2010 British Formula 3 International Series
Introduction The '''2010 British Formula 3 International Series''' was the 60th British Formula 3 International Series season. It began on 3 April at Oulton Park and finished on 26 September at Brands Hatch after 30 races at ten meetings, held in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Belgium.For the third season in succession, a Red Bull Junior Team-supported Carlin Motorsport driver won the championship title. Following on from the successes of Jaime Alguersuari in 2008 and Daniel Ricciardo in 2009, Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne won the title with two meetings to spare after taking twelve victories in the first 24 races. Vergne eventually finished with thirteen victories and 29 points-scoring finishes – his only failure was a mistake in the wet, final race at Brands Hatch when he slid off the road – as he finished 99 points clear of his team-mate James Calado. Both drivers received a Formula Renault 3.5 Series test for their performances. Calado's five wins helped him to fend off Fortec Motorsport's Oliver Webb, a three-time winner, in the battle for second place in the standings.Webb's early season form of seven top-two placings in the first nine races had given him the championship lead over Vergne and a 48-point advantage over Calado, but the Carlin driver overhauled his rival following an unbroken of points finishes to the end of the season, while Webb suffered four races where he did not score any points, to end up 43 points behind at season's end. A late season surge by a third Carlin driver, Adriano Buzaid put him within reach of Webb's third place at the final round, but Webb eventually held on by twelve points. Buzaid had taken seven successive podiums, including his only two victories of the season coming at Silverstone and Snetterton. Three other race-winners battled for fifth place in the championship, with Felipe Nasr overhauling both Gabriel Dias and Rupert Svendsen-Cook at the final race of the season. The only other drivers to win a race were reigning National Class champion Daniel McKenzie, who took two wins to an eventual tenth place championship finish, and Alexander Sims, who won at Silverstone while competing in one of two guest appearances with his Formula 3 Euro Series team ART Grand Prix.The National Class for older-specification machinery was an in-house battle between two T-Sport drivers as Menasheh Idafar and James Cole were the only drivers to compete in all of the meetings; only four drivers competed in the class at all in 2010, with Luiz Razia – who competed at the May Silverstone meeting, to learn the circuit ahead of the GP2 Series meeting later in the season – and Juan Carlos Sistos – who contested the August Silverstone and Snetterton meetings – the only others to compete alongside the T-Sport pair. Idafar eventually won the National Class title by 17 points, taking 17 wins to Cole's twelve, including an overall third-place finish at the final race at Brands Hatch. Sistos took the other victory, finishing ahead of Cole and Idafar on his début in the championship.
Drivers and teams  Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class  Carlin Dallara F308 Volkswagen 1  Adriano Buzaid All 2  James Calado All 21  Rupert Svendsen-Cook All 22  Jazeman Jaafar All 31  Jean-Éric Vergne All 32  Lucas Foresti All  Hitech Racing Dallara F310 Volkswagen 3  William Buller All 4  Gabriel Dias All  Fortec Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 5  Daniel McKenzie All 6  Oliver Webb All 9  Max Snegirev All  T-Sport Dallara F310 Volkswagen 7  Alex Brundle All  Räikkönen Robertson Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 8  Daisuke Nakajima All 26  Carlos Huertas All 27  Felipe Nasr All  Litespeed F3 Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 14  Jay Bridger All  Sino Vision Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 17  Kevin Chen 2  Wayne Boyd 4 18  Adderly Fong All  CF Racing with Manor Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 25  Hywel Lloyd All 28  Rio Haryanto 2–3  Yann Cunha 8 National Class  T-Sport Dallara F307  Mugen-Honda 43  Menasheh Idafar All 44  James Cole All  Motul Team West-Tec Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 46  Luiz Razia 2  Juan Carlos Sistos 8–9 Invitation Entries  Mücke Motorsport Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 71  Carlos Muñoz 6, 8  Hitech Racing Dallara F309 Volkswagen 77  Pietro Fantin 5, 8, 10  ART Grand Prix Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA 90  Esteban Gutiérrez 2  Nathanaël Berthon 6 91  Alexander Sims 2, 6 92  Jim Pla 2, 6  Prema Powerteam Dallara F309 Mercedes HWA 93  Daniel Juncadella 6 94  Nicolas Marroc 6
Calendar The calendar was announced on 7 January 2010.It consisted of ten rounds, with three races at each round. A race weekend consisted of a half-hour first race, a 20-minute "half points" sprint featuring a "semi-reverse" grid, and finally a 40-minute feature race designed to place the emphasis on driver stamina, racecraft and mechanical reliability. From Rockingham onwards, pit stops were implemented during the 20-minute race, in which drivers had to pit inside a 15-minute pit stop window. Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National Class Winner Supporting 1 R1  Oulton Park 3 April     Carlin  Menasheh Idafar ''British GT'' R2 5 April   Jean-Éric Vergne   Carlin  Menasheh Idafar R3  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  James Cole 2 R4  Silverstone (Arena) 1 May  James Calado  James Calado  James Calado  Carlin  James Cole ''FIA GT1 World Championship'' R5 2 May  Adriano Buzaid1  Alexander Sims  ART Grand Prix  Menasheh Idafar R6  James Calado  Oliver Webb  James Calado  Carlin  James Cole 3 R7  Magny-Cours 22 May  Jean-Éric Vergne  Oliver Webb  Oliver Webb  Fortec Motorsport  Menasheh Idafar ''Superleague Formula'' R8 23 May  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  James Cole R9  Jean-Éric Vergne  Oliver Webb  Oliver Webb  Fortec Motorsport  James Cole 4 R10  Hockenheim 29 May  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  James Cole ''ADAC GT Masters'' R11 30 May  Gabriel Dias  Gabriel Dias  Hitech Racing  James Cole R12  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar 5 R13  Rockingham 17 July  Oliver Webb  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar ''British GT'' R14 18 July  Daniel McKenzie  Daniel McKenzie  Fortec Motorsport  Menasheh Idafar R15  Oliver Webb  Felipe Nasr  Felipe Nasr   James Cole 6 R16  Spa-Francorchamps 30 July  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar ''FIA GT1 World Championship24 Hours of Spa'' R17  Felipe Nasr  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar R18 31 July  Oliver Webb  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  James Cole 7 R19  Thruxton 7 August  Jean-Éric Vergne  James Calado  James Calado  Carlin  James Cole ''British Truck Grand Prix'' R20 8 August  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  James Cole R21  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar 8 R22  Silverstone (Bridge) 14 August  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  James Calado  Carlin  ''British GT'' R23 15 August  Carlos Huertas  Adriano Buzaid  Carlin  James Cole R24  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar 9 R25  Snetterton 29 August  Adriano Buzaid  William Buller  Jean-Éric Vergne  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar ''British GT'' R26 30 August  James Calado  Gabriel Dias  Hitech Racing  Menasheh Idafar R27  Adriano Buzaid  Adriano Buzaid  Adriano Buzaid  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar 10 R28  Brands Hatch   Oliver Webb  Oliver Webb  Oliver Webb  Fortec Motorsport  Menasheh Idafar ''British GT'' R29   Felipe Nasr  Daniel McKenzie  Fortec Motorsport  Menasheh Idafar R30  Daniel McKenzie  James Calado  James Calado  Carlin  Menasheh Idafar* 1 Fastest lap recorded by Alexander Sims, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
Standings With an extra round at each meeting, the championship's point system was altered slightly for the 2010 season. The first and third races offered points using the system that had been used in 2009 (20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1), with an extra point for the fastest lap. The second race again saw the top ten being awarded points, but the points system rewarded less points; using the points scale 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, with two points for fastest lap. Pos Driver OUL SIL MAG HOC ROC SPA THR SIL SNE BRH Pts Championship Class 1  Jean-Éric Vergne '''''1''''' ''5'' '''''1''''' 4 5 6 '''4''' ''1'' '''2''' '''''1''''' 5 '''''1''''' ''1'' 9 2 '''''1''''' 1 ''1'' '''2''' ''1'' '''''1''''' '''''2''''' 3 '''''1''''' 1 8 2 8 4 Ret 392 2  James Calado Ret 11 6 '''''1''''' 9 '''1''' 6 DNS 4 4 6 6 4 6 3 2 4 2 ''1'' 2 3 1 5 4 8 ''7'' 3 2 5 ''1'' 293 3  Oliver Webb 2 8 2 2 22 ''2'' ''1'' 2 ''1'' 8 2 11 '''3''' 8 '''6''' 4 5 '''23''' 5 3 2 9 7 3 4 15 Ret '''''1''''' 7 10 250 4  Adriano Buzaid 3 4 5 9 ''6'' 5 8 11 11 5 3 4 9 3 4 5 Ret 9 4 6 4 4 1 2 '''2''' 2 '''''1''''' 3 3 9 238 5  Felipe Nasr Ret 14 Ret DNS 10 3 Ret 6 7 Ret 13 Ret 7 15 ''1'' 7 '''''2''''' 5 7 '''Ret''' 6 5 4 12 3 5 5 10 ''9'' 7 136 6  Gabriel Dias 7 '''Ret''' 4 8 '''2''' 8 2 17 3 7 ''1'' 5 6 4 Ret Ret 11 4 11 9 Ret 11 14 7 6 '''1''' 8 NC 14 Ret 135 7  5 1 3 10 Ret 11 18 10 6 12 9 8 11 13 Ret 3 7 7 3 4 5 6 6 6 Ret 14 10 4 6 Ret 131 8  William Buller 10 9 11 12 21 10 3 3 13 10 7 2 5 5 5 Ret 15 15 9 Ret 12 Ret 13 9 ''7'' 3 9 6 17 2 111 9  Daniel McKenzie 9 7 10 15 13 15 13 8 5 3 11 16 8 ''1'' 12 6 3 10 8 5 9 8 10 10 9 6 12 7 '''1''' '''6''' 109 10  Carlos Huertas 4 3 12 5 8 Ret 5 DNS 16 11 10 14 2 7 Ret Ret Ret 22 10 8 13 7 '''''2''''' 17 11 19 7 5 2 8 104 11  Daisuke Nakajima 6 2 7 3 3 21 9 4 Ret 16 Ret 7 10 '''2''' Ret 20 9 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 19 11 5 4 4 9 8 Ret 97 12  Jazeman Jaafar 8 6 13 7 7 7 7 DSQ 10 2 8 3 Ret 11 14 15 Ret 8 13 7 Ret 12 8 13 10 9 6 16 12 11 85 13  Lucas Foresti 17 15 15 14 14 12 Ret 7 9 13 12 9 12 10 11 8 Ret Ret 6 17 7 3 12 5 14 12 13 15 13 Ret 45 14  Jay Bridger 18 12 8 18 15 Ret 10 9 Ret 6 4 12 Ret 17 10 16 16 13 12 10 8 18 20 16 17 13 16 12 11 5 37 15  Hywel Lloyd 14 18 DNS 22 20 14 14 5 8 20 18 15 Ret 14 9 9 8 12 Ret 12 Ret 14 9 15 Ret 17 11 18 16 Ret 23 16  Adderly Fong 16 17 16 23 Ret 19 16 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret 18 20 13 23 18 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 24 18 12 16 20 Ret Ret 4 12 17  Alex Brundle 15 10 9 13 11 20 Ret 12 Ret 15 14 10 16 12 15 18 17 21 Ret 11 10 16 18 8 13 11 19 13 10 Ret 11 18  Max Snegirev 13 16 14 19 Ret 16 15 15 14 19 Ret 18 15 18 Ret 22 19 18 Ret 16 Ret 13 15 Ret 16 10 15 19 20 Ret 1 19  Wayne Boyd 17 17 13 0 20  Rio Haryanto 21 19 Ret 17 14 Ret 0 21  Yann Cunha 20 22 22 0 22  Kevin Chen 24 DNS DNS 0 ''guest drivers ineligible for points''  Alexander Sims 11 ''1'' 4 13 10 3 0  Esteban Gutiérrez 6 4 9 0  Daniel Juncadella 10 Ret 6 0  Carlos Muñoz 11 6 17 15 11 17 0  Jim Pla 16 12 13 17 Ret 11 0  Nathanaël Berthon 19 13 16 0  Nicolas Marroc 14 Ret 14 0  Pietro Fantin 17 16 Ret Ret 21 23 14 18 Ret 0 National Class 1  Menasheh Idafar '''''11''''' '''''13''''' '''Ret''' '''DNS''' ''16'' '''''18''''' '''11''' ''18'' ''15'' '''18''' ''16'' ''17'' ''13'' '''''18''''' '''8''' '''''12''''' '''''12''''' ''20'' '''''Ret''''' ''13'' '''''11''''' '''''21''''' 17 '''''14''''' '''15''' '''''18''''' '''''14''''' '''''11''''' '''''15''''' '''3''' 435 2  James Cole 12 Ret ''17'' ''17'' 17 17 ''12'' 13 '''12''' ''9'' 15 '''Ret''' '''14''' 20 ''7'' 21 14 '''19''' 14 '''14''' 15 19 ''16'' 20 ''18'' 20 17 17 19 ''12'' 418 3  Juan Carlos Sistos 17 '''23''' 21 19 21 18 72 4  Luiz Razia 20 18 Ret 23 Pos Driver OUL SIL MAG HOC ROC SPA THR SIL SNE BRH Pts
See also * 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season* 2010 GP3 Series* 2010 Masters of Formula 3* 2010 Macau Grand Prix
References
External links *  The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship