2010 Porsche Supercup Explained

The 2010 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 18th Porsche Supercup season. It began on 13 March in Bahrain, and finished on 12 September at Monza, after ten races. Once again, the series was on the support package of the Formula One World Championship at all European rounds except Turkey.

The series was won by German René Rast, who won four out of first five races. Briton Nick Tandy was a runner-up with three wins.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Konrad Motorsport	1	Nick Tandy[1]	All
	2	Siso Cunill[2]	1–2, 4
		Raffi Bader[3]	6, 8
		Fabrizio del Monte	9
	21	Patrick Huisman[4]	All
Lechner Racing	3	Alessandro Zampedri[5]	All
	4	Štefan Rosina	All
	30	Salman Al Khalifa	1
Schnabl Engineering Parker Racing	5	Niall Breen[6]	1
		Martin Ragginger	6
		Brian Wong	8–9
	6	Tim Bridgman[7]	All
	24	Thomas Messer[8]	2–9
	36	Francesco Castellacci[9]	4
	37	Jörg Hardt[10]	6
Sanitec Giltrap Racing[11]	7	William Langhorne[12]	All
	8	Matt Halliday	1–8
		Francesco Castellacci[13]	9
	22	Christian Engelhart	1–4, 6, 8–9
		Francesco Castellacci[14]	5
VERVA Racing Team	9	Robert Lukas	All
	10	Kuba Giermaziak	All
Bleekemolen Harders Plaza Racing[15]	11	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen[16]	All
	12	Robert van den Berg	All
	23	Jaap van Lagen[17]	2–9
Veltins MRS Racing	14	Jan Seyffarth	All
	15	Norbert Siedler	All
Al Faisal Lechner Racing	16	René Rast	All
	17	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1–4, 7, 9
		Damien Faulkner[18]	5
		Nicolas Armindo[19]	6, 8
	31	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	1–3
		Nicolas Armindo	9
Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit[20]	18	Sascha Maassen	All
	19	Sean Edwards	All
	20	Khaled Al Qubaisi	All
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	32	Fahad Algosaibi	1
	33	Bandar Alesayi	1
Antonelli Motorsport	34	Angelo Proietti	3
		Christian Passuti	8–9
	35	Christian Passuti	3
		Davide Roda	8–9
	39	Angelo Proietti	9
Petricorse Motorsport	36	Vito Postiglione	9
	37	Lorenzo Bontempelli	9
Konrad Motorsport Austria	38	Peter Scharmach	8
Ebimotors	40	Alessandro Balzan	9
	41	Alex Frassineti	9
Porsche AG	90	Michael Meadows	5
		Mathias Lauda[21]	6
		Csaba Walter[22]	7
		Nico Verdonck	8
		Jono Lester	9
	91	Euan Hankey	5

Race calendar and results

• The calendar was announced on 4 December 2009.^[23]

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	Bahrain	13 March	René Rast	Norbert Siedler	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
	R2			14 March	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
2		Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	9 May	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Sean Edwards	Norbert Siedler	Veltins MRS Racing
3		Circuit de Monaco	Monaco	16 May	René Rast	Nick Tandy	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
4		Valencia Street Circuit	Spain	27 June	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
5		Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	11 July	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport
6		Hockenheimring	Germany	25 July	Nicolas Armindo	Jaap van Lagen	Nicolas Armindo	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
7		Hungaroring	Hungary	1 August	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport
8		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	29 August	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit
9		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	12 September	Nick Tandy	Angelo Proietti	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos Driver BHR CAT MON VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MZA Points 1 René Rast 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 3 3 4 152 2 Nick Tandy 4 3 5 2 8 1 Ret 1 6 1 146 3 Norbert Siedler 23 5 1 12 2 4 6 Ret 16 3 98 4 Jaap van Lagen 4 3 4 6 5 5 2 Ret 98 5 Jan Seyffarth 3 11 6 18 11 9 2 8 4 5 97 6 Sean Edwards 8 15 12 10 5 12 19 2 1 2 95 7 Jeroen Bleekemolen 5 2 3 6 3 4 20 92 8 Štefan Rosina 2 4 8 4 6 7 4 Ret 17 Ret 90 9 Patrick Huisman 19 12 2 7 7 3 10 7 24 9 82 10 Kuba Giermaziak 12 14 DSQ 13 13 5 15 6 7 10 56 11 Christian Engelhart 6 23 9 9 14 3 9 22 54 12 Sascha Maassen 7 9 11 19 9 13 12 9 26† 12 52 13 Matt Halliday Ret 6 Ret 8 12 8 9 Ret 8 48 14 Alessandro Zampedri 9 7 Ret 5 17 20† 11 Ret 12 15 46 15 Tim Bridgman 11 8 7 11 Ret 21† 13 10 11 Ret 45 16 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 17 10 Ret 15 10 22† 8 Ret Ret 8 35 17 Robert Lukas 10 20 10 17 15 11 DSQ 11 15 Ret 27 18 William Langhorne 16 16 13 16 Ret 16 14 Ret 13 14 25 19 Thomas Messer 16 Ret 19 18 17 15 20 21 10 20 Robert van den Berg DNS 18 17 21 Ret Ret 18 13 14 Ret 9 21 Khaled Al Qubaisi 20 21 14 22 18 19 21 14 23 Ret 6 22 Siso Cunill 14 Ret Ret DSQ 3 23 Niall Breen 18 Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points – Nicolas Armindo 1 5 7 0 – Alessandro Balzan 6 0 – Martin Ragginger 7 0 – Damien Faulkner 10 0 – Nico Verdonck 10 0 – Alex Frassineti 11 0 – Csaba Walter 12 0 – Salman Al Khalifa 13 13 0 – Jono Lester 13 0 – Christian Passuti 14 18 Ret 0 – Michael Meadows 14 0 – Abdulaziz Al Faisal 15 17 15 20 0 – Francesco Castellacci 16 15 18 0 – Raffi Bader 16 25 0 – Lorenzo Bontempelli 16 0 – Davide Roda 21 17 0 – Euan Hankey 17 0 – Bandar Alesayi 21 19 0 – Fabrizio del Monte 19 0 – Peter Scharmach 19 0 – Mathias Lauda 20 0 – Fahad Algosaibi 22 22 0 – Brian Wong 22 Ret 0 – Angelo Proietti 23 23† 0 – Jörg Hardt Ret 0 – Vito Postiglione DSQ 0 Pos Driver BHR CAT MON VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MZA Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Nick Tandy was awarded the two points for pole position in Germany after qualifying second behind guest driver Nicolas Armindo, who was ineligible to collect points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

External links

• The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup website
• Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Online Magazine

Notes and References

1. News: Tandy eyes Le Mans after GT deal. autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Kevin. Turner. 2010-03-02. 2010-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20100306070237/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81805. 6 March 2010 . live.
2. News: Siso Cunill seguirá disputando la Porsche Supercup. racingpasion.com. Racing Pasión. 2010-03-02. 2010-03-06. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20100305004119/http://www.racingpasion.com/otras-competiciones/siso-cunill-seguira-disputando-la-porsche-supercup. 5 March 2010. dead.
3. Web site: All guest starters 2010. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220001750/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=gaststarter&sid=25. 2010-12-20. dead.
4. Web site: All drivers of the season 2010. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220015716/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=fahrer&sid=25. 2010-12-20. dead.
5. News: Rosina naďalej v tíme Lechner Racing School. f1.sk. POINT Network s.r.o.. 2010-03-05. 2010-03-06. Slovak. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005161753/http://www.f1.sk/clanok35612.htm. 2011-10-05. dead.
6. Freeman. Glenn . 2010-02-18. Pit & Paddock: Breen gets Porsche ride. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 199. 7. 21.
7. News: Bridgman To Follow Lewis Hamilton And Jenson Button To Bahrain As He Joins Porsche Supercup. Saffron Walden Reporter. Archant. 2010-03-04. 2010-03-06.
8. Web site: Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: Llista provisional d'inscrits / Provisional entry list. PDF. 2010-04-26. circuitcat.com. Circuit de Catalunya. 2010-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723175045/http://www.circuitcat.com/files/609-144-Document/INS%20PROV%20Porsche%20v1%202604.pdf. 2011-07-23. dead.
9. News: Temporarily - new man in the cup. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-06-17. 2010-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070643/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=25&rid=148&lang=en&id=3184. 2011-07-16. dead.
10. News: Further starters in Hockenheim. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-20. 2010-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070759/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=25&lang=en&id=3234. 2011-07-16. dead.
11. News: Seyffarth joins Veltins MRS Racing. Andy. Wilkinson. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-03-02. 2010-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122319/http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/porsche-supercup/02032010/psc-seyffarth-joins-veltins-mrs-racing. 2011-07-14. dead.
12. News: Once again three – SANITEC Giltrap Racing. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-03-03. 2010-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070625/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=23&rid=144&lang=en&id=3008. 2011-07-16. dead.
13. News: Castellacci nella Supercup Porsche a Monza. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 2010-09-08. 2010-09-08. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20101124123318/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=28828&cat=21. 2010-11-24. dead.
14. News: Castellacci debutta nella Supercup. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 2010-05-27. 2010-07-09. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20100612173314/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=27522&cat=50. 2010-06-12. dead.
15. News: Bleekemolen Racing confirms line-up. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-02-16. 2010-02-18. Andy. Wilkinson. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122047/http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/porsche-supercup/16022010/psc-bleekemolen-racing-confirms-line. 2011-07-14. dead.
16. News: Team Bleekemolen ready to return. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-01-07. 2010-01-08. Andy. Wilkinson. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714121940/http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/porsche-supercup/07012010/psc-team-bleekemolen-ready-return. 2011-07-14. dead.
17. News: Van Lagen to join Supercup grid in Barcelona. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-04-14. 2010-04-14. Andy. Wilkinson. https://web.archive.org/web/20120305022201/http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/porsche-supercup/14042010/psc-van-lagen-join-supercup-grid-in-barcelona. 2012-03-05. dead.
18. News: Damien Faulkner back in the Supercup. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-07. 2010-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070704/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=25&lang=en&id=3213. 2011-07-16. dead.
19. Web site: Armindo starts in Hockenheim. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070728/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=25&lang=en&id=3229. 2011-07-16. dead.
20. News: Maassen to return to Porsche Supercup. Andy. Wilkinson. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-03-01. 2010-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122224/http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/porsche-supercup/01032010/psc-maassen-return-porsche-supercup. 2011-07-14. dead.
21. News: Mathias Lauda makes Supercup debut. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-17. 2010-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070822/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=25&lang=en&id=3228. 2011-07-16. dead.
22. News: Walter Csaba indul VIP-versenyzőként a Porsche Supercup-on. Hungarian. Autómenedzser. HVG Online Zrt.. 2010-07-14. 2010-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20100911052519/http://automenedzser.hu/sport/20100714_walter_porsche.aspx. 2010-09-11. dead.
23. News: The 2010 schedule is perfect. racecam GmbH. racecam.de. 2009-12-04. 2009-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070519/http://www.racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=23&lang=en&id=2912. 2011-07-16. dead.