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The 2010 TOYO Tires Dubai 24 Hour was the fifth running of the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. The race was held at the Dubai Autodrome and was organized by the promoter Creventic. The official event commenced on 14 January and finished on 16 January 2010.

The race was won by the A6 class IMSA Performance Matmut team, with Raymond Narac, Patrick Pilet and Marco Holzer piloting the team's Porsche 997 GT3 RSR to a race record distance, covering 608 laps over the 24 Hours. The podium was completed by a pair of A5 class BMW Z4 M-Coupés; the Petronas Syntium Team of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida, Fariqe Hairuman, Johannes Stuck and Hiroki Yoshida finished second, behind Narac, Pilet and Holzer, and the Al Faisal Racing team finished third, two laps behind the Petronas team, with a driving quartet of Abdulaziz and Khaled Al Faisal, Marko Hartung and Claudia Hürtgen. Other classes were won by BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics (11th overall, D2 class), Team Black Falcon (12th, SP2 class, and 31st, A4 class), Bovi Motorsport (13th, SP1 class), AUH Motorsports (16th, SP3 class), SUNRED Racing Team (20th, A3T class), Team Sally Racing (30th, A2 class), and Marcos Racing International (34th, D1 class).

Overview

Practice day for the participants was on 13 January and was split into two segments. The first segment was held at 11:30 a.m. and concluded at 12:30 a.m., giving the entrants 1 hour to prepare for the Qualifying Session. The other segment of practice was held started at 1:25 p.m. and concluded at 2:50 p.m. allowing the entrants another 1 hour 25 minutes to prepare their cars for the Qualifying Session. The Qualifying session was held on the same day as practice and commenced at 3:30 p.m. and concluded at 5:00 p.m.

The race itself commenced on 15 January at exactly 2:00 p.m. with the weather being Sunny and warm. A total of 75 vehicles made up the grid for the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour which was down from last years number of 78 vehicles. Nonetheless, the Endurance Event lasted for the full 24 Hours and as such finished at 2:00 p.m. on 16 January.

Qualifying

The Qualifying Session for the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour commenced on 13 January at 3:30 p.m. with the session lasting for 1 hour 30 minutes, concluding at 5:00 p.m. Unlike the previous edition of the race in which the Top Ten was dominated by different variants of Porsche 911s, this year saw a mixture of 911s, a Mosler MT900, a number of BMW Z4 Coupes and a GT3-spec Ascari KZ1-R GT. However, Pole position was once again occupied by a Porsche entered by the IMSA Performance Matmut crew with a blistering time of 2:02.701.

Race

The first eight hours saw a lot of action that involved some of the possible contenders for a podium finish. Among the early retirements were the Auto Racing Club Bratislava-Porsche (Miroslav Konopka-Oliver Morley-Sean Edwards-Richard Cvörnjek) and the Besaplast Racing Team-Porsche (Franjo Kovac-Martin Tschornia-Kurt Thiim-Roland Asch-Sebastian Asch). The latter team that finished third in last year's race was out of contention after their car caught fire on the main straight with Martin Tschornia behind the wheel, seven and a half hours into the race. The unfortunate driver escaped unscathed, but the car was damaged beyond immediate repair.

Last year's winners, the No.1 Land Motorsport-Porsche (Gabriel Abergel-Xavier Pompidou-Carsten Tilke-Otto Klohs) were sidelined as well after Tilke had over-revved the engine. Almost at the same time, the number 148-AF Corse Ferrari (Robert Kaufmann-Michael Waltrip-Marcos Ambrose-Rui Águas-Niki Cadei) became involved in a collision with the car of NASCAR-star Michael Waltrip, who was in his first-ever 24-hour race in Dubai. Michael Waltrip couldn't avoid the collision when the other car started swerving in front of him. The Ferrari F430 also incurred considerable damage and retired. Up to the time of the accident, the car had always been in the top ten, running as high as sixth.

In the opening half of the race, the pace was set by the two IMSA Performance Matmut-Porsches and the BMWs of the Petronas Syntium Team and Al Faisal Racing. However, the IMSA Performance Matmut team No.65's hopes were dealt a severe blow when the clutch had to be replaced on the car in the twelfth hour of the race. Later on, the car retired due to gearbox failure.

In the end, the No.66 IMSA Performance Matmut team-Porsche 997 GT3-RSR was able to match its blistering Pole position performance with a solid final hour in the race to pen up a 2 Lap lead over the 2nd placed Petronas Syntium Team-BMW Z4 Coupe and take the victory. Though the Z4 Coupe GT was lapping faster in the final 20 minutes, the Porsche's reliability kept a solid gap between the two vehicles allowing for Porsche to win their third-straight Dubai 24 Hour.

The Japanese Petronas Synthium team also raced in Dubai for the first time. They had their pair of BMW Z4s in the top five for most of the race, but the second car (Tatsuya Kataoka-Manabu Orido-Johan Adzmi-Kosuke Matsuura-Hiroki Yoshida) retired with half an hour remaining. A good performance was shown by the BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics. The BMW 120D driven by Lázlò Palik-János Vida-Csaba Walter-Gábor Weber finished eleventh overall out of the 75 participating cars, winning the D2-class for diesel-powered cars. The Hungarian Brokernet Silversting sportscar was also successful, winning the SP1 category with Kalman Bodis-Attila Barta-Istvàn Ràcz-Wolfgang Kaufmann driving for the Bovi Motorsport team. Leading the A3T-class, the SEAT Leon of the Spanish SUNRED team (Oscar Nogues-Michael Rossi-Ferran Monje-Borja Veiga) was in the top ten for a long time, but dropped back after a collision. Still, the SUNRED team scored a 1–2 in this class.

The German Black Falcon team that has won the title in the German Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring for the past two years also had a very successful debut in Dubai, winning the SP2-class with the BMW M3 (Vimal Metha-Sean Patrick Breslin-Sean Paul Breslin-Christer Jöns-Alexander Böhm) and the A4-class with the BMW Z4 Coupé (Oleg Volin-Andrii Lebed-Marc Colell-Kai Riebetz-Alexander Böhm). There was local success for the AUH Motorsport team that won the SP3-class with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, driven by Humaid Al Masaood-Alex Kapadia-Michael Prophet-Eric Charles. The A2-class brought victory for Team Sally Racing from Denmark, their Renault Clio driven by Anders Maigaard-Dan Brian Träger-Martin Sally Pederson-Brian Borger-Mick Reimerson. Victory in the D1 class, last but not least, went to the Marcos Racing International BMW 120D of Jim Briody-Hal Prewitt-Toto Lassally-Cor Euser.

Rank	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Gap	Fastest Lap
1	A6	66	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	608		2:03.892
2	A5	40	Petronas Syntium Team	Nobuteru Taniguchi Masataka Yanagida Fariqe Hairuman Johannes Stuck Hiroki Yoshida	BMW Z4 M-Coupé	605	+3 Laps	2:05.594
3	A5	2	Al Faisal Racing	Abdulaziz Al Faisal Claudia Hürtgen Marko Hartung Khaled Al Faisal	BMW Z4 M-Coupé	603	+5 Laps	2:06&5
4	A6	31	Land Motorsport	Jürgen Häring Taki Konstantinou René Münnich Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	588	+20 Laps	2:06.998
5	A6	16	Lukas Motorsport	Robert Lukas Mariusz Miekos Stefan Bilinski Teodor Myszkowski Adam Kornacki	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	573	+35 Laps	2:08.975
6	A6	11	CC Car Collection	Heinz Schmersal Mike Stursberg Stephan Rösler Christoph Koslowski	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	568	+40 Laps	2:11.085
7	A6	5	Team Need For Speed	Hubert Bergh Magnus Öhman Patrik Söderlund Johan Sturesson	Porsche 997 Supercup	567	+41 Laps	2:08.675
8	A6	18	Tsunami RT	Oleksandr Gaidai Arno Klasen Andrii Kruglyk Michael Schratz	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	567	+41 Laps	2:09.353
9	A6	10	CC Car Collection	Peter Schmidt Kersten Jodexnis David Horn Hans-Christian Zink	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	566	+42 Laps	2:09.856
10	A6	25	Hermes Attempto Racing Gmbh	Sven Heyrowsky Dietmar Haggenmüller Florian Scholze	Porsche 997 Cup	564	+44 Laps	2:10.107
11	D2	33	BMW Team Hungary with Efficient Dynamics	Lászlò Palik János Vida Csaba Walter Gábor Wéber	BMW 120D	560	+48 Laps	2:16.408
12	SP2	111	Team Black Falcon	Vimal Mehta Sean Patrick Breslin Sean Paul Breslin Christer Jöns Alexander Böhm	BMW M3	560	+48 Laps	2:12.622
13	SP1	168	Bovi Motorsport	Kalman Bodis Attila Barta Istvàn Ràcz Wolfgang Kaufmann	Brokernet Silver Sting	556	+52 Laps	2:08.661
14 DNF	A5	41	Petronas Syntium Team	Tatsuya Kataoka Manabu Orido Johan Adzmi Kosuke Matsuura Hiroki Yoshida	BMW Z4 M-Coupé	555	+53 Laps	2:06.871
15	SP2	46	VDS Racing Adventures	Raphael van der Straten Stéphane Lémeret José Close Karim Al Azhari	Ford Mustang FR500	555	+53 Laps	2:08.408
16	SP3	122	AUH Motorsports	Humaid Al Masaood Alex Kapadia Michael Prophet Eric Charles	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	552	+56 Laps	2:13.706
17	SP3	22	Al Faisal Racing	Al Faisal Jörg Viebahn Spooner Saied Al Mouri	BMW M3 GT4	551	+57 Laps	2:15.192
18	SP3	124	Nicholas Mee Racing	Karsten le Blanc David Clark Shaun Lynn Wolfgang Kaufmann	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	550	+58 Laps	2:15.192
19	SP3	129	DXB Racing	Frederic Gaillard Jonathan Simmonds Julian Griffin Phil Quaife Robert Barff	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	549	+59 Laps	2:13.762
20	A3T	74	SUNRED Racing Team	Oscar Nogués Michaël Rossi Ferran Monje Borja Veiga	SEAT Leon Super Copa	546	+62 Laps	2:12.203
21	A3T	78	SUNRED Racing Team	Noel Jammal Toni Forné Marcos de Diego Josep Maria Dabad	SEAT Leon Super Copa TFS	540	+68 Laps	2:14.463
22	SP2	147	Gravity Racing International	Stephan Lemeret Loris de Sordi Vincent Radermecker Eric Lux Gérard Lopez	Mosler MT900R GT3	538	+70 Laps	2:06.010
23	SP3	123	Donkervoort Racing	Nico Pronk Denis Donkervoort Peter Kox Stéphane Wintenberger	Donkervoort D8 GT	531	+77 Laps	2:14.403
24	SP3	121	AUH Motorsports	Jordon Grogor Bassam Kornfli Alban Varutti Martin Dechent	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	527	+81 Laps	2:14.209
25	D2	19	Nooren Autosport	Marcel Nooren Luc Braams Wim van Genderen Bas Koeten	BMW 120d	523	+85 Laps	2:23.931
26	SP1	171	Gomez Competition	Armand Funal Michael Schmetz Jeremy Reymond Joe Schmitz	Solution F-Touring Cup	516	+92 Laps	2:14.256
27	A3T	75	Tschornia Motorsport	Johann Wanger Patrick Hilty Paul Hunsperger Thomas Wasel Matthias Wasel	VW Golf R-Line	516	+92 Laps	2:18.961
28	SP2	172	Red Camel Racing	Monny Krant Jean-Sebastian Sauriol Ivo Breukers Henk Thijssen Ton Verkoelen	Saker Sportscar GT TDI	509	+99 Laps	2:16.571
29	A5	45	Povey Motorsport with Pontoon Hire	Guy Povey Alistair Davidson Geoff Kimber-Smith Tom Kimber-Smith	BMW M3	502	+106 Laps	2:18.789
30	A2	89	Team Sally Racing	Anders Maigaard Dan Brian Träger Martin Sally Pederson Brian Borger Mick Reimerso	Renault Clio Cup	497	+111 Laps	2:26.103
31	A4	88	Team Black Falcon	Oleg Volin Andrii Lebed Marc Colell Kai Riebetz Alexander Böhm	BMW Z4 Coupe SI	494	+114 Laps	2:24.411
32	A2	90	Duel Racing	Ramzi Moutran Sami Moutran Nabil Moutran Salman Bin Rashid Al-Khalifa	Renault Clio Cup	486	+122 Laps	2:24.551
33	A3T	71	Strategic Transport Racing	Malcolm Niall Clint Harvey Brett Niall Daniel Welch	SEAT Leon Super Copa	483	+125 Laps	2:14.672
34	D1	112	Marcos Racing International	Jim Briody Hal Prewitt Toto Lassally Cor Euser	BMW 120d	479	+129 Laps	2:28.811
35	A2	86	Boutsen Energy Racing	Carlos Sarrea Michael Sarrea Julien Piguet Frederic Renner Jean Michel Carton	Renault Clio Cup	474	+134 Laps	2:23.676
36 DNF	SP2	44	Mal Rose Racing	Mal Rose Tony Alford Peter Leemhuis	Holden Commodore SS	470	+138 Laps	2:09.484
37	A3T	73	Zengő Dubai Team Motorsport	Robert Galotti Balasz Galotti Tamás Révész Nadir Zuhour Christophe Hissette	SEAT Leon Super Copa	468	+140 Laps	2:17.005
38	A5	42	Jaco's Paddock Limited Motorsport	Lorenzo Rocco Masera Denat Joseph	BMW M3	467	+141 Laps	2:22.894
39	D1	117	Marcos Racing International	Aaron Scott Andy Ruhan Bob Lyons Craig Wilkins Tommy Dreelan	BMW 120d	464	+144 Laps	2:28.650
40	A2	85	Team Premier	Hannes Waimer Bernhard Schnell Haus Hotfiel Armin Schmid	Renault Clio Cup	463	+145 Laps	2:26.513
41	A4	62	Duwo Racing	Frédéric Schmit Nicolas Schmit Jean-Louis Dauger Antoine Orel Jean-Marie Dumont	BMW 130i Challenge	459	+149 Laps	2:25.753
42	SP2	145	GRC Racing	Jacob Thomsen Harald Nordeng Hans Peter Lieb Thierry Blaise Olivier Baharian	Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24	443	+165 Laps	2:15.477
43 DNF	A6	8	De Lorenzi Racing	Stefano Borghi Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Gianluca de Lorenzi	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	438	+170 Laps	2:03.348
44	A2	95	Team First	David Carvalho Alexandre Renneteau Stephane Payelle Mike Wainwright Fabien Giroix	Renault Clio Cup	435	+173 Laps	2:24.736
45 DNF	A2	87	Boutsen Energy Racing	Sebastien Deveze Philipe Vigneron Jean-Charles Battut Pierre-Yves Rosoux Jean-Michel Carton	Renault Clio Cup	420	+188 Laps	2:24.111
46	SP2	146	Craft Racing	Eric Ying Wai Cheung Frank Yu Richard Dean Aki Hiro Tsusuki	Ginetta G50Z GT3	412	+196 Laps	2:07.989
47	D1	116	Marcos Racing International	Trevor Knight Fred van Putten Jafeth Molenaar Santi Navarro	BMW 120d	410	+198 Laps	2:29.581
48	SP3	120	Brunswick Automtive	Mark Griffiths Nikolay Zhuravlev Rigo Mey Nick Gooch Ian Barrowman	Aston Martin V8 Vantage	408	+200 Laps	2:16.307
49	SP3	125	Nicholas Mee Racing	Tarek Mahmoud Greg Audi Jalal Mahmoud Corentine Quiniou	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4	403	+205 Laps	2:16.700
50 DNF	A6	65	IMSA Performance Matmut	Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon Richard Balandras	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	400	+208 Laps	2:04.255
51	A3T	72	Strategic Transport Racing	Mark Pilatti Glen Zampatti Callaghan Gablziani	SEAT Leon Super Copa	397	+211 Laps	2:17.141
52	A4	165	Team 930 Rush	Yutaka Matsushima Masashi Kakiuchi Jun Yamashita Yousuke Shimojima	Porsche 964 Carrera	356	+252 Laps	2:18.230
53	A4	61	K&K Racing Team	Marcel Kusin Petr Valek Stepan Ladik Petr Fulin	BMW 130i	348	+260 Laps	2:20.588
54	SP3	128	Gentle Swiss Racing	Frederic Barth Stefano Comini Wolfgang Kudrass Valentin Hummel	Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24	342	+266 Laps	2:15.874
55	A2	57	LAP57 Racing Team	Mohammed Al Owais Omran Al Owais Saeed Al Mehairi Umair Ahmed Khan	Honda Civic Type R	341	+267 Laps	2:23.452
56 DNF	A6	9	De Lorenzi Racing	Giorgio Piodi "Jox" Angelo Cobianchi Guido Formilli Fendi	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	337	+271 Laps	2:10.468
57	D1	105	Certainly Racing Team	Marcel van Leen Sven Andries Christiaan Frankenhout Sebastian Kamps	BMW 120d	322	+286 Laps	2:27.190
58 DNF	SP2	155	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Roland Hertner Peter Röschmann Andzej Dzikevic Roland Rehfeld Marcel Leipert	Ascari KZ1-R GT3	304	+304 Laps	2:05.555
59 DNF	A6	6	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Vitus Eckert Marco Seefried Martin Rich	Porsche 997 Cup	287	+321 Laps	2:09.934
60 DNF	D1	108	Red Camel Racing	Monny Krant Jean-Sebastian Sauriol Ivo Breukers Henk Thijssen Wolf Nathan	SEAT Leon TDI	286	+322 Laps	2:28.232
61 DNF	SP1	170	Gomez Competition	Jean-Marc Merlin Damien Kohler Michel Pulinx Yves Provins	Solution F-Touring Cup	261	+347 Laps	2:19.581
62 DNF	SP3	70	RED Motorsport	Martin Roos Gunther Deutsch Marco Deutsch Karolina Lampel-Czapka	Lotus Exige GT4	248	+360 Laps	2:18.687
63 DNF	D1	110	Volkswagen Motorsport Austria	Hannes Danzinger Michael Kogler Levente Zoltan Lászlóf Willi Rabl	VW Scirocco TDI	242	+366 Laps	2:24.666
64 DNF	A2	94	Team First	Roald Goethe Frédéric Fatien Jean-Pierre Valentini Theophile Albertini Fabien Giroix	Renault Clio Cup	221	+387 Laps	2:26.027
65 DNF	SP2	148	AF Corse	Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip Marcos Ambrose Rui Águas Nicola Cadei	Ferrari F430 GT2	210	+398 Laps	2:06.081
66	SP3	154	Speedlover	Richard Verburg Jean-Michel Gérome Dirk de Groof Jean-Michel Gérome	Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24	203	+405 Laps	2:16.177
67 DNF	A3T	76	Zengő Motorsport KTF	Tamás Horváth György Kontra Gábor Kismarty-Lechner Zoltan Zengo Istvan Gáspár	SEAT Leon Super Copa	182	+426 Laps	2:18.206
68 DNF	A6	1	Land Motorsport	Gabriel Abergel Xavier Pompidou Carsten Tilke Otto Klohs	Posrche 997 GT3 Cup	176	+432 Laps	2:08(4
69 DNF	A6	3	Besaplast Racing Team	Franjo Kovac Martin Tschornia Kurt Thiim Roland Asch Sebastian Asch	Posrche 997 GT3 Cup	168	+440 Laps	2:06.826
70 DNF	SP2	7	First Motorsport	Christian Kelders Philippe Greisch Daniel Desbrueres Catherine Desbrueres	Ferrari F430 GT3	151	+457 Laps	2:08.120
71 DNF	A6	17	Track Torque Racing	Matthew Perry Nigel Farmer Nicola Pantone	Ginetta G50	124	+484 Laps	2:16.486
72 DNF	A6	4	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Oliver Morley Sean Edwards Richard Cvörnjek	Porsche 911 GT3	87	+521 Laps	2:10.992
73	A3T	77	WRC Developments	James Kaye James Emmett Raed Hassan Mark Lemmer Luke Hines	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	56	+552 Laps	2:17.410
74 DNF	SP2	24	H&P Incentives	Peter van der Kolk Jeroen Bleekemolen Michael Bleekemolen Henry Zumbrink Jeroen van der Heuvel	BMW 140 GTR	1	+607 Laps	No Time
DNS	SP2	99	Besaplast Racing Dolate Motorsport	Frank Schmickler Jörg Hardt	BMW M3	N/A	N/A	No Time

References

1. "Creventic". Dubai 24 Hour. 31 January 2010.
2. ^ "Race Schedule". Dubai 24 Hour. 31 January 2010.
3. "IMSA Matmut gets Pole Position". Dubai 24 Hour. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
4. "Qualifying". Dubai 24 Hour. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
5. ^ "IMSA Matmut wins the 5th Dubai 24 Hour". Dubai 24 Hour. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
6. ^ "Official Results". Dubai 24 Hour. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

External links

• Official website

• 2010 in motorsport
• Dubai 24 Hour
• 2010 in Emirati motorsport