2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 GB season

December 2017 2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 GB none 2011 The 2010 Zing Trofeo Abarth 500 GB season was the inaugural edition of the series. It began at Oulton Park on 5 April and finished after seven events at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 24 October. The championship was won by Ben Winrow, driving for Team Pyro. The team title was won by Mardigras motorsport. The championship was organised and managed by the company CTC (calleatechcenter) Ltd. The series was launched on 22 October in Silverstone, where six 500 AC (assetto corsa) race cars were presented to the press and competitors. The championship was contested over seven rounds, each composed by two races. The championship calendar was composed by different events: British GT, Formula 2, British superbike, Lotus festival, DTM, Silverstone Classic and the Italian Ferrari Challenge. The permit holder was MotorSport Vision. The manager of the series was Paolo Callea, previous British GT manager. Teams and drivers All drivers competed in Abarth 500 Assetto Corses. Guest drivers in italics. Team No. Drivers Rounds Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 GBR Paul Smith 1–6 51 7 3 GBR Stefan Hodgetts 2–6 52 7 Team Pyro 4 GBR Ben Winrow 1–6 53 7 54 GBR Josh Wakefield 7 Advent Motorsport 7 GBR Charlie Butler-Henderson 1–6 9 GBR Gareth Howell 2 45 GBR Josh Wakefield 1–6 55 GBR James Blyth 1–2 Unknown 8 GBR Chris Stockton 2 GBR Jeremy McWilliams 3 Tech 9 GBR Tony Dron 1 9 GBR Gareth Howell 1 Lipscombe Motorsport 3 Unknown 10 GBR Chris Smith 5 Pulce Racing GBR Darren Burke 6 13 GBR Marco Pullen 5 22 DNK Benny Simonsen 1–2, 5–6 49 GBR Simon Baker 6 Reflex Racing GB 11 GBR Sarah Franklin 1–2, 4–6 Coastal Racing 12 GBR Carl Bradley 5 Rockingham Cars GBR Craig Dawson 6 77 GBR Roger Green 2 Abarth UK 49 GBR John Gaw 2 77 GBR Alistair Barclay 4 Lunar Racing 72 GBR Cassey Watson 1–6 93 GBR John Williams 1 Redline Racing 77 GBR Jason Greatrex 1 CMS 81 GBR Matt Shead 1–6 82 GBR Fiona Leggate 1–3 Calendar and winners Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 GBR Oulton Park (International), Cheshire 5 April GBR Ben Winrow DNK Benny Simonsen GBR Gareth Howell Tech 9 British F3 & GT R2 DNK Benny Simonsen GBR Gareth Howell Tech 9 2 R3 GBR Silverstone Circuit (Bridge GP), Northamptonshire 18 April GBR Ben Winrow GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport FIA Formula Two R4 GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro 3 R5 GBR Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire 23 May GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport British Superbikes R6 GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport 4 R7 GBR Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 27 June GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro Formula Palmer Audi R8 GBR Ben Winrow GBR Ben Winrow Team Pyro 5 R9 GBR Silverstone Circuit (Classic GP), Northamptonshire 25 July GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Silverstone Classic R10 GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport 6 R11 GBR Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 5 September GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport DTM R12 GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport 7 R13 ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza* 24 October GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe R14 GBR Josh Wakefield GBR Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Combination event with the European & Italian series. Championship standings Points were awarded on a 21, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 12 finishers in each race, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's six best weekend scores counted towards the championship. Dropped scores are shown in brackets. Pos Driver OULGBR SILGBR CADGBR SNEGBR SILGBR BRAGBR MONITA Pts 1 GBR Ben WinrowRet(3)212211222233 224 (240) 2 GBR Stefan Hodgetts1Ret112Ret111111 215 3 GBR Charlie Butler-Henderson244333543334 182 4 GBR Josh Wakefield5654(6)(6)33444322 175 (195) 5 GBR Paul Smith6Ret7554RetDNS8766RetRet 94 6 GBR Gareth Howell11324Ret 90 7 GBR Cassey Watson8109998425RetNC9 78 8 DNK Benny Simonsen3268126RetRet 70 9 GBR Matt Shead91186756Ret7RetRetRet 63 10 GBR Sarah Franklin11910108599810 57 11 GBR Fiona LeggateRet7DSQ1187 25 12 GBR Craig Dawson55 24 13 GBR Jason Greatrex75 20 14 GBR Alistair Barclay76 18 15 GBR Simon Baker78 14 16 GBR James Blyth4RetNCDNS 14 17 GBR Darren BurkeRet7 8 18 GBR John Williams12DNS 2Guest drivers ineligible for points GBR Carl Bradley105 0 GBR Chris Smith68 0 GBR Roger GreenRet7 0 GBR Tony Dron108 0 GBR Marco Pullen11Ret 0 GBR John GawRetDNS 0 GBR Chris StocktonDSQDNS 0 GBR Jeremy McWilliamsDNSDNS 0 Pos Driver OULGBR SILGBR CADGBR SNEGBR SILGBR BRAGBR MONITA PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap Abarth 500 Celebrity Challenge A celebrity race was held on the Friday of the Silverstone Classic meeting in aid of the CRUK Bobby Moore Fund. It was won by Rick Parfitt Jr. Pos Driver Time/Gap Grid1GBR Rick Parfitt Jr. 9 Laps in 22'00.012s 12GBR Neil Primrose +3.221s 23GBR Paul O'Duffy +18.149s 64GBR James Martin +18.558s 55JAM Luther Blissett +22.312s 36GBR Tom Chambers +31.736s 47GBR Richard Allinson +1'13.098s 78GBR Mark Gardener +1'13.430s 109NZL Brendan Cole +1'13.724s 910GBR Charles Brocket +1'22.727s 1111GBR Johnnie Walker +2'11.653s 12NCGBR Heston Blumenthal +3 laps 8NCGBR Beth Walker +4 laps -RetGBR Jonny Saunders Retired 13 External links Series website https://web.archive.org/web/20100211135922/http://www.trofeoabarth500gb.com/ 11 February 2010 Organiser website Trofeo Abarth 500 GB