2010 VLN Series explained

The 2010 VLN Series was the 33rd season of the VLN.

The drivers championship was won by Mario Merten and Wolf Silvester, driving a BMW Z4 for Bonk Motorsport.[1]

The third race was overshadowed by the fatal accident of Leo Löwenstein. With around 40 minutes to go, Löwenstein, driving the No. 83 Aston Martin Vantage, came upon two backmarkers, the No. 137 Lexus IS F and the No. 511 BMW 130i, who were themselves fighting for position. Löwenstein attempted to pass between the two cars near Bergwerk, but connected with one of them, took off and rolled several times. The car hit the barriers with an impact that ruptured its fuel cell, landing upside down and ablaze. Marshals arrived on the scene within seconds but neither they nor Löwenstein himself were able to extricate him from the wreckage. He succumbed to smoke inhalation.[2] [3] [4]

Calendar

RaceLengthCircuitDate
157. ADAC Westfalenfahrt4 hours Nürburgring NordschleifeMarch 27
235. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen4 hoursApril 10
352. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup4 hoursApril 24
441. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy4 hoursJune 12
550. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen4 hoursJuly 3
633. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen4 hoursJuly 17
76h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen6 hoursJuly 31
842. ADAC Barbarossapreis4 hoursSeptember 25
934. DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen4 hoursOctober 16
1035. DMV Münsterlandpokal4 hoursOctober 30

Race Results

Results indicate overall winners only.

CircuitPole PositionWinners
1 Nürburgring NordschleifeNo. 1 Black FalconNo. 114 Manthey Racing
Christer Jöns
Seán Paul Breslin
Johannes Stuck		 Marcel Tiemann
Marc Lieb
Timo Bernhard
2No. 99 Phoenix RacingNo. 114 Manthey Racing
Frank Stippler
Marcel Fässler
Mike Rockenfeller		 Marcel Tiemann
Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
3No. 99 Phoenix RacingNo. 93 Mamerow Racing
Frank Stippler
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Marc Hennerici		 Christian Mamerow
Wolf Henzler
4No. 93 Mamerow RacingNo. 93 Mamerow Racing
Christian Mamerow
Marc Basseng		 Christian Mamerow
Marc Basseng
5No. 114 Manthey RacingNo. 114 Manthey Racing
Marc Lieb
Arno Klasen		 Marc Lieb
Arno Klasen
6No. 114 Manthey RacingNo. 88 Manthey Racing
Romain Dumas
Arno Klasen		 Lance David Arnold
Christian Menzel
7No. 88 Manthey RacingNo. 88 Manthey Racing
Lance David Arnold
Christian Menzel		 Lance David Arnold
Christian Menzel
8No. 86No. 88 Manthey Racing
Christian Hohenadel
Lance David Arnold		 Lucas Luhr
Richard Westbrook
9No. 739 Mamerow RacingNo. 738 Black Falcon
Bernd Schneider
Christian Mamerow		 Thomas Jäger
Christopher Haase
10No. 114 Manthey RacingNo. 114 Manthey Racing
Marc Lieb
Arno Klasen
Lucas Luhr		 Marc Lieb
Arno Klasen
Lucas Luhr
Sources:[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All VLN champions at a glance . 2023-10-09 . Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Dritter Lauf von tragischem Unfall überschattet. nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 7 January 2022. 24 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021050034/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/de/2010/04/24/dritter-lauf-von-tragischem-unfall-ueberschattet/. 21 October 2020. live. German.
  3. Web site: Chronologie 52. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup. nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 7 January 2022. 24 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021082345/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/de/2010/04/24/chronologie-52-adac-acas-hr-cup/. 21 October 2020. live. German.
  4. Web site: Motorsport Memorial - Leo Löwenstein. motorsportmemorial.org. 7 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107185028/http://motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=9585. 7 January 2022. live.
  5. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 57. ADAC Westfalenfahrt (27.03.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 27 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107014341/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-03-27t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  6. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen (NEU) - 57. ADAC Westfalenfahrt (27.03.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 27 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107014859/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-03-27r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  7. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 35. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen (10.04.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 10 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107015043/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-04-10t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  8. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen (NEU) - 35. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen (10.04.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 10 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107015305/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-04-10r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  9. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 52. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup (24.04.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 24 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107015517/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-04-24t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  10. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen - 52. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup (24.04.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 24 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107015728/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-04-24r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  11. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 41. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Tophy (12.06.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 12 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107015911/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-06-12t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  12. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen - 41. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Tophy (12.06.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 12 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020041/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-06-12r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  13. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 50. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen (03.07.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 3 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020148/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-07-03t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  14. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen - 50. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen (03.07.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 3 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020321/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-07-03r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  15. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 33. RCM - DMV Grenzlandrennen (17.07.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 17 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020431/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-07-17t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  16. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen (NEU) - 33. RCM - DMV Grenzlandrennen (17.07.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 17 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411180001/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-07-17r.pdf. 11 April 2021. live. German.
  17. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen (31.07.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 31 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020845/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-07-31t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  18. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen (NEU) - 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen (31.07.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 31 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107020935/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-07-31r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  19. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 42. ADAC Barbarossapreis (25.09.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 25 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107021052/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-09-25t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  20. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen - 42. ADAC Barbarossapreis (25.09.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 25 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107021227/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-09-25r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  21. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 34. DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen (16.10.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 16 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107021404/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-10-16t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  22. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen - 34. DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen (16.10.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 16 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107021548/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-10-16r.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  23. Web site: Ergebnis Zeittraining - 35. DMV Münsterlandpokal (30.10.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 30 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107021834/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-10-30t.pdf. 7 January 2022. live. German.
  24. Web site: Ergebnis Rennen - 35. DMV Münsterlandpokal (30.10.2010). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de. 6 January 2022. 30 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411194231/https://www.nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de/wp-content/uploads/ergebnisse/2010-10-30r.pdf. 11 April 2021. live. German.

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