The 2010 British Formula 3 International Series was the 60th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 3 April at Oulton Park and finished on 26 September at Brands Hatch after 30 races at ten meetings, held in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Belgium.
For the third season in succession, a Red Bull Junior Team-supported Carlin Motorsport driver won the championship title. Following on from the successes of Jaime Alguersuari in 2008 and Daniel Ricciardo in 2009, Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne won the title with two meetings to spare after taking twelve victories in the first 24 races. Vergne eventually finished with thirteen victories and 29 points-scoring finishes – his only failure was a mistake in the wet, final race at Brands Hatch when he slid off the road – as he finished 99 points clear of his team-mate James Calado. Both drivers received a Formula Renault 3.5 Series test for their performances.[1] Calado's five wins helped him to fend off Fortec Motorsport's Oliver Webb, a three-time winner, in the battle for second place in the standings.
Webb's early season form of seven top-two placings in the first nine races had given him the championship lead over Vergne and a 48-point advantage over Calado, but the Carlin driver overhauled his rival following an unbroken of points finishes to the end of the season, while Webb suffered four races where he did not score any points, to end up 43 points behind at season's end. A late season surge by a third Carlin driver, Adriano Buzaid put him within reach of Webb's third place at the final round, but Webb eventually held on by twelve points. Buzaid had taken seven successive podiums, including his only two victories of the season coming at Silverstone and Snetterton. Three other race-winners battled for fifth place in the championship, with Felipe Nasr overhauling both Gabriel Dias and Rupert Svendsen-Cook at the final race of the season. The only other drivers to win a race were reigning National Class champion Daniel McKenzie, who took two wins to an eventual tenth place championship finish, and Alexander Sims, who won at Silverstone while competing in one of two guest appearances with his Formula 3 Euro Series team ART Grand Prix.
The National Class for older-specification machinery was an in-house battle between two T-Sport drivers as Menasheh Idafar and James Cole were the only drivers to compete in all of the meetings; only four drivers competed in the class at all in 2010, with Luiz Razia – who competed at the May Silverstone meeting, to learn the circuit ahead of the GP2 Series meeting later in the season – and Juan Carlos Sistos – who contested the August Silverstone and Snetterton meetings – the only others to compete alongside the T-Sport pair. Idafar eventually won the National Class title by 17 points, taking 17 wins to Cole's twelve, including an overall third-place finish at the final race at Brands Hatch. Sistos took the other victory, finishing ahead of Cole and Idafar on his début in the championship.
The calendar was announced on 7 January 2010.[3] It consisted of ten rounds, with three races at each round.[3] A race weekend consisted of a half-hour first race, a 20-minute "half points" sprint featuring a "semi-reverse" grid, and finally a 40-minute feature race designed to place the emphasis on driver stamina, racecraft and mechanical reliability.[4] From Rockingham onwards, pit stops were implemented during the 20-minute race, in which drivers had to pit inside a 15-minute pit stop window.[5][6]
1 Fastest lap recorded by Alexander Sims, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
Standingsedit
With an extra round at each meeting, the championship's point system was altered slightly for the 2010 season. The first and third races offered points using the system that had been used in 2009 (20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1), with an extra point for the fastest lap. The second race again saw the top ten being awarded points, but the points system rewarded less points; using the points scale 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, with two points for fastest lap.[4]
^Anderson, Ben (2010-06-24). "British F3 to add pitstops". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
^Carter, Nick (2010-07-13). . Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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2010, british, formula, international, series, previous, 2009, next, 2011, 60th, british, formula, international, series, season, began, april, oulton, park, finished, september, brands, hatch, after, races, meetings, held, united, kingdom, france, germany, be. 2010 British Formula 3 International Series Previous 2009 Next 2011 The 2010 British Formula 3 International Series was the 60th British Formula 3 International Series season It began on 3 April at Oulton Park and finished on 26 September at Brands Hatch after 30 races at ten meetings held in the United Kingdom France Germany and Belgium For the third season in succession a Red Bull Junior Team supported Carlin Motorsport driver won the championship title Following on from the successes of Jaime Alguersuari in 2008 and Daniel Ricciardo in 2009 Frenchman Jean Eric Vergne won the title with two meetings to spare after taking twelve victories in the first 24 races Vergne eventually finished with thirteen victories and 29 points scoring finishes his only failure was a mistake in the wet final race at Brands Hatch when he slid off the road as he finished 99 points clear of his team mate James Calado Both drivers received a Formula Renault 3 5 Series test for their performances 1 Calado s five wins helped him to fend off Fortec Motorsport s Oliver Webb a three time winner in the battle for second place in the standings Webb s early season form of seven top two placings in the first nine races had given him the championship lead over Vergne and a 48 point advantage over Calado but the Carlin driver overhauled his rival following an unbroken of points finishes to the end of the season while Webb suffered four races where he did not score any points to end up 43 points behind at season s end A late season surge by a third Carlin driver Adriano Buzaid put him within reach of Webb s third place at the final round but Webb eventually held on by twelve points Buzaid had taken seven successive podiums including his only two victories of the season coming at Silverstone and Snetterton Three other race winners battled for fifth place in the championship with Felipe Nasr overhauling both Gabriel Dias and Rupert Svendsen Cook at the final race of the season The only other drivers to win a race were reigning National Class champion Daniel McKenzie who took two wins to an eventual tenth place championship finish and Alexander Sims who won at Silverstone while competing in one of two guest appearances with his Formula 3 Euro Series team ART Grand Prix The National Class for older specification machinery was an in house battle between two T Sport drivers as Menasheh Idafar and James Cole were the only drivers to compete in all of the meetings only four drivers competed in the class at all in 2010 with Luiz Razia who competed at the May Silverstone meeting to learn the circuit ahead of the GP2 Series meeting later in the season and Juan Carlos Sistos who contested the August Silverstone and Snetterton meetings the only others to compete alongside the T Sport pair Idafar eventually won the National Class title by 17 points taking 17 wins to Cole s twelve including an overall third place finish at the final race at Brands Hatch Sistos took the other victory finishing ahead of Cole and Idafar on his debut in the championship Contents 1 Drivers and teams 2 Calendar 3 Standings 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDrivers and teams editTeam Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class nbsp Carlin Dallara F308 Volkswagen 1 nbsp Adriano Buzaid All 2 nbsp James Calado All 21 nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook All 22 nbsp Jazeman Jaafar All 31 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne All 32 nbsp Lucas Foresti All nbsp Hitech Racing Dallara F310 Volkswagen 3 nbsp William Buller All 4 nbsp Gabriel Dias All nbsp Fortec Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 5 nbsp Daniel McKenzie All 6 nbsp Oliver Webb All 9 nbsp Max Snegirev All nbsp T Sport Dallara F310 Volkswagen 7 nbsp Alex Brundle All nbsp Raikkonen Robertson Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 8 nbsp Daisuke Nakajima All 26 nbsp Carlos Huertas All 27 nbsp Felipe Nasr All nbsp Litespeed F3 Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 14 nbsp Jay Bridger All nbsp Sino Vision Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 17 nbsp Kevin Chen 2 nbsp Wayne Boyd 4 18 nbsp Adderly Fong All nbsp CF Racing with Manor Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 25 nbsp Hywel Lloyd All 28 nbsp Rio Haryanto 2 3 nbsp Yann Cunha 8 National Class nbsp T Sport Dallara F307 Mugen Honda 2 43 nbsp Menasheh Idafar All 44 nbsp James Cole All nbsp Motul Team West Tec Dallara F307 Mugen Honda 46 nbsp Luiz Razia 2 nbsp Juan Carlos Sistos 8 9 Invitation Entries nbsp Mucke Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 71 nbsp Carlos Munoz 6 8 nbsp Hitech Racing Dallara F309 Volkswagen 77 nbsp Pietro Fantin 5 8 10 nbsp ART Grand Prix Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 90 nbsp Esteban Gutierrez 2 nbsp Nathanael Berthon 6 91 nbsp Alexander Sims 2 6 92 nbsp Jim Pla 2 6 nbsp Prema Powerteam Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 93 nbsp Daniel Juncadella 6 94 nbsp Nicolas Marroc 6 Calendar edit The calendar was announced on 7 January 2010 3 It consisted of ten rounds with three races at each round 3 A race weekend consisted of a half hour first race a 20 minute half points sprint featuring a semi reverse grid and finally a 40 minute feature race designed to place the emphasis on driver stamina racecraft and mechanical reliability 4 From Rockingham onwards pit stops were implemented during the 20 minute race in which drivers had to pit inside a 15 minute pit stop window 5 6 Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National Class Winner Supporting 1 R1 nbsp Oulton Park 3 April nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar British GT R2 5 April nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar R3 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole 2 R4 nbsp Silverstone Arena 1 May nbsp James Calado nbsp James Calado nbsp James Calado nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole FIA GT1 World Championship R5 2 May nbsp Adriano Buzaid1 nbsp Alexander Sims nbsp ART Grand Prix nbsp Menasheh Idafar R6 nbsp James Calado nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp James Calado nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole 3 R7 nbsp Magny Cours 22 May nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Fortec Motorsport nbsp Menasheh Idafar Superleague Formula R8 23 May nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole R9 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Fortec Motorsport nbsp James Cole 4 R10 nbsp Hockenheim 29 May nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole ADAC GT Masters R11 30 May nbsp Gabriel Dias nbsp Gabriel Dias nbsp Hitech Racing nbsp James Cole R12 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar 5 R13 nbsp Rockingham 17 July nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar British GT R14 18 July nbsp Daniel McKenzie nbsp Daniel McKenzie nbsp Fortec Motorsport nbsp Menasheh Idafar R15 nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Felipe Nasr nbsp Felipe Nasr nbsp Raikkonen Robertson Racing nbsp James Cole 6 R16 nbsp Spa Francorchamps 30 July nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar FIA GT1 World Championship24 Hours of Spa R17 nbsp Felipe Nasr nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar R18 31 July nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole 7 R19 nbsp Thruxton 7 August nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp James Calado nbsp James Calado nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole British Truck Grand Prix R20 8 August nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole R21 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar 8 R22 nbsp Silverstone Bridge 14 August nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp James Calado nbsp Carlin nbsp Juan Carlos Sistos British GT R23 15 August nbsp Carlos Huertas nbsp Adriano Buzaid nbsp Carlin nbsp James Cole R24 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar 9 R25 nbsp Snetterton 29 August nbsp Adriano Buzaid nbsp William Buller nbsp Jean Eric Vergne nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar British GT R26 30 August nbsp James Calado nbsp Gabriel Dias nbsp Hitech Racing nbsp Menasheh Idafar R27 nbsp Adriano Buzaid nbsp Adriano Buzaid nbsp Adriano Buzaid nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar 10 R28 nbsp Brands Hatch 25 September nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Oliver Webb nbsp Fortec Motorsport nbsp Menasheh Idafar British GT R29 26 September nbsp Felipe Nasr nbsp Daniel McKenzie nbsp Fortec Motorsport nbsp Menasheh Idafar R30 nbsp Daniel McKenzie nbsp James Calado nbsp James Calado nbsp Carlin nbsp Menasheh Idafar 1 Fastest lap recorded by Alexander Sims but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point Standings edit With an extra round at each meeting the championship s point system was altered slightly for the 2010 season The first and third races offered points using the system that had been used in 2009 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 with an extra point for the fastest lap The second race again saw the top ten being awarded points but the points system rewarded less points using the points scale 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 with two points for fastest lap 4 Pos Driver OUL nbsp SIL nbsp MAG nbsp HOC nbsp ROC nbsp SPA nbsp THR nbsp SIL nbsp SNE nbsp BRH nbsp Pts Championship Class 1 nbsp Jean Eric Vergne 1 5 1 4 5 6 4 1 2 1 5 1 1 9 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 8 2 8 4 Ret 392 2 nbsp James Calado Ret 11 6 1 9 1 6 DNS 4 4 6 6 4 6 3 2 4 2 1 2 3 1 5 4 8 7 3 2 5 1 293 3 nbsp Oliver Webb 2 8 2 2 22 2 1 2 1 8 2 11 3 8 6 4 5 23 5 3 2 9 7 3 4 15 Ret 1 7 10 250 4 nbsp Adriano Buzaid 3 4 5 9 6 5 8 11 11 5 3 4 9 3 4 5 Ret 9 4 6 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 9 238 5 nbsp Felipe Nasr Ret 14 Ret DNS 10 3 Ret 6 7 Ret 13 Ret 7 15 1 7 2 5 7 Ret 6 5 4 12 3 5 5 10 9 7 136 6 nbsp Gabriel Dias 7 Ret 4 8 2 8 2 17 3 7 1 5 6 4 Ret Ret 11 4 11 9 Ret 11 14 7 6 1 8 NC 14 Ret 135 7 nbsp Rupert Svendsen Cook 5 1 3 10 Ret 11 18 10 6 12 9 8 11 13 Ret 3 7 7 3 4 5 6 6 6 Ret 14 10 4 6 Ret 131 8 nbsp William Buller 10 9 11 12 21 10 3 3 13 10 7 2 5 5 5 Ret 15 15 9 Ret 12 Ret 13 9 7 3 9 6 17 2 111 9 nbsp Daniel McKenzie 9 7 10 15 13 15 13 8 5 3 11 16 8 1 12 6 3 10 8 5 9 8 10 10 9 6 12 7 1 6 109 10 nbsp Carlos Huertas 4 3 12 5 8 Ret 5 DNS 16 11 10 14 2 7 Ret Ret Ret 22 10 8 13 7 2 17 11 19 7 5 2 8 104 11 nbsp Daisuke Nakajima 6 2 7 3 3 21 9 4 Ret 16 Ret 7 10 2 Ret 20 9 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 19 11 5 4 4 9 8 Ret 97 12 nbsp Jazeman Jaafar 8 6 13 7 7 7 7 DSQ 10 2 8 3 Ret 11 14 15 Ret 8 13 7 Ret 12 8 13 10 9 6 16 12 11 85 13 nbsp Lucas Foresti 17 15 15 14 14 12 Ret 7 9 13 12 9 12 10 11 8 Ret Ret 6 17 7 3 12 5 14 12 13 15 13 Ret 45 14 nbsp Jay Bridger 18 12 8 18 15 Ret 10 9 Ret 6 4 12 Ret 17 10 16 16 13 12 10 8 18 20 16 17 13 16 12 11 5 37 15 nbsp Hywel Lloyd 14 18 DNS 22 20 14 14 5 8 20 18 15 Ret 14 9 9 8 12 Ret 12 Ret 14 9 15 Ret 17 11 18 16 Ret 23 16 nbsp Adderly Fong 16 17 16 23 Ret 19 16 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret 18 20 13 23 18 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 24 18 12 16 20 Ret Ret 4 12 17 nbsp Alex Brundle 15 10 9 13 11 20 Ret 12 Ret 15 14 10 16 12 15 18 17 21 Ret 11 10 16 18 8 13 11 19 13 10 Ret 11 18 nbsp Max Snegirev 13 16 14 19 Ret 16 15 15 14 19 Ret 18 15 18 Ret 22 19 18 Ret 16 Ret 13 15 Ret 16 10 15 19 20 Ret 1 19 nbsp Wayne Boyd 17 17 13 0 20 nbsp Rio Haryanto 21 19 Ret 17 14 Ret 0 21 nbsp Yann Cunha 20 22 22 0 22 nbsp Kevin Chen 24 DNS DNS 0 guest drivers ineligible for points nbsp Alexander Sims 11 1 4 13 10 3 0 nbsp Esteban Gutierrez 6 4 9 0 nbsp Daniel Juncadella 10 Ret 6 0 nbsp Carlos Munoz 11 6 17 15 11 17 0 nbsp Jim Pla 16 12 13 17 Ret 11 0 nbsp Nathanael Berthon 19 13 16 0 nbsp Nicolas Marroc 14 Ret 14 0 nbsp Pietro Fantin 17 16 Ret Ret 21 23 14 18 Ret 0 National Class 1 nbsp Menasheh Idafar 11 13 Ret DNS 16 18 11 18 15 18 16 17 13 18 8 12 12 20 Ret 13 11 21 17 14 15 18 14 11 15 3 435 2 nbsp James Cole 12 Ret 17 17 17 17 12 13 12 9 15 Ret 14 20 7 21 14 19 14 14 15 19 16 20 18 20 17 17 19 12 418 3 nbsp Juan Carlos Sistos 17 23 21 19 21 18 72 4 nbsp Luiz Razia 20 18 Ret 23 Pos Driver OUL nbsp SIL nbsp MAG nbsp HOC nbsp ROC nbsp SPA nbsp THR nbsp SIL nbsp SNE nbsp BRH nbsp Pts See also edit 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season 2010 GP3 Series 2010 Masters of Formula 3 2010 Macau Grand Prix References edit Anderson Ben 2010 09 26 Prize FR3 5 test for British F3 drivers autosport com Haymarket Publications Retrieved 2010 09 26 Idafar signs with T Sport for National F3 title bid British Formula 3 Championship Stephane Ratel Organisation 2010 01 28 Retrieved 2010 01 28 permanent dead link a b 2010 British F3 calendar revealed crash net Crash Media Group 2010 01 07 Retrieved 2010 01 07 a b Race and qualifying format change adds spice to F3 British Formula 3 Championship Stephane Ratel Organisation 2010 02 12 Retrieved 2010 02 12 permanent dead link Anderson Ben 2010 06 24 British F3 to add pitstops autosport com Haymarket Publications Retrieved 2010 07 14 Carter Nick 2010 07 13 Pit stop era starts at Rockingham Daily Mirror Trinity Mirror Archived from the original on 2010 07 17 Retrieved 2010 07 14 External links edit The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2010 British Formula 3 International Series amp oldid 1201963964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
