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2010 Formula Palmer Audi season

The 2010 Formula Palmer Audi season was the thirteenth and final Formula Palmer Audi season. It began at Brands Hatch on 8 May and finished at Silverstone Circuit on 17 October. It consisted of twenty rounds, all held in England. The champion driver received a £100,000 scholarship prize, double last year's prize money, towards a drive in the 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship. On top of that, the top six finishers in the final drivers' standings were all granted an official Formula Two test.[1]

The scholarship prize went to Nigel Moore, as he overhauled the long-time leader of the championship Maxime Jousse on dropped scores; Jousse having scored four more points than Moore on overall scores. Whereas Moore could drop two retirements for no points loss, Jousse had to drop a finish of seventh place along with a retirement and turned a four-point advantage into a nine-point deficit to Moore, having won six races to Moore's three. Third place went to Spanish driver Ramón Piñeiro, having taken four wins in the last seven races of the season to enable him to move him up from sixth to his eventual placing of third. Kieran Vernon and José Alonso Liste battled over fourth place, with Vernon coming out on top by two points after his third win of the season – to go with his double at the second Brands Hatch meeting – in the series' final race at Silverstone, ahead of Alonso Liste. Other winners during the season were Melroy Heemskerk at the first Brands Hatch meeting, Max Snegirev at Croft and Jordan Williams, who won at Snetterton before an accident with Jousse in the next race left him without funds to complete the season.

In November 2010, series boss Jonathan Palmer announced the end of the series with the series' chassis being dismantled for use in other areas of the MotorSport Vision organisation.[2]

Driver lineup edit

Car # Driver Sponsor(s) Rounds
2   Howard Fuller[3] Powerchex All
3   Vincent Beltoise[4] Pole Mechanique All
4   Tommaso Menchini[5] AMP 1–2, 4
5   Maxime Jousse[6] Warson Motors All
6   Nigel Moore[7] Ginetta All
7   Melroy Heemskerk[4] ORANJEDAK 1–5
8   James Thorp[4] ARCOROC 1–4
9   Giuseppe Cipriani[5] 1–5, 7
10   Luca Orlandi[5] Super 5 Wipes All
11   Ash Davies[4] H2O Networks All
12   Thiemo Storz[8] 4
14   Jorge Pescador[9] Luis Pescador 1
15   Ramón Piñeiro[4] Caja Madrid All
16   Aaron Steele[10] 1
17   Jordan Williams[4] Willy's Ice Cream / Lanhydrock Golf Club 1–2
18   Callum Holland[11] Irisguard 2–7
19   Tom Ashton[11] R Ashton & Son Ltd 2
20   Max Snegirev[12] Klaxon 6–7
21   Florian Le Roux[13] 2wcl 7
24   Toni Alarcon[13] Santander 7
25   Victor Jimenez[8] 4–7
26   José Alonso Liste[5] Kentes All
28   Kieran Vernon[5] All
39   Matt Bell[4] AES 1
42   Jordan King[13] Hugo Boss 7
44   Mark Powell[14] FutureWorld 3, 5

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Brands Hatch Indy 9 May   Jorge Pescador   José Alonso Liste   Melroy Heemskerk
R2   Maxime Jousse   José Alonso Liste   Maxime Jousse
R3   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse
2 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 26 June   Nigel Moore   Melroy Heemskerk   Jordan Williams
R2   Nigel Moore   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse
R3 27 June   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse
R4   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse
3 R1 Oulton Park 24 July   Nigel Moore   Maxime Jousse   Nigel Moore
R2   Nigel Moore   Maxime Jousse   Maxime Jousse
4 R1 Rockingham Motor Speedway 28 August   José Alonso Liste   Thiemo Storz   Nigel Moore
R2   José Alonso Liste   José Alonso Liste   José Alonso Liste
5 R1 Brands Hatch GP 26 September   Kieran Vernon   Kieran Vernon   Kieran Vernon
R2   Kieran Vernon   Kieran Vernon   Kieran Vernon
6 R1 Croft Circuit 9 October   Ramón Piñeiro   Callum Holland   Ramón Piñeiro
R2 10 October   José Alonso Liste   José Alonso Liste   Ramón Piñeiro
R3   Callum Holland   Callum Holland   Max Snegirev
7 R1 Silverstone National 16 October   Jordan King   Ramón Piñeiro   Ramón Piñeiro
R2   Ramón Piñeiro   Ramón Piñeiro   Ramón Piñeiro
R3 17 October   Nigel Moore   José Alonso Liste   Nigel Moore
R4   José Alonso Liste   José Alonso Liste   Kieran Vernon

Championship standings edit

Pos Driver BRH SNE OUL ROC BRH CRO SIL Total Drop Points
1   Nigel Moore 3 2 2 2 2 4 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 6 4 2 4 4 2 2 1 4 344 344
2   Maxime Jousse 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 6 6 3 6 7 3 6 5 4 5 Ret 348 13 335
3   Ramón Piñeiro 2 3 8 5 3 11 4 Ret 2 Ret 7 2 3 1 1 7 1 1 3 6 320 320
4   Kieran Vernon 6 7 6 8 7 Ret 5 4 4 3 3 1 1 3 6 9 4 5 4 1 311 11 300
5   José Alonso Liste 11 4 4 6 8 3 3 5 3 7 1 8 5 5 2 2 6 3 Ret 2 307 9 298
6   Vincent Beltoise NC 5 13 4 4 5 7 3 6 5 4 5 10 4 7 5 7 Ret 9 8 250 250
7   Howard Fuller 8 10 9 14 6 7 14 7 12 8 8 9 8 Ret 8 10 12 6 7 7 210 6 204
8   Melroy Heemskerk 1 Ret 5 7 5 2 2 6 5 4 5 4 2 203 203
9   Callum Holland 9 14 8 6 11 9 10 11 7 7 6 Ret 3 8 8 6 5 193 193
10   Ash Davies Ret 11 10 13 11 12 12 8 8 12 Ret 10 9 9 9 8 10 9 11 10 178 178
11   Giuseppe Cipriani Ret 16 Ret 11 9 6 11 9 7 14 9 12 12 9 7 8 11 149 149
12   Luca Orlandi Ret 14 14 16 12 14 13 12 Ret 15 13 11 Ret 8 10 11 14 13 13 13 124 124
13   Max Snegirev 10 5 1 3 11 10 3 104 104
14   James Thorp 10 13 15 10 Ret 10 8 10 10 11 10 93 93
15   Jordan Williams 4 8 7 1 DNS 9 10 86 86
16   Victor Jimenez 13 12 13 13 Ret 11 12 13 10 14 12 77 77
17   Aaron Steele 7 6 3 45 45
18   Tommaso Menchini Ret 15 Ret 15 13 13 Ret 9 14 41 41
19   Toni Alarcon 11 14 12 9 34 34
20   Matt Bell 9 9 11 31 31
21   Mark Powell 13 11 14 11 31 31
22   Tom Ashton 12 10 Ret 9 29 29
23   Jordan King NC Ret 2 Ret 20 20
24   Thiemo Storz 2 Ret 20 20
25   Florian Le Roux Ret 12 15 14 19 19
26   Jorge Pescador Ret 12 12 16 16
Pos Driver BRH SNE OUL ROC BRH CRO SIL Total Drop Points
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

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
Points 24 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

References edit

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  2. ^ "Jonathan Palmer pays tribute to Formula Palmer Audi". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Howard Fuller returns for second FPA season". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-04-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
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  9. ^ "Jorge Pescador enjoys maiden FPA run". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  10. ^ Hornsby, Tom (2010-04-14). "Steele rejoins eyeing F2 chance". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  11. ^ a b "Williams wins Snetterton opener". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  12. ^ "FPA gears up for Croft showdown". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-10-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  13. ^ a b c "Jordan King to make FPA bow at Silverstone". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-10-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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