Colonel William A. Phillips

The 2010 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 18th Porsche Supercup season. It began on 13 March in Bahrain, and finished on 12 September at Monza, after ten races. Once again, the series was on the support package of the Formula One World Championship at all European rounds except Turkey.

The series was won by German René Rast, who won four out of first five races. Briton Nick Tandy was a runner-up with three wins.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Austria Konrad Motorsport 1 United Kingdom Nick Tandy[1] All
2 Spain Siso Cunill[2] 1–2, 4
Switzerland Raffi Bader[3] 6, 8
Italy Fabrizio del Monte[3] 9
21 Netherlands Patrick Huisman[4] All
Austria Lechner Racing 3 Italy Alessandro Zampedri[5] All
4 Slovakia Štefan Rosina[5] All
30 Bahrain Salman Al Khalifa[4] 1
Germany Schnabl Engineering Parker Racing 5 Republic of Ireland Niall Breen[6] 1
Austria Martin Ragginger[7] 6
United States Brian Wong[3] 8–9
6 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman[8] All
24 Germany Thomas Messer[9] 2–9
36 Italy Francesco Castellacci[10] 4
37 Germany Jörg Hardt[7] 6
Germany Sanitec Giltrap Racing[11] 7 United States William Langhorne[12] All
8 New Zealand Matt Halliday[12] 1–8
Italy Francesco Castellacci[13] 9
22 Germany Christian Engelhart[12] 1–4, 6, 8–9
Italy Francesco Castellacci[14] 5
Poland VERVA Racing Team 9 Poland Robert Lukas[4] All
10 Poland Kuba Giermaziak[4] All
Netherlands Bleekemolen Harders Plaza Racing[15] 11 Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen[16] All
12 Netherlands Robert van den Berg[15] All
23 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen[17] 2–9
Germany Veltins MRS Racing 14 Germany Jan Seyffarth[11] All
15 Austria Norbert Siedler[11] All
Saudi Arabia Al Faisal Lechner Racing 16 Germany René Rast[4] All
17 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[4] 1–4, 7, 9
Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner[18] 5
France Nicolas Armindo[19] 6, 8
31 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal[4] 1–3
France Nicolas Armindo[4] 9
United Arab Emirates Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit[20] 18 Germany Sascha Maassen[20] All
19 United Kingdom Sean Edwards[20] All
20 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi[20] All
Bahrain GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East 32 Bahrain Fahad Algosaibi[4] 1
33 Saudi Arabia Bandar Alesayi[4] 1
Italy Antonelli Motorsport 34 Italy Angelo Proietti[3] 3
Italy Christian Passuti[3] 8–9
35 Italy Christian Passuti[3] 3
Italy Davide Roda[3] 8–9
39 Italy Angelo Proietti[3] 9
Italy Petricorse Motorsport 36 Italy Vito Postiglione[3] 9
37 Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli[3] 9
Austria Konrad Motorsport Austria 38 Germany Peter Scharmach[3] 8
Italy Ebimotors 40 Italy Alessandro Balzan[3] 9
41 Italy Alex Frassineti[3] 9
Germany Porsche AG 90 United Kingdom Michael Meadows[3] 5
Austria Mathias Lauda[21] 6
Hungary Csaba Walter[22] 7
Belgium Nico Verdonck[3] 8
New Zealand Jono Lester[3] 9
91 United Kingdom Euan Hankey[3] 5

Race calendar and results

  • The calendar was announced on 4 December 2009.[23]
Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain 13 March Germany René Rast Austria Norbert Siedler Germany René Rast Austria Al Faisal Lechner Racing
R2 14 March Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Austria Al Faisal Lechner Racing
2 Spain Circuit de Catalunya Spain 9 May Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen United Kingdom Sean Edwards Austria Norbert Siedler Germany Veltins MRS Racing
3 Monaco Circuit de Monaco Monaco 16 May Germany René Rast United Kingdom Nick Tandy Germany René Rast Austria Al Faisal Lechner Racing
4 Spain Valencia Street Circuit Spain 27 June Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Austria Al Faisal Lechner Racing
5 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit United Kingdom 11 July United Kingdom Nick Tandy United Kingdom Nick Tandy United Kingdom Nick Tandy Austria Konrad Motorsport
6 Germany Hockenheimring Germany 25 July France Nicolas Armindo Netherlands Jaap van Lagen France Nicolas Armindo Austria Al Faisal Lechner Racing
7 Hungary Hungaroring Hungary 1 August United Kingdom Nick Tandy United Kingdom Nick Tandy United Kingdom Nick Tandy Austria Konrad Motorsport
8 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium 29 August United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Arab Emirates Team Abu Dhabi by Tolimit
9 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Italy 12 September United Kingdom Nick Tandy Italy Angelo Proietti United Kingdom Nick Tandy Austria Konrad Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos Driver BHR
Bahrain
CAT
Spain
MON
Monaco
VAL
Spain
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MZA
Italy
Points
1 Germany René Rast 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 3 3 4 152
2 United Kingdom Nick Tandy 4 3 5 2 8 1 Ret 1 6 1 146
3 Austria Norbert Siedler 23 5 1 12 2 4 6 Ret 16 3 98
4 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen 4 3 4 6 5 5 2 Ret 98
5 Germany Jan Seyffarth 3 11 6 18 11 9 2 8 4 5 97
6 United Kingdom Sean Edwards 8 15 12 10 5 12 19 2 1 2 95
7 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 5 2 3 6 3 4 20 92
8 Slovakia Štefan Rosina 2 4 8 4 6 7 4 Ret 17 Ret 90
9 Netherlands Patrick Huisman 19 12 2 7 7 3 10 7 24 9 82
10 Poland Kuba Giermaziak 12 14 DSQ 13 13 5 15 6 7 10 56
11 Germany Christian Engelhart 6 23 9 9 14 3 9 22 54
12 Germany Sascha Maassen 7 9 11 19 9 13 12 9 26† 12 52
13 New Zealand Matt Halliday Ret 6 Ret 8 12 8 9 Ret 8 48
14 Italy Alessandro Zampedri 9 7 Ret 5 17 20† 11 Ret 12 15 46
15 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman 11 8 7 11 Ret 21† 13 10 11 Ret 45
16 Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 17 10 Ret 15 10 22† 8 Ret Ret 8 35
17 Poland Robert Lukas 10 20 10 17 15 11 DSQ 11 15 Ret 27
18 United States William Langhorne 16 16 13 16 Ret 16 14 Ret 13 14 25
19 Germany Thomas Messer 16 Ret 19 18 17 15 20 21 10
20 Netherlands Robert van den Berg DNS 18 17 21 Ret Ret 18 13 14 Ret 9
21 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi 20 21 14 22 18 19 21 14 23 Ret 6
22 Spain Siso Cunill 14 Ret Ret DSQ 3
23 Republic of Ireland Niall Breen 18 Ret 0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
France Nicolas Armindo 1 5 7 0
Italy Alessandro Balzan 6 0
Austria Martin Ragginger 7 0
Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner 10 0
Belgium Nico Verdonck 10 0
Italy Alex Frassineti 11 0
Hungary Csaba Walter 12 0
Bahrain Salman Al Khalifa 13 13 0
New Zealand Jono Lester 13 0
Italy Christian Passuti 14 18 Ret 0
United Kingdom Michael Meadows 14 0
Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal 15 17 15 20 0
Italy Francesco Castellacci 16 15 18 0
Switzerland Raffi Bader 16 25 0
Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli 16 0
Italy Davide Roda 21 17 0
United Kingdom Euan Hankey 17 0
Saudi Arabia Bandar Alesayi 21 19 0
Italy Fabrizio del Monte 19 0
Germany Peter Scharmach 19 0
Austria Mathias Lauda 20 0
Bahrain Fahad Algosaibi 22 22 0
United States Brian Wong 22 Ret 0
Italy Angelo Proietti 23 23 0
Germany Jörg Hardt Ret 0
Italy Vito Postiglione DSQ 0
Pos Driver BHR
Bahrain
CAT
Spain
MON
Monaco
VAL
Spain
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MZA
Italy
Points
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.

Nick Tandy was awarded the two points for pole position in Germany after qualifying second behind guest driver Nicolas Armindo, who was ineligible to collect points.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Pole
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2

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