2010 Formula Renault BARC season

2010 Formula Renault BARC season
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The Protyre 2010 Formula Renault BARC season was the 16th Formula Renault BARC Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 April and ended on 17 October at Thruxton, after twelve rounds held in England. Making its debut in the series was the previous-specification Formula Renault UK car which ran alongside the existing BARC car in a one-class Championship.[1]

Hillspeed driver Alice Powell became the first female driver to win any Formula Renault championship after overhauling a 16-point deficit to rival Mitchell Hale of Fortec Motorsport at the season's final meeting at Thruxton.[2] Powell won two races at Silverstone and Thruxton with five second places compared to Hale's three victories at Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Snetterton. Third place was also resolved at the final round of the season between Powell's teammate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's teammate but took part in the final meeting for Welch Motorsport. Theodore, a race-winner at Croft, Rockingham and Thruxton, got the better of Webster by three points, after he finished ahead of Webster in the final race of the season. Other race wins were taken by Joseph Reilly at Snetterton and Rockingham, Luke Wright at Croft, and Euan Hankey in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch.

Teams and drivers

2010 Entry List
Team No Driver Rounds
Welch Motorsport 3 United Kingdom Jack Piper All
4 United Kingdom Josh Webster 6
7 Iran Kourosh Khani All
Fortec Motorsport 4 United Kingdom Josh Webster 1–5
23 United Kingdom Joseph Reilly All
41 United Kingdom Mitchell Hale All
Privateer 5 United Kingdom James Birch All
Uniq Racing with Triple Eight 8 Malaysia Sazlan Sirajudin All
Anglo Motorsport 11 United Kingdom Brett Parris 5
Denmark Kasper Krogh 1
Antel Motorsport 2–4
United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli 6
12 Russia Roman Beregech 4–6
16 United Kingdom Euan Hankey 1
17 United Kingdom Matthew Draper All
Hillspeed 15 United Kingdom Alice Powell All
44 Germany Josephine Ferrada 2–6
99 United Kingdom James Theodore All
RPD Motorsport 18 United Kingdom Steven Durrant 1, 3–6
SWB Motorsport 27 United Kingdom Luke Wright All
28 United Kingdom Andrew Jarman All
Mtech 32 Italy Tommaso Menchini 5
33 United Kingdom Jake Rattenbury All
36 United Kingdom James Thorp 6

Calendar

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings. All races held in England.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 18 April United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Mitchell Hale Fortec Motorsport
R2 United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Euan Hankey Antel Motorsport
2 R3 Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire 9 May United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Mitchell Hale Fortec Motorsport
R4 United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Alice Powell Hillspeed
3 R5 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 4 July United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom James Theodore Hillspeed
R6 United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom Luke Wright United Kingdom Luke Wright SWB Motorsport
4 R7 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 1 August United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Joseph Reilly Fortec Motorsport
R8 United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom Mitchell Hale Fortec Motorsport
5 R9 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 12 September United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom Joseph Reilly United Kingdom James Theodore Hillspeed
R10 United Kingdom Joseph Reilly United Kingdom Josh Webster United Kingdom Joseph Reilly Fortec Motorsport
6 R11 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 17 October United Kingdom Mitchell Hale United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom James Theodore Hillspeed
R12 United Kingdom Alice Powell United Kingdom James Theodore United Kingdom Alice Powell Hillspeed

Standings

Pos Driver BHI SIL CRO SNE ROC THR Total Drop Points
1 United Kingdom Alice Powell 5 5 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 7 2 1 304 16 288
2 United Kingdom Mitchell Hale 1 3 1 2 6 6 3 1 6 5 8 5 294 14 280
3 United Kingdom James Theodore 4 Ret 9 3 5 1 Ret 5 1 3 1 2 254 254
4 United Kingdom Josh Webster Ret 4 3 4 4 3 4 7 5 2 4 3 251 251
5 United Kingdom Joseph Reilly 3 2 Ret DNS 3 11 1 3 2 1 11 8 231 231
6 United Kingdom Luke Wright 2 Ret 5 7 1 5 Ret 2 3 4 3 10 229 229
7 United Kingdom James Birch (P) 10(*) 8(*) 7(*) 6(*) 11(*) 14(*) 6(*) 8(*) 9(*) 10(*) 5(*) 6(*) 189 9 180
8 Iran Kourosh Khani 6 12 4 5 7 Ret 7 Ret 8 13 14 9 142 142
9 United Kingdom Andrew Jarman 7 7 12 8 9 7 9 Ret 11 11 13 13 131 131
10 United Kingdom Matthew Draper 8 Ret 6 Ret 10 12 5 12 15 16 10 15 109 109
11 Denmark Kasper Krogh 13 6 8 Ret 13 4 8 6 102 102
12 United Kingdom Jack Piper Ret 10 10 9 12 9 14 14 13 12 12 Ret 95 95
13 United Kingdom Steven Durrant 12 Ret 8 8 10 10 Ret 9 Ret 11 81 81
14 Germany Josephine Ferrada 11 11 15 10 12 11 16 14 15 14 81 81
15 United Kingdom Jake Rattenbury 11 9 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 9 10 Ret Ret 12 64 64
16 Malaysia Sazlan Sirajudin Ret 11 Ret 10 14 13 Ret Ret 12 15 16 16 61 61
17 United Kingdom Euan Hankey 9 1 44 44
18 United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli 6 4 40 40
19 Russia Roman Beregech 13 13 14 Ret 9 Ret 35 35
20 United Kingdom Brett Parris 7 6 34 34
21 United Kingdom James Thorp 7 7 32 32
22 Italy Tommaso Menchini Ret 8 14 14
Pos Driver BHI SIL CRO SNE ROC THR Total Drop 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)

Formula Renault Winter Series

References

  1. "New look 2010 race calendar helps to cut BARC series costs". renaultsport.co.uk (Renault Sport). 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  2. "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault title" (PDF). British Women Racing Drivers Club. The Purple Tangerine Limited. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

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