World Touring Car Championship 2010

Michel Nykjær in Oschersleben

The 2010 World Touring Car Championship is the sixth season of the World Touring Car Championship since 2005. It began on March 7, 2010 in Curitiba and will end on November 21 in Macau . A total of 24 races on 12 tracks were initially planned, but the appearance in Mexico was canceled for safety reasons.

Before the start of the season, Seat and Lada announced the complete and BMW an extensive withdrawal as a works team. Seat and BMW continue to support private teams. However, the drivers of diesel vehicles, including the Seat Leon TDI, are classified as works drivers and therefore do not receive any points for the private driver classification.

Teams and drivers

team vehicle No. driver class Weekends  SR sport Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 1  Gabriele Tarquini 1-11 2  Tom Coronel 1-11 3  Tiago Monteiro 1-11 4th  Jordi Gené 1-9 66  André Couto 11 73  Michaël Rossi 10  Zengő-Dension team Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 5  Norbert Michelisz R. 1-11  Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 6th  Yvan Muller 1-11 7th  Robert Huff 1-11 8th  Alain Menu 1-11 9  Carlos Bueno 6th 35  Vincent Radermecker 4th  BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10  Augusto Farfus 1-11 11  Andy Priaulx 1-11  Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 15th  Franz Engstler I. 1-11 16  Andrei Romanov I. 1-5, 7-11 42  Tim Coronel I. 6th 44  Yoshihiro Ito I. 10 47  Masaki Kanō I. 11 50  Joseph Merszei I. 11  SUNRED engineering Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 17th  Michel Nykjær R. 1-11 Seat Leon 2.0 TFSI 38  Tom Boardman I. 6th  SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 18th  Fredy Barth R. 1-11  Bamboo engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 19th  Harry Vaulkhard I R 1-7 20th  Darryl O'Young I R 1-11 72  Yukinori Taniguchi I. 8-11  Wiechers Sport BMW 320si 21st  Mehdi Bennani I R 1-11 46  Masataka Yanagida I. 10  Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 24  Kristian Poulsen I. 3-11  Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 25th  Sergio Hernández I. 1-11 26th  Stefano d'Aste I. 1-10 33  Fabio Fabiani I. 3, 7, 8 43  Nobuteru Taniguchi I. 10-11 33  Kevin Chen I. 10-11  Exagon engineering Seat Leon 2.0 TFSI 27  Pierre-Yves Corthals I. 4th  eBay Motors / WSR BMW 320si 29  Colin Turkington I. 5-6 7th  Team Aviva-COFCO / WSR 10-11  Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 30th  Ismaïl Sbaï I. 2 31  Youssef El-Marnissi I. 2  Chevrolet Team Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 34  Leonel Pernía 3  Seat Customers Technology Seat Leon 2.0 TFSI 39  Marc Carol I. 9  Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 41  Robert Dahlgren * 6, 10  Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si 51  Henry Ho I. 10-11  Jacob & Co. Racing Team Honda Accord Euro R. 53  Philip Ma I. 11  Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si 63  César Campaniço I. 11  RPM Racing Team Honda Accord Euro R. 64  Chan Kin Man I. 11  Andy Racing Team Honda Civic Type R 65  Io Keong Kuok I. 11

Abbreviation Eligible for I. Independents' Trophy R. Rookie Challenge * Not eligible for points

Driver change

Switched teams

• Mehdi Bennani : Exagon Engineering → Wiechers-Sport
• Tom Coronel : Sunred Engineering → SR-Sport
• Stefano d'Aste : Wiechers-Sport → Proteam Motorsport
• Augusto Farfus : Schnitzer Motorsport (BMW Team Germany) → Racing Bart Mampaey
• Jordi Gené : Seat Sport → SR Sport
• Sergio Hernández : ROAL Motorsport (BMW Team Italy-Spain) → Proteam Motorsport
• Tiago Monteiro : Seat Sport → SR Sport
• Yvan Muller : Seat Sport → Chevrolet
• Michel Nykjær : Perfection Racing → Sunred Engineering
• Kristian Poulsen : Engstler Motorsport → Poulsen Motorsport
• Gabriele Tarquini : Seat Sport → SR Sport
• James Thompson : Lada Sport → Hartmann Racing

WTCC newbies

• Fredy Barth : Seat Leon Eurocup → Sunred Engineering
• Norbert Michelisz : Seat Leon Eurocup (Zengõ Motorsport) → Zengõ Motorsport
• Darryl O'Young : FIA GT Championship (Prospeed Competition) → Bamboo Engineering
• Harry Vaulkhard : British Touring Car Championship (Bamboo Engineering) → Bamboo Engineering

WTCC dropouts

• Nicola Larini : Chevrolet → Resignation
• Jörg Müller : Schnitzer Motorsport (BMW Team Germany) → Le Mans Series (Schnitzer Motorsport)
• Alessandro Zanardi : ROAL Motorsport (BMW Team Italy-Spain) → resignation

Racing calendar

No.	date	route	winner	Second	Third	Winner Privatiers
1, 2	7th March	Curitiba	Yvan Muller	Rob Huff	Alain Menu	Sergio Hernández
			Gabriele Tarquini	Jordi Gené	Alain Menu	Sergio Hernández
	11 April	Puebla	Canceled for security reasons
3, 4	2.May	Marrakech	Gabriele Tarquini	Rob Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Franz Engstler
			Andy Priaulx	Yvan Muller	Tom Coronel	Mehdi Bennani
5, 6	23. May	Monza	Andy Priaulx	Augusto Farfus	Rob Huff	Harry Vaulkhard
			Yvan Muller	Tom Coronel	Rob Huff	Stefano d'Aste
7, 8	20th June	Zolder	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Kristian Poulsen
			Andy Priaulx	Rob Huff	Tiago Monteiro	Sergio Hernández
9, 10	July 4th	Portimão	Tiago Monteiro	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Sergio Hernández
			Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Darryl O'Young
11, 12	July 18th	Brands Hatch	Yvan Muller	Rob Huff	Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington
			Andy Priaulx	Colin Turkington	Gabriele Tarquini	Colin Turkington
13, 14	August 1st	Brno	Rob Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	Alain Menu	Kristian Poulsen
			Andy Priaulx	Colin Turkington	Alain Menu	Darryl O'Young
15, 16	5th September	Oschersleben	Alain Menu	Augusto Farfus	Yvan Muller	Kristian Poulsen
			Andy Priaulx	Augusto Farfus	Yvan Muller	Kristian Poulsen
17, 18	September 19th	Valencia	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Rob Huff	Kristian Poulsen
			Tiago Monteiro	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Kristian Poulsen
19, 20	October 31	Okayama	Rob Huff	Yvan Muller	Norbert Michelisz	Yukinori Taniguchi
			Colin Turkington	Yvan Muller	Rob Huff	Darryl O'Young
21, 22	21st November	Macau	Rob Huff	Yvan Muller	Tiago Monteiro	Kristian Poulsen
			Norbert Michelisz	Gabriele Tarquini	Rob Huff	Sergio Hernández

Scoring

Driver ranking Pl. team Points 1.  Yvan Muller 331 2.  Gabriele Tarquini 276 3.  Robert Huff 276 4th  Andy Priaulx 246 5.  Tiago Monteiro 177 6th  Alain Menu 173 7th  Augusto Farfus 167 8th.  Tom Coronel 136 9.  Norbert Michelisz 104 10.  Colin Turkington 97 11.  Michel Nykjær 66 12.  Jordi Gené 61 13.  Fredy Barth 51 14th  Kristian Poulsen 20th 15th  Darryl O'Young 15th 16.  Sergio Hernández 9 17th  Franz Engstler 5 18th  Yukinori Taniguchi 4th 19th  Stefano d'Aste 3 20th  Mehdi Bennani 2 21st  Harry Vaulkhard 1 22nd  Leonel Pernía 1

Manufacturer rating Pl. team Points 1.  Chevrolet 715 2.  SEAT Customers Technology 641 3.  BMW 580

Independents' Trophy Pl. driver Points 1.  Sergio Hernández 156 2.  Franz Engstler 127 3.  Kristian Poulsen 117 4th  Darryl O'Young 104 5.  Mehdi Bennani 91 6th  Stefano d'Aste 88 7th  Colin Turkington 73 8th.  Harry Vaulkhard 61 9.  Andrei Romanov 35 10.  Yukinori Taniguchi 33 11.  Marc Carol 16 12.  Pierre-Yves Corthals 13 15th  Tom Boardman 8th 16.  Philip Ma 8th 17th  Nobuteru Taniguchi 8th 18th  Fabio Fabiani 7th 19th  Masataka Yanagida 6th 20th  Tim Coronel 4th

Independents' team ranking Pl. driver Points 1.  Scuderia Proteam Motorsport 248 2.  Bamboo engineering 189 3.  Liqui Moly Team Engstler 162 4th  Poulsen Motorsport 110 5.  Wiechers Sport 94 6th  eBay Motors / WSR 33 7th  Seat Customers Technology 16 8th.  Exagon engineering 12 9.  Team Novadriver Total 12 10.  Sunred Engineering 8th 11.  Jacob & Co. Racing Team 8th

Rookie Challenge Pl. driver Points 1.  Norbert Michelisz 167 2.  Michel Nykjær 137 3.  Fredy Barth 130 4th  Darryl O'Young 94 5.  Mehdi Bennani 94 6th  Harry Vaulkhard 61

Web links

• Official website of the World Touring Car Championship

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Official: The Mexico Races are canceled" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 8, 2010)
2. ↑ "Official: No diesel cars in the Independents' Trophy" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 6, 2010)
3. ↑ "Bang: Turkington is no longer a privateer!" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 1, 2010)