2010 Formula BMW Europe season

2010 Formula BMW Europe season
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The 2010 Formula BMW Europe season was the third and final season of the Formula BMW Europe championship. The championship began on 8 May at Barcelona and finished on 12 September at Monza. The series was axed at the end of the season, in favour of a new Formula BMW Talent Cup starting in 2011.^[1]

The season was dominated by two drivers in their second season of competing in the championship, Robin Frijns of Josef Kaufmann Racing and Jack Harvey of Fortec Motorsport. Heading into the final round at Monza, Harvey held a seven-point lead over Frijns, but after taking pole position for both races, Harvey's chances took a hit after Javier Tarancón tried to outbrake him into the final corner and collided with him. Frijns won the race, and then a third place for him in the final race to Harvey's victory allowed the Kaufmann driver to claim the championship by eleven points, despite taking six wins to Harvey's seven, with both drivers taking thirteen podiums.

Third place was just as hotly contested, between Mücke Motorsport's Timmy Hansen and EuroInternational's Carlos Sainz Jr. which like the main championship battle, was not settled until the final rounds of the season. Hansen, the son of multiple championship-winning rallycross driver Kenneth, had finished thirteenth in the previous season due to his team being disqualified from two meetings due to a technical infringement, but improved in his second season in the class which included a victory at Hockenheim. Sainz, the son of former double World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, finished thirteen points behind in fourth having taken a single victory during the season, winning at Silverstone. The season's other victory was taken by Tarancón at Spa-Francorchamps en route to a fifth place championship finish. The Teams' Championship was won by Josef Kaufmann Racing ahead of Fortec Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

The entry list for the series was released on 2 March 2010.^[2] All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing	4	Robin Frijns^[3]		All
	5	Hannes van Asseldonk^[3]	R	All
	6	Petri Suvanto^[3]	R	All
Mücke Motorsport	7	Maciej Bernacik^[4]	R	All
Mücke Motorsport	8	Timmy Hansen^[5]		All
EuroInternational	11	Daniil Kvyat^[6]	R	All
	12	Carlos Sainz Jr.^[6]	R	All
	14	Michael Lewis^[2]		All
DAMS	15	Javier Tarancón^[7]		All
	16	Dustin Sofyan^[8]		5
	16	Luciano Bacheta^[9]		7–8
	17	Fahmi Ilyas^[2]		1–6
	17	Dustin Sofyan^[10]		8
Eifelland Racing	18	Facundo Regalia^[11]		All
	19	Côme Ledogar^[12]		All
	20	Marc Coleselli^[12]	R	All
Fortec Motorsport	24	Jack Harvey^[13]		All
	25	George Katsinis^[2]		All
	26	Christof von Grünigen^[14]		All

Icon	Class
R	Rookie Cup

Calendar

The calendar for the 2010 season was announced on 17 December 2009.^[15]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	8 May	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	Spanish Grand Prix
1	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	9 May	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Spanish Grand Prix
2	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5 June	Timmy Hansen	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	Masters of Formula 3
2	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	6 June	Jack Harvey	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Masters of Formula 3
3	R1	Valencia Street Circuit	26 June	Jack Harvey	Robin Frijns	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	European Grand Prix
3	R2	Valencia Street Circuit	27 June	Jack Harvey	Javier Tarancón	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	European Grand Prix
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	10 July	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	British Grand Prix
4	R2	Silverstone Circuit	11 July	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	EuroInternational	British Grand Prix
5	R1	Hockenheimring	24 July	Robin Frijns	Jack Harvey	Timmy Hansen	Mücke Motorsport	German Grand Prix
5	R2	Hockenheimring	25 July	Robin Frijns	Jack Harvey	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing	German Grand Prix
6	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	31 July	Robin Frijns	Robin Frijns	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Hungarian Grand Prix
6	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 August	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	Hungarian Grand Prix
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 August	Côme Ledogar	Javier Tarancón	Javier Tarancón	DAMS	Belgian Grand Prix
7	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	Côme Ledogar	Robin Frijns	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Belgian Grand Prix
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	11 September	Jack Harvey	Timmy Hansen	Robin Frijns	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Italian Grand Prix
8	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 September	Jack Harvey	Hannes van Asseldonk	Jack Harvey	Fortec Motorsport	Italian Grand Prix

Standings

Drivers

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP
30	24	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	CAT		ZAN		VAL		SIL		HOC		HUN		SPA		MNZ		Pts
1	Robin Frijns	Ret	1	4	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	383
2	Jack Harvey	1	3	1	9	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	Ret	1	372
3	Timmy Hansen	2	2	3	4	Ret	6	4	15	1	7	Ret	4	5	6	4	8	240
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	6	5	2	7	10	3	1	11	6	4	3	Ret	Ret	8	6	227
5	Javier Tarancón	4	5	7	12	3	4	15	7	8	8	8	Ret	1	2	Ret	10	193
6	Côme Ledogar	13	9	6	3	8	Ret	12	14	4	5	5	6	7	3	2	12	188
7	Hannes van Asseldonk	10	11	Ret	5	10	11	9	10	6	3	10	5	4	7	3	5	176
8	Facundo Regalia	7	4	2	7	6	5	5	4	Ret	9	9	9	Ret	12	Ret	7	172
9	George Katsinis	5	7	13	Ret	5	7	11	5	7	10	3	10	9	8	Ret	Ret	139
10	Daniil Kvyat	9	10	11	Ret	Ret	8	14	11	5	4	6	Ret	6	5	Ret	2	138
11	Petri Suvanto	11	12	12	6	Ret	13	8	6	Ret	16	14	7	10	9	9	9	100
12	Maciej Bernacik	12	13	8	11	11	9	13	12	9	12	11	8	13†	10	6	11	99
13	Fahmi Ilyas	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	6	8	10	14	7	Ret					88
14	Michael Lewis	14	8	9	10	9	15	10	9	14	11	15	11	Ret	11	5	Ret	83
15	Christof von Grünigen	6	14	10	8	12	14	16	13	13	13	12	12	12	Ret	10	Ret	66
16	Marc Coleselli	8	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	7	16	12	15	13	DSQ	8	13	7	Ret	59
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Luciano Bacheta													11	Ret	Ret	4	0
	Dustin Sofyan									15	Ret					Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	CAT		ZAN		VAL		SIL		HOC		HUN		SPA		MNZ		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
R – Rookie Cup

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams

	Team	Points
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	656
2	Fortec Motorsport	559
3	EuroInternational	446
4	Eifelland Racing	417
5	Mücke Motorsport	338
6	DAMS	281

References

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