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.
Resume 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 . 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". Along with a factory-entered Porsche GT3 Hybrid, 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 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), is registered as S-GO 2400, and was driven from Weissach to Nürburg. It has qualified with 9:15, 42nd overall, and 9th 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 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 Laps1E1-XP225 BMW Motorsport Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus Uwe Alzen Pedro LamyBMW M3 GT21542SP72 Hankook Team Farnbacher Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen Lehman Keen Marco SeefriedFerrari F430 GTC1543SP9 GT397 Phoenix Racing GmbH Dennis Rostek Luca Ludwig Marc Bronzel Markus WinkelhockAudi R8 LMS1534SP9 GT376 Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport Marco Hartung Patrick Söderlund Edward Sandström Martin Öhlin BMW Z4 GT31525SP9 GT3102 Black Falcon Christer Jöns Sean Paul Breslin Johannes Stuck Kenneth HeyerAudi R8 LMS1526SP9 GT320 H & R Spezialfedern Jürgen Alzen Dominik Schwager Thomas Jäger Sascha BertPorsche GT3 Cup S1517E1-XP226 BMW Motorsport Dirk Werner Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx Dirk AdorfBMW M3 GT21508SP9 GT318 Team Rowe Motorsport Michael Zehe Marco Schelp Alexander Roloff Mark BullittPorsche GT3 Cup S1509SP9 GT366 Dörr Motorsport GmbH Stefan Aust Rudi Adams Jochen Übler Markus GrossmannBMW Z4 GT314910SP735 Scuderia Offenbach Matthias Weiland Rodney Forbes Kai Riemer David HornPorsche 997 GT3 Cup14811SP9 GT314 Tsunami RT Alexandr Gayday Andrii Kruglyk Aleksey Basov Michael SchratzPorsche 997 GT3 Cup14712SP744 Falken Motorsports Peter Dumbreck Dirk Schoysman Tetsuya Tanaka Kazuki HoshinoNissan 370Z14513SP711 Porsche AG Patrick Simon Horst von Saurma Roland Asch Chris HarrisPorsche 997.2 GT3 RS14514SP9 GT333 RDM-Cargraphic-Logwin-Racing Peter König Steffen Schlichenmeier Kurt EckePorsche 997 GT3 Cup14515SP3T133 Elmar Deegener Jürgen Wohlfarth Christoph Breuer Wolfgang HauggAudi TTS14416AT117 Volkswagen Motorsport Nasser Al-Attiyah Vanina Ickx Dieter Depping Klaus NiedzwiedzVolkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG14317SP9 GT328 Scuderia Offenbach e.V. Michael Klein Antoine Feidt "Selch" Oliver FreymuthPorsche 997 GT3 Cup14218SP850 Gazoo Racing Takayuki Kinoshita Akira Iida Juichi Wakisaka Kazuya OshimaLexus LF-A14219SP3T142 Opel OPC Race Camp Hendrik Scharf Jean-Marie Rathje Arne Hoffmeister Roger BüelerOpel Astra OPC14120SP9 GT388 Haribo Team Manthey Hans Guido Riegel Mike Stursberg Wolfgang Kohler Georg BerlandyPorsche GT3 Cup S14121SP6169 Dörr Motorsport GmbH Stefan Aust Dierk Möller-Sonntag Peter Posavac Hanspeter StrehlerBMW Z4 M Coupe14122SP3T141 Opel OPC Race Camp Sebastian Amossé Rene Hiddel Thierry Kilchenmann Dennis RiegerOpel Astra OPC14023SP8T70 Team Götz Motorsport Vic Rice Shane Lewis Axel Duffner Karl PflanzAudi RS 414024SP3T137 Subaru Tecnica International Kazuo Shimizu Toshihiro Yoshida Marcel Engels Carlo van DamSubaru Impreza WRX13925SP796 Dörr Motorsport Rolf Scheibner Peter Posavac Guido Majewski Christian GebhardtBMW M3 GT413926SP5106 Michael Tischner Ulrich Becker Karl Brinker Matthias TischnerBMW M3 GTR E4613727SP10 GT461 Mathol Racing Wolfgang Weber Rickard Nilsson Norbert Bermes Uwe NittelAston Martin Vantage N2413728SP748 Level Racing sprl Bruno Barbaro Giuseppe Arlotti Olivier MuytjensPorsche 997 GT3 Cup13729SP742 Michael Illbruck Manuel Lauck Jörg van Ommen Altfrid HegerPorsche 997 GT3 Cup13730SP3158 Ralf Schmid Harald Jacksties Friedhelm Mihm Frank LorenzoHonda S200013631SP3T146 Scuderia Colonia e.V. i. ADAC Matthias Wasel Thomas Wasel Johann Wanger Michael HessVolkswagen Golf13632SP10 GT4120 Black Falcon Andrii Lebed Kai Riebetz "Bona Ventura" Alexander BöhmBMW M3 GT413433SP737 Porsche Center Boras Christer Pernvall Cleas Lund Hans Andreasson Patrik LjunggrenPorsche 996 GT3 Cup13434SP87 Dr. Ulrich Bez Wolfgang Schuhbauer Matthew Marsh Chris PorrittAston Martin Rapide13435SP3T184 Mike Jäger Christian Bollrath Harald Hennes Marcus LöhnertAudi A313336SP3T139 RWS Motorsport Stefan Wieninger Georg Niederberger Benjamin Weidner Florian HuberSeat Leon Supercopa13237V5219 Stefan Widensohler Nils Reimer Reinhold Renger Hari ProczykBMW M3 E3613238SP3T148 Peter Venn Mike Rimmer Mal RoseSubaru Impreza13239SP86 Chris Porritt Richard Meaden Oliver Mathai Peter CateAston Martin V12 Vantage13240V5226 Werner Gusenbauer Andreas Herwerth Rainer Kathan Ingo TepelBMW M313141SP10 GT463 Tobias Guttroff Jens Richter Arno Klasen Christian HohenadelChevrolet Corvette C6 GT413142SP8T82 Dörr Motorsport GmbH Tom Moran Sebastian Schneider Michael Funke Bernhard WagnerBMW 135i13143V6232 Sven Rau Nils Bartels Joachim KieschBMW M3 E4613144SP3162 Kissling Motorsport Heinz-Otto Fritzsche Jürgen Fritzsche Hannu Luostarinen Julius NieminenOpel Astra GTC13145V5180 Black Falcon Oleg Volin Evgeny Vertunov Philipp Leisen Carsten KnechtgesBMW Z4 3.0 Si13146SP10 GT459 Gentle Swiss Racing Joe Schmitz Marcel Belke Einar Thorsen Martin WachterAston Martin Vantage N2413047SP690 MSC Rhön e.V. i. AvD Pierre de Thoisy Therry Depoix Philippe HaezebrouckBMW M3 E4613048V5223 Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl e.V. i. ADAC Dieter Weidenbrück Dr. Guido Wegner Winfried Bernartz Ralf ReinolsmannBMW Z4 E8513049SP3183 Janik Olivo Elmar Jurek Traudl KlinkRenault Clio III Cup12850D1T201 Peugeot Deutschland Jürgen Nett Joey Kelly Michael Bohrer Henning KlippPeugeot RCZ12851AT118 Volkswagen Motorsport Jimmy Johansson Florian Gruber Nicki Thiim Peter TertingVolkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG12852V4213 MSC Ruhr Blitz Bochum e.V. Roland Botor Michael Eichhorn Frank AustBMW 325i12853SP4T122 Patrick Brenndörfer Martin Müller Frank EickholtVolvo C30 T512854SP3151 MSC Adenau e.V. Karl-Heinz Teichmann Michael Schneider Lutz Rühl Frank-Dieter LohmannRenault Clio Cup12855SP9 GT323 Stefan Kohlstrung Alexander Plenagl Klaus Koch Christian RiedPorsche 997 GT3 Cup12756SP686 Heinz Schmersal Stephan Rösler Christoph Koslowski Christopher HaaseBMW Z4 M Coupé12757SP687 Tobias Schulze Michael Schulze Meik Utsch Sven LandgrafNissan 350Z12758V5224 ADAC Ostwestfalen-Lippe e.V. Dominik Thiemann Allan Runnegard Thomas Frank Thomas AhlesBMW M3 E3612759SP872 Team World Car Awards Kazunori Yamauchi Hideshi Matsuda
Peter Lyon
Owen MildenhallLexus IS F12760V4214 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Frank Hempel Hannes Pfledderer
Günther Stecher
Werner GusenbauerMercedes-Benz C 23012661V2205 Michael Jestädt Rolf Derscheid
Michael Flehmer
Werner SchleheckerBMW 318is12562V5218 MSC Ruhr-Blitz-Bochum e.V. Jörn Heuberg Jan Heiler
Michael EichhornBMW 130i12563V6237 Mario Ketterer Michael Heimrich
Bernd Jung
David AckermannBMW M3 E4612564SP4T125 Pro Handicap e.V. Wolfgang Müller Oliver RudolphAudi TTS12565V3211 Bonk Motorsport Axel Burghardt Andreas Möntmann
Jens Moetefindt
Peter BonkBMW 320si12566SP3167 Road Runner Racing Marco Biancardi Eckhard Geulen
Armin Holz
"Rennsemmel"Renault Clio Cup12567D1T175 Jörg Kirsten Achim Walter
Max DelestauAlfa Romeo 147 JTD12568SP3164 Fleper Motorsport Sergey Metveev Herbert von Danwitz
Michael Brüggenkamp
Hisanao KurataRenault Clio RS12569SP5113 Klaus Werner Giacomo Leopardi
Ingo Zabel
Jochen HudelmaierBMW 130i12570V6236 Team DMV e.V. Ivan Jacoma Dr. Nicola Bravetti
Matteo Cassina
André KrumbachPorsche Cayman S12571SP4T126 Stephan Wölflick Urs Bressan
Jürgen Gagstatter
Dr. Jens LudmannFord Mondeo12572AT116 Volkswagen Motorsport Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg Prof. Dr. Stefan Gies
Bernd Ostmann
Peter WyssVolkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG12473V6235 MSC Rhön e.V. im AvD Günther Spindler Richard Purtscher
Kurt Fournier
Konrad FuchsbergerBMW M3 E4612474V4212 Gerald Fischer Stephan Lipp
Michael HollerwegerBMW 325i12375V6233 Eugen Sing Friedhelm Mihm
Thomas Heinrich
Bertin SingMercedes-Benz SLK 35012376SP580 Live-Strip.com Racing Fabian Plentz Kristian Nägele
Dennis Nägele
Rudi SeherBMW 330i12377V2206 Bonk Motorsport "Wolf Silvester" Peter Bonk
Michael Bonk
Joe KramerBMW 318is12378SP10 GT460 Mathol Racing Eberhard Baunach Oliver Louisoder
Heiko Ostmann