2010 Silverstone Superleague Formula round

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2010 Silverstone Superleague Formula round
Superleague Formula round UK
Circuit Silverstone.svg
Circuit Map
Date4 April, 2010
Location Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England
CoursePermanent racing facility
3.194 mi (5.140 km)
Laps25 & 25
Pole position
Team Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel
Time 1:43.282
Podium (1st race)
First Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby
Second Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman
Third Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Duncan Tappy
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Álvaro Parente
Time 1:33.982 (on lap 15)
Podium (2nd race)
First Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais
Second Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift
Third Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid John Martin
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais
Time 1:32.818 (on lap 20)

The 2010 Silverstone Superleague Formula round was a Superleague Formula round, held on 4 April 2010 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England. It was the first ever round at the Silverstone Circuit and the opening round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season. [1]

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It was the first Superleague Formula round in the United Kingdom which is not hosted at Donington Park. Donington Park hosted 2008 [2] and 2009 [3] events. Brands Hatch will also host a round of the Superleague Formula series later in the season.

British teams competing have been confirmed with the participation of reigning champions Liverpool F.C. [4] and runners up Tottenham Hotspur. [5] FC Midtjylland and Rangers F.C. did not continue in the series in 2010, but new team GD Bordeaux were ready in time to make their debut at this event.

Support races included the Dutch Supercar Challenge, the SPEED Series and the World Sportscar and Grand Prix Masters. [6]

Report

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held before the race; all were held on Friday and all were 30 minutes in duration. Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) finished on top of the rain affected session one with a time of 1:46.585. Session two had much better weather, with A.S. Roma (Julien Jousse) leading the timesheets with a 1:36.819. Session three was a rainout with no times being recorded. SC Corinthians (Robert Doornbos) and A.S. Roma (Julien Jousse) were some of the drivers to test the conditions, but both teams ended up in the gravel. Session three was ultimately red flagged.

The qualifying session was firstly split into two groups after practice on Friday; Group A and Group B. Teams compete against each other teams in their own groups, with the top four in each group advancing to the 'knock out stages'.

In Group A's 15 minute qualifying session on Saturday, F.C. Porto (Álvaro Parente) finished first with a time of 1:34.520. Also advancing were the two 'home teams' of Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool F.C. and Swiss team FC Basel.

In Group Bs 15 minute qualifying session, Olympique Lyonnais (Sébastien Bourdais) finished first with a time of 1:34.432. Also advancing were Sevilla FC, CR Flamengo and A.C. Milan. Towards the end of Group B running, the rain started to come down again. This affected times at the end of the session with multiple cars going off the track. R.S.C. Anderlecht (Davide Rigon) ended their qualifying session in the gravel trap, complaining of new accelerator problems.

Race 1

Race 2

Super Final

Results

Qualifying

Knockout stages

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Pole Shoot Out
A1 F.C. Porto 1:47.052
B4 A.C. Milan 1:48.094 A1 F.C. Porto 1:44.691
A3 Liverpool F.C. 1:49.517A3 Liverpool F.C. 1:45.519
B2 Sevilla FC 1:50.412 A1 F.C. Porto 1:43.701
A2 Tottenham Hotspur 1:46.499A4 FC Basel 1893 1:43.282
B3 CR Flamengo 1:48.499 A2 Tottenham Hotspur 1:45.590
A4 FC Basel 1893 1:47.999A4 FC Basel 1893 1:45.202
B1 Olympique Lyonnais 1:48.705

Grid

Pos.TeamDriverTime
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 1:43.282
2 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente 1:43.701
3 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker 1:45.519
4 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 1:45.590
5 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 1:48.499
6 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Martínez 1:50.412
7 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 1:48.094
8 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 1:48.705
9 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 1:35.491
10 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 1:35.543
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan 1:35.584
12 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 1:35.576
13 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 1:35.632
14 Flag of France.svg GD Bordeaux Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny 1:35.600
15 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Julien Jousse 1:35.654
16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 1:36.126
17 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 1:36.034

Race 1

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
119 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 2540:51.242450
23 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 25+ 11.298745
37 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 25+ 22.338540
416 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente 25+ 22.546236
510 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 25+ 35.498132
618 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Martínez 25+ 36.527629
72 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 25+ 37.1141226
822 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Julien Jousse 25+ 41.7491523
98 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 25+ 52.8061620
1015 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 25+ 58.3701318
1114 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 25+ 1:08.5071716
125 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan 25+ 1:09.7341114
139 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 25+ 1:17.600912
144 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 24+ 1 lap1010
1569 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 24+ 1 lap88
161 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker 3Stalled30
DNS33 Flag of France.svg GD Bordeaux Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny 0140
Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (F.C. Porto) 1:33.982 (122.36 mph)

Race 2

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
169 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 2540:27.836250
29 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 25+ 10.872445
315 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 25+ 14.402740
419 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 25+ 15.1031636
516 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente 25+ 16.6041332
610 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 25+ 17.2411229
714 Flag of Brazil.svg SC Corinthians Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos 25+ 21.113626
833 Flag of France.svg GD Bordeaux Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny 25+ 22.0811723
918 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Martínez 25+ 32.3801120
108 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon 25+ 33.065818
112 Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Flag of Spain.svg Borja García 25+ 33.6111016
127 Flag of Brazil.svg CR Flamengo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy 25+ 36.5821414
1322 Flag of Italy.svg A.S. Roma Flag of France.svg Julien Jousse 25+ 38.211912
144 Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray S.K. Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy 25+ 1:14.894310
155 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan 23Spun Off58
163 Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman 23Retired157
171 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Walker 13Retired10
Fastest lap: Sébastien Bourdais (Olympique Lyonnais) 1:32.818 (123.89 mph)

Super Final

PosNoTeamDriverLapsTime/RetiredGridPts.
119 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby 57:55.04316
210 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel 5+ 1.77435
39 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris van der Drift 5+ 2.67564
469 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 5+ 3.31153
516 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente 5+ 4.03222
615 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 5+ 5.85741
Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (F.C. Porto) 1:34.451 (121.75 mph)

Standings after the round

PosTeamPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 92
2 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto 70
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 66
4 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais 61
5 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos CFP 61

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