The 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 20th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. It began on 17 April at
Motorland Aragon and ended on 10 October at
Circuit de Catalunya
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya () is a motorsport race track in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. The track has stands ...
after eight rounds and sixteen races.
The series had a new look for 2010, with the introduction of the
Barazi-Epsilon
Barazi-Epsilon is a racing team owned by engineer Michel Lecomte and entrepreneur turned amateur racer Juan Barazi. The team's base is in Le Mans. The team was founded in 2000 as Epsilon Sport from the remains of the Graff Racing's Formula Three o ...
chassis to replace the original Tatuus chassis which had been the mainstay of Formula Renault 2.0 during the 2000s. Both season-opening races at Motorland Aragón were won by Eurocup debutant
Kevin Korjus
Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993) is an Estonian former racing driver.
Career
Karting
Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax M ...
, who had moved up from the
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup over the off-season. It was the start of a dominating season for the teenager from Estonia, adding seven more victories over the season to become the series' youngest champion, at the age of . It was not until the final race before the runner-up placing was decided.
Tech 1 Racing
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2000 by racing driver Simon Abadie and his sister Sarah, it has garnered success in the World Series by Renault, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and the GP3 Series, most notably ...
's
Arthur Pic
Arthur Pierre Louis Pic (born 5 October 1991) is a French retired racing driver. He competed in the GP2 Series between 2014 and 2016.
Career Karting
Like most top-line drivers, Pic began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2005 French ...
held a five-point advantage over
Interwetten Junior Team driver
Luciano Bacheta
Akshay Luciano Bacheta (born 26 April 1990 in Romford, England) is a British people, British former professional racecar driver, born to Indian people, Indian parents with Italians, Italian ancestry.
Career
Bacheta started karting at the age o ...
before the final race, but was decided in Bacheta's favour after Pic was disqualified for failing to observe a drive-through penalty for short-cutting a chicane while attempting to pass team-mate
Carlos Sainz Jr. who was competing as a guest. The trio claimed 14 of the 16 race wins on offer, with the other wins going to fifth-placed
Giovanni Venturini
Giovanni Venturini (born 9 November 1991 in Vicenza) is a professional racing driver from Italy.
Career
Formula 2000 Light
Venturini began his Formula racing career in November 2008, racing in the Formula 2000 Light Italy Winter Trophy, where he ...
and
Javier Tarancón, both driving for
Epsilon Euskadi
EPIC Racing (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing) was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria ( Alava). It was the second major motorsport team from the Basque Country, (Euskadi). Epsilon Euskadi was the bigg ...
.
Teams and drivers
* Guest entries are listed in italics.
Race calendar
* The series was a part of the
World Series by Renault
The Renault Sport Series (formerly known as World Series by Renault) was a motor racing series. The series latterly consisted of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and used to contain the Renault Sport Trophy and the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. ...
, supporting the
Formula Renault 3.5 Series at all races except Monaco. An
FIA press release confirmed all races except the rounds at
Motorland Aragón
MotorLand Aragón (alternative Spanish name: Circuito de Alcañiz) is a race track used for motorsports located in Alcañiz, Spain.
The circuit was designed by German architect Hermann Tilke in conjunction with the British architectural busin ...
and
Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours () is a Communes of France, commune in the Nièvre Departments of France, department in central France.
It is the home of the ''Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours'', a famous Motorsport#Motor racing, motor racing circuit (whose name is o ...
.
Championship standings
* Points for both championships are awarded as follows:
Drivers' Championship
Teams' Championship
References
External links
Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship
{{World Series by Renault seasons
Eurocup
Eurocup Formula Renault
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault S ...
Eurocup Formula Renault
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault S ...
Renault Eurocup
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