2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 GB season

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The 2010 Zing Trofeo Abarth 500 GB season was the inaugural edition of the series. It began at Oulton Park on 5 April and finished after seven events at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 24 October. The championship was won by Ben Winrow, driving for Team Pyro. The team title was won by Mardigras motorsport. The championship was organised and managed by the company CTC (calleatechcenter) Ltd. The series was launched on 22 October in Silverstone, where six 500 AC (assetto corsa) race cars were presented to the press and competitors. The championship was contested over seven rounds, each composed by two races. The championship calendar was composed by different events: British GT, Formula 2, British superbike, Lotus festival, DTM, Silverstone Classic and the Italian Ferrari Challenge. The permit holder was MSVR. The manager of the series was Paolo Callea, previous British GT manager.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All drivers competed in Abarth 500 Assetto Corses. Guest drivers in italics.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 United Kingdom Paul Smith 1–6
51 7
3 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 2–6
52 7
Team Pyro 4 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 1–6
53 7
54 United Kingdom Josh Wakefield 7
Advent Motorsport 7 United Kingdom Charlie Butler-Henderson 1–6
9 United Kingdom Gareth Howell 2
45 United Kingdom Josh Wakefield 1–6
55 United Kingdom James Blyth 1–2
Unknown 8 United Kingdom Chris Stockton 2
United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams 3
Tech 9 United Kingdom Tony Dron 1
9 United Kingdom Gareth Howell 1
Lipscombe Motorsport 3
Unknown 10 United Kingdom Chris Smith 5
Pulce Racing United Kingdom Darren Burke 6
13 United Kingdom Marco Pullen 5
22 Denmark Benny Simonsen 1–2, 5–6
49 United Kingdom Simon Baker 6
Reflex Racing GB 11 United Kingdom Sarah Franklin 1–2, 4–6
Coastal Racing 12 United Kingdom Carl Bradley 5
Rockingham Cars United Kingdom Craig Dawson 6
77 United Kingdom Roger Green 2
Abarth UK 49 United Kingdom John Gaw 2
77 United Kingdom Alistair Barclay 4
Lunar Racing 72 United Kingdom Cassey Watson 1–6
93 United Kingdom John Williams 1
Redline Racing 77 United Kingdom Jason Greatrex 1
CMS 81 United Kingdom Matt Shead 1–6
82 United Kingdom Fiona Leggate 1–3

Calendar and winners[edit]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 United Kingdom Oulton Park (International), Cheshire 5 April United Kingdom Ben Winrow Denmark Benny Simonsen United Kingdom Gareth Howell Tech 9 British F3 & GT
R2 Denmark Benny Simonsen United Kingdom Gareth Howell Tech 9
2 R3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit (Bridge GP), Northamptonshire 18 April United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport FIA Formula Two
R4 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
3 R5 United Kingdom Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire 23 May United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport British Superbikes
R6 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
4 R7 United Kingdom Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 27 June United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro Formula Palmer Audi
R8 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
5 R9 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit (Classic GP), Northamptonshire 25 July United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Silverstone Classic
R10 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
6 R11 United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 5 September United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport DTM
R12 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
7 R13 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza* 24 October United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe
R14 United Kingdom Josh Wakefield United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
  • Combination event with the European & Italian series.

Championship standings[edit]

Points were awarded on a 21, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 12 finishers in each race, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's six best weekend scores counted towards the championship. Dropped scores are shown in brackets.

Pos Driver OUL
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
CAD
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
BRA
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
Pts
1 United Kingdom Ben Winrow Ret (3) 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 224 (240)
2 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 215
3 United Kingdom Charlie Butler-Henderson 2 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 182
4 United Kingdom Josh Wakefield 5 6 5 4 (6) (6) 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 175 (195)
5 United Kingdom Paul Smith 6 Ret 7 5 5 4 Ret DNS 8 7 6 6 Ret Ret 94
6 United Kingdom Gareth Howell 1 1 3 2 4 Ret 90
7 United Kingdom Cassey Watson 8 10 9 9 9 8 4 2 5 Ret NC 9 78
8 Denmark Benny Simonsen 3 2 6 8 12 6 Ret Ret 70
9 United Kingdom Matt Shead 9 11 8 6 7 5 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 63
10 United Kingdom Sarah Franklin 11 9 10 10 8 5 9 9 8 10 57
11 United Kingdom Fiona Leggate Ret 7 DSQ 11 8 7 25
12 United Kingdom Craig Dawson 5 5 24
13 United Kingdom Jason Greatrex 7 5 20
14 United Kingdom Alistair Barclay 7 6 18
15 United Kingdom Simon Baker 7 8 14
16 United Kingdom James Blyth 4 Ret NC DNS 14
17 United Kingdom Darren Burke Ret 7 8
18 United Kingdom John Williams 12 DNS 2
Guest drivers ineligible for points
United Kingdom Carl Bradley 10 5 0
United Kingdom Chris Smith 6 8 0
United Kingdom Roger Green Ret 7 0
United Kingdom Tony Dron 10 8 0
United Kingdom Marco Pullen 11 Ret 0
United Kingdom John Gaw Ret DNS 0
United Kingdom Chris Stockton DSQ DNS 0
United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver OUL
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
CAD
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
BRA
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

Abarth 500 Celebrity Challenge[edit]

A celebrity race was held on the Friday of the Silverstone Classic meeting in aid of the CRUK Bobby Moore Fund. It was won by Rick Parfitt Jr.

Pos Driver Time/Gap Grid
1 United Kingdom Rick Parfitt Jr. 9 Laps in 22'00.012s 1
2 United Kingdom Neil Primrose +3.221s 2
3 United Kingdom Paul O'Duffy +18.149s 6
4 United Kingdom James Martin +18.558s 5
5 Jamaica Luther Blissett +22.312s 3
6 United Kingdom Tom Chambers +31.736s 4
7 United Kingdom Richard Allinson +1'13.098s 7
8 United Kingdom Mark Gardener +1'13.430s 10
9 New Zealand Brendan Cole +1'13.724s 9
10 United Kingdom Charles Brocket +1'22.727s 11
11 United Kingdom Johnnie Walker +2'11.653s 12
NC United Kingdom Heston Blumenthal +3 laps 8
NC United Kingdom Beth Walker +4 laps -
Ret United Kingdom Jonny Saunders Retired 13

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