Superleague Formula round UK

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Superleague Formula round UK
Brands Hatch / Donington Park / Silverstone Circuit
Event information
No. of events4
First held 2008
Last held 2010
Most wins (club) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan 3
Most wins (driver) Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin 3
Last event (2010 Brands Hatch) winners
Race 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan John Martin
Race 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Narain Karthikeyan
S. Final Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan John Martin

The Superleague Formula round UK is a round of the Superleague Formula. Donington Park hosted events in 2008 [1] and 2009. [2] In 2010 Brands Hatch and the Silverstone Circuit will both host events.

Superleague Formula was an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It used the slogan 'The Beautiful Race: Football at 300 km/h'. By 2011 the link with football was fading with more than half the teams no longer associated with football teams. It was founded by businessmen Alex Andreu and Robin Webb. On 19 May 2010, Andreu stepped down in his role as series president, with Alfredo Brisac named as his successor not many weeks later. The season ran between April and November at the same time as most other European race series. Every team used identical cars and 750-horsepower V-12 engines. The Sonangol Group was the series' title sponsor from June 2009 until the end of the 2010 season.

Donington Park race track

Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038.

Brands Hatch race track

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation.

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Winners

SeasonRaceClubDriverLocationDateReport
2008 R1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon Donington Park 31 August Report
R2 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC Flag of Spain.svg Borja García
2009 R1 Flag of Switzerland.svg FC Basel 1893 Flag of Germany.svg Max Wissel Donington Park 2 August Report
R2 Flag of Portugal.svg F.C. Porto Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy
SF Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers F.C. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin
2010 R1 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby Silverstone Circuit 4 April Report
R2 Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
SF Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Dolby
R1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin Brands Hatch 1 August Report
R2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan
SF Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Guoan Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin

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References

  1. "SF Round 1 UK 2008". superleagueformula.com. Superleague Formula . Retrieved 2010-01-21.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "SF Round 3 UK 2009". superleagueformula.com. Superleague Formula. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2010-01-21.