The 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship season was the fifth season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season commenced on 1 May at Silverstone and ended on 10 October at Circuit Zolder. The season featured six double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 60 minutes. Most of the events were support races to the newly formed FIA GT1 World Championship.

Despite FIA's efforts to slow down the Callaway Competition-entered Chevrolet Corvette of Christian Hohenadel and Daniel Keilwitz via extensive performance balancing, the pairing finished the season as champions, taking four victories to secure the title with a meeting to spare; the second such championship crown for a team running a Corvette after the 2008 triumph of French duo Arnaud Peyroles and James Ruffier.

The championship-winning margin for Hohenadel and Keilwitz was 46 points over the Prospeed Competition Porsche of Paul van Splunteren and Marco Holzer, who took two wins over the course of the season at Portimão and Zolder. Another Corvette, run by Graff Racing, finished in third place with drivers Joakim Lambotte and Mike Parisy, who won both races at Brno. Four other duos took race victories during the season; Siso Cunill and Tim Bergmeister of Trackspeed won the season-opening race at Silverstone, Kenneth Heyer and Bernd Herdlhofer, and Csaba Walter and Claudia Hürtgen won at Jarama for Team Rosberg and Schubert Motorsport respectively, with the other Schubert Motorsport car of Patrick Söderlund and Edward Sandström winning at Zolder.

Prospeed Competition won the Teams' Championship, but were only confirmed as champions in December following a hearing to the FIA International Court of Appeal. Van Splunteren and Holzer had been disqualified from a victory at Zolder, due to a technical infringement regarding the weight of the car's rear brake discs.

Ultimately, Prospeed were reinstated which allowed them to regain the teams title which Callaway Competition had assumed from the disqualification. Callaway finished second, ten points behind Prospeed, with Schubert Motorsport finishing third. In the Manufacturers' Cups, the top-two overall placings for Hohenadel and Keilwitz, and van Splunteren and Holzer helped to claim the cups for Corvette and Porsche respectively. The other cup, for Audi drivers, was won by Ireland's Seán Paul Breslin for the German Black Falcon team.

Entries and Drivers The list below contains the confirmed teams and drivers that competed in the 2010 championship. Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds Tyres Hexis AMR Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 1 Manuel Rodrigues All Frédéric Makowiecki 2 Luc Paillard All Thomas Accary Team Rosberg Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 3 Kenneth Heyer All Johannes Seidlitz 1 Bernd Herndlhofer 2–4 Grégoire Demoustier 5 Stéphane Lémeret 6 4 Paolo Bonifácio 1–5 Michael Ammermüller All Grégoire Demoustier 6 Saintéloc Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 5 Pierre Hirschi All Bruce Lorgère-Roux 1–3 Grégory Guilvert 4–6 6 Greg Franchi 1–3 Stéphane Lémeret Jérôme Demay 4–6 Bruce Lorgère-Roux Team S-Berg Racing BMW Alpina B6 GT3 BMW (Alpina) 4.4 L S/C V8 9 Martin Matzke 1–3 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof 10 Thierry Stépec 4 Jérôme Policand Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 11 Gilles Vannelet All Joe Osborne 1–3 Antoine Leclerc 4 Niki Lanik 5 Raymond Narac 6 12 Jürgen Häring 1–5 Kévin Estre 1–2 Philip Geipel 3 Dimitrios Konstantinou 4–5 Armand Fumal 6 Jérôme Thiry Fischer Racing Ford GT GT3 Ford Cammer 5.0 L V8 14 Mikko Eskelinen All Christoffer Nygaard 1–4, 6 Florian Gruber 5 Graff Racing Corvette Z06.R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 16 Joakim Lambotte All Mike Parisy 17 Arnaud Vincent 1–2, 6 Arnaud Peyroles 1–3, 6 Grégoire Demoustier 3–4 Henri-Gérard Tonelli 4 Toni Seiler Racing Corvette Z06.R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 18 Toni Seiler 1–4 Dino Lunardi Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 Siso Cunill 1–2 Tim Bergmeister 1 Phil Keen 2 21 David Ashburn 1 Martin Ragginger Yücel Özbek 2 Kevin Veltman United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 22 Michael Guasch All Mark Patterson 23 Matthew Bell All Zak Brown Argo Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 24 Albert von Thurn und Taxis 1–4 Giorgio Sanna 1, 3 Philip Geipel 2 Eugenio Amos 4 25 Ellen Lohr 1 Philip Geipel Giorgio Sanna 2 Charlie Geipel Siso Cunill 4 Niels Lagrange Belgian Audi Club Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 27 Enzo Ide 6 Greg Franchi Duncan Cameron Racing Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.3 L V8 28 Duncan Cameron 6 Matt Griffin Team Rhinos Leipert Ascari KZ1-R GT3 BMW S62 4.9 L V8 30 Rustem Teregulov 6 Andrei Romanov Black Falcon Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 32 Seán Patrick Breslin 1–5 Vimal Mehta 1, 3, 5 Robert Kauffmann 2 Matt Griffin 4 33 Seán Paul Breslin 1–5 Johannes Stuck 1–2 Christer Jöns 3–4 Jan Seyffarth 5 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 60 Petri Lappalainen All Markus Palttala 61 Paul van Splunteren All Marco Holzer Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.0 L V8 76 Csaba Walter 1 Claudia Hürtgen Edward Sandström 2–6 Patrick Söderlund 77 Edward Sandström 1 Patrick Söderlund Csaba Walter 2–6 Claudia Hürtgen Chad Racing Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 Ferrari 4.3 L V8 87 Giacomo Petrobelli 1–5 Diego Alessi Iain Dockerill 6 Tom Ferrier 88 Damien Charveriat 2–5 Charles Hollings Marc VDS Racing Team Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 Ford 5.3 L V8 98 Eric De Doncker 2–3 Scott Maxwell 2 Maxime Martin 3 Ford GT GT3 Ford Cammer 5.0 L V8 Eric De Doncker 5–6 Mathias Beche 99 Gaël Lesoudier 5–6 Maxime Martin Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 100 Marius Ritskes All Bernhard van Oranje 1–4, 6 Dennis Retera 5 101 Christian Hohenadel All Daniel Keilwitz

Calendar On 23 October 2009, just before the final round of the 2009 season, the FIA World Motor Sport Council announced the 2010 calendar in co-ordinance with the FIA GT1 World Championship.

Round Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 1 Silverstone Circuit 1 May #25 Argo Racing #25 Argo Racing #20 Trackspeed Philip Geipel Ellen Lohr Philip Geipel Ellen Lohr Siso Cunill Tim Bergmeister 2 2 May #18 Toni Seiler Racing #25 Argo Racing #101 Callaway Competition Dino Lunardi Toni Seiler Philip Geipel Ellen Lohr Daniel Keilwitz Christian Hohenadel 2 3 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 22 May #24 Argo Racing #20 Trackspeed #16 Graff Racing Albert von Thurn und Taxis Philip Geipel Siso Cunill Tim Bergmeister Joakim Lambotte Mike Parisy 4 23 May #87 Chad Racing #87 Chad Racing #16 Graff Racing Giacomo Petrobelli Diego Alessi Giacomo Petrobelli Diego Alessi Joakim Lambotte Mike Parisy 3 5 Circuito del Jarama, Spain 19 June #25 Argo Racing #25 Argo Racing #3 Team Rosberg Albert von Thurn und Taxis Giorgio Sanna Albert von Thurn und Taxis Giorgio Sanna Kenneth Heyer Bernd Herdlhofer 6 20 June #61 Prospeed Competition #77 NFS by Schubert Motorsport #77 NFS by Schubert Motorsport Paul van Splunteren Marco Holzer Csaba Walter Claudia Hürtgen Csaba Walter Claudia Hürtgen 4 7 Circuit Paul Ricard 3 July #101 Callaway Competition #16 Graff Racing #101 Callaway Competition Daniel Keilwitz Christian Hohenadel Joakim Lambotte Mike Parisy Daniel Keilwitz Christian Hohenadel 8 4 July #61 Prospeed Competition #16 Graff Racing #101 Callaway Competition Paul van Splunteren Marco Holzer Joakim Lambotte Mike Parisy Daniel Keilwitz Christian Hohenadel 5 9 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 18 September #101 Callaway Competition #76 NFS by Schubert Motorsport #61 Prospeed Competition Daniel Keilwitz Christian Hohenadel Patrick Söderlund Edward Sandström Paul van Splunteren Marco Holzer 10 19 September #5 Saintéloc Phoenix Racing #5 Saintéloc Phoenix Racing #101 Callaway Competition Pierre Hirschi Grégory Guilvert Pierre Hirschi Grégory Guilvert Daniel Keilwitz Christian Hohenadel 6 11 Circuit Zolder 10 October #98 Marc VDS Racing Team #1 Hexis AMR #76 NFS by Schubert Motorsport Mathias Beche Eric de Doncker Frédéric Makowiecki Manuel Rodrigues Patrick Söderlund Edward Sandström 12 #1 Hexis AMR #1 Hexis AMR #61 Prospeed Competition Frédéric Makowiecki Manuel Rodrigues Frédéric Makowiecki Manuel Rodrigues Paul van Splunteren Marco Holzer

Championships The GT3 Championship adopted the new Formula One points system, meaning points were awarded to the top ten finishers in both races.

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Drivers Championship Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Rnd 9 Rnd 10 Rnd 11 Rnd 12 Total 1 Daniel Keilwitz Callaway Competition Ret 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 9 15 183 Christian Hohenadel 2 Paul van Splunteren Prospeed Competition 9 17 21 6 Ret 2 6 3 1 2 2 1 137 Marco Holzer 3 Joakim Lambotte Graff Racing 19 Ret 1 1 DNS 10 2 2 3 21 7 10 108 Mike Parisy 4 Csaba Walter Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport 6 5 19 16 10 1 5 4 18 6 4 3 101 Claudia Hürtgen 5 Manuel Rodrigues Hexis AMR Ret 2 7 5 Ret 20 20 5 20 2 62 Frédéric Makowiecki 6 Edward Sandström Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport DNS 9 18 10 Ret 8 4 22 7 13 1 5 60 Patrick Söderlund 7 Philip Geipel Argo Racing 3 4 4 2 15 Ret 57 8 Gilles Vannelet Mühlner Motorsport 5 16 20 14 17 5 3 7 8 7 DSQ 7 57 9 Siso Cunill Trackspeed 1 3 27 12 52 Argo Racing 9 5 10 Mikko Eskeleinen Fischer Racing 14 6 12 DNS 6 7 7 11 4 19 8 6 52 11 Toni Seiler Toni Seiler Racing 2 13 3 7 20 13 8 6 51 Dino Lunardi 12 Petri Lappalainen Prospeed Competition 11 11 17 8 5 6 23 8 11 9 6 4 48 Markus Palttala 13 Albert von Thurn und Taxis Argo Racing 7 Ret 4 2 7 17 20 13 42 14 Tim Bergmeister Trackspeed 1 3 40 15 Christoffer Nygaard Fischer Racing 14 6 12 DNS 6 7 7 11 8 6 40 16 Kenneth Heyer Team Rosberg Ret 21 13 17 1 Ret Ret 19 5 22 16 20 35 17 Diego Alessi Chad Racing 4 Ret 9 15 3 Ret 22 14 9 23 31 Giacomo Petrobelli 18 Ellen Lohr Argo Racing 3 4 27 19 Bernd Herdlhofer Team Rosberg 13 17 1 Ret Ret 19 25 20 Greg Franchi Saintéloc Phoenix Racing 8 8 10 11 DNS 3 24 Belgian Audi Club 14 DSQ 20 Stéphane Lémeret Saintéloc Phoenix Racing 8 8 10 11 DNS 3 24 Team Rosberg 14 DSQ 21 Antoine Leclerc Mühlner Motorsport 3 7 21 22 Seán Paul Breslin Black Falcon 15 10 8 25 4 9 11 9 23 11 21 23 Joe Osborne Mühlner Motorsport 5 16 20 14 17 5 20 24 Zak Brown United Autosports 16 15 25 21 13 DNS 13 23 21 3 17 8 19 Matthew Bell 25 Eric de Doncker Marc VDS Racing Team 23 20 15 10 3 16 16 Mathias Beche 26 Christer Jöns Black Falcon 4 9 11 9 16 27 Thomas Accary Hexis AMR 13 7 6 24 Ret 15 19 Ret 22 15 12 11 14 Luc Paillard 27 Giorgio Sanna Argo Racing 7 Ret 11 9 7 17 14 28 Martin Matzke Team S-Berg Racing 16 4 12 Nikolas Mayr-Melnhof 28 Niels Lagrange Argo Racing 9 5 12 28 Florian Gruber Fischer Racing 4 19 12 28 Maxime Martin Marc VDS Racing Team DNS 4 15 18 12 Gaël Lesoudier 29 Arnaud Vincent Graff Racing 5 13 19 12 10 Arnaud Peyroles 11 Ret 29 Grégoire Demoustier Graff Racing 11 Ret 10 Team Rosberg 5 22 29 Armand Fumal Mühlner Motorsport 5 17 10 Jérôme Thiry 29 Niki Lanik Mühlner Motorsport 8 7 10 29 Pierre Hirschi Saintéloc Phoenix Racing 24 18 16 12 15 12 6 18 11 9 10 Grégory Guilvert 30 Michael Ammermüller Team Rosberg 10 12 8 Ret 10 15 13 20 6 Paulo Bonifácio 31 Johannes Stuck Black Falcon 15 10 8 25 5 31 Marius Ritskes Callaway Competition 18 18 22 22 14 16 12 10 14 8 22 19 5 32 Dennis Retera Callaway Competition 14 8 4 33 Michael Guasch United Autosports 20 14 14 19 12 11 17 18 10 14 10 10 3 Mark Patterson 34 Charlie Geipel Argo Racing 11 9 2 34 Damien Charveriat Chad Racing 26 23 9 14 DNS 16 2 Charles Hollings 35 Bernhard van Oranje Callaway Competition 18 18 22 22 14 16 12 10 22 19 1

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