British Formula 3 Championship 2010

The British Formula 3 Championship 2010 was the 60th season of the British Formula 3 Championship . It comprised a total of ten race weekends with three races each. It began on April 3, 2010 at Oulton Park and ended on September 26, 2010 at Brands Hatch . Jean-Éric Vergne secured the championship title early in 24 races. He is the first Frenchman to win the British Formula 3 championship. For the third time in a row, a Carlin driver has won the championship title.

Starting field

team No. driver class chassis engine Race weekend  Carlin 1  Adriano Buzaid M. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 2  James Calado M. 1-10 21st  Rupert Svendsen-Cook M. 1-10 22nd  Jazeman Jaafar M. 1-10 31  Jean-Éric Vergne M. 1-10 32  Lucas Foresti M. 1-10  Hitech Racing 3  William Buller M. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 4th  Gabriel Dias M. 1-10 77  Pietro Fantin G 5, 8, 10  Fortec Motorsport 5  Daniel McKenzie M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 6th  Oliver Webb M. 1-10 9  Max Snegirev M. 1-10  T-Sport 7th  Alex Brundle M. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10 43  Menasheh Idafar N Mugen Honda 1-10 44  James Cole N 1-10  Raikkonen Robertson Racing 8th  Daisuke Nakajima M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 26th  Carlos Huertas M. 1-10 27  Felipe Nasr M. 1-10  Litespeed F3 14th  Jay Bridger M. Dallara Volkswagen 1-10  Sino Vision Racing 17th  Kevin Chen M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 2  Wayne Boyd M. 4th 18th  Adderly Fong M. 1-10  CF Racing with Manor Motorsport 25th  Hywel Lloyd M. Dallara Mercedes Benz 1-10 28  Rio Haryanto M. 2, 3  Yann Cunha M. 8th  Motul Team West-Tec 46  Luiz Razia N Dallara Mugen Honda 2  Juan Carlos Sistos N 8, 9  Mücke Motorsport 71  Carlos Muñoz G Dallara Mercedes Benz 6, 8  ART Grand Prix 90  Esteban Gutiérrez G Dallara Mercedes Benz 2  Nathanaël Berthon G 6th 91  Alexander Sims G 2, 6 92  Jim Pla G 2, 6  Prema Powerteam 93  Daniel Juncadella G Dallara Mercedes Benz 6th 94  Nicolas Marroc G 6th

symbol class M. championship N National G guest

Racing calendar

The racing calendar of the British Formula 3 championship comprised ten racing weekends. There were three races on each race weekend. The first race lasted over 30 minutes. The second fastest lap of the qualification was counted for the starting grid. In the second race, which lasted 20 minutes, the top ten drivers from the first race started in reverse order. The winner of the first race drew a lot on the podium that assigned him a starting position between sixth and tenth place. The third race lasted 40 minutes. The fastest lap in qualifying counted for the starting grid for this race.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	3rd of April	Tarporley	Jean-Éric Vergne	Oliver Webb	Adriano Buzaid
2.	April 5th		Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Daisuke Nakajima	Carlos Huertas
3.			Jean-Éric Vergne	Oliver Webb	Rupert Svendsen-Cook
4th	1st of May	Silverstone	James Calado	Oliver Webb	Daisuke Nakajima
5.	2.May		Gabriel Dias 1	Daisuke Nakajima 1	Jean-Éric Vergne 1
6th			James Calado	Oliver Webb	Felipe Nasr
7th	May 22	Magny-Cours	Oliver Webb	Gabriel Dias	William Buller
8th.	23. May		Jean-Éric Vergne	Oliver Webb	William Buller
9.			Oliver Webb	Jean-Éric Vergne	Gabriel Dias
10.	May 29th	Hockenheim	Jean-Éric Vergne	Jazeman Jaafar	Daniel McKenzie
11.			Gabriel Dias	Oliver Webb	Adriano Buzaid
12.	30th May		Jean-Éric Vergne	William Buller	Jazeman Jaafar
13.	17th July	Northamptonshire	Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlos Huertas	Oliver Webb
14th	July 18th		Daniel McKenzie	Daisuke Nakajima	Adriano Buzaid
15th			Felipe Nasr	Jean-Éric Vergne	James Calado
16.	30th July	Spa Francorchamps	Jean-Éric Vergne	James Calado	Rupert Svendsen-Cook
17th			Jean-Éric Vergne	Felipe Nasr	Daniel McKenzie
18th	July 31		Jean-Éric Vergne	James Calado	Gabriel Dias 2
19th	August 7th	Thruxton	James Calado	Jean-Éric Vergne	Rupert Svendsen-Cook
20th	8th August		Jean-Éric Vergne	James Calado	Oliver Webb
21st			Jean-Éric Vergne	Oliver Webb	James Calado
22nd	August 14th	Silverstone	James Calado	Jean-Éric Vergne	Lucas Foresti
23.	15th of August		Adriano Buzaid	Carlos Huertas	Jean-Éric Vergne
24.			Jean-Éric Vergne	Adriano Buzaid	Oliver Webb
25th	29th August	Norfolk	Jean-Éric Vergne	Adriano Buzaid	Felipe Nasr
26th	August 30th		Gabriel Dias	Adriano Buzaid	William Buller
27.			Adriano Buzaid	Jean-Éric Vergne	James Calado
28.	25th of September	Brands Hatch	Oliver Webb	James Calado	Adriano Buzaid
29	September 26th		Daniel McKenzie	Carlos Huertas	Adriano Buzaid
30th			James Calado	William Buller	Menasheh Idafar

¹ Alexander Sims crossed the finish line first. Since he started as a guest driver, the second placed Gabriel Dias received the points for the first, the third placed Daisuke Nakajima the points for the second and the fifth placed Jean-Éric Vergne the points for the third place.
² Alexander Sims finished third. Since he had started as a guest driver, the fourth-placed Gabriel Dias received the points for third place.

Rating

Status: end of season

Driver standings - championship

Item driver Points 1.  Jean-Éric Vergne 392 2.  James Calado 293 3.  Oliver Webb 250 4th  Adriano Buzaid 238 5.  Felipe Nasr 136 6th  Gabriel Dias 135 7th  Rupert Svendsen-Cook 131 8th.  William Buller 111

Item driver Points 9.  Daniel McKenzie 109 10.  Carlos Huertas 104 11.  Daisuke Nakajima 97 12.  Jazeman Jaafar 85 13.  Lucas Foresti 45 14th  Jay Bridger 27 15th  Hywel Lloyd 23

Item driver Points 16.  Adderly Fong 12 17th  Alex Brundle 10 18th  Max Snegirev 1 19th  Wayne Boyd 0 20th  Rio Haryanto 0 21st  Yann Cunha 0 22nd  Kevin Chen 0

• Nathanaël Berthon , Pietro Fantin , Esteban Gutiérrez , Daniel Juncadella , Nicolas Marroc , Carlos Muñoz , Jim Pla and Alexander Sims started as guest drivers and were therefore not included in the ranking.

Driver standings - national class

Item	driver	Points
1.	Menasheh Idafar	435
2.	James Cole	418
3.	Juan Carlos Sistos	72
4th	Luiz Razia	23

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} "British Formula 3: Places are filling up" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2010)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} “Series 2010 season preview”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsport.com on March 24, 2010)  
3. ↑ "Alex Brundle goes into British Formula 3" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 9, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} “Razia drives British Formula 3” (Motorsport-Total.com on April 29, 2010)
5. ↑ "GB: New formats should bring new flavor" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 12, 2010)