2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup

Last updated August 19, 2024

The 2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup was the first Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season, the replacement for the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup. It began on April 24 at the Hockenheimring and ended again at the Hockenheimring on October 16, after seven race weekends and a total of nine races.

Drivers

All cars are powered by Volkswagen engines and use Volkswagen Scirocco chassis.

No	Driver	Class	Rounds
2	Jann-Hendrik Ubben	J	All
3	Sönke Schmidt	J	1
4	Kris Heidorn	J	All
5	Arne Larisch	J	All
6	Dennis Rieger	J	All
7	Isabelle Biela	J	All
8	Christian Schweiger	J	1–4, 6–7
9	Daniel Bohr	J	All
10	Nicolas Schneider	J	All
11	Philipp Glauner	J	1–3
12	Ola Nilsson	J	All
14	Aditya Patel	P	All
15	Berke Bayındır	P	All
16	Peter Schleifer	P	All
17	Timmy Megenbier	P	All
18	Felix Tigges	P	All
19	Adam Gładysz	P	All
20	Maciek Steinhof	P	All
21	Stefano Proetto	P	All
22	Eve Scheer	P	All
24	Martin Brundle	L	1
52	Martin Brundle	L	5
25	Carlos Sainz	L	1
26	Jacques Laffite	L	1
27	Frank Biela	L	1, 6
28	Harald Grohs	L	2
44	Harald Grohs	L	4
29	Klaus Niedzwiedz	L	2
30	Kurt Thiim	L	2
31	Jan Lammers	L	2
32	Slim Borgudd	L	2
33	Martin Westerhoff	G	2
34	Christian Gebhardt	G	2
35	Christian Abt	L	3
36	Marc Surer	L	3
37	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	L	3
38	Bertram Schäfer	L	3
39	Ralf Kelleners	L	3
40	Miriam Höller	G	3
41	Altfrid Heger	L	4
42	Sabine Schmitz	L	4
43	Olaf Manthey	L	4
45	Uwe Alzen	L	4
46	Axel Stein	G	4
47	Rahel Frey	G	4
48	Johannes Stuck	G	4
49	Edgar Mielke	G	4
50	Derek Bell	L	5
51	Johnny Herbert	L	5, 7
54	Mark Blundell	L	5
55	John Barker	G	5
56	Adam Hay-Nicholls	G	5
57	Andy Lee	P	5
58	Marco Werner	L	6
59	David Brabham	L	6
60	René Rast	G	6
61	Cyril Despres	L	6
62	Michael Hess	P	6–7
63	Dieter Serowy	G	6
64	Mathew Hodges	G	6
65	Jörg Janzen	G	6
66	Giniel de Villiers	L	7
67	Juha Kankkunen	L	7
69	Willi Bergmeister	L	7
70	Mario Kotaska	G	7
71	Osarnu Hatakenaka	G	7
72	Daniel la Rosa	G	7
73	J. D. Mobley	G	7
74	Frank Schneider	G	7
75	Dennis Trebing	G	7

Icon	Class
G	Guest
J	Junior Cup
L	Legend Cup
P	Pro Cup

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R	Hockenheimring	April 24	Kris Heidorn	Kris Heidorn	Maciek Steinhof
2	R	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	June 5	Maciek Steinhof	Kris Heidorn	Maciek Steinhof
3	R	Norisring	July 3	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Stefano Proetto	Stefano Proetto
4	R1	Nürburgring	August 7	Aditya Patel	Uwe Alzen	Aditya Patel
4	R2	Nürburgring	August 8		Rahel Frey	Arne Larisch
5	R	Brands Hatch	September 4	Kris Heidorn	Mark Blundell	Kris Heidorn
6	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	September 18	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast
6	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	September 19		Jann-Hendrik Ubben	René Rast
7	R	Hockenheimring	October 16	Johnny Herbert	Daniel la Rosa	Daniel la Rosa

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	HOC	LAU	NOR	NÜR		BRH	OSC		HOC	Points
1	Kris Heidorn	2	2	7	4	9	1	2	10	4	356
2	Jann-Hendrik Ubben	9	19	5	5	2	2	6	2	13	301
3	Maciek Steinhof	1	1	2	2	Ret	4	3	7	Ret	276
4	Arne Larisch	13	5	11	6	1	15	13	13	12	243
5	Stefano Proetto	10	Ret	1	12	16	8	4	6	20	229
6	Ola Nilsson	4	4	8	Ret	Ret	9	9	4	5	223
7	Adam Gładysz	5	10	Ret	8	3	12	14	14	7	202
8	Timmy Megenbier	8	6	14	13	15	10	16	12	8	196
9	Felix Tigges	16	12	21	10	Ret	13	5	5	6	192
10	Berke Bayındır	14	14	19	11	8	16	15	8	11	186
11	Dennis Rieger	11	3	12	21	10	6	18	15	17	184
12	Aditya Patel	6	7	13	1	4	Ret	Ret	17	25	170
13	Daniel Bohr	22	21	20	14	12	20	11	20	16	133
14	Christian Schweiger	18	23	3	Ret	13		17	16	14	131
15	Nicolas Schneider	20	Ret	22	16	7	17	22	19	10	131
16	Eve Scheer	19	18	16	7	DSQ	19	19	21	18	114
17	Isabelle Biela	Ret	13	15	Ret	14	18	21	22	23	93
18	Peter Schleifer	23	22	24	18	19	23	26	27	21	69
19	Philipp Glauner	21	16	18							29
20	Michael Hess							25	25	19	28
21	Andy Lee						11				26
22	Sönke Schmidt	15									9
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
–	René Rast							1	1		0
–	Daniel la Rosa									1	0
–	Johnny Herbert						5			2	0
–	Martin Brundle	3					7				0
–	David Brabham							7	3		0
–	Olaf Manthey				3	Ret					0
–	Mark Blundell						3				0
–	J. D. Mobley									3	0
–	Krzysztof Hołowczyc			4							0
–	Uwe Alzen				Ret	5					0
–	Rahel Frey				20	6					0
–	Ralf Kelleners			6							0
–	Frank Biela	7						12	9		0
–	Mathew Hodges							8	11		0
–	Kurt Thiim		8								0
–	Altfrid Heger				9	Ret					0
–	Klaus Niedzwiedz		9								0
–	Marc Surer			9							0
–	Dennis Trebing									9	0
–	Marco Werner							10	18		0
–	Christian Abt			10							0
–	Harald Grohs		24		Ret	11					0
–	Jan Lammers		11								0
–	Carlos Sainz	12									0
–	John Barker						14				0
–	Sabine Schmitz				15	18					0
–	Slim Borgudd		15								0
–	Juha Kankkunen									15	0
–	Axel Stein				17	17					0
–	Jacques Laffite	17									0
–	Christian Gebhardt		17								0
–	Bertram Schäfer			17							0
–	Edgar Mielke				19	Ret					0
–	Dieter Serowy							20	23		0
–	Martin Westerhoff		20								0
–	Adam Hay-Nicholls						21				0
–	Derek Bell						22				0
–	Willi Bergmeister									22	0
–	Jörg Janzen							23	24		0
–	Miriam Höller			23							0
–	Cyril Despres							24	26		0
–	Osarnu Hatakenaka									24	0
–	Mario Kotaska									27	0
–	Giniel de Villiers									Ret	0
–	Johannes Stuck				DNS	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	HOC	LAU	NOR	NÜR		BRH	OSC		HOC	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	60	48	40	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

No points are awarded for pole position or fastest race laps. Half-points of the values listed above are awarded for the first two races of the season.^[1]

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References

↑ "2010 Regulations: Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup" (PDF). Volkswagen Motorsport . Hannover, Germany: Volkswagen. p. 24. Retrieved 2010-08-11.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[1] "2010 Regulations: Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup" (PDF). Volkswagen Motorsport . Hannover, Germany: Volkswagen. p. 24. Retrieved 2010-08-11.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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