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2010 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans 2010) was the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also known as the Grand Prix of Endurance. The race took place on 12–13 June 2010 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and was organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). Fifty-six cars participated in the event, organized into four categories. This race was attended by an estimated 238,850 spectators.[1]

Audi avenged their loss to the Peugeots in the race by winning the 2010 race with the new R15 TDI plus (a revised version of the R15 compared to last year's), relying on reliability rather than overall speed, much so like they did in the 2005 and 2008 races. The Peugeots, with its four 908 HDi FAPs, were favoured to win the race but was plagued with a broken suspension on one of the 908s early in the race and engine-related failures on the other three after sunrise. Audi's victory marked a new overall distance record (breaking the record set back in 1971), as well as marking the 9th time Audi has won the race (in 12 years of racing at Le Mans), tying Ferrari for 2nd all time in terms of number of overall victories by car manufacturer.

Schedule[]

Schedule
Date Time (local) Event
Sunday, 6 June 14:30 – 19:00 Sporting Checks and Administrative scrutineering
Monday, 7 June 09:30 – 17:30 Sporting Checks and Administrative scrutineering
Wednesday, 9 June 16:00 – 20:00 Free practice
22:00 – 24:00 Qualifying
Thursday, 10 June 19:00 – 21:00 Qualifying
22:00 – 24:00
Friday, 11 June 18:00 – 19:00 Drivers' parade in Le Mans City center
Saturday, 12 June 09:00 – 09:45 Warm-up
15:00 Start of the 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans
Sunday, 13 June 15:00 Finish of the 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans

Entries[]

Automatic invitations[]

Automatic entries to the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans were granted to teams that performed well in the previous year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as the 2009 seasons of the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, FIA GT Championship, and the Petit Le Mans. An automatic invitation was also awarded to the team which accumulated the most points in the Michelin Green X Challenge as part of the Le Mans Series. The award was based on fuel economy of competitors during each event.[2] On 19 November 2009 the ACO published their automatic invitations to 29 teams.[3]

Of the 29 automatic entries awarded, 21 were accepted by their respective teams in February. Teams which did not accept their automatic invitation are denoted in blue.[4]

Reason Entered LMP1 LMP2 LMGT1 LMGT2
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 25px France Peugeot Sport Total 25px Flag of Denmark Team Essex 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px USA Risi Competizione
2nd in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 25px France Team Peugeot Total 25px Switzerland Speedy Racing Sebah 25px France Luc Alphand Aventures 25px Italy BMS Scuderia Italia
1st in the Le Mans Series 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Flag of Portugal Quifel ASM Team 25px France Luc Alphand Aventures 25px Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton
2nd in the Le Mans Series 25px France Pescarolo Sport1 1 25px Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Sebah No Recipient 2 25px Great Britain JMW Motorsport
1st in the Petit Le Mans 25px France Peugeot Sport Total No Recipient 3 25px USA Risi Competizione
1st in the American Le Mans Series 25px USA Patrón Highcroft Racing 25px Mexico Lowe's Fernández Racing 25px USA Flying Lizard Motorsports
1st in the Asian Le Mans Series 25px France Sora Racing 1 25px France OAK Racing 25px Japan JLOC 25px Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher
1st in the FIA GT Championship 25px Germany Vitaphone Racing Team 25px Italy AF Corse
2nd in the FIA GT Championship 25px Belgium Pekaracing 1 25px Belgium Prospeed Competition
1st in the LMS Green X Challenge 25px Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Sebah
  1. – Pescarolo Sport, Sora Racing and Pekaracing accepted their invitations but later withdrew their entries.[5]
  1. – Larbre Compétition finished second in the GT1 category in the Le Mans Series but were not awarded an invitation due to not participating in the full five race season.[3]
  1. – Dyson Racing Team won the P2 category at the Petit Le Mans but their car used a rear wing which did not meet ACO 2009 regulations and they were therefore not awarded an invitation.[3]

Entry list[]

On 4 February 2010, the ACO released their first official entry list of 55 cars plus ten reserves. A total of 85 entries had been submitted to the ACO.[4] For the first time, all 65 entries (55 entries and 10 reserves) were required to nominate one driver who would be required to participate in the race, although several teams took the opportunity to name their second and third drivers. Teams had until 12 May to complete their full lineup of drivers.[6] A new element to the reserves list for 2010 was that the ten were divided evenly with five LMPs and five GTs. Rather than the first reserve replacing a car of any class, a withdrawing LMP could only be replaced by another LMP and the same applied to GTs.

The first entry to be withdrawn from the list was the Dome LMP1, allowing Pegasus Racing's Norma M200-Judd to be promoted.[7] On 6 May, the Team Modena Ferrari entry was withdrawn allowing the No. 88 Felbermayr-Proton Porsche into the race.[8] In a press announcement at the 1000 km of Spa the ACO confirmed the withdrawal of the PK Carsport entry after the car was damaged by a fire at the FIA GT1 RAC Tourist Trophy as well as the dopping of both Pescarolo Sport entries, one under the Sora Racing title. The KSM LMP2, the second Matech Competition Ford, and the second AF Corse Ferrari were all allowed into the entry.[9] On 28 May, the ACO confirmed the completion of an additional pit garage in time for the race. A reserve entry for Race Performance was initially granted before the team was promoted on 2 June to the full entry, increasing the starters to 56.[10][11]

The 56 field entry included many of the manufacturer teams, most notably in the LMP1 category. Both Peugeot and Audi entered three factory cars, while Peugeot also included a 908 HDi FAP run privately by the Oreca squad. Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz returned in the No. 1 Peugeot as the defending race winners, this time joined by Anthony Davidson. Audi, in an attempt to not repeat from their loss the previous year, heavily modified their Audi R15 TDIs to a plus specification to better combact Peugeot. Aston Martin's entry was downsized from the previous year with just two factory entries, while a third car was privately entered by the Signature-Plus squad. Other major entries in the LMP1 category included a duo of Kolles Audi R10s once again, while Rebellion Racing featured two of the latest Lola coupes. Team Oreca, despire running a Peugeot, also entered one of their 01 chassis with the AIM engine. Former Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell also brought his own team with a Ginetta-Zytek and partnered with his two sons, Leo and Greg.

The LMP2 category featured the return of Honda to Le Mans for the first time since 1996, with Honda Performance Development's (HPD) ARX-01 chassis being entered by Strakka Racing and Highcroft Racing. Highcroft also made their debut at Le Mans, coming off winning the LMP1 championship in the American Le Mans Series and enlisting 2009 race winner David Brabham as part of their squad. HPD also supplied a RML with their engine, although this was used in the team's Lola chassis instead. OAK Racing provided the only two car team in the category, leading development of the Pescarolo 01 chassis and switching from Mazda to Judd engines. Defending Le Mans Series champions Quifel ASM Team were among two entries utilizing the Ginetta-Zytek chassis.

A mixture of two types of car were entered in the GT1 category, coming either from the new sprint format of the FIA GT1 World Championship or from endurance racing in the Le Mans Series. Young Driver AMR represented the FIA GT1 Aston Martin, while two entries from Matech Competition and a single Marc VDS Racing Team entry brought the new Ford GT to Le Mans for the first time. One of Matech's entries featured a line-up of all Swiss women, the latest in a line of all-female crews at Le Mans. On the endurance side of the card Larbre Compétition entered their Le Mans Series Saleen while Luc Alphand once again entered two Corvettes. The 2010 race was the final year for the GT1 class at Le Mans.[12]

The GT2 category for 2010 was represented by no less than six different automobile manufacturers. Corvette Racing, multiple champion of the GT1 category, moved to the GT2 category with a new version of the Corvette, while BMW Motorsport returned for the first time since their 1999 victory by entering their M3 model. The two-car entry included the latest in a line of BMW Art Cars at Le Mans with artist Jeff Koons designing the graphics for the No. 79 car. Porsche remained well supported in the category with six cars amongst five teams, while Ferrari had five cars including two-time defending class winner Risi Competizione and AF Corse's No. 95 car which featured former Formula One drivers Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella. Jaguar also returned to Le Mans in the hands of RSR, while Aston Martin and Spyker were represented by single-car entries.

Free practice[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying result[]

Class leaders are in bold, the fastest lap for each car is in gray.

Pos No. Team Class Day 1[13] Day 2[14] Gap Grid
1 3 Peugeot Sport Total LMP1 3:19.711 3:20.212 1
2 1 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 3:20.317 3:22.007 +0.606 2
3 2 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 3:20.325 3:20.961 +0.614 3
4 4 Team Oreca Matmut LMP1 3:21.129 3:23.141 +1.481 4
5 9 Audi Sport North America LMP1 3:23.578 3:21.981 +2.270 5
6 7 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 3:24.688 3:22.176 +2.465 6
7 8 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 3:24.430 3:23.605 +3.894 7
8 007 Aston Martin Racing LMP1 3:26.680 3:29.369 +6.969 8
9 009 Aston Martin Racing LMP1 3:26.747 3:28.869 +7.036 9
10 6 AIM Team Oreca Matmut LMP1 3:30.056 3:29.506 +9.795 10
11 008 Signature-Plus LMP1 3:29.774 3:37.142 +10.063 11
12 14 Kolles LMP1 3:30.907 3:31.870 +11.196 12
13 15 Kolles LMP1 3:31.661 3:34.401 +11.950 13
14 11 Drayson Racing LMP1 3:36.634 3:31.862 +12.151 14
15 42 Strakka Racing LMP2 3:36.168 3:33.079 +13.368 15
16 12 Rebellion Racing LMP1 No Time 3:33.490 +13.779 16
17 26 Highcroft Racing LMP2 3:37.202 3:34.537 +14.826 17
18 5 Beechdean Mansell LMP1 3:36.897 3:38.367 +17.186 18
19 13 Rebellion Racing LMP1 3:44.101 3:37.093 +17.382 19
20 25 RML LMP2 3:44.598 3:39.648 +19.937 20
21 40 Quifel ASM Team LMP2 3:41.968 3:40.532 +20.821 21
22 35 OAK Racing LMP2 3:42.399 3:41.310 +21.599 22
23 19 Michael Lewis/Autocon LMP1 4:00.646 3:43.167 +23.456 23
24 29 Racing Box SRL LMP2 3:51.065 3:47.971 +28.260 24
25 41 Team Bruichladdich LMP2 3:55.680 3:51.189 +31.478 25
26 39 KSM LMP2 3:52.972 3:51.310 +31.599 26
27 24 OAK Racing LMP2 3:52.730 3:52.008 +32.297 27
28 38 Pegasus Racing LMP2 4:03.784 3:52.837 +33.126 28
29 37 Gerard Welter LMP2 3:55.818 3:53.109 +33.398 29
30 28 Race Performance AG LMP2 3:59.361 3:53.942 +34.231 30
31 52 Young Driver AMR LMGT1 3:55.025 4:02.133 +35.314 31
32 70 Marc VDS Racing Team LMGT1 4:00.325 3:55.356 +35.645 32
33 60 Matech Competition LMGT1 3:57.296 3:55.583 +35.872 33
34 73 Luc Alphand Aventures LMGT1 3:58.810 4:14.438 +39.099 34
35 72 Luc Alphand Aventures LMGT1 3:58.906 4:03.423 +39.195 35
36 82 Risi Competizione LMGT2 3:59.233 4 4:03.104 +39.522 55
37 64 Corvette Racing LMGT2 4:01.012 3:59.435 +39.724 36
38 63 Corvette Racing LMGT2 4:00.097 3:59.793 +40.082 37
39 95 AF Corse SRL LMGT2 4:02.492 3:59.837 +40.126 38
40 61 Matech Competition LMGT1 4:11.566 4:01.628 +41.917 39
41 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGT2 4:02.001 4:01.640 +41.929 40
42 76 IMSA Performance Matmut LMGT2 4:01.755 4:06.630 +42.044 41
43 78 BMW Motorsport LMGT2 4:04.986 4:01.893 +42.182 42
44 97 BMS Scuderia Italia SpA LMGT2 4:06.278 4:02.014 +42.303 43
45 89 Hankook Team Farnbacher LMGT2 4:03.886 4:02.427 +42.716 44
46 96 AF Corse SRL LMGT2 4:02.615 No Time +42.904 WD
47 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports LMGT2 4:08.315 4:02.685 +42.974 45
48 50 Larbre Compétition LMGT1 4:03.175 4:06.091 +43.464 46
49 79 BMW Motorsport LMGT2 4:05.851 4:03.215 +43.504 47
50 83 Risi Competizione LMGT2 4:03.959 4:13.047 +44.248 48
51 85 Spyker Squadron LMGT2 4:06.997 4:04.057 +44.346 49
52 92 JMW Motorsport LMGT2 4:06.391 4:04.303 +44.592 50
53 69 JLOC LMGT1 4:13.368 4:05.170 +45.459 51
54 75 Prospeed Competition LMGT2 4:14.578 4:10.017 +50.306 52
55 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGT2 4:10.054 4:20.293 +50.343 53
56 81 Jaguar RSR LMGT2 4:13.537 4:12.431 +52.720 54
  1. - The No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari had its qualifying times disallowed following an infringement discovered in post-qualifying technical inspection.[15]

Race[]

Summary[]

Although the ACO tried to chop off power from the diesels by reducing the restrictor size and turbo boost, cars managed to run faster than they did in 2009. They were consistent in running much faster than the target 3:30 that ACO had hoped for. The race was won by the #9 Audi R15 TDI plus driven by Mike Rockenfeller, Timo Bernhard, and Romain Dumas as Audi swept the overall race podium to earn their ninth overall victory; it was their fourth time that Audi swept the podium, with the factory Joest team sweeping in 2000 and 2002, as well as three different customer teams for Audi in 2004 (Japanese Team Goh, British Team Veloqx and American Champion Racing). A new overall distance record was also set with the winning car completing 397 laps and covering Template:Convert/, bettering the distance set in 1971. Two other R15s (all three ran by Joest Racing) also ran longer than the distance set in 1971 (the second place #8 ran one lap behind, 396 laps and Template:Convert/; the third place #7 ran 394 laps and Template:Convert/; the 1971 record was 397 laps and Template:Convert/ over the chicaneless Template:Convert/ configuration, while the current configuration (ran since 2007) is Template:Convert/).

Timo Bernhard became the first driver since 2005 to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing (winning the 2003 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring); Marco Werner (ran aboard a Highcroft Racing LMP2 car this year) was the last one to do such feat (won the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona and completed in 2005 with wins in both Sebring and Le Mans). In addition, Rockenfeller became the first driver since 1988 to win both the 24 Hours of Daytona (race report) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same year; Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace of Tom Walkinshaw Racing were the last two drivers to do the same feat.

None of the Peugeots finished the race, despite Peugeot being favourite to win the race. The #3 car retired just two hours into the race with a suspension failure, resulting in a broken chassis tub with Pedro Lamy behind the wheel. Sébastien Bourdais the pole-setter did not even get to drive the car. The #2 Peugeot retired with engine problems in the early morning and an exploding turbocharger while leading the race. This left the sole remaining #1 Peugeot to defend the marque's title. By that time, the #1 Peugeot was running 6th, after dropping 3 laps to replace it's alternator. In the closing hour, The #1 Peugeot ran at extremely fast qualifying pace to chase the Audis and eventually overtook the #8 Audi for second position and was on the pace of catching the leading #9 Audi. Unfortunately, the #1 Peugeot also suffered an engine failure, almost identical to its sister car. In a post-race analysis by Peugeot, the #3 damage was the suspension mounting point separating from the carbon fiber tub, causing an undetected structural problem that forced the #3 to retire. The #2 and #1 car, as well as the #4 Oreca that suffered the same engine failure as the other two about slightly over an hour left in the race, was caused by the increased stress of the engines (particularly the connecting rod) that caused the engine failures, partially because of the pace the Audis were going at. In particular this race had perfectly dry weather and therefore no rain would slow the pace of these LMP1, which might have also put too much stress to the Peugeot engines as well as the reason for the distance record.[16][17]

Two of the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60s also failed to finish the race, while having very little evolutions to the car. #009 succumbed to mechanical failures near the end of the race but still completed more laps than the sixth place #007. The Oreca-01 AIM ranks as the highest petrol-fuelled finisher, in fourth position. The Autocon Motorsports LMP1 entry was the first to exit out of Le Mans after mechanical issues in the first lap of the race; shortly after, Nigel Mansell crashed out his Ginetta-Zytek car after suffering a tire puncture.[18]

Honda, under the guise of HPD, won on their debut in the LMP2 category at Le Mans in the hands of Strakka Racing, and at fifth overall was in fact the best ever result achieved by an LMP2 car. Strakka Racing's strategy was to go completely flat out, while the Patron Highcroft team opted to run at a slightly more conservative pace for the unproven reliability. Ironically it was the Highcroft car that faced reliability issues, and, once running as high as second in class, dropped to the third last classified finisher because of water leak. Strakka had no such issues and they were in fact the 2nd highest overall petrol-fuelled finisher. Second in LMP2, the Pescarolo, was a distant seven laps behind.

Larbre Compétition earned Saleen their first LMGT1 category victory at Le Mans since the car first appeared in 2001, finishing five laps ahead of the Alphand Corvette after having a trouble-free run, and was in fact the only car in the class to come from an endurance-based series. Aston Martin was leading the class but 2 gearbox replacements put them out of contention for the win, came in third in class and the last GT1 to finish. All three Ford GT1s dropped out in the night after mechanical problems. This is the second time that a GT1 winner stayed behind the GT2 field – this also occurred in 2001 under the GTS/GT classes, respectively – while the Saleen completing at a comparatively low 331 laps for this decade.

In GT2 the Flying Lizard Porsche was the first to drop out after a tire puncture before the start. The #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari was quickly recovering from its penalty and at just over two hours was right behind the class leading Corvettes. The class lead was swapped several times until the #82 Ferrari suffered a gearbox failure and would not emerge again. The #63 Corvette suffered reliability issues at night, while the #64 Corvette was in the GT2 lead, running a full two laps ahead of the Felbermayr-Proton Porsche. With less than seven hours to go the #64 lost grip and spun in the Porsche Curves as the #1 Peugeot with Anthony Davidson at the wheel was lapping the Corvette. Emmanuel Collard managed to bring the car back to the pits but subsequent repairs cost them ten laps and soon engine failure followed on the Corvette. Team Felbermayr-Proton took the GT2 lead and a very consistent run saw the team holding onto the lead until the finish. They won the LMGT2 category for Porsche, their first since their 2007 win. The drivers had claimed that their car was about half a second off the Ferrari and Corvette's pace.

At the end of the 24 hours, just 28 cars were able to complete the full race.[19]

Race results[]

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance or finish the race (Did Not Finish/DNF) are marked as Not Classified (NC).[20] (Cars marked as NC are moved to the back of the field, regardless of number of laps completed.)

Pos. Class
Pos.
Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 1 LMP1 9 25px Germany Audi Sport North America 25px Germany Mike Rockenfeller
25px Germany Timo Bernhard
25px France Romain Dumas
Audi R15 TDI plus M 397
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)
2 2 LMP1 8 25px Germany Audi Sport Team Joest 25px Germany André Lotterer
25px Switzerland Marcel Fässler
25px France Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R15 TDI plus M 396
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)
3 3 LMP1 7 25px Germany Audi Sport Team Joest 25px Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen
25px Great Britain Allan McNish
25px Italy Rinaldo Capello
Audi R15 TDI plus M 394
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)
4 4 LMP1 6 25px France AIM Team Oreca Matmut 25px France Soheil Ayari
25px France Didier André
25px Great Britain Andy Meyrick
Oreca 01 D 369
AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10
5 1 LMP2 42 25px Great Britain Strakka Racing 25px Great Britain Nick Leventis
25px Great Britain Danny Watts
25px Great Britain Jonny Kane
HPD ARX-01C M 367
HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8
6 5 LMP1 007 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Switzerland Harold Primat
25px Germany Stefan Mücke
25px Mexico Adrián Fernández
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 365
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
7 2 LMP2 35 25px France OAK Racing 25px France Matthieu Lahaye
25px France Guillaume Moreau
25px Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Pescarolo 01 D 361
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
8 3 LMP2 25 25px Great Britain RML 25px Great Britain Mike Newton
25px Brazil Thomas Erdos
25px Great Britain Andy Wallace
Lola B08/80 D 358
HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8
9 4 LMP2 24 25px France OAK Racing 25px France Jacques Nicolet
25px Monaco Richard Hein
25px France Jean-François Yvon
Pescarolo 01 D 341
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
10 5 LMP2 41 25px Great Britain Team Bruichladdich 25px Great Britain Tim Greaves
25px Template:Country alias KSA Karim Ojjeh
25px France Gary Chalandon
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 D 341
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
11 1 LMGT2 77 25px Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 25px Germany Marc Lieb
25px Austria Richard Lietz
25px Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 338
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 2 LMGT2 89 25px Germany Hankook Team Farnbacher 25px Germany Dominik Farnbacher
25px Flag of Denmark Allan Simonsen
25px USA Leh Keen
Ferrari F430 GT2 HK 336
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 1 LMGT1 50 25px France Larbre Compétition 25px France Roland Berville
25px France Julien Canal
25px Switzerland Gabriele Gardel
Saleen S7-R M 331
Ford 7.0 L V8
14 3 LMGT2 97 25px Italy BMS Scuderia Italia SpA 25px Germany Marco Holzer
25px Great Britain Richard Westbrook
25px Germany Timo Scheider
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 327
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 2 LMGT1 72 25px France Luc Alphand Aventures 25px France Stéphane Grégoire
25px France Jérôme Policand
25px Netherlands David Hart
Corvette C6.R D 327
Corvette LS7.R 7.0 L V8
16 4 LMGT2 95 25px Italy AF Corse SRL 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
25px France Jean Alesi
25px Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 323
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 5 LMGT2 76 25px France IMSA Performance Matmut 25px France Raymond Narac
25px France Patrick Pilet
25px USA Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 321
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 6 LMP2 28 25px Switzerland Race Performance AG 25px France Pierre Bruneau
25px France Marc Rostan
25px Switzerland Ralph Meichtry
Radical SR9 D 321
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
19 6 LMGT2 78 25px Germany BMW Motorsport 25px Germany Jörg Müller
25px Brazil Augusto Farfus
25px Germany Uwe Alzen
BMW M3 GT2 D 320
BMW 4.0 L V8
20 7 LMP2 40 25px Flag of Portugal Quifel ASM Team 25px Flag of Portugal Miguel Amaral
25px France Olivier Pla
25px Great Britain Warren Hughes
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 M 318
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
21 7 LMGT2 75 25px Belgium Prospeed Competition 25px Netherlands Paul van Splunteren
25px Netherlands Niek Hommerson
25px Belgium Louis Machiels
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 317
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 3 LMGT1 52 25px Germany Young Driver AMR 25px Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
25px Flag of Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
25px Netherlands Peter Kox
Aston Martin DBR9 M 311
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
23 8 LMP2 37 25px France Gerard Welter 25px France Philippe Salini
25px France Stéphane Salini
25px France Tristan Gommendy
WR LMP2008 D 308
Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8
24 8 LMGT2 88 25px Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 25px Austria Horst Felbermayr
25px Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
25px Template:Country alias Slovakia Miro Konopka
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 304
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 9 LMP2 26 25px USA Highcroft Racing 25px Australia David Brabham
25px Great Britain Marino Franchitti
25px Germany Marco Werner
HPD ARX-01C M 296
HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8
26 10 LMP2 39 25px Germany KSM 25px France Jean de Pourtales
25px Japan Hideki Noda
25px Great Britain Jonathan Kennard
Lola B07/40 D 291
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
27 9 LMGT2 85 25px Netherlands Spyker Squadron 25px Netherlands Tom Coronel
25px Great Britain Peter Dumbreck
25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R M 280
Audi 4.0 L V8
Not Classified (NC) - Less Than 70% (277 laps)
28 6 LMP1 11 25px Great Britain Drayson Racing 25px Great Britain Paul Drayson
25px Great Britain Jonny Cocker
25px Italy Emanuele Pirro
Lola B09/60 M 254
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
Did Not Finish (DNF)
29 7 LMP1 4 25px France Team Oreca Matmut 25px France Olivier Panis
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px France Loïc Duval
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 373
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
30 8 LMP1 009 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Great Britain Darren Turner
25px Flag of Denmark Juan Barazi
25px Great Britain Sam Hancock
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 368
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
31 9 LMP1 1 25px France Team Peugeot Total 25px Austria Alexander Wurz
25px Spain Marc Gené
25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 360
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
32 10 LMP1 15 25px Germany Kolles 25px Flag of Denmark Christian Bakkerud
25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px Netherlands Christijan Albers
Audi R10 TDI M 331
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
33 11 LMP1 008 25px France Signature-Plus 25px France Pierre Ragues
25px France Franck Mailleux
25px Belgium Vanina Ickx
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 D 302
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
34 12 LMP1 2 25px France Team Peugeot Total 25px France Nicolas Minassian
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
25px France Franck Montagny
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 264
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
35 10 LMGT2 64 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Great Britain Oliver Gavin
25px Monaco Olivier Beretta
25px France Emmanuel Collard
Corvette C6.R M 255
Corvette 5.5 L V8
36 4 LMGT1 73 25px France Luc Alphand Aventures 25px France Julien Jousse
25px Netherlands Xavier Maassen
25px France Patrice Goueslard
Corvette C6.R D 238
Corvette LS7.R 7.0 L V8
37 11 LMGT2 63 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px USA Johnny O'Connell
25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px Spain Antonio García
Corvette C6.R M 225
Corvette 5.5 L V8
38 12 LMGT2 83 25px USA Risi Competizione 25px USA Tracy Krohn
25px Sweden Niclas Jönsson
25px Belgium Eric van de Poele
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 197
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
39 13 LMP1 14 25px Germany Kolles
25px USA Level 5 Motorsports
25px USA Scott Tucker
25px France Manuel Rodrigues
25px France Christophe Bouchut
Audi R10 TDI M 182
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
40 14 LMP1 12 25px Switzerland Rebellion Racing 25px France Nicolas Prost
25px Switzerland Neel Jani
25px USA Marco Andretti
Lola B10/60 M 175
Rebellion 5.5 L V10
41 5 LMGT1 60 25px Switzerland Matech Competition 25px Germany Thomas Mutsch
25px Switzerland Romain Grosjean
25px Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Ford GT1 M 171
Ford 5.3 L V8
42 15 LMP1 13 25px Switzerland Rebellion Racing 25px France Jean-Christophe Boullion
25px Italy Andrea Belicchi
25px Great Britain Guy Smith
Lola B10/60 M 143
Rebellion 5.5 L V10
43 6 LMGT1 69 25px Japan JLOC 25px Japan Atsushi Yogo
25px Japan Koji Yamanishi
25px Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV Y 138
Lamborghini 6.5 L V12
44 13 LMGT2 82 25px USA Risi Competizione 25px Brazil Jaime Melo
25px Italy Gianmaria Bruni
25px Germany Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 116
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
45 14 LMGT2 92 25px Great Britain JMW Motorsport 25px Great Britain Rob Bell
25px Great Britain Tim Sugden
25px USA Bryce Miller
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 D 71
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
46 15 LMGT2 80 25px USA Flying Lizard Motorsports 25px USA Seth Neiman
25px USA Darren Law
25px Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 61
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
47 7 LMGT1 61 25px Switzerland Matech Competition 25px Switzerland Natacha Gachnang
25px Switzerland Cyndie Allemann
25px Switzerland Rahel Frey
Ford GT1 M 59
Ford 5.3 L V8
48 11 LMP2 29 25px Italy Racing Box SRL 25px Italy Luca Pirri
25px Italy Marco Cioci
25px Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Lola B08/80 D 57
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
49 16 LMGT2 79 25px Germany BMW Motorsport 25px Great Britain Andy Priaulx
25px Germany Dirk Müller
25px Germany Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 D 53
BMW 4.0 L V8
50 12 LMP2 38 25px France Pegasus Racing 25px France Julien Schell
25px France Frédéric da Rocha
25px France David Zollinger
Norma M200 D 40
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
51 16 LMP1 3 25px France Peugeot Sport Total 25px France Sébastien Bourdais
25px Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy
25px France Simon Pagenaud
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 38
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
52 8 LMGT1 70 25px Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 25px Belgium Eric de Doncker
25px Belgium Bas Leinders
25px Finland Markus Palttala
Ford GT1 M 26
Ford 5.0 L V8
53 17 LMP1 5 25px Great Britain Beechdean Mansell 25px Great Britain Nigel Mansell
25px Great Britain Greg Mansell
25px Great Britain Leo Mansell
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S D 4
Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8
54 17 LMGT2 81 25px USA Jaguar RSR 25px USA Paul Gentilozzi
25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
25px Belgium Marc Goossens
Jaguar XKR GT2 Y 4
Jaguar 5.0 L V8
55 18 LMP1 19 25px USA Michael Lewis/Autocon 25px USA Michael Lewis
25px USA Bryan Willman
25px Canada Tony Burgess
Lola B06/10 D 1
AER P32T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Did Not Start (DNS)
DNS - LMGT2 96 25px Italy AF Corse SRL 25px Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
25px Argentina Matías Russo
25px Finland Mika Salo
Ferrari F430 GT2 M -
Ferrari 4.0 L V8

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