2010 Formula Renault BARC season

The Protyre 2010 Formula Renault BARC season was the 16th Formula Renault BARC Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 April and ended on 17 October at Thruxton, after twelve rounds held in England. Making its debut in the series was the previous-specification Formula Renault UK car which ran alongside the existing BARC car in a one-class Championship.^[1]

Hillspeed driver Alice Powell became the first female driver to win any Formula Renault championship after overhauling a 16-point deficit to rival Mitchell Hale of Fortec Motorsport at the season's final meeting at Thruxton.^[2] Powell won two races at Silverstone and Thruxton with five second places compared to Hale's three victories at Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Snetterton. Third place was also resolved at the final round of the season between Powell's teammate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's teammate but took part in the final meeting for Welch Motorsport. Theodore, a race-winner at Croft, Rockingham and Thruxton, got the better of Webster by three points, after he finished ahead of Webster in the final race of the season. Other race wins were taken by Joseph Reilly at Snetterton and Rockingham, Luke Wright at Croft, and Euan Hankey in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch.

Teams and drivers

2010 Entry List
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Welch Motorsport	3	Jack Piper	All
	4	Josh Webster	6
	7	Kourosh Khani	All
Fortec Motorsport	4	Josh Webster	1–5
	23	Joseph Reilly	All
	41	Mitchell Hale	All
Privateer	5	James Birch	All
Uniq Racing with Triple Eight	8	Sazlan Sirajudin	All
Anglo Motorsport	11	Brett Parris	5
Anglo Motorsport		Kasper Krogh	1
Antel Motorsport		Kasper Krogh	2–4
		Dino Zamparelli	6
	12	Roman Beregech	4–6
	16	Euan Hankey	1
	17	Matthew Draper	All
Hillspeed	15	Alice Powell	All
	44	Josephine Ferrada	2–6
	99	James Theodore	All
RPD Motorsport	18	Steven Durrant	1, 3–6
SWB Motorsport	27	Luke Wright	All
SWB Motorsport	28	Andrew Jarman	All
Mtech	32	Tommaso Menchini	5
	33	Jake Rattenbury	All
	36	James Thorp	6

Calendar

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings. All races held in England.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	18 April	James Theodore	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Fortec Motorsport
1	R2	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	18 April	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Euan Hankey	Antel Motorsport
2	R3	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	9 May	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Fortec Motorsport
2	R4	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	9 May	Alice Powell	Mitchell Hale	Alice Powell	Hillspeed
3	R5	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	4 July	James Theodore	James Theodore	James Theodore	Hillspeed
3	R6	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	4 July	James Theodore	Luke Wright	Luke Wright	SWB Motorsport
4	R7	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	1 August	James Theodore	Mitchell Hale	Joseph Reilly	Fortec Motorsport
4	R8	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	1 August	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Mitchell Hale	Fortec Motorsport
5	R9	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	12 September	James Theodore	Joseph Reilly	James Theodore	Hillspeed
5	R10	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	12 September	Joseph Reilly	Josh Webster	Joseph Reilly	Fortec Motorsport
6	R11	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	17 October	Mitchell Hale	James Theodore	James Theodore	Hillspeed
6	R12	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	17 October	Alice Powell	James Theodore	Alice Powell	Hillspeed

Standings

Pos	Driver	BHI		SIL		CRO		SNE		ROC		THR		Total	Drop	Points
1	Alice Powell	5	5	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	7	2	1	304	16	288
2	Mitchell Hale	1	3	1	2	6	6	3	1	6	5	8	5	294	14	280
3	James Theodore	4	Ret	9	3	5	1	Ret	5	1	3	1	2	254		254
4	Josh Webster	Ret	4	3	4	4	3	4	7	5	2	4	3	251		251
5	Joseph Reilly	3	2	Ret	DNS	3	11	1	3	2	1	11	8	231		231
6	Luke Wright	2	Ret	5	7	1	5	Ret	2	3	4	3	10	229		229
7	James Birch (P)	10(*)	8(*)	7(*)	6(*)	11(*)	14(*)	6(*)	8(*)	9(*)	10(*)	5(*)	6(*)	189	9	180
8	Kourosh Khani	6	12	4	5	7	Ret	7	Ret	8	13	14	9	142		142
9	Andrew Jarman	7	7	12	8	9	7	9	Ret	11	11	13	13	131		131
10	Matthew Draper	8	Ret	6	Ret	10	12	5	12	15	16	10	15	109		109
11	Kasper Krogh	13	6	8	Ret	13	4	8	6					102		102
12	Jack Piper	Ret	10	10	9	12	9	14	14	13	12	12	Ret	95		95
13	Steven Durrant	12	Ret			8	8	10	10	Ret	9	Ret	11	81		81
14	Josephine Ferrada			11	11	15	10	12	11	16	14	15	14	81		81
15	Jake Rattenbury	11	9	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	11	9	10	Ret	Ret	12	64		64
16	Sazlan Sirajudin	Ret	11	Ret	10	14	13	Ret	Ret	12	15	16	16	61		61
17	Euan Hankey	9	1											44		44
18	Dino Zamparelli											6	4	40		40
19	Roman Beregech							13	13	14	Ret	9	Ret	35		35
20	Brett Parris									7	6			34		34
21	James Thorp											7	7	32		32
22	Tommaso Menchini									Ret	8			14		14
Pos	Driver	BHI		SIL		CRO		SNE		ROC		THR		Total	Drop	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 Position
(Italics) = Fastest Lap
(p) = Privateer Club drivers

Formula Renault Winter Series

References

^ "New look 2010 race calendar helps to cut BARC series costs". renaultsport.co.uk. Renault Sport. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
^ "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault title" (PDF). British Women Racing Drivers Club. The Purple Tangerine Limited. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship

[1] "New look 2010 race calendar helps to cut BARC series costs". renaultsport.co.uk. Renault Sport. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.

[2] "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault title" (PDF). British Women Racing Drivers Club. The Purple Tangerine Limited. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

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