2010 World Touring Car Championship

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Yvan Muller won his second Drivers' Championship and Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship for the first time.

The 2010 World Touring Car Championship season was the seventh season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the sixth since its 2005 return. It began with the Race of Brazil at Curitiba on 7 March and ended with the Guia Race of Macau at the Guia Circuit on 21 November, after twenty-two races at eleven events. The championship was open to both Super 2000 and Diesel 2000 cars.[1]

A new points system was introduced for the championship in 2010, in alignment with that used for both the Formula One World Championship and the World Rally Championship. The winner of each race received 25 points, continuing with 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point for 10th place.[2]

In the week leading up to the final event in Macau, 2008 champion Yvan Muller was confirmed as Drivers' Champion after the BMWs of Augusto Farfus and title rival Andy Priaulx were excluded from the results of the event in Japan, after the FIA overturned a stewards' decision allowing the BMWs to run sequential gearboxes.[3] Chevrolet was awarded the Manufacturers' Championship title.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT León) placed second in the Drivers Championship
Robert Huff (Chevrolet Cruze) placed third in the Drivers Championship
Andy Priaulx (BMW 320si) placed fourth in the Drivers Championship

The full season entry list was released on 19 February 2010.[4]

Team Car No. Drivers Events
Manufacturer Teams
Spain SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 1 Italy Gabriele Tarquini All
2 Netherlands Tom Coronel All
3 Portugal Tiago Monteiro All
4 Spain Jordi Gené 1–9
Hungary Zengő-Dension Team SEAT León 2.0 TDI 5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz All
United Kingdom Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 6 France Yvan Muller All
7 United Kingdom Robert Huff All
8 Switzerland Alain Menu All
9 Brazil Carlos "Cacá" Bueno 6
Belgium BMW Team RBM BMW 320si 10 Brazil Augusto Farfus All
11 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx All
Spain SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI 17 Denmark Michel Nykjær All
Switzerland SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI 18 Switzerland Fredy Barth All
United Kingdom eBay Motors BMW 320si 29 United Kingdom Colin Turkington 7
United Kingdom Team Aviva-COFCO 10–11
Sweden Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze LT 34 Argentina Leonel Pernía 3
United Kingdom Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Cruze LT 35 Belgium Vincent Radermecker 4
Spain SR-Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 66 Macau André Couto 11
73 France Michaël Rossi 10
Yokohama Trophy
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 15 Germany Franz Engstler All
16 Russia Andrey Romanov 1–5, 7–11
42 Netherlands Tim Coronel 6
Hong Kong bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Lacetti 19 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard 1–7
20 Hong Kong Darryl O'Young All
72 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 8–11
Germany Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 21 Morocco Mehdi Bennani All
Denmark Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si 24 Denmark Kristian Poulsen 3–11
Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 25 Spain Sergio Hernández All
26 Italy Stefano D'Aste 1–10
33 Italy Fabio Fabiani 3, 7–8
France Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI 27 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 4
United Kingdom eBay Motors BMW 320si 29 United Kingdom Colin Turkington 5–6
Switzerland Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 30 Morocco Ismaïl Sbaï 2
31 Morocco Youssaf El Marnissi 2
Spain SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI 38 United Kingdom Tom Boardman 6
Spain SEAT Customers Technology 39 Spain Marc Carol 9
Asian Wild Card Entries
Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 43 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 10–11
45 Taiwan Kevin Chen 10–11
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si 44 Japan Yoshihiro Ito 10
47 Japan Masaki Kano 11
50 Macau Jo Merszei 11
Germany Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 46 Japan Masataka Yanagida 10
Macau Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia BMW 320si 51 Macau Henry Ho 10–11
Hong Kong Jacob & Co Racing Honda Accord Euro R 53 Hong Kong Philip Ma 11
Portugal Team Novadriver Total BMW 320si 63 Portugal César Campaniço 11
Macau Andy Racing Team Honda Accord Euro R 64 Macau Kuok Io Keong 11
Macau Chan Kin Man Honda Civic Type R 65 Macau Chan Kin Man 11
Guest Entries
Sweden Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 41 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 6, 10
Key
Eligible for the Rookie Challenge.

Team and driver changes[edit]

Chevrolet replaced the retiring Nicola Larini in their three-car line-up with ex-SEAT Sport driver Yvan Muller. A fourth Chevrolet Cruze was entered in Italy for Leonel Pernía, with Nika Racing running the car under the Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden banner. Vincent Radermecker drove the car for the RML-run squad at the next race in Belgium, with Cacá Bueno driving it in the UK.

BMW Motorsport announced they were reducing their participation from a five-car team to a two-car team, with Augusto Farfus moving from BMW Team Germany to Team RBM to join Andy Priaulx. Former BMW Team Italy-Spain driver Alex Zanardi retired from the series, while former BMW Team Germany driver Jörg Müller raced in the Le Mans Series with Schnitzer.

SEAT Sport withdrew from the series for 2010, but helped Sunred to form a new team SR-Sport, for whom Independents champion Tom Coronel and ex-SEAT Sport drivers Jordi Gené, Tiago Monteiro and Gabriele Tarquini drove for.

Stefano D'Aste returned to Scuderia Proteam Motorsport, for whom he raced in 2005, 2006 and 2008, moving from Wiechers-Sport. His seat was taken by Mehdi Bennani, who moved from Exagon Engineering. D'Aste was joined at Proteam by Sergio Hernández, who returned to Proteam from BMW Team Italy-Spain. Fabio Fabiani raced an additional car for the team at his home event in Italy, just as he did in 2009.

Andrey Romanov rejoined the series and the Liqui Moly Team Engstler setup. He replaced Kristian Poulsen, who raced with his own Poulsen Motorsport team. Romanov could not drive at Brands Hatch for personal reasons, so was replaced by Tim Coronel.

Michel Nykjær joined SUNRED Engineering after racing in the WTCC for Perfection Racing at the 2009 Race of Germany. He replaced Tom Boardman, who returned to the BTCC, driving for Special Tuning (UK). Boardman returned to the WTCC with SUNRED for his home event. Fredy Barth joined the team from the SEAT León Eurocup, racing under the SEAT Swiss Team by SUNRED banner. Zengő Dension Motorsport joined the series, along with their driver, León Eurocup champion Norbert Michelisz, who drove the SUNRED prize car on two occasions – in 2008 and 2009.

British Touring Car team Bamboo Engineering joined the WTCC, along with their driver Harry Vaulkhard. Darryl O'Young, who drove in the FIA GT Championship with Prospeed Competition in 2009, was his teammate for most of this season, before Vaulkhard was forced to withdraw owing to a lack of sponsorship, and was replaced by Yukinori Taniguchi.

James Thompson, who drove for Lada Sport in 2009, was set to race at certain European rounds for Hartmann Racing, in addition to campaigns in the Danish Touring Car Championship and European Touring Car Cup, but left the team, whilst Lada did not return for 2010.

SEAT's Rickard Rydell elected to take a sabbatical from racing for the 2010 season. Instead, he became a TV pundit for Viasat Motor's coverage of the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Jaap van Lagen returned to the Porsche Supercup, a series in which he finished seventh in 2008.

Without drives for 2010 were Lada's Kirill Ladygin, and Félix Porteiro, who drove for Proteam in 2009.

Maurer Motorsport were set to run three Chevrolet Lacettis at Marrakech for Moroccan racers Ismaïl Sbaï, Youssaf El Marnissi and Larbi Tadlaoui. Tadlaoui did not attend due to personal reasons, while El Marnissi crashed in the Friday test session.

Pierre-Yves Corthals made a one-off return to the series with his old team, Exagon Engineering, for his home event in Belgium.

Having been without a drive in any series, 2009 British Touring Car Champion Colin Turkington rejoined the series in Portugal with West Surrey Racing, with backing from eBay Motors.

Swedish championship team Polestar Racing and driver Robert Dahlgren raced once again at Brands Hatch, and also raced in Japan, in a nationally-homologated Volvo C30.

Calendar[edit]

A provisional calendar for the 2010 season was approved by the FIA World Council on 24 June 2009.[5] The final calendar was published on 21 October 2009.[6] The Race of Mexico at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla, scheduled for 11 April, was cancelled in March due to security fears in the region.[7] Series organisers looked for a replacement, but negotiations with interested event promoters did not meet with the championship’s logistic and promotional requirements, meaning the season was reduced to eleven events.[8]

Event Race Name Track Date
1 R1 HSBC Race of Brazil Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 7 March
R2
2 R3 Race of Morocco Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit 2 May
R4
3 R5 Yokohama Race of Italy Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 23 May
R6
4 R7 Monroe Race of Belgium Belgium Circuit Zolder 20 June
R8
5 R9 Race of Turismo de Portugal Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 4 July
R10
6 R11 Mariott Race of UK United Kingdom Brands Hatch 18 July
R12
7 R13 Monroe Race of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 1 August
R14
8 R15 Race of Germany Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 5 September
R16
9 R17 DHL Race of Spain Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 19 September
R18
10 R19 Kenwood Race of Japan Japan Okayama International Circuit 31 October
R20
11 R21 Race of Macau Macau Guia Circuit 21 November
R22

Calendar changes[edit]

Results and standings[edit]

Races[edit]

Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report
1 Brazil Race of Brazil France Yvan Muller United Kingdom Robert Huff France Yvan Muller United States Chevrolet Spain Sergio Hernández Report
2 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain SR-Sport Spain Sergio Hernández
3 Morocco Race of Morocco Italy Gabriele Tarquini Switzerland Fredy Barth Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain SR-Sport Germany Franz Engstler Report
4 Spain Jordi Gené United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Belgium BMW Team RBM Morocco Mehdi Bennani
5 Italy Race of Italy Brazil Augusto Farfus Italy Gabriele Tarquini United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Belgium BMW Team RBM United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard Report
6 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx France Yvan Muller United States Chevrolet Italy Stefano D'Aste
7 Belgium Race of Belgium Italy Gabriele Tarquini United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain SR-Sport Denmark Kristian Poulsen Report
8 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Belgium BMW Team RBM Spain Sergio Hernández
9 Portugal Race of Portugal Portugal Tiago Monteiro Italy Gabriele Tarquini Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spain SR-Sport Spain Sergio Hernández Report
10 Spain Jordi Gené Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain SR-Sport Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
11 United Kingdom Race of UK France Yvan Muller United Kingdom Andy Priaulx France Yvan Muller United States Chevrolet United Kingdom Colin Turkington Report
12 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Belgium BMW Team RBM United Kingdom Colin Turkington
13 Czech Republic Race of the Czech Republic United Kingdom Robert Huff Brazil Augusto Farfus United Kingdom Robert Huff United States Chevrolet Denmark Kristian Poulsen Report
14 Italy Gabriele Tarquini United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Belgium BMW Team RBM Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
15 Germany Race of Germany Brazil Augusto Farfus Switzerland Alain Menu Switzerland Alain Menu United States Chevrolet Denmark Kristian Poulsen Report
16 Italy Gabriele Tarquini United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Belgium BMW Team RBM Denmark Kristian Poulsen
17 Spain Race of Spain Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain SR-Sport Denmark Kristian Poulsen Report
18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spain SR-Sport Denmark Kristian Poulsen
19 Japan Race of Japan United Kingdom Andy Priaulx France Yvan Muller United Kingdom Robert Huff United States Chevrolet Japan Yukinori Taniguchi Report
20 Denmark Michel Nykjær United Kingdom Colin Turkington United Kingdom Team Aviva-COFCO Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
21 Macau Guia Race of Macau United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Robert Huff United Kingdom Robert Huff United States Chevrolet Denmark Kristian Poulsen Report
22 United Kingdom Robert Huff Hungary Norbert Michelisz Hungary Zengő-Dension Team Spain Sergio Hernández

Championship standings[edit]

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
1 France Yvan Muller 1 4 6 2 4 1 2 5 2 2 1 5 NC 12 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 331
2 Italy Gabriele Tarquini 4 1 1 6 7 20† 1 6 3 1 4 3 2 18 Ret 9 1 3 5 Ret 4 2 276
3 United Kingdom Robert Huff 2 5 2 Ret 3 3 5 2 18 15 2 6 1 4 18† 7 3 6 1 3 1 3 276
4 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 5 Ret 8 1 1 5 7 1 Ret 4 7 1 5 1 5 1 5 4 DSQ DSQ NC 7 246
5 Portugal Tiago Monteiro 11 7 3 4 9 7 4 3 1 7 8 Ret 9 6 4 18 6 1 Ret Ret 3 8 177
6 Switzerland Alain Menu 3 3 9 Ret 17 9 3 4 5 3 22 NC 3 3 1 8 8 11 7 4 7 Ret 173
7 Brazil Augusto Farfus 6 6 10 Ret 2 4 9 8 4 5 6 8 4 5 2 2 18 8 DSQ DSQ 6 5 167
8 Netherlands Tom Coronel 8 Ret 5 3 5 2 8 10 6 6 5 4 Ret 10 6 5 10 9 14 8 12 6 136
9 Hungary Norbert Michelisz 10 9 7 10 19† 8 6 7 7 Ret 9 7 Ret 14 8 11 11 12 3 7 5 1 104
10 United Kingdom Colin Turkington 12 10 3 2 6 2 4 1 Ret 13 97
11 Denmark Michel Nykjær 12 8 11 7 8 19 18 Ret 17 Ret 15 9 7 Ret 7 4 9 7 6 6 Ret 11 66
12 Spain Jordi Gené 7 2 13 8 16 6 DSQ Ret Ret 18 10 10 Ret 13 12 10 4 5 61
13 Switzerland Fredy Barth 9 14 4 5 6 14 10 18 8 8 11 Ret 12 8 11 20 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 51
14 Denmark Kristian Poulsen Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19† 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 20
15 Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 15 16 17 13 Ret 12 20 12 10 9 21 Ret 17 7 NC 12 14 17 10 9 Ret Ret 15
16 Spain Sergio Hernández 13 10 14 Ret 12 16 13 9 9 17 16 12 11 11 10 13 19 15 11 Ret 11 9 9
17 Germany Franz Engstler 14 11 12 12 Ret DNS Ret 16 13 14 14 13 13 Ret 13 15 15 14 13 10 9 10 5
18 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 17 14 17 18 9 16 13 Ret 4
19 Italy Stefano D'Aste 17 15 Ret 11 11 11 16 13 14 13 18 11 10 9 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 17 3
20 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19† Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 19 10 12 3
21 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 1
22 Argentina Leonel Pernía 18† 10 1
Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 12 15 0
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 12 18 16 Ret 0
France Michaël Rossi Ret 12 0
Spain Marc Carol 13 13 0
Russia Andrey Romanov Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 Ret 19 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 19 Ret 15 15 Ret 0
United Kingdom Tom Boardman 13 Ret 0
Portugal César Campaniço 14 16† 0
Taiwan Kevin Chen Ret 20 17 14 0
Belgium Vincent Radermecker 17 14 0
Japan Masataka Yanagida 17 14 0
Italy Fabio Fabiani 15 18 18 20† NC 19 0
Hong Kong Philip Ma 18 15 0
Netherlands Tim Coronel 20 15 0
Macau Henry Ho 18 21† 21† DNS 0
Japan Yoshihiro Ito 19 Ret 0
Macau Jo Merszei 19 Ret 0
Japan Masaki Kano 20 Ret 0
Morocco Ismaïl Sbaï Ret DNS 0
Brazil Carlos "Cacá" Bueno Ret DNS 0
Macau André Couto Ret DNS 0
Morocco Youssaf El Marnissi DNS DNS 0
Macau Kuok Io Keong EX EX 0
Macau Chan Kin Man EX EX 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
Sweden Robert Dahlgren 12 Ret 8 5 *
Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
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.

Manufacturers' Championship[edit]

The Manufacturers’ title was awarded to the highest scoring manufacturer, taking into account the results obtained by the two best placed cars per manufacturer at each race. All other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.[1]

Pos Manufacturer BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
1 United States Chevrolet 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 5 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 715
2 4 6 13 4 3 3 4 5 3 2 6 3 4 3 7 3 6 2 3 2 4
2 Spain SEAT Customers Technology 4 1 1 3 5 2 1 3 1 1 4 3 2 6 4 4 1 1 3 6 3 1 641
7 2 3 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 5 4 7 8 6 5 4 3 5 7 4 2
3 Germany BMW 5 6 8 1 1 4 7 1 4 4 3 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 6 5 580
6 10 10 9 2 5 9 8 9 5 6 2 5 2 5 2 12 8 10 10 8 7
Pos Manufacturer BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 

Yokohama Independents' Trophy[edit]

Eligibility for the award was determined by championship promoter KSO, taking into account the team's record, the driver's record and the car's technical characteristics.[9]

Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
1 Spain Sergio Hernández 13 10 14 Ret 12 16 13 9 9 17 16 12 11 11 10 13 19 15 11 Ret 11 9 156
2 Germany Franz Engstler 14 11 12 12 Ret DNS Ret 16 13 14 14 13 13 Ret 13 15 15 14 13 10 9 10 127
3 Denmark Kristian Poulsen Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 117
4 Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 15 16 17 13 Ret 12 20 12 10 9 21 Ret 17 7 NC 12 14 17 10 9 Ret Ret 104
5 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 19 10 12 91
6 Italy Stefano D'Aste 17 15 Ret 11 11 11 16 13 14 13 18 11 10 9 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 17 88
7 United Kingdom Colin Turkington 12 10 3 2 P1 73
8 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 61
9 Russia Andrey Romanov Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 Ret 19 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 19 NC 15 15 Ret 35
10 Japan Yukinori Taniguchi 17 14 16 18 9 16 13 Ret 33
11 Spain Marc Carol 13 13 16
12 Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals 12 15 13
13 Portugal César Campaniço 14 16 12
14 Taiwan Kevin Chen Ret 20 17 14 10
15 United Kingdom Tom Boardman 13 Ret 8
16 Hong Kong Philip Ma 18 15 8
17 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 12 18 16 Ret 8
18 Italy Fabio Fabiani 15 18 18 20 NC 19 7
19 Japan Masataka Yanagida 17 14 6
20 Netherlands Tim Coronel 20 15 4
Macau Henry Ho 18 21 21 DNS 0
Japan Yoshihiro Ito 19 Ret 0
Macau Jo Merszei 19 Ret 0
Japan Masaki Kano 20 Ret 0
Morocco Ismaïl Sbaï Ret DNS 0
Morocco Youssaf El Marnissi DNS DNS 0
Macau Kuok Io Keong EX EX 0
Macau Chan Kin Man EX EX 0
Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
  1. ^ – After taking pole position at Brno, Colin Turkington was stripped of his independent status. Another change made at Brno was the removal of extra points to the championship, if the driver finished in the overall top ten, after Turkington claimed 33 bonus points at Brands Hatch.[10][11]

Yokohama Teams' Trophy[edit]

All teams were eligible to compete for the award, however points were only awarded to the two best placed cars of each team, providing they were driven by Independent drivers.[9] Any other cars of that same team were considered to be invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.[9]

Pos Team BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
1 Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport 13 10 14 11 11 11 13 9 9 13 16 11 10 9 10 13 19 15 11 17 11 9 248
17 15 Ret Ret 12 16 16 13 14 17 18 12 11 11 15 16 Ret DNS 12 18 16 14
2 United Kingdom bamboo-engineering 15 13 16 13 10 12 15 12 10 9 17 14 15 7 17 12 14 17 9 9 13 Ret 189
16 16 17 Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 15 11 21 Ret 17 15 NC 14 17 18 10 16 Ret Ret
3 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 14 11 12 12 13 Ret 19 16 13 14 14 13 13 17 13 15 15 14 13 10 9 10 162
Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret 17 16 16 20 15 16 Ret 16 17 16 19 19 15 15 Ret
4 Denmark Poulsen Motorsport Ret 15 11 11 11 Ret 23 Ret 8 19 9 6 12 10 15 11 8 Ret 110
5 Germany Wiechers-Sport 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 14 10 12 94
17 19
6 United Kingdom eBay Motors 12 10 3 2 33
7 Spain SEAT Customers Technology 13 13 16
8 France Exagon Engineering 12 15 12
9 Portugal Team Novadriver Total 14 16 12
10 Spain SUNRED Engineering 13 Ret 8
11 Hong Kong Jacob & Co Racing 18 15 8
Macau Ho Chun Kei / Sports & You Asia 18 21 21 DNS 0
Switzerland Maurer Motorsport Ret DNS 0
DNS DNS
Macau Andy Racing Team EX EX 0
Macau Chan Kin Man EX EX 0
Pos Team BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 

WTCC Rookie Challenge[edit]

Any driver who had not previously completed a full season in the championship was eligible to score points in the Rookie Challenge.[12] Points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers in the class [12] in each race.

Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 
1 Hungary Norbert Michelisz 10 9 8 10 19 8 6 7 7 Ret 9 7 Ret 14 8 11 11 12 3 7 5 1 167
2 Denmark Michel Nykjær 12 8 11 7 8 19 18 Ret 17 Ret 15 9 7 Ret 7 4 9 7 6 6 Ret 11 137
3 Switzerland Fredy Barth 9 14 4 5 6 14 10 18 8 8 11 Ret 12 8 11 20 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 130
4 Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 15 16 16 13 Ret 12 20 12 10 9 21 Ret 17 7 NC 12 14 17 10 9 Ret Ret 94
5 Morocco Mehdi Bennani 18 12 15 9 14 17 14 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 14 16 14 Ret Ret 16 16 19 10 12 94
6 United Kingdom Harry Vaulkhard 16 13 16 Ret 10 13 15 Ret 15 11 17 14 15 15 61
Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
MAR
Morocco
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
UK
United Kingdom
CZE
Czech Republic
GER
Germany
ESP
Spain
JPN
Japan
MAC
Macau
 Pts 

References[edit]

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  2. ^ English, Steven (2010-02-27). "WTCC adopts F1 points system". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  3. ^ "Chevrolet win appeal in Paris". fiawtcc.com. World Touring Car Championship. 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Full Season Entry List" (PDF). fiawtcc.com. World Touring Car Championship. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  5. ^ English, Steven (2009-06-24). "WTCC to Zolder and Algarve in 2010". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  6. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-06-24). "WTCC calendar announced". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  7. ^ English, Steven (2010-03-08). "Mexico's WTCC round cancelled". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  8. ^ "2010 WTCC settles on 11 race meetings". fiawtcc.com. World Touring Car Championship. 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  9. ^ a b c Yokohama Independents' Trophy Regulations, www.fiawtcc.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org
  10. ^ English, Steven (2010-08-01). "Turkington loses independent status". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  11. ^ "Changes to the Independent Trophy". fiawtcc.com. World Touring Car Championship. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  12. ^ a b The World Touring Car Championship has launched a new rookie class for the 2010 season, www.autosport.com, as archived at web.archive.org

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