2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Explained

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.

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

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	Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	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
2	R2	Brno, Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	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
3	R2	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	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
4	R2	Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	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
5	R2	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	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
6	R2	Silverstone, United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	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
7	R2	Montmeló, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	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

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

External links

The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website

Notes and References

News: First race cancelled . renault-sport.com . . 2010-05-02 . 2010-05-01 .
News: Nick Catsburg with sights set on Spa . renault-sport.com . . 2010-10-16 . 2010-03-29 .
News: Eurocup Megane Trophy Motorland Aragon Collective testing . Racecar . Racecar New Media Services Ltd. . 2010-04-15 . 2010-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100327220135/http://www.racecar.com/Motorsport/News/Eurocup-Megane-Trophy-Motorland-Aragon-Collective-testing/33208.htm . 27 March 2010 . dead .
News: Dermont approda nel team TDS. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 2010-08-26. 2010-08-28. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20101217061357/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=28637&cat=39. 2010-12-17. dead.
News: Prima pole italiana con Nalio. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 2010-09-04. 2010-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20101217061044/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=28759&cat=39. 2010-12-17. dead.
News: Equipe Verschuur met zeven rijders op titeljacht in Eurocup Megane Trophy . Dutch . Equipe Verschuur . Fast Company Group . 2010-04-15 . 2010-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100410223447/http://www.equipeverschuur.nl/nieuws/8392/equipe-verschuur-met-zeven-rijders-op-titeljacht-in-eurocup-megane-trophy.html . 10 April 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Entry list / 21 entrants . mediaguide.wsbyrenault.com . . 2010-04-15.
News: Budapest, qualifica 1: quinta pole di Catsburg. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 2010-07-03. 2010-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20101217063731/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=27990&cat=39. 2010-12-17. dead.
News: Accordo raggiunto tra Oregon e Nalio . ItaliaRacing.net . Inpagina . 2010-02-28 . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612121612/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=26397&cat=21 . 2010-06-12 . dead .
News: Sporting innovations and calendar 2010 . automobilsport.com . MaP . Blanca . de Foronda . 2010-01-31 . 2009-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116055655/http://automobilsport.com/renault-megane-trophy-calendar-2010-sporting-innovations-eurocup-saturday-sunday---72051.html. 16 January 2010 . live.