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The 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 78e 24 Heures du Mans) was a non-championship 24-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each fielding Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) cars held from 12 to 13 June 2010 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, near Le Mans, France, before 238,150 spectators. It was the 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans as organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).
A Peugeot 908 HDi FAP shared by Sébastien Bourdais, Pedro Lamy and Simon Pagenaud started from pole position after Bourdais set the fastest overall qualifying lap in the first qualifying session. The team led for the opening two hours before retiring with a suspension mounting fault in the third hour, giving the lead to the sister Peugeot squad of Anthony Davidson, Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz until they had to enter the garage to replace a failed alternator. Peugeot's third trio of Nicolas Minassian, Franck Montagny and Stéphane Sarrazin led the following 144 laps before the engine failed due to connecting rod failure. This gave the lead to an Audi R15 TDI plus driven by Audi Sport North America's Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller and they held it to the finish. It was Bernhard, Dumas and Rockenfeller's maiden Le Mans victory and Audi's ninth overall since 2000. The Audi Sport Team Joest trio of Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer finished one lap behind in second, and their teammates Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish completed an Audi sweep of the overall podium another two laps behind in third.
Strakka Racing's HPD ARX-01C car, driven by Jonny Kane, Nick Leventis and Danny Watts, won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category after leading the final 267 laps. They were six laps ahead of the second-placed OAK Racing trio of Jan Charouz, Matthieu Lahaye and Guillaume Moreau in a Pescarolo 01-Judd. Roland Berville, Julien Canal and Gabriele Gardel won the Le Mans Grand Touring 1 (LMGT1) class in a Saleen S7-R, securing Larbre Compétition its fifth Le Mans category victory. The class order and podium was completed by David Hart, Stéphan Grégoire, Jérôme Policand sharing Luc Alphand Aventures' Chevrolet Corvette C6.R and the Young Driver AMR's Tomáš Enge, Peter Kox and Christoffer Nygaard in an Aston Martin DBR9. A Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR won the Le Mans Grand Touring 2 (LMGT2) category with drivers Wolf Henzler, Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz. Team Farnbacher's Ferrari F430 GT2 shared by Dominik Farnbacher, Leh Keen and Allan Simonsen were two laps adrift in second and the class podium was completed by BMS Scuderia Italia's trio of Marco Holzer, Timo Scheider and Richard Westbrook in a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR.
Background and regulation changes
The 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 78th edition of the event, took place on the 13.629 km (8.469 mi) Circuit de la Sarthe road circuit, near Le Mans, France, from 12 to 13 June.[1][2] The race began in 1923 when automotive journalist Charles Faroux, Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) general secretary Georges Durand and industrialist Emile Coquile agreed to hold a test of vehicle reliability and durability. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is considered the world's most prestigious sports car race and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.[3]
In 2009, the ACO approved a series of rule changes for the race.[4][5] It accepted cars eligible for the FIA GT1 World Championship if they were entered in any one of the ACO-administered championships in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), Le Mans Series (LMS) or Asian Le Mans Series (ASLMS).[4][5] In the event of an accident, there would now be three safety cars deployed rather than two as observed in LMS rounds, and illuminated number panels were mandated for night conditions.[6] Pit stops were lengthened due to new tyre switching regulations designed to prevent open-cockpit vehicles from gaining an advantage.[4]
In August 2009, the ACO issued a revised set of technical regulations aimed at achieving parity between diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles. Diesel restrictors, restrictor advantages, and petrol restrictors were reduced in size, while petrol restrictors and Aston Martin Le Mans Grand Touring 1 (LMGT1) engine restrictors were increased in Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) cars. In comparison to petrol-powered cars, LMP1 diesel engine vehicles' minimum weight ballast was increased by 30 kg (66 lb) to 930 kg (2,050 lb). No other class's minimum weights were changed.[5][7]
Entries
The ACO Selection Committee received 84 entry requests between the opening on 21 December 2009 and the deadline on 20 January 2010, with priority given to manufacturer and full-time teams in one or more Le Mans-based championships such as the 2009 LMS, the 2009 ALMS and the 2009 ASLMS.[8][9] It initially planned to grant 55 entries divided between the LMP1, Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), LMGT1 and Le Mans Grand Touring 2 (LMGT2) categories,[10][11] but the ACO thought of increasing the pit lane capacity to 56 cars with the intention of enabling teams to enter "a specific and innovative project" in future years and thus took steps to ensure the additional pit was operational on 4 June.[12]
Automatic entries
Teams that won their class in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as those that won championships in other Le Mans-based series and events such as the LMS, the ALMS, the ASLMS, the FIA GT Championship and the Petit Le Mans received automatic entries. Some championship runners-up in certain series were also given automatic invitations.[13] An entry was also granted to the LMS Green X Challenge,[13] which was a season-long award based on car fuel economy during each LMS event.[14] Because entries were pre-selected to teams, they were limited to a maximum of two cars and were not permitted to change their vehicles or category from one year to the next or their automatic invitation would be revoked.[9][15] The ACO required automatic entries to confirm that berths had been taken up prior to January 2010.[9]
On November 19, 2009, the ACO released its final list of automatic entries, which included 29 teams. Automatic entries were rejected by Corvette Racing, Lowe's Fernández Racing, Patrón Highcroft Racing and Speedy Racing Team Sebah and Vitaphone Racing Team.[11][13]
Entry list and reserves
During its yearly press conference, which was broadcast live on the internet on the afternoon of February 4, 2010, the ACO announced the full 55-car list for Le Mans, plus ten reserves.[11][18] Except in cases of force majeure, the ACO required each entry to confirm a nominated unreplaceable driver. Any withdrawn team after the 1 February 2010 would be replaced by a reserve entry by category, with a GT car replacing another GT vehicle, and the same procedure would be followed for LMP entries. The other two drivers' names were optional but recommended until May 12, 2010, following the 2010 1000 km of Spa.[9]
Dome withdrew its Dome-Judd S102 LMP1 coupe on April 5, 2010, after its partnership with French partner OAK Racing ended, possibly due to budget constraints. The first withdrawal allowed the LMP2 Pegasus Racing Norma MP200P-Judd car to compete.[19][20] Yoshimisa Hayashi asked the ACO two days later to remove the Tokai University Courage-YGK vehicle from the reserve list so that the university could focus on the following year and build a hybrid powertrain.[21][22] Modena Racing Group (MRG) did not confirm to the ACO their race entry with a Ferrari F430 GT2 before the entry deadline in May. Team Felbermayr-Proton thus had a second Porsche 911 GT3 RSR promoted to the race in lieu of MRG.[23]
That same month, PK Carsport withdrew its Chevrolet Corvette C6.R due to the car catching fire at the FIA GT1 World Championship meeting at Silverstone Circuit, stopping the team from having adequate preparation and resources for Le Mans. AF Corse had a second Ferrari F430 GT2 added to the event due to PK's withdrawal.[24] The financially struggling Pescarolo Sport and Sora Racing withdrew their Pescarolo-Judd entries and the KSM Lola B07/40-Judd car and Matech Competition's second Ford GT1 following failed negotiations for the investment firm Genii Capital to purchase Pescarolo, marking Pescarolo's first Le Mans non-entry since 2000.[24][16] In June, the ACO announced that the first reserve Race Performance Radical SR9-Judd car would receive the 56th entry to retain a LMP and GT entry balance.[25]
Practice
All teams had a single four-hour free practice session on June 9.[15] Peugeot led from the start, with Franck Montagny's No. 2 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP lapping fastest at 3 minutes, 20.034 seconds. His teammate Sébastien Bourdais' No. 3 Peugeot was second-quickest, with Loïc Duval's No. 4 Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot third. Marc Gené was the slowest Peugeot factory driver in fourth in the No. 1 car, and the fastest Audi was Allan McNish's No. 7 Audi R15 TDI plus in fifth.[26] Aston Martin Racing's No. 009 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 of Darren Turner was the fastest petrol-powered LMP1 car in eighth. Despite a fuel system issue, David Brabham's No. 26 Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01C car lapped fastest in LMP2 at 3 minutes, 38.691 seconds.[27] Jonny Kane's No. 42 Strakka Racing-entered HPD ARX.01 and Thomas Erdos' No. 25 RML Lola B08/80-HPD cars were second and third in class.[26] Young Driver AMR's No. 52 Aston Martin DBR9 of Tomáš Enge led in LMGT1 from Stéphan Grégoire's No. 72 Luc Alphand Aventures (LAA) Corvette. Olivier Beretta's No. 64 Corvette led LMGT2 and was third amongst all LMGT entries, ahead of Marc Lieb's second-placed Team Felbermayr-Proton No. 77 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR.[27] Romain Grosjean damaged the rear of the Matech Competition's No. 60 Ford GT against the Armco and tyre barrier entering the Porsche Curves, stopping the session for half an hour.[27][28] His teammate Rahel Frey lost control of the sister No. 61 Ford in the same sequence of corners, removing the rear wing against the wall.[27][29] Both vehicles were repaired in time for the first qualifying session.[30]
Qualifying
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The first of three two-hour qualifying sessions to set the race's starting order with the quickest lap times set by each team's fastest driver began late on the night of 9 June,[15] in dry and cool conditions.[31][32] Nicolas Lapierre set the early pace in the No. 4 Oreca Peugeot with a 3 minute, 21.192 second lap until a fuel pick-up issue forced him to stop at Arnage corner, effectively ending his crew's running.[33][34] In the final half-hour, Bourdais improved Lapierre's lap time to 3 minutes, 19.711 seconds, giving the No. 3 Peugeot provisional pole position.[34][35] The sister Nos. 1 and 3 Peugeots of Alexander Wurz and Stéphane Sarrazin were second and third, with Lapierre's No. 4 Oreca car fourth. Mike Rockenfeller and Benoît Tréluyer's No. 9 and 8 Audis were fifth and sixth.[33] Kane's lap of 3 minutes, 36.168 seconds put the Strakka HPD ARX-01 car on provisional pole in LMP2,[34] ahead of Brabham's Highcroft entry and Olivier Pla's Quifel ASM Team Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 car.[32][35] An early lap by Enge in the Young Driver AMR Aston Martin was enough to lead the LMGT1 category.[36] Enge's lap was two seconds faster than Thomas Mutsch in Matech's second-placed No. 60 Ford followed by LAA's Corvettes of Julien Jousse and Jérôme Policand in third and fourth.[35] Gianmaria Bruni put the No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari on provisional pole in LMGT2 despite a broken gearbox output shaft requiring the attention of mechanics in the garage for most of the session.[31][32][33] Jan Magnussen and Emmanuel Collard's Nos. 63 and 64 Corvettes were second and third in class.[33][36] Separate accidents for the No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche's front-right blocking the circuit and Matías Russo with the No. 96 AF Corse Ferrari exiting the Porsche Curves disrupted the session.[31][33]
Russo was taken to the medical centre after the session and found to be unharmed.[35] Due to heavy damage to the car and a lack of spare parts, AF Corse withdrew the No. 96 Ferrari from the race.[37] Following an earlier downpour, the circuit was damp for the second session on June 10, but it quickly dried as qualifying progressed.[38][39] Wurz led the session with a 3 minutes, 23.238 seconds lap, but the No. 1 Peugeot remained second overall after Wurz was unable to lap faster amongst slower cars.[38] The sister Peugeots of Sarrazin and Simon Pagenaud were second and third.[39][40] Brabham gave the debuting Highcroft HPD ARX-01C entry provisional pole position in LMP2 with an improved lap of 3 minutes, 34.537 seconds, overtaking Strakka's car by 1.6 seconds.[41] The Quifel ASM Team Ginetta remained third in category.[38] In LMGT1, Bas Leinders moved the No. 70 Marc VDS Racing Team Ford GT past the No. 60 Matech car to second in class behind Enge's category-leading Young Driver AMR Aston Martin. Similarly, AF Corse SRL's No. 95 Ferrari of Toni Vilander took second in LMGT2 with a lap almost three seconds faster and gained four positions in class. Despite crashes for Manuel Rodrigues' No. 13 Kolles Audi in the Porsche Curves, the No. 13 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 of Jean-Christophe Boullion at Karting corner, Mike Newton's No. 25 RML entry at Tertre Rouge turn and a collision between Jacques Nicolet and Stephane Salini on the inside at the Ford chicane, the session was not halted.[39][40][41]
The weather remained dry for the final session that night.[42] Only a few cars improved their lap times, and Bourdais's pole position time from the first session was not improved upon.[43] Peugeot achieved their fourth successive pole position at Le Mans.[44] Bourdais's No. 3 Peugeot led the session with the day's quickest lap, 3 minutes, 20.212 seconds.[43] Audi improved all three of their cars during the session to be 2.2 seconds behind the four Peugeots.[45] Rockenfeller's No. 9 Audi qualified fifth, with McNish's No. 7 car sixth and Marcel Fässler's No. 8 entry seventh.[42][45] In LMP2, HPD-powered cars took the first three places. Watts set a 3 minutes, 33.079 seconds lap in Strakka's car in the final hour for the category pole.[43] Due to traffic, Brabham was unable to better Highcroft's lap and finished second.[46] Enge's first session lap in the Young Driver AMR Aston Martin was unopposed in LMGT1, giving him his sixth category pole position in eight years.[43] The Marc VDS Ford was second after Leinders' second session lap, and Grosjean improved the No. 60 Matech Ford's best lap to third.[42][45] Bruni's No. 82 Risi Ferrari retained the LMGT2 lead despite setting no laps during the session due to its race-specific gearbox and engine.[42] The two Corvettes of Oliver Gavin and Antonio García overtook the No. 95 AF Corse SRL Ferrari for second and third in category.[45][46] There were fewer incidents during the session as teams concentrated on the race.[45]
Post-qualifying
After the third qualifying session, the No. 82 Risi Ferrari was subjected to an ACO scrutineering inspection.[47] Scrutineers failed the car's inspection because the gurney flap on the rear wing was 2 mm (0.079 in) too low, demoting the vehicle to the back of the LMGT2 starting order. The No. 64 Corvette was promoted to pole position in LMGT2, with the sister No. 63 car second in class.[48] The No. 13 Rebellion Lola car's tub was sent to a nearby carbon fibre workshop because a small hole needed repairing.[47]
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are indicated in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.
| Pos | No. | Team | Car | Class | Day 1[49] | Day 2[50] | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Peugeot Sport Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 3:19.711 | 3:20.212 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 3:20.317 | 3:22.007 | +0.606 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 3:20.325 | 3:20.961 | +0.614 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Team Oreca Matmut | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 3:21.192 | 3:23.141 | +1.481 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Audi Sport North America | Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 | 3:23.578 | 3:21.981 | +2.270 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 | 3:24.688 | 3:22.176 | +2.465 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 | 3:24.430 | 3:23.605 | +3.894 | 7 |
| 8 | 007 | Aston Martin Racing | Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 | LMP1 | 3:26.680 | 3:29.369 | +6.969 | 8 |
| 9 | 009 | Aston Martin Racing | Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 | LMP1 | 3:26.747 | 3:28.869 | +7.036 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | AIM Team Oreca Matmut | Oreca 01-AIM | LMP1 | 3:30.056 | 3:29.506 | +9.795 | 10 |
| 11 | 008 | Signature-Plus | Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 | LMP1 | 3:29.774 | 3:37.142 | +10.063 | 11 |
| 12 | 14 | Kolles | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 3:30.907 | 3:31.870 | +11.196 | 12 |
| 13 | 15 | Kolles | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 3:31.661 | 3:34.401 | +11.950 | 13 |
| 14 | 11 | Drayson Racing | Lola B09/60 | LMP1 | 3:36.634 | 3:31.862 | +12.151 | 14 |
| 15 | 42 | Strakka Racing | HPD ARX-01C | LMP2 | 3:36.168 | 3:33.079 | +13.368 | 15 |
| 16 | 12 | Rebellion Racing | Lola B10/60-Rebellion | LMP1 | No Time | 3:33.490 | +13.779 | 16 |
| 17 | 26 | Highcroft Racing | HPD ARX-01C | LMP2 | 3:37.202 | 3:34.537 | +14.826 | 17 |
| 18 | 5 | Beechdean Mansell | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S | LMP1 | 3:36.897 | 3:38.367 | +17.186 | 18 |
| 19 | 13 | Rebellion Racing | Lola B10/60-Rebellion | LMP1 | 3:44.101 | 3:37.093 | +17.382 | 19 |
| 20 | 25 | RML | Lola B08/80-HPD | LMP2 | 3:44.598 | 3:39.648 | +19.937 | 20 |
| 21 | 40 | Quifel ASM Team | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 | LMP2 | 3:41.968 | 3:40.532 | +20.821 | 21 |
| 22 | 35 | OAK Racing | Pescarolo 01-Judd | LMP2 | 3:42.399 | 3:41.310 | +21.599 | 22 |
| 23 | 19 | Michael Lewis/Autocon | Lola B06/10-AER | LMP1 | 4:00.646 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2010_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans