2010 1000 km of Hungaroring explained

The 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring was the fourth round of the 2010 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Hungaroring, Hungary on 22 August 2010. It was the first time a Le Mans Series event took place at the Hungarian track.

The race was also the first time an LMP2 class car has taken first, both in qualifying and the race. The No. 42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01C achieved such feat, with LMP2 cars running comparatively in lap times in the practice sessions, qualifying, and the race, sweeping the top six positions in the race overall, while most of the LMP1 cars suffered from reliability issues and/or driver errors throughout the day-to-night race; the best finisher was the No. 5 Beechdean Mansell Ginetta-Zytek.

Qualifying

For the first time in history, an LMP2 car took overall pole in a Le Mans Series event. Strakka Racing were the team that achieved such feat, qualifying 0.4 seconds ahead of the quickest LMP1 car, the No. 13 Rebellion Lola. The No. 49 Applewood Seven took their consecutive FLM pole, while the No. 50 Larbre Compétition took the GT1 pole being the one of only two cars in the class that ran in qualifying, and the No. 96 AF Corse took its consecutive GT2 pole.

Qualifying result

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

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP2	No. 42 Strakka Racing	Danny Watts	1:32.431	1
2	LMP1	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	Jean-Christophe Boullion	1:32.888	2
3	LMP1	No. 12 Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	1:32.924	3
4	LMP1	No. 4 Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis	1:33.613	4
5	LMP1	No. 008 Signature Plus	Pierre Ragues	1:35.297	5
6	LMP1	No. 5 Beechdean-Mansell	Greg Mansell	1:35.441	6
7	LMP2	No. 40 Quifel ASM Team	Olivier Pla	1:35.586	7
8	LMP2	No. 35 OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau	1:35.873	8
9	LMP2	No. 24 OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye	1:36.024	9
10	LMP2	No. 25 RML	Thomas Erdos	1:36.250	10
11	LMP2	No. 30 Racing Box	Federico Leo	1:36.660	11
12	LMP2	No. 41 Team Bruichladdich	Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	1:37.256	12
13	LMP2	No. 31 RLR msport	Warren Hughes	1:37.796	13
14	LMP2	No. 29 Racing Box	Marco Cioci	1:38.307	14
15	LMP2	No. 27 Race Performance	Chris Buncombe	1:40.988	15
16	FLM	No. 49 Applewood Seven	Mathias Beche	1:41.987	16
17	FLM	No. 44 DAMS	Darren Manning	1:42.213	17
18	FLM	No. 48 Hope Polevision Racing	Nico Verdonck	1:42.253	18
19	FLM	No. 47 Hope Polevision Racing	Steve Zacchia	1:42.461	19
20	FLM	No. 43 DAMS	Alessandro Cicognani	1:42.814	20
21	FLM	No. 45 Boutsen Energy Racing	Nicolas de Crem	1:43.223	21
22	LMP2	No. 36 Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell	1:45.105	22
23	GT2	No. 96 AF Corse	Álvaro Parente	1:46.535	23
24	GT2	No. 95 AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:46.684	24
25	GT2	No. 91 CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy	1:46.950	25
26	GT1	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel	1:47.005	26
27	GT2	No. 94 AF Corse	Matías Russo	1:47.157	27
28	GT2	No. 92 JMW Motorsport	Darren Turner	1:47.226	28
29	GT2	No. 89 Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher	1:47.369	29
30	GT2	No. 75 Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook	1:47.518	30
31	GT2	No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz	1:47.526	31
32	GT2	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet	1:47.551	32
33	GT2	No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Romain Dumas	1:47.705	33
34	GT2	No. 85 Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel	1:47.800	34
35	GT2	No. 90 CRS Racing	Phil Quaife	1:48.039	35
36	FLM	No. 46 JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann	1:48.766	36
37	GT2	No. 86 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marco Seefried	1:49.977	37
38	GT1	No. 66 Atlas FX-Team FS	No Time		38

Race

The race was scheduled to run for 229 laps; however, the six-hour time limit went in force; the winning No. 42 Strakka HPD ran 206 laps at the end of the 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	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-01C		206
1	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD AL7.R 3.4 L V8		206
2	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2		205
2	LMP2	40	Quifel ASM Team	Miguel Amaral Olivier Pla	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		205
3	LMP2	24	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet	Pescarolo 01 Evo		204
3	LMP2	24	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		204
4	LMP2	25	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Ben Collins	Lola B08/80		202
4	LMP2	25	RML	Thomas Erdos Mike Newton Ben Collins	HPD AL7.R 3.4 L V8		202
5	LMP2	41	Team Bruichladdich	Karim Ojjeh Tim Greaves Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2		201
5	LMP2	41	Team Bruichladdich	Karim Ojjeh Tim Greaves Thor-Christian Ebbesvik	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8		201
6	LMP2	29	Racing Box MIK Racing	Luca Pirri Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Lola B09/80		200
6	LMP2	29	Racing Box MIK Racing	Luca Pirri Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		200
7	LMP1	5	Beechdean-Mansell	Greg Mansell Leo Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S		199
7	LMP1	5	Beechdean-Mansell	Greg Mansell Leo Mansell	Zytek ZJ458 4.5 L V8		199
8	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B10/60		193
8	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Rebellion (Judd) 5.5 L V10		193
9	LMP2	35	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Guillaume Moreau Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01 Evo		192
9	LMP2	35	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Guillaume Moreau Richard Hein	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		192
10	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		192
10	GT2	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		192
11	GT2	91	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GTE		192
11	GT2	91	CRS Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Mullen	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		192
12	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		192
12	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrick Pilet Raymond Narac	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		192
13	GT2	95	AF Corse	Jean Alesi Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GTE		192
13	GT2	95	AF Corse	Jean Alesi Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		192
14	GT2	96	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba López Álvaro Parente	Ferrari F430 GTE		191
14	GT2	96	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba López Álvaro Parente	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		191
15	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Darren Turner	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2		191
15	GT2	92	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Darren Turner	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		191
16	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Martin Ragginger Christian Ried Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		190
16	GT2	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Martin Ragginger Christian Ried Romain Dumas	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		190
17	GT2	94	AF Corse	Luis Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GTE		189
17	GT2	94	AF Corse	Luis Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		189
18	LMP2	31	RLR msport	Barry Gates Rob Garofall Warren Hughes	MG-Lola EX265		189
18	LMP2	31	RLR msport	Barry Gates Rob Garofall Warren Hughes	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		189
19	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Tom Coronel	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R		188
19	GT2	85	Spyker Squadron	Peter Dumbreck Tom Coronel	Audi 4.0 L V8		188
20	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GTE		188
20	GT2	89	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		188
21	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Saleen S7-R		187
21	GT1	50	Larbre Compétition	Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Fernando Rees	Ford 7.0 L V8		187
22	FLM	43	DAMS	Andrea Barlesi Alessandro Cicognani Gary Chalandon	Oreca FLM09		187
22	FLM	43	DAMS	Andrea Barlesi Alessandro Cicognani Gary Chalandon	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		187
23	LMP1	008	Signature-Plus	Pierre Ragues Franck Mailleux Vanina Ickx	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60		184
23	LMP1	008	Signature-Plus	Pierre Ragues Franck Mailleux Vanina Ickx	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12		184
24	LMP2	27	Race Performance	Michel Frey Chris Buncombe	Radical SR9		182
24	LMP2	27	Race Performance	Michel Frey Chris Buncombe	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		182
25	LMP2	30	Racing Box MIK Racing	Ferdinando Geri Fabio Babini Federico Leo	Lola B09/80		179
25	LMP2	30	Racing Box MIK Racing	Ferdinando Geri Fabio Babini Federico Leo	Judd DB 3.4 L V8		179
26	FLM	46	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Maurice Basso John Hartshorne	Oreca FLM09		178
26	FLM	46	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Maurice Basso John Hartshorne	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		178
27	GT2	86	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Marco Seefried	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		174
27	GT2	86	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Marco Seefried	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		174
28	GT2	90	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Phil Quaife	Ferrari F430 GTE		167
28	GT2	90	CRS Racing	Pierre Ehret Phil Quaife	Ferrari 4.0 L V8		167
29	FLM	47	Hope Polevision Racing	Steve Zacchia Olivier Lombard Luca Moro	Oreca FLM09		156
29	FLM	47	Hope Polevision Racing	Steve Zacchia Olivier Lombard Luca Moro	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		156
30	FLM	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Nicolas de Crem Bernard Delhez	Oreca FLM09		146
30	FLM	45	Boutsen Energy Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Nicolas de Crem Bernard Delhez	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		146
31	LMP1	4	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP		146
31	LMP1	4	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)		146
32 DNF	GT2	75	Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		133
32 DNF	GT2	75	Prospeed Competition	Richard Westbrook Marco Holzer	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		133
33 DNF	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion	Lola B10/60		124
33 DNF	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion	Rebellion (Judd) 5.5 L V10		124
34 DNF	LMP2	36	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell Frédéric da Rocha	Courage-Oreca LC75		77
34 DNF	LMP2	36	Pegasus Racing	Julien Schell Frédéric da Rocha	AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4		77
35 DNF	GT1	66	Atlas FX-Team FS	Carlo van Dam Stéphane Lémeret	Saleen S7-R		68
35 DNF	GT1	66	Atlas FX-Team FS	Carlo van Dam Stéphane Lémeret	Ford 7.0 L V8		68
36 DNF	FLM	49	Applewood Seven	Damien Toulemonde Mathias Beche	Oreca FLM09		35
36 DNF	FLM	49	Applewood Seven	Damien Toulemonde Mathias Beche	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		35
37 DNF	FLM	44	DAMS	Jody Firth Darren Manning	Oreca FLM09		20
37 DNF	FLM	44	DAMS	Jody Firth Darren Manning	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		20

Notes and References

Web site: LMS Hungaroring Qualifying . PDF . . 2010-08-22 . 2010-08-22 .
Web site: LMS Hungaroring . PDF . . 2010-08-23 . 2010-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100827033439/http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=2010_1000Km_of_the_Hungaroring-Timing.pdf&id_circuit=20 . 27 August 2010 . dead .