2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 20th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. It began on 17 April at Motorland Aragon and ended on 10 October at Circuit de Catalunya after eight rounds and sixteen races.

The series had a new look for 2010, with the introduction of the Barazi-Epsilon chassis to replace the original Tatuus chassis which had been the mainstay of Formula Renault 2.0 during the 2000s. Both season-opening races at Motorland Aragón were won by Eurocup debutant Kevin Korjus, who had moved up from the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup over the off-season. It was the start of a dominating season for the teenager from Estonia, adding seven more victories over the season to become the series' youngest champion, at the age of 17 years, 253 days.[1] It was not until the final race before the runner-up placing was decided. Tech 1 Racing's Arthur Pic held a five-point advantage over Interwetten Junior Team driver Luciano Bacheta before the final race, but was decided in Bacheta's favour after Pic was disqualified for failing to observe a drive-through penalty for short-cutting a chicane while attempting to pass team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr. who was competing as a guest.[2] The trio claimed 14 of the 16 race wins on offer, with the other wins going to fifth-placed Giovanni Venturini and Javier Tarancón, both driving for Epsilon Euskadi.

Teams and drivers edit

  • Guest entries are listed in italics.
Team No. Driver name Class Rounds
  Epsilon Euskadi 1   Genís Olivé[3] J 1–6, 8
  Carlos Sainz Jr.[4] 7
2   Miguel Otegui[3] J 1–5
  Javier Tarancón[5] 6–8
3   Giovanni Venturini[3] All
4   Alex Riberas[6] J All
  Tech 1 Racing[7] 5   Arthur Pic[7] All
6   Hugo Valente[7] J All
7   Aaro Vainio[8] J All
66   Carlos Sainz Jr.[9] J 8
  MP Motorsport 9   Karl-Oscar Liiv[10] J 1–2, 5–8
10   Daniël de Jong[10] J All
30   Kalle Kulmanen[11] J All
  Krenek Motorsport 11   Adam Kout[12] 2–5
  Richard Gonda 7
  Giulio Glorioso[9] 8
14   Jakub Knoll[12] 2–8
  Cram Competition 16   Henrique Martins[13] J 1–5
  Pedro Quesada[9] 8
17   André Negrão[14] J All
  Interwetten[15] 18   Luciano Bacheta[16] All
19   Craig Reiff[17] 1–2
  Sandro Lukovic[18] 3–8
65   Federico Scionti[19] 7
  Christof von Grünigen[20] 8
  One Racing 22   Jordan Oakes[13] 1–3
23   Daniel Mancinelli[13] 1–2
  Koiranen Bros Motorsport[21] 26   Bart Hylkema[21] All
27   Miki Weckström[21] J All
28   Kevin Korjus[21] J All
29   Jukka Honkavuori[21] 1–6
  Jesse Laine 7
  Daniil Kvyat[22] 8
  Boetti Racing Team 31   Brice Bosi[13] All
  Manor Competition[23] 51   Will Stevens[23] 5
  Atech Grand Prix[23] 57   Tamás Pál Kiss[23] 5
58   Nick Yelloly[23] 5
59   Marlon Stockinger[23] 5
  Team Firstair[24] 60   Ivan Lukashevich[24] 5
  Liroy Stuart 7
61   Rio Haryanto[24] J 5
  Richard Singleton 7
  SL Formula Racing 62   Kevin Mirocha[25] 6
  KEO Racing 63   Ludwig Ghidi[25] J 6
  Kochanski Motorsport Project 64   Jakub Śmiechowski[25] 6, 8
Icon Class
J Junior Class

Race calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 17 April   André Negrão   Luciano Bacheta   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 18 April   Arthur Pic   Genís Olivé   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
2 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 May   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Tech 1 Racing
R2 2 May   Arthur Pic   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
3 R1   Masaryk Circuit, Brno 5 June   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Tech 1 Racing
R2 6 June   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Tech 1 Racing
4 R1   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 19 June   Arthur Pic   Miki Weckström   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 20 June   Arthur Pic   Luciano Bacheta   Giovanni Venturini   Epsilon Euskadi
5 R1   Hungaroring, Budapest 3 July   Aaro Vainio   Arthur Pic   Arthur Pic   Tech 1 Racing
R2 4 July   Aaro Vainio   Tamás Pál Kiss   Luciano Bacheta   Interwetten Junior Team
6 R1   Hockenheimring 4 September   Kevin Korjus   Aaro Vainio   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 5 September   Kevin Korjus   Aaro Vainio   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
7 R1   Silverstone Circuit 18 September   Kevin Korjus   Carlos Sainz Jr.   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 19 September   Kevin Korjus   Carlos Sainz Jr.   Javier Tarancón   Epsilon Euskadi
8 R1   Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 9 October   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 10 October   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros Motorsport

Championship standings edit

  • Points for both championships are awarded as follows:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver ALC
 
SPA
 
BRN
 
MAG
 
HUN
 
HOC
 
SIL
 
CAT
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1   Kevin Korjus J 1 1 2 1 4 7 1 3 Ret 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 187
2   Luciano Bacheta 3 4 5 4 3 3 Ret 2 18 1 13 5 4 2 9 6 124
3   Arthur Pic 14 Ret 1 DNS 1 1 2 6 1 2 3 3 7 8 11 DSQ 123
4   Aaro Vainio J 6 Ret 7 12 5 8 6 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 Ret 101
5   Giovanni Venturini 4 Ret Ret 8 15 11 4 1 6 10 10 Ret Ret 6 6 2 76
6   Bart Hylkema Ret 3 Ret DNS 9 4 Ret 8 9 5 7 7 20 10 8 3 64
7   Genís Olivé J 11 15 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 4 7 8 17 7 4 62
8   Alex Riberas J 10 5 Ret DNS 6 2 10 Ret 10 13 11 12 14 9 3 7 55
9   Daniël de Jong J 2 16 17 7 8 Ret Ret 5 Ret 15 14 10 11 7 4 10 48
10   Jukka Honkavuori 12 7 13 2 17 10 7 4 Ret 23 Ret Ret 29
11   Adam Kout 6 5 2 Ret DNS DNS 7 Ret 29
12   Hugo Valente J 8 2 14 15 12 14 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 8 9 DNS Ret Ret 28
13   André Negrão J Ret Ret Ret 3 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 18 Ret 9 10 13 13 9 25
14   Karl-Oscar Liiv J 5 14 8 10 11 25 12 Ret 8 Ret 10 Ret 22
15   Miki Weckström J Ret Ret Ret 13 DNS Ret 3 10 Ret 21 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 21
16   Miguel Otegui J 9 8 16 9 Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 12 21
17   Daniel Mancinelli 7 9 4 11 14
18   Sandro Lukovic 13 12 13 Ret 8 14 Ret 15 18 16 Ret Ret 6
19   Brice Bosi 16 10 15 14 14 Ret 9 13 12 24 Ret Ret 12 15 12 Ret 6
20   Jordan Oakes Ret 6 11 Ret DNS Ret 5
21   Henrique Martins J 17 11 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 15 17 3
22   Kalle Kulmanen J 15 12 Ret 17 18 9 Ret 11 17 22 15 14 17 DNS Ret Ret 3
23   Jakub Knoll 12 16 16 13 12 Ret Ret 20 17 16 19 19 Ret 12 2
24   Craig Reiff 13 13 10 Ret 1
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Javier Tarancón 4 4 2 1 5 15 0
  Will Stevens 2 4 0
  Carlos Sainz Jr. 3 18 Ret 5 0
  Richard Singleton 6 4 0
  Marlon Stockinger 5 8 0
  Ludwig Ghidi J 6 6 0
  Daniil Kvyat 18 8 0
  Kevin Mirocha 9 11 0
  Tamás Pál Kiss Ret 9 0
  Nick Yelloly 13 11 0
  Christof von Grünigen 14 11 0
  Liroy Stuart 15 12 0
  Giulio Glorioso 15 13 0
  Jakub Śmiechowski 16 13 16 Ret 0
  Federico Scionti 13 17 0
  Jesse Laine 16 14 0
  Pedro Quesada 17 14 0
  Ivan Lukashevich 14 19 0
  Rio Haryanto J 19 16 0
  Richard Gonda 23 20 0
Pos Driver ALC
 
SPA
 
BRN
 
MAG
 
HUN
 
HOC
 
SIL
 
CAT
 
Points
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

Teams' Championship edit

Pos Team ALC
 
SPA
 
BRN
 
MAG
 
HUN
 
HOC
 
SIL
 
CAT
 
Points
1   Tech 1 Racing 6 Ret 1 12 1 1 2 6 1 2 2 2 5 5 2 5 224
14 Ret 7 15 5 8 6 Ret 3 3 3 3 7 8 11 Ret
2   Koiranen Bros Motorsport 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 3 Ret 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 211
12 3 13 13 17 Ret Ret 8 Ret 21 5 Ret 20 10 18 8
3   Interwetten Junior Team 3 4 5 4 3 3 13 2 8 1 13 5 4 2 9 6 131
13 13 10 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 15 18 16 14 11
4   Epsilon Euskadi 4 8 3 6 7 5 5 Ret 6 7 8 17 14 6 3 4 113
9 15 16 8 15 11 10 Ret 10 8 10 Ret Ret 9 7 7
5   MP Motorsport 2 12 8 7 8 9 Ret 5 11 15 12 10 8 7 4 10 72
5 14 17 10 18 Ret Ret 11 17 22 14 14 11 Ret 10 Ret
6   Krenek Motorsport 6 5 2 13 12 Ret 7 20 17 16 19 19 15 12 31
12 16 16 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 13
7   Cram Competition 17 11 9 3 10 Ret 11 9 15 17 Ret 9 10 13 13 9 28
Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 17 14
8   One Racing 7 6 4 11 DNS Ret 19
Ret 9 11 Ret
9   Boetti Racing Team 16 10 15 14 14 Ret 9 13 12 24 Ret Ret 12 15 12 Ret 6
Guest teams ineligible for points
  Manor Competition 2 4 0
  Team Firstair 14 16 6 4 0
19 19 15 12
  Atech Grand Prix 5 8 0
13 9
  KEO Racing 6 6 0
  SL Formula Racing 9 11 0
  Kochanski Motorsport 16 13 16 Ret 0
Pos Team ALC
 
SPA
 
BRN
 
MAG
 
HUN
 
HOC
 
SIL
 
CAT
 
Points
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

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External links edit