2010 Auto GP season

2010 Auto GP season
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The 2010 Auto GP season was the twelfth season of the former Euroseries 3000, and the first under its new name "Auto GP".[1] The main sponsor of the series was PartyPoker.it.[2] The series used the same 550 bhp (410 kW) Lola B05/52 chassis that the A1 Grand Prix series used in 2009.[3]

Despite missing the first two rounds of the season due to his commitments in the FIA GT1 World Championship, DAMS driver Romain Grosjean claimed the championship title, taking four victories and seven podiums in total from the eight races he contested. DAMS drivers also took second and third places in the championship standings, as consistent finishes for Edoardo Piscopo and Duncan Tappy – neither driver won any of the races held – helped them into their final placings. Five other drivers took race victories over the season, with Carlos Iaconelli taking three – all in sprint races – but poor placings in the championship's feature races restricted him to only seventh place; Luca Filippi took two, with single victories each for Adrien Tambay, Julian Leal and Vladimir Arabadzhiev.

Contents

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
DAMS[4] 1 Duncan Tappy[5] All
2 Vladimir Arabadzhiev[6] 1
Fabrizio Crestani[7] 2
Romain Grosjean[8] 3–6
3 Edoardo Piscopo[9] All
Charouz-Gravity Racing[10] 4 Tomáš Kostka[11] 1
Stefano Coletti[7] 2
Natacha Gachnang[12] 3, 5–6
Esteban Guerrieri[13] 4
5 Walter Grubmüller[10] 1–3
Alexander Sims[14] 5–6
6 Jan Charouz[10] All
7 Adrien Tambay[15] All
Super Nova Racing[16] 8 Jonny Reid[17] All
9 Giorgio Pantano[17] 1–3
Jake Rosenzweig[13] 4
Luca Filippi[14] 5–6
Trident Racing[18] 10 Julian Leal[19] All
11 Adrian Zaugg[20] 1
Federico Leo[21] 2, 6
Fabrizio Crestani[22] 3–4
RP Motorsport[23] 12 Celso Míguez[24] 1–4
Giacomo Ricci[25] 5
Davide Valsecchi[21] 6
14 Stefano Bizzarri[26] All
Team Lazarus[27] 15 Fabio Onidi[28] All
Euronova Racing[29] 19 Luca Filippi[30] 1–3
Giorgio Pantano[13] 4
Durango[31] 20 Giuseppe Cipriani[21] 6
21 Carlos Iaconelli[11] All
Ombra Racing 22 Giorgio Pantano[32] 6

Calendar

Testing schedule

A two-day test was held over November 17–18 at the Autodromo dell'Umbria in Magione, giving drivers 30 laps at the wheel of the series' Lola B05/52.[33] As this was so, timing was recorded unofficially.[34] It was later revealed in a feature of British motorsport magazine Autosport, that Marcos Martínez unofficially recorded the fastest lap of the test, with a lap of 1:04.2 for the 1.558 mi (2.507 km) circuit.[35]

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Masaryk Circuit, Brno[36]  Czech Republic April 24 Jonny Reid Luca Filippi Luca Filippi Euronova Racing Stand-alone event
R2 April 25 Luca Filippi Vladimir Arabadzhiev DAMS
2 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola  Italy May 22 Luca Filippi Giorgio Pantano Adrien Tambay Charouz-Gravity Racing International GT Open
R2 May 23 Carlos Iaconelli Carlos Iaconelli Durango
3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps  Belgium June 26 Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean DAMS International GT Open
R2 June 27 Romain Grosjean Carlos Iaconelli Durango
4 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours  France July 10 Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean DAMS International GT Open
R2 July 11 Adrien Tambay Carlos Iaconelli Durango
5 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos[37]  Spain September 25 Julian Leal Julian Leal Julian Leal Trident Racing Spanish GT Championship
R2 September 26 Edoardo Piscopo Romain Grosjean DAMS
6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza  Italy October 2 Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean DAMS International GT Open
R2 October 3 Luca Filippi Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing

Championship standings

Race
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
Race One 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race Two 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition:

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver BRN
 IMO
 SPA
 MAG
 NAV
 MON
 Points
1 Romain Grosjean 1 2 1 Ret 3 1 1 3 58
2 Edoardo Piscopo 2 3 2 Ret 6 4 7 3 2 10 10 6 42
3 Duncan Tappy 5 11 4 3 Ret 9 2 4 4 4 4 11 37
4 Jan Charouz 4 6 Ret 6 5 3 5 2 9 3 6 2 36
5 Luca Filippi 1 13 12 Ret 2 5 7 Ret 7 1 34
6 Adrien Tambay 6 Ret 1 4 Ret 10 14 10 Ret 5 2 5 29
7 Carlos Iaconelli Ret 8 6 1 8 1 8 1 DSQ 9 13 Ret 24
8 Fabio Onidi 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 12 3 Ret 12 8 3 9 24
9 Julian Leal 10 4 Ret 8 7 Ret 9 7 1 Ret 8 4 21
10 Jonny Reid 13 7 5 Ret 4 7 10 6 5 6 Ret 14 16
11 Vladimir Arabadzhiev 7 1 8
12 Giacomo Ricci 6 2 8
13 Giorgio Pantano Ret 9 11 9 3 6 13 11 12 Ret 8
14 Celso Míguez 11 10 8 2 10 Ret 11 8 6
15 Adrian Zaugg 8 2 6
16 Federico Leo 9 5 5 7 6
17 Jake Rosenzweig 4 12 5
18 Esteban Guerrieri 6 5 5
19 Walter Grubmüller 9 5 Ret Ret DNS DNS 2
20 Stefano Coletti 7 Ret 2
21 Natacha Gachnang 12 11 8 7 15 10 1
22 Fabrizio Crestani Ret 7 11 8 DNS DNS 0
23 Davide Valsecchi 11 8 0
24 Stefano Bizzarri 12 12 10 10 13 Ret 12 9 10 11 14 12 0
25 Alexander Sims 11 Ret 9 15 0
26 Giuseppe Cipriani 16 13 0
Tomáš Kostka DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver BRN
 IMO
 SPA
 MAG
 NAV
 MON
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Pos Team Car BRN
 IMO
 SPA
 MAG
 NAV
 MON
 Points
1 DAMS A 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 135
B 5 3 4 7 6 4 2 4 3 4 4 6
2 Charouz-Gravity Racing A 4 5 1 4 5 3 5 2 8 3 2 2 74
B 6 6 7 6 12 10 6 5 9 5 6 5
3 Super Nova Racing A 13 7 5 9 3 6 4 6 5 6 7 1 40
B Ret 9 11 Ret 4 7 10 12 7 Ret Ret 14
4 Trident Racing A 8 2 9 5 7 8 9 7 1 Ret 5 4 33
B 10 4 Ret 8 11 Ret DNS DNS 8 7
5 Durango A Ret 8 6 1 8 1 8 1 DSQ 9 13 13 24
B 16 Ret
6 Team Lazarus A 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 12 3 Ret 12 8 3 9 24
7 Euronova Racing A 1 13 12 Ret 2 5 13 11 23
8 RP Motorsport A 11 10 8 2 10 Ret 11 8 6 2 11 8 14
B 12 12 10 10 13 Ret 12 9 10 11 14 12
9 Ombra Racing A 12 Ret 0
Pos Team Car BRN
 IMO
 SPA
 MAG
 NAV
 MON
 Points

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