2010 Le Mans Series

7th season of sports car racing series 2010 Le Mans Series 2009 2011 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. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80164 Formula Le Mans to join LMS Field Autosport 2009-11-15 2009-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20091118015025/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80164 18 November 2009 live 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. 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. http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s03_actualites/s03p02_detail_actualite.php?news=1224 2010 Provisional Calendar Le Mans Series 2009-10-27 2009-10-27 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 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. http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s03_actualites/s03p02_detail_actualite.php?news=1246 2010 Calendar Le Mans Series 2009-12-05 2009-12-09 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The 1000 km of Silverstone was also part of the inaugural Le Mans Intercontinental Cup for LMP1s, http://www.lemans.org/files/pages/articles_gb.html The ACO launches the "2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup" Automobile Club de l'Ouest 2009-12-08 2009-12-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20090724235110/http://www.lemans.org/files/pages/articles_gb.html 2009-07-24 dead 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; http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s02_corporate/2010_lms_reglement_sportif_GB.pdf 2010 Sporting Regulations Le Mans Series 2009-12-18 2010-07-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110106123051/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s02_corporate/2010_lms_reglement_sportif_GB.pdf 2011-01-06 dead 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 FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 7–9 March 1 8 Hours of Castellet FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 11 April 2 1000 km of Spa BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 9 May 3 1000 km of Algarve PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal 17 July 4 1000 km of Hungaroring HUN Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 22 August 5 Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone GBR Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom 12 September Teams and drivers July 2026 Season results 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 DEU No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest GBR No. 42 Strakka Racing FRA No. 49 Applewood Seven FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition DEU No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Results GBR Allan McNishITA Rinaldo Capello GBR Danny WattsGBR Nick LeventisGBR Jonny Kane FRA Damien ToulemondeFRA David ZollingerAUS Ross Zampatti CHE Gabriele GardelFRA Patrice GoueslardFRA Julien Canal DEU Marc LiebAUT Richard Lietz 2 Spa FRA No.3 Team Peugeot Total PRT No. 40 Quifel-ASM Team CHE No. 47 Hope Polevision Racing BEL No. 70 Marc VDS Racing Team DEU No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Results FRA Sébastien BourdaisPRT Pedro LamyFRA Simon Pagenaud PRT Miguel AmaralFRA Olivier Pla DEU Wolfgang KaufmannCHE Steve ZacchiaITA Luca Moro BEL Eric De DonckerBEL Bas LeindersFIN Markus Palttala DEU Marc LiebAUT Richard Lietz 3 Algarve FRA No. 4 Team Oreca Matmut GBR No. 25 RML FRA No. 44 DAMS FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition ITA No. 96 AF Corse Results FRA Olivier PanisFRA Nicolas LapierreFRA Stéphane Sarrazin GBR Mike NewtonBRA Thomas ErdosGBR Ben Collins GBR Jody FirthGBR Warren Hughes CHE Gabriele GardelFRA Patrice GoueslardBRA Fernando Rees ITA Gianmaria BruniBRA Jaime Melo 4 Hungaroring GBR No. 5 Beechdean Mansell GBR No. 42 Strakka Racing FRA No. 43 DAMS FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition DEU No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Results GBR Greg MansellGBR Leo Mansell GBR Nick LeventisGBR Danny WattsGBR Jonny Kane BEL Andrea BarlesiITA Alessandro CicognaniFRA Gary Chalandon CHE Gabriele GardelFRA Patrice GoueslardBRA Fernando Rees DEU Marc LiebAUT Richard Lietz 5 Silverstone FRA No. 1 Team Peugeot Total GBR No. 42 Strakka Racing FRA No. 44 DAMS FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition ITA No. 96 AF Corse Results FRA Nicolas MinassianGBR Anthony Davidson GBR Danny WattsGBR Jonny KaneGBR Nick Leventis GBR Jody FirthGBR Warren Hughes CHE Gabriele GardelFRA Patrice GoueslardBRA Fernando Rees ITA Gianmaria BruniBRA 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 http://www.lemanseries.com/en/s03_actualites/s03p02_detail_actualite.php?news=1241 Regulations evolution Automobile Club de l'Ouest Le Mans Series 2009-11-27 2010-04-12 September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Race Distance Position Pole Position Fastest Lap 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th And Lower 1000 km 15 13 11 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Over 1500 km 30 26 22 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 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 thumb|right|With one victory over the season, Team Oreca Matmut won the LMP1 teams title. Pos No. Team Chassis Engine LECFRA SPABEL ALGPRT HUNHUN SILGBR Total 1 4 FRA Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) 4 Ret 1 4 2 63 2 008 FRA Signature Plus Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 6 8 3 3 6 55 3 12 CHE Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Rebellion 5.5 L V10 7 Ret 2 2 5 52 4 7 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel) 1 3 Ret 45 5 13 CHE Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 Rebellion 5.5 L V10 3 6 4 Ret 10 44 6 009 GBR Aston Martin Racing Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 2 4 38 7 5 GBR Beechdean Mansell Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8 8 1 7 34 8 1 FRA Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) 4 1 27 9 8 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel) 8 3 21 10 3 FRA Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) 1 18 11 6 FRA AIM Team Oreca Matmut Oreca 01 AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10 5 17 12 2 FRA Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) 2 15 13 9 DEU Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel) 5 10 14 11 GBR Drayson Racing Lola B09/60 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 8 7 15 20 GBR Team LNT Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8 9 6 - 007 GBR Aston Martin Racing Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 NC 0 LMP2 Standings thumb|right|RML, and drivers Thomas Erdos and Mike Newton, won their respective LMP2 class championships. Pos No. Team Chassis Engine LECFRA SPABEL ALGPRT HUNHUN SILGBR Total 1 25 GBR RML Lola B08/80 HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8 3 2 1 4 4 75 2 42 GBR Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01C HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8 1 Ret Ret 1 1 69 3 24 FRA OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 4 4 4 3 6 53 4 35 FRA OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 2 3 Ret 7 3 52 1 penalty point 5 41 GBR Team Bruichladdich Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 5 Ret 2 5 8 46 6 40 PRT Quifel ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 44 7 30 ITA Racing Box Lola B09/80 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 6 5 10 5 39 8 36 FRA Pegasus Racing Courage LC75 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 7 6 3 Ret Ret 34 9 39 DEU KSM Motorsport Lola B08/47 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 8 Ret 9 17 10 27 CHE Race Performance Radical SR9 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 Ret 7 9 10 17 11 29 ITA Racing Box Lola B09/80 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 Ret 6 7 15 12 31 GBR RLR MSport MG-Lola EX265 AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 8 NC 7 - 37 FRA WR / Salini WR LMP2008 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 Ret 0 FLM Standings All teams in the Formula Le Mans category utilized the Oreca FLM09 chassis and General Motors LS3 6.3 L V8. Pos No. Team LECFRA SPABEL ALGPRT HUNHUN SILGBR Total 1 43 FRA DAMS 3 Ret 2 1 4 59 2 47 CHE Hope Polevision Racing 4 1 Ret 3 2 57 3 45 BEL Boutsen Energy Racing Ret 2 3 4 5 41 4 46 MCO JMB Racing Ret 3 4 2 6 40 5 48 CHE Hope Polevision Racing 2 Ret Ret 3 39 6 49 FRA Applewood Seven 1 Ret Ret Ret 32 7 44 FRA DAMS Ret 1 Ret 1 31 GT1 Standings Pos No. Team Chassis Engine LECFRA SPABEL ALGPRT HUNHUN SILGBR Total 1 50 FRA Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 1 4 1 1 1 97 2 66 AUT Atlas FX-Team FS Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 6 2 Ret 25 3 70 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team Ford GT1 Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8 1 18 4 60 CHE Matech Competition Ford GT1 Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8 2 15 5 61 CHE Matech Competition Ford GT1 Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8 3 13 6 72 FRA Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R Corvette LS7.R 7.0 L V8 5 10 - 52 DEU Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 Ret 0 GT2 Standings thumb|right|Felbermayr-Proton won the GT2 class title for the second successive season, with drivers Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz. Pos No. Team Chassis Engine LECFRA SPABEL ALGPRT HUNHUN SILGBR Total 1 77 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 1 1 3 1 5 87 2 95 ITA AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 3 3 2 4 12 66 3 96 ITA AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 Ret 2 1 5 1 59 4 88 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 2 8 5 7 10 55 5 76 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 7 5 10 3 6 47 6 91 GBR CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 Ret 6 8 2 4 40 7 94 ITA AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 5 11 6 8 9 38 8 85 NLD Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R Audi 4.0 L V8 8 7 9 9 7 38 9 90 GBR CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 4 15 11 12 13 33 10 92 GBR JMW Motorsport Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 Ret NC 4 6 3 30 11 78 DEU BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 GT2 BMW S65B40 4.0 L V8 6 12 8 26 12 75 BEL Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 Ret 9 Ret Ret 2 19 13 79 DEU BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0 L V8 4 18 14 89 DEU Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8 Ret 10 7 10 Ret 17 15 86 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 11 4 16 99 ARE Gulf Team First Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10 11 4 17 98 BEL Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 13 3 18 93 GBR JWA Racing Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 14 3 Drivers Championships LMP1 Standings Pos DriverLECFRASPABELALGPRTHUNHUNSILGBR Points 1 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin42142 78 2 FRA Nicolas Lapierre4Ret142 63 3 ITA Rinaldo Capello133 57 4 BEL Vanina Ickx68336 55 FRA Franck Mailleux68336 FRA Pierre Ragues68336 5 CHE Neel Jani7Ret225 52 FRA Nicolas Prost7Ret225 6 GBR Allan McNish13Ret 45 7 ITA Andrea Belicchi364Ret10 44 FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion364Ret10 8 FRA Olivier Panis4Ret14 39 9 GBR Greg Mansell817 34 GBR Leo Mansell817 10 MEX Adrián Fernández2NC 28 CHE Harold Primat2NC DEU Stefan Mücke2 11 GBR Anthony Davidson41 27 12 GBR Guy Smith3 23 13 DEU Timo Bernhard53 23 14 FRA Sébastien Bourdais1 18 FRA Simon Pagenaud1 PRT Pedro Lamy1Source:2010 Le Mans Series - LMP1 2010 standings https://legacy.driverdb.com/championships/standings/le-mans-series-lmp1/2010/ 26 November 2025 legacy.driverdb.com LMP2 Standings Pos DriverLECFRASPABELALGPRTHUNHUNSILGBR Points 1 BRA Thomas Erdos32144 75 GBR Mike Newton32144 2 GBR Jonny Kane1RetRet11 69 GBR Nick Leventis1RetRet11 GBR Danny Watts1RetRet11 3 FRA Matthieu Lahaye44436 53 FRA Jacques Nicolet44436 4 FRA Richard Hein23Ret73 52 1 penalty point FRA Guillaume Moreau23Ret73 5 NOR Thor-Christian Ebbesvik5Ret258 46 SAU Karim Ojjeh5Ret258 6 PRT Miguel AmaralRet1Ret22 44 FRA Olivier PlaRet1Ret22Source:2010 Le Mans Series - LMP2 2010 standings https://legacy.driverdb.com/championships/standings/le-mans-series-lmp1/2010/ 26 November 2025 legacy.driverdb.com FLM Standings Pos DriverLECFRASPABELALGPRTHUNHUNSILGBR Points 1 BEL Andrea Barlesi3Ret214 59 FRA Gary Chalandon3Ret214 2 CHE Steve Zacchia41Ret32 57 3 ITA Alessandro Cicognani3Ret214 46 4 ITA Luca Moro41Ret32 44 5 AUT Dominik KraihamerRet2345 41 BEL Nicolas de CremRet2345Source:2010 Formula Le Mans - 2010 standings https://legacy.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-le-mans/2010/ 26 November 2025 legacy.driverdb.com GT1 Standings Pos DriverLECFRASPABELALGPRTHUNHUNSILGBR Points 1 CHE Gabriele Gardel14111 97 FRA Patrice Goueslard14111 2 BRA Fernando Rees4111 64 3 FRA Julien Canal1 33 4 BEL Julien Schroyen62Ret 25 NLD Carlo van Dam62Ret 5 BEL Bas Leinders1 18 FIN Markus Palttala1Source:2010 Le Mans Series - LMGT1 2010 standings https://legacy.driverdb.com/championships/standings/le-mans-series-lmgt1/2010/ 26 November 2025 legacy.driverdb.com GT2 Standings Pos DriverLECFRASPABELALGPRTHUNHUNSILGBR Points 1 DEU Marc Lieb11315 87 AUT Richard Lietz11315 2 FRA Jean Alesi332412 66 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella332412 FIN Toni Vilander332412 3 AUT Martin Ragginger285710 55 DEU Christian Ried285710 4 ITA Gianmaria BruniRet211 50 BRA Jaime MeloRet211 5 FRA Patrick Pilet751036 47 FRA Raymond Narac751036 6 GBR Andrew KirkaldyRet6824 40 GBR Tim MullenRet6824 7 ARG Luis Pérez Companc511689 38 ARG Matías Russo511689 8 GBR Peter Dumbreck87997 38 9 USA Patrick Long28 35Source:2010 Le Mans Series - LMGT2 2010 standings https://legacy.driverdb.com/championships/standings/le-mans-series-lmgt2/2010/ 26 November 2025 legacy.driverdb.com References External links Le Mans Series Le Mans Series Category:European Le Mans Series seasons European Le Mans Series