The 2010 Superleague Formula season was the third Superleague Formula championship. The series was rebranded "Superleague Formula by Sonangol", due to a two-year deal that began in the previous season. [1] The first race of the season was on 4 April at Silverstone and it finished on 24 October at Navarra after a series record of 12 race weekends in all.
The series' prize fund was increased to €5 million, with the championship-winning team winning €1 million. [2] Superleague Formula teamed up with The NewsMarket to distribute video content to 25,000 global media outlets in over 190 countries throughout the season. [3] Ex-Formula One and WTCC driver Tiago Monteiro praised Superleague Formula by saying he was "pretty impressed with what they've done so far". [4]
R.S.C. Anderlecht, run under Azerti Motorsport with driver Davide Rigon, were made champions, but only after the last Super Final of the last event of the season. It was R.S.C. Anderlecht's first series title but the second for Rigon, who won the title with Beijing Guoan in 2008.
* Drivers who participated in the non-championship round at the Beijing street circuit.
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Round | Race | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Club | Winning Team | Weekend Winner | Report | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() | 4 April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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2 | R1 | ![]() | 16 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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3 | R1 | ![]() | 23 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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4 | R1 | ![]() | 20 June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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5 | R1 | ![]() | 27 June | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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6 | R1 | ![]() | 18 July | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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7 | R1 | ![]() | 1 August | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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8 | R1 | ![]() | 5 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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9 | R1 | ![]() | 19 September | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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10 | R1 | ![]() | 3 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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NC | R1 | ![]() | 10 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() (from best R1 & R2 results) | Report |
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11 | R1 | ![]() | 24 October | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
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† Race 3 was cancelled due to poor track and weather conditions. [70]
<duv style="font-size: 85%"> NOTE – R2 starts |
† Round at Beijing was a non-championship event with no points given out for any of the races.
* María de Villota finished 12th in race one and retired in 17th from race two at Jarama. She was subsequently disqualified from race two, after the race had finished, for crashing into Sébastien Bourdais early on after spinning off the track herself. She was also excluded from the race one result and lost the 14 points she would have earned for that finish. [72]
‡ Chris van der Drift qualified for the Super Final at Brands Hatch but was unable to compete due to suffering injuries from a large crash in race two which led to him being taken to hospital with a broken ankle, two broken ribs, a cracked shoulder blade, a dislocated shoulder and two broken fingers. [73] [74] His Super Final place was taken up by the seventh highest points-scorer of the weekend, Yelmer Buurman.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | DNF | DNS |
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Points | 50 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | DNQ | DNS |
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Points | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Superleague Formula squads ATECH and Reid Motorsport have joined forces in 2010 to field the Liverpool, AC Milan, Porto and Sporting Lisbon clubs. Alan Docking Racing took over the Atlético Madrid and Flamengo cars in a last-minute deal under the 'Alpha' banner, after Durango bailed out last week.
The Dutch presence in Superleague Formula will be significant in 2010 as the series sees Robert Doornbos to represent Corinthians, PSV sign Narain Karthikeyan and Chris van der Drift joins Olympiacos.
In a twist of irony, Soucek, whose Flamengo machine was totalled, took over the TV commentary duties that Bamber was supposed to be doing!
The super final that was due to follow has been cancelled due to the abject lack of visibility. Bamber cheered up when he was pronounced the winner of the weekend and would receive the €100,000 top prize, ahead of Craig Dolby (Tottenham) and Frederic Vervisch (Liverpool).