2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
The 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup was the inaugural running of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, an international auto racing championship for manufacturers and teams. The Cup featured endurance races from the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and Asian Le Mans Series, as well as teams representing each of the three series.[1] Winning teams were awarded with automatic invitations to the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans. As with the three racing series based on Le Mans, the Intercontinental Cup featured the ACO's four premiere classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. Six manufacturers and eighteen teams vied for the Cup in each of the four classes utilized in Le Mans racing.
| 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup | |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Automobile Club de l'Ouest |
| Discipline | Sports car endurance racing |
| Number of races | 3 |
| Champions | |
| LMP1 Manufacturer |  Peugeot |
| GT2 Manufacturer |  Ferrari |
| LMP1 Team | Team Peugeot Total |
| LMP2 Team | OAK Racing |
| GT1 Team | Larbre Compétition |
| GT2 Team |  Team Felbermayr-Proton |
Race calendar and event results
The debut year of the Intercontinental Cup featured three events in the autumn. It consisted of the final rounds of the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series, as well as the sole event on the Asian Le Mans Series schedule. The opening round in September featured the 1000 km of Silverstone at the Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain, followed by a 1000-mile race for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the United States in October. The final event, the 1000 km of Zhuhai, was the first Le Mans-style competition in China, held at the Zhuhai International Circuit in November.
Note that for each individual race, cars not competing in the Intercontinental Cup may have won their respective class. However, only the highest finishing Cup entrant is listed below.
Overall winners in bold.
| Rnd. | Circuit | Date | LMP1 Cup Leaders | LMP2 Cup Leaders | GT1 Cup Leaders | GT2 Cup Leaders | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silverstone | 12 September | No. 1 Team Peugeot Total |
No. 35 OAK Racing[lower-alpha 1] |
No. 50 Larbre Compétition[lower-alpha 2] |
No. 96 AF Corse |
Report |
Nicolas Minassian Anthony Davidson |
Guillaume Moreau Richard Hein |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees |
Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo | ||||
| 2 | Road Atlanta | 2 October | No. 08 Team Peugeot Total |
No. 35 OAK Racing[lower-alpha 3] |
Did Not Participate |  No. 62 Risi Competizione[lower-alpha 4] |
Report |
Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy |
Jacques Nicolet Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue |
Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander | |||||
| 3 | Zhuhai | 7 November | No. 2 Team Peugeot Total |
No. 35 OAK Racing |
No. 50 Larbre Compétition |
No. 78 BMW Team Schnitzer |
Report |
| Franck Montagny Stéphane Sarrazin |
Jacques Nicolet Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue |
Laurent Groppi Patrick Bornhauser Pedro Lamy |
Jörg Müller Dirk Werner | ||||
Championship awards
The points scale for the championship included all individual race participants who completed 70% of the winner's distance, although points were only awarded to designated entries in the Intercontinental Cup. A bonus point was also available if an ILMC team scored pole position for an event.[2]
| Points System[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | Pole Position |
| 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Manufacturers Cups
Manufacturer Cups were available only to designated manufacturers in the LMP1 and GT2 categories. Each manufacturer had to designate teams to represent them at each event, with points being allocated by combining the top two finishing representatives.[2]
LMP1
Peugeot won all three races for LMP1 cars thanks to the victories of Team Peugeot Total, defeating their only rivals Audi for the manufacturers' championship.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Chassis Engine |
Tire | Car | Results | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL |
ATL |
 ZHU | |||||||
| 1 | |
Peugeot | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel) |
M | 1st | 1 | 1 | 1 | 140 |
| 2nd | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 2 | |
Audi | Audi R15 TDI plus TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (diesel) |
M | 1st | 3 | 3 | 3 | 101 |
| 2nd | Ret | 5 | 2 | ||||||
GT2
GT2 was the only other class to have two championships, with Ferrari edging out Porsche for the manufacturers' championship by seven points, taking two wins to Porsche's one.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Model | Tire | Car | Results | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL |
ATL |
ZHU | |||||||
| 1 | |
Ferrari | Ferrari F430 GT2 | M | 1st | 1 | 3 | 3 | 120 |
| 2nd | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| 2 | |
Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 1st | 2 | 5 | 2 | 113 |
| 2nd | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | |
BMW | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 1st | 8 | 4 | 1 | 69 |
| 2nd | - | 13 | - | ||||||
| 4 | |
Jaguar | Jaguar XKRS | D | 1st | - | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 2nd | - | Ret | - | ||||||
LMP1
Team Peugeot Total claimed the Teams Cup, finishing 17 points clear of Audi Sport Team Joest, while Drayson Racing and Team Oreca Matmut also contested races.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Pos. | Team | Chassis Engine |
Tire | No. | Results | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL |
ATL |
ZHU |
Car | Team | ||||||
| 1 | |
Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel) |
M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 67 | 118 |
| 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 51 | ||||||
| 2 | |
Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R15 TDI plus TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (diesel) |
M | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 101 |
| 7 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 43 | ||||||
| 3 | |
Drayson Racing | Lola B09/60 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 |
M | 11 | 8 | 6 | - | 32 | 32 |
| 4 | |
Team Oreca Matmut | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel) |
M | 4 | 2 | - | - | 22 | 22 |
LMP2
The LMP2 team cup was settled comprehensively, as OAK Racing were the only team to compete in all three LMP2 races.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Pos. | Team | Chassis Engine |
Tire | No. | Results | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL |
ATL |
ZHU |
Car | Team | ||||||
| 1 | |
OAK Racing Team Mazda France |
Pescarolo 01 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 |
D | 35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 83 |
| 24 | 6 | - | - | 17 | ||||||
| 2 | |
MIK Corse Racing Box |
Lola B09/80 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 |
D | 30 | 5 | - | - | 18 | 34 |
| 29 | 7 | - | - | 16 | ||||||
GT1
In the GT1 category, entries were received from Larbre Compétition and Atlas eFX-Team FS, but Atlas withdrew from all three ILMC events, automatically earning Larbre the title.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Pos. | Team | Car | Tire | No. | Results | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL |
ATL |
ZHU |
Car | Team | ||||||
| 1 | |
Larbre Compétition | Saleen S7-R | M | 50 | 1 | - | 1 | 51 | 51 |
GT2
Porsche team Felbermayr-Proton upheld some honour for the marque, as they won the teams' championship despite not winning a race, fifteen points ahead of AF Corse, who won at Silverstone. Risi Competizione and BMW Team Schnitzer won the other races to be held.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Pos. | Team | Car | Tire | No. | Results | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL |
ATL |
ZHU |
Car | Team | ||||||
| 1 | |
Team Felbermayr-Proton | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 77 | 5 | - | 2 | 40 | 72 |
| 88 | 10 | - | 4 | 32 | ||||||
| 2 | |
AF Corse SRL | Ferrari F430 GT2 | M | 95 | 12 | - | 3 | 33 | 57 |
| 96 | 1 | - | - | 25 | ||||||
| 3 | |
CRS Racing | Ferrari F430 GT2 | M | 91 | 4 | - | 5 | 37 | 47 |
| 90 | 13 | - | - | 10 | ||||||
| 4 | |
BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 78 | 8 | - | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| 5 | |
Risi Competizione | Ferrari F430 GT2 | M | 62 | - | 3 | - | 22 | 37 |
| 61 | - | 7 | - | 16 | ||||||
| 6 | |
Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 14 | - | 5 | - | 18 | 32 |
| 44 | - | 9 | - | 14 | ||||||
| 7 | |
BMW Rahal Letterman Racing | BMW M3 GT2 | D | 92 | - | 4 | - | 19 | 29 |
| 90 | - | 13 | - | 10 | ||||||
| 8 |  |
Gulf Team First | Lamborghini Murciélago[3] | D | 99 | 11 | - | 6 | 12 | 29 |
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Prospeed Competition | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 75 | 2 | - | Ret | 22 | 22 |
| 10 | |
JaguarRSR | Jaguar XKRS | Y | 81 | - | Ret | Ret | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | - | Ret | - | 0 | ||||||
Footnotes
- Third in class in the race.
- Only class entrant in the race.
- Third in class in the race.
- Third in class in the race.
References
- Nancy Knapp Schilke (2009-12-08). "ACO links Le Mans series' with Intercontinental Cup". motorsport.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- "2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). lemans.org. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2010-07-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- "2010 International Le Mans Cup: Provisionnal classification after final round - Zhuhai" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2010.