2010 24 Hours of Nürburgring

The 2010 24 Hours of Nürburgring was an endurance sports car race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife race track in Germany on May 13–16.

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The event saw the return of most prominent entries, except the Ford GT, as team Raeder had discontinued this project. To give teams time to rest or for repairs before the race, the night practice was scheduled on Thursday evening. In cold and wet conditions, the Farnbacher-entered Ferrari F430 GTC set the best lap time before the session was red-flagged due to fog. In Friday afternoon qualifying, held in fair weather, it crashed out and was barely repaired in time for the race. Four of the five factory-backed Audi R8 LMS (officially entered by "customers", which happened to be the Audi-DTM-teams Phoenix Racing and Abt Sportsline) occupied the first four places on the grid, with Marco Werner setting pole at 8:24.753 with a new record average speed of 181 km/h (112 mph). With lap times around 8:29, three of Porsche's new SP9/GT3-class cars occupied places 5 to 7, two of them entered by four-time winner Team Manthey, which had chosen to let the #1 car do only a single lap. BMW had entered two of their ALMS BMW M3 GT2, run by Schnitzer Motorsport. Due to the modifications that include a transaxle gear box, they do not comply with the standard rules set of SP classes and their "Balance of Performance".^[1] Along with a factory-entered Porsche GT3 Hybrid,^[2] the GT2-BMWs have thus been grouped into the E1-XP class for experimental factory entries. The better BMW and the Hybrid posted times of 8:32 and 8:34 in qualifying. Save for the 16th placed GT3-class Dodge Viper, only several other Porsche, Audi R8 and V8-powered BMW Z4 GT3 have qualified in the top 20, with times up to 8:47, which earns them a blue flashlight that is supposed to facilitate passing of the approx. 180 slower cars.

Porsche test driver Walter Röhrl had intended^[3] to enter on a standard road legal Porsche 911 GT3 RS, but had to withdraw for health reasons from the team that comprises racers Roland Asch and Patrick Simon, plus journalists Horst von Saurma and Chris Harris. The car, entered in cooperation with sport auto (Germany),^[4] is registered as S-GO 2400, and was driven from Weissach to Nürburg. It has qualified with 9:15, 42nd overall, and 9th^[5] among the 17 SP7 class entrants, only beaten by its race-prepped Porsche 997 siblings.

The race was started on Saturday 3 p.m. in sunny but cold weather. Already on the Grand Prix track, the #1 Manthey Porsche driven by five-time winner Marcel Tiemann passed all Audis, taking the lead and pulling away about 100 m (330 ft) before catching up in lap 2 with the slowest cars of the third group, which were still in their first lap. After lap 3, three Porsche lead ahead of three Audi, a BMW M3 and the Hybrid-Porsche, which due to its larger range could take the lead after the others pitted. The #1 Manthey Porsche led by a couple of minutes until it got involved in a collision after seven hours. At halftime, the race is on pace to another distance record, with the Audi #99 leading by a small margin ahead of the Hybrid Porsche, the only remaining representative of his brand in the top 8, which used to be dominated by Porsche in recent years. Places three to eight were occupied by three Audi R8, two BMW, and, rather surprisingly, on p 5 the Ferrari which had started in row 21. The Porsches that occupy most places up to 15th were followed by the CNG-powered Volkswagen Scirocco GT24, the road-legal Porsche GT3 RS and a Nissan Z33. On Sunday morning, the #99 Audi needed a rear axle change, and with less than 5 hours to go, also the second place #2 Audi failed. This left the Hybrid Porsche in a one lap lead ahead of the #25 BMW GT2 with gearbox woes and the Ferrari, until also the Porsche stopped with less than two hours to go. The BMW made it to the finish, giving Pedro Lamy a record-tying fifth win ahead of Ferrari and Audi. The best Porsche, entered by Alzen, finished only sixth, six laps ahead of the Falken Nissan and the road legal GT3.

The SP4 class was won by 4 Argentinian drivers in the BMW 325i E92 Coupe of Motorsport Team Sorg Rennsport. This was the first victory for an Argentinian team at the 24 hours Nürburgring race and the first Argentinian team to compete in the Nürburgring since Juan Manuel Fangio.

Race Results

Class winners in bold.

38th ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen
Pos	Class	No	Team/Entrant	Drivers	Vehicle	Laps
1	E1-XP2	25	BMW Motorsport	Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus Uwe Alzen Pedro Lamy	BMW M3 GT2	154
2	SP7	2	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Lehman Keen Marco Seefried	Ferrari F430 GTC	154
3	SP9 GT3	97	Phoenix Racing GmbH	Dennis Rostek Luca Ludwig Marc Bronzel Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	153
4	SP9 GT3	76	Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport	Marco Hartung Patrick Söderlund Edward Sandström Martin Öhlin	BMW Z4 GT3	152
5	SP9 GT3	102	Black Falcon	Christer Jöns Sean Paul Breslin Johannes Stuck Kenneth Heyer	Audi R8 LMS	152
6	SP9 GT3	20	H & R Spezialfedern	Jürgen Alzen Dominik Schwager Thomas Jäger Sascha Bert	Porsche GT3 Cup S	151
7	E1-XP2	26	BMW Motorsport	Dirk Werner Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx Dirk Adorf	BMW M3 GT2	150
8	SP9 GT3	18	Team Rowe Motorsport	Michael Zehe Marco Schelp Alexander Roloff Mark Bullitt	Porsche GT3 Cup S	150
9	SP9 GT3	66	Dörr Motorsport GmbH	Stefan Aust Rudi Adams Jochen Übler Markus Grossmann	BMW Z4 GT3	149
10	SP7	35	Scuderia Offenbach	Matthias Weiland Rodney Forbes Kai Riemer David Horn	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	148
11	SP9 GT3	14	Tsunami RT	Alexandr Gayday Andrii Kruglyk Aleksey Basov Michael Schratz	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	147
12	SP7	44	Falken Motorsports	Peter Dumbreck Dirk Schoysman Tetsuya Tanaka Kazuki Hoshino	Nissan 370 Z	145
13	SP7	11	Porsche AG	Patrick Simon Horst von Saurma Roland Asch Chris Harris	Porsche 997.2 GT3 RS	145
14	SP9 GT3	33	RDM-Cargraphic-Logwin-Racing	Peter König Steffen Schlichenmeier Kurt Ecke	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	145
15	SP3T	133		Elmar Deegener Jürgen Wohlfarth Christoph Breuer Wolfgang Haugg	Audi TT S	144
16	AT	117	Volkswagen Motorsport	Nasser Al-Attiyah Vanina Ickx Dieter Depping Klaus Niedzwiedz	Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG	143
17	SP9 GT3	28	Scuderia Offenbach e.V.	Michael Klein Antoine Feidt "Selch" Oliver Freymuth	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	142
18	SP8	50	Gazoo Racing	Takayuki Kinoshita Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka Kazuya Oshima	Lexus LF-A	142
19	SP3T	142	Opel OPC Race Camp	Hendrik Scharf Jean-Marie Rathje Arne Hoffmeister Roger Büeler	Opel Astra OPC	141
20	SP9 GT3	88	Haribo Team Manthey	Hans Guido Riegel Mike Stursberg Wolfgang Kohler Georg Berlandy	Porsche GT3 Cup S	141
21	SP6	169	Dörr Motorsport GmbH	Stefan Aust Dierk Möller-Sonntag Peter Posavac Hanspeter Strehler	BMW Z4 M Coupe	141
22	SP3T	141	Opel OPC Race Camp	Sebastian Amossé Rene Hiddel Thierry Kilchenmann Dennis Rieger	Opel Astra OPC	140
23	SP8T	70	Team Götz Motorsport	Vic Rice Shane Lewis Axel Duffner Karl Pflanz	Audi RS 4	140
24	SP3T	137	Subaru Tecnica International	Kazuo Shimizu Toshihiro Yoshida Marcel Engels Carlo van Dam	Subaru Impreza WRX	139
25	SP7	96	Dörr Motorsport	Rolf Scheibner Peter Posavac Guido Majewski Christian Gebhardt	BMW M3 GT4	139
26	SP5	106		Michael Tischner Ulrich Becker Karl Brinker Matthias Tischner	BMW M3 GTR E46	137
27	SP10 GT4	61	Mathol Racing	Wolfgang Weber Rickard Nilsson Norbert Bermes Uwe Nittel	Aston Martin Vantage N24	137
28	SP7	48	Level Racing sprl	Bruno Barbaro Giuseppe Arlotti Olivier Muytjens	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	137
29	SP7	42		Michael Illbruck Manuel Lauck Jörg van Ommen Altfrid Heger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	137
30	SP3	158		Ralf Schmid Harald Jacksties Friedhelm Mihm Frank Lorenzo	Honda S2000	136
31	SP3T	146	Scuderia Colonia e.V. i. ADAC	Matthias Wasel Thomas Wasel Johann Wanger Michael Hess	Volkswagen Golf	136
32	SP10 GT4	120	Black Falcon	Andrii Lebed Kai Riebetz "Bona Ventura" Alexander Böhm	BMW M3 GT4	134
33	SP7	37	Porsche Center Boras	Christer Pernvall Cleas Lund Hans Andreasson Patrik Ljunggren	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	134
34	SP8	7		Dr. Ulrich Bez Wolfgang Schuhbauer Matthew Marsh Chris Porritt	Aston Martin Rapide	134
35	SP3T	184		Mike Jäger Christian Bollrath Harald Hennes Marcus Löhnert	Audi A3	133
36	SP3T	139	RWS Motorsport	Stefan Wieninger Georg Niederberger Benjamin Weidner Florian Huber	Seat Leon Supercopa	132
37	V5	219		Stefan Widensohler Nils Reimer Reinhold Renger Hari Proczyk	BMW M3 E36	132
38	SP3T	148		Peter Venn Mike Rimmer Mal Rose	Subaru Impreza	132
39	SP8	6		Chris Porritt Richard Meaden Oliver Mathai Peter Cate	Aston Martin V12 Vantage	132
40	V5	226		Werner Gusenbauer Andreas Herwerth Rainer Kathan Ingo Tepel	BMW M3	131
41	SP10 GT4	63		Tobias Guttroff Jens Richter Arno Klasen Christian Hohenadel	Chevrolet Corvette C6 GT4	131
42	SP8T	82	Dörr Motorsport GmbH	Tom Moran Sebastian Schneider Michael Funke Bernhard Wagner	BMW 135i	131
43	V6	232		Sven Rau Nils Bartels Joachim Kiesch	BMW M3 E46	131
44	SP3	162	Kissling Motorsport	Heinz-Otto Fritzsche Jürgen Fritzsche Hannu Luostarinen Julius Nieminen	Opel Astra GTC	131
45	V5	180	Black Falcon	Oleg Volin Evgeny Vertunov Philipp Leisen Carsten Knechtges	BMW Z4 3.0 Si	131
46	SP10 GT4	59	Gentle Swiss Racing	Joe Schmitz Marcel Belke Einar Thorsen Martin Wachter	Aston Martin Vantage N24	130
47	SP6	90	MSC Rhön e.V. i. AvD	Pierre de Thoisy Therry Depoix Philippe Haezebrouck	BMW M3 E46	130
48	V5	223	Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl e.V. i. ADAC	Dieter Weidenbrück Dr. Guido Wegner Winfried Bernartz Ralf Reinolsmann	BMW Z4 E85	130
49	SP3	183		Janik Olivo Elmar Jurek Traudl Klink	Renault Clio III Cup	128
50	D1T	201	Peugeot Deutschland	Jürgen Nett Joey Kelly Michael Bohrer Henning Klipp	Peugeot RCZ	128
51	AT	118	Volkswagen Motorsport	Jimmy Johansson Florian Gruber Nicki Thiim Peter Terting	Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG	128
52	V4	213	MSC Ruhr Blitz Bochum e.V.	Roland Botor Michael Eichhorn Frank Aust	BMW 325i	128
53	SP4T	122		Patrick Brenndörfer Martin Müller Frank Eickholt	Volvo C30 T5	128
54	SP3	151	MSC Adenau e.V.	Karl-Heinz Teichmann Michael Schneider Lutz Rühl Frank-Dieter Lohmann	Renault Clio Cup	128
55	SP9 GT3	23		Stefan Kohlstrung Alexander Plenagl Klaus Koch Christian Ried	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	127
56	SP6	86
57	SP6	87
58	V5	224	ADAC Ostwestfalen-Lippe e.V.

References

^ "Balance of Performance - 40. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". adac.24h-rennen.de. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "911 GT3 R Hybrid Celebrates World Debut in Geneva - Porsche Intelligent Performance makes Racing Cars even More Efficient". Porsche.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "January - March - Archive 2010 - Porsche AG - Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG". Porsche.com. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ von Saurma, Horst (2010-03-24). "24h-Projekt Langstreckenrennen Nürburgring 2010: Rennwagenumbau Porsche 911 GT3 RS - SPORT AUTO" [24 Project endurance race Nürburgring 2010: Race Car Conversion Porsche 911 GT3 RS] (in German). Sportauto-online.de. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "38. ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen - Ergebnis 1.&2. Zeittraining nach Klassen" [38th ADAC Zurich 24h race - Result 1 & 2 Time for training classes] (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2013-06-09.

[1] "Balance of Performance - 40. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". adac.24h-rennen.de. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[2] "911 GT3 R Hybrid Celebrates World Debut in Geneva - Porsche Intelligent Performance makes Racing Cars even More Efficient". Porsche.com. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

[3] "January - March - Archive 2010 - Porsche AG - Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG". Porsche.com. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

[4] von Saurma, Horst (2010-03-24). "24h-Projekt Langstreckenrennen Nürburgring 2010: Rennwagenumbau Porsche 911 GT3 RS - SPORT AUTO" [24 Project endurance race Nürburgring 2010: Race Car Conversion Porsche 911 GT3 RS] (in German). Sportauto-online.de. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

[5] "38. ADAC Zurich 24h Rennen - Ergebnis 1.&2. Zeittraining nach Klassen" [38th ADAC Zurich 24h race - Result 1 & 2 Time for training classes] (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2013-06-09.

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