The 2010 Formula BMW Europe season was the third and final season of the Formula BMW Europe championship. The championship began on 8 May at Barcelona and finished on 12 September at Monza. The series was axed at the end of the season, in favour of a new Formula BMW Talent Cup starting in 2011.
The season was dominated by two drivers in their second season of competing in the championship, Robin Frijns of Josef Kaufmann Racing and Jack Harvey of Fortec Motorsport. Heading into the final round at Monza, Harvey held a seven-point lead over Frijns, but after taking pole position for both races, Harvey's chances took a hit after Javier Tarancón tried to outbrake him into the final corner and collided with him. Frijns won the race, and then a third place for him in the final race to Harvey's victory allowed the Kaufmann driver to claim the championship by eleven points, despite taking six wins to Harvey's seven, with both drivers taking thirteen podiums.
Third place was just as hotly contested, between Mücke Motorsport's Timmy Hansen and EuroInternational's Carlos Sainz Jr. which like the main championship battle, was not settled until the final rounds of the season. Hansen, the son of multiple championship-winning rallycross driver Kenneth, had finished thirteenth in the previous season due to his team being disqualified from two meetings due to a technical infringement, but improved in his second season in the class which included a victory at Hockenheim. Sainz, the son of former double World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, finished thirteen points behind in fourth having taken a single victory during the season, winning at Silverstone. The season's other victory was taken by Tarancón at Spa-Francorchamps en route to a fifth place championship finish. The Teams' Championship was won by Josef Kaufmann Racing ahead of Fortec Motorsport.
Teams and drivers
The entry list for the series was released on 2 March 2010. All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics.
Team
No
Driver
Class
Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing
4
Robin Frijns
All
5
Hannes van Asseldonk
R
All
6
Petri Suvanto
R
All
Mücke Motorsport
7
Maciej Bernacik
R
All
8
Timmy Hansen
All
EuroInternational
11
Daniil Kvyat
R
All
12
Carlos Sainz Jr.
R
All
14
Michael Lewis
All
DAMS
15
Javier Tarancón
All
16
Dustin Sofyan
5
Luciano Bacheta
7–8
17
Fahmi Ilyas
1–6
Dustin Sofyan
8
Eifelland Racing
18
Facundo Regalia
All
19
Côme Ledogar
All
20
Marc Coleselli
R
All
Fortec Motorsport
24
Jack Harvey
All
25
George Katsinis
All
26
Christof von Grünigen
All
Icon
Class
R
Rookie Cup
Calendar
The calendar for the 2010 season was announced on 17 December 2009.
Round
Circuit
Date
Pole position
Fastest lap
Winning driver
Winning team
Supporting
1
R1
Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
8 May
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
Spanish Grand Prix
R2
9 May
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Robin Frijns
Josef Kaufmann Racing
2
R1
Circuit Park Zandvoort
5 June
Timmy Hansen
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
Masters of Formula 3
R2
6 June
Jack Harvey
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Robin Frijns
Josef Kaufmann Racing
3
R1
Valencia Street Circuit
26 June
Jack Harvey
Robin Frijns
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
European Grand Prix
R2
27 June
Jack Harvey
Javier Tarancón
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
4
R1
Silverstone Circuit
10 July
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
British Grand Prix
R2
11 July
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Carlos Sainz Jr.
EuroInternational
5
R1
Hockenheimring
24 July
Robin Frijns
Jack Harvey
Timmy Hansen
Mücke Motorsport
German Grand Prix
R2
25 July
Robin Frijns
Jack Harvey
Robin Frijns
Josef Kaufmann Racing
6
R1
Hungaroring, Mogyoród
31 July
Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns
Josef Kaufmann Racing
Hungarian Grand Prix
R2
1 August
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
7
R1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
28 August
Côme Ledogar
Javier Tarancón
Javier Tarancón
DAMS
Belgian Grand Prix
R2
29 August
Côme Ledogar
Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns
Josef Kaufmann Racing
8
R1
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
11 September
Jack Harvey
Timmy Hansen
Robin Frijns
Josef Kaufmann Racing
Italian Grand Prix
R2
12 September
Jack Harvey
Hannes van Asseldonk
Jack Harvey
Fortec Motorsport
Standings
Drivers
Points were awarded as follows:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
PP
30
24
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
Pos
Driver
CAT
ZAN
VAL
SIL
HOC
HUN
SPA
MNZ
Pts
1
Robin Frijns
Ret
1
4
1
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
383
2
Jack Harvey
1
3
1
9
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
3
4
Ret
1
372
3
Timmy Hansen
2
2
3
4
Ret
6
4
15
1
7
Ret
4
5
6
4
8
240
4
Carlos Sainz Jr.
3
6
5
2
7
10
3
1
11
6
4
3
Ret
Ret
8
6
227
5
Javier Tarancón
4
5
7
12
3
4
15
7
8
8
8
Ret
1
2
Ret
10
193
6
Côme Ledogar
13
9
6
3
8
Ret
12
14
4
5
5
6
7
3
2
12
188
7
Hannes van Asseldonk
10
11
Ret
5
10
11
9
10
6
3
10
5
4
7
3
5
176
8
Facundo Regalia
7
4
2
7
6
5
5
4
Ret
9
9
9
Ret
12
Ret
7
172
9
George Katsinis
5
7
13
Ret
5
7
11
5
7
10
3
10
9
8
Ret
Ret
139
10
Daniil Kvyat
9
10
11
Ret
Ret
8
14
11
5
4
6
Ret
6
5
Ret
2
138
11
Petri Suvanto
11
12
12
6
Ret
13
8
6
Ret
16
14
7
10
9
9
9
100
12
Maciej Bernacik
12
13
8
11
11
9
13
12
9
12
11
8
13†
10
6
11
99
13
Fahmi Ilyas
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
2
3
6
8
10
14
7
Ret
88
14
Michael Lewis
14
8
9
10
9
15
10
9
14
11
15
11
Ret
11
5
Ret
83
15
Christof von Grünigen
6
14
10
8
12
14
16
13
13
13
12
12
12
Ret
10
Ret
66
16
Marc Coleselli
8
Ret
Ret
DNS
Ret
12
7
16
12
15
13
DSQ
8
13
7
Ret
59
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Luciano Bacheta
11
Ret
Ret
4
0
Dustin Sofyan
15
Ret
Ret
DNS
0
Pos
Driver
CAT
ZAN
VAL
SIL
HOC
HUN
SPA
MNZ
Pts
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points classification
Blue
Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
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 R – Rookie Cup
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams
Team
Points
1
Josef Kaufmann Racing
656
2
Fortec Motorsport
559
3
EuroInternational
446
4
Eifelland Racing
417
5
Mücke Motorsport
338
6
DAMS
281
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