2010 European F3 Open Championship

2010 European F3 Open Championship
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The 2010 European F3 Open Championship was the second European F3 Open Championship season. The season began on 17 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and finished on 31 October at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after 16 races run at eight meetings, four held in Spain, as well as meetings held in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.

Marco Barba, the 2007 series runner-up, finished the season as champion for the Lebanese team Cedars Motorsport, having clinched the title with a meeting to spare at Jerez.^[1] Barba, who stepped down from the Formula Renault 3.5 Series to contest the series, won six races and collected eleven podiums as he finished more than 40 points clear of the field. Second place was claimed by Team West-Tec's Callum MacLeod via countback, having finished tied on points with RP Motorsport's David Fumanelli. Both drivers could not be separated on victories, as they each won three races, but MacLeod's four second places enabled to finish ahead of Fumanelli, who claimed just one runner-up placing. Kevin Ceccon and Toño Fernández completed the top five in the championship standings, each taking one victory during the season, coming at Catalunya and Brands Hatch respectively. The two other race victors came from the secondary Copa de España class, with Drivex driver Aaron Filgueira winning at Spa-Francorchamps, and MacLeod's team-mate Victor Corrêa won at Monza, having moved up from Formula Renault UK midway through the season.

Cedars Motorsport also triumphed in the Copa de España for older-specification machinery. Noel Jammal finished the season with five victories, and finished at the head of the standings by five points. Title rival Filgueira had led the standings by three points heading into the final race weekend in Catalunya, but a double retirement coupled with Jammal's second place in the opening race allowed the Lebanese driver to top the points at season's end; he claimed four wins and ten podiums, and managed to just fend off Luis Villalba of the Hache Team by four points, a winner of three races. Nil Montserrat, Corrêa (2) and Vincent Beltoise took the season's other victories. Cedars Motorsport completed a clean sweep, winning the teams' championship by 24 points ahead of Team West-Tec and 25 clear of RP Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

• All cars were powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F308, while Copa Class by Dallara F306 chassis.

Team No Driver Class Rounds Drivex 3 José Luis Abadín[2] A 1–3, 5–6 Pedro Quesada[3] A 7–8 22 Aaron Filgueira[4] C All RP Motorsport[5] 4 Biagio Bulnes[5] A All 5 Kevin Ceccon[5] A All 6 David Fumanelli[5] A All 18 Matteo Beretta[6] A 6–8 23 C 5 Pedro Quesada[2] C 1–4 De Villota Motorsport 7 Juan Carlos Sistos[7] A All 8 Fernando Monje[5] A All 9 Carlos Sainz Jr.[8] A 7–8 MP Racing 10 Emmanuel Piget[4] A 1–2, 4 Porteiro Motorsport 11 Carlos Muñoz[9] A 3 Cedars Motorsport[10] 14 Marco Barba[2] A All 33 Noel Jammal[10] C All Top F3 Team 15 Romain Vozniak[11] A 1 34 Nil Montserrat[11] C 1–2 Vincent Beltoise[12] C 4 Q8 Oils Hache Team 17 Toño Fernández[2] A All 28 Jose Manuel Fernandez[11] C 1 Pierre Combot[13] C 2 Nil Montserrat[11] C 3–8 29 Luis Villalba[2] C All Motul Team West-Tec 55 Callum MacLeod[14] A 1–7 66 Ramón Piñeiro[13] C 2 Kristján Einar[15] C 3 81 Michael Ho[16] C 5–8 88 Victor Corrêa[9] C 3–8

Icon Class A Class A C Copa F306/300

Race calendar and results

• The calendar was announced by the FIA on December 18, 2009.^[17] The calendar was later amended on February 8, 2010.^[18]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	17 April	Fernando Monje	Juan Carlos Sistos	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport
	R2		18 April		Marco Barba	Callum MacLeod	Motul Team West-Tec
2	R1	Circuito del Jarama	5 June	Marco Barba	Marco Barba	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport
	R2		6 June		Aaron Filgueira	Callum MacLeod	Motul Team West-Tec
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 June	David Fumanelli	Toño Fernández	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport
	R2		27 June		Callum MacLeod	Aaron Filgueira	Drivex
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	10 July	Marco Barba	Toño Fernández	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport
	R2		11 July		Marco Barba	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport
5	R1	Brands Hatch	18 September	Callum MacLeod	Marco Barba	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport
	R2		19 September		Fernando Monje	Toño Fernández	Q8 Oils Hache Team
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	2 October	Marco Barba	Marco Barba	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport
	R2		3 October		Marco Barba	Victor Corrêa	Motul Team West-Tec
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	16 October	David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport
	R2		17 October		Marco Barba	Callum MacLeod	Motul Team West-Tec
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	30 October	David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	Kevin Ceccon	RP Motorsport
	R2		31 October		Marco Barba	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport

Championship standings

Class A

• Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	PP	FL
Race 1	14	12	10	8	6	5	3	2	1	1	1
Race 2	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	1

Pos Driver VAL JAR SPA MAG BRH MON JER CAT Pts 1 Marco Barba 1 2 1 3 1 4 DSQ 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 Ret 9 154 2 Callum MacLeod 2 1 6 1 2 2 5 Ret 2 3 7 Ret 6 1 112 3 David Fumanelli 4 6 7 5 7 Ret 1 8 3 6 2 Ret 1 4 4 1 112 4 Kevin Ceccon 3 8 2 4 12 7 6 Ret 7 5 3 13 2 14 1 2 92 5 Toño Fernández 5 5 Ret Ret 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 DSQ 7 Ret 2 DSQ 83 6 Fernando Monje Ret 9 8 12 Ret 8 7 3 4 2 9 9 12 10 6 8 46 7 José Luis Abadín 8 4 3 2 5 5 8 Ret Ret 8 43 8 Aaron Filgueira 12 Ret 9 6 3 1 Ret 10 10 8 8 12 4 DNS Ret Ret 40 9 Juan Carlos Sistos 6 7 Ret 8 9 Ret 13 4 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 7 3 37 10 Emmanuel Piget 7 3 5 Ret 3 5 32 11 Biagio Bulnes DSQ 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 6 10 9 Ret 14 4 31 12 Victor Corrêa 8 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 1 10 7 11 11 28 13 Noel Jammal 9 Ret 4 11 14 Ret 8 11 9 7 10 6 14 6 10 Ret 24 14 Luis Villalba Ret 12 10 7 11 Ret 9 12 12 Ret 14 7 8 5 12 6 19 15 Pedro Quesada 13 14 12 14 15 9 Ret 9 11 3 8 5 18 16 Nil Montserrat 11 13 Ret 9 13 11 10 Ret Ret 11 12 3 13 8 9 7 16 17 Matteo Beretta 11 9 11 4 15 9 5 12 16 18 Carlos Muñoz 4 Ret 8 19 Michael Ho 13 10 13 5 16 13 13 10 5 20 Vincent Beltoise 12 6 4 21 Romain Vozniak 10 10 0 22 Ramón Piñeiro 11 10 0 23 Kristján Einar 16 10 0 24 Pierre Combot Ret 13 0 25 Jose Manuel Fernandez Ret 15 0 guest driver ineligible for points Carlos Sainz Jr. 5 12 3 13 0 Pos Driver VAL JAR SPA MAG BRH MON JER CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Copa F306/300

• Points were awarded for both races as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos Driver VAL JAR SPA MAG BRH MON JER CAT Pts 1 Noel Jammal 1 Ret 1 5 5 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 4 5 2 2 Ret 89 2 Aaron Filgueira 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 3 2 2 2 6 1 DNS Ret Ret 84 3 Luis Villalba Ret 1 3 2 3 Ret 2 5 4 Ret 6 5 2 1 4 1 80 4 Nil Montserrat 2 2 Ret 3 4 5 3 Ret Ret 5 4 2 4 4 1 2 76 5 Victor Corrêa 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 3 3 3 4 62 6 Michael Ho 5 4 5 3 6 5 5 3 28 7 Pedro Quesada 4 3 5 Ret 6 3 Ret 2 27 8 Vincent Beltoise 5 1 13 9 Matteo Beretta 3 3 12 10 Ramón Piñeiro 4 4 8 11 Kristján Einar 7 4 4 12 Jose Manuel Fernandez Ret 4 4 13 Pierre Combot Ret 6 0 Pos Driver VAL JAR SPA MAG BRH MON JER CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Team Standings

• Points for each team's best scoring chassis were awarded for both races as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos Team Car No. VAL JAR SPA MAG BRH MON JER CAT Pts 1 Cedars Motorsport 14 1 2 1 3 1 4 DSQ 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 Ret 9 116 33 9 Ret 4 11 14 Ret 8 11 9 7 10 6 14 6 10 Ret 2 Motul Team West-Tec 55 2 1 6 1 2 2 5 Ret 2 3 7 Ret 6 1 92 66 11 10 16 10 81 13 10 13 5 16 13 13 10 88 8 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 1 10 7 11 11 3 RP Motorsport 4 DSQ 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 6 10 9 Ret 14 4 91 5 3 8 2 4 12 7 6 Ret 7 5 3 13 2 14 1 2 6 4 6 7 5 7 Ret 1 8 3 6 2 Ret 1 4 4 1 18 11 4 15 9 5 12 23 13 14 12 14 15 9 Ret 9 11 9 4 Drivex 3 8 4 3 2 5 5 8 Ret Ret 8 11 3 8 5 65 22 12 Ret 9 6 3 1 Ret 10 10 8 8 12 4 DNS Ret Ret 5 Q8 Oils Hache Team 17 5 5 Ret Ret 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 DSQ 7 Ret 2 DSQ 64 28 Ret 15 Ret 13 13 11 10 Ret Ret 11 12 3 13 8 9 7 29 Ret 12 10 7 11 Ret 9 12 12 Ret 14 7 8 5 12 6 6 De Villota Motorsport 7 6 7 Ret 8 9 Ret 13 4 5 Ret Ret 9 Ret 11 7 3 42 8 Ret 9 8 12 Ret 8 7 3 4 2 9 11 12 10 6 8 9 5 12 3 13 7 MP Racing 10 7 3 5 Ret 3 5 19 8 Porteiro Motorsport 11 4 Ret 4 9 Top F3 Team 15 10 10 3 34 11 13 Ret 9 12 6 Pos Team Car No. VAL JAR SPA MAG BRH MON JER CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

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External links

• European F3 Open Official Website