2010 Formula Renault BARC season

2010 Formula Renault BARC
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The Protyre 2010 Formula Renault BARC season was the 16th Formula Renault BARC Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 April and ended on 17 October at Thruxton, after twelve rounds held in England. Making its debut in the series was the previous-specification Formula Renault UK car which ran alongside the existing BARC car in a one-class Championship.^[1]

Hillspeed driver Alice Powell became the first female driver to win any Formula Renault championship after overhauling a 16-point deficit to rival Mitchell Hale of Fortec Motorsport at the season's final meeting at Thruxton.^[2] Powell won two races at Silverstone and Thruxton with five second places compared to Hale's three victories at Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Snetterton. Third place was also resolved at the final round of the season between Powell's teammate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's teammate but took part in the final meeting for Welch Motorsport. Theodore, a race-winner at Croft, Rockingham and Thruxton, got the better of Webster by three points, after he finished ahead of Webster in the final race of the season. Other race wins were taken by Joseph Reilly at Snetterton and Rockingham, Luke Wright at Croft, and Euan Hankey in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch.

Teams and drivers

2010 Entry List
Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Welch Motorsport	3	Jack Piper	All
	4	Josh Webster	6
	7	Kourosh Khani	All
Fortec Motorsport	4	Josh Webster	1–5
	23	Joseph Reilly	All
	41	Mitchell Hale	All
Privateer	5	James Birch	All
Uniq Racing with Triple Eight	8	Sazlan Sirajudin	All
Anglo Motorsport	11	Brett Parris	5
		Kasper Krogh	1
Antel Motorsport			2–4
		Dino Zamparelli	6
	12	Roman Beregech	4–6
	16	Euan Hankey	1
	17	Matthew Draper	All
Hillspeed	15	Alice Powell	All
	44	Josephine Ferrada	2–6
	99	James Theodore	All
RPD Motorsport	18	Steven Durrant	1, 3–6
SWB Motorsport	27	Luke Wright	All
	28	Andrew Jarman	All
Mtech	32	Tommaso Menchini	5
	33	Jake Rattenbury	All
	36	James Thorp	6

Calendar

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings. All races held in England.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	18 April	James Theodore	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Fortec Motorsport
	R2			Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Euan Hankey	Antel Motorsport
2	R3	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	9 May	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Fortec Motorsport
	R4			Alice Powell	Mitchell Hale	Alice Powell	Hillspeed
3	R5	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	4 July	James Theodore	James Theodore	James Theodore	Hillspeed
	R6			James Theodore	Luke Wright	Luke Wright	SWB Motorsport
4	R7	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	1 August	James Theodore	Mitchell Hale	Joseph Reilly	Fortec Motorsport
	R8			Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Fortec Motorsport
5	R9	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	12 September	James Theodore	Joseph Reilly	James Theodore	Hillspeed
	R10			Joseph Reilly	Josh Webster	Joseph Reilly	Fortec Motorsport
6	R11	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	17 October	Mitchell Hale	James Theodore	James Theodore	Hillspeed
	R12			Alice Powell	James Theodore	Alice Powell	Hillspeed

Standings

Pos Driver BHI SIL CRO SNE ROC THR Total Drop Points 1 Alice Powell 5 5 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 7 2 1 304 16 288 2 Mitchell Hale 1 3 1 2 6 6 3 1 6 5 8 5 294 14 280 3 James Theodore 4 Ret 9 3 5 1 Ret 5 1 3 1 2 254 254 4 Josh Webster Ret 4 3 4 4 3 4 7 5 2 4 3 251 251 5 Joseph Reilly 3 2 Ret DNS 3 11 1 3 2 1 11 8 231 231 6 Luke Wright 2 Ret 5 7 1 5 Ret 2 3 4 3 10 229 229 7 James Birch (P) 10(*) 8(*) 7(*) 6(*) 11(*) 14(*) 6(*) 8(*) 9(*) 10(*) 5(*) 6(*) 189 9 180 8 Kourosh Khani 6 12 4 5 7 Ret 7 Ret 8 13 14 9 142 142 9 Andrew Jarman 7 7 12 8 9 7 9 Ret 11 11 13 13 131 131 10 Matthew Draper 8 Ret 6 Ret 10 12 5 12 15 16 10 15 109 109 11 Kasper Krogh 13 6 8 Ret 13 4 8 6 102 102 12 Jack Piper Ret 10 10 9 12 9 14 14 13 12 12 Ret 95 95 13 Steven Durrant 12 Ret 8 8 10 10 Ret 9 Ret 11 81 81 14 Josephine Ferrada 11 11 15 10 12 11 16 14 15 14 81 81 15 Jake Rattenbury 11 9 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 9 10 Ret Ret 12 64 64 16 Sazlan Sirajudin Ret 11 Ret 10 14 13 Ret Ret 12 15 16 16 61 61 17 Euan Hankey 9 1 44 44 18 Dino Zamparelli 6 4 40 40 19 Roman Beregech 13 13 14 Ret 9 Ret 35 35 20 Brett Parris 7 6 34 34 21 James Thorp 7 7 32 32 22 Tommaso Menchini Ret 8 14 14 Pos Driver BHI SIL CRO SNE ROC THR Total Drop Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

• (Bold) = Pole Position
• (Italics) = Fastest Lap
• (p) = Privateer Club drivers

Formula Renault Winter Series

References

1. "New look 2010 race calendar helps to cut BARC series costs". renaultsport.co.uk. Renault Sport. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
2. "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault title" (PDF). British Women Racing Drivers Club. The Purple Tangerine Limited. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

External links

• The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship