# 2010 Formula 3 Sudamericana season

The 2010 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 24th Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 16 May 2010, at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília and ended on 7 November in Interlagos.
After 508 days, the driver Bruno Andrade of Cesario team was declared champion of the Formula Three Sudamericana in 2010, official result was decided in court on 30 March 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. Yann Cunha, was disqualified of the last race, after a collision with Andrade.
Fernando Resende dominated the Sudamericana Light class, winning 14 of the season's 24 races en route to a championship-winning margin of 114 points. Resende avenged main class defeat for Cesário Fórmula, and himself took an overall podium in Caruaru when only two of the six main class starters finished the race. Resende's team-mate Ronaldo Freitas finished as runner-up, taking five class victories and two overall podiums. Third in class was Duarte Ferreira, who started the season with Dragão Motorsport before joining Cesário Fórmula at round three, and took the other five class victories along with a trio of overall third places at Velopark.

## Drivers and teams

* All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. All teams were Brazilian-registered.
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Rounds |
| Class A |||||
| Cesário Fórmula | 1 | Bruno Andrade | Dallara F309 | All |
| Cesário Fórmula | 2 | Fabiano Machado | Dallara F309 | 5–9 |
| Cesário Fórmula | 2 | Lucas Foresti | Dallara F309 | 1 |
| Cesário Fórmula | 3 | Lucas Foresti | Dallara F309 | 7, 9 |
| PropCar Racing | 6 | Guilherme Camilo | Dallara F309 | 1 |
| PropCar Racing | 8 | Nilton Molina | Dallara F309 | 1–4 |
| Kemba Racing/G-Force | 9 | Leonardo de Souza | Dallara F309 | 1–5, 8–9 |
| Dragão Motorsport | 11 | Luiz Boesel | Dallara F309 | All |
| Dragão Motorsport | 29 | Mateus Laba | Dallara F309 | 1–5, 8–9 |
| Bassan Motorsport | 14 | Aldo Piedade, Jr. | Dallara F309 | 1 |
| Bassan Motorsport | 14 | Nilton Molina | Dallara F309 | 5 |
| Bassan Motorsport | 14 | Víctor Guerin | Dallara F309 | 9 |
| Bassan Motorsport | 15 | Yann Cunha | Dallara F309 | All |
| Razia Sports | 17 | Rodolpho Santos | Dallara F309 | 1 |
| Hitech Racing Brazil | 27 | Pietro Fantin | Dallara F309 | 4–5, 8 |
| Hitech Racing Brazil | 28 | Guilherme Silva | Dallara F309 | 9 |
| Class B |||||
| Cesário Fórmula Jr. | 31 | Fernando Resende | Dallara F301 | All |
| Cesário Fórmula Jr. | 32 | Ronaldo Freitas | Dallara F301 | All |
| Cesário Fórmula Jr. | 33 | Duarte Ferreira | Dallara F301 | 3–8 |
| Baumer Racing | 36 | Lucílio Baumer | Dallara F301 | 5 |
| Dragão Motorsport | 41 | Duarte Ferreira | Dallara F301 | 1–2 |
| Dragão Motorsport | 47 | Francisco Díaz | Dallara F301 | All |
| Kemba Racing/G-Force | 41 | Daniel Politzer | Dallara F301 | 8–9 |
| Kemba Racing/G-Force | 50 | Maximiliano Baungartner | Dallara F301 | 6 |
| Capital Motorsport | 56 | Alberto Cattucci | Dallara F301 | 1 |
| Capital Motorsport | 56 | Jean Spolaor | Dallara F301 | 2–4 |
| PropCar Racing | 81 | Daniel Politzer | Dallara F301 | 1–2, 7 |
| PropCar Racing | 81 | Guilherme Lago | Dallara F301 | 8–9 |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Location | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Brasília, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 15 May | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Stand-alone event |
| 1 | R2 | Brasília, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 16 May | | Leonardo de Souza | Lucas Foresti | Stand-alone event |
| 1 | R3 | Brasília, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 16 May | Bruno Andrade | Lucas Foresti | Lucas Foresti | Stand-alone event |
| 2 | R1 | Caruaru, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | 29 May | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Stand-alone event |
| 2 | R2 | Caruaru, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | 29 May | | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Stand-alone event |
| 2 | R3 | Caruaru, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | 30 May | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Stand-alone event |
| 3 | R1 | Campo Grande, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura | 17 July | Yann Cunha | Yann Cunha | Yann Cunha | Stand-alone event |
| 3 | R2 | Campo Grande, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura | 17 July | | Yann Cunha | Luiz Boesel | Stand-alone event |
| 3 | R3 | Campo Grande, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura | 18 July | Yann Cunha | Bruno Andrade | Yann Cunha | Stand-alone event |
| 4 | R1 | Nova Santa Rita, Brazil | Velopark | 31 July | Pietro Fantin | Pietro Fantin | Luiz Boesel | Stand-alone event |
| 4 | R2 | Nova Santa Rita, Brazil | Velopark | 31 July | | Pietro Fantin | Pietro Fantin | Stand-alone event |
| 4 | R3 | Nova Santa Rita, Brazil | Velopark | 1 August | Pietro Fantin | Pietro Fantin | Pietro Fantin | Stand-alone event |
| 5 | R1 | Pinhais, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | 28 August | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Nilton Molina | Stand-alone event |
| 5 | R2 | Pinhais, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | 28 August | | Pietro Fantin | Pietro Fantin | Stand-alone event |
| 5 | R3 | Pinhais, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | 29 August | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Bruno Andrade | Stand-alone event |
| 6 | R1 | Santa Fe, Argentina | Circuito do Rúa Santa Fé | 11 September | Yann Cunha | Yann Cunha | Yann Cunha | TC 2000 Championship |
| 6 | R2 | Santa Fe, Argentina | Circuito do Rúa Santa Fé | 12 September | Yann Cunha | Luiz Boesel | Fabiano Machado | TC 2000 Championship |
| 7 | R1 | Piriápolis, Uruguay | Piriápolis Street Circuit | 2 October | Yann Cunha | Fabiano Machado | Yann Cunha | Gran Premio de Piriápolis |
| 7 | R2 | Piriápolis, Uruguay | Piriápolis Street Circuit | 3 October | Fabiano Machado | Fabiano Machado | Fabiano Machado | Gran Premio de Piriápolis |
| 8 | R1 | Londrina, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Londrina | 16 October | Yann Cunha | Yann Cunha | Yann Cunha | Stand-alone event |
| 8 | R2 | Londrina, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Londrina | 17 October | | Pietro Fantin | Leonardo de Souza | Stand-alone event |
| 8 | R3 | Londrina, Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Londrina | 17 October | Yann Cunha | Pietro Fantin | Fabiano Machado | Stand-alone event |
| 9 | R1 | São Paulo, Brazil | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 6 November | Fabiano Machado | Lucas Foresti | Lucas Foresti | 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| 9 | R2 | São Paulo, Brazil | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 7 November | Fabiano Machado | Fabiano Machado | Fabiano Machado | 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix |

## Championship Standings

* Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | BRA | BRA | BRA | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAM | CAM | CAM | VEL | VEL | VEL | CUR | CUR | CUR | SAN | SAN | PIR | PIR | LON | LON | LON | INT | INT | Pts |
| Class A |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bruno Andrade | 1 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 361 |
| 2 | Yann Cunha | 3 | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | 351 |
| 3 | Luiz Boesel | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 298 |
| 4 | Fabiano Machado | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 1 | 174 |
| 5 | Leonardo de Souza | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | Ret | 5 | | | | | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 173 |
| 6 | Nilton Molina | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 150 |
| 7 | Mateus Laba | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 12 | | | | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 130 |
| 8 | Lucas Foresti | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | | | | 1 | 3 | 128 |
| 9 | Pietro Fantin | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 108 |
| 10 | Víctor Guerin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| 11 | Aldo Piedade, Jr. | 9 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 12 | Rodolpho Santos | 4 | 6 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 13 | Guilherme Silva | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| | Guilherme Camilo | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Class B |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Fernando Resende | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 5 | 476 |
| 2 | Ronaldo Freitas | Ret | Ret | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 362 |
| 3 | Duarte Ferreira | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 6 | 5 | 12 | | | 306 |
| 4 | Francisco Díaz | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 9 | DNS | 9 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 289 |
| 5 | Daniel Politzer | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | DNS | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 111 |
| 6 | Jean Spolaor | | | | Ret | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 56 |
| 7 | Alberto Cattucci | Ret | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 8 | Guilherme Lago | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 24 |
| | Lucílio Baumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Maximiliano Baungartner | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | BRA | BRA | BRA | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAM | CAM | CAM | VEL | VEL | VEL | CUR | CUR | CUR | SAN | SAN | PIR | PIR | LON | LON | LON | INT | INT | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |