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

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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

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  • 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   Alexandre Mantovani   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   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 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

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  • 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 4 159
2   Norman Nato 1 3 7 7 6 5 2 2 2 4 3 6 3 1 123
3   Mathieu Jaminet 6 6 Ret 8 3 3 1 1 6 8 7 4 1 2 112
4   Paul-Loup Chatin 4 8 10 10 11 4 4 7 4 2 1 1 2 7 103
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   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
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

References

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  1. ^ "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010 drivers". F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  2. ^ "Only one month to wait..." F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  3. ^ "Auto Sport Academy joins the World Series by Renault". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2010-02-20.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Auto Sport Academy". F4 Eurocup 1.6. Auto Sport Academy. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
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