# 2010 Formula Palmer Audi season

The 2010 Formula Palmer Audi season was the thirteenth and final Formula Palmer Audi season. It began at Brands Hatch on 8 May and finished at Silverstone Circuit on 17 October. It consisted of twenty rounds, all held in England. The champion driver received a £100,000 scholarship prize, double last year's prize money, towards a drive in the 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship. On top of that, the top six finishers in the final drivers' standings were all granted an official Formula Two test.
The scholarship prize went to Nigel Moore, as he overhauled the long-time leader of the championship Maxime Jousse on dropped scores; Jousse having scored four more points than Moore on overall scores. Whereas Moore could drop two retirements for no points loss, Jousse had to drop a finish of seventh place along with a retirement and turned a four-point advantage into a nine-point deficit to Moore, having won six races to Moore's three. Third place went to Spanish driver Ramón Piñeiro, having taken four wins in the last seven races of the season to enable him to move him up from sixth to his eventual placing of third. Kieran Vernon and José Alonso Liste battled over fourth place, with Vernon coming out on top by two points after his third win of the season – to go with his double at the second Brands Hatch meeting – in the series' final race at Silverstone, ahead of Alonso Liste. Other winners during the season were Melroy Heemskerk at the first Brands Hatch meeting, Max Snegirev at Croft and Jordan Williams, who won at Snetterton before an accident with Jousse in the next race left him without funds to complete the season.
In November 2010, series boss Jonathan Palmer announced the end of the series with the series' chassis being dismantled for use in other areas of the MotorSport Vision organisation.

## Driver lineup

| Car # | Driver | Sponsor(s) | Rounds |
| 2 | Howard Fuller | Powerchex | All |
| 3 | Vincent Beltoise | Pole Mechanique | All |
| 4 | Tommaso Menchini | AMP | 1–2, 4 |
| 5 | Maxime Jousse | Warson Motors | All |
| 6 | Nigel Moore | Ginetta | All |
| 7 | Melroy Heemskerk | ORANJEDAK | 1–5 |
| 8 | James Thorp | ARCOROC | 1–4 |
| 9 | Giuseppe Cipriani | | 1–5, 7 |
| 10 | Luca Orlandi | Super 5 Wipes | All |
| 11 | Ash Davies | H2O Networks | All |
| 12 | Thiemo Storz | | 4 |
| 14 | Jorge Pescador | Luis Pescador | 1 |
| 15 | Ramón Piñeiro | Caja Madrid | All |
| 16 | Aaron Steele | | 1 |
| 17 | Jordan Williams | Willy's Ice Cream / Lanhydrock Golf Club | 1–2 |
| 18 | Callum Holland | Irisguard | 2–7 |
| 19 | Tom Ashton | R Ashton & Son Ltd | 2 |
| 20 | Max Snegirev | Klaxon | 6–7 |
| 21 | Florian Le Roux | 2wcl | 7 |
| 24 | Toni Alarcon | Santander | 7 |
| 25 | Victor Jimenez | | 4–7 |
| 26 | José Alonso Liste | Kentes | All |
| 28 | Kieran Vernon | | All |
| 39 | Matt Bell | AES | 1 |
| 42 | Jordan King | Hugo Boss | 7 |
| 44 | Mark Powell | FutureWorld | 3, 5 |

## Race calendar and results

* All races were held in the United Kingdom.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver |
| 1 | R1 | Brands Hatch Indy | 9 May | Jorge Pescador | José Alonso Liste | Melroy Heemskerk |
| 1 | R2 | Brands Hatch Indy | 9 May | Maxime Jousse | José Alonso Liste | Maxime Jousse |
| 1 | R3 | Brands Hatch Indy | 9 May | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse |
| 2 | R1 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 26 June | Nigel Moore | Melroy Heemskerk | Jordan Williams |
| 2 | R2 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 26 June | Nigel Moore | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse |
| 2 | R3 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 27 June | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse |
| 2 | R4 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 27 June | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse |
| 3 | R1 | Oulton Park | 24 July | Nigel Moore | Maxime Jousse | Nigel Moore |
| 3 | R2 | Oulton Park | 24 July | Nigel Moore | Maxime Jousse | Maxime Jousse |
| 4 | R1 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 28 August | José Alonso Liste | Thiemo Storz | Nigel Moore |
| 4 | R2 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 28 August | José Alonso Liste | José Alonso Liste | José Alonso Liste |
| 5 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 26 September | Kieran Vernon | Kieran Vernon | Kieran Vernon |
| 5 | R2 | Brands Hatch GP | 26 September | Kieran Vernon | Kieran Vernon | Kieran Vernon |
| 6 | R1 | Croft Circuit | 9 October | Ramón Piñeiro | Callum Holland | Ramón Piñeiro |
| 6 | R2 | Croft Circuit | 10 October | José Alonso Liste | José Alonso Liste | Ramón Piñeiro |
| 6 | R3 | Croft Circuit | 10 October | Callum Holland | Callum Holland | Max Snegirev |
| 7 | R1 | Silverstone National | 16 October | Jordan King | Ramón Piñeiro | Ramón Piñeiro |
| 7 | R2 | Silverstone National | 16 October | Ramón Piñeiro | Ramón Piñeiro | Ramón Piñeiro |
| 7 | R3 | Silverstone National | 17 October | Nigel Moore | José Alonso Liste | Nigel Moore |
| 7 | R4 | Silverstone National | 17 October | José Alonso Liste | José Alonso Liste | Kieran Vernon |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | BRH | BRH | BRH | SNE | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | ROC | ROC | BRH | BRH | CRO | CRO | CRO | SIL | SIL | SIL | SIL | Total | Drop | Points |
| 1 | Nigel Moore | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 344 | | 344 |
| 2 | Maxime Jousse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 348 | 13 | 335 |
| 3 | Ramón Piñeiro | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 320 | | 320 |
| 4 | Kieran Vernon | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 311 | 11 | 300 |
| 5 | José Alonso Liste | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 307 | 9 | 298 |
| 6 | Vincent Beltoise | NC | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 250 | | 250 |
| 7 | Howard Fuller | 8 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 210 | 6 | 204 |
| 8 | Melroy Heemskerk | 1 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | 203 | | 203 |
| 9 | Callum Holland | | | | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 193 | | 193 |
| 10 | Ash Davies | Ret | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 178 | | 178 |
| 11 | Giuseppe Cipriani | Ret | 16 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | | | | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 149 | | 149 |
| 12 | Luca Orlandi | Ret | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 124 | | 124 |
| 13 | Max Snegirev | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 104 | | 104 |
| 14 | James Thorp | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 93 | | 93 |
| 15 | Jordan Williams | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | DNS | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 86 | | 86 |
| 16 | Victor Jimenez | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 77 | | 77 |
| 17 | Aaron Steele | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45 | | 45 |
| 18 | Tommaso Menchini | Ret | 15 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 13 | Ret | | | 9 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 41 | | 41 |
| 19 | Toni Alarcon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 34 | | 34 |
| 20 | Matt Bell | 9 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | | 31 |
| 21 | Mark Powell | | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | | | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | 31 | | 31 |
| 22 | Tom Ashton | | | | 12 | 10 | Ret | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | | 29 |
| 23 | Jordan King | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NC | Ret | 2 | Ret | 20 | | 20 |
| 24 | Thiemo Storz | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | 20 |
| 25 | Florian Le Roux | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | 15 | 14 | 19 | | 19 |
| 26 | Jorge Pescador | Ret | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | 16 |
| Pos | Driver | BRH | BRH | BRH | SNE | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | ROC | ROC | BRH | BRH | CRO | CRO | CRO | SIL | SIL | SIL | SIL | Total | Drop | Points |
| 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) |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th |
| Points | 24 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |