First round of the season. An 8 Hour race. A legendary track. A circuit re-opened to the public. A full program. Everything is combined for an exceptional meeting!  Of course, everybody will look at the Endurance queens, Prototypes and GTs.

Almost 50 cars will be on the track to win the first race of the season and to outstand in front of the French spectators keen to discover the 2010 cars. The first Audi/Peugeot duel of the year, high level battles in each category, exceptional drivers with former Formula 1 stars such as Jean Alesi, Giancarlo Fisichella, Olivier Panis and Nigel Mansell! 

Therefore, on April 10th and 11th, track will never be free! Public won't get bored as the entertainment will be great!  No less than 3 support races will take place: The Ford Formula, The F3 Euro Series and the Classic Endurance Racing!

Look at the Le Mans Series official video clip, and some highlights of the Official Test session which took place on the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit last Sunday and Monday.

All drivers invite you to join us on this same circuit, on next April 10 &11, at the occasion of the 8 Heures du Castellet. Don't disappoint them!

More than ever, Ladies have a place of honour in Le Mans Series, on this dedicated day!

On the occasion of the Ladies day, it's more appropriate than never to announce that Le Mans Series will welcome a 100%-lady drivers line up!

This is the big news of this second and last test day: Matech Competition will enter one of its Ford GTs in the 1000Km of Spa (May 7/8/9) with three handsome Swiss girls -Cindy Alemann, Natacha Gachnang and Raël Frey. As for Belgian Vanina Ickx, she announces that she will be one of the Signature Plus Lola Aston Martin's drivers for both the 1000 Km of Spa and the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

The Oreca Matmut team took the opportunity of unveiling the great novelty of the 2010 season during the Le Mans Series Official Test days: the Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP has been entrusted to them by the French manufacturer for the whole season as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

The car will run tomorrow and on Monday, driven by Olivier Panis, Nicolas Lapierre and Loïc Duval, alongside the 40 prototypes and GTs which are on the entry list for this special test session. The 2009 “24 Hours of Le Mans” winning car is back on track! 

Jean Alesi, F1 racing driver for 11 years with 201 races will take part in the 2010 Le Mans Series season. As you may know, the French racing driver will be at the steering wheel, of the Ferrari F430 GT in the Team AF Corse. For this seventh Le Mans Series season; he will race with Toni Vilander & Giancarlo Fisichella, a reserve driver for the Scuderia Ferrari.

Jean Alesi was kind enough to answer our questions.