2010 Fórmula Truck season

The 2010 Fórmula Truck season was the 15th Fórmula Truck season. It began on March 7 at Guaporé and ended on December 5 at Brasília after ten rounds.

After a closely fought championship, it was the Scania of Roberval Andrade, driving for the RVR Corinthians Motorsport that won his second Fórmula Truck title after a season-long battle with the RM Competições Volkswagen of defending champion Felipe Giaffone.^[1] Andrade and Giaffone finished tied on 176 points but with five wins compared to Giaffone's one, Andrade claimed his first title since 2002. Third place went to the best Mercedes-Benz driver, four-time champion Wellington Cirino, who finished 34 points behind the top two taking a single victory at Campo Grande. Other victories were taken by Giaffone's team-mate Valmir Benavides, who triumphed at Caruaru, Geraldo Piquet won the series' only race outside of Brazil in Buenos Aires, while Iveco took a solitary victory with Beto Monteiro winning at Velopark. Volkswagen won the Manufacturers' Championship by 57 points ahead of Scania.

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer	Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Volkswagen	RM Competições	2	Valmir Benavides	All
		4	Felipe Giaffone	All
		7	Debora Rodrigues	All
		9	Renato Martins	All
Mercedes-Benz	ABF Mercedes-Benz	3	Geraldo Piquet	All
		6	Wellington Cirino	All
	Mercalf Competições	21	José Cangueiro	2–10
	ABF Competições	73	Leandro Totti	All
Ford	DF Motorsport	8	Bruno Junqueira	All
		46	Andersom Toso	All
		56	Danilo Dirani	All
	ABF Ford	10	Viginaldo Fizio	All
		28	Fabiano Brito	All
Volvo	ABF Volvo	11	Diumar Bueno	1–5, 7–10
		55	Paulo Salustiano	All
	Clay Truck Racing	14	João Maistro	All
	Boessio/AJ5	23	Adalberto Jardim	All
Scania	Original Reis Peças	12	José Maria Reis	All
		51	Leandro Reis	All
	Muffatão Racing	20	Pedro Mulffato	All
	RVR Corinthians Motorsport	77	André Marques	2–10
		100	Roberval Andrade	All
Iveco	Scuderia Iveco	33	Cristiano da Matta	All
		88	Beto Monteiro	All
	Marinelli Competições	50	Fred Marinelli	1–3, 5–10

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé	March 7	Roberval Andrade	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone	RM Competições
2	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	April 18	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Roberval Andrade	RVR Corinthians Motorsport
3	Autódromo Ayrton Senna, Caruaru	May 16	Valmir Benavides	Valmir Benavides	Valmir Benavides	RM Competições
4	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	June 26	Leandro Reis	Roberval Andrade	Wellington Cirino	ABF Mercedes-Benz
5	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	July 25	Roberval Andrade	Leandro Reis	Roberval Andrade	RVR Corinthians Motorsport
6	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	August 22	Danilo Dirani	Felipe Giaffone	Roberval Andrade	RVR Corinthians Motorsport
7	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	September 19	Roberval Andrade	Valmir Benavides	Geraldo Piquet	ABF Mercedes-Benz
8	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	October 10	Beto Monteiro	Roberval Andrade	Beto Monteiro	Scuderia Iveco
9	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	November 14	Roberval Andrade	Felipe Giaffone	Roberval Andrade	RVR Corinthians Motorsport
10	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	December 5	Roberval Andrade	Roberval Andrade	Roberval Andrade	RVR Corinthians Motorsport

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver Truck GUA RIO CAR CAM INT LON JOG VEL CUR BRA Extra Points 1 Roberval Andrade Scania 18 1 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 15 1 1 43 176 2 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen 1 5 2 3 4 3 2 Ret 2 4 14 176 3 Wellington Cirino Mercedes-Benz 3 4 4 1 5 Ret 15 3 4 3 12 142 4 Valmir Benavides Volkswagen 2 3 1 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 21 132 5 Geraldo Piquet Mercedes-Benz 6 Ret 3 9 9 6 1 2 11 10 11 114 6 Beto Monteiro Iveco Ret Ret 6 7 7 7 16 1 Ret 2 10 90 7 Renato Martins Volkswagen Ret 6 5 16 6 5 10 4 Ret 6 1 74 8 Leandro Totti Mercedes-Benz 8 Ret 11 15 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 DSQ 13 61 Pedro Muffato Scania 12 15 9 6 8 12 5 5 Ret 7 61 10 Leandro Reis Scania 4 2 Ret Ret 18 Ret 11 13 Ret 13 15 59 11 Adalberto Jardim Volvo 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 9 3 Ret 5 14 4 55 12 Paulo Salustiano Volvo 11 7 16 4 3 Ret Ret DSQ 8 12 1 54 13 André Marques Scania 11 12 5 11 17 4 6 Ret Ret 47 14 Danilo Dirani Ford 5 Ret 14 10 19 2 Ret Ret Ret 16 3 44 15 Fred Marinelli Iveco 13 12 13 10 8 6 11 6 Ret 43 16 Debora Rodrigues Volkswagen 17 8 10 14 14 Ret Ret 9 7 8 35 17 Bruno Junqueira Ford 14 16 7 Ret Ret 16 14 16 9 9 22 José Maria Reis Scania Ret 19 8 Ret Ret 11 9 14 13 Ret 2 22 19 João Maistro Volvo 10 Ret Ret Ret 16 14 7 8 Ret Ret 21 20 Fabiano Brito Ford Ret 14 Ret Ret 15 10 Ret 7 10 Ret 19 Diumar Bueno Volvo 9 9 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 17 19 22 José Cangueiro Mercedes-Benz 10 Ret 13 17 Ret 12 10 Ret Ret 15 23 Cristiano da Matta Iveco 16 13 Ret Ret 13 13 8 Ret Ret 15 13 24 Andersom Toso Ford Ret Ret 15 12 Ret 15 13 12 Ret Ret 8 25 Viginaldo Fizio Ford 15 DSQ Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 11 7 Pos Driver Truck GUA RIO CAR CAM INT LON JOG VEL CUR BRA Extra Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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

Notes

The top five after the race ensures a place on the podium.

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Make	GUA	RIO	CAR	CAM	INT	LON	JOG	VEL	CUR	BRA	Points
1	Volkswagen	54	42	68	41	25	46	30	23	32	37	398
2	Scania	23	58	16	28	42	36	32	28	33	45	341
3	Mercedes-Benz	36	20	41	36	43	16	32	45	39	24	332
4	Iveco	2	5	12	8	15	17	17	34	12	24	146
5	Volvo	19	14	0	25	19	7	27	7	23	4	145
6	Ford	13	3	9	8	2	29	3	11	11	11	100
Pos	Make	GUA	RIO	CAR	CAM	INT	LON	JOG	VEL	CUR	BRA	Points

Notes

Three best trucks of each make.

References

External links

• Official website of the Fórmula Truck (in Portuguese)