2010 Carrera Panamericana


The 2010 edition of the Carrera Panamericana Mexican sports car racing event started in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas and finished in Zacatecas, Zacatecas. This edition was composed of seven stages and one day of qualification. Harri Rovanpera won this edition, in his first attempt. Jouni Närhi was his co-driver. Michel Jourdain, Jr. was the runner up.

Participants

There are 120 cars in 8 categories: Turismo Mayor, Turismo de Producción, Historico A, B and C, Sport Mayor, Sport Menor and Original Panam. And five in exhibition.
Harri Rovanpera, Michel Jourdain Jr., Jochen Mass and Jo Ramírez are outstanding drivers.

Route

The 2010 edition travel through ten states: start in Chiapas and passed by Oaxaca, Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, and finally Zacatecas.
The 3,261 km of distance are divided in speed and transit.

Results

Overall

PlaceDriverCo-driverCarTime
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebaker4:10:25.7
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebaker+12.9
3 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebaker+13:14.8
4 Stephan Meyers Albert DemeyStudebaker+19:25.4
5 Francisco Márquez García Araceli Ramírez IslasHudson+19:53.9
6 Hilaire Damiron Horacio Chousal EscamillaBuick+20:34.7
7 Carlos Anaya Márquez Javier MarínLT Special+11:46.2
8 Martin Lauber Conrad StevensonAlfa Romeo+30:09.5
9 David Jassan Veronica MorelosPorsche 911+14:43.1
10 Lars Kroiss Martin RettenbacherVolvo+14:07.2
11 Tomas Lopez Rocha Luis VazquezFord Falcon+34:18.9
12 Rodolfo Alcoses Ricardo PuentePorsche+36:43.1
13 David Gussack Nathaniel MundyVolvo+38:12.9
14 Marc Devis Christopher VoegelinStudebaker+39:02.4
15 Alejandro Pimentel Mauricio PimentelDodge+40:23.0
16 Stewart Robertson Linda RobertsonStudebaker+41:07.2
17 Carlos Martínez Campos Roberto MendozaFord Falcon+41:14.1
18 Carlos Castillo Carlos Antonio RamírezStudebaker+42:33.4
19 Emilio Azcárraga Jean Andres GomezPorsche 911+45:10.2
20 Fredy Van Beuren Manuel GilardiPorsche 911+45:46.7

By Category

CategoryDriverCo-driverCarTime
Turismo Mayor Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebaker4:10:25.7
Turismo Producción Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebaker4:23.40.5
Historic A Robert Curry Rick ShawPorsche5:44:32.5
Historic A+ Martin Lauber Conrad StevensonAlfa Romeo4:40:35.2
Historic B David Jassan Veronica MorelosPorsche 9114:44:09.8
Historic C Tomas Lopez Rocha Luis Vazquez LecandaFord Falcon4:44:44.6
Original Panam John Gregory Chrislana GregoryStudebaker5:34:17.8
Sport Mayor Carlos Anaya Márquez Javier MarínLT Special4:32:11.9
Sport Menor Rodolfo Alcoses Ricardo PuentePorsche4:47:08.8
Exhibition Eduardo Henkel Sergio PuenteBMW4:30:49.9

Stages

DayStageRouteDriverCo-DriverCarlink
October 21QualificationTuxtla Gutiérrez Bill Beilharz Jorge CeballosStudebaker
October 22Stage 1Tuxtla Gutiérrez-Oaxaca de Juárez Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebaker
October 23Stage 2Oaxaca de Juárez-Puebla Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebaker
October 24Stage 3Puebla-Santiago de Querétaro Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebaker
October 25Stage 4Santiago de Querétaro-Morelia Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebaker
October 26Stage 5Morelia-Guadalajara Michel Jourdain Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebaker
October 27Stage 6Guadalajara-Aguascalientes Michel Jourdain Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebaker
October 28Stage 7Aguascalientes-Zacatecas Michel Jourdain Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebaker

Stage 0

This stage started in the installations of Feria de Chiapas, and finished in the Autódromo de Chiapas. The distance was 7 km This stage does not count in the total time, but determined the exit order.
Results
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Bill Beilharz Jorge CeballosStudebakerTM4:37.491.8 km/h
2 Michel Jourdain Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+7.589.3 km/h
3 Alejandro Pimentel Mauricio PimentelDodgeTM+9.588.7 km/h
4 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+9.988.6 km/h
5 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM+10.588.4 km/h

Stage 1

The first stage was composed by 12 sections with a total of 423.88 km, but only 129.98 km were speed sections.
The route started in the main square of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. The race travel through Highway 190 passed by Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, San Pedro Tololapa, Tlacolula de Matamoros. There was a service station in Santo Domingo Tehuantepec. The stage finished in the Zocalo of Oaxaca de Juárez.
Jorge Pedrero took the leadership since the first section.
Results
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP57:14.2128.8 km/h
2 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM+32.3127.6 km/h
3 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+50.8126.9 km/h
4 Carlos Anaya Javier MarínLT SpecialSport Mayor+1:28.1125.5 km/h
5 Gabriel Pérez Ignacio RodriguezStudebakerTM+3:45.2120.8 km/h

Stage 2

The second stage was composed of ten sections with a total of 371.45 km, but only 93.27 km were speed sections.
The stage started in the Zocalo of Oaxaca and continued by the Highway 190, In this occasion travel through Asunción Nochixtlán, Huajuapan de León, where took the Highway 125 to Tehuacán. Later the race travel by Highway 135 and Highway 150 to finished in the Plaza de la Concordia in Cholula. Asunción Nochixtlán served as service station.
Harri Rovanperä became the leader in the third timed segment, Oaxaca-Huajapan km 74.
Results
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM48:24.4115.6 km/h
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+6.6115.4 km/h
3 Carlos Anaya Javier MarínLT SpecialSport Mayor+8.7115.3 km/h
4 Doug Mockett Angélica FuentesOldsmobileTP+39.8114.0 km/h
5 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+56.6113.4 km/h

Total Time
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM1:46:10.9122.1 km/h
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+24.1121.7 km/h
3 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+24.3121.6 km/h
4 Carlos Anaya Javier MarínLT SpecialSport Mayor+1:04.5120.9 km/h
5 Gabriel Pérez Ignacio RodriguezStudebakerTM+6:15.5115.3 km/h

Stage 3

The third stage was the longest and was composed by 13 sections with a total of 607.77 km. 90.02 km were speed sections.
The stage started in the hotel Camino Real Angelópolis, and went to San Martín Texmelucán through Highway 150. Later took the Highway 57 and the Highway 85 to reach Pachuca. The race return to Highway 57 to go San Juan del Río. Highway 120 was taken to go Ezequiel Montes where was service station. Finally the state road 100 carried the cars to Santiago de Querétaro where the finish line was installed in the Jardín Zenea.
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM34:47.2
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+10.8
3 Doug Mockett Angélica FuentesOldsmobileTP+1:21.8
4 Marc Devis Christopher Voegelin DienerStudebakerTM+2:01.8
5 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+2:08.8

Total Time
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM2:20:58.1
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+34.9
3 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+2:33.1
4 Stephan Meyers Albert DemeyStudebakerTM+9:23.7
5 Hilaire Damiron Horacio Chousal EscamillaBuickTM+9:35.9

Stage 4

The stage 4 began in the Auditorio Josefa Ortíz en Santiago de Querétaro continued to Corregidora, and returned to the north of the city. Later took the route 57 towards Huimilpan, Amealco. The race entered to Guanajuato by the municipality of Jerécuaro and passed throw Apaseo el alto, Tarimoro, Acámbaro. In Michoacán travels by Zinapécuaro and finished in Morelia. The total distance was 434 km. in eleven sections. 81 km were in speed seccions.
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM33:21.0147.09
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+2.0146.94
3 Doug Mockett Angélica FuentesOldsmobileTP+55.0143.16
4 Carlos Anaya Javier MarínLT SpecialSM+1:14.0141.85
5 Stephan Meyers Albert DemeyStudebakerTM+1:29.0140.83

Total Time
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM2:54:19.1
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+36.9
3 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+4:11.1
4 Stephan Meyers Albert DemeyStudebakerTM+10:52.7
5 Hilaire Damiron Horacio Chousal EscamillaBuickTM+12:09.9

Stage 5

Total Time
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM3:13:21.3
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+29.5
3 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+7:45.9
4 Stephan Meyers Albert DemeyStudebakerTM+12:03.9
5 Gabriel Pérez Ignacio RodriguezStudebakerTM+13:56.7

Stage 6

PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM24:05.0
2 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM+7.0
3 Carlos Anaya Javier MarínLT SpecialSM+41.0
4 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+1:45.0
5 Alejandro Pimentel Mauricio PimentelDodgeTP+1:51.0

Total Time
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM3:37:33.3
2 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM+22.5
3 Jorge Pedrero Marco Antonio HernándezStudebakerTP+9:23.9
4 Stephan Meyers Albert DemeyStudebakerTM+15:30.9
5 Hilaire Damiron Horacio Chousal EscamillaBuickTM+16:24.9

Stage 7

The last and shortest stage have 296 km divided in 11 stages.
PosDriverCo-driverCarCategoryTimeSpeed
1 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Miguel Angel DiezStudebakerTM32:42.8
2 Harri Rovanperä Jouni NärhiStudebakerTM+6.3
3 Carlos Anaya Javier MarínLT SpecialSM+1:17.7
4 Doug Mockett Angélica FuentesOldsmobileTP+1:26.7
5 Alejandro Pimentel Mauricio PimentelDodgeTP+1:31.2