2010 Magny-Cours Superleague Formula round

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2010 Magny-Cours Superleague Formula round
Superleague Formula round France
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.svg
Circuit Map
DateMay 23, 2010
Location Flag of France.svg Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.740 mi (4.410 km)
Laps31 & 29
Pole position
Team Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby
Time 1:27.029
Podium (1st race)
First Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman
Second Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby
Third Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman
Time 1:26.722 (on lap 14)
Podium (2nd race)
First Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel
Second Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Julien Jousse
Third Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Davide Rigon
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel
Time 1:28.142 (on lap 17)

The 2010 Magny-Cours Superleague Formula round was a Superleague Formula round held on May 23, 2010, at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France. It was the second round at the Magny-Cours circuit after it hosted its first Superleague Formula event in 2009. [1] It was the third round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season.

Contents

Seventeen clubs entered the round including two French clubs, Olympique Lyonnais and GD Bordeaux. PSV Eindhoven missed the round due to driver Narain Karthikeyan's involvement in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on the same weekend. [2] [3]

Support events included the British GT Championship. [4]

Report

Qualifying

Race 1

Race 2

Super Final

Results

Qualifying

Knockout stages

Grid

Race 1

Race 2

Super Final

Standings after the round

PosTeamPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 250
2 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan 196
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht 183
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 174
5 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP 151

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