2010 European Rally Championship Explained

The 2010 European Rally Championship season was the 58th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. The season had 11 rallies, beginning with Rally 1000 Miglia on 22 April. The championship was contested by 24 drivers from 6 countries. Luca Rossetti won 4 events and claimed his second European rally championship title.

Calendar and winners

As in the previous year, the calendar consisted of 11 rounds. Rally Bulgaria was a World Rally Championship event in 2010, but Rally Poland was back in the ERC calendar. The other 10 rounds remained the same, although in a slightly different order.[1]

RoundDateEventWinner ERC
122–24 April Rally 1000 Miglia Luca Rossetti
214–16 May Luca Rossetti
34–6 June Kajetan Kajetanowicz
424–26 June Jan Kopecký
523–25 July Luca Rossetti
65–7 August Jan Kopecký
727–29 August Bryan Bouffier
89–11 September Luigi Fontana
91–3 October Yuriy Protasov
1015–17 October Luca Betti
1128–30 October Luca Rossetti

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner got 25 points, the runner-up 18 and the third placed driver 15. Drivers ranked 4 to 10 got 12–10–8–6–4–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top five of every leg were awarded 7–5–3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 5 events qualified for the championship ranking.[2]

Pos.DriverPoints
1 Luca Rossetti1131Ret1195
2 Antonín Tlusťák105Ret22233140
3 Michał Sołowow22Ret2Ret112
4 Luca Betti62Ret3Ret1Ret102
5 Maciej Oleksowicz11445Ret5Ret491
6 Corrado Fontana73Ret4Ret2RetRet78
7 Szymon RutaRet245Ret60
8 Yuriy Protasov13RetRetRetRetRet1651
9 Jan Černý127Ret43Ret39
Not enough events to qualify for championship
Jan Kopecký811Ret(82)
Luigi FontanaRet631(66)
Kajetan Kajetanowicz1Ret(37)
Bryan BouffierRet1(37)
Matteo Gamba9Ret2(32)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calendar. rally-erc.com.
  2. Web site: ERC Unofficial Standings. rally-erc.com.