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2010 FIA GT1 Paul Ricard round

Circuit Paul Ricard (1C-V2)

The 2010 FIA GT1 Paul Ricard round was an auto racing event held at the Paul Ricard HTTT, Le Castellet, France on 2–4 June. The Paul Ricard event was the fourth round of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season. The 5.81 km circuit had previously been utilized by the FIA as a test circuit for all manufacturers as part of FIA GT1's balance of performance, and was also used by the FIA GT Championship in 2009. Support series for the event include the FIA GT3 European Championship, the GT4 European Cup, and the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo.

Background

Success Ballast	Entry	Ballast
No. 5 Matech Competition	40 kg
No. 7 Young Driver AMR	30 kg
No. 13 Phoenix Racing / Carsport	20 kg
No. 23 Sumo Power GT	20 kg

After three rounds of the championship, Romain Grosjean and Thomas Mutsch of Matech once again lead the Drivers Championship for the first time since their victory in Abu Dhabi to start the season. Grosjean and Mutsch lead the Vitaphone pair of Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini by twelve points. In the Teams Championship however it is Vitaphone who are on top but are carrying only a four-point margin over Matech. Also, following a fire at Silverstone, Phoenix is once again down to a single Corvette, reducing the series grid to 23. Defending GT1 class race winner Enrique Bernoldi, who won the 2009 FIA GT event in a Corvette, is also part of the 2010 field with Vitaphone Maserati.

Following the previous round in Brno, performance balancing modifications were published by the FIA which affected four manufacturers. The affected four, Corvette, Maserati, Ford, and Aston Martin, all had weight added to their minimum requirement in order to retard their performance potential, with Maserati having the most dramatic change with 55 kg added to their minimum. Further, the Fords also had their air restrictors reduced in size in order to decrease engine power. In addition to performance balancing weight additions, four teams had success ballast further added following their performances at the Brno round. Brno Championship Racing winners Romain Grosjean and Thomas Mutsch in the No. 5 Matech Ford will carry 40 kg of ballast for the second time this season, while the No. 7 Young Driver Aston Martin, No. 13 Phoenix Corvette, and No. 23 Sumo Power Nissan are also carrying with ballast.

Qualifying

Vitaphone Maserati drivers Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini earned their second consecutive pole position in FIA GT1 by setting a lap time over half a second faster than any other competitor in the third qualifying session. Peter Kox and Christopher Haase gave Lamborghini their first front row start in FIA GT1 by taking second.

Qualifying result

For qualifying, Driver 1 participates in the first and third sessions while Driver 2 participates in only the second session. The fastest lap for each session is indicated with bold.

Pos	No.	Driver 1	Team	Session 1	Session 2
1	ITA Andrea Bertolini	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	2:04.189	2:04.469	2:03.511
DEU Michael Bartels
24	NLD Peter Kox	DEU Reiter	2:04.729	2:05.098	2:04.028
DEU Christopher Haase
23	DEU Michael Krumm	GBR Sumo Power GT	2:03.785	2:04.659	2:04.392
GBR Peter Dumbreck
11	NLD Mike Hezemans	BEL Mad-Croc Racing	2:04.716	2:04.139	2:04.438
NLD Xavier Maassen
22	GBR Warren Hughes	GBR Sumo Power GT	2:04.541	2:05.035	2:04.701
GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter
37	FRA Christophe Bouchut	DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	2:04.543	2:05.053	2:04.993
DEU Marc Basseng
38	DEU Dominik Schwager	DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	2:05.097	2:05.065	2:05.058
NLD Nicky Pastorelli
8	DNK Christoffer Nygaard	DEU Young Driver AMR	2:05.124	2:05.139	No Time
DEU Stefan Mücke
33	DEU Altfrid Heger	DEU Triple H Team Hegersport	2:05.139	2:05.202
GRC Alexandros Margaritis
2	BRA Enrique Bernoldi	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	2:04.339	2:05.206
PRT Miguel Ramos
13	ITA Andrea Piccini	DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport	2:03.924	2:05.360
DEU Marc Hennerici
34	ITA Matteo Bobbi	DEU Triple H Team Hegersport	2:04.383	2:05.664
BEL Bert Longin
25	BRA Ricardo Zonta	DEU Reiter	2:04.187	2:06.058
BRA Rafael Daniel
6	FRA Olivier Panis	CHE Matech Competition	2:04.624	2:06.110
CHE Natacha Gachnang
5	FRA Romain Grosjean	CHE Matech Competition	2:05.102	2:06.414
DEU Thomas Mutsch
4	JPN Seiji Ara	CHE Swiss Racing Team	2:04.945	2:07.320
SWE Max Nilsson
7	GBR Darren Turner	DEU Young Driver AMR	2:05.189
CZE Tomáš Enge
40	BEL Bas Leinders	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	2:05.262
BEL Maxime Martin
9	FRA Frédéric Makowiecki	FRA Hexis AMR	2:05.330
FRA Thomas Accary
12	GBR Oliver Gavin	BEL Mad-Croc Racing	2:05.334
FIN Pertti Kuismanen
3	AUT Karl Wendlinger	CHE Swiss Racing Team	2:05.387
CHE Henri Moser
10	CHE Jonathan Hirschi	FRA Hexis AMR	2:05.637
MCO Clivio Piccione
41	BEL Renaud Kuppens	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	2:05.703
FIN Markus Palttala

Races

Qualifying race

Race result

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers
DNF
1	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini	Maserati	27
24	DEU Reiter	NLD Peter Kox
DEU Christopher Haase	Lamborghini	27	−5.569
22	GBR Sumo Power GT	GBR Warren Hughes
GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	27	−7.798
11	BEL Mad-Croc Racing	NLD Xavier Maassen
NLD Mike Hezemans	Corvette	27	−10.639
2	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	PRT Miguel Ramos
BRA Enrique Bernoldi	Maserati	27	−12.821
13	DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport	DEU Marc Hennerici
ITA Andrea Piccini	Corvette	27	−16.527
5	CHE Matech Competition	DEU Thomas Mutsch
CHE Romain Grosjean	Ford	27	−31.121
33	DEU Triple H Team Hegersport	DEU Altfrid Heger
GRC Alexandros Margaritis	Maserati	27	−35.443
23	GBR Sumo Power GT	GBR Peter Dumbreck
DEU Michael Krumm	Nissan	27	−37.236
7	DEU Young Driver AMR	CZE Tomáš Enge
GBR Darren Turner	Aston Martin	27	−45.843
9	FRA Hexis AMR	FRA Frédéric Makowiecki
FRA Thomas Accary	Aston Martin	27	−46.941
4	CHE Swiss Racing Team	SWE Max Nilsson
JPN Seiji Ara	Nissan	27	−50.362
25	DEU Reiter	BRA Ricardo Zonta
BRA Rafael Daniel	Lamborghini	27	−59.155
34	DEU Triple H Team Hegersport	BEL Bert Longin
ITA Matteo Bobbi	Maserati	27	−1:03.030
38	DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	NLD Nicky Pastorelli
DEU Dominik Schwager	Lamborghini	27	−1:12.297
37	DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	DEU Marc Basseng
FRA Christophe Bouchut	Lamborghini	27	−1:13.153
10	FRA Hexis AMR	MCO Clivio Piccione
CHE Jonathan Hirschi	Aston Martin	27	−1:20.561
6	CHE Matech Competition	CHE Natacha Gachnang
FRA Olivier Panis	Ford	27	−1:43.947
12	BEL Mad-Croc Racing	FIN Pertti Kuismanen
GBR Oliver Gavin	Corvette	27	−1:52.246
40	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	BEL Bas Leinders
BEL Maxime Martin	Ford	27	−2:18.943
3	CHE Swiss Racing Team	AUT Karl Wendlinger
CHE Henri Moser	Nissan	26	−1 Lap
41	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	BEL Renaud Kuppens
FIN Markus Palttala	Ford	26	−1 Lap
8	DEU Young Driver AMR	DEU Stefan Mücke
DNK Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin	5	Retired

Championship Race

Race result

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers
DNF	22
DNF	23
DNF
1	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini	Maserati	28
23	GBR Sumo Power GT	GBR Peter Dumbreck
DEU Michael Krumm	Nissan	28	−7.057
33	DEU Triple H Team Hegersport	DEU Altfrid Heger
GRC Alexandros Margaritis	Maserati	28	−24.633
40	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	BEL Bas Leinders
BEL Maxime Martin	Ford	28	−26.209
13	DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport	DEU Marc Hennerici
ITA Andrea Piccini	Corvette	28	−29.670
11	BEL Mad-Croc Racing	NLD Xavier Maassen
NLD Mike Hezemans	Corvette	28	−35.824
5	CHE Matech Competition	DEU Thomas Mutsch
CHE Romain Grosjean	Ford	28	−46.178
22	GBR Sumo Power GT	GBR Warren Hughes
GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	28	−54.364
9	FRA Hexis AMR	FRA Frédéric Makowiecki
FRA Thomas Accary	Aston Martin	28	−56.699
25	DEU Reiter	BRA Ricardo Zonta
BRA Rafael Daniel	Lamborghini	28	−57.226
34	DEU Triple H Team Hegersport	BEL Bert Longin
ITA Matteo Bobbi	Maserati	28	−1:04.943
38	DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	NLD Nicky Pastorelli
DEU Dominik Schwager	Lamborghini	28	−1:05.405
10	FRA Hexis AMR	MCO Clivio Piccione
CHE Jonathan Hirschi	Aston Martin	28	−1:11.342
41	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	BEL Renaud Kuppens
FIN Markus Palttala	Ford	28	−1:14.776
3	CHE Swiss Racing Team	AUT Karl Wendlinger
CHE Henri Moser	Nissan	28	−1:17.780
7	DEU Young Driver AMR	CZE Tomáš Enge
GBR Darren Turner	Aston Martin	28	−1:23.897
37	DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	DEU Marc Basseng
FRA Christophe Bouchut	Lamborghini	28	−1:26.100
24	DEU Reiter	NLD Peter Kox
DEU Christopher Haase	Lamborghini	28	−1:47.230
12	BEL Mad-Croc Racing	FIN Pertti Kuismanen
GBR Oliver Gavin	Corvette	28	−1:47.240
8	DEU Young Driver AMR	DEU Stefan Mücke
DNK Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin	28	−1:53.704
6	CHE Matech Competition	CHE Natacha Gachnang
FRA Olivier Panis	Ford	17	Retired
2	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	PRT Miguel Ramos
BRA Enrique Bernoldi	Maserati	10	Retired
4	CHE Swiss Racing Team	SWE Max Nilsson
JPN Seiji Ara	Nissan	9	Retired

References

(September 2018). "FIA Entry List Paul Ricard (FRA) – 04 July 2010". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
(2010-06-15). "Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile GT Committee – Decision". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
(2010-06-15). "Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile GT Committee – Decision". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
(2010-06-15). "Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile GT Committee – Decision". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
(2010-06-15). "Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile GT Committee – Decision". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].

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