2010 Formula BMW Europe season
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.
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Calendar
- The calendar for the 2010 season was announced on 17 December 2009.[15]
Standings
Drivers
- Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | PP |
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| 30 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams
| Team | Points | |
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| 1 |  Josef Kaufmann Racing
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656 |
| 2 |  Fortec Motorsport
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559 |
| 3 |  EuroInternational
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446 |
| 4 | Eifelland Racing
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417 |
| 5 | Mücke Motorsport
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338 |
| 6 |  DAMS
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281 |
References
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- ^ a b c d Hornsby, Tom (2010-03-02). "Just 15 cars for season opener". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ a b c "Formula BMW Europe Season 2010". jk-racing.de. Josef Kaufmann Racing. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Maciej Bernacik przy F1". wyscigi.autoklub.pl (in Polish). Autoklub. 2010-02-23. Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Mücke Motorsport verlängert Vertrag mit Timmy Hansen". muecke.jgsm.de (in German). Mücke Motorsport. 2010-02-23. Archived from the original on 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ a b Benso, Michele (2009-09-01). "Europa – Esclusivo: Kvyat, Sainz Jr. e Frijns frecce Red Bull 2010 nell'arco della Eurointernational!". stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go!. Archived from the original on 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Gravity Academy 2010 Driver line up". racecar.com. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2010-02-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ^ "Pole position di Frijns". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-07-23. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ Caruccio, Antonio (2010-08-27). "Prima pole di Ledogar". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Formula BMW Europe: Monza" (PDF). LifePR. Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH. 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ^ "Facu Regalia signs with Eifelland Racing for 2010". Facundo Regalia. Diseño Integral Web S.L. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ a b "Facu Regalía corerrá este año en la Fórmula BMW Europea con el equipo Eifelland Racing". sportmotor.com.ar. CDEP. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ Straw, Edd (2010-01-07). "Young Guns; British Talent: Britain's Biggest F1 Hopes – Jack Harvey". Autosport. 199 (1): 39.
- ^ "Sainz tops Silverstone test". motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-04-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ "2010 Formula BMW Europe Calendar". bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 2009-12-17. Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2009-12-17.