2010 Formula Palmer Audi season

The 2010 Formula Palmer Audi season was the thirteenth and final Formula Palmer Audi season. It began at Brands Hatch on 8 May and finished at Silverstone Circuit on 17 October. It consisted of twenty rounds, all held in England. The champion driver received a £100,000 scholarship prize, double last year's prize money, towards a drive in the 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship. On top of that, the top six finishers in the final drivers' standings were all granted an official Formula Two test.^[1]

The scholarship prize went to Nigel Moore, as he overhauled the long-time leader of the championship Maxime Jousse on dropped scores; Jousse having scored four more points than Moore on overall scores. Whereas Moore could drop two retirements for no points loss, Jousse had to drop a finish of seventh place along with a retirement and turned a four-point advantage into a nine-point deficit to Moore, having won six races to Moore's three. Third place went to Spanish driver Ramón Piñeiro, having taken four wins in the last seven races of the season to enable him to move him up from sixth to his eventual placing of third. Kieran Vernon and José Alonso Liste battled over fourth place, with Vernon coming out on top by two points after his third win of the season – to go with his double at the second Brands Hatch meeting – in the series' final race at Silverstone, ahead of Alonso Liste. Other winners during the season were Melroy Heemskerk at the first Brands Hatch meeting, Max Snegirev at Croft and Jordan Williams, who won at Snetterton before an accident with Jousse in the next race left him without funds to complete the season.

In November 2010, series boss Jonathan Palmer announced the end of the series with the series' chassis being dismantled for use in other areas of the MotorSport Vision organisation.^[2]

Driver lineup

Car #	Driver	Sponsor(s)	Rounds
2	Howard Fuller^[3]	Powerchex	All
3	Vincent Beltoise^[4]	Pole Mechanique	All
4	Tommaso Menchini^[5]	AMP	1–2, 4
5	Maxime Jousse^[6]	Warson Motors	All
6	Nigel Moore^[7]	Ginetta	All
7	Melroy Heemskerk^[4]	ORANJEDAK	1–5
8	James Thorp^[4]	ARCOROC	1–4
9	Giuseppe Cipriani^[5]		1–5, 7
10	Luca Orlandi^[5]	Super 5 Wipes	All
11	Ash Davies^[4]	H2O Networks	All
12	Thiemo Storz^[8]		4
14	Jorge Pescador^[9]	Luis Pescador	1
15	Ramón Piñeiro^[4]	Caja Madrid	All
16	Aaron Steele^[10]		1
17	Jordan Williams^[4]	Willy's Ice Cream / Lanhydrock Golf Club	1–2
18	Callum Holland^[11]	Irisguard	2–7
19	Tom Ashton^[11]	R Ashton & Son Ltd	2
20	Max Snegirev^[12]	Klaxon	6–7
21	Florian Le Roux^[13]	2wcl	7
24	Toni Alarcon^[13]	Santander	7
25	Victor Jimenez^[8]		4–7
26	José Alonso Liste^[5]	Kentes	All
28	Kieran Vernon^[5]		All
39	Matt Bell^[4]	AES	1
42	Jordan King^[13]	Hugo Boss	7
44	Mark Powell^[14]	FutureWorld	3, 5

Race calendar and results

All races were held in the United Kingdom.^[15]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	9 May	Jorge Pescador	José Alonso Liste	Melroy Heemskerk
	R2			Maxime Jousse	José Alonso Liste	Maxime Jousse
	R3			Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse
2	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	26 June	Nigel Moore	Melroy Heemskerk	Jordan Williams
	R2		26 June	Nigel Moore	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse
	R3		27 June	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse
	R4		27 June	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse
3	R1	Oulton Park	24 July	Nigel Moore	Maxime Jousse	Nigel Moore
3	R2	Oulton Park	24 July	Nigel Moore	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse
4	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	28 August	José Alonso Liste	Thiemo Storz	Nigel Moore
4	R2	Rockingham Motor Speedway	28 August	José Alonso Liste	José Alonso Liste	José Alonso Liste
5	R1	Brands Hatch GP	26 September	Kieran Vernon	Kieran Vernon	Kieran Vernon
5	R2	Brands Hatch GP	26 September	Kieran Vernon	Kieran Vernon	Kieran Vernon
6	R1	Croft Circuit	9 October	Ramón Piñeiro	Callum Holland	Ramón Piñeiro
	R2		10 October	José Alonso Liste	José Alonso Liste	Ramón Piñeiro
	R3		10 October	Callum Holland	Callum Holland	Max Snegirev
7	R1	Silverstone National	16 October	Jordan King	Ramón Piñeiro	Ramón Piñeiro
	R2		16 October	Ramón Piñeiro	Ramón Piñeiro	Ramón Piñeiro
	R3		17 October	Nigel Moore	José Alonso Liste	Nigel Moore
	R4		17 October	José Alonso Liste	José Alonso Liste	Kieran Vernon

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	BRH			SNE				OUL		ROC		BRH		CRO			SIL				Total	Drop	Points
1	Nigel Moore	3	2	2	2	2	4	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	6	4	2	4	4	2	2	1	4	344		344
2	Maxime Jousse	5	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	6	6	3	6	7	3	6	5	4	5	Ret	348	13	335
3	Ramón Piñeiro	2	3	8	5	3	11	4	Ret	2	Ret	7	2	3	1	1	7	1	1	3	6	320		320
4	Kieran Vernon	6	7	6	8	7	Ret	5	4	4	3	3	1	1	3	6	9	4	5	4	1	311	11	300
5	José Alonso Liste	11	4	4	6	8	3	3	5	3	7	1	8	5	5	2	2	6	3	Ret	2	307	9	298
6	Vincent Beltoise	NC	5	13	4	4	5	7	3	6	5	4	5	10	4	7	5	7	Ret	9	8	250		250
7	Howard Fuller	8	10	9	14	6	7	14	7	12	8	8	9	8	Ret	8	10	12	6	7	7	210	6	204
8	Melroy Heemskerk	1	Ret	5	7	5	2	2	6	5	4	5	4	2								203		203
9	Callum Holland				9	14	8	6	11	9	10	11	7	7	6	Ret	3	8	8	6	5	193		193
10	Ash Davies	Ret	11	10	13	11	12	12	8	8	12	Ret	10	9	9	9	8	10	9	11	10	178		178
11	Giuseppe Cipriani	Ret	16	Ret	11	9	6	11	9	7	14	9	12	12				9	7	8	11	149		149
12	Luca Orlandi	Ret	14	14	16	12	14	13	12	Ret	15	13	11	Ret	8	10	11	14	13	13	13	124		124
13	Max Snegirev														10	5	1	3	11	10	3	104		104
14	James Thorp	10	13	15	10	Ret	10	8	10	10	11	10										93		93
15	Jordan Williams	4	8	7	1	DNS	9	10														86		86
16	Victor Jimenez										13	12	13	13	Ret	11	12	13	10	14	12	77		77
17	Aaron Steele	7	6	3																		45		45
18	Tommaso Menchini	Ret	15	Ret	15	13	13	Ret			9	14										41		41
19	Toni Alarcon																	11	14	12	9	34		34
20	Matt Bell	9	9	11																		31		31
21	Mark Powell								13	11			14	11								31		31
22	Tom Ashton				12	10	Ret	9														29		29
23	Jordan King																	NC	Ret	2	Ret	20		20
24	Thiemo Storz										2	Ret										20		20
25	Florian Le Roux																	Ret	12	15	14	19		19
26	Jorge Pescador	Ret	12	12																		16		16
Pos	Driver	BRH			SNE				OUL		ROC		BRH		CRO			SIL				Total	Drop	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th
Points	24	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

References

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^ "Jonathan Palmer pays tribute to Formula Palmer Audi". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Alonso Liste heads opening session of season". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
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^ Turner, Kevin, ed. (2010-03-11). "Moore heads to Palmer Audi". Autosport. 199 (10). Haymarket Publications: 84.
^ ^a ^b "Thiemo Storz and Victor Jimenez gear up for FPA debut". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
^ "Jorge Pescador enjoys maiden FPA run". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
^ Hornsby, Tom (2010-04-14). "Steele rejoins eyeing F2 chance". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
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^ "FPA gears up for Croft showdown". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-10-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
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^ "2010 Formula Palmer Audi calendar confirmed". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

External links

Official Formula Palmer Audi Website

[1] "£100,000 F2 scholarship prize for 2010 FPA Champion". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-01-08. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

[2] "Jonathan Palmer pays tribute to Formula Palmer Audi". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

[3] "Howard Fuller returns for second FPA season". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-04-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-04-14.

[Test_day-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Maxime Jousse tops FPA test day". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[First-5] "Alonso Liste heads opening session of season". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[6] "Maxime Jousse returns for FPA title tilt". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-03-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-03-22.

[7] Turner, Kevin, ed. (2010-03-11). "Moore heads to Palmer Audi". Autosport. 199 (10). Haymarket Publications: 84.

[Rock-8] "Thiemo Storz and Victor Jimenez gear up for FPA debut". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-28.

[9] "Jorge Pescador enjoys maiden FPA run". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-27.

[10] Hornsby, Tom (2010-04-14). "Steele rejoins eyeing F2 chance". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-14.

[Snetterton-11] "Williams wins Snetterton opener". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-07-23.

[12] "FPA gears up for Croft showdown". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-10-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-08.

[Finale-13] "Jordan King to make FPA bow at Silverstone". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-10-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-16.

[14] "Formula Palmer Audi: Race 5 – Classification" (PDF). Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision; Timing Solutions Limited. 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-08-28.^{[permanent dead link]}

[15] "2010 Formula Palmer Audi calendar confirmed". Formula Palmer Audi. MotorSport Vision. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

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