2010 1000 km of Zhuhai

The Track map of Zhuhai International Circuit
The start of the 2010 1000km of Zhuhai.

The 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai was an auto race held on 5–7 November 2010 at the Zhuhai International Circuit in Zhuhai, China. The 1000 km of Zhuhai was the first race in China to be run under Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) regulations. The race served as the final round of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Peugeot won the race and secured the Team and Manufacturer titles in the Intercontinental Cup, defeating Audi. Ferrari and AF Corse also secured the GT2 Intercontinental Cup, despite finishing third in the class behind the BMW Team Schnitzer entry.

This race also marked the first time that the ACO allowed competitors from the FIA GT3 category to compete alongside their normal categories, with Hong Kong–based KK Performance winning the inaugural race for the GTC class. This was also the last appearance of GT1 category in ACO-sanctioned series.

Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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

Pos Class Team Lap Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 2 Team Peugeot Total 1:21.868 1
2 LMP1 No. 1 Team Peugeot Total 1:22.953 2
3 LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:23.152 3
4 LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:24.589 4
5 LMP1 No. 11 Drayson Racing 1:28.916 5
6 LMP1 No. 23 Tōkai University/YGK Power 1:30.869 6
7 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:32.936 7
8 FLM No. 47 Hope Polevision Racing 1:33.227 8
9 GT1 No. 69 JLOC 1:33.516 9
10 GTH No. 92 Porsche AG 1:33.789 10
11 GTC No. 98 KK Performance 1:34.959 11
12 GT1 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:35.217 12
13 GTC No. 96 United Autosports 1:35.682 13
14 GT2 No. 95 AF Corse 1:35.810 14
15 GT2 No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:36.114 15
16 GT2 No. 78 BMW Team Schnitzer 1:36.166 16
17 GT2 No. 90 CRS Racing 1:36.210 17
18 GT2 No. 75 Prospeed Competition 1:36.300 18
19 GT2 No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton 1:36.527 19
20 GT2 No. 81 Jaguar RSR 1:37.379 20
21 GTC No. 91 Team Hong Kong Racing 1:37.800 21
22 GTC No. 97 United Autosports 1:37.888 22
23 GT2 No. 99 Gulf Team First 3:17.517 23

Race

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LMP1 winners Franck Montagny and Stéphane Sarrazin.
LMP2 winners Jacques Nicolet, Frédéric Da Rocha and Patrice Lafargue.
GT2 winners Jörg Müller and Dirk Werner.
GTC winners Marchy Lee, Alex Yoong and Matthew Marsh.

Race result

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 2 France Team Peugeot Total France Franck Montagny
France Stéphane Sarrazin
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 232
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP1 7 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Denmark Tom Kristensen
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Audi R15 TDI plus M 232
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 8 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Italy Rinaldo Capello
France Romain Dumas
Audi R15 TDI plus M 232
Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10
(Diesel)
4 LMP1 1 France Team Peugeot Total France Sébastien Bourdais
France Simon Pagenaud
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP M 229
Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
5 LMP2 35 France OAK Racing France Jacques Nicolet
France Frédéric da Rocha
France Patrice Lafargue
Pescarolo 01 Evo D 206
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
6 GTH 92 Germany Porsche AG Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-R Hybrid M 205
Porsche 4.0 L Hybrid Flat-6
7 GT2 78 Germany BMW Team Schnitzer Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 D 202
BMW 4.0 L V8
8 GT2 77 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 202
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 FLM 47 Switzerland Hope Polevision Racing Switzerland Steve Zacchia
China Shan Qi Zhang
Taiwan Jeffrey Lee
Oreca FLM09 M 201
Corvette LS3 6.2 L V8
10 GT2 95 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Finland Toni Vilander
Brazil Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430 GTE M 199
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
11 GT2 88 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Austria Martin Ragginger
Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 192
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12 GTC 98 Hong Kong KK Performance Hong Kong Marchy Lee
Malaysia Alex Yoong
Hong Kong Matthew Marsh
Audi R8 LMS M 192
Audi 5.2  V10
13 GT2 90 United Kingdom CRS Racing Germany Pierre Ehret
United Kingdom Phil Quaife
United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
Ferrari F430 GTE M 191
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
14 LMP1 23 Japan Tōkai University-YGK Power Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
Courage-Oreca LC70E Y 190
YGK YR40T 4.0 L Turbo V8
15 GT2 99 United Arab Emirates Gulf Team First France Fabien Giroix
Germany Roald Goethe
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT2 D 187
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
16 GTC 91 Hong Kong Team Hong Kong Racing Hong Kong Philip Ma
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Aston Martin DBRS9 M 172
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
17 GTC 97 United States United Autosports France Henri Richard
Hong Kong Alain Li
Audi R8 LMS D 171
Audi 5.2 L V10
18 GT1 50 France Larbre Compétition France Patrick Bornhauser
France Laurent Groppi
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Saleen S7-R M 170
Ford 7.0 L V8
19
DNF
LMP1 11 United Kingdom Drayson Racing United Kingdom Paul Drayson
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
Lola B09/60 M 141
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
20
DNF
GTC 96 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Danny Watts
United Kingdom Richard Meins
Hong Kong Frank Yu
Audi R8 LMS D 168
Audi 5.2 L V10
21
DNF
GT2 75 Belgium Prospeed Competition United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 119
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22
DNF
GT1 69 Japan JLOC Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Yuya Sakamoto
Lamborghini Murciélago R-SV Y 10
Lamborghini 6.5 L V12
23
DNF
GT2 81 United States JaguarRSR Belgium Marc Goossens
United States Paul Gentilozzi
Jaguar XKRS Y 10
Jaguar 5.0 L V8

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ILMC Zhuhai Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2010-11-07. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
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