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2010 Formula 3 Euro Series

Edoardo Mortara
Teams' Champion: Signature
Nations Cup Champion: ITA Italy Rookie Cup Champion: António Félix da Costa

The 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the eighth championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series. It began on 10 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 17 October at Hockenheim after eighteen races at nine meetings. Grids for the 2010 season were substantially down on the previous season; with a maximum of sixteen drivers taking part in any of the season's meetings, after teams Manor Motorsport, SG Formula, Carlin Motorsport, HBR Motorsport and Kolles & Heinz Union all pulled out to focus on other series.

On track, series veteran Edoardo Mortara returned to the formulae after a season competing for Arden International, and with seven victories – all coming in the Saturday, higher points-awarding races – during the season, Mortara took the championship at the wheel of his Signature-run Dallara-Volkswagen, giving Volkswagen their first Euro Series championship. Second place was not resolved until the final round, as Mortara's teammate Marco Wittmann and ART Grand Prix's Valtteri Bottas battled over the placing. Bottas had to win the final race to deny Wittmann of second place, but could only finish third and thus Wittmann completed the Signature 1–2, taking a single victory during the season at the first Hockenheim meeting. Bottas finished third for the second consecutive season, after his first two Euro Series wins – although he had previously won two successive Masters of Formula 3 events at Zandvoort, which is a non-championship race – at the Norisring and Oschersleben.

Bottas' teammate Alexander Sims also matched his final 2009 placing, taking fourth place with one victory once again, winning the opening sprint race of the season at Paul Ricard but took four further podium finishes to confirm fourth. Mücke Motorsport's Roberto Merhi completed the top five, taking his first Euro Series win in the first Hockenheim sprint race. Other sprint race victories included four for the Motopark Academy squad, including three successive for top rookie finisher – seventh in the championship – António Félix da Costa who won at the Nürburgring, Zandvoort and Brands Hatch having started each from the front row due to the series' reverse-grid system for the top eight finishers from the previous day's race. Kevin Magnussen, on a one-off outing from his usual commitments in the German Formula Three championship, also claimed a sprint race victory for Motopark at Valencia. Daniel Juncadella won the final race of the season at Hockenheim, while Jim Pla, ART's third driver, took the other victory at Oschersleben. Signature's 1–2 championship finish allowed the team to claim their respective championship, while the Nations Cup was won by Italy through Mortara.

Prize tests

The top drivers in the championship standings at the end of the year were rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers – Mortara, Wittmann and Bottas – all received a Formula Renault 3.5 Series test.

As well as that, Mortara received a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test in the Audi A4, as he finished as top Volkswagen-engined driver as champion. Bottas, as top Mercedes-Benz driver received a test in the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

Drivers and teams

2010 Entry List	Team	No	Driver	Rookie	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
FRA ART Grand Prix	1	FIN Valtteri Bottas		F308/026	Mercedes	All
2	GBR Alexander Sims		F308/048	All
11	FRA Jim Pla		F308/070	All
30	MEX Esteban Gutiérrez		F308/049	2
DEU Mücke Motorsport	3	ESP Roberto Merhi		F308/050	Mercedes	All
4	COL Carlos Muñoz		F308/042	All
FRA Signature	5	ITA Edoardo Mortara		F309/023	Volkswagen	All
6	DEU Marco Wittmann		F308/011	All
14	BEL Laurens Vanthoor		F308/033	All
ITA Prema Powerteam	7	FRA Nicolas Marroc		F308/047	Mercedes	All
8	ESP Daniel Juncadella		F309/014	All
DEU Motopark Academy	9	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs		F308/099	Volkswagen	1–2
10	FIN Matias Laine		F308/096	All
13	PRT António Félix da Costa		F308/098	All
15	DNK Kevin Magnussen		F308/099	3
16	FIN Mika Mäki		5–7
17	DEU Tobias Hegewald		8
18	CHE Christopher Zanella		9
33	F308/092	5–7
31	SWE Jimmy Eriksson		F305/045	2
34	nowrap	NLD Renger van der Zande		F308/092	8
nowrap	DEU China Sonangol-Motopark	32	ANG Luís Sá Silva		F305/004	Volkswagen	2
CHE Jo Zeller Racing	38	CHE Sandro Zeller		F306/014	Mercedes	2, 9

Icon	Legend
	Rookie Cup

Driver changes

; Changed Teams

Mika Mäki: Signature → Motopark Academy
Roberto Merhi: Manor Motorsport → Mücke Motorsport
Edoardo Mortara: Kolles & Heinz Union → Signature
Alexander Sims: ASL Mücke Motorsport → ART Grand Prix
Marco Wittmann: ASL Mücke Motorsport → Signature

; Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

António Félix da Costa: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 & Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Jimmy Eriksson: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Tobias Hegewald: GP3 Series (RSC Mücke Motorsport) → Motopark Academy
Daniel Juncadella: Formula BMW Europe (EuroInternational) → Prema Powerteam
Matias Laine: Formula Renault UK (CRS Racing) → Motopark Academy
Kevin Magnussen: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 & Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Nicolas Marroc: German Formula Three Championship (Racing Experience) → Prema Powerteam
Carlos Muñoz: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 & Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (Epsilon Euskadi) → Mücke Motorsport
Jim Pla: Formula BMW Europe (DAMS) → ART Grand Prix
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 & Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (Motopark Academy) → Motopark Academy
Luís Sá Silva: Asian Formula Renault Challenge (Asia Racing Team) → Motopark Academy
Laurens Vanthoor: German Formula Three Championship (Van Amersfoort Racing) → Signature
Sandro Zeller: Formula Lista Junior (Jo Zeller Racing) → Jo Zeller Racing

; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

Jules Bianchi: ART Grand Prix → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
Sam Bird: Mücke Motorsport → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
Mirko Bortolotti: Carlin Motorsport → GP3 Series (Addax Team)
Andrea Caldarelli: SG Formula → Italian Formula Three Championship (Prema Powerteam)
Johnny Cecotto Jr.: HBR Motorsport → GP2 Series (Trident Racing)
Matteo Chinosi: Prema Powerteam → unknown
Stefano Coletti: Prema Powerteam → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Comtec Racing)
Carlo van Dam: Kolles & Heinz Union & SG Formula → Le Mans Series (Atlas FX-Team Full Speed)
Tom Dillmann: HBR Motorsport & Prema Powerteam → German Formula Three Championship (HS Technik)
Pedro Enrique: Manor Motorsport → GP3 Series (ART Grand Prix)
Victor García: Prema Powerteam → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (KMP Racing)
Tiago Geronimi: Signature → unknown
Brendon Hartley: Carlin Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Tech 1 Racing)
Johan Jokinen: Kolles & Heinz Union → FIA Formula Two Championship
Alexandre Marsoin: SG Formula → unknown
Kevin Mirocha: HBR Motorsport → Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SL Formula Racing)
Nico Monien: Mücke Motorsport → German Formula Three Championship (URD Rennsport)
Atte Mustonen: Motopark Academy → unknown
César Ramos: Manor Motorsport → Italian Formula Three Championship (BVM – Target Racing)
Jake Rosenzweig: Carlin Motorsport → Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Carlin)
Tim Sandtler: Prema Powerteam → unknown
Basil Shaaban: Prema Powerteam → unknown
Adrien Tambay: ART Grand Prix → Auto GP (Charouz-Gravity Racing)
Nick Tandy: Kolles & Heinz Union → Porsche Supercup (Konrad Motorsport)
Jean-Karl Vernay: Signature → Firestone Indy Lights (Sam Schmidt Motorsports)
Christian Vietoris: Mücke Motorsport → GP2 Series (Racing Engineering)
Henkie Waldschmidt: SG Formula → unknown
Robert Wickens: Kolles & Heinz Union → GP3 Series (Status Grand Prix)

Team changes

Carlin Motorsport and Manor Motorsport left the series to participate in the new-for-2010 GP3 Series.
SG Formula and Kolles & Heinz Union also left the series.
Motopark Academy changed their engine supplier from Mercedes to Volkswagen.

Race calendar and results

A nine-round calendar was announced on 18 December 2009. The calendar was reduced to eight rounds on 29 January 2010 after the Euro Series decided to skip the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters events at Lausitz and the second Hockenheim round. However, the series did add a season-closing round at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. This was later removed, in place of a round at Paul Ricard in support of the Le Mans Series, with the second Hockenheim round returning.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	10 April	nowrap	ESP Daniel Juncadella	DEU Marco Wittmann	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
11 April		ESP Daniel Juncadella	GBR Alexander Sims	FRA ART Grand Prix
DEU Hockenheimring (GP Circuit)	24 April	DEU Marco Wittmann	ITA Edoardo Mortara	DEU Marco Wittmann	FRA Signature
25 April		FIN Valtteri Bottas	ESP Roberto Merhi	DEU Mücke Motorsport
ESP Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	22 May	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ESP Daniel Juncadella	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
23 May		DNK Kevin Magnussen	DNK Kevin Magnussen	DEU Motopark Academy
DEU Norisring, Nuremberg	3 July	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
4 July		ITA Edoardo Mortara	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FRA ART Grand Prix
DEU Nürburgring	7 August	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
8 August		ESP Daniel Juncadella	PRT António Félix da Costa	DEU Motopark Academy
NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort	21 August	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ITA Edoardo Mortara	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
22 August		ITA Edoardo Mortara	PRT António Félix da Costa	DEU Motopark Academy
GBR Brands Hatch, Kent	4 September	BEL Laurens Vanthoor	DEU Marco Wittmann	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
5 September		nowrap	PRT António Félix da Costa	nowrap	PRT António Félix da Costa	DEU Motopark Academy
DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	18 September	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FRA ART Grand Prix
nowrap	19 September		FIN Valtteri Bottas	FRA Jim Pla	FRA ART Grand Prix
DEU Hockenheimring (National Circuit)	16 October	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FIN Valtteri Bottas	ITA Edoardo Mortara	FRA Signature
17 October		ESP Daniel Juncadella	ESP Daniel Juncadella	ITA Prema Powerteam

Standings

Drivers

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	Race 1	Race 2
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0

Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	HOC
DEU	VAL
ESP	NOR
DEU	NÜR
DEU	ZAN
NLD	BRH
GBR	OSC
DEU	HOC
DEU	Pts	1	101	2	76	3	74	4	63	5	56	6	42	7	40	8	35	9	18	10	13	11	10	12	8	13	7	14	3	15	2	16	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Driver	LEC
FRA	HOC
DEU	VAL
ESP	NOR
DEU	NÜR
DEU	ZAN
NLD	BRH
GBR	OSC
DEU	HOC
DEU	Pts
ITA Edoardo Mortara	1	2	2	3	1	6	*1*	3	*1*	6	*1*	11	1	Ret	6	Ret	1	DSQ
DEU Marco Wittmann	2	3	1	4	11	7	2	2	5	2	3	6	3	5	7	2	3	7
FIN Valtteri Bottas	9	6	3	5	2	4	3	1	6	7	2	Ret	4	4	*1*	11†	2	3
GBR Alexander Sims	3	1	Ret	8	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	8	2	8	4	5
ESP Roberto Merhi	5	4	4	1	4	Ret	5	11	3	5	5	3	11	10	5	9	5	2
BEL Laurens Vanthoor	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	3	9	5	2	11	7	2	2	7	13	4	6	DSQ
PRT António Félix da Costa	8	8	7	9	6	Ret	7	Ret	7	1	8	1	8	1	3	Ret	9	4
ESP Daniel Juncadella	4	7	8	2	9	9	10†	6	12	10	Ret	9	6	3	4	6	8	1
COL Carlos Muñoz	Ret	12	14	Ret	10	Ret	6	9	14	9	6	4	7	2	8	10†	11	6
FRA Jim Pla	7	11	13	6	DNS	8	Ret	8	8	4	10	13	13	12	9	1	12	11†
FRA Nicolas Marroc	11	10	10	13†	8	2	11†	10	9	8	13	12	12	11	10	3	Ret	8
DNK Kevin Magnussen					7	1
GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	6	9	5	7
FIN Matias Laine	10	13	9	10	Ret	10	8	7	11	Ret	12	10	10	6	11	Ret	10	9
CHE Christopher Zanella									10	Ret	9	7	DNS	DNS			7	Ret
DEU Tobias Hegewald															12	7
FIN Mika Mäki									13	Ret	11	8	9	9
Guest drivers ineligible for points
NLD Renger van der Zande															14	5
MEX Esteban Gutiérrez			6	Ret
CHE Sandro Zeller			15†	11													13	10
SWE Jimmy Eriksson			11	Ret
ANG Luís Sá Silva			12	12

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

– Rookie Cup

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

Teams

Pos	Team	LEC
FRA	HOC
DEU	VAL
ESP	NOR
DEU	NÜR
DEU	ZAN
NLD	BRH
GBR	OSC
DEU	HOC
DEU	Pts	1	193	2	148	3	74	4	60	5	44	0	Pos	Team	LEC
FRA	HOC
DEU	VAL
ESP	NOR
DEU	NÜR
DEU	ZAN
NLD	BRH
GBR	OSC
DEU	HOC
DEU	Pts
FRA Signature	1	2	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	5	5	2	1	7
2	3	2	4	5	6	2	3	2	6	3	6	2	7	6	4	3	DSQ
FRA ART Grand Prix	3	1	3	5	2	4	3	1	4	3	2	5	4	4	1	1	2	3
7	6	13	6	3	5	4	4	6	4	4	13	5	8	2	8	4	5
DEU Mücke Motorsport	5	4	4	1	4	Ret	5	9	3	5	5	3	7	2	5	9	5	2
Ret	12	14	Ret	10	Ret	6	11	14	9	6	4	11	10	8	10	11	6
DEU Motopark Academy	6	8	5	7	6	1	7	7	7	1	8	1	8	1	3	7	7	4
8	9	7	9	7	10	8	Ret	10	Ret	11	8	9	6	11	Ret	9	9
ITA Prema Powerteam	4	7	8	2	8	2	10	6	9	8	13	9	6	3	4	3	8	1
11	10	10	13	9	9	11	10	12	10	Ret	12	12	11	10	6	Ret	8
Guest teams ineligible for points
CHE Jo Zeller Racing			15	11													13	10

| |}

Nations Cup

Nation	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	96
	90
	76
	76
	70
	41
	40
	23
	18
	8
	2
Guest nations
	0
	0
	0
	0

Notes

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