2010 World Touring Car Championship

 

 

 

The full season entry list was released on 19 February 2010.^[4]

Team Car No. Drivers Events Manufacturer Teams   SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1   Gabriele Tarquini All 2   Tom Coronel All 3   Tiago Monteiro All 4   Jordi Gené 1–9   Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 5   Norbert Michelisz All   Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 6   Yvan Muller All 7   Robert Huff All 8   Alain Menu All 9   Carlos "Cacá" Bueno 6   BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10   Augusto Farfus All 11   Andy Priaulx All   SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 17   Michel Nykjær All   SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 18   Fredy Barth All   eBay Motors BMW 320si 29   Colin Turkington 7   Team Aviva-COFCO 10–11   Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 34   Leonel Pernía 3   Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 35   Vincent Radermecker 4   SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 66   André Couto 11 73   Michaël Rossi 10 Yokohama Trophy   Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 15   Franz Engstler All 16   Andrey Romanov 1–5, 7–11 42   Tim Coronel 6   bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 19   Harry Vaulkhard 1–7 20   Darryl O'Young All 72   Yukinori Taniguchi 8–11   Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 21   Mehdi Bennani All   Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 24   Kristian Poulsen 3–11   Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 25   Sergio Hernández All 26   Stefano D'Aste 1–10 33   Fabio Fabiani 3, 7–8   Exagon Engineering SEAT León 27   Pierre-Yves Corthals 4   eBay Motors BMW 320si 29   Colin Turkington 5–6   Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 30   Ismaïl Sbaï 2 31   Youssaf El Marnissi 2   SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 38   Tom Boardman 6   SEAT Customers Technology 39   Marc Carol 9 Asian Wild Card Entries   Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 43   Nobuteru Taniguchi 10–11 45   Kevin Chen 10–11   Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 44   Yoshihiro Ito 10 47   Masaki Kano 11 50   Jo Merszei 11   Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 46   Masataka Yanagida 10   Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si 51   Henry Ho 10–11   Jacob & Co Racing Honda Accord Euro R 53   Philip Ma 11   Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si 63   César Campaniço 11   Andy Racing Team Honda Accord Euro R 64   Kuok Io Keong 11   Chan Kin Man Honda Civic Type R 65   Chan Kin Man 11 Guest Entries   Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 41   Robert Dahlgren 6, 10

Key Eligible for the Rookie Challenge.

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.

A provisional calendar for the 2010 season was approved by the FIA World Council on 24 June 2009.^[5] The final calendar was published on 21 October 2009.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

Event		Race Name	Track	Date
1	R1	HSBC Race of Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	7 March
	R2
2	R3	Race of Morocco	Marrakech Street Circuit	2 May
	R4
3	R5	Yokohama Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	23 May
	R6
4	R7	Monroe Race of Belgium	Circuit Zolder	20 June
	R8
5	R9	Race of Turismo de Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	4 July
	R10
6	R11	Mariott Race of UK	Brands Hatch	18 July
	R12
7	R13	Monroe Race of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	1 August
	R14
8	R15	Race of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	5 September
	R16
9	R17	DHL Race of Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	19 September
	R18
10	R19	Kenwood Race of Japan	Okayama International Circuit	31 October
	R20
11	R21	Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	21 November
	R22

• 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.

Pos Driver BRA   MAR   ITA   BEL   POR   UK   CZE   GER   ESP   JPN   MAC    Pts  1   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   Colin Turkington 12 10 3 2 6 2 4 1 Ret 13 97 11   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   Jordi Gené 7 2 13 8 16 6 DSQ Ret Ret 18† 10 10 Ret 13 12 10 4 5 61 13   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   Kristian Poulsen Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19† 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 20 15   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   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   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   Yukinori Taniguchi 17 14 17 18 9 16 13 Ret 4 19   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   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   Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 1 22   Leonel Pernía 18† 10 1   Pierre-Yves Corthals 12 15 0   Nobuteru Taniguchi 12 18 16 Ret 0   Michaël Rossi Ret 12 0   Marc Carol 13 13 0   Andrey Romanov Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 Ret 19 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 19 Ret 15 15 Ret 0   Tom Boardman 13 Ret 0   César Campaniço 14 16† 0   Kevin Chen Ret 20 17 14 0   Vincent Radermecker 17 14 0   Masataka Yanagida 17 14 0   Fabio Fabiani 15 18 18 20† NC 19 0   Philip Ma 18 15 0   Tim Coronel 20 15 0   Henry Ho 18 21† 21† DNS 0   Yoshihiro Ito 19 Ret 0   Jo Merszei 19 Ret 0   Masaki Kano 20 Ret 0   Ismaïl Sbaï Ret DNS 0   Carlos "Cacá" Bueno Ret DNS 0   André Couto Ret DNS 0   Youssaf El Marnissi DNS DNS 0   Kuok Io Keong EX EX 0   Chan Kin Man EX EX 0 guest drivers ineligible for points –   Robert Dahlgren 12 Ret 8 5 * Pos Driver BRA   MAR   ITA   BEL   POR   UK   CZE   GER   ESP   JPN   MAC    Pts

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 Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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.^[1]

Pos	Manufacturer	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	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	SEAT Customers Technology	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	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	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts

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.^[9]

Pos	Driver	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	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	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	Kristian Poulsen					Ret	15	11	11	11	Ret	23	Ret	8	19	9	6	12	10	15	11	8	Ret	117
4	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	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	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	Colin Turkington									12	10	3	2	P1										73
8	Harry Vaulkhard	16	13	16	Ret	10	13	15	Ret	15	11	17	14	15	15									61
9	Andrey Romanov	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	19	17	16	16			16	17	16	17	16	19	NC	15	15	Ret	35
10	Yukinori Taniguchi															17	14	16	18	9	16	13	Ret	33
11	Marc Carol																	13	13					16
12	Pierre-Yves Corthals							12	15															13
13	César Campaniço																					14	16	12
14	Kevin Chen																			Ret	20	17	14	10
15	Tom Boardman											13	Ret											8
16	Philip Ma																					18	15	8
17	Nobuteru Taniguchi																			12	18	16	Ret	8
18	Fabio Fabiani					15	18							18	20	NC	19							7
19	Masataka Yanagida																			17	14			6
20	Tim Coronel											20	15											4
	Henry Ho																			18	21	21	DNS	0
	Yoshihiro Ito																			19	Ret			0
	Jo Merszei																					19	Ret	0
	Masaki Kano																					20	Ret	0
	Ismaïl Sbaï			Ret	DNS																			0
	Youssaf El Marnissi			DNS	DNS																			0
	Kuok Io Keong																					EX	EX	0
	Chan Kin Man																					EX	EX	0
Pos	Driver	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		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.^[10][11]

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.^[9] Any other cars of that same team were considered to be invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.^[9]

Pos	Team	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	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	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	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	Poulsen Motorsport					Ret	15	11	11	11	Ret	23	Ret	8	19	9	6	12	10	15	11	8	Ret	110
5	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	eBay Motors									12	10	3	2											33
7	SEAT Customers Technology																	13	13					16
8	Exagon Engineering							12	15															12
9	Team Novadriver Total																					14	16	12
10	SUNRED Engineering											13	Ret											8
11	Jacob & Co Racing																					18	15	8
	Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia																			18	21	21	DNS	0
	Maurer Motorsport			Ret	DNS																			0
				DNS	DNS
	Andy Racing Team																					EX	EX	0
	Chan Kin Man																					EX	EX	0
Pos	Team	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts

Any driver who had not previously completed a full season in the championship was eligible to score points in the Rookie Challenge.^[12] Points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in the class ^[12] in each race.

Pos	Driver	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts
1	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	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	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	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	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	Harry Vaulkhard	16	13	16	Ret	10	13	15	Ret	15	11	17	14	15	15									61
Pos	Driver	BRA		MAR		ITA		BEL		POR		UK		CZE		GER		ESP		JPN		MAC		Pts

• 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