2010 VLN Series

The 2010 VLN Series was the 33rd season of the VLN.

2010 VLN Series

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The drivers championship was won by Mario Merten and Wolf Silvester, driving a BMW Z4 for Bonk Motorsport.^[1]

The third race was overshadowed by the fatal accident of Leo Löwenstein. With around 40 minutes to go, Löwenstein, driving the No. 83 Aston Martin Vantage, came upon two backmarkers, the No. 137 Lexus IS F and the No. 511 BMW 130i, who were themselves fighting for position. Löwenstein attempted to pass between the two cars near Bergwerk, but connected with one of them, took off and rolled several times. The car hit the barriers with an impact that ruptured its fuel cell, landing upside down and ablaze. Marshals arrived on the scene within seconds but neither they nor Löwenstein himself were able to extricate him from the wreckage. He succumbed to smoke inhalation.^[2][3][4]

Calendar

Rnd.	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	57. ADAC Westfalenfahrt	4 hours	Nürburgring Nordschleife	March 27
2	35. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen	4 hours		April 10
3	52. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup	4 hours[a]		April 24
4	41. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy	4 hours		June 12
5	50. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen	4 hours[b]		July 3
6	33. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen	4 hours		July 17
7	6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen	6 hours		July 31
8	42. ADAC Barbarossapreis	4 hours[c]		September 25
9	34. DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen	4 hours[d]		October 16
10	35. DMV Münsterlandpokal	4 hours		October 30

Race results

Results indicate overall winners only.

Rnd	Circuit	Pole position	Winners
1	Nürburgring Nordschleife	No. 1 Black Falcon	No. 114 Manthey Racing
		Christer Jöns Seán Paul Breslin Johannes Stuck	Marcel Tiemann Marc Lieb Timo Bernhard
2		No. 99 Phoenix Racing	No. 114 Manthey Racing
		Frank Stippler Marcel Fässler Mike Rockenfeller	Marcel Tiemann Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas
3		No. 99 Phoenix Racing	No. 93 Mamerow Racing
		Frank Stippler Hans-Joachim Stuck Marc Hennerici	Christian Mamerow Wolf Henzler
4		No. 93 Mamerow Racing	No. 93 Mamerow Racing
		Christian Mamerow Marc Basseng	Christian Mamerow Marc Basseng
5		No. 114 Manthey Racing	No. 114 Manthey Racing
		Marc Lieb Arno Klasen	Marc Lieb Arno Klasen
6		No. 114 Manthey Racing	No. 88 Manthey Racing
		Romain Dumas Arno Klasen	Lance David Arnold Christian Menzel
7		No. 88 Manthey Racing	No. 88 Manthey Racing
		Lance David Arnold Christian Menzel	Lance David Arnold Christian Menzel
8		No. 86	No. 88 Manthey Racing
		Christian Hohenadel Lance David Arnold	Lucas Luhr Richard Westbrook
9		No. 739 Mamerow Racing	No. 738 Black Falcon
		Bernd Schneider Christian Mamerow	Thomas Jäger Christopher Haase
10		No. 114 Manthey Racing	No. 114 Manthey Racing
		Marc Lieb Arno Klasen Lucas Luhr	Marc Lieb Arno Klasen Lucas Luhr
Sources:[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Footnotes

1. The race was stopped after around 3 hours 30 minutes due to the fatal accident of Leo Löwenstein.
2. The race was stopped after 3 hours 51 minutes, when Hans-Joachim Stuck encountered rain near Aremberg and crashed. He escaped with a concussion. The race was not restarted.^[5][6]
3. The race was stopped after 3 hours 8 minutes for safety reasons, due to guard rail damage from a number of separate incidents near Hatzenbach, Aremberg and Fuchsröhre. No drivers were injured.^[7][8]
4. The race was stopped after 3 hours 48 minutes due to sleet.^[9][10]