2010 GT4 European Cup

2010 GT4 European Cup season
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The 2010 GT4 European Cup season was the fourth season of the GT4 European Cup. It began on May 1 at Silverstone, before finishing on October 17 at Magny-Cours after twelve races held at six meetings.

Rhesus Racing driver and single-seater convert Paul Meijer finished the season as the main GT4 champion – as well as securing the GT4 teams title, with team-mates Giuseppe De Pasquale and Raffaele Sangiulio – having finished each of the twelve races to be held on the podium. Meijer won a season-high five races during the season, including winning both races at the season-opening meeting at Silverstone, en route to a championship-winning margin of 27 points over RS Williams' Michael Mallock. Mallock finished a comfortable second after Matt Nicoll-Jones elected not to contest the final round of the season at Magny-Cours; Mallock won three races, while Nicoll-Jones won two – a double at the Nürburgring, after guest driver Ollie Hancock was ineligible to score points for a victory – for IMS Motorsport. Jordan Tresson and Lucas Ordoñez shared fourth place despite not winning any races between him, with Alessandro Pier Guidi the only driver outside the top three drivers to win a race, winning both races at Le Castellet. Gianni Giudici won seven races to clinch the SuperSport class, ahead of four-time winner Anasthasios Ladas, who shared two of his wins with Kevin Veltman. Julian Griffin won the other race at the Nürburgring.

Entry list

The entry list for the first round was released on 27 April 2010.^[1]

2010 Entry List Team No. Driver(s) Class Chassis Engine Rounds RJN Motorsport 1 Alex Buncombe[1] GT4 Nissan 370Z GT4 Nissan 3.8L V6 1–4 Jordan Tresson[1] 1–3 Lucas Ordoñez 4–5 2 GT4 Nissan 350Z GT4 Nissan 3.5L V6 1–3 Jordan Tresson 4–6 Rob Barff 4 Alex Buncombe 6 AUH Racing 3 Eric Charles[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 2–4, 6 4 Humaid Al Masaood[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 2–6 Ollie Hancock 6 Espace Bienvenue 6 Pierre-Brice Mena[1] GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 1 Rhesus Racing 7 Paul Meijer[2] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All 8 Raffaele Sangiulio[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 1–3, 5–6 Giuseppe de Pasquale[1] IMS Motorsport 9 Matt Nicoll-Jones[1] GT4 Ginetta G50 Cup Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 1–5 Hunter Abbott[1] 1–3 Speedlover 10 Jürgen van Hover[1] GT4 Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 2 Porsche Eindhoven 12 Paul van Splunteren[1] GT4 Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 1 Mathijs Harkema[1] DVB Racing 14 Menno Kuus[3] GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 1–2 Ruben Maes 3 Enzo Ide JMB Racing 15 Edouard Gravereaux GT4 Maserati GranTurismo MC Maserati 4.7L V8 3 John Svenson 16 Albert Bloem GT4 Aston Martin N24 Aston Martin 4.3L V8 2 Jerôme Demay Genpact Racing 17 Kevin Veltman[1] GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 1–3 Speedworks 18 Christian Dick GT4 Ginetta G50 Cup Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 1 StarCars 19 Andrea Gagliardini GT4 Porsche Cayman S Porsche 3.4L V6 2, 4, 6 Maurizio Pittori 2, 4 Marco Antonelli 6 Scuderia Giudici 22 Ollie Hancock GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 4 211 Gianni Giudici[1] SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 All 212 Marco Fumagalli SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 4–6 Promotorsport 23 Derek Palmer Jr.[1] GT4 Nissan 350Z GT4 Nissan 3.5L V6 1 Rick Pearson[1] Mathol Racing 24 Wolfgang Weber GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 2, 4 27 Scott Preacher GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4 28 Christian Bauer GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4 Maserati Corse 26 Alessandro Pier Guidi GT4 Maserati GranTurismo MC Maserati 4.7L V8 3 Team LNT 30 Carl Breeze GT4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 4 Frank Wrathall RS Williams 32 Michael Mallock[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All Develop Real Team 70 Jiri Gottwald GT4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 5–6 Eduard Leganov Ladas Racing 100 Anasthasios Ladas[1] SS KTM X-Bow Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 All Kevin Veltman 4–6 Lotus Cars 213 Julian Griffin SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 4 214 Frédéric Gaillard SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 4

Icon Class GT4 GT4 Class SS SuperSport Class

Calendar

• A provisional calendar was released by the series on November 19, 2009.^[4]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	GT4 Winner	SS Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit	May 1	#7 Rhesus Racing	#7 Rhesus Racing	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	Gianni Giudici
2		May 2	#7 Rhesus Racing	#7 Rhesus Racing	#100 Ladas Racing
			Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	Anasthasios Ladas
3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	June 5	#7 Rhesus Racing	#32 RS Williams	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Paul Meijer	Michael Mallock	Gianni Giudici
4		June 6	#7 Rhesus Racing	#7 Rhesus Racing	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	Gianni Giudici
5	Circuit Paul Ricard	July 3	#26 Maserati Corse	#26 Maserati Corse	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Alessandro Pier Guidi	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Gianni Giudici
6		July 4	#26 Maserati Corse	#26 Maserati Corse	#100 Ladas Racing
			Alessandro Pier Guidi	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Anasthasios Ladas
7	Nürburgring	August 28	#22 Scuderia Giudici	#22 Scuderia Giudici	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Ollie Hancock	Ollie Hancock	Gianni Giudici
8		August 29	#7 Rhesus Racing	#9 IMS Motorsport	#213 Lotus Cars
			Paul Meijer	Matt Nicoll-Jones	Julian Griffin
9	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	September 18	#7 Rhesus Racing	#7 Rhesus Racing	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	Gianni Giudici
10		September 19	#7 Rhesus Racing	#32 RS Williams	#100 Ladas Racing
			Paul Meijer	Michael Mallock	Anasthasios Ladas Kevin Veltman
11	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	October 16	#7 Rhesus Racing	#7 Rhesus Racing	#211 Scuderia Giudici
			Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	Gianni Giudici
12		October 17	#7 Rhesus Racing	#32 RS Williams	#100 Ladas Racing
			Paul Meijer	Michael Mallock	Anasthasios Ladas Kevin Veltman

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6	Rnd 7	Rnd 8	Rnd 9	Rnd 10	Rnd 11	Rnd 12	Total
GT4 Class
1	Paul Meijer	Rhesus Racing	10	10	8	10	8	6	8	8	10	8	10	8	104
2	Michael Mallock	RS Williams	8	8	10	6	6	0	6	6	1	10	6	10	77
3	Matt Nicoll-Jones	IMS Motorsport	3	3	5	2	5	8	10	10	8	6			60
4=	Jordan Tresson	RJN Motorsport	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	6	4	8	3	27
4=	Lucas Ordoñez	RJN Motorsport	0	2	4	3	4	0	4	0	5	5			27
5	Hunter Abbott	IMS Motorsport	3	3	5	2	5	8							26
6=	Giuseppe De Pasquale	Rhesus Racing	0	1	0	0	2	2			4	2	5	6	22
6=	Raffaele Sangiulio														22
7	Alex Buncombe	RJN Motorsport	0	0	2	1	3	0	4	0			8	3	21
8=	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati Corse					10	10							20
8=	Kevin Veltman	Genpact Racing	4	5	6	5									20
9	Humaid Al Masaood	AUH Racing			0	0	1	3	0	0	3	3	2	4	16
10	Menno Kuus	DVB Racing	6	0	1	8									15
11=	Jiri Gottwald	Develop Real Team									2	1	3	5	11
11=	Eduard Leganov														11
12	Wolfgang Weber	Mathol Racing			0	0			5	5					10
13=	Pierre-Brice Mena	Espace Bienvenue	5	4											9
13=	Andrea Gagliardini	StarCars			0	0			2	3			4	0	9
14=	Carl Breeze	Team LNT							3	4					7
14=	Frank Wrathall														7
15=	Christian Dick	Speedworks	0	6											6
15=	Ollie Hancock	AUH Racing											2	4	6
16=	Enzo Ide	DVB Racing					0	5							5
16=	Ruben Maes														5
16=	Eric Charles	AUH Racing			0	0	0	4	0	0			1	0	5
16=	Maurizio Pittori	StarCars			0	0			2	3					5
17	Marco Antonelli	StarCars											4	0	4
18=	Jürgen van Hover	Speedlover			3	0									3
18=	Christian Bauer	Mathol Racing							1	2					3
19=	Mathijs Harkema	Porsche Eindhoven	2	0											2
19=	Paul van Splunteren														2
20=	Derek Palmer Jr.	Promotorsport	1	0											1
20=	Rick Pearson														1
20=	Edouard Gravereaux	JMB Racing					0	1							1
20=	Scott Preacher	Mathol Racing							0	1					1
SuperSport Class
1	Gianni Giudici	Scuderia Giudici	10	8	10	10	10	8	10	4	10	8	10	6	104
2	Anasthasios Ladas	Ladas Racing	8	10	8	8	8	10	5	6	6	10	8	10	97
3	Kevin Veltman	Ladas Racing													45
4	Marco Fumagalli	Scuderia Giudici							4	5	8	6	6	8	37
5	Julian Griffin	Lotus Cars							8	10					18
6	Frédéric Gaillard	Lotus Cars							6	8					14

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6	Rnd 7	Rnd 8	Rnd 9	Rnd 10	Rnd 11	Rnd 12	Total
1	Rhesus Racing	10	11	8	10	10	8	8	8	14	10	15	14	126
2	RS Williams	8	8	10	6	6	0	6	6	1	10	6	10	77
3	IMS Motorsport	3	3	5	2	5	8	10	10	8	6			60
4	RJN Motorsport	0	2	6	4	7	0	4	0	11	9	8	3	54
5	AUH Racing			0	0	1	7	0	0	3	3	3	4	21
6=	Maserati Corse					10	10							20
6=	DVB Racing	6	0	1	8	0	5							20
6=	Genpact Racing	4	5	6	5									20
7	Mathol Racing			0	4			6	8					18
8	Develop Real Team									2	1	3	5	11
9=	Espace Bienvenue	5	4											9
9=	StarCars			0	0			2	3			4	0	9
10	Team LNT							3	4					7
11	Speedworks	0	6											6
12	Speedlover			3	0									3
13	Porsche Eindhoven	2	0											2
14=	Promotorsport	1	0											1
14=	JMB Racing					0	1							1

References

1. "Round 1 Entry List". GT4 European Cup (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Retrieved 2010-04-27.
2. "New Dutch team Rhesus Racing joining the European GT4 Cup with 2 cars". GT4 European Cup (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
3. "Belgian DVB Racing entering a BMW M3 GT4". GT4 European Cup (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
4. "2010 GT4 Calendar!". GT4 European Cup (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

• Official Website of the GT4 European Cup