Le Mans 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours

[Matthew Little]

Not even 20 minutes into the race and there's already been one major schmozzle.......................

Mansell Out After Early Crash


Meanwhile, with 90+ minutes in the books, here are the top-3 in each class.................
LMP-1/1st}#3 Peugeot Sport Peugeot 908 HDi(Pedro Lamy), 26 laps(1st overall)
LMP-1/2nd} #1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Marc Gene), -1.798 sec
LMP-1/3rd} #2 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Franck Montagny), -7.078 sec
LMP-2/1st} #42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01(Jonny Kane), -2 laps(15th overall)
LMP-2/2nd} #26 Patron Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01(David Brabham), -2 laps
LMP-2/3rd} #40 Quifel/ASM Team Ginetta/Zytek 09S(Olivier Pla), -2 laps
GT-1/1st} #60 Matech Competition Ford GT(Thomas Mutsch), -4 laps(25th overall)
GT-1/2nd} #73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C-6R(Julien Jousse), -4 laps
GT-1/3rd} #52 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9(Peter Kox), -4 laps
GT-2/1st} #64 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Oliver Gavin), -4 laps(27th overall)
GT-2/2nd} #63 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Jan Magnussen), -4 laps
GT-2/3rd} #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430GTE(Jaime Melo), -4 laps

 

[Brogan]

Not a great debut by Mansell there.

I suspect that's the end of Team Mansell's race for this year.

 

[Matthew Little]

Not a great debut by Mansell there.

I suspect that's the end of Team Mansell's race for this year.

According to Radio LeMans, he got out of the car on his own and is okay, but the team has withdrawn the entry; their race is done.

BTW, on the Speed broadcast, they showed the BMW art car being wheeled into the garage..........

 

[Brogan]

BTW, on the Speed broadcast, they showed the BMW art car being wheeled into the garage..........

Noooooooooooooooo!

 

[Matthew Little]

BTW, on the Speed broadcast, they showed the BMW art car being wheeled into the garage..........

Noooooooooooooooo!

Sad but true...........they haven't withdrawn the entry, though, so maybe there's hope we'll see the car out still..........

 

[Matthew Little]

One of the Peugeots' has got tire issues.........it looked as though it was laying down a smokescreen all along the Mulsanne Straight. Hopefully they'll make it to pitlane before the tire starts shedding both rubber and bodywork............

 

[Matthew Little]

One of the Peugeots' has got tire issues.........it looked as though it was laying down a smokescreen all along the Mulsanne Straight. Hopefully they'll make it to pitlane before the tire starts shedding both rubber and bodywork............

Whatever happened must be worse than first thought...........the #3 Peugeot Sport entry w/Pedro Lamy in the car has been wheeled into the garage.........a grievous blow to the French Lions but can the boys from Ingolstadt capitalize on it?

 

[Matthew Little]

[quote="Matthew Little":12yskesq]BTW, on the Speed broadcast, they showed the BMW art car being wheeled into the garage..........

Noooooooooooooooo!

Sad but true...........they haven't withdrawn the entry, though, so maybe there's hope we'll see the car out still.......... [/quote:12yskesq]

According to Radio LeMans, BMW majordomo Dr. Mario Theissen says the car should be back out in 5-10 minutes............

 

[Matthew Little]

Class leaders update after 3 hrs., 25 minutes


LMP-1/1st} #1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Stephane Sarrazin), 53 laps(1st overall)
LMP-1/2nd} #2 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Anthony Davidson), -7.806 sec
LMP-1/3rd} #4 Team ORECA Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi(Loic Duval), -47.536 sec
LMP-2/1st} #42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01(Danny Watts), -3 laps(15th overall)
LMP-2/2nd} #26 Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01(Marino Franchitti), -4 laps
LMP-2/3rd} #40 Quifel/ASM Team Ginetta/Zytek 09S(Warren Hughes), -4 laps
GT-1/1st} #60 Matech Competition Ford GT(Jonathan Hirschi), -7 laps(25th overall)
GT-1/2nd} #73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C-6R(Xavier Maasen), -7 laps
GT-1/3rd} #52 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9(Tomas Enge), -7 laps
GT-2/1st} #64 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Olivier Beretta), -7 laps
GT-2/2nd} #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430GTE(Gianmaria Bruni), -7 laps
GT-2/3rd} #63 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Johnny O'Connell), -7 laps

note...........time/lap differentials are from the overall leader on down

 

[Matthew Little]

Update after 6 hrs., 40 minutes


LMP-1/1st} #1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Alexander Wurz), 106 laps(1st overall)
LMP-1/2nd} #2 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Nicolas Minassian), 1:11.425 sec
LMP-1/3rd} #4 Team ORECA Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi(Olivier Panis), -1 lap
LMP-2/1st} #26 Patron Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01(Marco Werner), -8 laps(13th overall)
LMP-2/2nd} #42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01(Jonny Kane), -8 laps
LMP-2/3rd} #35 OAK Racing Pescarolo/Judd(Matthieu Lahaye), -10 laps
GT-1/1st} #60 Matech Competition Ford GT(Romain Grosjean), -15 laps(22nd overall)
GT-1/2nd} #72 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C-6R(Jerome Policand), -15 laps
GT-1/3rd} #50 Larbre Competition Saleen S7R(Gabriele Gardel), -17 laps
GT-2/1st} #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430GTE(Jaime Melo), -16 laps(23rd overall)
GT-2/2nd} #64 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Oliver Gavin), -16 laps
GT-2/3rd} #63 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Jan Magnussen), -16 laps

note..........time/lap differentials are based off of the overall leader's position

 

[Matthew Little]

One bit of sad news to report before presenting the class leaders.........the #79 BMW Art Car has officially retired from the 24 Hours of LeMans. The cause......they ran out of fuel at Indianapolis Corner.

After 11 hours, here are the top-3 in each class..................
1. 2 LMP1 N.Minassian, S.Sarrazin, F.Montagny Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 178 178 laps 13
2. 4 LMP1 O.Panis, N.Lapierre, L.Duval Team ORECA-Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 178 +2:57.192 14
3. 9 LMP1 M.Rockenfeller, T.Bernhard, R.Dumas Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI 177 -1 lap 14
12. 42 LMP2 N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane Strakka Racing HPD ARX.01 166 -12 laps 12
13. 26 LMP2 D.Brabham, M.Franchitti, M.Werner Highcroft Racing HPD ARX.01 163 -15 laps 13
15. 35 LMP2 M.Lahaye, G.Moreau, J.Charouz OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd 162 +1:23.642 12
26. 50 LMGT1 R.Berville, J.Canal, G.Gardel Larbre Competition Saleen S7R 150 -28 laps 11
29. 73 LMGT1 J.Jousse, X.Maassen, P.Goueslard Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 148 -30 laps 10
36. 60 LMGT1 T.Mutsch, R.Grosjean, J.Hirschi Matech Competition Ford GT Matech 141 -37 laps 10
18. 64 LMGT2 O.Gavin, O.Beretta, E.Collard Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 153 -25 laps 11
20. 63 LMGT2 J.Magnussen, J.O'Connell, A.Garcia Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 152 -26 laps 11
21. 77 LMGT2 M.Lieb, R.Lietz, W.Hentzler Team Felbermayr Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 152 +37.362 10
note..........L-R: overall position, car #, class, drivers, team, car, laps completed, gap to overall leader, no. of pit stops


Retirements...................
#81 Rocketsports Jaguar RSR(Paul Gentilozzi, Ryan Dalziel, Marc Goosens), engine/ECU problems
#19 Autocon Motorsports Lola B06/10-AER(Michael Lewis, Bryan Willman, Tom Burgess), gearbox
#5 Beechdean Mansell Ginetta Zytek 09S(Nigel Mansell, Leo Mansell, Greg Mansell), crash
#70 Marc VDS Ford GT(Bas Leinders, Eric de Doncker, Markus Pallatta), off-track
#3 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Pedro Lamy, Sebastien Bourdais, Simon Pagenaud), suspension
#38 Pegasus Racing Norma/Judd(Julien Schell, Frédéric Da Rocha, David Zollinger), gearbox
#29 Racing Box Lola/Judd Coupe(Luca Pirri, Marco Cioci, Piergiuseppe Perazzini), front suspension
#80 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 RSR(Seth Neiman, Darren Law, Jorg Bergmeister), engine
#92 JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage(Bryce Miller, Rob Bell, Tim Sugden), off-track
#61 Matech Competition Ford GT(Cyndie Allemann, Natacha Gachnang, Rahel Frey), engine fire
#79 BMW Motorsport BMW M3-GT2(Andy Priaulx, Dirk Werner, Dirk Muller), out of fuel
#96 AF Corse Ferrari 430GTE(Luis PEREZ Companc, Matias Russo, Mika Salo), crash prior to race
#13 Rebellion Racing Lola/Rebellion Coupe(Marco Andretti, Neel Jani, Nicolas Prost), off-track
#82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430GTE(Pierre Kaffer, Gianmaria Bruni, Jaime Melo), gearbox

 

[Matthew Little]

As the sun comes up over la Sarthe, here are the class leaders after 14 hours................


1. 2 LMP1 N.Minassian, S.Sarrazin, F.Montagny Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 229 229 laps 18
2. 9 LMP1 M.Rockenfeller, T.Bernhard, R.Dumas Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI 228 -1 lap 18
3. 8 LMP1 A.Lotterer, M.Fassler, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI 228 +35.801 19
11. 42 LMP2 N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane Strakka Racing HPD ARX.01 211 -18 laps 15
12. 26 LMP2 D.Brabham, M.Franchitti, M.Werner Highcroft Racing HPD ARX.01 210 -19 laps 17
14. 35 LMP2 M.Lahaye, G.Moreau, J.Charouz OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd 208 -21 laps 16
22. 50 LMGT1 R.Berville, J.Canal, G.Gardel Larbre Competition Saleen S7R 193 -36 laps 15
28. 73 LMGT1 J.Jousse, X.Maassen, P.Goueslard Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 191 -38 laps 13
33. 52 LMGT1 C.Nygaard, T.Enge, P.Kox Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 182 +1:40:54.094 12
17. 64 LMGT2 O.Gavin, O.Beretta, E.Collard Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 197 -32 laps 14
18. 63 LMGT2 J.Magnussen, J.O'Connell, A.Garcia Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 196 -33 laps 14
19. 77 LMGT2 M.Lieb, R.Lietz, W.Hentzler Team Felbermayr Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 196 +1:35.310 13
note..........L-R: overall position, car #, class, drivers, team, car, laps completed, gap to overall leader, no. of pit stops


Retirements...................
#81 Rocketsports Jaguar RSR(Paul Gentilozzi, Ryan Dalziel, Marc Goosens), engine/ECU problems
#19 Autocon Motorsports Lola B06/10-AER(Michael Lewis, Bryan Willman, Tom Burgess), gearbox
#5 Beechdean Mansell Ginetta Zytek 09S(Nigel Mansell, Leo Mansell, Greg Mansell), crash
#70 Marc VDS Ford GT(Bas Leinders, Eric de Doncker, Markus Pallatta), off-track
#3 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Pedro Lamy, Sebastien Bourdais, Simon Pagenaud), suspension
#38 Pegasus Racing Norma/Judd(Julien Schell, Frédéric Da Rocha, David Zollinger), gearbox
#29 Racing Box Lola/Judd Coupe(Luca Pirri, Marco Cioci, Piergiuseppe Perazzini), front suspension
#80 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 RSR(Seth Neiman, Darren Law, Jorg Bergmeister), engine
#92 JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage(Bryce Miller, Rob Bell, Tim Sugden), off-track
#61 Matech Competition Ford GT(Cyndie Allemann, Natacha Gachnang, Rahel Frey), engine fire
#79 BMW Motorsport BMW M3-GT2(Andy Priaulx, Dirk Werner, Dirk Muller), out of fuel
#96 AF Corse Ferrari 430GTE(Luis PEREZ Companc, Matias Russo, Mika Salo), crash prior to race
#13 Rebellion Racing Lola/Rebellion Coupe(Marco Andretti, Neel Jani, Nicolas Prost), off-track
#82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430GTE(Pierre Kaffer, Gianmaria Bruni, Jaime Melo), gearbox
#14 Kolles Racing Audi R10 TDI(Christijan Albers, Scott Tucker, Manuel Rodrigues), off-track
#60 Matech Competition Ford GT(Thomas Mutsch, Romain Grosjean, Jonathan Hirschi), engine

 

[Brogan]

Have you watched the whole thing Matthew?

I managed to catch some of it yesterday evening but the night shift I find isn't that great to watch on TV as there's not much to see.

 

[Matthew Little]

Class leaders after 20 hours................
1. 9 LMP1 M.Rockenfeller, T.Bernhard, R.Dumas Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI 330 330 laps 27
2. 8 LMP1 A.Lotterer, M.Fassler, B.Treluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI 329 -1 lap 27
3. 1 LMP1 A.Wurz, M.Gene, A.Davidson Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 328 -2 laps 27
9. 42 LMP2 N.Leventis, D.Watts, J.Kane Strakka Racing HPD ARX.01 305 -25 laps 22
11. 35 LMP2 M.Lahaye, G.Moreau, J.Charouz OAK Racing Pescarolo 01 Judd 299 -31 laps 23
13. 25 LMP2 M.Newton, T.Erdos, A.Wallace RML Lola B08/80 HPD 297 -33 laps 23
20. 50 LMGT1 R.Berville, J.Canal, G.Gardel Larbre Competition Saleen S7R 274 -56 laps 22
21. 52 LMGT1 C.Nygaard, T.Enge, P.Kox Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 269 -61 laps 18
23. 72 LMGT1 S.Gregoire, J.Policand, D.Hart Luc Alphand Aventures Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 268 -62 laps 21
16. 77 LMGT2 M.Lieb, R.Lietz, W.Hentzler Team Felbermayr Proton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 281 -49 laps 19
18. 89 LMGT2 D.Farnbacher, A.Simonsen, L.Keen Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GT 279 -51 laps 20
19. 97 LMGT2 M.Holzer, R.Westbrook, T.Scheider BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 276 -54 laps 22


Retirements....................
#81 Rocketsports Jaguar RSR(Paul Gentilozzi, Ryan Dalziel, Marc Goosens), engine/ECU problems
#19 Autocon Motorsports Lola B06/10-AER(Michael Lewis, Bryan Willman, Tom Burgess), gearbox
#5 Beechdean Mansell Ginetta Zytek 09S(Nigel Mansell, Leo Mansell, Greg Mansell), crash
#70 Marc VDS Ford GT(Bas Leinders, Eric de Doncker, Markus Pallatta), off-track
#3 Peugeot Sport Total Peugeot 908 HDi(Pedro Lamy, Sebastien Bourdais, Simon Pagenaud), suspension
#38 Pegasus Racing Norma/Judd(Julien Schell, Frédéric Da Rocha, David Zollinger), gearbox
#29 Racing Box Lola/Judd Coupe(Luca Pirri, Marco Cioci, Piergiuseppe Perazzini), front suspension
#80 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 RSR(Seth Neiman, Darren Law, Jorg Bergmeister), engine
#92 JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage(Bryce Miller, Rob Bell, Tim Sugden), off-track
#61 Matech Competition Ford GT(Cyndie Allemann, Natacha Gachnang, Rahel Frey), engine fire
#79 BMW Motorsport BMW M3-GT2(Andy Priaulx, Dirk Werner, Dirk Muller), out of fuel
#96 AF Corse Ferrari 430GTE(Luis PEREZ Companc, Matias Russo, Mika Salo), crash prior to race
#13 Rebellion Racing Lola/Rebellion Coupe(Marco Andretti, Neel Jani, Nicolas Prost), off-track
#82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430GTE(Pierre Kaffer, Gianmaria Bruni, Jaime Melo), gearbox
#14 Kolles Racing Audi R10 TDI(Christijan Albers, Scott Tucker, Manuel Rodrigues), off-track
#60 Matech Competition Ford GT(Thomas Mutsch, Romain Grosjean, Jonathan Hirschi), engine
#2 Team Peugeot Sport Peugeot 908 HDi(Nicolas Minassian, Stephane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny), engine
#83 Krohn Racing Ferrari 430GTE(Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson, Eric van der Poele), engine
#63 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Jan Magnussen, Johnny O'Connell, Antonio Garcia), off-track
#64 Corvette Racing Corvette ZR1(Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, Emmanuel Collard), engine
#73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C-6R(Julian Jousse, Xavier Maasen, Patrice Goulesard), driveshaft
#69 JLOC Lamborghini Murcielago(Atsushi Yogo, Koji Yamanishi, Hiroyuki Iiri), unknown

 

[Matthew Little]

Have you watched the whole thing Matthew?

I managed to catch some of it yesterday evening but the night shift I find isn't that great to watch on TV as there's not much to see.

Except for a few hours yesterday when it was either, (a)watch the sometimes spotty Speed online feed or, (b)listen to the Radio LeMans feed and hear one of the most pompous announcers--; I mean, listen to John Hindhaugh over the internets, pretty much.

Only 2 weekends a year do I pull these kind of overnighters, Brogan.............the weekend of the Rolex 24 and the weekend of LeMans.

As for this year's LeMans..............while I'm a bit sad that my sentimental favorites in GT1 didn't win(the #61 Matech Competition Ford GT, a/k/a the Swiss Misses), seeing Peugeot battle Audi in LMP1 made up for it. I did feel sorry for Corvette Racing, especially after seeing Anthony Davidson in one of the Peugeots run the #64 Corvette off the road............if I were Davidson, I'd stay far away from the Corvette squad as possible.........

 

[slickskid]

Now looking very much like an Audi 1,2,3 with the No.1 Peugeot Having retired with a few hours to go making it a clean sweep of retirements for the works team.

I did find a Peugeot feed to watch and whilst it was centered entirely on that team and mostly in French, the onboard footage was immense even at night.

ANother casualty was an unfortunate pigeon that met the windscreen of the No.1 Peugeot at incredible speed just before it's retirement which was totally unrelated.

 

[Brogan]

That's fairly disastrous for the Peugeot works team having all 3 cars retire.
Were they all due to engine failures?

 

[Matthew Little]

That's fairly disastrous for the Peugeot works team having all 3 cars retire.
Were they all due to engine failures?

Going off both my notes, the SpeedChannel broadcast and the ACO's retirement list, the #3 Peugeot had a suspension failure, while both the #2 and #1 Peugeots' suffered engine failures.

 

[Matthew Little]

That's fairly disastrous for the Peugeot works team having all 3 cars retire.
Were they all due to engine failures?

Going off both my notes, the SpeedChannel broadcast and the ACO's retirement list, the #3 Peugeot had a suspension failure, while both the #2 and #1 Peugeots' suffered engine failures.

And the #4 Peugeot, the ORECA Matmut Peugeot, just saw its' engine go into French BBQ mode...............Sacre Bleu!!!

 

[Brogan]

Blimey!

They must be running the engines too hard for 3 out of 4 to pop like that.