2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy

The 2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the sixth Eurocup Mégane Trophy season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 1 May and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on 10 October, after seven rounds and fourteen scheduled races. The races tally was reduced to thirteen, after the opening race of the championship was cancelled due to technical problems at Spa-Francorchamps,[1] and was not rescheduled.

2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
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Eleven top-two finishes – including seven victories – from the thirteen races gave TDS Racing's Nick Catsburg the championship title, for the team's second drivers' championship crown in three seasons. Team-mate and twice race winner Pierre Thiriet finished 27 points behind Catsburg in second place, and Stefano Comini, a three-time winner, finished third in the standings. Dimitri Enjalbert was the other race winner, as he struggled to match his race-winning form of 2009, when he won seven times. As well as the drivers' championship, TDS Racing claimed the teams' championship due to the strong showings of Catsburg and Thiriet; the team scored almost double the points tally of runners-up Oregon Team, while third TDS driver Jean-Philippe Madonia won the championship for gentlemen drivers for the third successive season.

Teams and drivers

Team # Drivers Class Rounds TDS Racing 1 Pierre Thiriet[2] All 2 Jean-Philippe Madonia[3] G All 3 Nick Catsburg[3] All 4 David Dermont[2][4] 5–7 Boutsen Energy Racing 1–4 5 Caroline Grifnée[3] 1–6 Vito Rodrigues[3] 6 Fabien Thuner[3] All 8 Renaud Derlot[5] 5–7 70 Dimitri Enjalbert[3] All McGregor by Equipe Verschuur 7 Bas Schothorst[6] All 16 Hoevert Vos[6] G All 17 Harrie Kollen[6] G All Team Lompech Sport 9 Jean-Charles Miginiac[7] G All 11 Sébastien Dhouailly[7] All Equipe Verschuur 14 Steven Gijsen[6] All 15 Wim Beelen[6] 1, 3–7 Wilko Becker[6] G 2 Blue Jumeirah Team 18 Rafael Unzurrunzaga[7] G All McG Fashion by Equipe Verschuur 19 Jeroen Schothorst[6] G All 21 Raymond Coronel[6] G All Oregon Team 23 Navajo[7] G 1–3, 5–7 G 4 Giovanni Seminara[8] G 24 Niccolò Nalio[9] All 25 Stefano Comini[3] All Brixia Autosport 73 Angelo Baiguera[7] G All

Icon Class G Gentleman Driver

Calendar

• The 2010 calendar was announced on 25 October 2009.[10]

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 May	Nick Catsburg	race cancelled[1]
	R2			2 May	Nick Catsburg	Stefano Comini	Dimitri Enjalbert	Boutsen Energy Racing
2	R1	Brno, Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	5 June	Nick Catsburg	Bas Schothorst	Stefano Comini	Oregon Racing
	R2			6 June	Stefano Comini	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing
3	R1	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	19 June	Nick Catsburg	Bas Schothorst	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing
	R2			20 June	Stefano Comini	Nick Catsburg	Pierre Thiriet	TDS Racing
4	R1	Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	3 July	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	Pierre Thiriet	TDS Racing
	R2			4 July	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing
5	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	4 September	Nick Catsburg	Hoevert Vos	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing
	R2			5 September	Stefano Comini	Bas Schothorst	Stefano Comini	Oregon Racing
6	R1	Silverstone, United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	18 September	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	Stefano Comini	Oregon Racing
	R2			19 September	Nick Catsburg	Stefano Comini	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing
7	R1	Montmeló, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	9 October	Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing
	R2			10 October	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing

Championship standings

Pos Driver SPA BRN MAG HUN HOC SIL CAT Points 1 Nick Catsburg C 2 Ret 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 161 2 Pierre Thiriet C 4 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 3 5 8 4 134 3 Stefano Comini C 3 1 2 Ret 3 14 Ret 4 1 1 2 5 Ret 107 4 Bas Schothorst C 6 4 3 3 4 8 Ret 12 5 6 4 3 5 88 5 Dimitri Enjalbert C 1 3 Ret DSQ 5 5 7 5 Ret 10 8 Ret 2 67 6 Jean-Philippe Madonia C 5 Ret 6 DNS 7 2 2 9 8 8 14 9 7 58 7 Hoevert Vos C DNS Ret Ret 8 9 3 5 7 7 15 Ret 4 8 45 8 Niccolò Nalio C Ret DSQ 5 5 6 9 4 10 17 9 6 Ret 6 44 9 Fabien Thuner C Ret Ret 8 4 10 6 6 6 6 11 9 7 Ret 43 10 Sébastien Dhouailly C 9 Ret 7 DNS 11 7 10 Ret Ret 5 7 6 Ret 30 11 Raymond Coronel C 7 6 9 7 14 10 17 15 11 7 11 15 11 24 12 David Dermont C 8 5 10 9 8 18 Ret 11 9 13 10 10 Ret 23 13 Wim Beelen C Ret 6 13 Ret 9 8 12 14 12 11 Ret 12 14 Harrie Kolen C Ret 7 Ret 11 15 11 11 16 Ret 12 13 16 9 7 15 Jeroen Schothorst C 14 Ret 13 15 Ret 13 8 14 10 18 DNS 13 14 5 16 Steven Gijsen C 11 9 12 10 19 Ret Ret 13 15 Ret 15 12 10 5 17 Wilko Becker 8 15 3 18 Navajo C 10 12† 11 16 12 15 17 Ret 16 18 18 DSQ 1 19 Angelo Baiguera C 12 10 14 12 16 16 13 19 16 17 16 17 13 1 20 Vito Rodrigues 13 11 13 14 20 DNS 0 21 Jean-Charles Miginiac C 15 DSQ Ret 14 18 12 12 18 14 Ret 17 14 12 0 22 Rafael Unzurrunzaga C 16 13 16 NC 20 19 16 21 18 19 Ret 19 15 0 23 Caroline Grifnée C Ret 17 15 13 Ret 0 24 Giovanni Seminara 17 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Renaud Derlot 3 3 4 3 2 3 0 Pos Driver SPA BRN MAG HUN HOC SIL CAT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

References

1. "First race cancelled". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
2. "Nick Catsburg with sights set on Spa". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
3. "Eurocup Megane Trophy Motorland Aragon Collective testing". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2010-03-24. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
4. "Dermont approda nel team TDS". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-08-26. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
5. "Prima pole italiana con Nalio". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-09-04. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
6. "Equipe Verschuur met zeven rijders op titeljacht in Eurocup Megane Trophy". Equipe Verschuur (in Dutch). Fast Company Group. 10 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
7. "Entry list / 21 entrants". mediaguide.wsbyrenault.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
8. "Budapest, qualifica 1: quinta pole di Catsburg". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-07-03. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
9. "Accordo raggiunto tra Oregon e Nalio". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 2010-02-28. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
10. de Foronda, Blanca (2009-10-25). "Sporting innovations and calendar 2010". automobilsport.com. MaP. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

External links

• The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website