List of Superleague Formula seasons

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Craig Dolby holding one of his race winning trophies at the 2010 Silverstone Superleague Formula round Craig Dolby with his race winner's trophy at SF 2010.jpg
Craig Dolby holding one of his race winning trophies at the 2010 Silverstone Superleague Formula round

This is a list of Superleague Formula seasons, that is a list of the Superleague Formula championship seasons since the inaugural 2008 season. This list is accurate up to and including the 2010 season.

Contents

Summary

SeasonRoundsRaces*EntrantsTeamsDrivers
2008 612181125
2009 616 (4)19926
2010 12 †35 (11) ‡191135
2011 26 (2)16417

* Total races (race 1, 2 and Super Final). Number of which are Super Finals indicated in brackets.
† The round at Beijing was a non-championship event with no points given out for any of the races. [1]
‡ The Super Final at Beijing was cancelled due to poor track and weather conditions. [2]

Football clubs

SeasonChampionSecondThird
2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan (413 pts) Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven (337 pts) Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan (335 pts)
2009 Flag of England.svg Liverpool F.C. (412 pts) Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur (382 pts) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 (308 pts)
2010 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R.S.C. Anderlecht (699 pts) Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur (697 pts) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Basel 1893 (667 pts)
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia (158 pts) Flag of Japan.svg Team Japan (136 pts) Flag of Luxembourg.svg Team Luxembourg (134 pts)

Drivers

SeasonChampionSecondThird
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Vallés Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Doornbos
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch

Race teams

SeasonChampionSecondThird
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Zakspeed Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Playteam Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Azerti Motorsport
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Junior Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Docking Racing Flag of Germany.svg GU-Racing International
2010 Flag of Germany.svg GU-Racing International Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Docking Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Atech GP/Reid Motorsport
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Atech Reid Grand Prix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Docking Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Azerti Motorsport

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References

  1. Bradley, Charles (2010-10-07). "Beijing event to be non-points race". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2010-10-07.
  2. Bradley, Charles (2010-10-10). "Porto's Parente wins crazy race two". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2010-10-10. 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).