2010 European Rally Championship

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The 2010 European Rally Championship season was the 58th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. The season had 11 rallies, beginning with Rally 1000 Miglia on 22 April. The championship was contested by 24 drivers from 6 countries. Luca Rossetti won 4 events and claimed his second European rally championship title.

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Calendar and winners

As in the previous year, the calendar consisted of 11 rounds. Rally Bulgaria was a World Rally Championship event in 2010, but Rally Poland was back in the ERC calendar. The other 10 rounds remained the same, although in a slightly different order. [1]

RoundDateEventWinner ERC
122–24 April Flag of Italy.svg Rally 1000 Miglia Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rossetti
214–16 May Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Rally Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rossetti
34–6 June Flag of Poland.svg Rally Poland Flag of Poland.svg Kajetan Kajetanowicz
424–26 June Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ypres Rally Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kopecký
523–25 July Flag of Turkey.svg Bosphorus Rally Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rossetti
65–7 August Flag of Portugal.svg Rally Vinho da Madeira Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kopecký
727–29 August Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barum Rally Zlín Flag of France.svg Bryan Bouffier
89–11 September Flag of Spain.svg Rallye Principe de Asturias Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Fontana
91–3 October Flag of Greece.svg ELPA Rally Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Protasov
1015–17 October Flag of France.svg Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur Flag of Italy.svg Luca Betti
1128–30 October Flag of Switzerland.svg Rallye International du Valais Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rossetti

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner got 25 points, the runner-up 18 and the third placed driver 15. Drivers ranked 4 to 10 got 12–10–8–6–4–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top five of every leg were awarded 7–5–3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 5 events qualified for the championship ranking. [2]

Pos.Driver Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Greece.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Switzerland.svg Points
1 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rossetti 1131Ret1195
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Tlusťák 105Ret22233140
3 Flag of Poland.svg Michał Sołowow 22Ret2Ret112
4 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Betti 62Ret3Ret1Ret102
5 Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Oleksowicz 11445Ret5Ret491
6 Flag of Italy.svg Corrado Fontana 73Ret4Ret2RetRet78
7 Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Ruta Ret245Ret60
8 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Protasov 13RetRetRetRetRet1651
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Černý 127Ret43Ret39
Not enough events to qualify for championship
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Kopecký 811Ret(82)
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Fontana Ret631(66)
Flag of Poland.svg Kajetan Kajetanowicz 1Ret(37)
Flag of France.svg Bryan Bouffier Ret1(37)
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gamba 9Ret2(32)
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from
the event (WD)

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References

  1. "Calendar". rally-erc.com.
  2. "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com.