The Protyre 2010 Formula Renault BARC season was the 16th Formula Renault BARC Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 April and ended on 17 October at Thruxton, after twelve rounds held in England. Making its debut in the series was the previous-specification Formula Renault UK car which ran alongside the existing BARC car in a one-class Championship.
Hillspeed driver Alice Powell became the first female driver to win any Formula Renault championship after overhauling a 16-point deficit to rival Mitchell Hale of Fortec Motorsport at the season's final meeting at Thruxton. Powell won two races at Silverstone and Thruxton with five second places compared to Hale's three victories at Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Snetterton. Third place was also resolved at the final round of the season between Powell's teammate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's teammate but took part in the final meeting for Welch Motorsport. Theodore, a race-winner at Croft, Rockingham and Thruxton, got the better of Webster by three points, after he finished ahead of Webster in the final race of the season. Other race wins were taken by Joseph Reilly at Snetterton and Rockingham, Luke Wright at Croft, and Euan Hankey in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch.
Teams and drivers 2010 Entry List Team Driver name Rounds Welch Motorsport 3 Jack Piper All 4 Josh Webster 6 7 Kourosh Khani All Fortec Motorsport 4 Josh Webster 1–5 23 Joseph Reilly All 41 Mitchell Hale All Privateer 5 James Birch All Uniq Racing with Triple Eight 8 Sazlan Sirajudin All Anglo Motorsport 11 Brett Parris 5 Kasper Krogh 1 Antel Motorsport 2–4 Dino Zamparelli 6 12 Roman Beregech 4–6 16 Euan Hankey 1 17 Matthew Draper All Hillspeed 15 Alice Powell All 44 Josephine Ferrada 2–6 99 James Theodore All RPD Motorsport 18 Steven Durrant 1, 3–6 SWB Motorsport 27 Luke Wright All 28 Andrew Jarman All Mtech 32 Tommaso Menchini 5 33 Jake Rattenbury All 36 James Thorp 6
Calendar The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings. All races held in England.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 18 April James Theodore Mitchell Hale Mitchell Hale Fortec Motorsport R2 Mitchell Hale Mitchell Hale Euan Hankey Antel Motorsport 2 R3 Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire 9 May Mitchell Hale Mitchell Hale Mitchell Hale Fortec Motorsport R4 Alice Powell Mitchell Hale Alice Powell Hillspeed 3 R5 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 4 July James Theodore James Theodore James Theodore Hillspeed R6 James Theodore Luke Wright Luke Wright SWB Motorsport 4 R7 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 1 August James Theodore Mitchell Hale Joseph Reilly Fortec Motorsport R8 Mitchell Hale Mitchell Hale Mitchell Hale Fortec Motorsport 5 R9 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 12 September James Theodore Joseph Reilly James Theodore Hillspeed R10 Joseph Reilly Josh Webster Joseph Reilly Fortec Motorsport 6 R11 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 17 October Mitchell Hale James Theodore James Theodore Hillspeed R12 Alice Powell James Theodore Alice Powell Hillspeed
Standings Pos Driver BHI SIL CRO SNE ROC THR Total Drop 1 Alice Powell 5 5 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 7 2 1 304 16 288 2 Mitchell Hale 1 3 1 2 6 6 3 1 6 5 8 5 294 14 280 3 James Theodore 4 Ret 9 3 5 1 Ret 5 1 3 1 2 254 254 4 Josh Webster Ret 4 3 4 4 3 4 7 5 2 4 3 251 251 5 Joseph Reilly 3 2 Ret DNS 3 11 1 3 2 1 11 8 231 231 6 Luke Wright 2 Ret 5 7 1 5 Ret 2 3 4 3 10 229 229 7 James Birch (P) 10(*) 8(*) 7(*) 6(*) 11(*) 14(*) 6(*) 8(*) 9(*) 10(*) 5(*) 6(*) 189 9 180 8 Kourosh Khani 6 12 4 5 7 Ret 7 Ret 8 13 14 9 142 142 9 Andrew Jarman 7 7 12 8 9 7 9 Ret 11 11 13 13 131 131 10 Matthew Draper 8 Ret 6 Ret 10 12 5 12 15 16 10 15 109 109 11 Kasper Krogh 13 6 8 Ret 13 4 8 6 102 102 12 Jack Piper Ret 10 10 9 12 9 14 14 13 12 12 Ret 95 95 13 Steven Durrant 12 Ret 8 8 10 10 Ret 9 Ret 11 81 81 14 Josephine Ferrada 11 11 15 10 12 11 16 14 15 14 81 81 15 Jake Rattenbury 11 9 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 9 10 Ret Ret 12 64 64 16 Sazlan Sirajudin Ret 11 Ret 10 14 13 Ret Ret 12 15 16 16 61 61 17 Euan Hankey 9 1 44 44 18 Dino Zamparelli 6 4 40 40 19 Roman Beregech 13 13 14 Ret 9 Ret 35 35 20 Brett Parris 7 6 34 34 21 James Thorp 7 7 32 32 22 Tommaso Menchini Ret 8 14 14 Pos Driver BHI SIL CRO SNE ROC THR Total Drop Points
Formula Renault Winter Series
References
External links The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship