2010 Auto GP Series

The 2010 Auto GP Series was the twelfth season of the former Euroseries 3000, and the first under its new name "Auto GP".[1] The main sponsor of the series was PartyPoker.it.[2] The series used the same 550 bhp (410 kW) Lola B05/52 chassis that the A1 Grand Prix series used between 2005 and 2008.[3]

Despite missing the first two rounds of the season due to his commitments in the FIA GT1 World Championship, DAMS driver Romain Grosjean claimed the championship title, taking four victories and seven podiums in total from the eight races he contested. DAMS drivers also took second and third places in the championship standings, as consistent finishes for Edoardo Piscopo and Duncan Tappy – neither driver won any of the races held – helped them into their final placings. Five other drivers took race victories over the season, with Carlos Iaconelli taking three – all in sprint races – but poor placings in the championship's feature races restricted him to only seventh place; Luca Filippi took two, with single victories each for Adrien Tambay, Julián Leal and Vladimir Arabadzhiev.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
DAMS[4]	1	Duncan Tappy[5]	All
	2	Vladimir Arabadzhiev[6]	1
		Fabrizio Crestani[7]	2
		Romain Grosjean[8]	3–6
	3	Edoardo Piscopo[9]	All
Charouz-Gravity Racing[10]	4	Tomáš Kostka[11]	1
		Stefano Coletti[7]	2
		Natacha Gachnang[12]	3, 5–6
		Esteban Guerrieri[13]	4
	5	Walter Grubmüller[10]	1–3
		Alexander Sims[14]	5–6
	6	Jan Charouz[10]	All
	7	Adrien Tambay[15]	All
Super Nova Racing[16]	8	Jonny Reid[17]	All
	9	Giorgio Pantano[17]	1–3
		Jake Rosenzweig[13]	4
		Luca Filippi[14]	5–6
Trident Racing[18]	10	Julián Leal[19]	All
	11	Adrian Zaugg[20]	1
		Federico Leo[21]	2, 6
		Fabrizio Crestani[22]	3–4
RP Motorsport[23]	12	Celso Míguez[24]	1–4
		Giacomo Ricci[25]	5
		Davide Valsecchi[21]	6
	14	Stefano Bizzarri[26]	All
Team Lazarus[27]	15	Fabio Onidi[28]	All
Euronova Racing[29]	19	Luca Filippi[30]	1–3
		Giorgio Pantano[13]	4
Durango[31]	20	Giuseppe Cipriani[21]	6
	21	Carlos Iaconelli[11]	All
Ombra Racing	22	Giorgio Pantano[32]	6

Race calendar and results

All rounds were part of the International GT Open weekends, excepting stand-alone round at Brno and Navarra round that supported Spanish GT Championship event.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno[33]	24 April	Jonny Reid	Luca Filippi	Luca Filippi	Euronova Racing
	R2		25 April		Luca Filippi	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	DAMS
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 May	Luca Filippi	Giorgio Pantano	Adrien Tambay	Charouz-Gravity Racing
	R2		23 May		Carlos Iaconelli	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 June	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
	R2		27 June		Romain Grosjean	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	10 July	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
	R2		11 July		Adrien Tambay	Carlos Iaconelli	Durango
5	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos[34]	25 September	Julián Leal	Julián Leal	Julián Leal	Trident Racing
	R2		26 September		Edoardo Piscopo	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	2 October	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	DAMS
	R2		3 October		Luca Filippi	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Race One	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race Two	6	5	4	3	2	1

In addition:

• One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One
• One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver BRN IMO SPA MAG NAV MNZ Points 1 Romain Grosjean 1 2 1 Ret 3 1 1 3 58 2 Edoardo Piscopo 2 3 2 Ret 6 4 7 3 2 10 10 6 42 3 Duncan Tappy 5 11 4 3 Ret 9 2 4 4 4 4 11 37 4 Jan Charouz 4 6 Ret 6 5 3 5 2 9 3 6 2 36 5 Luca Filippi 1 13 12 Ret 2 5 7 Ret 7 1 34 6 Adrien Tambay 6 Ret 1 4 Ret 10 14 10 Ret 5 2 5 29 7 Carlos Iaconelli Ret 8 6 1 8 1 8 1 DSQ 9 13 Ret 24 8 Fabio Onidi 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 12 3 Ret 12 8 3 9 24 9 Julián Leal 10 4 Ret 8 7 Ret 9 7 1 Ret 8 4 21 10 Jonny Reid 13 7 5 Ret 4 7 10 6 5 6 Ret 14 16 11 Vladimir Arabadzhiev 7 1 8 12 Giacomo Ricci 6 2 8 13 Giorgio Pantano Ret 9 11 9 3 6 13 11 12 Ret 8 14 Celso Míguez 11 10 8 2 10 Ret 11 8 6 15 Adrian Zaugg 8 2 6 16 Federico Leo 9 5 5 7 6 17 Jake Rosenzweig 4 12 5 18 Esteban Guerrieri 6 5 5 19 Walter Grubmüller 9 5 Ret Ret DNS DNS 2 20 Stefano Coletti 7 Ret 2 21 Natacha Gachnang 12 11 8 7 15 10 1 22 Fabrizio Crestani Ret 7 11 8 DNS DNS 0 23 Davide Valsecchi 11 8 0 24 Stefano Bizzarri 12 12 10 10 13 Ret 12 9 10 11 14 12 0 25 Alexander Sims 11 Ret 9 15 0 26 Giuseppe Cipriani 16 13 0 Tomáš Kostka DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver BRN IMO SPA MAG NAV MNZ Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 for Race One Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	BRN		IMO		SPA		MAG		NAV		MNZ		Points
1	DAMS	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	3	135
		5	3	4	7	6	4	2	4	3	4	4	6
2	Charouz-Gravity Racing	4	5	1	4	5	3	5	2	8	3	2	2	74
		6	6	7	6	12	10	6	5	9	5	6	5
3	Super Nova Racing	13	7	5	9	3	6	4	6	5	6	7	1	40
		Ret	9	11	Ret	4	7	10	12	7	Ret	Ret	14
4	Trident Racing	8	2	9	5	7	8	9	7	1	Ret	5	4	33
		10	4	Ret	8	11	Ret	DNS	DNS			8	7
5	Durango	Ret	8	6	1	8	1	8	1	DSQ	9	13	13	24
												16	Ret
6	Team Lazarus	3	Ret	3	Ret	9	12	3	Ret	12	8	3	9	24
7	Euronova Racing	1	13	12	Ret	2	5	13	11					23
8	RP Motorsport	11	10	8	2	10	Ret	11	8	6	2	11	8	14
		12	12	10	10	13	Ret	12	9	10	11	14	12
9	Ombra Racing											12	Ret	0
Pos	Team	BRN		IMO		SPA		MAG		NAV		MNZ		Points

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External links

• Official Auto GP site