2010 FIA Formula Two Championship
The 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship season was the second year of the
Valencia
, after nine double-header rounds.
For most of the season, the championship battle revolved around a pair of British drivers, returning driver
Williams F1 team, with a race to spare.[1]
Palmer finished a comfortable second place in the standings, 42 points behind Stoneman and 85 ahead of his nearest rival.
Third place in the standings remained a five-way battle until the final race with newcomers
Brno
and Valencia.
Regulation changes
As announced at the
Drivers
The number of drivers admitted to the series had been expected to increase to 30.[2] However, this was altered back to 24,[5] with only 22 drivers appearing on the Silverstone entry list.[6]
No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|
2 | Will Bratt[7] | All |
3 | Jolyon Palmer[8] | All |
4 | Benjamin Bailly[9] | All |
5 | Ricardo Teixeira[10] | All |
6 | Armaan Ebrahim[11] | All |
7 | Ivan Samarin[12] | All |
8 | Plamen Kralev[13] | All |
9 | Mihai Marinescu[14] | All |
10 | Benjamin Lariche[15] | All |
11 | Jack Clarke[16] | All |
12 | Kelvin Snoeks[17] | 1–5, 7–9 |
14 | Sergey Afanasyev[18] | All |
16 | Ramón Piñeiro[19] | 9 |
17 | Johan Jokinen[20] | 1–3 |
19 | Nicola de Marco[21] | All |
21 | Kazim Vasiliauskas[22] | All |
22 | Johannes Theobald[23] | 8–9 |
24 | Tom Gladdis[24] | 1, 6–7 |
26 | Parthiva Sureshwaren[25] | 1–6 |
27 | Paul Rees[26] | 1–4 |
28 | Ajith Kumar[27] | 1–3 |
Julian Theobald[28] | 6–8 | |
33 | Philipp Eng[29] | All |
48 | Dean Stoneman[30] | All |
77 | Natalia Kowalska[31] | 1–7, 9 |
Driver changes
- Entering FIA Formula Two Championship
- Russian drivers Sergey Afanasyev – who was International Formula Master runner-up – and Ivan Samarin made their debut in the series.
- Formul'Academy Euro Series champion Benjamin Baillygraduated to the championship.
- Euroseries 3000 champion Will Brattdebuted in the series.
- Formula 3 Euro Seriesto the championship.
- After all taking a year's sabbatical, Natalia Kowalska, Ajith Kumar and Julian Theobald all returned to racing competition.
- International GT Open driver Plamen Kralev switched to Formula Two.
- Formula Renault Eurocup and the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cupin 2009, joined the championship.
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Interwetten.com Racing, joined the championship.
- Formula Palmer Audi graduates Ramón Piñeiro and Paul Rees moved into the series.
- Kelvin Snoeks, who had a season in International Formula Master joined the series' grid.
- Formula Renault UK driver Dean Stoneman made his series debut.
- A1 Grand Prix driver Parthiva Sureshwaren moved into the series.
- After competing in the GP2 Series in 2009, Ricardo Teixeiraswitched to the FIA Formula Two Championship.
- Leaving FIA Formula Two Championship
- Third-placed Carlin.[32]
- GP3 Series with the Addax Team.[33] Robert Wickens and Tobias Hegewald also moved to the series.[34][35]
- British Formula 3 Championship with T-Sport.[36]
- Matech Competition.[37]
- Pietro Gandolfi moved into the Italian Prototype Championship.
- Ollie Hancock switched to the World Sportscar Masters series.
- Sebastian Hohenthal, Jens Höing, Jason Moore and Germán Sánchez all retired from auto racing.[38][39]
- Julien Jousse moved to Superleague Formula.
- Henri Karjalainen moved into the Finnish GT3 Championship.
- Miloš Pavlović took a two-year hiatus.
- Champion Andy Soucek became Virgin Racing Formula One test and reserve driver.
- Henry Surtees died in a racing accident during the series' 2009 event at Brands Hatch.
- Star Mazda Championship with Andersen Racing.
Calendar
A nine-round calendar was published on 21 October 2009.[42] The series ventured outside of Europe, racing in Marrakech, after being an all-European series in 2009.
Round | Circuit/Location | Country | Date | Supporting | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | United Kingdom | 18 April | Stand-alone event |
R2 | |||||
2 | R1 | Marrakech Street Circuit
|
Morocco | 1 May | FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
|
R2 | 2 May | ||||
3 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza
|
Italy | 22 May | FIA WTCC Race of Italy
|
R2 | 23 May | ||||
4 | R1 | Circuit Zolder
|
Belgium | 19 June | FIA WTCC Race of Belgium
|
R2 | 20 June | ||||
5 | R1 | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão
|
Portugal | 3 July | FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
|
R2 | 4 July | ||||
6 | R1 | Brands Hatch, Kent | United Kingdom | 17 July | FIA WTCC Race of UK |
R2 | 18 July | ||||
7 | R1 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno
|
Czech Republic | 31 July | FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic
|
R2 | 1 August | ||||
8 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | 4 September | FIA WTCC Race of Germany
|
R2 | 5 September | ||||
9 | R1 | Valencia
|
Spain | 18 September | FIA WTCC Race of Spain
|
R2 | 19 September |
Results
Standings
Drivers' Championship
|
Bold – Pole |
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