2010 Brno Formula Two round explained

The 2010 Brno Formula Two round was the seventh round of the 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship and was held on July 31 and August 1, 2010 at the Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic.^[1] Nicola de Marco won the first 20-lap race from second position, earning his first series victory. Dean Stoneman, the pole position starter of the round, finished in second position and Sergey Afanasyev was third.^[2] Jolyon Palmer took the win in the second 19-lap race from a second position start. Stoneman took second place and Kazim Vasiliauskas finished third.^[3]

Classification

Qualifying 1

		Name	Time
1	48	Dean Stoneman	1:45.597	1
2	19	Nicola de Marco	1:45.642	2
3	14	Sergey Afanasyev	1:45.921	3
4	4	Benjamin Bailly	1:46.102	4
5	3	Jolyon Palmer	1:46.142	5
6	33	Philipp Eng	1:46.212	6
7	12	Kelvin Snoeks	1:46.273	7
8	24	Tom Gladdis	1:46.308	8
9	5	Ricardo Teixeira	1:46.611	9
10	2	Will Bratt	1:46.612	10
11	9	Mihai Marinescu	1:46.626	11
12	11	Jack Clarke	1:46.709	12
13	10	Benjamin Lariche	1:46.773	13
14	6	Armaan Ebrahim	1:46.812	14
15	12	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1:46.925	15
16	77	Natalia Kowalska	1:46.964	16
17	7	Ivan Samarin	1:46.984	17
18	28	Julian Theobald	1:47.670	18
19	8	Plamen Kralev	1:48.135	19
Source:[4]

Qualifying 2

		Name	Time
1	48	Dean Stoneman	1:45.683	1
2	3	Jolyon Palmer	1:46.126	2
3	33	Philipp Eng	1:46.144	3
4	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	1:46.202	4
5	19	Nicola de Marco	1:46.302	5
6	14	Sergey Afanasyev	1:46.730	6
7	10	Benjamin Lariche	1:46.836	7
8	4	Benjamin Bailly	1:46.864	8
9	2	Will Bratt	1:46.961	9
10	9	Mihai Marinescu	1:46.980	10
11	24	Tom Gladdis	1:47.048	11
12	12	Kelvin Snoeks	1:47.087	12
13	6	Armaan Ebrahim	1:47.187	13
14	11	Jack Clarke	1:47.270	14
15	7	Ivan Samarin	1:47.328	15
16	28	Julian Theobald	1:47.923	16
17	5	Ricardo Teixeira	1:47.964	17
18	77	Natalia Kowalska	1:48.244	18
19	8	Plamen Kralev	1:48.373	19
Source:[5]

Race 1

		Driver		Time/Retired		Points
1	19	Nicola de Marco	20	36:20.232	2	25
2	48	Dean Stoneman	20	+3.090	1	18
3	14	Sergey Afanasyev	20	+5.793	3	15
4	4	Benjamin Bailly	20	+7.955	4	12
5	3	Jolyon Palmer	20	+13.976|5|10|-! scope="row" |6|33|Philipp Eng|20|+18.225|6|8|-! scope="row" |7| 12 ||Kelvin Snoeks|20|+22.877	7	6
8	2	Will Bratt	20	+23.437|10|4|-! scope="row" |9| 5 ||Ricardo Teixeira|20|+27.931	9	2
10	10	Benjamin Lariche	20	+28.668|13|1|-! scope="row" |11|21|Kazim Vasiliauskas|20|+31.507|15||-! scope="row" |12|24|Tom Gladdis|20|+35.125|8||-! scope="row" |13| 28 ||Julian Theobald|20|+51.216	18
14	7	Ivan Samarin	20	+53.320	17
15	8	Plamen Kralev	20	+1:08.359|19||-! scope="row" |16| 9 ||Mihai Marinescu|20|+1:25.435	11
Ret	77	Natalia Kowalska	13	Did not finish	16
Ret	11	Jack Clarke	0	Did not finish	12
Ret	6	Armaan Ebrahim	0	Did not finish	14
Source:[6]

Race 2

		Driver		Time/Retired		Points
1	3	Jolyon Palmer	17	31:04.799	2	25
2	48	Dean Stoneman	17	+2.194	1	18
3	21	Kazim Vasiliauskas	17	+11.258|4|15|-! scope="row" |4| 14 ||Sergey Afanasyev|17|+12.805|6|12|-! scope="row" |5|4|Benjamin Bailly|17|+14.156	8	10
6	19	Nicola de Marco	17	+19.813|5|8|-! scope="row" |7|10|Benjamin Lariche|17|+20.953|7|6|-! scope="row" |8|12|Kelvin Snoeks|17|+21.517	12	4
9	11	Jack Clarke	17	+24.268|14|2|-! scope="row" |10| 2 ||Will Bratt|17|+26.292	9	1
11	9	Mihai Marinescu	17	+30.509|10||-! scope="row" |12| 24 ||Tom Gladdis|17|+30.950|11||-! scope="row" |13| 6 ||Armaan Ebrahim|17|+33.897|13||-! scope="row" |14|77|Natalia Kowalska|17|+39.745	16
15	28	Julian Theobald	17	+43.701|16||-! scope="row" |16| 7 ||Ivan Samarin|17|+52.871	15
17	8	Plamen Kralev	17	+1:05.803|19||-! scope="row" |18| 33 ||Philipp Eng|15| +2 Laps|3||-! scope="row" |Ret| 5 ||Ricardo Teixeira|2|Did not finish|17||-! colspan="7" | Source:[7] |-|} References ]

Notes and References

1. News: World Motor Sport Council, 21/10/2009. 21 October 2009. 21 October 2009. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20091024035442/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_211009.aspx. 24 October 2009. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
2. Web site: De Marco takes maiden win at Brno. English. Steven. 31 July 2010. Autosport. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100804173614/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85720. 4 August 2010. 26 April 2020.
3. Web site: Palmer reclaims series lead with win. English. Steven. 1 August 2010. Autosport. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100803025055/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85788. 3 August 2010. 26 April 2020.
4. Web site: Stoneman clinches pole at Brno. English. Steven. 31 July 2010. Autosport. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100802012033/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85711. 2 August 2010. 26 April 2020.
5. Web site: Stoneman on pole again at Brno. English. Steven. 1 August 2010. Autosport. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20100803001030/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85764. 3 August 2010. 26 April 2020.
6. Web site: FIA Formula Two Championship – Race 1 – Provisional Classification. 31 July 2010. MST World. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110101062007/http://www.formulatwo.com/media/1622006/formula%202_race1.pdf. 1 January 2011. 26 April 2020.
7. Web site: FIA Formula Two Championship – Race 2 – Provisional Classification. 1 August 2010. MST World. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100805194538/http://www.formulatwo.com/media/1624776/formula%202_race2.pdf. 5 August 2010. 26 April 2020.