2010 GT4 European Cup

The 2010 GT4 European Cup season was the fourth season of the GT4 European Cup. It began on May 1 at Silverstone, before finishing on October 17 at Magny-Cours after twelve races held at six meetings.

Rhesus Racing driver and single-seater convert Paul Meijer finished the season as the main GT4 champion – as well as securing the GT4 teams title, with team-mates Giuseppe De Pasquale and Raffaele Sangiulio – having finished each of the twelve races to be held on the podium. Meijer won a season-high five races during the season, including winning both races at the season-opening meeting at Silverstone, en route to a championship-winning margin of 27 points over RS Williams' Michael Mallock. Mallock finished a comfortable second after Matt Nicoll-Jones elected not to contest the final round of the season at Magny-Cours; Mallock won three races, while Nicoll-Jones won two – a double at the Nürburgring, after guest driver Ollie Hancock was ineligible to score points for a victory – for IMS Motorsport. Jordan Tresson and Lucas Ordoñez shared fourth place despite not winning any races between him, with Alessandro Pier Guidi the only driver outside the top three drivers to win a race, winning both races at Le Castellet. Gianni Giudici won seven races to clinch the SuperSport class, ahead of four-time winner Anasthasios Ladas, who shared two of his wins with Kevin Veltman. Julian Griffin won the other race at the Nürburgring.

Entry list

The entry list for the first round was released on 27 April 2010.[1]

2010 Entry List
Team No. Driver(s) Class Chassis Engine Rounds
United Kingdom RJN Motorsport 1 United Kingdom Alex Buncombe[1] GT4 Nissan 370Z GT4 Nissan 3.8L V6 1–4
France Jordan Tresson[1] 1–3
Spain Lucas Ordoñez 4–5
2 GT4 Nissan 350Z GT4 Nissan 3.5L V6 1–3
France Jordan Tresson 4–6
United Kingdom Rob Barff 4
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe 6
United Arab Emirates AUH Racing 3 United Kingdom Eric Charles[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 2–4, 6
4 United Arab Emirates Humaid Al Masaood[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 2–6
United Kingdom Ollie Hancock 6
France Espace Bienvenue 6 France Pierre-Brice Mena[1] GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 1
Netherlands Rhesus Racing 7 Netherlands Paul Meijer[2] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All
8 Italy Raffaele Sangiulio[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 1–3, 5–6
Italy Giuseppe de Pasquale[1]
United Kingdom IMS Motorsport 9 United Kingdom Matt Nicoll-Jones[1] GT4 Ginetta G50 Cup Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 1–5
United Kingdom Hunter Abbott[1] 1–3
Belgium Speedlover 10 Belgium Jürgen van Hover[1] GT4 Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 2
Netherlands Porsche Eindhoven 12 Netherlands Paul van Splunteren[1] GT4 Porsche 997 GT3 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 1
Netherlands Mathijs Harkema[1]
Belgium DVB Racing 14 Netherlands Menno Kuus[3] GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 1–2
Belgium Ruben Maes 3
Belgium Enzo Ide
Monaco JMB Racing 15 France Edouard Gravereaux GT4 Maserati GranTurismo MC Maserati 4.7L V8 3
Belgium John Svenson 16 Belgium Albert Bloem GT4 Aston Martin N24 Aston Martin 4.3L V8 2
France Jerôme Demay
Netherlands Genpact Racing 17 Netherlands Kevin Veltman[1] GT4 BMW M3 GT4 BMW 4.0L V8 1–3
United Kingdom Speedworks 18 United Kingdom Christian Dick GT4 Ginetta G50 Cup Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 1
Italy StarCars 19 Italy Andrea Gagliardini GT4 Porsche Cayman S Porsche 3.4L V6 2, 4, 6
Italy Maurizio Pittori 2, 4
Italy Marco Antonelli 6
Italy Scuderia Giudici 22 United Kingdom Ollie Hancock GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 Toyota 4.0L V6 4
211 Italy Gianni Giudici[1] SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 All
212 Italy Marco Fumagalli SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 4–6
United Kingdom Promotorsport 23 United Kingdom Derek Palmer Jr.[1] GT4 Nissan 350Z GT4 Nissan 3.5L V6 1
United Kingdom Rick Pearson[1]
Germany Mathol Racing 24 Germany Wolfgang Weber GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 2, 4
27 United States Scott Preacher GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4
28 Germany Christian Bauer GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 4
Italy Maserati Corse 26 Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi GT4 Maserati GranTurismo MC Maserati 4.7L V8 3
United Kingdom Team LNT 30 United Kingdom Carl Breeze GT4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 4
United Kingdom Frank Wrathall
United Kingdom RS Williams 32 United Kingdom Michael Mallock[1] GT4 Aston Martin GT4 Aston Martin 4.7L V8 All
Czech Republic Develop Real Team 70 Czech Republic Jiri Gottwald GT4 Ginetta G50 Ford Cyclone 3.5L V6 5–6
Czech Republic Eduard Leganov
Greece Ladas Racing 100 Greece Anasthasios Ladas[1] SS KTM X-Bow Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 All
Netherlands Kevin Veltman 4–6
United Kingdom Lotus Cars 213 United Kingdom Julian Griffin SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 4
214 Switzerland Frédéric Gaillard SS Lotus 2-Eleven Toyota 1.8 L S/C I4 4
Icon Class
GT4 GT4 Class
SS SuperSport Class

Calendar

  • A provisional calendar was released by the series on November 19, 2009.[4]
Round Circuit Date Pole Position GT4 Winner SS Winner
1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit May 1 #7 Rhesus Racing #7 Rhesus Racing #211 Scuderia Giudici
Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Paul Meijer Italy Gianni Giudici
2 May 2 #7 Rhesus Racing #7 Rhesus Racing #100 Ladas Racing
Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Paul Meijer Greece Anasthasios Ladas
3 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps June 5 #7 Rhesus Racing #32 RS Williams #211 Scuderia Giudici
Netherlands Paul Meijer United Kingdom Michael Mallock Italy Gianni Giudici
4 June 6 #7 Rhesus Racing #7 Rhesus Racing #211 Scuderia Giudici
Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Paul Meijer Italy Gianni Giudici
5 France Circuit Paul Ricard July 3 #26 Maserati Corse #26 Maserati Corse #211 Scuderia Giudici
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Italy Gianni Giudici
6 July 4 #26 Maserati Corse #26 Maserati Corse #100 Ladas Racing
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Greece Anasthasios Ladas
7 Germany Nürburgring August 28 #22 Scuderia Giudici #22 Scuderia Giudici #211 Scuderia Giudici
United Kingdom Ollie Hancock United Kingdom Ollie Hancock Italy Gianni Giudici
8 August 29 #7 Rhesus Racing #9 IMS Motorsport #213 Lotus Cars
Netherlands Paul Meijer United Kingdom Matt Nicoll-Jones United Kingdom Julian Griffin
9 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão September 18 #7 Rhesus Racing #7 Rhesus Racing #211 Scuderia Giudici
Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Paul Meijer Italy Gianni Giudici
10 September 19 #7 Rhesus Racing #32 RS Williams #100 Ladas Racing
Netherlands Paul Meijer United Kingdom Michael Mallock Greece Anasthasios Ladas
Netherlands Kevin Veltman
11 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours October 16 #7 Rhesus Racing #7 Rhesus Racing #211 Scuderia Giudici
Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Paul Meijer Italy Gianni Giudici
12 October 17 #7 Rhesus Racing #32 RS Williams #100 Ladas Racing
Netherlands Paul Meijer United Kingdom Michael Mallock Greece Anasthasios Ladas
Netherlands Kevin Veltman

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Rnd 9 Rnd 10 Rnd 11 Rnd 12 Total
GT4 Class
1 Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Rhesus Racing 10 10 8 10 8 6 8 8 10 8 10 8 104
2 United Kingdom Michael Mallock United Kingdom RS Williams 8 8 10 6 6 0 6 6 1 10 6 10 77
3 United Kingdom Matt Nicoll-Jones United Kingdom IMS Motorsport 3 3 5 2 5 8 10 10 8 6 60
4= France Jordan Tresson United Kingdom RJN Motorsport 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 6 4 8 3 27
4= Spain Lucas Ordoñez United Kingdom RJN Motorsport 0 2 4 3 4 0 4 0 5 5 27
5 United Kingdom Hunter Abbott United Kingdom IMS Motorsport 3 3 5 2 5 8 26
6= Italy Giuseppe De Pasquale Netherlands Rhesus Racing 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 2 5 6 22
6= Italy Raffaele Sangiulio 22
7 United Kingdom Alex Buncombe United Kingdom RJN Motorsport 0 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 8 3 21
8= Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Italy Maserati Corse 10 10 20
8= Netherlands Kevin Veltman Netherlands Genpact Racing 4 5 6 5 20
9 United Arab Emirates Humaid Al Masaood United Arab Emirates AUH Racing 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 2 4 16
10 Netherlands Menno Kuus Belgium DVB Racing 6 0 1 8 15
11= Czech Republic Jiri Gottwald Czech Republic Develop Real Team 2 1 3 5 11
11= Czech Republic Eduard Leganov 11
12 Germany Wolfgang Weber Germany Mathol Racing 0 0 5 5 10
13= France Pierre-Brice Mena France Espace Bienvenue 5 4 9
13= Italy Andrea Gagliardini Italy StarCars 0 0 2 3 4 0 9
14= United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Team LNT 3 4 7
14= United Kingdom Frank Wrathall 7
15= United Kingdom Christian Dick United Kingdom Speedworks 0 6 6
15= United Kingdom Ollie Hancock United Arab Emirates AUH Racing 2 4 6
16= Belgium Enzo Ide Belgium DVB Racing 0 5 5
16= Belgium Ruben Maes 5
16= United Kingdom Eric Charles United Arab Emirates AUH Racing 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 5
16= Italy Maurizio Pittori Italy StarCars 0 0 2 3 5
17 Italy Marco Antonelli Italy StarCars 4 0 4
18= Belgium Jürgen van Hover Belgium Speedlover 3 0 3
18= Germany Christian Bauer Germany Mathol Racing 1 2 3
19= Netherlands Mathijs Harkema Netherlands Porsche Eindhoven 2 0 2
19= Netherlands Paul van Splunteren 2
20= United Kingdom Derek Palmer Jr. United Kingdom Promotorsport 1 0 1
20= United Kingdom Rick Pearson 1
20= France Edouard Gravereaux Monaco JMB Racing 0 1 1
20= United States Scott Preacher Germany Mathol Racing 0 1 1
SuperSport Class
1 Italy Gianni Giudici Italy Scuderia Giudici 10 8 10 10 10 8 10 4 10 8 10 6 104
2 Greece Anasthasios Ladas Greece Ladas Racing 8 10 8 8 8 10 5 6 6 10 8 10 97
3 Netherlands Kevin Veltman Greece Ladas Racing 45
4 Italy Marco Fumagalli Italy Scuderia Giudici 4 5 8 6 6 8 37
5 United Kingdom Julian Griffin United Kingdom Lotus Cars 8 10 18
6 Switzerland Frédéric Gaillard United Kingdom Lotus Cars 6 8 14

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Rnd 9 Rnd 10 Rnd 11 Rnd 12 Total
1 Netherlands Rhesus Racing 10 11 8 10 10 8 8 8 14 10 15 14 126
2 United Kingdom RS Williams 8 8 10 6 6 0 6 6 1 10 6 10 77
3 United Kingdom IMS Motorsport 3 3 5 2 5 8 10 10 8 6 60
4 United Kingdom RJN Motorsport 0 2 6 4 7 0 4 0 11 9 8 3 54
5 United Arab Emirates AUH Racing 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 3 3 4 21
6= Italy Maserati Corse 10 10 20
6= Belgium DVB Racing 6 0 1 8 0 5 20
6= Netherlands Genpact Racing 4 5 6 5 20
7 Germany Mathol Racing 0 4 6 8 18
8 Czech Republic Develop Real Team 2 1 3 5 11
9= France Espace Bienvenue 5 4 9
9= Italy StarCars 0 0 2 3 4 0 9
10 United Kingdom Team LNT 3 4 7
11 United Kingdom Speedworks 0 6 6
12 Belgium Speedlover 3 0 3
13 Netherlands Porsche Eindhoven 2 0 2
14= United Kingdom Promotorsport 1 0 1
14= Monaco JMB Racing 0 1 1

References

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