2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season

2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season
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The 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the eighth championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series. It began on 10 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 17 October at Hockenheim after eighteen races at nine meetings. Grids for the 2010 season were substantially down on the previous season; with a maximum of sixteen drivers taking part in any of the season's meetings, after teams Manor Motorsport, SG Formula, Carlin Motorsport, HBR Motorsport and Kolles & Heinz Union all pulled out to focus on other series.

On track, series veteran Edoardo Mortara returned to the formulae after a season competing for Arden International, and with seven victories – all coming in the Saturday, higher points-awarding races – during the season, Mortara took the championship at the wheel of his Signature-run Dallara-Volkswagen, giving Volkswagen their first Euro Series championship. Second place was not resolved until the final round, as Mortara's team-mate Marco Wittmann and ART Grand Prix's Valtteri Bottas battled over the placing. Bottas had to win the final race to deny Wittmann of second place, but could only finish third and thus Wittmann completed the Signature 1–2, taking a single victory during the season at the first Hockenheim meeting. Bottas finished third for the second consecutive season, after his first two Euro Series wins – although he had previously won two successive Masters of Formula 3 events at Zandvoort, which is a non-championship race – at the Norisring and Oschersleben.

Bottas' team-mate Alexander Sims also matched his final 2009 placing, taking fourth place with one victory once again, winning the opening sprint race of the season at Paul Ricard but took four further podium finishes to confirm fourth. Mücke Motorsport's Roberto Merhi completed the top five, taking his first Euro Series win in the first Hockenheim sprint race. Other sprint race victories included four for the Motopark Academy squad, including three successive for top rookie finisher – seventh in the championship – António Félix da Costa who won at the Nürburgring, Zandvoort and Brands Hatch having started each from the front row due to the series' reverse-grid system for the top eight finishers from the previous day's race. Kevin Magnussen, on a one-off outing from his usual commitments in the German Formula Three championship, also claimed a sprint race victory for Motopark at Valencia. Daniel Juncadella won the final race of the season at Hockenheim, while Jim Pla, ART's third driver, took the other victory at Oschersleben. Signature's 1–2 championship finish allowed the team to claim their respective championship, while the Nations Cup was won by Italy through Mortara.

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Prize tests

The top drivers in the championship standings at the end of the year were rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers – Mortara, Wittmann and Bottas – all received a Formula Renault 3.5 Series test.

As well as that, Mortara received a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test[1] in the Audi A4, as he finished as top Volkswagen-engined driver as champion. Bottas, as top Mercedes-Benz driver received a test in the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.[2]

Drivers and teams

2010 Entry List
Team No Driver Rookie Chassis Engine Rounds
ART Grand Prix 1 Valtteri Bottas[3] Dallara F308 Mercedes All
2 Alexander Sims[4] Dallara F308 Mercedes All
11 Jim Pla[5] R Dallara F308 Mercedes All
30 Esteban Gutiérrez[6] Dallara F308 Mercedes 2
Mücke Motorsport 3 Roberto Merhi[7] Dallara F308 Mercedes All
4 Carlos Muñoz[8] R Dallara F308 Mercedes All
Signature 5 Edoardo Mortara[9] Dallara F308 Volkswagen[10] All
6 Marco Wittmann[10] Dallara F308 Volkswagen[10] All
14 Laurens Vanthoor[10] Dallara F308 Volkswagen[10] All
Prema Powerteam 7 Nicolas Marroc[11] Dallara F308 Mercedes All
8 Daniel Juncadella[12] R Dallara F308 Mercedes All
Motopark Academy 9 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[13] R Dallara F308 Volkswagen[13] 1–2
10 Matias Laine[13] R Dallara F308 Volkswagen[13] All
13 António Félix da Costa[14] R Dallara F308 Volkswagen[13] All
15 Kevin Magnussen[13] R Dallara F308 Volkswagen[13] 3
16 Mika Mäki[15] Dallara F308 Volkswagen[6] 5–7
17 Tobias Hegewald[16] R Dallara F308 Volkswagen[6] 8
18 Christopher Zanella[15] Dallara F308 Volkswagen[6] 9
33 5–7
31 Jimmy Eriksson[6] R Dallara F305 Volkswagen[6] 2
34 Renger van der Zande[16] Dallara F308 Volkswagen[6] 8
China Sonangol-Motopark 32 Luís Sá Silva[6] R Dallara F305 Volkswagen[6] 2
Jo Zeller Racing 38 Sandro Zeller[6] R Dallara F306 Mercedes[6] 2, 9
Icon Legend
R Rookie Cup

Driver changes

Changed Teams
Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series
Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

Team changes

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard April 10 Daniel Juncadella Marco Wittmann Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 April 11 Daniel Juncadella Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix
2 R1 Hockenheimring April 24 Marco Wittmann Edoardo Mortara Marco Wittmann Signature
R2 April 25 Valtteri Bottas Roberto Merhi Mücke Motorsport
3 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia May 22 Edoardo Mortara Daniel Juncadella Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 May 23 Kevin Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Motopark Academy
4 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg July 3 Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 July 4 Edoardo Mortara Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
5 R1 Nürburgring August 7 Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 August 8 Daniel Juncadella António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy
6 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort August 21 Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 August 22 Edoardo Mortara António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy
7 R1 Brands Hatch, Kent September 4 Laurens Vanthoor Marco Wittmann Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 September 5 António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy
8 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben September 18 Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
R2 September 19 Valtteri Bottas Jim Pla ART Grand Prix
9 R1 Hockenheimring October 16 Edoardo Mortara Valtteri Bottas Edoardo Mortara Signature
R2 October 17 Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam

Standings

Drivers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP
Race 1 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Race 2 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0
Pos Driver LEC
 HOC
 VAL
 NOR
 NÜR
 ZAN
 BRH
 OSC
 HOC
 Pts
1 Edoardo Mortara 1 2 2 3 1 6 1 3 1 6 1 11 1 Ret 6 Ret 1 DSQ 101
2 Marco Wittmann 2 3 1 4 11 7 2 2 5 2 3 6 3 5 7 2 3 7 76
3 Valtteri Bottas 9 6 3 5 2 4 3 1 6 7 2 Ret 4 4 1 Ret 2 3 74
4 Alexander Sims 3 1 Ret 8 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 8 2 8 4 5 63
5 Roberto Merhi 5 4 4 1 4 Ret 5 11 3 5 5 3 11 10 5 9 5 2 56
6 Laurens Vanthoor Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 3 9 5 2 11 7 2 2 7 13 4 6 DSQ 42
7 António Félix da Costa 8 8 7 9 6 Ret 7 Ret 7 1 8 1 8 1 3 Ret 9 4 40
8 Daniel Juncadella 4 7 8 2 9 9 10† 6 12 10 Ret 9 6 3 4 6 8 1 35
9 Carlos Muñoz Ret 12 14 Ret 10 Ret 6 9 14 9 6 4 7 2 8 10 11 6 18
10 Jim Pla 7 11 13 6 DNS 8 Ret 8 8 4 10 13 13 12 9 1 12 11† 13
11 Nicolas Marroc 11 10 10 13 8 2 11† 10 9 8 13 12 12 11 10 3 Ret 8 10
12 Kevin Magnussen 7 1 8
13 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 6 9 5 7 7
14 Matias Laine 10 13 9 10 Ret 10 8 7 11 Ret 12 10 10 6 11 Ret 10 9 3
15 Christopher Zanella 10 Ret 9 7 DNS DNS 7 Ret 2
16 Tobias Hegewald 12 7 1
17 Mika Mäki 13 Ret 11 8 9 9 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Renger van der Zande 14 5 0
Esteban Gutiérrez 6 Ret 0
Sandro Zeller 15 11 13 10 0
Jimmy Eriksson 11 Ret 0
Luís Sá Silva 12 12 0
Pos Driver LEC
 HOC
 VAL
 NOR
 NÜR
 ZAN
 BRH
 OSC
 HOC
 Pts
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
Italics – Fastest Lap
R – Rookie Cup

Teams

Pos Team LEC
 HOC
 VAL
 NOR
 NÜR
 ZAN
 BRH
 OSC
 HOC
 Pts
1 Signature 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 7 193
2 3 2 4 5 6 2 3 2 6 3 6 2 7 6 4 3 DSQ
2 ART Grand Prix 3 1 3 5 2 4 3 1 4 3 2 5 4 4 1 1 2 3 148
7 6 13 6 3 5 4 4 6 4 4 13 5 8 2 8 4 5
3 Mücke Motorsport 5 4 4 1 4 Ret 5 9 3 5 5 3 7 2 5 9 5 2 74
Ret 12 14 Ret 10 Ret 6 11 14 9 6 4 11 10 8 10 11 6
4 Motopark Academy 6 8 5 7 6 1 7 7 7 1 8 1 8 1 3 7 7 4 60
8 9 7 9 7 10 8 Ret 10 Ret 11 8 9 6 11 Ret 9 9
5 Prema Powerteam 4 7 8 2 8 2 10 6 9 8 13 9 6 3 4 3 8 1 44
11 10 10 13 9 9 11 10 12 10 Ret 12 12 11 10 6 Ret 8
Guest teams ineligible for points
Jo Zeller Racing 15 11 13 10 0
Pos Team LEC
 HOC
 VAL
 NOR
 NÜR
 ZAN
 BRH
 OSC
 HOC
 Pts

Nations Cup

Nation Points
1  Italy 96
2  Spain 90
3  Germany 76
4  Finland 76
5  Great Britain 70
6  Belgium 41
7  Portugal 40
8  France 23
9  Colombia 18
10  Denmark 8
11  Switzerland 2
Guest nations
 Mexico 0
 Angola 0
 Sweden 0
 Netherlands 0

See also

References

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External links

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Teams and drivers competing in the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season