2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 Explained

The 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 was the eighteenth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the only season run under the guise of F4 Eurocup 1.6. The series began on 17 April at Motorland Aragon and ended on 10 October at Circuit de Catalunya, after seven rounds and fourteen races.

Stoffel Vandoorne clinched the championship with a meeting to spare, winning six races en route to a 36-point championship winning margin over Norman Nato, with Mathieu Jaminet edging out Paul-Loup Chatin for third place overall. Franck Matelli finished fifth; the only other driver to win a race over the season.

It was the final season run under the "F4 Eurocup 1.6" name, as the series was renamed the "French F4 Championship" for 2011.

Driver lineup

No	Driver^[1] ^[2]	Rounds
1	Nicolas de Moura	All
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	All
3	Paul-Loup Chatin	All
4	Mathieu Jaminet	All
5	Hamza El Fatouaki	1–2, 4
6	Alexandre Anezo	All
7	Marie Baus-Coppens	All
8	Giada de Zen	All
9	Alexandre Mantovani	All
10	Sébastien Le Bras	1–4, 6–7
11	Pierre Sancinéna	All
12	Maxime Bourcet	All
14	Alexandre Jouannem-Sivan	All
15	Maxime Raphoz	All
16	Valentin Simonet	All
17	Norman Nato	All
18	Paul Lanchere	All
19	Tristan Papavoine	All
20	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	All
21	Franck Matelli	All
22	Cécilia Asquini	3
	Pierre Nicolet	4–7

Race calendar and results

• Under its new name, the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series was part of the World Series by Renault and shared seven race weekends with the main three World Series events.^{[3] [4]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	17 April	Franck Matelli	Stoffel Vandoorne	Norman Nato
	R2	18 April	Stoffel Vandoorne	nowrap	Alexandre Mantovani	nowrap	Stoffel Vandoorne
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 May	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne
	R2		2 May	Stoffel Vandoorne	Franck Matelli	Stoffel Vandoorne
3	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	19 June	Franck Matelli	Franck Matelli	Franck Matelli
	R2	20 June	nowrap	Alexandre Mantovani	Norman Nato	Stoffel Vandoorne
4	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	3 July	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet
	R2		4 July	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet	Mathieu Jaminet
5	R1	Hockenheimring	4 September	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne
	R2		5 September	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne
6	R1	Silverstone Circuit	nowrap	18 September	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin
	R2		19 September	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	9 October	Mathieu Jaminet	Paul-Loup Chatin	Mathieu Jaminet
	R2		10 October	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	Norman Nato

Championship standings

• Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Additional points were awarded to the driver achieving pole position and fastest lap in each race. Only a driver's best twelve results counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver ALC SPA MAG HUN HOC SIL CAT Total 1 Stoffel Vandoorne 2 1 1 1 2 1 16 4 1 1 4 2 4 4 2 Norman Nato 1 3 7 7 6 5 2 2 2 4 3 6 3 1 3 Mathieu Jaminet 6 6 Ret 8 3 3 1 1 6 8 7 4 1 2 4 Paul-Loup Chatin 4 8 10 10 11 4 4 7 4 2 1 1 2 7 5 Franck Matelli 5 Ret 6 2 1 2 7 5 3 3 9 17 7 5 96 6 Paul Lanchere 3 2 2 3 12 Ret 3 3 8 5 5 5 10 8 89 7 Alexandre Mantovani Ret 7 8 6 4 6 5 10 5 15 2 3 5 3 78 8 Pierre Sancinéna 7 5 5 9 8 7 6 6 7 7 15 7 Ret 6 52 9 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 8 4 3 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 12 8 8 6 9 50 10 Tristan Papavoine 10 10 9 19 7 8 15 11 13 14 6 Ret 8 Ret 19 11 Sébastien Le Bras 9 11 4 12 9 10 9 14 11 Ret 13 17 15 12 Nicolas de Moura 12 9 11 11 10 9 12 12 10 6 12 Ret Ret 13 11 13 Valentin Simonet 14 19 Ret 15 14 14 8 8 12 Ret 14 10 9 11 9 14 align=left nowrap Alexandre Jouannem-Sivan Ret 13 12 5 18 11 18 Ret 14 13 13 9 11 12 8 15 Maxime Raphoz 11 12 13 13 13 12 11 9 11 10 10 13 Ret 10 5 16 Alexandre Anezo 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 15 10 18† Ret 9 17 11 15 Ret 3 17 Giada de Zen 13 16 14 16 17 Ret Ret 15 15 11 16 12 12 14 0 18 Maxime Bourcet 16 15 15 17 15 13 14 13 16 16 18 15 14 16 0 19 Pierre Nicolet 13 16 17 Ret 20 14 17† 15 0 20 Marie Baus-Coppens Ret 17 16 18 Ret Ret 17 17† 18 17 19 16 16 18 0 21 Cécilia Asquini 16 16 0 22 Hamza El Fatouaki Ret 18 17 20 Ret 19 0 Pos Driver ALC SPA MAG HUN HOC SIL CAT Total

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

External links

• The official website of the F4 Eurocup 1.6

Notes and References

1. Web site: F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010 drivers . . Auto Sport Academy . 2010-03-27 . 2017-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730203500/http://www.autosportacademy.com/index.php?page=sais05&&ssPage=saisformcamp&&ssPage2=pil&&codeL=gb . dead .
2. News: Only one month to wait... . . Auto Sport Academy . 2010-03-15 . 2010-03-27.
3. News: Auto Sport Academy joins the World Series by Renault . renault-sport.com . . 2009-10-24 . 2010-02-20 .
4. News: Auto Sport Academy . . Auto Sport Academy . 2010-01-05 . 2010-02-20.