2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship explained

The 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 22nd British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April and ended on 10 October at Brands Hatch, after twenty rounds held in England, and for the first time since 2006, Scotland.^[1] Making its debut in the series in 2010 was the new-specification car, designed by Barazi-Epsilon,^[2] replacing the Tatuus chassis that had been in the series since 2000.^[2]

At the age of, Anglo-Swedish driver Tom Blomqvist of the Fortec Motorsport team became the youngest drivers' champion in series history after coming out on top of a season-long battle with his rivals.^[3] Despite winning just three races – coming in succession at Silverstone National and Knockhill – Blomqvist won the championship due to his superior finishing record, finishing 19 of the season's 20 races within the top seven placings; giving Fortec their third title in the last four seasons. Lewis Williamson of Manor Competition finished the season as runner-up behind Blomqvist, 14 points behind on overall scores, but was eight points closer on the series' championship system in which a driver's two worst scores are not considered towards the championship. Williamson took five victories during the season, but mistakes at Brands Hatch when he spun out of the lead while leading the race and a poor start in the final race, as well as errors at Croft prevented him from becoming Manor's second successive champion after Dean Smith's triumph in 2009.

Also in the running for the championship at the final Brands Hatch meeting were Atech GP's Tamás Pál Kiss and Williamson's Manor teammate Will Stevens, but poor results for both drivers in the first race mathematically eliminated them from contention. Pál Kiss had started the season strongly, having finished on the podium in six of the first seven races with three victories but failed to reach the top step of the podium in any of the remaining races, taking just two further podiums en route to third place in the championship. Stevens took fourth in the championship finishing nine points behind Pál Kiss on overall scores and 20 on dropped scores after finishing every race of the season including victories at Thruxton and the Brands Hatch GP meeting. CRS Racing's top driver was Harry Tincknell, who finished fifth in the championship with victories at Rockingham and Snetterton.

Five other drivers tasted success during the season, with only Riki Christodoulou not finishing within the top ten of the championship, due to him not partaking in the full campaign. Ollie Millroy was another winner for Manor, when he won from pole position at Snetterton, Pál Kiss' Atech GP teammates Nick Yelloly and Marlon Stöckinger each won races at Brands Hatch and Croft respectively, Christodoulou won the season finale at Brands Hatch for Fortec, while CRS Racing's Robert Foster-Jones won at Knockhill before retiring at the end of the season, aged just 20 years old. In other championships, Alex Lynn bested Fabio Gamberini for Graduate Cup honours for first-year drivers, while Manor Competition comfortable won the Entrants' Championship by 96 points.

Teams and drivers

2010 Entry List Team Driver name Class Rounds Manor Competition[4] 1 Josh Mulholland[5] 1–2 Ollie Millroy[6] 4–10 3 Will Stevens[7] All 7 Thomas Hylkema All 17 Lewis Williamson All CRS Racing[8] 2 Michael Lyons All 5 Harry Tincknell All 15 Victor Corrêa[9] 1–4 Riki Christodoulou[10] 5 Yann Cunha[11] 9 55 Robert Foster-Jones All Team Firstair 4 Jordan Oakes[12] 1 Richard Singleton[13] 2, 7, 10 11 David McDonald 1–3 Luciano Bacheta[14] 7 Facundo Conta[15] 10 Fortec Motorsport 6 David McDonald 4–8 10 [16] Tom Blomqvist[17] All 27 Ollie Millroy 1–3 Riki Christodoulou[18] 6–10 36 Alex Lynn All 99 Chrissy Palmer[19] 1–2 Apotex Scorpio Motorsport 8 Joe Crook[20] 1, 3–10 Kieren Clark 2 Atech GP[21] 12 Nick Yelloly All 33 Marlon Stöckinger All 47 Tamás Pál Kiss All Mark Burdett Motorsport[22] 21 Fabio Gamberini 1–5, 7–10 22 Jesse Laine[23] 1–6 Epsilon Euskadi 23 Giovanni Venturini 9 24 Alex Riberas 9 Tech 1 Racing 51 Arthur Pic 9 61 Hugo Valente 9 71 Aaro Vainio 9 Cram Competition 77 André Negrão 9

Calendar

The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Donington Park on 19 September, as Formula Renault formed part of the World Series by Renault meeting on the same date, at Silverstone.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 April	Lewis Williamson	Tom Blomqvist	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech GP
	R2		4 April	Will Stevens	Lewis Williamson	Will Stevens	Manor Competition
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	25 April	Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech GP
	R4			Harry Tincknell	Lewis Williamson	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
3	R5	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	2 May	Race Cancelled
	R6			Lewis Williamson	Lewis Williamson	Will Stevens	Manor Competition
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
	R8		6 June	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech GP
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Marlon Stöckinger	Ollie Millroy	Marlon Stöckinger	Atech GP
	R10		20 June	Thomas Hylkema	Lewis Williamson	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	8 August	Ollie Millroy	Michael Lyons	Ollie Millroy	Manor Competition
	R12			Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
7	R5	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	21 August	Lewis Williamson	Tom Blomqvist	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
	R13		22 August	Marlon Stöckinger	Nick Yelloly	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
	R14			Tom Blomqvist	Nick Yelloly	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	5 September	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
	R16			Robert Foster-Jones	Ollie Millroy	Robert Foster-Jones	CRS Racing
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit (Arena), Northamptonshire	19 September	Lewis Williamson	Tom Blomqvist	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
	R18			Lewis Williamson	Alex Riberas	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	10 October	Nick Yelloly	Tom Blomqvist	Nick Yelloly	Atech GP
	R20			Riki Christodoulou	Tamás Pál Kiss	Riki Christodoulou	Fortec Motorsport

Notes:

1. – The first race at Brands Hatch was cancelled due to bad weather conditions.^[24] As a result, the race was run at the Silverstone round of the championship, with grid positions standing for the race.^[25]

Standings

Drivers' Championship

• Points were awarded on a 32–28–25–22–20–18–16–14–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis, with 2 points for fastest lap. A driver's 18 best results counted towards the championship, with Graduate Cup runners' best 15 scores counting for that classification.

Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI Pts Grad width=25 1 width=25 2 width=25 3 width=25 4 width=25 5 width=25 6 width=25 7 width=25 8 width=25 9 width=25 10 width=25 11 width=25 12 width=25 5 width=25 13 width=25 14 width=25 15 width=25 16 width=25 17 width=25 18 width=25 19 width=25 20 1 5 5 7 6 C 3 2 2 3 5 7 2 13 1 1 1 5 2 2 3 2 2 Lewis Williamson 4 2 6 4 C 7 1 5 11 1 6 3 1 4 2 13 4 1 1 2 4 3 Tamás Pál Kiss 1 4 1 2 C 2 3 1 4 6 4 7 4 3 5 6 2 6 Ret 12 14 4 Will Stevens 2 1 5 3 C 1 4 4 8 3 2 4 2 11 4 8 10 5 5 9 11 5 Harry Tincknell 3 3 2 1 C 6 9 3 7 8 5 1 3 Ret 10 4 7 Ret 8 4 8 375 6 Ollie Millroy 7 Ret 4 5 C 11 5 10 2 12 1 5 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 4 7 6 6 336 7 Nick Yelloly 6 11 Ret 7 C 4 6 14 16 11 3 6 11 2 13 5 9 7 4 1 7 8 Marlon Stöckinger 10 15 3 Ret C 15 11 6 1 2 9 Ret 10 5 15 7 8 Ret 6 5 5 273 9 8 10 9 10 C 16 Ret 13 5 10 10 15 15 6 11 2 1 8 12 10 Ret 237 10 Alex Lynn 9 9 14 13 C 8 Ret 9 10 16 11 11 6 12 16 12 6 10 18 8 3 193 11 Riki Christodoulou 9 4 Ret 9 Ret DNS 3 13 3 3 7 1 177 12 Michael Lyons Ret 8 11 9 C 14 Ret 12 13 7 8 10 9 Ret 12 10 11 14 16 15 12 172 13 David McDonald 16 6 18 15 C 5 10 7 12 9 14 14 8 10 9 9 DSQ 163 14 Thomas Hylkema 12 12 10 11 C 12 13 11 6 Ret Ret 8 14 8 6 Ret 12 12 15 Ret DNS 161 15 Fabio Gamberini Ret 19 19 16 C 13 7 8 17 13 7 7 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 126 126 16 Joe Crook 15 17 C 17 8 Ret 15 14 13 13 12 9 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 13 13 111 17 Jesse Laine 14 16 16 17 C 9 12 15 14 15 12 12 79 18 Chrissy Palmer 11 13 8 8 46 19 Victor Corrêa 13 14 12 19 C 10 Ret 16 42 20 Richard Singleton 15 18 Ret Ret 11 9 31 21 Hugo Valente 9 11 22 22 Josh Mulholland Ret 18 13 12 20 23 Jordan Oakes Ret 7 16 24 Arthur Pic 17 10 15 25 Luciano Bacheta Ret 8 14 26 Alex Riberas 11 19 14 27 Facundo Conta 14 15 13 28 Aaro Vainio Ret 9 12 29 Giovanni Venturini 16 14 12 30 Kieren Clark 17 14 11 31 Yann Cunha 15 17 10 32 André Negrão Ret 13 8 Pos Driver THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI valign=middle Pts valign=middle Grad

Entrants' Championship

Pos Entrant THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI valign=middle Pts 1 align=left rowspan=2 Manor Competition 2 1 5 3 C 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 8 3 1 1 2 4 959 4 2 6 4 C 7 4 5 6 3 2 4 2 8 3 13 4 4 5 6 6 2 align=left rowspan=2 Atech GP 1 4 1 2 C 2 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 2 5 5 2 6 4 1 5 863 6 11 3 7 C 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 10 3 13 6 8 7 6 5 7 3 align=left rowspan=2 Fortec Motorsport 5 5 4 5 C 3 2 2 3 5 7 2 6 1 1 1 5 2 2 3 1 820 7 9 7 6 C 8 10 7 10 9 11 9 8 11 9 3 6 3 3 7 2 4 align=left rowspan=2 CRS Racing 3 3 2 1 C 6 9 3 5 4 5 1 3 6 10 2 1 8 8 4 8 662 8 8 9 9 C 10 Ret 12 7 7 8 10 9 Ret 11 4 7 14 12 10 12 5 align=left rowspan=2 Mark Burdett Motorsport 14 16 16 16 C 9 7 8 14 13 12 12 7 7 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 205 Ret 19 19 17 C 13 12 15 17 15 6 align=left rowspan=2 Team Firstair 16 6 15 15 C 5 Ret 8 11 9 126 Ret 7 18 18 Ret Ret 14 15 7 Apotex Scorpio Motorsport 15 17 17 14 C 17 8 Ret 15 14 13 13 12 9 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 13 13 122 8 align=left rowspan=2 Tech 1 Racing 9 9 39 17 10 9 align=left rowspan=2 Epsilon Euskadi 11 14 24 16 19 10 Cram Competition Ret 13 8 Pos Entrant THR ROC BHGP OUL CRO SNE SIL KNO SIL BHI valign=middle Pts

Formula Renault UK Winter Series

The 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK Winter Series was the 13th British Formula Renault Winter Series. The series commenced at Snetterton on 6 November and ended at Pembrey on 14 November, after six races at three rounds held in England and Wales.^[26]

Fortec Motorsport again took honours for the Series, as main season Graduate Cup winner Alex Lynn won the title after winning three of the six races to be held. He finished 17 points clear of teammate Joni Wiman, who made his Formula Renault début during the series having competed in ADAC Formel Masters, and claimed a victory at Pembrey. Jack Hawksworth finished third in his first single-seater championship, having taken two podiums and five top-ten finishes in his first six races out of karting for Mark Burdett Motorsport. Atech GP driver Richie Stanaway and Oliver Rowland of CRS Racing claimed the remaining victories as they finished in fifth and seventh places respectively. With five class wins, Fortec's Josh Webster won the BARC Winter Cup for the Formula Renault BARC competitors.

Teams and drivers

2010 Winter Series UK Class Entry List[27] [28] Team Driver name Class Manor Competition 1 Ollie Millroy 15 Alice Powell 19 Josh Hill 42 Jordan King SWB Motorsport 2 Mackenzie Taylor B Atech GP 4 Matt Bell 5 Richie Stanaway Fortec Motorsport 6 Mitchell Gilbert 16 Dan Wells 36 Alex Lynn 46 Roman Beregech B 47 Félix Serrallés I 56 Josh Webster B 66 Joni Wiman CRS Racing 7 Evelin Frank B 44 Oliver Rowland 55 Robert Foster-Jones Mark Burdett Motorsport 20 Mitchell Hale 21 Jack Hawksworth Hillspeed 22 Howard Fuller B 43 David Wagner B Koiranen Bros. Motorsport 26 Carlos Sainz Jr. 27 Antti Rammo 28 John Bryant-Meisner 29 Daniil Kvyat MGR Motorsport 41 Luke Wright

Icon Class B BARC Class I Invitation Class

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Snetterton, Norfolk	6 November	Jack Hawksworth	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Fortec Motorsport
	R2			Daniil Kvyat	Ollie Millroy	Alex Lynn	Fortec Motorsport
2	R3	Pembrey, Carmarthenshire	13 November	Jack Hawksworth	Joni Wiman	Joni Wiman	Fortec Motorsport
	R4			Jack Hawksworth	Joni Wiman	Alex Lynn	Fortec Motorsport
3	R5	Pembrey, Carmarthenshire	14 November	Jack Hawksworth	Joni Wiman	Richie Stanaway	Atech GP
	R6			Alex Lynn	Richie Stanaway	Oliver Rowland	CRS Racing

Championship standings

Pos Driver SNE PEM PEM valign=middle Pts UK Winter Cup 1 Alex Lynn 1 1 11 1 6 5 146 2 Joni Wiman 8 6 1 2 4 12 129 3 Jack Hawksworth 4 13 3 10 2 6 112 4 Daniil Kvyat Ret 3 2 4 5 8 109 5 Richie Stanaway 3 Ret Ret 9 1 2 99 6 Ollie Millroy 2 4 12 5 Ret 7 97 7 Oliver Rowland 12 12 4 12 8 1 95 8 Luke Wright 5 2 Ret 3 10 10 95 9 Josh Hill 7 Ret 7 6 3 11 85 10 Mitchell Gilbert Ret 9 5 11 12 3 76 11 Dan Wells 10 5 Ret 13 11 14 56 12 Alice Powell 9 7 10 8 Ret Ret 53 13 Matt Bell Ret 8 14 14 Ret 4 51 14 Robert Foster-Jones 14 Ret DNS 7 7 16 44 15 Jordan King 11 10 6 Ret 19 20 43 16 Antti Rammo Ret 11 9 17 Ret 9 39 17 John Bryant-Meisner 13 Ret 8 Ret 9 19 36 18 Carlos Sainz Jr. 6 Ret 18 Mitchell Hale Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Félix Serrallés 13 15 14 Ret 0 BARC Winter Cup 1 Josh Webster 15 14 15 16 13 15 52 2 David Wagner 16 15 19 18 18 13 30 3 Howard Fuller 17 17 16 21 16 17 25 4 Roman Beregech Ret 16 17 19 17 18 21 5 Mackenzie Taylor 18 18 18 20 15 Ret 19 6 Evelin Frank 19 19 20 22 20 Ret 8 Pos Driver SNE PEM PEM valign=middle Pts

External links

• The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship

Notes and References

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8. News: CRS reveals new Formula Renault line-up . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708210049/http://www.crsracing.com/crs/news.php?action=news&section=4&newsitem=393 . dead . 2011-07-08 . crsracing.com . . 2010-01-14 . 2010-01-18 .
9. News: Victor Correa completes Formula Renault line-up . crsracing.com . . 2010-03-01 . 2010-03-03 . https://archive.today/20100605234532/http://www.crsracing.com/crs/news.php?action=news&section=4&newsitem=398 . 2010-06-05 . dead .
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16. Blomqvist ran under a Swedish licence for the first five meetings of the season before changing to a British one for Snetterton.
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