The 2010 Silverstone Superleague Formula round was a Superleague Formula round, held on 4 April 2010 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England. It was the first ever round at the Silverstone Circuit and the opening round of the 2010 Superleague Formula season.

It was the first Superleague Formula round in the United Kingdom which is not hosted at Donington Park. Donington Park hosted 2008 and 2009 events. Brands Hatch will also host a round of the Superleague Formula series later in the season.

British teams competing have been confirmed with the participation of reigning champions Liverpool F.C. and runners up Tottenham Hotspur. FC Midtjylland and Rangers F.C. did not continue in the series in 2010, but new team GD Bordeaux were ready in time to make their debut at this event.

Support races included the Dutch Supercar Challenge, the SPEED Series and the World Sportscar and Grand Prix Masters.

Report

Practice and qualifying Three practice sessions were held before the race; all were held on Friday and all were 30 minutes in duration. Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) finished on top of the rain affected session one with a time of 1:46.585. Session two had much better weather, with A.S. Roma (Julien Jousse) leading the timesheets with a 1:36.819. Session three was a rainout with no times being recorded. SC Corinthians (Robert Doornbos) and A.S. Roma (Julien Jousse) were some of the drivers to test the conditions, but both teams ended up in the gravel. Session three was ultimately red flagged.

The qualifying session was firstly split into two groups after practice on Friday; Group A and Group B. Teams compete against each other teams in their own groups, with the top four in each group advancing to the 'knock out stages'.

In Group A's 15 minute qualifying session on Saturday, F.C. Porto (Álvaro Parente) finished first with a time of 1:34.520. Also advancing were the two 'home teams' of Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool F.C. and Swiss team FC Basel.

In Group Bs 15 minute qualifying session, Olympique Lyonnais (Sébastien Bourdais) finished first with a time of 1:34.432. Also advancing were Sevilla FC, CR Flamengo and A.C. Milan. Towards the end of Group B running, the rain started to come down again. This affected times at the end of the session with multiple cars going off the track. R.S.C. Anderlecht (Davide Rigon) ended their qualifying session in the gravel trap, complaining of new accelerator problems.

Race 1

Race 2

Super Final

Results

Qualifying In each group, the top four qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A Pos.TeamDriverTime 1 F.C. Porto Álvaro Parente 1:34.520 2 Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby 1:34.885 3 Liverpool F.C. James Walker 1:34.919 4 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 1:35.309 5 Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift 1:35.491 6 PSV Eindhoven Narain Karthikeyan 1:35.584 7 Atlético Madrid John Martin 1:35.632 8 A.S. Roma Julien Jousse 1:35.654 9 SC Corinthians Robert Doornbos 1:36.034

Group B Pos.TeamDriverTime 1 Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais 1:34.432 2 Sevilla FC Marcos Martínez 1:34.666 3 CR Flamengo Duncan Tappy 1:35.020 4 A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman 1:35.203 5 Galatasaray S.K. Tristan Gommendy 1:35.543 6 Sporting CP Borja García 1:35.576 7 GD Bordeaux Franck Montagny 1:35.600 8 R.S.C. Anderlecht Davide Rigon 1:36.126

Knockout stages

Grid Pos.TeamDriverTime 1 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 1:43.282 2 F.C. Porto Álvaro Parente 1:43.701 3 Liverpool F.C. James Walker 1:45.519 4 Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby 1:45.590 5 CR Flamengo Duncan Tappy 1:48.499 6 Sevilla FC Marcos Martínez 1:50.412 7 A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman 1:48.094 8 Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais 1:48.705 9 Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift 1:35.491 10 Galatasaray S.K. Tristan Gommendy 1:35.543 11 PSV Eindhoven Narain Karthikeyan 1:35.584 12 Sporting CP Borja García 1:35.576 13 Atlético Madrid John Martin 1:35.632 14 GD Bordeaux Franck Montagny 1:35.600 15 A.S. Roma Julien Jousse 1:35.654 16 R.S.C. Anderlecht Davide Rigon 1:36.126 17 SC Corinthians Robert Doornbos 1:36.034

Race 1 Pos No Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 19 Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby 25 40:51.242 4 502 3 A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman 25 + 11.298 7 453 7 CR Flamengo Duncan Tappy 25 + 22.338 5 404 16 F.C. Porto Álvaro Parente 25 + 22.546 2 365 10 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 25 + 35.498 1 326 18 Sevilla FC Marcos Martínez 25 + 36.527 6 297 2 Sporting CP Borja García 25 + 37.114 12 268 22 A.S. Roma Julien Jousse 25 + 41.749 15 239 8 R.S.C. Anderlecht Davide Rigon 25 + 52.806 16 2010 15 Atlético Madrid John Martin 25 + 58.370 13 1811 14 SC Corinthians Robert Doornbos 25 + 1:08.507 17 1612 5 PSV Eindhoven Narain Karthikeyan 25 + 1:09.734 11 1413 9 Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift 25 + 1:17.600 9 1214 4 Galatasaray S.K. Tristan Gommendy 24 + 1 lap 10 1015 69 Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais 24 + 1 lap 8 816 1 Liverpool F.C. James Walker 3 Stalled 3 0DNS 33 GD Bordeaux Franck Montagny 0 14 0 Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (F.C. Porto) 1:33.982 (122.36 mph)

Race 2 Pos No Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 69 Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais 25 40:27.836 2 502 9 Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift 25 + 10.872 4 453 15 Atlético Madrid John Martin 25 + 14.402 7 404 19 Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby 25 + 15.103 16 365 16 F.C. Porto Álvaro Parente 25 + 16.604 13 326 10 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 25 + 17.241 12 297 14 SC Corinthians Robert Doornbos 25 + 21.113 6 268 33 GD Bordeaux Franck Montagny 25 + 22.081 17 239 18 Sevilla FC Marcos Martínez 25 + 32.380 11 2010 8 R.S.C. Anderlecht Davide Rigon 25 + 33.065 8 1811 2 Sporting CP Borja García 25 + 33.611 10 1612 7 CR Flamengo Duncan Tappy 25 + 36.582 14 1413 22 A.S. Roma Julien Jousse 25 + 38.211 9 1214 4 Galatasaray S.K. Tristan Gommendy 25 + 1:14.894 3 1015 5 PSV Eindhoven Narain Karthikeyan 23 Spun Off 5 816 3 A.C. Milan Yelmer Buurman 23 Retired 15 717 1 Liverpool F.C. James Walker 13 Retired 1 0 Fastest lap: Sébastien Bourdais (Olympique Lyonnais) 1:32.818 (123.89 mph)

Super Final Pos No Team Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 19 Tottenham Hotspur Craig Dolby 5 7:55.043 1 62 10 FC Basel 1893 Max Wissel 5 + 1.774 3 53 9 Olympiacos CFP Chris van der Drift 5 + 2.675 6 44 69 Olympique Lyonnais Sébastien Bourdais 5 + 3.311 5 35 16 F.C. Porto Álvaro Parente 5 + 4.032 2 26 15 Atlético Madrid John Martin 5 + 5.857 4 1 Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (F.C. Porto) 1:34.451 (121.75 mph)

Standings after the round Pos Team Points 1 Tottenham Hotspur 92 2 F.C. Porto 70 3 FC Basel 1893 66 4 Olympique Lyonnais 61 5 Olympiacos CFP 61

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