Formula 3 Euro Series 2010 season

The 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the eighth season of the Formula 3 Euro Series . It comprised a total of nine race weekends with two races each. The season began on April 10, 2010 at the Paul Ricard Circuit and ended on October 17 at the Hockenheimring . The drivers 'championship title was won early by Edoardo Mortara , whose Signature team won the teams' championship.

Starting field

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	Race weekend
ART Grand Prix	1	Valtteri Bottas	Dallara F308	Mercedes Benz	1-9
	2	Alexander Sims			1-9
	11	Jim Pla			1-9
	30th	Esteban Gutiérrez			2
Mücke Motorsport	3	Roberto Merhi	Dallara F308	Mercedes Benz	1-9
	4th	Carlos Muñoz			1-9
Signature	5	Edoardo Mortara	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1-9
	6th	Marco Wittmann			1-9
	14th	Laurens Vanthoor			1-9
Prema Powerteam	7th	Nicolas Marroc	Dallara F308	Mercedes Benz	1-9
	8th	Daniel Juncadella			1-9
Motopark Academy	9	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1, 2
	10	Matias Laine			1-9
	13	António Félix da Costa			1-9
	15th	Kevin Magnussen			3
	16	Mika Mäki			5-7
	17th	Tobias Hegewald			8th
	18th	Christopher Zanella			9
	31	Jimmy Eriksson	Dallara F305		2
	33	Christopher Zanella	Dallara F308		5-7
	34	Renger van der Zande			8th
China Sonangol Motopark	32	Luís Sá Silva	Dallara F305	Volkswagen	2
Jo Zeller Racing	38	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F306	Mercedes Benz	2, 9

• Drivers with starting numbers from 30 are guest starters

Changes in the drivers

With the exception of guest starters, the following list includes all drivers who took part in the 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series season and who did not start for the same team in the 2010 season as in 2009.

Drivers who changed their team:

• Mika Mäki : Signature → Motopark Academy
• Roberto Merhi : Manor Motorsport → Mücke Motorsport
• Alexander Sims : ASL Mücke Motorsport → ART Grand Prix
• Marco Wittmann : ASL Mücke Motorsport → Signature

Drivers who entered or returned to the Formula 3 Euro Series:

• António Félix da Costa : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
• Daniel Juncadella : European Formula BMW ( EuroInternational ) → Prema Powerteam
• Matias Laine : British Formula Renault ( CRS Racing ) → Motopark Academy
• Kevin Magnussen : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
• Nicolas Marroc : German Formula 3 Cup ( Racing Experience ) → Prema Powerteam
• Edoardo Mortara : GP2 series ( Arden International ) → Signature
• Carlos Muñoz : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Epsilon Euskadi ) → Mücke Motorsport
• Jim Pla : European Formula BMW ( DAMS ) → ART Grand Prix
• Adrian Quaife-Hobbs : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
• Laurens Vanthoor : German Formula 3 Cup ( van Amersfoort Racing ) → Signature

Drivers who left the Formula 3 Euro Series:

• Jules Bianchi : ART Grand Prix → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• Sam Bird : ART Grand Prix → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• Andrea Caldarelli : SG Formula → Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Prema Powerteam )
• Johnny cecotto jr. : HBR Motorsport → GP2 series ( Trident Racing )
• Matteo Chinosi : Prema Powerteam → Time out
• Stefano Coletti : Prema Powerteam → World Series by Renault ( Comtec Racing )
• Carlo van Dam : SG Formula → Le Mans Series (Atlas FX-Team Full Speed)
• Tom Dillmann : Prema Powerteam → German Formula 3 Cup ( HS Technik )
• Pedro Enrique : Manor Motorsport → GP3 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• Tiago Geronimi : Signature Plus → Copa Chevrolet Montana (36th place)
• Esteban Gutiérrez : ART Grand Prix → GP3 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• Brendon Hartley : Carlin Motorsport → World Series by Renault ( Tech 1 Racing )
• Johan Jokinen : Kolles & Heinz Union → FIA Formula 2 Championship
• Alexandre Marsoin : SG Formula → Time out
• Kevin Mirocha : HBR Motorsport → Northern European Formula Renault (9th place)
• Atte Mustonen : Motopark Academy → Time out
• César Ramos : Manor Motorsport → Italian Formula 3 Championship ( BVM - Target Racing )
• Jake Rosenzweig : Carlin Motorsport → World Series by Renault (Carlin)
• Basil Shaaban : Prema Powerteam → Time out
• Adrien Tambay : ART Grand Prix → Auto GP ( Charouz - Gravity Racing )
• Nick Tandy : Kolles & Heinz Union → Porsche Supercup ( Konrad Motorsport )
• Jean Karl Vernay : Signature Plus → Firestone Indy Lights ( Sam Schmidt Motorsports )
• Christian Vietoris : ASL Mücke Motorsport → GP2 Series ( Racing Engineering )
• Henkie Waldschmidt : SG Formula → Time out
• Robert Wickens : Kolles & Heinz Union → GP3 series ( Status Grand Prix )
• Renger van der Zande : Motopark Academy → GP3 series (RSC Mücke Motorsport)

Changes in the teams

• Carlin Motorsport , HBR Motorsport , Kolles & Heinz Union , Manor Motorsport and SG Formula have left the Formula 3 Euro Series .
• Motopark Academy switched the engine supplier from Mercedes-Benz to Volkswagen .
• Jo Zeller Racing took part in the Formula 3 Euro Series on the second and ninth race weekends.

Changes during the season

Four guest starters competed on the second race weekend. After the second race weekend Adrian Quaife-Hobbs left Motopark Academy . On the third race weekend he was replaced by Kevin Magnussen . From the fifth race weekend onwards, Mika Mäki and Christopher Zanella , who competes as guest starters, strengthened the Motopark Academy's driver line-up.

Racing calendar

The original racing calendar for the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season was published on December 18, 2009 and comprised nine racing weekends with two races each. On January 29, 2010, a revised race calendar was presented, which only comprised eight runs. The race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz was canceled without replacement and the season finale, which was originally to be held at the Hockenheimring, was moved to Magny-Cours. On February 20, 2010, this calendar was also revised. The last race took place in Hockenheim as originally planned, whereas the race in Magny-Cours was canceled. The season opener now took place in Le Castellet. The other eight race weekends took place as part of the DTM supporting program .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	10th of April	Le Castellet	Edoardo Mortara	Marco Wittmann	Alexander Sims
2.	11 April		Alexander Sims	Edoardo Mortara	Marco Wittmann
3.	April 24th	Hockenheim	Marco Wittmann	Edoardo Mortara	Valtteri Bottas
4th	April 25		Roberto Merhi	Daniel Juncadella	Edoardo Mortara
5.	May 22	Valencia	Edoardo Mortara	Valtteri Bottas	Alexander Sims
6th	23. May		Kevin Magnussen	Nicolas Marroc	Laurens Vanthoor
7th	3rd of July	Nuremberg	Edoardo Mortara	Marco Wittmann	Valtteri Bottas
8th.	July 4th		Valtteri Bottas	Marco Wittmann	Edoardo Mortara
9.	August 7th	Nürburg	Edoardo Mortara	Laurens Vanthoor	Roberto Merhi
10.	8th August		António Félix da Costa	Marco Wittmann	Alexander Sims
11.	August 21	Zandvoort	Edoardo Mortara	Valtteri Bottas	Marco Wittmann
12.	August 22nd		António Félix da Costa	Laurens Vanthoor	Roberto Merhi
13.	September 4th	Brands Hatch	Edoardo Mortara	Laurens Vanthoor	Marco Wittmann
14th	5th September		António Félix da Costa	Carlos Muñoz	Daniel Juncadella
15th	September 18	Oschersleben	Valtteri Bottas	Alexander Sims	António Félix da Costa
16.	September 19th		Jim Pla	Marco Wittmann	Nicolas Marroc
17th	October, 16th	Hockenheim	Edoardo Mortara	Valtteri Bottas	Marco Wittmann
18th	October 17th		Daniel Juncadella	Roberto Merhi	Valtteri Bottas

Rating

Driver ranking

Status: end of season

Item driver Points 1.  Edoardo Mortara 101 2.  Marco Wittmann 76 3.  Valtteri Bottas 74 4th  Alexander Sims 63 5.  Roberto Merhi 56 6th  Laurens Vanthoor 42 7th  António Félix da Costa 40 8th.  Daniel Juncadella 35 9.  Carlos Muñoz 18th

Item driver Points 10.  Jim Pla 13 11.  Nicolas Marroc 10 12.  Kevin Magnussen 8th 13.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 7th 14th  Matias Laine 3 15th  Christopher Zanella 2 16.  Tobias Hegewald 1 17th  Mika Mäki 0

• Jimmy Eriksson , Esteban Gutiérrez , Luís Sá Silva , Renger van der Zande and Sandro Zeller started as guest drivers and were therefore not included in the ranking.

• Christopher Zanella took part in three races as a guest starter and on one race weekend as a regular driver.

Team evaluation

Status: After the end of the season

Item	team	Points
1.	Signature	193
2.	ART Grand Prix	148
3.	Mücke Motorsport	74
4th	Motopark Academy	60
5.	Prema Powerteam	44

• Jo Zeller Racing started as a guest team and was therefore not included in the ranking.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} "ART with Bottas, Pla and Sims" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 16, 2010)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} "A Hockenheim ci sono 17 iscritti" ( Memento from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ "Merhi starts 2010 for Mücke" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 10, 2009)
4. ^ "Munoz becomes second Mücke driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 22, 2009)
5. ^ "VW: Top-class drivers for Formula 3" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 11, 2010)
6. ^ "Formula 3 Euro Series: Marroc hires at Prema" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 9, 2010)
7. ↑ “Juncadella joins Prema for Euro F3” (autosport.com on February 8, 2010)
8. ↑ ^{a b} "Motopark: Contracts for Quaife-Hobbs and Laine" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 9, 2009)
9. ↑ ^{a b} "Motopark Academy: 2010 with VW engines" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 8, 2009)
10. ↑ "Motopark Academy: Seven in one go" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2009)
11. ^ "VW: With a double tour to Valencia" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 20, 2010)
12. ↑ ^{a b} "Mäki and Zanella: Comeback in the Euro Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 21, 2010)
13. ↑ ^{a b} "Oschersleben: Match ball for Mortara" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 16, 2010)
14. ^ "SG Formula e Kolles & Heinz non sono tra gli iscritti 2010" ( Memento from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ "Eight race dates for the Formula 3 Euro Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 29, 2010)
16. ↑ "Formula 3 Euro Series: Kick-Off in Le Castellet" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 20, 2010)

Web links

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