2010 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition March 2014 January 2020 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Drivers' Championship 2010 Drivers' Champion: Ben Barker thumb|right|The Dallara F307 of Ben Barker at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 4 of the championship. Barker clinched the championship by a single point from team-mate Mitch Evans at the final round. The 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title with the championship winner receiving the 2010 CAMS Gold Star award. The 2010 championship was the 54th Australian Drivers' Championship and the sixth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 7 March 2010 at the Wakefield Park and finished on 24 October at Sandown Raceway after seven rounds across four different states with three races at each round. Heading into the final round of the series, British Team BRM driver Ben Barker led the championship over New Zealand teammate Mitch Evans. Barker pulled ahead after taking five of the six wins available at Mallala and Morgan Park and following it up with another win at the Eastern Creek round. Evans was eight points behind Barker, despite missing the Symmons Plains round due to a Formula Abarth test at Misano. Australian driver Tom Tweedie remained in the championship hunt, despite competing in the older 2004 specification Dallara-Renault compared to the 2007 model Team BRM Dallara-Mercedes cars of Barker and Evans. A pair of fourth places for Barker at Sandown saw the two Team BRM drivers tied on points, however the bonus point scored by Barker for the fastest lap in the final race giving him a one-point championship margin over Evans. Barker was also helped by the annulment of the second race after a serious incident involving Graeme Holmes and John Boothman. Tweedie finished third in the championship standings, 12 points behind Barker. Two other drivers claimed race wins; Andrew Waite who substituted for Evans at Symmons Plains and Tim Macrow who won both Sandown races in his only appearance of the season. Barker also won the East Coast Challenge, which was contested over the final three rounds of the series. He scored 101 points ahead of Evans (94), Tweedie (80), Chris Gilmour (66), Zhang Shan Qi (38) and Tim Macrow (33).2010 Championship standings as archived at www.webcitation.org on 9 November 2010 Tom Tweedie won the National Class title having outscored his rivals at each of the seven rounds. Classes Each vehicle competing in the Championship was nominated into one of the following classes: Australian Formula 3 Championship – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 National Class – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2004 There was an additional 'Invitation Class' in the regulations – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the appropriate regulations that applied in the year of manufacture,2010 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 22 April 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org on 9 November 2010 however no such vehicle took part during 2010 leaving the class redundant. Points System Points system was revised for 2010 although the changes are minor.Big changes in store for 2010 title fight Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPolePositionFastestLapRaces 1 & 2129876543211 (R1only)1Race 32015121086432101 Drivers of cars from all three classes were eligible to score points towards the Australian Drivers' Championship. National Class and Invitation Class drivers were also eligible to score points towards their respective class awards. Teams and drivers thumb|The Dallara F307 Mercedes-Benz of Mitch Evans at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 4 of the 2010 Australian Drivers Championship thumb|right|The No 3 Dallara F307 of Zhang Shan Qi and the No 8 Dallara F304 of Josh Burdon at the Mallala Motor Sport Park round of the 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship. Entries sourced in part from:Round 1 Entry ListResults – 2010 Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship, Round 2, Symmons Plainshttp://www.thenationals.com.au/2010/Pages/Nationals/rounds/rd3/sn10_r3_pi_entries.xls Shannons Nationals R3 Phillip Island thenationals.com.au xls 30 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110217100754/http://www.thenationals.com.au/2010/Pages/Nationals/rounds/rd3/sn10_r3_pi_entries.xls 17 February 2011 dead dmy-all http://www.thenationals.com.au/story.asp?id=496 Tom Drewer to make F3 Debut at the Island thenationals.com.au xls 27 April 2010 30 April 2010 May 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Shannons Nationals, Round 7, Morgan Park, Program https://web.archive.org/web/20110217101152/http://www.thenationals.com.au/2010/pages/Nationals/rounds/rd7/SN10%20R7%20MP%20Entries_Program.xls 17 February 2011 TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver Astuti Motorsport Gold Star Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda 2 Australia Mat Sofi Sodemo-Renault 11 Australia Kristian Lindbom Australia Nick Foster Team BRM Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 3 China Zhang Shan Qi 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans New Zealand Andrew Waite 5 UK Ben Barker R-Tek Motorsport National Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 7 Australia John Magro Australia Tom Drewer New Zealand Martin Short Australia Bryce Moore 8 Australia Josh BurdonAUS Joshua Hunt AUS Nathan Morcom Dallara F301 35 Australia Jesse Wakeman JLB Global Timbers National Dallara F301 Novamotor-Fiat 12 Australia John Boothman Cosmetic Medicine Centre National Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 14 Australia Roman Krumins Gilmour Racing Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 17 Australia Chris Gilmour Team Tom National Dallara F304 Sodemo-Renault 19 Australia Tom Tweedie GKH Powdercoating National Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 21 Australia Graeme Holmes PHR Scuderia National Dallara F304 Sodemo-Renault 25 Australia Tim Macrow Vic's Timber National Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 42 Australia Ben Gersekowski National Surgical National Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 51 Australia James Mann TanderSport Gold Star Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz 52 New Zealand Ben Crighton Race calendar thumb|The Dallara F304 of Tom Tweedie at Mallala Motor Sport Park for the 4th round of the championship. The championship was contested over a seven-round seriesRace Schedule Retrieved on 8 August 2010 with a round scheduled for Winton Motor Raceway being cancelled as a cost saving initiative.http://www.thenationals.com.au/story.asp?id=548 Restructure brings end of year shootout to F3 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 7 June 2010 7 June 2010 3 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241203163723/http://www.thenationals.com.au/story.asp?id=548 dead The final three rounds of the series at Morgan Park, Eastern Creek and Sandown were packaged into a 'series within a series', labelled the East Coast Shootout. Round Race Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 New South Wales Wakefield Parkhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?07/03/2010.WAKE Wakefield Park Raceway 07/03/2010 Shannon's Nationals Motor Racing Championship Rnd 1 National Software 7 March 2010 7 March 2010 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 6 March Mitch Evans Ben Crighton Mitch Evans Team BRM 2 7 March Ben Crighton Mitch Evans Team BRM 3 Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Team BRM 2 4 Tasmania Symmons Plains Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/04/2010.SYMM Symmons Plains International Raceway 09/04/2010 Round 2 Shannons Nationals 2010 National Software 11 April 2010 11 April 2010 10 April Ben Barker Kristian Lindbom Tom Tweedie Team Tom 5 11 April Kristian Lindbom Andrew Waite Team BRM 6 Tom Tweedie Tom Tweedie Team Tom 3 7 Victoria Phillip Islandhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/05/2010.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 02/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2010 – Round 3 National Software 2 May 2010 3 May 2010 1 May Mitch Evans Ben Barker Mitch Evans Team BRM 8 2 May Ben Barker Mitch Evans Team BRM 9 Mitch Evans Mitch Evans Team BRM 4 10 South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Parkhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/05/2010.MALL Mallala Motorsport Park 30/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships – Round 4 National Software 30 May 2010 31 May 2010 23 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110223101744/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30%2F05%2F2010.MALL dead 29 May Mitch Evans Ben Barker Ben Barker Team BRM 11 30 May Ben Barker Ben Barker Team BRM 12 Ben Barker Ben Barker Team BRM 5 13 Queensland Morgan Park Raceway 14 August Mitch Evans Ben Barker Ben Barker Team BRM 14 15 August Mitch Evans Tom Tweedie Team Tom 15 Mitch Evans Ben Barker Team BRM 6 16 New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway 11 September Mitch Evans Ben Barker Mitch Evans Team BRM 17 12 September Ben Barker Mitch Evans Team BRM 18 Ben Barker Ben Barker Team BRM 7 19 Victoria Sandown Raceway 23 October Tim Macrow Mitch Evans Tim Macrow PHR Scuderia 20 24 October Red flag: Race cancelledhttp://formula3.com.au/news.asp?id=782 Crashes red flag race two Formula 3 Australia 24 October 2010 24 October 2010 21 Ben Barker Tim Macrow PHR Scuderia Drivers Championship Pos Driver WAK1 WAK2 WAK3 SYM1 SYM2 SYM3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 MAL1 MAL2 MAL3 MOR1 MOR2 MOR3 EAS1 EAS2 EAS3 SAN1 SAN2 SAN3 Pts GOLD STAR 1 UK Ben Barker 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 220 2 NZ Mitch Evans 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 219 3 AUS Tom Tweedie 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 2 5 3 208 4 CHN Zhang Shan Qi 6 6 6 Ret 7 7 8 7 6 4 6 4 4 5 5 6 5 Ret 7 9 97 5 AUS Chris Gilmour 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 90 6 NZ Ben Crighton 2 2 2 6 3 3 60 7 AUS John Magro 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 7 50 8 AUS Josh Burdon 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 46 9 AUS Kristian Lindbom 3 3 6 5 6 5 43 10 AUS Tim Macrow 1 1 33 NZ Andrew Waite 2 1 3 33 12 NZL Martin Short 5 3 5 22 13 AUS Ben Gersekowski Ret DNS 7 7 8 8 8 7 21 14 AUS Roman Krumins 10 9 8 7 7 9 11 11 10 10 10 19 15 AUS Mat Sofi 4 7 6 17 16 AUS Joshua Hunt 6 6 6 16 AUS Nathan Morcom 8 6 5 16 18 AUS Tom Drewer 7 8 7 11 19 AUS Jesse Wakeman 7 8 8 10 20 AUS James Mann 8 8 8 9 21 AUS Graeme Holmes 9 DNS Ret Ret 12 9 9 DNS 6 22 AUS Bryce Moore Ret 8 3 AUS Nick Foster 9 10 Ret 3 - AUS John Boothman 11 Ret 0 National Class 1 AUS Tom Tweedie 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 2 5 3 310 2 AUS John Magro 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 7 92 3 AUS Roman Krumins 10 9 8 7 7 9 11 11 10 10 10 80 4 AUS Josh Burdon 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 76 5 AUS Ben Gersekowski Ret DNS 7 7 8 8 8 7 56 6 NZL Martin Short 5 3 5 36 7 AUS Tim Macrow 1 1 34 8 AUS Joshua Hunt 6 6 6 33 AUS Tom Drewer 7 8 7 33 10 AUS Nathan Morcom 8 6 5 39 11 AUS Graeme Holmes 9 DNS Ret Ret 12 9 9 DNS 27 12 AUS Jesse Wakeman 7 8 8 24 AUS James Mann 8 8 8 24 14 AUS Bryce Moore Ret 8 8 15 AUS John Boothman 11 Ret 4 East Coast Shootout 1 UK Ben Barker 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 101 2 NZ Mitch Evans 5 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 94 3 AUS Tom Tweedie 2 1 4 3 3 2 5 3 80 4 AUS Chris Gilmour 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 66 5 CHN Zhang Shan Qi 4 5 5 6 5 Ret 7 9 33 6 AUS Tim Macrow 1 1 33 7 AUS Ben Gersekowski Ret DNS 7 7 8 8 8 7 21 8 AUS Mat Sofi 4 7 6 17 9 AUS Nathan Morcom 8 6 5 16 AUS Joshua Hunt 6 6 6 16 11 AUS Roman Krumins 11 11 10 10 10 13 12 AUS Josh Burdon 6 6 11 13 AUS James Mann 8 8 8 9 14 AUS John Magro 10 9 7 7 15 AUS Graeme Holmes Ret 12 9 9 DNS 4 16 AUS Bryce Moore Ret 8 3 AUS Nick Foster 9 10 Ret 3 See also Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Formula 3 References External links Official Australian Formula 3 website 2010 Championship standings as archived at www.webcitation.org on 9 November 2010 Category:Australian Drivers' Championship Drivers' Championship Category:Australian Formula 3 seasons Australia Australian Formula 3