2010 World Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest 2010 World Touring Car Championship World Drivers' Champion Yvan Muller World Manufacturers' Champion Chevrolet 2009 2011 thumb|right|Yvan Muller won his second Drivers' Championship and Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship for the first time. The 2010 World Touring Car Championship season was the seventh season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the sixth since its 2005 return. It began with the Race of Brazil at Curitiba on 7 March and ended with the Guia Race of Macau at the Guia Circuit on 21 November, after twenty-two races at eleven events. The championship was open to both Super 2000 and Diesel 2000 cars.http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/D4416CB6657BD858C125769400429264/$FILE/2010%20WTCC%20Sporting%20Regulations.11.03.pdf 2010 Sporting regulations – FIA World Touring Car Championship argent.fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 2010-03-11 2010-06-20 A new points system was introduced for the championship in 2010, in alignment with that used for both the Formula One World Championship and the World Rally Championship. The winner of each race received 25 points, continuing with 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point for 10th place.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81758 WTCC adopts F1 points system Steven English autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2010-02-27 2010-02-27 In the week leading up to the final event in Macau, 2008 champion Yvan Muller was confirmed as Drivers' Champion after the BMWs of Augusto Farfus and title rival Andy Priaulx were excluded from the results of the event in Japan, after the FIA overturned a stewards' decision allowing the BMWs to run sequential gearboxes.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=742 Chevrolet win appeal in Paris fiawtcc.com World Touring Car Championship 16 November 2010 16 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101123030446/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=742 23 November 2010 live Chevrolet was awarded the Manufacturers' Championship title. Teams and drivers thumb|Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT León) placed second in the Drivers Championship thumb|Robert Huff (Chevrolet Cruze) placed third in the Drivers Championship thumb|Andy Priaulx (BMW 320si) placed fourth in the Drivers Championship The full season entry list was released on 19 February 2010.http://www.fiawtcc.com/html/uploadedFiles/docs/2010_WTCC%20Full%20season%20entry%20list.pdf Full Season Entry List fiawtcc.com World Touring Car Championship 2010-02-19 TeamCarNo.DriversEvents Manufacturer Teams ESP SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini All 2 NLD Tom Coronel All 3 PRT Tiago Monteiro All 4 ESP Jordi Gené 1–9 66 MAC André Couto 11 73 FRA Michaël Rossi 10 ESP SUNRED Engineering 17 DNK Michel Nykjær All CHE SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED 18 CHE Fredy Barth All HUN Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 5 HUN Norbert Michelisz All GBR Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 6 FRA Yvan Muller All 7 GBR Robert Huff All 8 CHE Alain Menu All 9 BRA Carlos "Cacá" Bueno 6 35 BEL Vincent Radermecker 4 BEL BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 BRA Augusto Farfus All 11 GBR Andy Priaulx All GBR eBay Motors BMW 320si 29 GBR Colin Turkington 7 GBR Team Aviva-COFCO 10–11 SWE Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 34 ARG Leonel Pernía 3 Yokohama Trophy DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 15 DEU Franz Engstler All 16 RUS Andrey Romanov 1–5, 7–11 42 NLD Tim Coronel 6 HKG bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 19 GBR Harry Vaulkhard 1–7 20 HKG Darryl O'Young All 72 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi 8–11 DEU Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 21 MAR Mehdi Bennani All DNK Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 24 DNK Kristian Poulsen 3–11 ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 25 ESP Sergio Hernández All 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste 1–10 33 ITA Fabio Fabiani 3, 7–8 FRA Exagon Engineering SEAT León 27 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 4 GBR eBay Motors BMW 320si 29 GBR Colin Turkington 5–6 CHE Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 30 MAR Ismaïl Sbaï 2 31 MAR Youssaf El Marnissi 2 ESP SUNRED EngineeringSEAT León 38 GBR Tom Boardman 6 ESP SEAT Customers Technology 39 ESP Marc Carol 9 Asian Wild Card Entries ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 43 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi 10–11 45 TWN Kevin Chen 10–11 DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 44 JPN Yoshihiro Ito 10 47 JPN Masaki Kano 11 50 MAC Jo Merszei 11 DEU Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 46 JPN Masataka Yanagida 10 MAC Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si 51 MAC Henry Ho 10–11 HKG Jacob & Co Racing Honda Accord Euro R 53 HKG Philip Ma 11 PRT Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si 63 PRT César Campaniço 11 MAC Andy Racing Team Honda Accord Euro R 64 MAC Kuok Io Keong 11 MAC Chan Kin Man Honda Civic Type R 65 MAC Chan Kin Man 11 Guest Entries Ineligible to score points SWE Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 41 SWE Robert Dahlgren 6, 10 Key Eligible for the Rookie Challenge. Team and driver changes Chevrolet replaced the retiring Nicola Larini in their three-car line-up with ex-SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller. A fourth Chevrolet Cruze was entered in Italy for Leonel Pernía, with Nika Racing running the car under the Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden banner. Vincent Radermecker drove the car for the RML-run squad at the next race in Belgium, with Cacá Bueno driving it in the UK. BMW Motorsport announced they were reducing their participation from a five-car team to a two-car team, with Augusto Farfus moving from BMW Team Germany to Team RBM to join Andy Priaulx. Former BMW Team Italy-Spain driver Alex Zanardi retired from the series, while former BMW Team Germany driver Jörg Müller raced in the Le Mans Series with Schnitzer. SEAT Sport withdrew from the series for 2010, but helped Sunred to form a new team SR-Sport, for whom Independents champion Tom Coronel and ex-SEAT Sport drivers Jordi Gené, Tiago Monteiro and Gabriele Tarquini drove for. Stefano D'Aste returned to Scuderia Proteam Motorsport, for whom he raced in 2005, 2006 and 2008, moving from Wiechers-Sport. His seat was taken by Mehdi Bennani, who moved from Exagon Engineering. D'Aste was joined at Proteam by Sergio Hernández, who returned to Proteam from BMW Team Italy-Spain. Fabio Fabiani raced an additional car for the team at his home event in Italy, just as he did in 2009. Andrey Romanov rejoined the series and the Liqui Moly Team Engstler setup. He replaced Kristian Poulsen, who raced with his own Poulsen Motorsport team. Romanov could not drive at Brands Hatch for personal reasons, so was replaced by Tim Coronel. Michel Nykjær joined SUNRED Engineering after racing in the WTCC for Perfection Racing at the 2009 Race of Germany. He replaced Tom Boardman, who returned to the BTCC, driving for Special Tuning (UK). Boardman returned to the WTCC with SUNRED for his home event. Fredy Barth joined the team from the SEAT León Eurocup, racing under the SEAT Swiss Team by SUNRED banner. Zengő Dension Motorsport joined the series, along with their driver, León Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz, who drove the SUNRED prize car on two occasions – in 2008 and 2009. British Touring Car team Bamboo Engineering joined the WTCC, along with their driver Harry Vaulkhard. Darryl O'Young, who drove in the FIA GT Championship with Prospeed Competition in 2009, was his teammate for most of this season, before Vaulkhard was forced to withdraw owing to a lack of sponsorship, and was replaced by Yukinori Taniguchi. James Thompson, who drove for Lada Sport in 2009, was set to race at certain European rounds for Hartmann Racing, in addition to campaigns in the Danish Touring Car Championship and European Touring Car Cup, but left the team, whilst Lada did not return for 2010. SEAT's Rickard Rydell elected to take a sabbatical from racing for the 2010 season. Instead, he became a TV pundit for Viasat Motor's coverage of the Swedish Touring Car Championship. Jaap van Lagen returned to the Porsche Supercup, a series in which he finished seventh in 2008. Without drives for 2010 were Lada's Kirill Ladygin, and Félix Porteiro, who drove for Proteam in 2009. Maurer Motorsport were set to run three Chevrolet Lacettis at Marrakech for Moroccan racers Ismaïl Sbaï, Youssaf El Marnissi and Larbi Tadlaoui. Tadlaoui did not attend for personal reasons, while El Marnissi crashed in the Friday test session. Pierre-Yves Corthals made a one-off return to the series with his old team, Exagon Engineering, for his home event in Belgium. Having been without a drive in any series, 2009 British Touring Car Champion Colin Turkington rejoined the series in Portugal with West Surrey Racing, with backing from eBay Motors. Swedish championship team Polestar Racing and driver Robert Dahlgren raced once again at Brands Hatch, and also raced in Japan, in a nationally homologated Volvo C30. Calendar A provisional calendar for the 2010 season was approved by the FIA World Council on 24 June 2009.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76496 Steven English WTCC to Zolder and Algarve in 2010 autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-06-24 2009-10-21 The final calendar was published on 21 October 2009. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79652 Jamie O'Leary WTCC calendar announced autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-06-24 2009-10-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20091024115916/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79652 24 October 2009 live The Race of Mexico at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla, scheduled for 11 April, was cancelled in March due to security fears in the region. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81921 Steven English Mexico's WTCC round cancelled autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2010-03-08 2010-03-08 Series organisers looked for a replacement, but negotiations with interested event promoters did not meet with the championship's logistic and promotional requirements, meaning the season was reduced to eleven events.http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=575 2010 WTCC settles on 11 race meetings fiawtcc.com World Touring Car Championship 2010-06-19 2010-06-19 Event Race Name Track Date 1 R1 HSBC Race of Brazil BRA Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 7 March R2 2 R3 Race of Morocco MAR Marrakech Street Circuit 2 May R4 3 R5 Yokohama Race of Italy ITA Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 23 May R6 4 R7 Monroe Race of Belgium BEL Circuit Zolder 20 June R8 5 R9 Race of Turismo de Portugal PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 4 July R10 6 R11 Mariott Race of UK GBR Brands Hatch 18 July R12 7 R13 Monroe Race of the Czech Republic CZE Masaryk Circuit 1 August R14 8 R15 Race of Germany DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 5 September R16 9 R17 DHL Race of Spain ESP Circuit Ricardo Tormo 19 September R18 10 R19 Kenwood Race of Japan JPN Okayama International Circuit 31 October R20 11 R21 Race of Macau MAC Guia Circuit 21 November R22 Calendar changes The Race of Belgium, which replaced the Race of France, was on the calendar for the first time since 2005. This time it was held at Zolder rather than Spa-Francorchamps. The Race of Portugal was moved to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The venue for the Race of Italy was changed from the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola back to the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, which hosted the race from 2005 until 2008. Results and standings Races Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report 1 BRA Race of Brazil FRA Yvan Muller GBR Robert Huff FRA Yvan Muller USA Chevrolet ESP Sergio Hernández Report 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SR-Sport ESP Sergio Hernández 3 MAR Race of Morocco ITA Gabriele Tarquini CHE Fredy Barth ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SR-Sport DEU Franz Engstler Report 4 ESP Jordi Gené GBR Andy Priaulx BEL BMW Team RBM MAR Mehdi Bennani 5 ITA Race of Italy BRA Augusto Farfus ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx BEL BMW Team RBM GBR Harry Vaulkhard Report 6 GBR Andy Priaulx FRA Yvan Muller USA Chevrolet ITA Stefano D'Aste 7 BEL Race of Belgium ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SR-Sport DNK Kristian Poulsen Report 8 GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx BEL BMW Team RBM ESP Sergio Hernández 9 PRT Race of Portugal PRT Tiago Monteiro ITA Gabriele Tarquini PRT Tiago Monteiro ESP SR-Sport ESP Sergio Hernández Report 10 ESP Jordi Gené ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SR-Sport HKG Darryl O'Young 11 GBR Race of UK FRA Yvan Muller GBR Andy Priaulx FRA Yvan Muller USA Chevrolet GBR Colin Turkington Report 12 GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx BEL BMW Team RBM GBR Colin Turkington 13 CZE Race of the Czech Republic GBR Robert Huff BRA Augusto Farfus GBR Robert Huff USA Chevrolet DNK Kristian Poulsen Report 14 ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx BEL BMW Team RBM HKG Darryl O'Young 15 DEU Race of Germany BRA Augusto Farfus CHE Alain Menu CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet DNK Kristian Poulsen Report 16 ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx BEL BMW Team RBM DNK Kristian Poulsen 17 ESP Race of Spain ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SR-Sport DNK Kristian Poulsen Report 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro PRT Tiago Monteiro ESP SR-Sport DNK Kristian Poulsen 19 JPN Race of Japan GBR Andy Priaulx FRA Yvan Muller GBR Robert Huff USA Chevrolet JPN Yukinori Taniguchi Report 20 DNK Michel Nykjær GBR Colin Turkington GBR Team Aviva-COFCO HKG Darryl O'Young 21 MAC Guia Race of Macau GBR Robert Huff GBR Robert Huff GBR Robert Huff USA Chevrolet DNK Kristian Poulsen Report 22 GBR Robert Huff HUN Norbert Michelisz HUN Zengő-Dension Team ESP Sergio Hernández Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 251815121086421 Drivers' Championship Pos Driver BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  1 FRA Yvan Muller 1 4 6 2 4 1 2 5 2 2 1 5 NC 12 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 331 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 4 1 1 6 7 20† 1 6 3 1 4 3 2 18† Ret 9 1 3 5 Ret 4 2 276 3 GBR Robert Huff 2 5 2 Ret 3 3 5 2 18 15 2 6 1 4 18† 7 3 6 1 3 1 3 276 4 GBR Andy Priaulx 5 Ret 8 1 1 5 7 1 Ret 4 7 1 5 1 5 1 5 4 DSQ DSQ NC 7 246 5 PRT Tiago Monteiro 11 7 3 4 9 7 4 3 1 7 8 Ret 9 6 4 18 6 1 Ret Ret 3 8 177 6 CHE Alain Menu 3 3 9 Ret 17 9 3 4 5 3 22 NC 3 3 1 8 8 11 7 4 7 Ret 173 7 BRA Augusto Farfus 6 6 10 Ret 2 4 9 8 4 5 6 8 4 5 2 2 18 8 DSQ DSQ 6 5 167 8 NLD Tom Coronel 8 Ret 5 3 5 2 8 10 6 6 5 4 Ret 10 6 5 10 9 14 8 12 6 136 9 HUN Norbert Michelisz 10 9 7 10 19† 8 6 7 7 Ret 9 7 Ret 14 8 11 11 12 3 7 5 1 104 10 GBR Colin Turkington 12 10 3 2 6 2 4 1 Ret 13 97 11 DNK Michel Nykjær 12 8 11 7 8 19† 18 Ret 17 Ret 15 9 7 Ret 7 4 9 7 6 6 Ret 11 66 12 ESP Jordi Gené 7 2 13 8 16 6 DSQ Ret Ret 18† 10 10 Ret 13 12 10 4 5 61 13 CHE Fredy Barth 9 14 4 5 6 14 10 18 8 8 11 Ret 12 8 11 20 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 51 14 DNK Kristian Poulsen Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19† 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 20 15 HKG Darryl O'Young 15 16 17 13 Ret 12 20 12 10 9 21 Ret 17 7 NC 12 14 17 10 9 Ret Ret 15 16 ESP Sergio Hernández 13 10 14 Ret 12 16 13 9 9 17 16 12 11 11 10 13 19 15 11 Ret 11 9 9 17 DEU Franz Engstler 14 11 12 12 Ret DNS Ret 16 13 14 14 13 13 Ret 13 15 15 14 13 10 9 10 5 18 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi 17 14 17 18 9 16 13 Ret 4 19 ITA Stefano D'Aste 17 15 Ret 11 11 11 16 13 14 13 18 11 10 9 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 17 3 20 MAR Mehdi Bennani 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19† Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 19 10 12 3 21 GBR Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 1 22 ARG Leonel Pernía 18† 10 1 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 12 15 0 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi 12 18 16 Ret 0 FRA Michaël Rossi Ret 12 0 ESP Marc Carol 13 13 0 RUS Andrey Romanov Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 Ret 19 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 19 Ret 15 15 Ret 0 GBR Tom Boardman 13 Ret 0 PRT César Campaniço 14 16† 0 TWN Kevin Chen Ret 20 17 14 0 BEL Vincent Radermecker 17 14 0 JPN Masataka Yanagida 17 14 0 ITA Fabio Fabiani 15 18 18 20† NC 19 0 HKG Philip Ma 18 15 0 NLD Tim Coronel 20 15 0 MAC Henry Ho 18 21† 21† DNS 0 JPN Yoshihiro Ito 19 Ret 0 MAC Jo Merszei 19 Ret 0 JPN Masaki Kano 20 Ret 0 MAR Ismaïl Sbaï Ret DNS 0 BRA Carlos "Cacá" Bueno Ret DNS 0 MAC André Couto Ret DNS 0 MAR Youssaf El Marnissi DNS DNS 0 MAC Kuok Io Keong EX EX 0 MAC Chan Kin Man EX EX 0 guest drivers ineligible for points – SWE Robert Dahlgren 12 Ret 8 5 * Pos Driver BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Manufacturers' Championship The Manufacturers’ title was awarded to the highest scoring manufacturer, taking into account the results obtained by the two best placed cars per manufacturer at each race. All other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned. Pos Manufacturer BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  1 USA Chevrolet 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 5 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 715 2 4 6 13 4 3 3 4 5 3 2 6 3 4 3 7 3 6 2 3 2 4 2 ESP SEAT 4 1 1 3 5 2 1 3 1 1 4 3 2 6 4 4 1 1 3 6 3 1 641 7 2 3 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 5 4 7 8 6 5 4 3 5 7 4 2 3 DEU BMW 5 6 8 1 1 4 7 1 4 4 3 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 6 5 580 6 10 10 9 2 5 9 8 9 5 6 2 5 2 5 2 12 8 10 10 8 7 Pos Manufacturer BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  Yokohama Independents' Trophy Eligibility for the award was determined by championship promoter KSO, taking into account the team's record, the driver's record and the car's technical characteristics.Yokohama Independents' Trophy Regulations, www.fiawtcc.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org Pos Driver BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  1 ESP Sergio Hernández 13 10 14 Ret 12 16 13 9 9 17 16 12 11 11 10 13 19 15 11 Ret 11 9 156 2 DEU Franz Engstler 14 11 12 12 Ret DNS Ret 16 13 14 14 13 13 Ret 13 15 15 14 13 10 9 10 127 3 DNK Kristian Poulsen Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 117 4 HKG Darryl O'Young 15 16 17 13 Ret 12 20 12 10 9 21 Ret 17 7 NC 12 14 17 10 9 Ret Ret 104 5 MAR Mehdi Bennani 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 19 10 12 91 6 ITA Stefano D'Aste 17 15 Ret 11 11 11 16 13 14 13 18 11 10 9 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 17 88 7 GBR Colin Turkington 12 10 3 2 P1 1 73 8 GBR Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 61 9 RUS Andrey Romanov Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 Ret 19 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 19 NC 15 15 Ret 35 10 JPN Yukinori Taniguchi 17 14 16 18 9 16 13 Ret 33 11 ESP Marc Carol 13 13 16 12 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 12 15 13 13 PRT César Campaniço 14 16 12 14 TWN Kevin Chen Ret 20 17 14 10 15 GBR Tom Boardman 13 Ret 8 16 HKG Philip Ma 18 15 8 17 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi 12 18 16 Ret 8 18 ITA Fabio Fabiani 15 18 18 20 NC 19 7 19 JPN Masataka Yanagida 17 14 6 20 NLD Tim Coronel 20 15 4 MAC Henry Ho 18 21 21 DNS 0 JPN Yoshihiro Ito 19 Ret 0 MAC Jo Merszei 19 Ret 0 JPN Masaki Kano 20 Ret 0 MAR Ismaïl Sbaï Ret DNS 0 MAR Youssaf El Marnissi DNS DNS 0 MAC Kuok Io Keong EX EX 0 MAC Chan Kin Man EX EX 0 Pos Driver BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  1 – After taking pole position at Brno, Colin Turkington was stripped of his independent status. Another change made at Brno was the removal of extra points to the championship, if the driver finished in the overall top ten, after Turkington claimed 33 bonus points at Brands Hatch.English Steven Turkington loses independent status http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85763 autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2010-08-01 2010-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100803001025/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85763 3 August 2010 livehttp://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=639 Changes to the Independent Trophy fiawtcc.com World Touring Car Championship 2010-08-01 2010-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000135/http://fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=639 2011-07-11 dead Yokohama Teams' Trophy All teams were eligible to compete for the award, however points were only awarded to the two best placed cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers. Any other cars of that same team were considered to be invisible as far as scoring points was concerned. Pos Team BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  1 ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport 13 10 14 11 11 11 13 9 9 13 16 11 10 9 10 13 19 15 11 17 11 9 248 17 15 Ret Ret 12 16 16 13 14 17 18 12 11 11 15 16 Ret DNS 12 18 16 14 2 GBR bamboo-engineering 15 13 16 13 10 12 15 12 10 9 17 14 15 7 17 12 14 17 9 9 13 Ret 189 16 16 17 Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 15 11 21 Ret 17 15 NC 14 17 18 10 16 Ret Ret 3 DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 11 12 12 13 Ret 19 16 13 14 14 13 13 17 13 15 15 14 13 10 9 10 162 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 17 16 16 20 15 16 Ret 16 17 16 19 19 15 15 Ret 4 DNK Poulsen Motorsport Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 110 5 DEU Wiechers-Sport 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 14 10 12 94 17 19 6 GBR eBay Motors 12 10 3 2 33 7 ESP SEAT Customers Technology 13 13 16 8 FRA Exagon Engineering 12 15 12 9 PRT Team Novadriver Total 14 16 12 10 ESP SUNRED Engineering 13 Ret 8 11 HKG Jacob & Co Racing 18 15 8 MAC Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia 18 21 21 DNS 0 CHE Maurer Motorsport Ret DNS 0 DNS DNS MAC Andy Racing Team EX EX 0 MAC Chan Kin Man EX EX 0 Pos Team BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  WTCC Rookie Challenge Any driver who had not previously completed a full season in the championship was eligible to score points in the Rookie Challenge.The World Touring Car Championship has launched a new rookie class for the 2010 season, www.autosport.com, as archived at web.archive.org Points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in the class in each race. Pos Driver BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  1 HUN Norbert Michelisz 10 9 8 10 19 8 6 7 7 Ret 9 7 Ret 14 8 11 11 12 3 7 5 1 167 2 DNK Michel Nykjær 12 8 11 7 8 19 18 Ret 17 Ret 15 9 7 Ret 7 4 9 7 6 6 Ret 11 137 3 CHE Fredy Barth 9 14 4 5 6 14 10 18 8 8 11 Ret 12 8 11 20 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 130 4 HKG Darryl O'Young 15 16 16 13 Ret 12 20 12 10 9 21 Ret 17 7 NC 12 14 17 10 9 Ret Ret 94 5 MAR Mehdi Bennani 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 19 10 12 94 6 GBR Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 61 Pos Driver BRABRA MARMAR ITAITA BELBEL PORPRT UKGBR CZECZE GERDEU ESPESP JPNJPN MACMAC  Pts  References 2 External links www.fiawtcc.com - Official website of the World Touring Car Championship, as archived at web.archive.org on 14 December 2010 2010 Sporting regulations – FIA World Touring Car Championship, argent.fia.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org Yokohama Independents' Trophies Regulations, www.fiawtcc.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship standings, www.fiawtcc.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org 2010 Yokohama Independents' Trophy, Yokohama Teams' Trophy & WTCC Rookie Challenge standings, www.fiawtcc.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org 2010 - Specific Regulations for Modified Production Cars on Circuits (Super-2000), argent.fia.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org 2010 - Specific Regulations for Modified Production Diesel Cars on Circuits (Diesel 2000), argent.fia.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org