Yes! Audi did it again and won the Le Mans 24 hours once again with their amazing diesel-powered R15 car, making a historical 1-2-3 finish. Despite the podium lock-out, it was not what you call a dominant win, because their main rival Peugeot led the race for nearly 12 hours before technical difficulties sent out all of their four cars! Then again, Kudos to Audi because their racing machines were totally reliable and ran the whole race without any significant problem.
In other categories, the everlasting Saleen S7R mastered the GT1 Class ahead of Corvette and Aston Martin, although with a bit of help from the lady luck! And Porsche, continuing its tradition of winning something at Le Mans, managed to secure their 98th class win by beating Ferrari and winning the GT2 class.
2010 Le Mans 24 Hours Race Results:
|
POS |
No. |
Class |
Team |
Drivers |
Vehicles |
Time |
Laps |
| 1 | 9 | LMP1 | Audi Sport North America | BERNHARD Timo/DUMAS Romain/ROCKENFELLER Mike | Audi R15 TDI | 24:01:23.694 | 397 |
| 2 | 8 | LMP1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | FAESSLER Marcel/LOTTERER Andre/TRELUYER Benoi | Audi R15 TDI | 24:01:24.260 | 396 |
| 3 | 7 | LMP1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | CAPELLO Dindo/KRISTENSEN Tom/McNISH Allan | Audi R15 TDI | 24:01:24.510 | 394 |
| 4 | 6 | LMP1 | AIM Team Oreca Matmut | AYARI Soheil/ANDRE Didier/MEYRICK Andy | Oreca 01 -AIM | 24:04:43.463 | 369 |
| 5 | 42 | LMP2 | Strakka Racing | LEVENTIS Nick/WATTS Danny/KANE Jonny | HPD ARX.01 | 24:04:37.259 | 367 |
| 6 | 7 | LMP1 | Aston Martin Racing | FERNANDEZ Adrian/MUCKE Stefan/PRIMAT Harold | Lola Aston Martin | 24:02:25.433 | 365 |
| 7 | 35 | LMP2 | OAK Racing | LAHAYE Matthieu/MOREAU Guillaume/CHAROUZ Jan | Pescarolo -Judd | 24:04:45.089 | 361 |
| 8 | 25 | LMP2 | RML | ERDOS Thomas/NEWTON Mike/WALLACE Andy | Lola HPD Coupe | 24:06:06.517 | 358 |
| 9 | 24 | LMP2 | OAK Racing | NICOLET Jacques/HEIN Richard/YVON Jean-Francois | Pescarolo -Judd | 24:03:52.327 | 341 |
| 10 | 41 | LMP2 | Team Bruichladdich | OJJEH Karim/GREAVES Tim/CHALANDON Gary | Ginetta -Zytek 09S | 24:06:05.027 | 341 |
| 11 | 77 | LMGT2 | Team Felbermayr Proton | LIEB Marc/LIETZ Richard/HENZLER Wolf | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 24:03:19.907 | 338 |
| 12 | 89 | LMGT2 | Hankook Team Farnbache | FARNBACHER Dominik/SIMONSEN Allan/KEEN Leh | Ferrari F430 GT | 24:01:25.653 | 336 |
| 13 | 50 | LMGT1 | Larbre Competition | GARDEL Gabriele/BERVILLE Roland/CANAL Julien | Saleen S7R | 24:04:02.803 | 331 |
| 14 | 97 | LMGT2 | BMS Scuderia Italia SPA | HOLZER Marco/WESTBROOK Richard/SCHEIDER Timo | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 24:01:26.673 | 327 |
| 15 | 72 | LMGT1 | Luc Alphand Aventures | POLICAND Jerome/GREGOIRE Stephan/HART David | Corvette C6.R | 24:03:50.914 | 327 |
| 16 | 95 | LMGT2 | AF Corse SRL | ALESI Jean/FISICHELLA Giancarlo/VILANDER Toni | Ferrari F430 GT | 24:02:26.537 | 323 |
| 17 | 76 | LMGT2 | IMSA Performance Matmut | PILET Patrick/NARAC Raymond/LONG Patrick | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 24:01:26.140 | 321 |
| 18 | 28 | LMP2 | Race Performance AG | ROSTAN Marc/MEICHTRY Ralph/BRUNEAU Pierre | Radical SR9 -Judd | 24:02:57.876 | 321 |
| 19 | 78 | LMGT2 | BMW Motorsport | MULLER Jorg/FARFUS Augusto/ALZEN Uwe | BMW M3 | 24:04:16.542 | 320 |
| 20 | 40 | LMP2 | Quifel -ASM Team | AMARAL Miguel/PLA Olivier/HUGHES Warren | Ginetta -Zytek 09S | 24:04:08.855 | 318 |
