2010 Formula Abarth season

The 2010 Formula Abarth season was the sixth season of the former Formula Azzurra, and the first under its new guise of "Formula Abarth". It started on April 24 at Misano and finished on October 14 in Monza after fourteen races held at seven meetings.

Brandon Maïsano, part of the Ferrari Driver Academy scheme and driving for BVM – Target Racing, won the Alboreto Trophy as overall champion, taking four victories and three second places for a championship-winning margin of 22 points over runner-up Patric Niederhauser of the Jenzer Motorsport team. Niederhauser assumed second place in the standings after finishing the season strongly, taking seven top-five finishes in the final eight races including a victory at Varano and five third places. JD Motorsport driver Raffaele Marciello finished the season in third place, taking victories at Misano and Varano, with winless Jordi Cunill (Prema Junior) and Maxim Zimin (Jenzer Motorsport) taking five second places and two third places between them. Despite only competing in three meetings, Cunill's team-mate Hannes van Asseldonk finished the season in sixth place, taking three main race victories and two fifth places. Other victories went to Jenzer's Zoël Amberg, Prema's Riccardo Agostini, JD's Víctor Guerin and National Trophy competitor Simone Iaquinta of ARM Competition.

Iaquinta won the National Trophy, having won nine of the fourteen races in the class, having taken eight top-ten overall finishes including his victory at Mugello. Having started the season at RP Motorsport, Stefano Colombo ended the season as Iaquinta's team-mate, and wrapped up second place with a class second behind Iaquinta at Monza, having taken two wins during the season at Misano and the only win at Magione, as the first race saw no finishers from the National Trophy. Federico Bonamico, who entered the season at round three, finished third for Scuderia Victoria World with one victory at Vallelunga. Simone Taloni took the other victory for Winner Motorsport at Imola. Prema Junior won the Teams' Championship by six points ahead of Jenzer Motorsport.

Teams and drivers edit

Drivers competing in the main Alboreto Trophy (Main championship) were numbered from 1 to 59, with drivers competing in the secondary National Trophy numbered from 71 to 99.^[1]

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Prema Junior	2	Zhang Zhi Qiang^[2]	C	All *
	3	Riccardo Agostini^[2]	C	All *
	6	Hannes van Asseldonk^[3]	C	5–7
	7	Jordi Cunill^[2]	C	All *
RP Motorsport	4	Timmy Hansen^[2]	C	7
	43	Mirko Merill^[2]	C	1–2
	84	Stefano Colombo^[2]	T	1–5 *
MG Motorsport	5	Lorenzo Camplese^[2]	C	All *
	41	Mirko Torsellini^[2]	C	2–5
	82	Simone Taloni	T	6
	89	Stefano Comini	T	7
BVM – Target Racing^[4]	8	Michael Heche^[2]	C	All *
	9	Brandon Maïsano^[2]	C	All *
	14	Marco Moscato^[2]	C	3
	66	Roberto Curiia^[2]	C	4–7
Emmebi Motorsport	10	Matteo Torta	C	5–7
	33	Niccolò Schirò^[2]	C	1–4, 6–7 *
	83	Simone Iaquinta^[2]	T	1–3, 5
Line Race	10	Matteo Torta^[2]	C	3–4
Line Race	39	Marco Moscato^[2]	C	1–2
Alan Racing	10	Matteo Torta^[2]	C	1–2
	42	Antonio Spavone	C	5–7
	81	Gilles Pagani^[2]	T	1–2, 4–7
TomCat Racing^[5]	11	Vittoria Piria^[2]	C	1–6 *
	12	Matteo Davenia	C	6–7
	23	Andrea Barbirato^[2]	C	2–4, 6–7
Durango	12	Matteo Davenia^[2]	C	4–5 *
Cram Competition	12	Matteo Davenia^[2]	C	1–3
	17	André Negrão^[2]	C	4–5 *
	21	Kevin Gilardoni^[2]	C	All
	31	Mario Marasca	C	6–7
TP Formula	15	Edoardo Bacci^[2]	C	1–4
	16	Matteo Beretta^[2]	C	1–2
	64	Mattia Brugiotti^[2]	C	3–4
Europa Corse	18	Cristiano Marcellan^[2]	C	1–3
JD Motorsport	19	Víctor Guerin^[2]	C	All *
JD Motorsport	53	Raffaele Marciello^[2]	C	All *
Jenzer Motorsport	24	Eddie Cheever III^[2]	C	All *
	25	Patric Niederhauser^[2]	C	All *
	26	Måns Grenhagen^[2]	C	1–4 *
	27	Maxim Zimin^[2]	C	All *
	28	Zoël Amberg^[2]	C	All *
	29	Sergey Sirotkin^[6]	C	5–7
PKF Racing^[7]	31	Mario Marasca^[2]	C	1–5
BVE Racing Team	32	Mirko Luciani^[2]	C	2–4
BVE Racing Team	81	Gilles Pagani^[2]	T	3
Scuderia Victoria World^[8]	34	Roman de Beer^[2]	C	All
	35	Francisco Weiler^[2]	C	All
	36	Federico Bonamico^[2]	T	3–7
Monolite Racing^[9]	41	Mirko Torsellini^[2]	C	1
Monolite Racing^[9]	88	Sheban Kamal Siddiqi^[2]	T	4
CO2 Motorsport	42	Vincenzo Spavone^[2]	C	4
ARM Competition	42	Vincenzo Spavone^[2]	C	1–3
	43	Mirko Merillo^[2]	C	3–4
	83	Simone Iaquinta^[2]	T	4, 6–7
	84	Stefano Colombo^[2]	T	6–7
Team Costa Rica	45	Riccardo Vera^[2]	C	All
Uboldi Corse^[10]	55	Luca Defendi^[2]	C	1–6
Winner Motorsport^[2]	82	Simone Taloni^[2]	T	1–5
Diegi Motorsport^[4]	87	Josef Feffer^[2]	T	All
AB Motorsport	68	Andrea Boffo^[2]	C	7

Icon	Class
C	Championship – Alboreto Trophy
T	National Trophy

* Drivers who participated in the non-championship round at Spa-Francorchamps.

Race calendar and results edit

All rounds, excluding Magione (that was part of Italian GT Championship weekend) supported the Italian Formula Three Championship. In the view of a future international series, a non-championship round was held on the weekend of June 25–27 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, supporting International GT Open, Auto GP and European F3 Open rounds.^[11]

Round		Circuit	Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Misano World Circuit	Emilia Romagna, Italy	24 April	Kevin Gilardoni	Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	JD Motorsport
1	R2	Misano World Circuit	Emilia Romagna, Italy	25 April		Maxim Zimin	Zoël Amberg	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	Umbria, Italy	6 June	Brandon Maïsano	Brandon Maïsano	Brandon Maïsano	BVM – Target Racing
2	R2	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	Umbria, Italy	6 June		Brandon Maïsano	Víctor Guerin	JD Motorsport
NC	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	26 June	André Negrão	André Negrão	André Negrão	Cram Competition
NC	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	27 June		Raffaele Marciello	Raffaele Marciello	JD Motorsport
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	Emilia Romagna, Italy	4 July	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Prema Junior
3	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	Emilia Romagna, Italy	4 July		Víctor Guerin	Brandon Maïsano	BVM – Target Racing
4	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	Emilia Romagna, Italy	29 August	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	Emilia Romagna, Italy	29 August		Brandon Maïsano	Raffaele Marciello	JD Motorsport
5	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	Lazio, Italy	26 September	Maxim Zimin	Hannes van Asseldonk	Hannes van Asseldonk	Prema Junior
5	R2	Vallelunga Circuit	Lazio, Italy	26 September		Brandon Maïsano	Brandon Maïsano	BVM – Target Racing
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	Tuscany, Italy	10 October	Hannes van Asseldonk	Maxim Zimin	Hannes van Asseldonk	Prema Junior
6	R2	Mugello Circuit	Tuscany, Italy	10 October		Simone Iaquinta	Simone Iaquinta	ARM Competition
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Lombardy, Italy	23 October	Brandon Maïsano	Maxim Zimin	Hannes van Asseldonk	Prema Junior
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Lombardy, Italy	24 October		Timmy Hansen	Brandon Maïsano	BVM – Target Racing

Standings edit

Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Race 1	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1
Race 2	13	11	9	8	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

Drivers' Standings edit

Pos	Driver	MIS		MAG			SPA ‡			IMO		VAR		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Points
Alboreto Trophy
1	Brandon Maïsano	16	11	1	2		4	Ret		2	1	8	2	5	1	10	10	4	1	128
2	Patric Niederhauser	9	6	21	11		3	5		6	5	1	27	3	3	3	3	5	3	106
3	Raffaele Marciello	1	3	2	Ret		6	1		Ret	DNS	7	1	4	4	7	7	24	Ret	91
4	Jordi Cunill	8	2	3	5		Ret	9		4	32	10	7	8	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	82
5	Maxim Zimin	3	5	7	Ret		2	Ret		Ret	33	13	10	2	8	2	9	2	Ret	80
6	Hannes van Asseldonk													1	5	1	5	1	Ret	76
7	Zoël Amberg	6	1	6	Ret		Ret	6		8	6	Ret	12	10	15	4	4	27	7	58
8	Kevin Gilardoni	2	10	Ret	19					5	3	11	11	6	7	15	22	7	8	55
9	Roman de Beer	17	Ret	16	Ret					3	4	3	8	16	2	19	23	11	6	53
10	Eddie Cheever III	7	7	17	6		8	8		11	15	6	3	14	9	9	6	8	5	52
11	Riccardo Agostini	19	17	Ret	15		9	2		1	2	4	26	7	12	17	Ret	10	12	49
12	Edoardo Bacci	4	4	Ret	3					7	31	16	18							31
13	Victor Guerin	13	16	5	1		5	3		30	28	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	13	12	Ret	6	22	29
14	André Negrão						1	4				2	4	Ret	17					23
15	Måns Grenhagen	25	9	4	4		7	7		Ret	Ret	22	16							20
16	Lorenzo Camplese	28	13	12	8		10	11		13	12	5	5	Ret	11	25	15	16	Ret	20
17	Zhang Zhi Qiang	18	Ret	13	Ret		15	13		28	7	Ret	15	12	16	13	Ret	3	13	16
18	Sergey Sirotkin													9	10	11	8	13	11	12
19	Matteo Davenia	5	26	DNQ	DNQ		12	16		10	18	17	23	23	22	24	Ret	Ret	14	9
20	Marco Moscato	Ret	21	8	9					Ret	10									8
21	Michael Heche	26	Ret	Ret	13		Ret	10		9	34	Ret	17	24	14	18	Ret	12	9	5
22	Mirko Torsellini	14	12	11	7					Ret	35	21	13	17	18					4
23	Riccardo Vera	15	8	DNQ	DNQ					16	17	20	19	21	21	21	11	Ret	18	4
24	Vincenzo Spavone	30	24	DNQ	DNQ					26	29	14	9							3
25	Timmy Hansen																	9	25	3
26	Mirko Luciani			9	Ret					22	19	19	20							2
27	Francisco Weiler	12	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					29	13	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNS	23	19	26	Ret	2
28	Luca Defendi	22	20	10	12					DSQ	DSQ	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	16	18			1
29	Niccolò Schirò	23	18	19	Ret		13	15		20	16	Ret	21	11	Ret	22	Ret	18	19	0
30	Mario Marasca	24	29	14	14					12	20	DNQ	DNQ	22	23	Ret	12	19	15	0
31	Antonio Spavone													Ret	Ret	27	14	22	17	0
32	Roberto Curia											DNQ	DNQ	18	DNS	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
33	Mirko Merillo	32	25	15	17					30	26	23	22							0
34	Vittoria Piria	20	Ret	20	16		14	14		18	25	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	26	Ret			0
35	Matteo Torta	31	22	DNQ	DNQ					23	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	19	25	Ret	17	23	24	0
36	Matteo Beretta	27	23	18	18															0
37	Mattia Brugiotti									21	22	18	20							0
38	Cristiano Marcellan	29	28	DNQ	DNQ					19	24									0
39	Andrea Barbirato			DNQ	DNQ					25	30	DNQ	DNQ			30	20	25	21	0
40	Andrea Boffo																	21	23	0
National Trophy
1	Simone Iaquinta	10	Ret	Ret	Ret							27	9	9	6	Ret	6	6	1	14	2	120
2	Stefano Colombo	11	14	Ret	10	11		12	17	11		12	14	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	Ret	10	101
3	Federico Bonamico								Ret	23		15	25	15	19	29	13	17	16	98
4	Gilles Pagani	21	15	Ret	Ret				15	14		DNQ	DNQ	20	20	Ret	Ret			78
5	Simone Taloni	Ret	19	DNQ	DNQ				14	21		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	24	20	16			61
6	Josef Feffer	Ret	27	DNQ	DNQ				24	27		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	28	21	20	20	59
7	Stefano Comini																	15	Ret	15
	Sheban Kamal Siddiqi											DNQ	DNQ							0
Pos	Driver	MIS		MAG		SPA ‡		IMO		VAR		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

‡ Round at Spa-Francorchamps was non-championship, no points awarded.

Teams' Standings edit

The person or company that entered the race application for a driver was considered Competitor P.G. or Team. In a such situation, for example, Matteo Davenia competed at Imola for Durango, physically driving a Cram Competition car. Only Competitors P.G. and Teams holding a valid ACI license for the current season were awarded points.

Pos	Team	MIS		MAG		SPA ‡		IMO		VAR		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Points
1	Prema Junior	8	2	3	5	9	2	1	2	4	7	1	5	1	2	1	4	166
2	Jenzer Motorsport	3	1	4	4	2	5	6	5	1	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	160
3	BVM – Target Racing	16	11	1	2	4	10	2	1	8	2	5	1	10	10	4	1	122
4	JD Motorsport	1	3	2	1	5	1	30	28	7	1	4	13	7	7	6	22	101
5	Cram Competition	2	10	Ret	19	1	4	5	3	2	4	6	7	15	12	7	8	75
6	TP Formula	4	4	18	3			7	22	16	18							31
7	Team Costa Rica	15	8	DNQ	DNQ			16	17	20	19	21	21	21	11	Ret	18	4
8	CO2 Motorsport									14	9							3
9	RP Motorsport	32	25	15	17											9	25	2
10	BVE Racing Team			9	Ret			22	19	19	20							2
11	Durango							10	18	17	23	23	22					1
Pos	Team	MIS		MAG		SPA ‡		IMO		VAR		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

‡ Round at Spa-Francorchamps was non-championship, no points awarded.

References edit

^ "Regolamento Sportivo Campionato Italiano Formula A.C.I.-C.S.A.I. Abarth – Trofeo Alboreto 2010" (PDF). Formula Abarth (in Italian). Brojanigo. 2010-03-17. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az "Drivers's official entry list". Formula-Abarth.com. Formula-Abarth.com. Retrieved 20 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "PREMA and Hannes van Asseldonk together in the Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 2010-09-14. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
^ ^a ^b "Raffaele Marciello svetta nei test di Vallelunga". Nuvolari3000.com (in Italian). Nuvolari3000. 2010-03-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ "Tomcat Racing entrera' nel campionato di Formula Azzurra nel 2010". tomcatracing.it (in Italian). Tomcat Racing. 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ "Sei vetture per Jenzer a Vallelunga". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-09-09. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
^ "PKF Racing taking the field with Lazio Mario Marasca". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. 2010-02-12. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ Benso, Michele (2010-02-15). "Scuderia Victoria doubles: hired South African Roman De Beer, world champion Rok Cup 2009". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ "Monolite Racing entra nel nuovo campionato". paddock.it (in Italian). Promit Srl. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ Benso, Michele (2010-03-01). "Stroke of Uboldi Corse: hired Luca Defendi". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
^ "Si fa concreta la possibilità di Spa-Francorchamps come sede del round "europeo" il 27 giugno". stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. 2010-05-06. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27.

External links edit

Formula Abarth

[1] "Regolamento Sportivo Campionato Italiano Formula A.C.I.-C.S.A.I. Abarth – Trofeo Alboreto 2010" (PDF). Formula Abarth (in Italian). Brojanigo. 2010-03-17. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[Drivers_List-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az "Drivers's official entry list". Formula-Abarth.com. Formula-Abarth.com. Retrieved 20 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "PREMA and Hannes van Asseldonk together in the Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 2010-09-14. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-18.

[Nuvolari-4] "Raffaele Marciello svetta nei test di Vallelunga". Nuvolari3000.com (in Italian). Nuvolari3000. 2010-03-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[5] "Tomcat Racing entrera' nel campionato di Formula Azzurra nel 2010". tomcatracing.it (in Italian). Tomcat Racing. 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[6] "Sei vetture per Jenzer a Vallelunga". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-09-09. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-09-13.

[PKF-7] "PKF Racing taking the field with Lazio Mario Marasca". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. 2010-02-12. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[Victoria-8] Benso, Michele (2010-02-15). "Scuderia Victoria doubles: hired South African Roman De Beer, world champion Rok Cup 2009". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[9] "Monolite Racing entra nel nuovo campionato". paddock.it (in Italian). Promit Srl. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[Uboldi-10] Benso, Michele (2010-03-01). "Stroke of Uboldi Corse: hired Luca Defendi". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

[11] "Si fa concreta la possibilità di Spa-Francorchamps come sede del round "europeo" il 27 giugno". stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. 2010-05-06. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27.

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