The 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season was the seventh and final
Formula BMW Pacific season. The championship began on 3 April in
Sepang
Pekan Sepang is a small border town and also a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor
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and finished on 21 November in
Macau
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after fifteen races held at six meetings. The series was axed at the end of the season, in favour of a new Formula BMW Talent Cup starting in 2011. Motorsport Asia will continue to run a rebranded JK Racing Asia Series from 2011, without BMW support.
Singapore-licensed, British driver
Richard Bradley won the championship for Eurasia Motorsport with two races in hand, after dominating for most of the season, winning seven races outright as well as an eighth by being the top finisher behind the guest drivers –
Carlos Sainz Jr. and
Daniil Kvyat took five overall victories between them but were ineligible for championship points – run by the
EuroInternational
EuroInternational is a racing organization (which includes Italian division EuroInternational Srl and American division EuroInternational Inc.) owned by Antonio Ferrari.
History
Originally known as Euromotorsport, the team made its CART debut in ...
team. He also took three other podium finishes en route to a 76-point championship-winning margin over his nearest rival,
Meritus driver
Óscar Andrés Tunjo. Tunjo finished the season runner-up despite failing to finish any of the final two races, but E-Rain Racing's Jordan Oon or
Mofaz Racing
Mofaz Racing was an auto racing team from Malaysia, which last competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
Background
The Mofaz Group is a Malaysian conglomerate, established in 1977, which operates in a wide range of business sectors, includin ...
's Calvin Wong could not capitalise on Tunjo's misfortune.
Tunjo, Oon and Wong all took overall victories in
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
,
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
and
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...
respectively, but Tunjo's consistent finishing kept him ahead of Oon and Wong, who each added a class win to their overall wins. Bradley's team-mate
Nabil Jeffri completed the top five in the championship, and their results along with
Kotaro Sakurai
is a Japanese former racing driver. Sakurai raced under Filipino license in Formula BMW Pacific and in the GP3 Series.
Career
Karting
Sakurai began his racing career in karting at the age of nine and raced in Japan and Australia.
Formula B ...
and Duvashen Padayachee helped Eurasia claim the Teams' Championship. Other class victories were claimed by EuroInternational's
Dustin Sofyan and James Birch of Motaworld Racing.
Teams and drivers
* All cars were
BMW
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-engined
Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in ''italics''.
Race calendar and results
* Three rounds were confirmed via an announcement by the
FIA on 18 December 2009.
A provisional calendar was latterly released by the championship, before being confirmed with no further changes. Latterly, rounds scheduled for the
Korea International Circuit
The Korea International Circuit (코리아 인터내셔널 서킷) is a motorsport circuit located in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, south of Seoul and near the port city of Mokpo. It was the venue for the Korean Grand Prix fro ...
were moved to
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
and
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...
due to delays in track construction.
*
1 Pole position recorded by
Daniil Kvyat, but he was ineligible to score the pole point.
*
2 Pole position recorded by
Carlos Sainz Jr., but he was ineligible to score the pole point.
Standings
Drivers' Championship
*Points were awarded as follows:
Teams' Championship
*Points were awarded on the same basis (excluding pole points) as the drivers' championship, but only to a team's first two cars at the end of the race. If a team was running just one car at a meeting, their points were doubled.
References
External links
BMW-Motorsport.comAsian Festival Of Speed
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