2010 Formula Renault BARC season
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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 team-mate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's team-mate 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.
club racing meetings.
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2010 Formula Renault BARC
British Automobile Racing Club
The British Automobile Racing Club is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom.-History:The Cyclecar Club was formed in 1912, running races for the small and light motorbike powered vehicles at Brooklands as well as rallies and sporting trials. Among the founder...
season was the 16th Formula Renault BARC Championship
British Formula Renault Championship
The United Kingdom has two Formula Renault championships: Renault Sport UK's Formula Renault UK championship and the British Automobile Racing Club's BARC Formula Renault championship. Generally, the UK series is recognized as the British Formula Renault.-History:The "British Formula Renault...
. The season began at Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...
on 18 April and ended on 17 October at Thruxton
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....
, after twelve rounds held in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. 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
Alice Powell
Alice Powell is a British racing driver.Powell was born in Oxford, England. Two years after learning to drive at the age of six, she started her career in karting. In 2009 Powell was the runner up for the Young Star Award at the Women of the Future Awards. She was awarded the British Women's...
became the first female driver to win any Formula Renault championship after overhauling a 16-point deficit to rival Mitchell Hale of Fortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level...
at the season's final meeting at Thruxton. Powell won two races at Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...
and Thruxton with five second places compared to Hale's three victories at Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Snetterton
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...
. Third place was also resolved at the final round of the season between Powell's team-mate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's team-mate but took part in the final meeting for Welch Motorsport. Theodore, a race-winner at Croft
Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is just over long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit...
, Rockingham
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...
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
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The series formed part of the BARCBritish Automobile Racing Club
The British Automobile Racing Club is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom.-History:The Cyclecar Club was formed in 1912, running races for the small and light motorbike powered vehicles at Brooklands as well as rallies and sporting trials. Among the founder...
club racing meetings.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | Brands Hatch (Indy) Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events... , Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... |
18 April | James Theodore | Mitchell Hale | Mitchell Hale | Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level... |
R2 | Mitchell Hale | Mitchell Hale | Euan Hankey | Antel Motorsport | |||
2 | R3 | Silverstone (National) Silverstone Circuit Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side... , Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,... |
9 May | Mitchell Hale | Mitchell Hale | Mitchell Hale | Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level... |
R4 | Alice Powell Alice Powell Alice Powell is a British racing driver.Powell was born in Oxford, England. Two years after learning to drive at the age of six, she started her career in karting. In 2009 Powell was the runner up for the Young Star Award at the Women of the Future Awards. She was awarded the British Women's... |
Mitchell Hale | Alice Powell Alice Powell Alice Powell is a British racing driver.Powell was born in Oxford, England. Two years after learning to drive at the age of six, she started her career in karting. In 2009 Powell was the runner up for the Young Star Award at the Women of the Future Awards. She was awarded the British Women's... |
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3 | R5 | Croft Circuit Croft Circuit Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is just over long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit... , North Yorkshire North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest... |
4 July | James Theodore | James Theodore | James Theodore | Hillspeed |
R6 | James Theodore | Luke Wright | Luke Wright | SWB Motorsport | |||
4 | R7 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich... , Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county... |
1 August | James Theodore | Mitchell Hale | Joseph Reilly | Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level... |
R8 | Mitchell Hale | Mitchell Hale | Mitchell Hale | Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level... |
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5 | R9 | Rockingham Motor Speedway Rockingham Motor Speedway Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport... , Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,... |
12 September | James Theodore | Joseph Reilly | James Theodore | Hillspeed |
R10 | Joseph Reilly | Josh Webster | Joseph Reilly | Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level... |
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6 | R11 | Thruxton Circuit Thruxton Circuit Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing.... , Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force... |
17 October | Mitchell Hale | James Theodore | James Theodore | Hillspeed |
R12 | Alice Powell Alice Powell Alice Powell is a British racing driver.Powell was born in Oxford, England. Two years after learning to drive at the age of six, she started her career in karting. In 2009 Powell was the runner up for the Young Star Award at the Women of the Future Awards. She was awarded the British Women's... |
James Theodore | Alice Powell Alice Powell Alice Powell is a British racing driver.Powell was born in Oxford, England. Two years after learning to drive at the age of six, she started her career in karting. In 2009 Powell was the runner up for the Young Star Award at the Women of the Future Awards. She was awarded the British Women's... |
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Standings
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- (Bold) = Pole Position
- (*) = Fastest Lap
- (p) = Privateer Club drivers