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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

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  • All cars were powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F308, while Copa Class by Dallara F306 chassis.
Team No Driver Rounds
Class A
Spain Drivex 3 Spain José Luis Abadín 1–3, 5–6
Spain Pedro Quesada 7–8
Italy RP Motorsport 4 Venezuela Biagio Bulnes All
5 Italy Kevin Ceccon All
6 Italy David Fumanelli All
18 Italy Matteo Beretta 6–8
Spain De Villota Motorsport 7 Mexico Juan Carlos Sistos All
8 Spain Fernando Monje All
9 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. 7–8
France MP Racing 10 France Emmanuel Piget 1–2, 4
Spain Porteiro Motorsport 11 Spain Carlos Muñoz 3
Lebanon Cedars Motorsport 14 Spain Marco Barba All
France Top F3 Team 15 France Romain Vozniak 1
Spain Q8 Oils Hache Team 17 Spain Toño Fernández All
United Kingdom Motul Team West-Tec 55 United Kingdom Callum MacLeod 1–7
Copa F306/300
Spain Drivex 22 Spain Aaron Filgueira All
Italy RP Motorsport 23 Spain Pedro Quesada 1–4
Italy Matteo Beretta 5
Spain Q8 Oils Hache Team 28 Spain Jose Manuel Fernandez 1
France Pierre Combot 2
Spain Nil Montserrat[2] 3–8
29 Spain Luis Villalba[3] All
Lebanon Cedars Motorsport 33 Lebanon Noel Jammal All
France Top F3 Team 34 Spain Nil Montserrat 1–2
France Vincent Beltoise 4
United Kingdom Motul Team West-Tec 66 Spain Ramón Piñeiro 2
Iceland Kristján Einar 3
81 Macau Michael Ho 5–8
88 Brazil Victor Corrêa[4] 3–8

Race calendar and results

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  • The calendar was announced by the FIA on December 18, 2009.[5] The calendar was later amended on February 8, 2010.[6]
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 17 April Spain Fernando Monje Mexico Juan Carlos Sistos Spain Marco Barba Lebanon Cedars Motorsport
R2 18 April Spain Marco Barba United Kingdom Callum MacLeod United Kingdom Motul Team West-Tec
2 R1 Spain Circuito del Jarama 5 June Spain Marco Barba Spain Marco Barba Spain Marco Barba Lebanon Cedars Motorsport
R2 6 June Spain Aaron Filgueira United Kingdom Callum MacLeod United Kingdom Motul Team West-Tec
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 26 June Italy David Fumanelli Spain Toño Fernández Spain Marco Barba Lebanon Cedars Motorsport
R2 27 June United Kingdom Callum MacLeod Spain Aaron Filgueira Spain Drivex
4 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 10 July Spain Marco Barba Spain Toño Fernández Italy David Fumanelli Italy RP Motorsport
R2 11 July Spain Marco Barba Spain Marco Barba Lebanon Cedars Motorsport
5 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 18 September United Kingdom Callum MacLeod Spain Marco Barba Spain Marco Barba Lebanon Cedars Motorsport
R2 19 September Spain Fernando Monje Spain Toño Fernández Spain Q8 Oils Hache Team
6 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 2 October Spain Marco Barba Spain Marco Barba Spain Marco Barba Lebanon Cedars Motorsport
R2 3 October Spain Marco Barba Brazil Victor Corrêa United Kingdom Motul Team West-Tec
7 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez 16 October Italy David Fumanelli Italy David Fumanelli Italy David Fumanelli Italy RP Motorsport
R2 17 October Spain Marco Barba United Kingdom Callum MacLeod United Kingdom Motul Team West-Tec
8 R1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya 30 October Italy David Fumanelli Italy David Fumanelli Italy Kevin Ceccon Italy RP Motorsport
R2 31 October Spain Marco Barba Italy David Fumanelli Italy RP Motorsport

Championship standings

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Class A

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  • 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
Spain
JAR
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
BRH
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
JER
Spain
CAT
Spain
Pts
1 Spain Marco Barba 1 2 1 3 1 4 DSQ 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 Ret 9 154
2 United Kingdom Callum MacLeod 2 1 6 1 2 2 5 Ret 2 3 7 Ret 6 1 112
3 Italy David Fumanelli 4 6 7 5 7 Ret 1 8 3 6 2 Ret 1 4 4 1 112
4 Italy Kevin Ceccon 3 8 2 4 12 7 6 Ret 7 5 3 13 2 14 1 2 92
5 Spain Toño Fernández 5 5 Ret Ret 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 DSQ 7 Ret 2 DSQ 83
6 Spain Fernando Monje Ret 9 8 12 Ret 8 7 3 4 2 9 9 12 10 6 8 46
7 Spain José Luis Abadín 8 4 3 2 5 5 8 Ret Ret 8 43
8 Spain Aaron Filgueira 12 Ret 9 6 3 1 Ret 10 10 8 8 12 4 DNS Ret Ret 40
9 Mexico Juan Carlos Sistos 6 7 Ret 8 9 Ret 13 4 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 7 3 37
10 France Emmanuel Piget 7 3 5 Ret 3 5 32
11 Venezuela Biagio Bulnes DSQ 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 6 10 9 Ret 14 4 31
12 Brazil Victor Corrêa 8 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 1 10 7 11 11 28
13 Lebanon Noel Jammal 9 Ret 4 11 14 Ret 8 11 9 7 10 6 14 6 10 Ret 24
14 Spain Luis Villalba Ret 12 10 7 11 Ret 9 12 12 Ret 14 7 8 5 12 6 19
15 Spain Pedro Quesada 13 14 12 14 15 9 Ret 9 11 3 8 5 18
16 Spain Nil Montserrat 11 13 Ret 9 13 11 10 Ret Ret 11 12 3 13 8 9 7 16
17 Italy Matteo Beretta 11 9 11 4 15 9 5 12 16
18 Spain Carlos Muñoz 4 Ret 8
19 Macau Michael Ho 13 10 13 5 16 13 13 10 5
20 France Vincent Beltoise 12 6 4
21 France Romain Vozniak 10 10 0
22 Spain Ramón Piñeiro 11 10 0
23 Iceland Kristján Einar 16 10 0
24 France Pierre Combot Ret 13 0
25 Spain Jose Manuel Fernandez Ret 15 0
guest driver ineligible for points
Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. 5 12 3 13 0
Pos Driver VAL
Spain
JAR
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
BRH
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
JER
Spain
CAT
Spain
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Copa F306/300

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  • Points were awarded for both races as follows:
Pos 1 2 3 4 5
Points 10 8 6 4 3
Pos Driver VAL
Spain
JAR
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
BRH
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
JER
Spain
CAT
Spain
Pts
1 Lebanon Noel Jammal 1 Ret 1 5 5 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 4 5 2 2 Ret 89
2 Spain Aaron Filgueira 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 3 2 2 2 6 1 DNS Ret Ret 84
3 Spain Luis Villalba Ret 1 3 2 3 Ret 2 5 4 Ret 6 5 2 1 4 1 80
4 Spain Nil Montserrat 2 2 Ret 3 4 5 3 Ret Ret 5 4 2 4 4 1 2 76
5 Brazil Victor Corrêa 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 3 3 3 4 62
6 Macau Michael Ho 5 4 5 3 6 5 5 3 28
7 Spain Pedro Quesada 4 3 5 Ret 6 3 Ret 2 27
8 France Vincent Beltoise 5 1 13
9 Italy Matteo Beretta 3 3 12
10 Spain Ramón Piñeiro 4 4 8
11 Iceland Kristján Einar 7 4 4
12 Spain Jose Manuel Fernandez Ret 4 4
13 France Pierre Combot Ret 6 0
Pos Driver VAL
Spain
JAR
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
BRH
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
JER
Spain
CAT
Spain
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Team Standings

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  • 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
Spain
JAR
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
BRH
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
JER
Spain
CAT
Spain
Pts
1 Lebanon 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 United Kingdom 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 Italy 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 Spain 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 Spain 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 Spain 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 France MP Racing 10 7 3 5 Ret 3 5 19
8 Spain Porteiro Motorsport 11 4 Ret 4
9 France Top F3 Team 15 10 10 3
34 11 13 Ret 9 12 6
Pos Team Car
No.
VAL
Spain
JAR
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
BRH
United Kingdom
MON
Italy
JER
Spain
CAT
Spain
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References

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  1. ^ "Marco Barba, Champion". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Anteprima 2010 – La lista iscritti". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-04-14. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  3. ^ "Best European F3 Championship". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 2010-04-14. Archived from the original on 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  4. ^ "Spa, qualifica: Fumanelli batte Barba". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  5. ^ "2010 International Series: European Formula 3 Open" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2009-12-21.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "The European F3 starts in Valencia". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 2010-02-08. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
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