2010 GP3 Series
The 2010 GP3 Series season was the first season of the
The inaugural title was claimed by ART Grand Prix driver Esteban Gutiérrez, having taken the final pole position of the season at Monza to put him out of reach of title rival Robert Wickens.[2] Gutiérrez took five race wins during the season, four of which coming in the higher points-rewarding races held on Saturdays. He also took four further podium finishes en route to a 17-point championship win over Wickens. Wickens eventually ended the season with three victories at Hockenheim, Spa-Francorchamps – despite spinning in wet conditions and damaging the nose of his Status Grand Prix car against the pit wall[3] – and Monza, as well as four second-place finishes, two of which being behind Gutiérrez.
Teams and drivers
For the first two tests of the season, teams were given numbers in relation to alphabetical order. Thus, Addax were given 1, 2 and 3, with ART receiving 4, 5 and 6, and so forth. However, a "qualifying" session was held at
After missing the 2009 racing season,
, who did not have a drive in 2009.After a podium in the
Doru Sechelariu, 2009 Formula BMW Europe driver for Eifelland Racing drove for Tech 1 Racing. He was joined in Barcelona by two drivers who were dovetailing GP3 commitments with other series. Daniel Juncadella contested the first round at Barcelona, but his main focus was a campaign in the Formula 3 Euro Series. Stefano Coletti combined his Formula Renault 3.5 programme with his GP3 commitments, replacing Juncadella from Turkey onwards. Jean-Éric Vergne's main focus was to win the British Formula 3 Championship, and with Vergne racing at Hockenheim in British Formula 3, he was replaced by ART Grand Prix Formula 3 Euro Series driver Jim Pla in Turkey. Vergne returned for Valencia, but was replaced by Juncadella for Silverstone, as he signed a deal to complete the season in GP3, as well as Euro Series commitments. With Juncadella missing the round in Hungary due to a guest drive in British Formula 3 at Spa, Tech 1 had wished to field their Eurocup Formula Renault driver Arthur Pic at the meeting. However, they fielded just two cars, as they have used up their allotment of five drivers for the season, and did not receive total approval from the other teams for Pic to drive. Juncadella returned at Spa.
Season
First ever round in
The car
The first chassis used by the GP3 Series was the GP3/10 built by Dallara, who also produces cars in the championship's sister series GP2. It is equipped with a 6-speed paddle shift gearbox and a four-cylinder 2.0 litre (122 cu in) turbocharged engine with 280 bhp developed by Renault Sport. The chassis used tyres supplied by Pirelli, who would then go on to be the tyre supplier for Formula One and GP2 from 2011.
2010 Schedule
An eight-round calendar was announced on 18 December 2009.[39] On 30 April 2010, it was announced that the series would increase to nine rounds, with a round in support of the Turkish Grand Prix added.[40] With the cancellation of the round in Portimão, the calendar returned to eight rounds.[41]
Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | Catalunya, Spain
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Circuit de Catalunya
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8 May | Spanish Grand Prix |
R2 | 9 May | ||||
2 | R1 | Istanbul, Turkey | Istanbul Racing Circuit
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29 May | Turkish Grand Prix |
R2 | 30 May | ||||
3 | R1 | Valencia. Spain | Valencia Street Circuit | 26 June | European Grand Prix |
R2 | 27 June | ||||
4 | R1 | UK
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Silverstone Circuit | 10 July | British Grand Prix |
R2 | 11 July | ||||
5 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 24 July | German Grand Prix |
R2 | 25 July | ||||
6 | R1 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungaroring | 31 July | Hungarian Grand Prix |
R2 | 1 August | ||||
7 | R1 | Spa, Belgium | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 28 August | Belgian Grand Prix |
R2 | 29 August | ||||
8 | R1 | Monza, Italy | Autodromo Nazionale Monza
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11 September | Italian Grand Prix |
R2 | 12 September |
The following rounds were included on the provisional calendars published by the
Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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R1 | Portimão, Portugal | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
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19 June | GP2 Series |
R2 | 20 June |
Results
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
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Teams' Championship
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- Drivers who did not finish the race but were classified are marked with †.
See also
- 2010 Formula Three Euroseries season
- 2010 British Formula 3 season
- 2010 Masters of Formula 3
Footnotes
- ^ Status Grand Prix competed under a Ireland license.
- ^ Arden International competed under a Australia license.
- ^ Adrian Quaife-Hobbs set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Miki Monrás was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ Robert Wickens set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Esteban Gutiérrez was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ James Jakes recorded the fastest time in qualifying, but got a two-place penalty for disregarding yellow flags.[43] Josef Newgarden was recognised as the pole-sitter for the race.
- ^ Daniel Juncadella recorded the fastest time in qualifying, but got penalty for disregarding yellow flags.[44] Robert Wickens was recognised as the pole-sitter for the race.
- ^ Pål Varhaug set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Leonardo Cordeiro was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
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