Le Castellet 8 Hours 2010 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 8 Heures du Castellet		Date: 11.4.2010
Track: Paul Ricard Hight Tech Test Track, Le Castellet (France), 5.791 kms	Organiser: unknown
Le Castellet 8 Hours
Le Mans Series (round 1)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:00
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	8 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	43
Practiced:	41
Qualified:	41
Started:	41
Finished:	29
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototypes 1	8	8	8
Le Mans Prototypes 2	12	12	8
Formula Le Mans	7	7	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	1	1	1
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	13	13	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 9-10/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 10/4
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Audi R15 TDI	McNish / Capello
Le Mans Prototypes 2:	42	HPD ARX-01c	Kane / Watts / Leventis
Formula Le Mans:	49	Oreca FLM 09	Toulemonde / Zampatti / Zollinger
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	77	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Lietz / Lieb
Leaders:
laps 1-2:	009	Lola Aston Martin DBR1-2	Stefan Mücke
laps 3-266:	7	Audi R15 TDI	Allan McNish/Rinaldo Capello
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	7	Audi R15 TDI	McNish / Capello	1:42.541	203.310 km/h	lap 221
Le Mans Prototypes 2:	42	HPD ARX-01c	Kane / Watts / Leventis	1:46.590	195.587 km/h	lap 183
Formula Le Mans:	49	Oreca FLM 09	Toulemonde / Zampatti / Zollinger	1:55.209	180.955 km/h	lap 197
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	50	Saleen S7-R	Gardel / Goueslard / Canal	1:57.364	177.632 km/h	lap 209
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	90	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kaffer / Quaife / Ehret	1:59.079	175.074 km/h	lap 137
Pole Positions:
Overall:	4	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Nicolas Lapierre (F)	1:41.195	207.828 km/h
Le Mans Prototypes 2:	42	HPD ARX-01c	Danny Watts (GB)	1:44.989	200.318 km/h
Formula Le Mans:	44	Oreca FLM 09	Edoardo Piscopo (I)	1:52.936	186.222 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	50	Saleen S7-R	Gabriele Gardel (CH)	1:57.085	179.623 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	96	Ferrari F430 GTC	Gianmaria Bruni (I)	1:57.850	178.457 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Lola (8), Oreca (8), Ferrari (6), Porsche (4), Ginetta-Zytek (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (7), Judd (6), Ferrari (6), Zytek (4), Porsche (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (7), Ferrari F430 (6), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (4)
Driver nationalities:	F (29), GB (23), I (13), D (10), CH (9), B (4), A (3), NL (3), P (2), RA (2), BR (2)
Team nationalities:	F (12), GB (8), D (6), CH (5), I (5), B (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (85%), rear-engined (9%), front-engined (6%)
Average engine size:	4539 cc (with regard to 7% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4666 cc)
Average age of cars:	2 year old (average year manufactured: 2008)
Oldest known drivers:	Peter Kutemann (63), Frédéric da Rocha (57), Miguel Amaral (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Nicolas De Crem (20), Dominik Kraihamer (21), Martin Ragginger (22)
Female drivers:	Vanina Ickx

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