2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6

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2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6
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The 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 was the eighteenth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the only season run under the guise of F4 Eurocup 1.6. The series began on 17 April at Motorland Aragon and ended on 10 October at Circuit de Catalunya, after seven rounds and fourteen races.

Stoffel Vandoorne clinched the championship with a meeting to spare, winning six races en route to a 36-point championship winning margin over Norman Nato, with Mathieu Jaminet edging out Paul-Loup Chatin for third place overall. Franck Matelli finished fifth; the only other driver to win a race over the season.

It was the final season run under the "F4 Eurocup 1.6" name, as the series was renamed the "French F4 Championship" for 2011.

Driver lineup

No	Driver^[1]^[2]	Rounds
1	Nicolas de Moura	All
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	All
3	Paul-Loup Chatin	All
4	Mathieu Jaminet	All
5	Hamza El Fatouaki	1–2, 4
6	Alexandre Anezo	All
7	Marie Baus-Coppens	All
8	Giada de Zen	All
9	Alexandre Mantovani	All
10	Sébastien Le Bras	1–4, 6–7
11	Pierre Sancinéna	All
12	Maxime Bourcet	All
14	Alexandre Jouannem-Sivan	All
15	Maxime Raphoz	All
16	Valentin Simonet	All
17	Norman Nato	All
18	Paul Lanchere	All
19	Tristan Papavoine	All
20	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	All
21	Franck Matelli	All
22	Cécilia Asquini	3
22	Pierre Nicolet	4–7

Race calendar and results

Under its new name, the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series was part of the World Series by Renault and shared seven race weekends with the main three World Series events.^[3]^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	17 April	Franck Matelli	Stoffel Vandoorne	Norman Nato
1	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	18 April	Stoffel Vandoorne	Alexandre Mantovani	Stoffel Vandoorne
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 May	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 May	Stoffel Vandoorne	Franck Matelli	Stoffel Vandoorne
3	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	19 June	Franck Matelli	Franck Matelli	Franck Matelli
3	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 June	Alexandre Mantovani	Norman Nato	Stoffel Vandoorne
4	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	3 July	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet
4	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	4 July	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet
5	R1	Hockenheimring	4 September	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne
5	R2	Hockenheimring	5 September	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne
6	R1	Silverstone Circuit	18 September	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin
6	R2	Silverstone Circuit	19 September	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	9 October	Mathieu Jaminet	Paul-Loup Chatin	Mathieu Jaminet
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	10 October	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	Norman Nato

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Additional points were awarded to the driver achieving pole position and fastest lap in each race. Only a driver's best twelve results counted towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	ALC		SPA		MAG		HUN		HOC		SIL		CAT		Total
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	1	1	1	2	1	16	4	1	1	4	2	4	4	159
2	Norman Nato	1	3	7	7	6	5	2	2	2	4	3	6	3	1	123
3	Mathieu Jaminet	6	6	Ret	8	3	3	1	1	6	8	7	4	1	2	112
4	Paul-Loup Chatin	4	8	10	10	11	4	4	7	4	2	1	1	2	7	103
5	Franck Matelli	5	Ret	6	2	1	2	7	5	3	3	9	17	7	5	96
6	Paul Lanchere	3	2	2	3	12	Ret	3	3	8	5	5	5	10	8	89
7	Alexandre Mantovani	Ret	7	8	6	4	6	5	10	5	15	2	3	5	3	78
8	Pierre Sancinéna	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	7	7	15	7	Ret	6	52
9	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	8	4	3	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	12	8	8	6	9	50
10	Tristan Papavoine	10	10	9	19	7	8	15	11	13	14	6	Ret	8	Ret	19
11	Sébastien Le Bras	9	11	4	12	9	10	9	14			11	Ret	13	17	15
12	Nicolas de Moura	12	9	11	11	10	9	12	12	10	6	12	Ret	Ret	13	11
13	Valentin Simonet	14	19	Ret	15	14	14	8	8	12	Ret	14	10	9	11	9
14	Alexandre Jouannem-Sivan	Ret	13	12	5	18	11	18	Ret	14	13	13	9	11	12	8
15	Maxime Raphoz	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	9	11	10	10	13	Ret	10	5
16	Alexandre Anezo	15	14	Ret	14	Ret	15	10	18†	Ret	9	17	11	15	Ret	3
17	Giada de Zen	13	16	14	16	17	Ret	Ret	15	15	11	16	12	12	14	0
18	Maxime Bourcet	16	15	15	17	15	13	14	13	16	16	18	15	14	16	0
19	Pierre Nicolet							13	16	17	Ret	20	14	17†	15	0
20	Marie Baus-Coppens	Ret	17	16	18	Ret	Ret	17	17†	18	17	19	16	16	18	0
21	Cécilia Asquini					16	16									0
22	Hamza El Fatouaki	Ret	18	17	20			Ret	19							0
Pos	Driver	ALC		SPA		MAG		HUN		HOC		SIL		CAT		Total

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

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References

↑ "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010 drivers". F4 Eurocup 1.6 . Auto Sport Academy. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
↑ "Only one month to wait..." F4 Eurocup 1.6 . Auto Sport Academy. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
↑ "Auto Sport Academy joins the World Series by Renault". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2010-02-20.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Auto Sport Academy". F4 Eurocup 1.6 . Auto Sport Academy. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-02-20.

External links

The official website of the F4 Eurocup 1.6

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[1] "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010 drivers". F4 Eurocup 1.6 . Auto Sport Academy. Retrieved 2010-03-27.

[2] "Only one month to wait..." F4 Eurocup 1.6 . Auto Sport Academy. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-27.

[3] "Auto Sport Academy joins the World Series by Renault". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2010-02-20.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] "Auto Sport Academy". F4 Eurocup 1.6 . Auto Sport Academy. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-02-20.

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