The 2010 8 Hours of Le Castellet (8 Heures du Castellet) was the inaugural round of the 2010 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on 11 April 2010. It was the first Le Mans Series race that is longer than the standard 1,000-km distance the LMS use since the 2007 Mil Milhas Brasil. Audi Sport Team Joest won the race overall in their first use of the Audi R15 TDI in the Le Mans Series, with drivers Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello. Aston Martin Racing and Rebellion Racing completed the overall podium five laps behind the winning Audi. Strakka Racing also brought Honda Performance Development a win on their debut in the LMP2 category, leading the OAK Racing Pescarolo by 33 seconds. Applewood Seven won the Formula Le Mans category, the first event in which this class participated in the Le Mans Series. Team Felbermayr-Proton dominated the GT2 category by finishing in the top two positions, ahead of the first of the AF Corse Ferraris.

Qualifying

Qualifying saw Oreca take pole position in their first outing with their new Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, beating the factory Audi R15 TDI by 0.4 seconds. Strakka Racing had a similar story taking LMP2 pole in their first outing with their HPD ARX-01C. They qualified two seconds before the next nearest car, the Quifel Ginetta-Zytek. AF Corse took GT2 pole and DAMS took the first pole position in Le Mans Series history in the new Formula Le Mans class.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP1	No.4 Team Oreca Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre	1:41.195	1
2	LMP1	No.7 Audi Sport Team Joest	Rinaldo Capello	1:41.632	2
3	LMP1	No.009 Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke	1:42.345	3
4	LMP1	No.6 AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Loïc Duval	1:42.685	4
5	LMP1	No.13 Rebellion Racing	Jean-Christophe Boullion	1:43.435	5
6	LMP1	No.12 Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	1:44.032	6
7	LMP1	No.5 Beechdean Mansell	Greg Mansell	1:44.475	7
8	LMP1	No.008 Signature-Plus	Pierre Ragues	1:44.914	8
9	LMP2	No.42 Strakka Racing	Danny Watts	1:44.989	9
10	LMP2	No.40 Quifel ASM Team	Olivier Pla	1:47.112	10
11	LMP2	No.24 OAK Racing	Mathieu Laheye	1:47.474	11
12	LMP2	No.25 RML	Thomas Erdos	1:47.491	12
13	LMP2	No.41 Team Bruichladdich	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	1:48.439	13
14	LMP2	No.30 Racing Box	Andrea Piccini	1:48.635	14
15	LMP2	No.37 WR / Salini	Tristan Gommendy	1:49.567	15
16	LMP2	No.29 Racing Box	Marco Cioci	1:49.931	16
17	LMP2	No.39 KSM	Hideki Noda	1:50.913	17
18	LMP2	No.27 Race Performance	Tyler Dueck	1:52.612	18
19	FLM	No.44 DAMS	Edoardo Piscopo	1:52.936	19
20	FLM	No.48 Hope Polevision Racing	Mathias Beche	1:53.090	20
21	LMP2	No.38 Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell	1:53.148	21
22	FLM	No.49 Applewood Seven	David Zollinger	1:53.447	22
23	FLM	No.45 Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer	1:53.850	23
24	FLM	No.43 DAMS	Alessandro Cicognani	1:54.187	24
25	FLM	No.47 Hope Polevision Racing	Steven Zacchia	1:54.305	25
26	GT1	No.50 Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel	1:57.085	25
27	GT2	No.96 AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni	1:57.850	27
28	GT2	No.77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz	1:58.216	28
29	GT2	No.91 CRS Racing	Tim Mullen	1:58.475	29
30	GT2	No.95 AF Corse	Toni Vilander	1:58.545	30
31	GT2	No.92 JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell	1:58.549	31
32	GT2	No.94 AF Corse	Matías Russo	1:58.707	32
33	GT2	No.90 CRS Racing	Pierre Kaffer	1:59.021	33
34	GT2	No.76 IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet	1:59.035	34
35	GT2	No.85 Spyker Squadron	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:59.177	35
36	GT2	No.88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Martin Ragginger	1:59.447	36
37	GT2	No.89 Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher	1:59.480	37
38	GT2	No.75 Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook	1:59.539	38
39	GT2	No.78 BMW Team Schnitzer	Jörg Müller	1:59.593	39
40	FLM	No.46 JMB Racing	Maurice Basso	2:00.775	40
-	LMP2	No.35 OAK Racing		No Time	41

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi R15 TDI plus	M	266
1	LMP1	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	M	266
2	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Adrian Fernández Harold Primat Stefan Mücke	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	M	261
2	LMP1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Adrian Fernández Harold Primat Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	M	261
3	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion Guy Smith	Lola B10/60	M	261
3	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion Guy Smith	Rebellion (Judd) 5.5 L V10	M	261
4	LMP1	4	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	M	258
4	LMP1	4	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	258
5	LMP1	6	AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Soheil Ayari Loïc Duval Didier André	Oreca 01	D	258
5	LMP1	6	AIM Team Oreca Matmut	Soheil Ayari Loïc Duval Didier André	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	D	258
6	LMP1	008	Signature-Plus	Pierre Ragues Franck Mailleux Vanina Ickx	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	D	256
6	LMP1	008	Signature-Plus	Pierre Ragues Franck Mailleux Vanina Ickx	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	D	256
7	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Danny Watts Nick Leventis Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-01C	M	250
7	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Danny Watts Nick Leventis Jonny Kane	HPD AL7R 3.4 L V8	M	250
8	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01	D	250
8	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau Richard Hein	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	D	250
9	LMP2	25	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Andy Wallace	Lola B08/80	D	249
9	LMP2	25	RML	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Andy Wallace	HPD AL7R 3.4 V8	D	249
10	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Mathieu Laheye	Pescarolo 01	D	249
10	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Mathieu Laheye	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	D	249
11	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Lola B10/60	M	248
11	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Rebellion (Judd) 5.5 L V10	M	248
12	LMP2	41	Team Bruichladdich	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik Tim Greaves Karim Ojjeh	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2	D	248
12	LMP2	41	Team Bruichladdich	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik Tim Greaves Karim Ojjeh	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	D	248
13	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Andrea Piccini Giacomo Piccini Ferdinando Geri	Lola B09/80	P	246
13	LMP2	30	Racing Box	Andrea Piccini Giacomo Piccini Ferdinando Geri	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	P	246
14	LMP1	5	Beechdean Mansell	Nigel Mansell Greg Mansell Leo Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB	D	243
14	LMP1	5	Beechdean Mansell	Nigel Mansell Greg Mansell Leo Mansell	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8	D	243
15	FLM	49	Applewood Seven	Damien Toulemonde David Zollinger Ross Zampatti	Oreca FLM09	M	237
15	FLM	49	Applewood Seven	Damien Toulemonde David Zollinger Ross Zampatti	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	237
16	FLM	48	Hope Polevision Racing	Mathias Beche Christophe Pillon Vincent Capillaire	Oreca FLM09	M	237
16	FLM	48	Hope Polevision Racing	Mathias Beche Christophe Pillon Vincent Capillaire	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	237
17	FLM	43	DAMS	Alessandro Cicognani Andrea Barlesi Gary Chalandon	Oreca FLM09	M	235
17	FLM	43	DAMS	Alessandro Cicognani Andrea Barlesi Gary Chalandon	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	235
18	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	233
18	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	233
19	FLM	47	Hope Polevision Racing	Steve Zacchia Wolfgang Kaufmann Luca Moro	Oreca FLM09	M	231
19	FLM	47	Hope Polevision Racing	Steve Zacchia Wolfgang Kaufmann Luca Moro	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	231
20	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried Martin Ragginger Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	231
20	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried Martin Ragginger Patrick Long	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	231
21	GT2	95	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander Jean Alesi	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	231
21	GT2	95	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander Jean Alesi	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	231
22	GT2	90	CRS Racing	Phil Quaife Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	231
22	GT2	90	CRS Racing	Phil Quaife Pierre Ehret Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	231
23	GT2	94	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	231
23	GT2	94	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	231
24	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Julien Canal	Saleen S7-R	M	229
24	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Julien Canal	Ford 7.0 L V8	M	229
25	GT2	78	BMW Team Schnitzer	Jörg Müller Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	D	225
25	GT2	78	BMW Team Schnitzer	Jörg Müller Dirk Werner	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	225
26	LMP2	36	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell Frédéric Da Rocha Jean-Christophe Metz	Courage LC75	D	219
26	LMP2	36	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell Frédéric Da Rocha Jean-Christophe Metz	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4	D	219
27	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	219
27	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	219
28	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Jeroen Bleekemolen Peter Dumbreck	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	M	215
28	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Jeroen Bleekemolen Peter Dumbreck	Audi 4.0 L V8	M	215
29	LMP2	39	KSM	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda Jonathan Kennard	Lola B08/47	D	188
29	LMP2	39	KSM	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda Jonathan Kennard	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	D	188
30 DNF	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT2	H	204
30 DNF	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	H	204
31 DNF	FLM	44	DAMS	Dean Stirling Luke Hines Edoardo Piscopo	Oreca FLM09	M	203
31 DNF	FLM	44	DAMS	Dean Stirling Luke Hines Edoardo Piscopo	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	203
32 DNF	FLM	46	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Maurice Basso John Hartshorne	Oreca FLM09	M	203
32 DNF	FLM	46	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Maurice Basso John Hartshorne	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	203
33 DNF	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Warren Hughes	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SB/2	D	200
33 DNF	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla Warren Hughes	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	D	200
34 DNF	FLM	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Nicolas De Crem Dominik Kraihamer Bernard Delhez	Oreca FLM09	M	195
34 DNF	FLM	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Nicolas De Crem Dominik Kraihamer Bernard Delhez	Corvette 6.2 L V8	M	195
35 DNF	LMP2	37	WR / Salini	Philippe Salini Stéphane Salini Tristan Gommendy	WR LMP2008	D	168
35 DNF	LMP2	37	WR / Salini	Philippe Salini Stéphane Salini Tristan Gommendy	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	D	168
36 DNF	GT2	96	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	152
36 DNF	GT2	96	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	152
37 DNF	GT2	91	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	123
37 DNF	GT2	91	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Mullen	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	M	123
38 DNF	LMP2	29	Racing Box	Luca Pirri Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Lola B09/80	P	116
38 DNF	LMP2	29	Racing Box	Luca Pirri Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	P	116
39 DNF	LMP2	27	Race Performance	Michel Frey Ralph Meichtry Tyler Dueck	Radical SR9	D	66
39 DNF	LMP2	27	Race Performance	Michel Frey Ralph Meichtry Tyler Dueck	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	D	66
40 DNF	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Darren Turner	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	D	65
40 DNF	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Darren Turner	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	D	65
41 DNF	GT2	75	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	54
41 DNF	GT2	75	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Richard Westbrook	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	54

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Race

Race result

References

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