The 2010 Formula BMW Europe season was the third and final season of the Formula BMW Europe championship. The championship began on 8 May at Barcelona and finished on 12 September at Monza. The series was axed at the end of the season, in favour of a new Formula BMW Talent Cup starting in 2011.

The season was dominated by two drivers in their second season of competing in the championship, Robin Frijns of Josef Kaufmann Racing and Jack Harvey of Fortec Motorsport. Heading into the final round at Monza, Harvey held a seven-point lead over Frijns, but after taking pole position for both races, Harvey's chances took a hit after Javier Tarancón tried to outbrake him into the final corner and collided with him. Frijns won the race, and then a third place for him in the final race to Harvey's victory allowed the Kaufmann driver to claim the championship by eleven points, despite taking six wins to Harvey's seven, with both drivers taking thirteen podiums.

Third place was just as hotly contested, between Mücke Motorsport's Timmy Hansen and EuroInternational's Carlos Sainz Jr. which like the main championship battle, was not settled until the final rounds of the season. Hansen, the son of multiple championship-winning rallycross driver Kenneth, had finished thirteenth in the previous season due to his team being disqualified from two meetings due to a technical infringement, but improved in his second season in the class which included a victory at Hockenheim. Sainz, the son of former double World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, finished thirteen points behind in fourth having taken a single victory during the season, winning at Silverstone. The season's other victory was taken by Tarancón at Spa-Francorchamps en route to a fifth place championship finish. The Teams' Championship was won by Josef Kaufmann Racing ahead of Fortec Motorsport.

Teams and drivers The entry list for the series was released on 2 March 2010. All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics. Team No Driver Class Rounds Josef Kaufmann Racing 4 Robin Frijns All 5 Hannes van Asseldonk All 6 Petri Suvanto All Mücke Motorsport 7 Maciej Bernacik All 8 Timmy Hansen All EuroInternational 11 Daniil Kvyat All 12 Carlos Sainz Jr. All 14 Michael Lewis All DAMS 15 Javier Tarancón All 16 Dustin Sofyan 5 Luciano Bacheta 7–8 17 Fahmi Ilyas 1–6 Dustin Sofyan 8 Eifelland Racing 18 Facundo Regalia All 19 Côme Ledogar All 20 Marc Coleselli All Fortec Motorsport 24 Jack Harvey All 25 George Katsinis All 26 Christof von Grünigen All Icon Class Rookie Cup

Calendar The calendar for the 2010 season was announced on 17 December 2009.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló 8 May Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport R2 9 May Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 5 June Timmy Hansen Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport Masters of Formula 3 R2 6 June Jack Harvey Carlos Sainz Jr. Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing 3 R1 Valencia Street Circuit 26 June Jack Harvey Robin Frijns Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport R2 27 June Jack Harvey Javier Tarancón Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport 4 R1 Silverstone Circuit 10 July Carlos Sainz Jr. Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport R2 11 July Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. EuroInternational 5 R1 Hockenheimring 24 July Robin Frijns Jack Harvey Timmy Hansen Mücke Motorsport R2 25 July Robin Frijns Jack Harvey Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 31 July Robin Frijns Robin Frijns Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing R2 1 August Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport 7 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 28 August Côme Ledogar Javier Tarancón Javier Tarancón DAMS R2 29 August Côme Ledogar Robin Frijns Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing 8 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 September Jack Harvey Timmy Hansen Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing R2 12 September Jack Harvey Hannes van Asseldonk Jack Harvey Fortec Motorsport

Standings

Drivers Points were awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PP 30 24 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 11

Pos Driver CAT ZAN VSC SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ Pts 1 Robin Frijns Ret 1 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 383 2 Jack Harvey 1 3 1 9 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 4 Ret 1 372 3 Timmy Hansen 2 2 3 4 Ret 6 4 15 1 7 Ret 4 5 6 4 8 240 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. 3 6 5 2 7 10 3 1 11 6 4 3 Ret Ret 8 6 227 5 Javier Tarancón 4 5 7 12 3 4 15 7 8 8 8 Ret 1 2 Ret 10 193 6 Côme Ledogar 13 9 6 3 8 Ret 12 14 4 5 5 6 7 3 2 12 188 7 10 11 Ret 5 10 11 9 10 6 3 10 5 4 7 3 5 176 8 Facundo Regalia 7 4 2 7 6 5 5 4 Ret 9 9 9 Ret 12 Ret 7 172 9 George Katsinis 5 7 13 Ret 5 7 11 5 7 10 3 10 9 8 Ret Ret 139 10 Daniil Kvyat 9 10 11 Ret Ret 8 14 11 5 4 6 Ret 6 5 Ret 2 138 11 Petri Suvanto 11 12 12 6 Ret 13 8 6 Ret 16 14 7 10 9 9 9 100 12 Maciej Bernacik 12 13 8 11 11 9 13 12 9 12 11 8 13† 10 6 11 99 13 Fahmi Ilyas Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 3 6 8 10 14 7 Ret 88 14 Michael Lewis 14 8 9 10 9 15 10 9 14 11 15 11 Ret 11 5 Ret 83 15 Christof von Grünigen 6 14 10 8 12 14 16 13 13 13 12 12 12 Ret 10 Ret 66 16 Marc Coleselli 8 Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 7 16 12 15 13 DSQ 8 13 7 Ret 59 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points Luciano Bacheta 11 Ret Ret 4 0 Dustin Sofyan 15 Ret Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver CAT ZAN VSC SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap  – Rookie Cup † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams Team Points 1 Josef Kaufmann Racing 656 2 Fortec Motorsport 559 3 EuroInternational 446 4 Eifelland Racing 417 5 Mücke Motorsport 338 6 DAMS 281

References

External links BMW-Motorsport.com