th	94	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136	18th	4th	7th	5	4th	38
8th	85	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi	12	8th	6th	5	7th	38
9	90	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136	20th	3	4th	3	3	33
10	92	JMW Motorsport	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin	0	0	10	8th	12	30th
11	78	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW	16	3			7th	26th
12	75	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81	0	6th	0	0	13	19th
13	79	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW		11			7th	18th
14th	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari F136	0	5	7th	4th	0	17th
15th	86	Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81				4th		4th
16	99	Gulf Team First	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT2	Lamborghini					4th	4th
17th	93	JWA Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81		3				3
18th	98	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche M97 / 81		3				3

Web links

Commons : Le Mans Series Season 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Le Mans Series (English, French)