The 2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the sixth Eurocup Mégane Trophy season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 1 May and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on 10 October, after seven rounds and fourteen scheduled races. The races tally was reduced to thirteen, after the opening race of the championship was cancelled due to technical problems at Spa-Francorchamps, and was not rescheduled.
Eleven top-two finishes – including seven victories – from the thirteen races gave TDS Racing's Nick Catsburg the championship title, for the team's second drivers' championship crown in three seasons. Team-mate and twice race winner Pierre Thiriet finished 27 points behind Catsburg in second place, and Stefano Comini, a three-time winner, finished third in the standings. Dimitri Enjalbert was the other race winner, as he struggled to match his race-winning form of 2009, when he won seven times. As well as the drivers' championship, TDS Racing claimed the teams' championship due to the strong showings of Catsburg and Thiriet; the team scored almost double the points tally of runners-up Oregon Team, while third TDS driver Jean-Philippe Madonia won the championship for gentlemen drivers for the third successive season.
Teams and drivers Team#DriversClassRounds TDS Racing 1 Pierre Thiriet All 2 Jean-Philippe Madonia All 3 Nick Catsburg All 4 David Dermont 5–7 Boutsen Energy Racing 1–4 5 Caroline Grifnée 1–6 Vito Rodrigues 6 Fabien Thuner All 8 Renaud Derlot 5–7 70 Dimitri Enjalbert All McGregor by Equipe Verschuur 7 Bas Schothorst All 16 Hoevert Vos All 17 Harrie Kollen All Team Lompech Sport 9 Jean-Charles Miginiac All 11 Sébastien Dhouailly All Equipe Verschuur 14 Steven Gijsen All 15 Wim Beelen 1, 3–7 Wilko Becker 2 Blue Jumeirah Team 18 Rafael Unzurrunzaga All McG Fashion by Equipe Verschuur 19 Jeroen Schothorst All 21 Raymond Coronel All Oregon Team 23 Navajo 1–3, 5–7 4 Giovanni Seminara 24 Niccolò Nalio All 25 Stefano Comini All Brixia Autosport 73 Angelo Baiguera All Icon Class Gentleman Driver
Calendar The 2010 calendar was announced on 25 October 2009.
Round Location Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Spa, Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 May Nick Catsburg race cancelled R2 2 May Nick Catsburg Stefano Comini Dimitri Enjalbert Boutsen Energy Racing 2 R1 Brno, Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 5 June Nick Catsburg Bas Schothorst Stefano Comini Oregon Racing R2 6 June Stefano Comini Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg TDS Racing 3 R1 Magny-Cours, France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 19 June Nick Catsburg Bas Schothorst Nick Catsburg TDS Racing R2 20 June Stefano Comini Nick Catsburg Pierre Thiriet TDS Racing 4 R1 Mogyoród, Hungary Hungaroring 3 July Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg Pierre Thiriet TDS Racing R2 4 July Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg TDS Racing 5 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 4 September Nick Catsburg Hoevert Vos Nick Catsburg TDS Racing R2 5 September Stefano Comini Bas Schothorst Stefano Comini Oregon Racing 6 R1 Silverstone, United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 18 September Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg Stefano Comini Oregon Racing R2 19 September Nick Catsburg Stefano Comini Nick Catsburg TDS Racing 7 R1 Montmeló, Spain Circuit de Catalunya 9 October Stefano Comini Stefano Comini Nick Catsburg TDS Racing R2 10 October Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg Nick Catsburg TDS Racing
Championship standings Pos Driver SPA BRN MAG HUN HOC SIL CAT Points 1 Nick Catsburg C 2 Ret 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 161 2 Pierre Thiriet C 4 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 3 5 8 4 134 3 Stefano Comini C 3 1 2 Ret 3 14 Ret 4 1 1 2 5 Ret 107 4 Bas Schothorst C 6 4 3 3 4 8 Ret 12 5 6 4 3 5 88 5 Dimitri Enjalbert C 1 3 Ret DSQ 5 5 7 5 Ret 10 8 Ret 2 67 6 Jean-Philippe Madonia C 5 Ret 6 DNS 7 2 2 9 8 8 14 9 7 58 7 Hoevert Vos C DNS Ret Ret 8 9 3 5 7 7 15 Ret 4 8 45 8 Niccolò Nalio C Ret DSQ 5 5 6 9 4 10 17 9 6 Ret 6 44 9 Fabien Thuner C Ret Ret 8 4 10 6 6 6 6 11 9 7 Ret 43 10 Sébastien Dhouailly C 9 Ret 7 DNS 11 7 10 Ret Ret 5 7 6 Ret 30 11 Raymond Coronel C 7 6 9 7 14 10 17 15 11 7 11 15 11 24 12 David Dermont C 8 5 10 9 8 18 Ret 11 9 13 10 10 Ret 23 13 Wim Beelen C Ret 6 13 Ret 9 8 12 14 12 11 Ret 12 14 Harrie Kolen C Ret 7 Ret 11 15 11 11 16 Ret 12 13 16 9 7 15 Jeroen Schothorst C 14 Ret 13 15 Ret 13 8 14 10 18 DNS 13 14 5 16 Steven Gijsen C 11 9 12 10 19 Ret Ret 13 15 Ret 15 12 10 5 17 Wilko Becker 8 15 3 18 Navajo C 10 12† 11 16 12 15 17 Ret 16 18 18 DSQ 1 19 Angelo Baiguera C 12 10 14 12 16 16 13 19 16 17 16 17 13 1 20 Vito Rodrigues 13 11 13 14 20 DNS 0 21 Jean-Charles Miginiac C 15 DSQ Ret 14 18 12 12 18 14 Ret 17 14 12 0 22 Rafael Unzurrunzaga C 16 13 16 NC 20 19 16 21 18 19 Ret 19 15 0 23 Caroline Grifnée C Ret 17 15 13 Ret 0 24 Giovanni Seminara 17 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Renaud Derlot 3 3 4 3 2 3 0 Pos Driver SPA BRN MAG HUN HOC SIL CAT PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
References
External links The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website