2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6

The 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 was the eighteenth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the only season run under the guise of F4 Eurocup 1.6. The series began on 17 April at Motorland Aragon and ended on 10 October at Circuit de Catalunya, after seven rounds and fourteen races.

Stoffel Vandoorne clinched the championship with a meeting to spare, winning six races en route to a 36-point championship winning margin over Norman Nato, with Mathieu Jaminet edging out Paul-Loup Chatin for third place overall. Franck Matelli finished fifth; the only other driver to win a race over the season.

It was the final season run under the "F4 Eurocup 1.6" name, as the series was renamed the "French F4 Championship" for 2011.

Driver lineup

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No Driver[1][2] Rounds
1 France Nicolas de Moura All
2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All
3 France Paul-Loup Chatin All
4 France Mathieu Jaminet All
5 Morocco Hamza El Fatouaki 1–2, 4
6 France Alexandre Anezo All
7 France Marie Baus-Coppens All
8 Italy Giada de Zen All
9 France Alexandre Mantovani All
10 France Sébastien Le Bras 1–4, 6–7
11 France Pierre Sancinéna All
12 France Maxime Bourcet All
14 France Alexandre Jouannem-Sivan All
15 France Maxime Raphoz All
16 France Valentin Simonet All
17 France Norman Nato All
18 France Paul Lanchere All
19 France Tristan Papavoine All
20 France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All
21 France Franck Matelli All
22 France Cécilia Asquini 3
France Pierre Nicolet 4–7

Race calendar and results

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  • Under its new name, the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series was part of the World Series by Renault and shared seven race weekends with the main three World Series events.[3][4]
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 17 April France Franck Matelli Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne France Norman Nato
R2 18 April Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne France Alexandre Mantovani Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 May Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
R2 2 May Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne France Franck Matelli Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
3 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 19 June France Franck Matelli France Franck Matelli France Franck Matelli
R2 20 June France Alexandre Mantovani France Norman Nato Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
4 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 3 July France Mathieu Jaminet France Mathieu Jaminet France Mathieu Jaminet
R2 4 July France Mathieu Jaminet France Mathieu Jaminet France Mathieu Jaminet
5 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 4 September Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
R2 5 September Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
6 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 18 September France Paul-Loup Chatin France Paul-Loup Chatin France Paul-Loup Chatin
R2 19 September France Paul-Loup Chatin France Paul-Loup Chatin France Paul-Loup Chatin
7 R1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 9 October France Mathieu Jaminet France Paul-Loup Chatin France Mathieu Jaminet
R2 10 October France Norman Nato France Norman Nato France Norman Nato

Championship standings

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  • Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Additional points were awarded to the driver achieving pole position and fastest lap in each race. Only a driver's best twelve results counted towards the championship.
Pos Driver ALC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
HUN
Hungary
HOC
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
Total
1 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 2 1 1 1 2 1 16 4 1 1 4 2 4 4 159
2 France Norman Nato 1 3 7 7 6 5 2 2 2 4 3 6 3 1 123
3 France Mathieu Jaminet 6 6 Ret 8 3 3 1 1 6 8 7 4 1 2 112
4 France Paul-Loup Chatin 4 8 10 10 11 4 4 7 4 2 1 1 2 7 103
5 France Franck Matelli 5 Ret 6 2 1 2 7 5 3 3 9 17 7 5 96
6 France Paul Lanchere 3 2 2 3 12 Ret 3 3 8 5 5 5 10 8 89
7 France Alexandre Mantovani Ret 7 8 6 4 6 5 10 5 15 2 3 5 3 78
8 France Pierre Sancinéna 7 5 5 9 8 7 6 6 7 7 15 7 Ret 6 52
9 France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 8 4 3 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 12 8 8 6 9 50
10 France Tristan Papavoine 10 10 9 19 7 8 15 11 13 14 6 Ret 8 Ret 19
11 France Sébastien Le Bras 9 11 4 12 9 10 9 14 11 Ret 13 17 15
12 France Nicolas de Moura 12 9 11 11 10 9 12 12 10 6 12 Ret Ret 13 11
13 France Valentin Simonet 14 19 Ret 15 14 14 8 8 12 Ret 14 10 9 11 9
14 France Alexandre Jouannem-Sivan Ret 13 12 5 18 11 18 Ret 14 13 13 9 11 12 8
15 France Maxime Raphoz 11 12 13 13 13 12 11 9 11 10 10 13 Ret 10 5
16 France Alexandre Anezo 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 15 10 18† Ret 9 17 11 15 Ret 3
17 Italy Giada de Zen 13 16 14 16 17 Ret Ret 15 15 11 16 12 12 14 0
18 France Maxime Bourcet 16 15 15 17 15 13 14 13 16 16 18 15 14 16 0
19 France Pierre Nicolet 13 16 17 Ret 20 14 17† 15 0
20 France Marie Baus-Coppens Ret 17 16 18 Ret Ret 17 17† 18 17 19 16 16 18 0
21 France Cécilia Asquini 16 16 0
22 Morocco Hamza El Fatouaki Ret 18 17 20 Ret 19 0
Pos Driver ALC
Spain
SPA
Belgium
MAG
France
HUN
Hungary
HOC
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
Total
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

References

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  1. ^ "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010 drivers". F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  2. ^ "Only one month to wait..." F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  3. ^ "Auto Sport Academy joins the World Series by Renault". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2010-02-20.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Auto Sport Academy". F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
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