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2010 Le Mans Series

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. 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. 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. The 1000 km of Silverstone was also part of the inaugural Le Mans Intercontinental Cup for LMP1s, 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; 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
Official Test Session	FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	7–9 March
8 Hours of Castellet	FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	11 April
1000 km of Spa	BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	9 May
1000 km of Algarve	PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal	17 July
1000 km of Hungaroring	HUN Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary	22 August
Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone	GBR Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom	12 September

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	FLM Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team
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 McNish
ITA Rinaldo Capello**	GBR Danny Watts
GBR Nick Leventis
GBR Jonny Kane	FRA Damien Toulemonde
FRA David Zollinger
AUS Ross Zampatti	CHE Gabriele Gardel
FRA Patrice Goueslard
FRA Julien Canal	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Richard Lietz
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 Bourdais
PRT Pedro Lamy
FRA Simon Pagenaud**	PRT Miguel Amaral
FRA Olivier Pla	DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann
CHE Steve Zacchia
ITA Luca Moro	BEL Eric De Doncker
BEL Bas Leinders
FIN Markus Palttala	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Richard Lietz
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 Panis
FRA Nicolas Lapierre
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin**	GBR Mike Newton
BRA Thomas Erdos
GBR Ben Collins	GBR Jody Firth
GBR Warren Hughes	CHE Gabriele Gardel
FRA Patrice Goueslard
BRA Fernando Rees	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
BRA Jaime Melo
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 Mansell
GBR Leo Mansell	GBR **Nick Leventis
GBR Danny Watts
GBR Jonny Kane**	BEL Andrea Barlesi
ITA Alessandro Cicognani
FRA Gary Chalandon	CHE Gabriele Gardel
FRA Patrice Goueslard
BRA Fernando Rees	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Richard Lietz
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 Minassian
GBR Anthony Davidson**	GBR Danny Watts
GBR Jonny Kane
GBR Nick Leventis	GBR Jody Firth
GBR Warren Hughes	CHE Gabriele Gardel
FRA Patrice Goueslard
BRA Fernando Rees	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
BRA 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	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

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Total	1	63	2	55	3	52	4	45	5	44	6	38	7	34	8	27	9	21	10	18	11	17	12	15	13	10	14	7	15	6	-	0
4	FRA Team Oreca Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	4	Ret	1	4	2
008	FRA Signature Plus	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	6	8	3	3	6
12	CHE Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Rebellion 5.5 L V10	7	Ret	2	2	5
7	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	1	3			Ret
13	CHE Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Rebellion 5.5 L V10	3	6	4	Ret	10
009	GBR Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	2				4
5	GBR Beechdean Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8	8			1	7
1	FRA Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		4			1
8	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)		8			3
3	FRA Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		1
6	FRA AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	5
2	FRA Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		2
9	DEU Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)		5
11	GBR Drayson Racing	Lola B09/60	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10					8
20	GBR Team LNT	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8					9
007	GBR Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12					NC

LMP2 Standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Total	1	75	2	69	3	53	4	52	5	46	6	44	7	39	8	34	9	17	10	17	11	15	12	7	-	0
25	GBR RML	Lola B08/80	HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8	3	2	1	4	4
42	GBR Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01C	HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8	1	Ret	Ret	1	1
24	FRA OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	4	4	4	3	6
35	FRA OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	2	3	Ret	7	3
41	GBR Team Bruichladdich	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	5	Ret	2	5	8
40	PRT Quifel ASM Team	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret	1	Ret	2	2
30	ITA Racing Box	Lola B09/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	6	5		10	5
36	FRA Pegasus Racing	Courage LC75	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	7	6	3	Ret	Ret
39	DEU KSM Motorsport	Lola B08/47	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	8	Ret			9
27	CHE Race Performance	Radical SR9	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	Ret	7		9	10
29	ITA Racing Box	Lola B09/80	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	Ret			6	7
31	GBR RLR MSport	MG-Lola EX265	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4				8	NC
37	FRA WR / Salini	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	Ret

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	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Total	1	59	2	57	3	41	4	40	5	39	6	32	7	31
43	FRA DAMS	3	Ret	2	1	4
47	CHE Hope Polevision Racing	4	1	Ret	3	2
45	BEL Boutsen Energy Racing	Ret	2	3	4	5
46	MCO JMB Racing	Ret	3	4	2	6
48	CHE Hope Polevision Racing	2	Ret	Ret		3
49	FRA Applewood Seven	1	Ret	Ret	Ret
44	FRA DAMS	Ret		1	Ret	1

GT1 Standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Total	1	97	2	25	3	18	4	15	5	13	6	10	-	0
50	FRA Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8	1	4	1	1	1
66	AUT Atlas FX-Team FS	Saleen S7-R	Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8		6	2	Ret
70	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8		1
60	CHE Matech Competition	Ford GT1	Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8		2
61	CHE Matech Competition	Ford GT1	Ford Cammer 5.3 L V8		3
72	FRA Luc Alphand Aventures	Corvette C6.R	Corvette LS7.R 7.0 L V8		5
52	DEU Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12		Ret

GT2 Standings

Pos	No.	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Total	1	87	2	66	3	59	4	55	5	47	6	40	7	38	8	38	9	33	10	30	11	26	12	19	13	18	14	17	15	4	16	4	17	3	18	3
77	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	1	1	3	1	5
95	ITA AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	3	3	2	4	12
96	ITA AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	Ret	2	1	5	1
88	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	2	8	5	7	10
76	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	7	5	10	3	6
91	GBR CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	Ret	6	8	2	4
94	ITA AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	5	11	6	8	9
85	NLD Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Audi 4.0 L V8	8	7	9	9	7
90	GBR CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	4	15	11	12	13
92	GBR JMW Motorsport	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	Ret	NC	4	6	3
78	DEU BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW S65B40 4.0 L V8	6	12			8
75	BEL Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	2
79	DEU BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0 L V8		4
89	DEU Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari F136 4.0 L V8	Ret	10	7	10	Ret
86	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6				11
99	ARE Gulf Team First	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10					11
98	BEL Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		13
93	GBR JWA Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		14

Drivers Championships

LMP1 Standings

Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Points	1	78	2	63	3	57	4	55	5	52	6	45	7	44	8	39	9	34	10	28	11	27	12	23	13	23	14	18	Source:
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	4	2	1	4	2
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	4	Ret	1	4	2
ITA Rinaldo Capello	1	3			3
BEL Vanina Ickx	6	8	3	3	6
FRA Franck Mailleux	6	8	3	3	6
FRA Pierre Ragues	6	8	3	3	6
CHE Neel Jani	7	Ret	2	2	5
FRA Nicolas Prost	7	Ret	2	2	5
GBR Allan McNish	1	3			Ret
ITA Andrea Belicchi	3	6	4	Ret	10
FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion	3	6	4	Ret	10
FRA Olivier Panis	4	Ret	1	4
GBR Greg Mansell	8			1	7
GBR Leo Mansell	8			1	7
MEX Adrián Fernández	2				NC
CHE Harold Primat	2				NC
DEU Stefan Mücke	2
GBR Anthony Davidson		4			1
GBR Guy Smith	3
DEU Timo Bernhard		5			3
FRA Sébastien Bourdais		1
FRA Simon Pagenaud		1
PRT Pedro Lamy		1

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Points	1	75	2	69	3	53	4	52	5	46	6	44	Source:
BRA Thomas Erdos	3	2	1	4	4
GBR Mike Newton	3	2	1	4	4
GBR Jonny Kane	1	Ret	Ret	1	1
GBR Nick Leventis	1	Ret	Ret	1	1
GBR Danny Watts	1	Ret	Ret	1	1
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	4	4	4	3	6
FRA Jacques Nicolet	4	4	4	3	6
FRA Richard Hein	2	3	Ret	7	3
FRA Guillaume Moreau	2	3	Ret	7	3
NOR Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	5	Ret	2	5	8
SAU Karim Ojjeh	5	Ret	2	5	8
PRT Miguel Amaral	Ret	1	Ret	2	2
FRA Olivier Pla	Ret	1	Ret	2	2

FLM Standings

Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Points	1	59	2	57	3	46	4	44	5	41	Source:
BEL Andrea Barlesi	3	Ret	2	1	4
FRA Gary Chalandon	3	Ret	2	1	4
CHE Steve Zacchia	4	1	Ret	3	2
ITA Alessandro Cicognani	3	Ret	2	1	4
ITA Luca Moro	4	1	Ret	3	2
AUT Dominik Kraihamer	Ret	2	3	4	5
BEL Nicolas de Crem	Ret	2	3	4	5

GT1 Standings

Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Points	1	97	2	64	3	33	4	25	5	18	Source:
CHE Gabriele Gardel	1	4	1	1	1
FRA Patrice Goueslard	1	4	1	1	1
BRA Fernando Rees		4	1	1	1
FRA Julien Canal	1
BEL Julien Schroyen		6	2	Ret
NLD Carlo van Dam		6	2	Ret
BEL Bas Leinders		1
FIN Markus Palttala		1

GT2 Standings

Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	SPA
BEL	ALG
PRT	HUN
HUN	SIL
GBR	Points	1	87	2	66	3	55	4	50	5	47	6	40	7	38	8	38	9	35	Source:
DEU Marc Lieb	1	1	3	1	5
AUT Richard Lietz	1	1	3	1	5
FRA Jean Alesi	3	3	2	4	12
ITA Giancarlo Fisichella	3	3	2	4	12
FIN Toni Vilander	3	3	2	4	12
AUT Martin Ragginger	2	8	5	7	10
DEU Christian Ried	2	8	5	7	10
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	Ret	2	1		1
BRA Jaime Melo	Ret	2	1		1
FRA Patrick Pilet	7	5	10	3	6
FRA Raymond Narac	7	5	10	3	6
GBR Andrew Kirkaldy	Ret	6	8	2	4
GBR Tim Mullen	Ret	6	8	2	4
ARG Luis Pérez Companc	5	11	6	8	9
ARG Matías Russo	5	11	6	8	9
GBR Peter Dumbreck	8	7	9	9	7
USA Patrick Long	2	8

References

(2009-11-15). "Formula Le Mans to join LMS Field". [[Autosport]].
(September 2018). "2010 Provisional Calendar". [[Le Mans Series]].
(September 2018). "2010 Calendar". [[Le Mans Series]].
(2009-12-08). "The ACO launches the "2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup"". [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]].
(2009-12-18). "2010 Sporting Regulations". [[Le Mans Series]].
(September 2018). "Regulations evolution". [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]].
(2010). "Le Mans Series - LMP1 2010 standings".
(2010). "Le Mans Series - LMP2 2010 standings".
(2010). "Formula Le Mans - 2010 standings".
(2010). "Le Mans Series - LMGT1 2010 standings".
(2010). "Le Mans Series - LMGT2 2010 standings".

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