2010 Porsche Supercup

The 2010 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 18th Porsche Supercup season. It began on 13 March in Bahrain, and finished on 12 September at Monza, after ten races. Once again, the series was on the support package of the Formula One World Championship at all European rounds except Turkey.

The series was won by German René Rast, who won four out of first five races. Briton Nick Tandy was a runner-up with three wins.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Konrad Motorsport	1	Nick Tandy^[1]	All
	2	Siso Cunill^[2]	1–2, 4
		Raffi Bader^[3]	6, 8
		Fabrizio del Monte^[3]	9
	21	Patrick Huisman^[4]	All
Lechner Racing	3	Alessandro Zampedri^[5]	All
	4	Štefan Rosina^[5]	All
	30	Salman Al Khalifa^[4]	1
Schnabl Engineering Parker Racing	5	Niall Breen^[6]	1
		Martin Ragginger^[7]	6
		Brian Wong^[3]	8–9
	6	Tim Bridgman^[8]	All
	24	Thomas Messer^[9]	2–9
	36	Francesco Castellacci^[10]	4
	37	Jörg Hardt^[7]	6
Sanitec Giltrap Racing^[11]	7	William Langhorne^[12]	All
	8	Matt Halliday^[12]	1–8
	8	Francesco Castellacci^[13]	9
	22	Christian Engelhart^[12]	1–4, 6, 8–9
	22	Francesco Castellacci^[14]	5
VERVA Racing Team	9	Robert Lukas^[4]	All
VERVA Racing Team	10	Kuba Giermaziak^[4]	All
Bleekemolen Harders Plaza Racing^[15]	11	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen^[16]	All
	12	Robert van den Berg^[15]	All
	23	Jaap van Lagen^[17]	2–9
Veltins MRS Racing	14	Jan Seyffarth^[11]	All
Veltins MRS Racing	15	Norbert Siedler^[11]	All
Al Faisal Lechner Racing	16	René Rast^[4]	All
	17	Jeroen Bleekemolen^[4]	1–4, 7, 9
		Damien Faulkner^[18]	5
		Nicolas Armindo^[19]	6, 8
	31	Abdulaziz Al Faisal^[4]	1–3
	31	Nicolas Armindo^[4]	9
Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit^[20]	18	Sascha Maassen^[20]	All
	19	Sean Edwards^[20]	All
	20	Khaled Al Qubaisi^[20]	All
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	32	Fahad Algosaibi^[4]	1
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	33	Bandar Alesayi^[4]	1
Antonelli Motorsport	34	Angelo Proietti^[3]	3
	34	Christian Passuti^[3]	8–9
	35	Christian Passuti^[3]	3
	35	Davide Roda^[3]	8–9
	39	Angelo Proietti^[3]	9
Petricorse Motorsport	36	Vito Postiglione^[3]	9
Petricorse Motorsport	37	Lorenzo Bontempelli^[3]	9
Konrad Motorsport Austria	38	Peter Scharmach^[3]	8
Ebimotors	40	Alessandro Balzan^[3]	9
Ebimotors	41	Alex Frassineti^[3]	9
Porsche AG	90	Michael Meadows^[3]	5
		Mathias Lauda^[21]	6
		Csaba Walter^[22]	7
		Nico Verdonck^[3]	8
		Jono Lester^[3]	9
	91	Euan Hankey^[3]	5

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 4 December 2009.^[23]

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	Bahrain	13 March	René Rast	Norbert Siedler	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
1	R2	Bahrain International Circuit	Bahrain	14 March	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
2		Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	9 May	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Sean Edwards	Norbert Siedler	Veltins MRS Racing
3		Circuit de Monaco	Monaco	16 May	René Rast	Nick Tandy	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
4		Valencia Street Circuit	Spain	27 June	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
5		Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	11 July	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport
6		Hockenheimring	Germany	25 July	Nicolas Armindo	Jaap van Lagen	Nicolas Armindo	Al Faisal Lechner Racing
7		Hungaroring	Hungary	1 August	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport
8		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	29 August	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit
9		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	12 September	Nick Tandy	Angelo Proietti	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	BHR		CAT	MON	VAL	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MZA	Points
1	René Rast	1	1	Ret	1	1	2	Ret	3	3	4	152
2	Nick Tandy	4	3	5	2	8	1	Ret ^‡	1	6	1	146
3	Norbert Siedler	23	5	1	12	2	4	6	Ret	16	3	98
4	Jaap van Lagen			4	3	4	6	5	5	2	Ret	98
5	Jan Seyffarth	3	11	6	18	11	9	2	8	4	5	97
6	Sean Edwards	8	15	12	10	5	12	19	2	1	2	95
7	Jeroen Bleekemolen	5	2	3	6	3			4		20	92
8	Štefan Rosina	2	4	8	4	6	7	4	Ret	17	Ret	90
9	Patrick Huisman	19	12	2	7	7	3	10	7	24	9	82
10	Kuba Giermaziak	12	14	DSQ	13	13	5	15	6	7	10	56
11	Christian Engelhart	6	23	9	9	14		3		9	22	54
12	Sascha Maassen	7	9	11	19	9	13	12	9	26†	12	52
13	Matt Halliday	Ret	6	Ret	8	12	8	9	Ret	8		48
14	Alessandro Zampedri	9	7	Ret	5	17	20†	11	Ret	12	15	46
15	Tim Bridgman	11	8	7	11	Ret	21†	13	10	11	Ret	45
16	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	17	10	Ret	15	10	22†	8	Ret	Ret	8	35
17	Robert Lukas	10	20	10	17	15	11	DSQ	11	15	Ret	27
18	William Langhorne	16	16	13	16	Ret	16	14	Ret	13	14	25
19	Thomas Messer			16	Ret	19	18	17	15	20	21	10
20	Robert van den Berg	DNS	18	17	21	Ret	Ret	18	13	14	Ret	9
21	Khaled Al Qubaisi	20	21	14	22	18	19	21	14	23	Ret	6
22	Siso Cunill	14	Ret	Ret		DSQ						3
23	Niall Breen	18	Ret									0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
–	Nicolas Armindo							1		5	7	0
–	Alessandro Balzan										6	0
–	Martin Ragginger							7				0
–	Damien Faulkner						10					0
–	Nico Verdonck									10		0
–	Alex Frassineti										11	0
–	Csaba Walter								12			0
–	Salman Al Khalifa	13	13									0
–	Jono Lester										13	0
–	Christian Passuti				14					18	Ret	0
–	Michael Meadows						14					0
–	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	15	17	15	20							0
–	Francesco Castellacci					16	15				18	0
–	Raffi Bader							16		25		0
–	Lorenzo Bontempelli										16	0
–	Davide Roda									21	17	0
–	Euan Hankey						17					0
–	Bandar Alesayi	21	19									0
–	Fabrizio del Monte										19	0
–	Peter Scharmach									19		0
–	Mathias Lauda							20				0
–	Fahad Algosaibi	22	22									0
–	Brian Wong									22	Ret	0
–	Angelo Proietti				23						23†	0
–	Jörg Hardt							Ret				0
–	Vito Postiglione										DSQ	0
Pos	Driver	BHR		CAT	MON	VAL	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MZA	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
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

^‡ Nick Tandy was awarded the two points for pole position in Germany after qualifying second behind guest driver Nicolas Armindo, who was ineligible to collect points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

References

^ Turner, Kevin (2010-03-02). "Tandy eyes Le Mans after GT deal". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ "Siso Cunill seguirá disputando la Porsche Supercup". racingpasion.com (in Spanish). Racing Pasión. 2010-03-02. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "All guest starters 2010". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "All drivers of the season 2010". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
^ ^a ^b "Rosina naďalej v tíme Lechner Racing School". f1.sk (in Slovak). POINT Network s.r.o. 2010-03-05. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
^ Freeman, Glenn, ed. (2010-02-18). "Pit & Paddock: Breen gets Porsche ride". Autosport. 199 (7). Haymarket Publications: 21.
^ ^a ^b "Further starters in Hockenheim". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
^ "Bridgman To Follow Lewis Hamilton And Jenson Button To Bahrain As He Joins Porsche Supercup". Saffron Walden Reporter. Archant. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-06.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: Llista provisional d'inscrits / Provisional entry list" (PDF). circuitcat.com. Circuit de Catalunya. 2010-04-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
^ "Temporarily - new man in the cup". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-06-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wilkinson, Andy (2010-03-02). "Seyffarth joins Veltins MRS Racing". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Once again three – SANITEC Giltrap Racing". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
^ "Castellacci nella Supercup Porsche a Monza". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-09-08. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
^ "Castellacci debutta nella Supercup". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-05-27. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ ^a ^b Wilkinson, Andy (2010-02-16). "Bleekemolen Racing confirms line-up". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
^ Wilkinson, Andy (2010-01-07). "Team Bleekemolen ready to return". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
^ Wilkinson, Andy (2010-04-14). "Van Lagen to join Supercup grid in Barcelona". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
^ "Damien Faulkner back in the Supercup". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ "Armindo starts in Hockenheim". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wilkinson, Andy (2010-03-01). "Maassen to return to Porsche Supercup". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
^ "Mathias Lauda makes Supercup debut". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
^ "Walter Csaba indul VIP-versenyzőként a Porsche Supercup-on". Autómenedzser (in Hungarian). HVG Online Zrt. 2010-07-14. Archived from the original on 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
^ "The 2010 schedule is perfect". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2009-12-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-12.

External links

[1] Turner, Kevin (2010-03-02). "Tandy eyes Le Mans after GT deal". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[2] "Siso Cunill seguirá disputando la Porsche Supercup". racingpasion.com (in Spanish). Racing Pasión. 2010-03-02. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-06.

[Racecam2-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "All guest starters 2010". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[Racecam-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "All drivers of the season 2010". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2010-03-06.

[Lechner-5] "Rosina naďalej v tíme Lechner Racing School". f1.sk (in Slovak). POINT Network s.r.o. 2010-03-05. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-03-06.

[6] Freeman, Glenn, ed. (2010-02-18). "Pit & Paddock: Breen gets Porsche ride". Autosport. 199 (7). Haymarket Publications: 21.

[Hockenheim-7] "Further starters in Hockenheim". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[8] "Bridgman To Follow Lewis Hamilton And Jenson Button To Bahrain As He Joins Porsche Supercup". Saffron Walden Reporter. Archant. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-06.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: Llista provisional d'inscrits / Provisional entry list" (PDF). circuitcat.com. Circuit de Catalunya. 2010-04-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-05-05.

[10] "Temporarily - new man in the cup". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-06-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.

[Veltins-11] Wilkinson, Andy (2010-03-02). "Seyffarth joins Veltins MRS Racing". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[Giltrap-12] "Once again three – SANITEC Giltrap Racing". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-06.

[13] "Castellacci nella Supercup Porsche a Monza". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-09-08. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-09-08.

[14] "Castellacci debutta nella Supercup". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-05-27. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-07-09.

[BHPR-15] Wilkinson, Andy (2010-02-16). "Bleekemolen Racing confirms line-up". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.

[16] Wilkinson, Andy (2010-01-07). "Team Bleekemolen ready to return". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

[17] Wilkinson, Andy (2010-04-14). "Van Lagen to join Supercup grid in Barcelona". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-14.

[18] "Damien Faulkner back in the Supercup". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-09.

[19] "Armindo starts in Hockenheim". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-15.

[Tolimit-20] Wilkinson, Andy (2010-03-01). "Maassen to return to Porsche Supercup". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

[21] "Mathias Lauda makes Supercup debut". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2010-07-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[22] "Walter Csaba indul VIP-versenyzőként a Porsche Supercup-on". Autómenedzser (in Hungarian). HVG Online Zrt. 2010-07-14. Archived from the original on 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[23] "The 2010 schedule is perfect". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 2009-12-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-12.

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