Formula Renault 3.5 season 2010

The 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 season was the 13th season of Formula Renault 3.5 , the main series of the World Series by Renault . It started on April 17th in Alcañiz and ended on October 10th in Barcelona . Mikhail Aljozhin won the driver's championship title. Tech 1 Racing won the team championship.

Rule changes

technical changes

• The engine speed has been increased from 8200 rpm to 8500 rpm.
• Boost control has been banned.

Sporting changes

• The free practice sessions on Friday now lasted 75 minutes instead of 60 minutes the previous year.
• The starting grid for the second race was no longer determined using the super pole method. There were two 30-minute qualifying sessions for each race (except the one in Monte Carlo ). The two races lasted 44 minutes + one lap.
• On Saturday, all cars competed with a "light aerodynamic" configuration. The configuration was determined by Renault Sport Technologies.

Starting field

All teams used Dallara chassis and Renault V6 engines.

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
International DracoRacing	1	Nathanaël Berthon	1-9
	2	Julian Leal	1-9
Carlin	3	Mikhail Alyoshin	1-9
	4th	Jake Rosenzweig	1-9
P1 motorsport	5	Walter Grubmüller	1-9
	6th	Jan Charouz	1-7, 9
		Brendon Hartley	8th
Tech 1 racing	7th	Brendon Hartley	1-6
		Jean-Éric Vergne	7, 8, 9
	8th	Daniel Ricciardo	1-9
Junior Lotus Racing	9	Daniil Mowe	1-8
		Dean Stoneman	9
	10	Nelson Panciatici	1-9
Pons Racing	11	Federico Leo	1-9
	12	Daniel Zampieri	1-9
Epsilon Euskadi	15th	Albert Costa	1-9
	16	Keisuke Kunimoto	1-9
Comtec Racing	17th	Greg Mansell	1-9
	18th	Stefano Coletti	1-9
Fortec Motorsport	23	Sten Pentus	1-9
	24	Jon Lancaster	1-9
ISR Racing	25th	Esteban Guerrieri	1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9
		Alexander Rossi	3
	26th	Filip Salaquarda	1-5, 7-9
KMP Racing	27	Anton Nebylitsky	1-9
	28	Víctor García	1-9
FHV Interwetten.com	29	Bruno Méndez	1-8
		Salvador Durán	9
	29	Sergio Canamasas	1-9

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 season and who do not start for the same team in the 2010 season as in 2009.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• Stefano Coletti : Prema Powerteam → Comtec Racing
• Esteban Guerrieri : RC Motorsport → ISR Racing
• Jon Lancaster : Comtec Racing → Fortec Motorsport
• Omar Leal : Prema Powerteam → International DracoRacing
• Bruno Méndez : RC Motorsport → FHV Interwetten.com
• Daniil Mowe : P1 Motorsport → Lotus Racing Junior Team
• Anton Nebylizki : KMP Group / SG Formula → KMP Racing
• Filip Salaquarda : Prema Powerteam → ISR Racing

Drivers entering or returning to Formula Renault 3.5:

• Mikhail Aljoschin : FIA Formula 2 Championship → Carlin
• Nathanaël Berthon : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Epsilon Euskadi ) → International DracoRacing
• Sergio Canamasas : European F3 Open ( EmilioDeVillota.com ) → FHV Interwetten.com
• Jan Charouz : Le Mans Series ( Aston Martin Racing ) → P1 Motorsport
• Albert Costa : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Epsilon Euskadi) → Epsilon Euskadi
• Víctor García : British Formula 3 Championship (Fortec Motorsport) → KMP Racing
• Walter Grubmüller : British Formula 3 Championship ( Hitech Racing ) → P1 Motorsport
• Nelson Panciatici : GP2 series ( Durango ) → Lotus Racing Junior Team
• Jake Rosenzweig : Formula 3 Euro Series (Carlin Motorsport) → Carlin
• Alexander Rossi : International Formula Masters (ISR Racing) → ISR Racing
• Daniel Zampieri : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Target Racing ) → Pons Racing

Drivers who have left Formula Renault 3.5:

• Jaime Alguersuari : Carlin Motorsport → Formula 1 ( Scuderia Toro Rosso )
• Bertrand Baguette : International DracoRacing → IndyCar Series ( Conquest Racing )
• Marco Barba : International DracoRacing → European F3 Open ( Cedars Motorsport )
• Jules Bianchi : KMP Group / SG Formula → GP2 Series ( ART Grand Prix )
• Max Chilton : Comtec Racing → GP2 series ( Ocean Racing Technology )
• Dani Clos : Epsilon Euskadi → GP2 series ( Racing Engineering )
• Pasquale Di Sabatino : RC Motorsport → Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Alan Racing )
• Chris van der Drift : Epsilon Euskadi → Superleague Formula ( GU-Racing International )
• Fairuz Fauzy : Mofaz Racing → Formula 1 ( Lotus Racing - test driver)
• Tobias Hegewald : Interwetten.com Racing → GP3 Series ( RSC Mücke Motorsport )
• Michael Herck : Interwetten.com Racing → GP2 Series ( David Price Racing )
• Mihai Marinescu : Interwetten.com Racing → FIA Formula 2 Championship
• Marcos Martínez : Pons Racing → Superleague Formula (DeVillota.com Motorsport)
• John Martin : Comtec Racing → Superleague Formula ( Alpha Team )
• Miguel Molina : Tech 1 Racing → DTM ( Audi )
• Guillaume Moreau : KMP Group / SG Formula → Le Mans Series ( OAK Racing )
• Edoardo Mortara : Tech 1 Racing → Formula 3 Euro Series ( Signature )
• Charles Pic : Tech 1 Racing → GP2 series ( Arden International )
• Oliver Turvey : Carlin Motorsport → GP2 series ( iSport International )
• Alberto Valerio : Comtec Racing → GP2 series ( Scuderia Coloni )
• James Walker : P1 Motorsport → Superleague Formula ( Atech Grand Prix )
• Adrian Zaugg : Interwetten.com Racing → Auto GP ( Trident Racing )

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2010:

• Alexandre Marsoin
• Cristiano Morgado
• Frankie Provenzano
• Harald Schlegelmilch
• Adrian Vallés

Changes in the teams

• Ultimate Motorsport and the Prema Powerteam withdrew from the Formula Renault 3.5. The place of the Prema Powerteam was taken over by Fortec Motorsport .
• SG Formula and KMP Racing were originally supposed to compete as two teams from 2010. However, SG Formula withdrew from the series a week before the start of the season. Jean-Éric Vergne and Marcos Martínez were thus without a cockpit. The team numbers (18 and 19) were no longer reassigned.
• ISR Racing has taken over the RC Motorsport team .
• Mofaz Racing starts in 2010 under the name Junior Lotus Racing .
• Interwetten Racing was refused entry under the management of Motorsport Consulting GmbH. Later the team under the management of FHV GmbH was accepted as a new team with the name FHV Interwetten.com . However, the team did not receive the original numbers (20 and 21).

Changes during the season

• On the third race weekend, Esteban Guerrieri was replaced by Alexander Rossi at ISR Racing . For the fourth race weekend, Guerrieri returned to his cockpit.
• For the seventh race weekend, Brendon Hartley was replaced by Jean-Éric Vergne at Tech 1 Racing .

run

The racing calendar for the 2010 season, which was published on October 25, 2009, comprised nine racetracks, on each of which two races were held. The run in Monte Carlo, in which only one race was held, was an exception. In addition, the race in Monte Carlo is the only one that took place as part of the Formula 1 supporting program. All other races took place as part of the World Series by Renault.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	17th April	Alcañiz	Mikhail Alyoshin	Daniel Zampieri	Daniel Ricciardo
2.	April 18		Sten Pentus	Daniel Ricciardo	Nathanaël Berthon
3.	1st of May	Spa Francorchamps	Mikhail Alyoshin	Sten Pentus	Stefano Coletti
4th	2.May		Esteban Guerrieri	Daniel Zampieri	Stefano Coletti
5.	May 16	Monte Carlo	Daniel Ricciardo	Mikhail Alyoshin	Albert Costa
6th	June 5th	Brno	Esteban Guerrieri	Brendon Hartley	Anton Nebylitsky
7th	6th of June		Esteban Guerrieri	Nathanaël Berthon	Filip Salaquarda
8th.	June 19th	Magny-Cours	Mikhail Alyoshin	Esteban Guerrieri	Stefano Coletti
9.	20th June		Nathanaël Berthon	Daniel Ricciardo	Filip Salaquarda
10.	3rd of July	Mogyoród	Daniel Ricciardo	Mikhail Alyoshin	Sten Pentus
11.	July 4th		Sten Pentus	Albert Costa	Mikhail Alyoshin
12.	September 4th	Hockenheim	Daniel Ricciardo	Esteban Guerrieri	Jon Lancaster
13.	5th September		Esteban Guerrieri	Stefano Coletti	Nathanaël Berthon
14th	September 18	Silverstone	Jean-Éric Vergne	Albert Costa	Stefano Coletti
15th	September 19th		Esteban Guerrieri	Daniel Ricciardo	Jean-Éric Vergne
16.	9th October	Barcelona	Daniel Ricciardo	Mikhail Alyoshin	Jean-Éric Vergne
17th	October 10th		Esteban Guerrieri	Jean-Éric Vergne	Mikhail Alyoshin

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded in all races according to the following scheme:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	15th	12	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item driver  ALC  SPA  MON  BRN  LIKE  HUN  HOC  SIL  CAT Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 01  M. Alyoshin 1 11 1 4th 2 DNF 9 1 4th 2 3 5 4th 6th 11 2 3 138 02  D. Ricciardo 3 2 13 5 1 12 5 6th 2 1 6th 1 11 DNF 2 1 4th 136 03  E. Guerrieri DNF DNF DNS 1   1 1 2 10     2 1 DSQ 1 4th 1 123 04th  S. Pentus DNF 1 2 13 6th 6th DNF 7th 8th 3 1 DNF 6th 15th 7th 13 DNF 78 05  A. Costa DNF 4th 4th 19th 3 18th 10 8th 5 6th 2 8th 17th 2 8th 5 10 78 06th  S. Coletti DNF 13 3 3 5 9 12 3 7th DNF 10 7th 2 3 12 10 5 76 07th  N. Berthon DNF 3 DNF 10 DNF 8th 2 9 1 DNF 13 9 3 DNF DNF 6th 12 60 08th  J. Vergne                       11 5 1 3 3 2 53 09  D. Zampieri 2 DNF 12 2 DNF DNF 15th 5 11 13 4th 4th DSQ EX 6th DNF DSQ 51 10  B. Hartley 6th 6th DNF 6th 4th 2 6th DNF DNF 4th 9     DNF 15th     50 11  F. Salaquarda DNF DNF DNS 15th 8th 15th 3 15th 3     DNF 7th 5 4th 8th 19th 44 12  N. Panciatici 5 9 DNF DNF 9 13 8th 4th 9 5 12 DNF 12 4th 9 16 6th 44 13  J. Lancaster 4th DNF 9 7th 7th 10 7th 10 DNF DNF 22nd 3 8th 13 17th 14th 9 39 14th  A. Nebylizki DNF DNF 10 DNF 17th 3 DNF 11 DNF 10 7th 10 DNF 7th 5 DNF 7th 31 15th  G. Mansell 8th DNF 5 14th 15th 11 14th 18th 12 DNF 5 6th DNF 10 DNF 9 16 23 16  W. Grubmüller 10 * 8th 7th 18th 11 14th 4th DNF 16 11 11 DNF DNF DNF 14th 15th 13 16 17th  F. Leo DNF 5 6th 17th DNF DNF 18th DNF DNF DNF 17th 16 10 11 18th 7th 15th 16 18th  J. Charouz DNF DSQ 8th 9 14th 7th 11 20th 17th 7th 21st DNF 15th INJ INJ DNF 8th 16 19th  J. Rosenzweig 7th 12 14th 8th 13 16 16 13 13 8th 8th DNF DNS 14th 20th 12 11 13 20th  O. Leal DNF DNF 11 12 16 4th 13 DNF 19th DNF 16 13 9 DNF 10 DNF DNF 11 21st  D. Mowe 9 7th 16 20th 10 DNF DNF 12 DNF DNF 14th 17th 16 9 19th     9 22nd  K. Kunimoto DNF 14th 15th 16 18th 5 DNF 16 18th 9 15th 12 13 12 13 11 18th 8th 23  B. Mendez DNF 15th DNS 11 DNF DNF 19th 14th 6th 14th 19th 14th 14th DNF 16     5 24  V. García DNF 10 DNF DNF 12 DNF 20th 19 * 15th 12 18th DNF 18th 8th 21st DNF DNF 4th 25th  S. Canamasas DNF 16 DNS DNF 19th 17th 17th 17th 14th DNF 20th 15th DNF DNF DNF 17th 17th 0 26th  D. Stoneman                               18th 14th 0 -  S. Durán                               NC DNF 0 -  A. Rossi         DNF                         0 Item driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points  ALC  SPA  MON  BRN  LIKE  HUN  HOC  SIL  CAT

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished ( DNF ) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start ( DNS ) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) colourless not participated in the training (DNP) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) did not appear (DNA) Bold - pole position Italic - fastest race lap * - not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Team evaluation

Status: end of season

Item team Points 1.  Tech 1 racing 239 2.  ISR Racing 167 3.  Carlin 151 4th  Fortec Motorsport 117 5.  Comtec Racing 99 6th  Epsilon Euskadi 86

Item team Points 7th  International DracoRacing 71 8th.  Pons Racing 67 9.  Junior Lotus Racing 53 10.  KMP Racing 35 11.  P1 motorsport 32 12.  FHV Interwetten.com 5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} "2010 is already here!"  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) (renault-sport.com on October 25, 2009)
2. ↑ ^{a b} "Draco completes World Series Lineup" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 8, 2009)
3. ↑ "Renault World Series: Aleshin back at Carlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 27, 2010)
4. ↑ "Renault World Series: Rosenzweig rises" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 4, 2010)
5. ↑ "Grubmüller 2009 in the Renault World Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 6, 2009)
6. ^ "Charouz new Grubmüller teammate" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2009)
7. ↑ "ULTIMA ORA Hartley rientra a Silverstone con P1" ( Memento of 17 December 2010 at the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on 15 September 2010)
8. ↑ ^{a b} "Ricciardo and Hartley 2010 for Tech 1" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 30, 2009)
9. ↑ ^{a b} "Red Bull: Junior team confirms Hartley departure" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 21, 2010)
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} "WSbR - the season preview" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2010)
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} "Thirteen teams pre-selected for 2010 season" (automobilsport.com on December 18, 2009)
12. ↑ "Panciatici eyes F1 with 2010 deal" (crash.net on February 15, 2010)
13. ↑ “Stoneman to make FR3.5 debut” (autosport.com on October 1, 2010)
14. ↑ "Panciatici switches to the World Series by Renault" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 13, 2010)
15. ↑ "Leo stays with Pons" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 16, 2010)
16. ↑ ^{a b} "WSbR: Zampieri rises, Pentus stays" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 11, 2010)
17. ^ "Mansell back in the Renault World Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2010)
18. ↑ "Coletti drives in the Renault World Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 10, 2010)
19. ↑ ^{a b} "Prema withdraws from the Renault World Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 21, 2009)
20. ^ “Lancaster joins Fortec for FR3.5” (autosport.com on March 29, 2010)
21. ↑ ^{a b} "RC cuts back, ISR takes over" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 30, 2009)
22. ↑ ^{a b c} “Renault reveals FR3.5 team changes” (autosport.com on April 10, 2010)
23. ↑ ^{a b} “Rossi to race at Monaco in FR3.5” (autosport.com on May 7, 2010)
24. ↑ "KMP confirms Nebylitskiy for WSbR debut season" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 8, 2010)
25. ^ "Victor Garcia firma con KMP" ( Memento from June 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on February 22, 2010)
26. ↑ "Barcellona - Duran ritrova Interwetten Bortolotti nei test con BVM Target" ( Memento of 17 December 2010 at the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on October 7, 2010)
27. ↑ ^{a b} “It's go go go! ”  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) (renault-sport.com on April 9, 2010)