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
OrganizerAutomobile Club de l'Ouest
DisciplineSports car endurance racing
Number of races3
Number of manufacturers6
Number of teams17
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.

Rnd. Circuit LMP1 Cup Leaders LMP2 Cup Leaders GT1 Cup Leaders GT2 Cup Leaders Report
1 Silverstone No. 1 Team Peugeot Total No. 35 OAK Racing No. 50 Larbre Compétition No. 96 AF Corse Report
Nicolas Minassian
Anthony Davidson		 Guillaume Moreau
Richard Hein		 Gabriele Gardel
Patrice Goueslard
Fernando Rees		 Gianmaria Bruni
Jaime Melo
2 Road Atlanta No. 08 Team Peugeot Total No. 35 OAK Racing Did Not Participate No. 62 Risi Competizione Report
Franck Montagny
Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy		 Jacques Nicolet
Frédéric Da Rocha
Patrice Lafargue		 Gianmaria Bruni
Toni Vilander
3 Zhuhai 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
9 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

References
  1. Nancy Knapp Schilke (2009-12-08). "ACO links Le Mans series' with Intercontinental Cup". motorsport.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  2. "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.
  3. "2010 International Le Mans Cup: Provisionnal classification after final Round - Zhuhai" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2010.
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