The 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans was a non-championship 24-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each fielding Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring cars held from 12 to 13 June 2010 at
The race-winning No. 9 Audi R15 TDI plus of Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller, which set a race record for overall distance covered
Sébastien Bourdais set the fastest overall lap in the first qualifying session to put the No. 3 Peugeot on overall pole position.
Nigel Mansell crashed the Beechdean Motorsport Ginetta Zytek in the race's first hour and had amnesia, haematoma on his brain and a neck injury as a result.
The No. 2 Peugeot being retired from the overall lead with connecting rod failure.
The 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 77th Grand Prix of Endurance, an endurance auto race run over 24 hours. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and was organised by the Automo
2010 24 Hours of Le Mans
…and innovative project" in future years and thus took steps to ensure the additional pit was operational on 4 June. Teams that won their class in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as those that won championships in other Le Mans-based series and events such as the LMS, the ALMS, the ASLMS, the FIA GT Championship and the…
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, car number 9, winner Le Mans 2009, beneath podium
Winning drivers of 24 Hours Le Mans on the podium, 14 June 2009
Despite using a 2008-spec Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, Pescarolo Sport qualified fourth.
Drivers Seth Neiman, Darren Law, and Jörg Bergmeister earned the pole position in the GT2 class for Flying Lizard Motorsports.