2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 20th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. It began on 17 April at Motorland Aragon and ended on 10 October at Circuit de Catalunya after eight rounds and sixteen races.

The series had a new look for 2010, with the introduction of the Barazi-Epsilon chassis to replace the original Tatuus chassis which had been the mainstay of Formula Renault 2.0 during the 2000s. Both season-opening races at Motorland Aragón were won by Eurocup debutant Kevin Korjus, who had moved up from the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup over the off-season. It was the start of a dominating season for the teenager from Estonia, adding seven more victories over the season to become the series' youngest champion, at the age of 17 years, 253 days.[1] It was not until the final race before the runner-up placing was decided. Tech 1 Racing's Arthur Pic held a five-point advantage over Interwetten Junior Team driver Luciano Bacheta before the final race, but was decided in Bacheta's favour after Pic was disqualified for failing to observe a drive-through penalty for short-cutting a chicane while attempting to pass team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr. who was competing as a guest.[2] The trio claimed 14 of the 16 race wins on offer, with the other wins going to fifth-placed Giovanni Venturini and Javier Tarancón, both driving for Epsilon Euskadi.

Teams and drivers

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  • Guest entries are listed in italics.
Team No. Driver name Class Rounds
Spain Epsilon Euskadi 1 Spain Genís Olivé[3] J 1–6, 8
Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.[4] 7
2 Spain Miguel Otegui[3] J 1–5
Spain Javier Tarancón[5] 6–8
3 Italy Giovanni Venturini[3] All
4 Spain Alex Riberas[6] J All
France Tech 1 Racing[7] 5 France Arthur Pic[7] All
6 France Hugo Valente[7] J All
7 Finland Aaro Vainio[8] J All
66 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.[9] J 8
Netherlands MP Motorsport 9 Estonia Karl-Oscar Liiv[10] J 1–2, 5–8
10 Netherlands Daniël de Jong[10] J All
30 Finland Kalle Kulmanen[11] J All
Czech Republic Krenek Motorsport 11 Czech Republic Adam Kout[12] 2–5
Slovakia Richard Gonda 7
Italy Giulio Glorioso[9] 8
14 Czech Republic Jakub Knoll[12] 2–8
Italy Cram Competition 16 Brazil Henrique Martins[13] J 1–5
Spain Pedro Quesada[9] 8
17 Brazil André Negrão[14] J All
Austria Interwetten[15] 18 United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta[16] All
19 Germany Craig Reiff[17] 1–2
Austria Sandro Lukovic[18] 3–8
65 Italy Federico Scionti[19] 7
Switzerland Christof von Grünigen[20] 8
Italy One Racing 22 United Kingdom Jordan Oakes[13] 1–3
23 Italy Daniel Mancinelli[13] 1–2
Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport[21] 26 Netherlands Bart Hylkema[21] All
27 Finland Miki Weckström[21] J All
28 Estonia Kevin Korjus[21] J All
29 Finland Jukka Honkavuori[21] 1–6
Finland Jesse Laine 7
Russia Daniil Kvyat[22] 8
France Boetti Racing Team 31 Luxembourg Brice Bosi[13] All
United Kingdom Manor Competition[23] 51 United Kingdom Will Stevens[23] 5
United Kingdom Atech Grand Prix[23] 57 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss[23] 5
58 United Kingdom Nick Yelloly[23] 5
59 Philippines Marlon Stockinger[23] 5
United Kingdom Team Firstair[24] 60 Russia Ivan Lukashevich[24] 5
Netherlands Liroy Stuart 7
61 Indonesia Rio Haryanto[24] J 5
United Kingdom Richard Singleton 7
Germany SL Formula Racing 62 Germany Kevin Mirocha[25] 6
Denmark KEO Racing 63 Belgium Ludwig Ghidi[25] J 6
Poland Kochanski Motorsport Project 64 Poland Jakub Śmiechowski[25] 6, 8
Icon Class
J Junior Class

Race calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 17 April Brazil André Negrão United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 18 April France Arthur Pic Spain Genís Olivé Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 May France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Tech 1 Racing
R2 2 May France Arthur Pic Estonia Kevin Korjus Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
3 R1 Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit, Brno 5 June France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Tech 1 Racing
R2 6 June France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Tech 1 Racing
4 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 19 June France Arthur Pic Finland Miki Weckström Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 20 June France Arthur Pic United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta Italy Giovanni Venturini Spain Epsilon Euskadi
5 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 3 July Finland Aaro Vainio France Arthur Pic France Arthur Pic France Tech 1 Racing
R2 4 July Finland Aaro Vainio Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta Austria Interwetten Junior Team
6 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 4 September Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Aaro Vainio Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 5 September Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Aaro Vainio Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
7 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 18 September Estonia Kevin Korjus Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 19 September Estonia Kevin Korjus Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Javier Tarancón Spain Epsilon Euskadi
8 R1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 9 October Estonia Kevin Korjus Estonia Kevin Korjus Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport
R2 10 October Estonia Kevin Korjus Estonia Kevin Korjus Estonia Kevin Korjus Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport

Championship standings

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  • Points for both championships are awarded as follows:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver ALC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
BRN
Czech Republic
MAG
France
HUN
Hungary
HOC
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Estonia Kevin Korjus J 1 1 2 1 4 7 1 3 Ret 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 187
2 United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta 3 4 5 4 3 3 Ret 2 18 1 13 5 4 2 9 6 124
3 France Arthur Pic 14 Ret 1 DNS 1 1 2 6 1 2 3 3 7 8 11 DSQ 123
4 Finland Aaro Vainio J 6 Ret 7 12 5 8 6 Ret 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 Ret 101
5 Italy Giovanni Venturini 4 Ret Ret 8 15 11 4 1 6 10 10 Ret Ret 6 6 2 76
6 Netherlands Bart Hylkema Ret 3 Ret DNS 9 4 Ret 8 9 5 7 7 20 10 8 3 64
7 Spain Genís Olivé J 11 15 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 4 7 8 17 7 4 62
8 Spain Alex Riberas J 10 5 Ret DNS 6 2 10 Ret 10 13 11 12 14 9 3 7 55
9 Netherlands Daniël de Jong J 2 16 17 7 8 Ret Ret 5 Ret 15 14 10 11 7 4 10 48
10 Finland Jukka Honkavuori 12 7 13 2 17 10 7 4 Ret 23 Ret Ret 29
11 Czech Republic Adam Kout 6 5 2 Ret DNS DNS 7 Ret 29
12 France Hugo Valente J 8 2 14 15 12 14 8 Ret 16 Ret Ret 8 9 DNS Ret Ret 28
13 Brazil André Negrão J Ret Ret Ret 3 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 18 Ret 9 10 13 13 9 25
14 Estonia Karl-Oscar Liiv J 5 14 8 10 11 25 12 Ret 8 Ret 10 Ret 22
15 Finland Miki Weckström J Ret Ret Ret 13 DNS Ret 3 10 Ret 21 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 21
16 Spain Miguel Otegui J 9 8 16 9 Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 12 21
17 Italy Daniel Mancinelli 7 9 4 11 14
18 Austria Sandro Lukovic 13 12 13 Ret 8 14 Ret 15 18 16 Ret Ret 6
19 Luxembourg Brice Bosi 16 10 15 14 14 Ret 9 13 12 24 Ret Ret 12 15 12 Ret 6
20 United Kingdom Jordan Oakes Ret 6 11 Ret DNS Ret 5
21 Brazil Henrique Martins J 17 11 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 15 17 3
22 Finland Kalle Kulmanen J 15 12 Ret 17 18 9 Ret 11 17 22 15 14 17 DNS Ret Ret 3
23 Czech Republic Jakub Knoll 12 16 16 13 12 Ret Ret 20 17 16 19 19 Ret 12 2
24 Germany Craig Reiff 13 13 10 Ret 1
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Spain Javier Tarancón 4 4 2 1 5 15 0
United Kingdom Will Stevens 2 4 0
Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. 3 18 Ret 5 0
United Kingdom Richard Singleton 6 4 0
Philippines Marlon Stockinger 5 8 0
Belgium Ludwig Ghidi J 6 6 0
Russia Daniil Kvyat 18 8 0
Germany Kevin Mirocha 9 11 0
Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Ret 9 0
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 13 11 0
Switzerland Christof von Grünigen 14 11 0
Netherlands Liroy Stuart 15 12 0
Italy Giulio Glorioso 15 13 0
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski 16 13 16 Ret 0
Italy Federico Scionti 13 17 0
Finland Jesse Laine 16 14 0
Spain Pedro Quesada 17 14 0
Russia Ivan Lukashevich 14 19 0
Indonesia Rio Haryanto J 19 16 0
Slovakia Richard Gonda 23 20 0
Pos Driver ALC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
BRN
Czech Republic
MAG
France
HUN
Hungary
HOC
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Teams' Championship

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Pos Team ALC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
BRN
Czech Republic
MAG
France
HUN
Hungary
HOC
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
Points
1 France Tech 1 Racing 6 Ret 1 12 1 1 2 6 1 2 2 2 5 5 2 5 224
14 Ret 7 15 5 8 6 Ret 3 3 3 3 7 8 11 Ret
2 Finland Koiranen Bros Motorsport 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 3 Ret 6 1 1 1 3 1 1 211
12 3 13 13 17 Ret Ret 8 Ret 21 5 Ret 20 10 18 8
3 Austria Interwetten Junior Team 3 4 5 4 3 3 13 2 8 1 13 5 4 2 9 6 131
13 13 10 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 15 18 16 14 11
4 Spain Epsilon Euskadi 4 8 3 6 7 5 5 Ret 6 7 8 17 14 6 3 4 113
9 15 16 8 15 11 10 Ret 10 8 10 Ret Ret 9 7 7
5 Netherlands MP Motorsport 2 12 8 7 8 9 Ret 5 11 15 12 10 8 7 4 10 72
5 14 17 10 18 Ret Ret 11 17 22 14 14 11 Ret 10 Ret
6 Czech Republic Krenek Motorsport 6 5 2 13 12 Ret 7 20 17 16 19 19 15 12 31
12 16 16 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 13
7 Italy Cram Competition 17 11 9 3 10 Ret 11 9 15 17 Ret 9 10 13 13 9 28
Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 17 14
8 Italy One Racing 7 6 4 11 DNS Ret 19
Ret 9 11 Ret
9 France Boetti Racing Team 16 10 15 14 14 Ret 9 13 12 24 Ret Ret 12 15 12 Ret 6
Guest teams ineligible for points
United Kingdom Manor Competition 2 4 0
United Kingdom Team Firstair 14 16 6 4 0
19 19 15 12
United Kingdom Atech Grand Prix 5 8 0
13 9
Denmark KEO Racing 6 6 0
Germany SL Formula Racing 9 11 0
Poland Kochanski Motorsport 16 13 16 Ret 0
Pos Team ALC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
BRN
Czech Republic
MAG
France
HUN
Hungary
HOC
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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