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. 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.

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.

Overall winners in bold.

Rnd. Circuit Date LMP1 Cup Leaders LMP2 Cup Leaders GT1 Cup Leaders GT2 Cup Leaders Report 1 Silverstone 12 September 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 2 October 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 7 November 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.

Points System 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.

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) SIL ATL ZHU 1 Peugeot Peugeot 908 HDi FAPHDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel) 140 2 Audi Audi R15 TDI plusTDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (diesel) 101

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) SIL ATL ZHU 1 Ferrari Ferrari F430 GT2 120 2 Porsche Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 113 3 BMW BMW M3 GT2 69 - - 4 Jaguar Jaguar XKRS - 0 - -

Team Cups

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) SIL ATL ZHU 1 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAPHDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel) 67 118 - 51 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI plusTDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (diesel) 8 58 101 7 43 3 Drayson Racing Lola B09/60Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 - 32 32 4 Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot 908 HDi FAPHDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (diesel) 4 - - 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) SIL ATL ZHU 1 OAK RacingTeam Mazda France Pescarolo 01Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 35 66 83 24 - - 17 2 MIK CorseRacing Box Lola B09/80Judd DB 3.4 L V8 30 - - 18 34 29 - - 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) SIL ATL ZHU 1 Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R 50 - 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) SIL ATL ZHU 1 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 77 - 40 72 88 - 32 2 AF Corse SRL Ferrari F430 GT2 95 - 33 57 96 - - 25 3 CRS Racing Ferrari F430 GT2 91 - 37 47 90 - - 10 4 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 GT2 78 - 40 40 5 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT2 62 - - 22 37 61 - - 16 6 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 14 - - 18 32 44 - - 14 7 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing BMW M3 GT2 92 - - 19 29 90 - - 10 8 Gulf Team First Lamborghini Murciélago 99 - 12 29 9 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 75 - 22 22 10 JaguarRSR Jaguar XKRS - 0 0 33 - - 0

Footnotes

References

External links Intercontinental Le Mans Cup