OAK Racing Team Mazda France enjoyed an excellent start to its 2010 season at the opening round of the Le Mans Series; the 8 Heures du Castellet. The team ran at the front of the LMP2 field for much of the race with the #35 Pescarolo-Judd of Guillaume Moreau and Richard Hein, finishing a superb second on the same lap as the winning car. Meanwhile, the #24 machine of Matthieu Lahaye and Jacques Nicolet just missed out on a podium place, finishing fourth.

It was a fine effort from the team after the weekend had started badly. On Friday, the #24 suffered an engine failure on its out lap for first practice, as did the #35's powerplant during the third session on Saturday morning. Nevertheless, Lahaye turned in an exceptional performance during qualifying to put the #24 third on the grid.

Sunday's race was no less action-packed with Moreau suffering a puncture in the early stages, forcing him back to the pits. On the other side of the garage, fortunes weren't fairing much better when Lahaye picked up a stop/go penalty for overtaking under yellow flags while running fourth. Later, Nicolet was handed a similar punishment.

Despite their various problems, the #35 machine produced a fantastic comeback to lead an OAK 1-2 for half of the race. Unfortunately, during the final hour, the #35 was unable to resist the American Le Mans Series-winning HPD prototype, with the #24 also succumbing to Lola's HPD-powered coupe, leaving OAK Racing second and fourth in LMP2 when the chequered flag fell.