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The 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title with the championship winner receiving the 2010 CAMS Gold Star award. The 2010 championship was the 54th Australian Drivers' Championship and the sixth to be contested with open wheel racing cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations. The season began on 7 March 2010 at the Wakefield Park and finished on 24 October at Sandown Raceway after seven rounds across four different states with three races at each round.

Heading into the final round of the series, British Team BRM driver Ben Barker led the championship over New Zealand teammate Mitch Evans. Barker pulled ahead after taking five of the six wins available at Mallala and Morgan Park and following it up with another win at the Eastern Creek round. Evans was eight points behind Barker, despite missing the Symmons Plains round due to a Formula Abarth test at Misano. Australian driver Tom Tweedie remained in the championship hunt, despite competing in the older 2004 specification Dallara-Renault compared to the 2007 model Team BRM Dallara-Mercedes cars of Barker and Evans.

A pair of fourth places for Barker at Sandown saw the two Team BRM drivers tied on points, however the bonus point scored by Barker for the fastest lap in the final race giving him a one-point championship margin over Evans. Barker was also helped by the annulment of the second race after a serious incident involving Graeme Holmes and John Boothman. Tweedie finished third in the championship standings, 12 points behind Barker. Two other drivers claimed race wins; Andrew Waite who substituted for Evans at Symmons Plains and Tim Macrow who won both Sandown races in his only appearance of the season.

Barker also won the East Coast Challenge, which was contested over the final three rounds of the series. He scored 101 points ahead of Evans (94), Tweedie (80), Chris Gilmour (66), Zhang Shan Qi (38) and Tim Macrow (33).

Tom Tweedie won the National Class title having outscored his rivals at each of the seven rounds.

Classes

Each vehicle competing in the Championship was nominated into one of the following classes:

• Australian Formula 3 Championship – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007
• National Class – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2004

There was an additional 'Invitation Class' in the regulations – for automobiles constructed in accordance with the appropriate regulations that applied in the year of manufacture, however no such vehicle took part during 2010 leaving the class redundant.

Points System

Points system was revised for 2010 although the changes are minor.

Drivers of cars from all three classes were eligible to score points towards the Australian Drivers' Championship. National Class and Invitation Class drivers were also eligible to score points towards their respective class awards.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 Australian Drivers' Championship. Entries sourced in part from:

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Astuti Motorsport	Gold Star	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	2	Mat Sofi
			Sodemo-Renault	11	Kristian Lindbom Nicholas Foster
Team BRM	Gold Star	Dallara F307	HWA-Mercedes-Benz	3	Zhang Shan Qi
				4	Mitch Evans Andrew Waite
				5	Ben Barker
R-Tek Motorsport	National	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	7	John Magro Tom Drewer Martin Short Bryce Moore
				8	Josh Burdon Joshua Hunt Nathan Morcom
		Dallara F301		35	Jesse Wakeman
JLB Global Timbers	National	Dallara F301	Novamotor-Fiat	12	John Boothman
Cosmetic Medicine Centre	National	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	14	Roman Krumins
Gilmour Racing	Gold Star	Dallara F307	HWA-Mercedes-Benz	17	Chris Gilmour
Team Tom	National	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	19	Tom Tweedie
GKH Powdercoating	National	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	21	Graeme Holmes
PHR Scuderia	National	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	25	Tim Macrow
Vic's Timber	National	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	42	Ben Gersekowski
National Surgical	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	51	James Mann
TanderSport	Gold Star	Dallara F307	HWA-Mercedes-Benz	52	Ben Crighton

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series with a round scheduled for Winton Motor Raceway being cancelled as a cost saving initiative.

The final three rounds of the series at Morgan Park, Eastern Creek and Sandown were packaged into a 'series within a series', labelled the East Coast Shootout.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Wakefield Park	6 March	Mitch Evans	Ben Crighton	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
	2		7 March		Ben Crighton	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
	3				Mitch Evans	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
2	4	Symmons Plains Raceway	10 April	Ben Barker	Kristian Lindbom	Tom Tweedie	Team Tom
	5		11 April		Kristian Lindbom	Andrew Waite	Team BRM
	6				Tom Tweedie	Tom Tweedie	Team Tom
3	7	Phillip Island	1 May	Mitch Evans	Ben Barker	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
	8		2 May		Ben Barker	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
	9				Mitch Evans	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
4	10	Mallala Motor Sport Park	29 May	Mitch Evans	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Team BRM
	11		30 May		Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Team BRM
	12				Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Team BRM
5	13	Morgan Park Raceway	14 August	Mitch Evans	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Team BRM
	14		15 August		Mitch Evans	Tom Tweedie	Team Tom
	15				Mitch Evans	Ben Barker	Team BRM
6	16	Eastern Creek Raceway	11 September	Mitch Evans	Ben Barker	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
	17		12 September		Ben Barker	Mitch Evans	Team BRM
	18				Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Team BRM
7	19	Sandown Raceway	23 October	Tim Macrow	Mitch Evans	Tim Macrow	PHR Scuderia
	20		24 October		Red flag: Race cancelled
	21				Ben Barker	Tim Macrow	PHR Scuderia

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver WAK 1 WAK 2 WAK 3 SYM 1 SYM 2 SYM 3 PHI 1 PHI 2 PHI 3 MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 MOR 1 MOR 2 MOR 3 EAS 1 EAS 2 EAS 3 SAN 1 SAN 2 SAN 3 Pts GOLD STAR 1 Ben Barker 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 220 2 Mitch Evans 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 219 3 Tom Tweedie 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 2 5 3 208 4 Zhang Shan Qi 6 6 6 Ret 7 7 8 7 6 4 6 4 4 5 5 6 5 Ret 7 9 97 5 Chris Gilmour 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 90 6 Ben Crighton 2 2 2 6 3 3 60 7 John Magro 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 7 50 8 Josh Burdon 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 46 9 Kristian Lindbom 3 3 6 5 6 5 43 10 Tim Macrow 1 1 33 Andrew Waite 2 1 3 33 12 Martin Short 5 3 5 22 13 Ben Gersekowski Ret DNS 7 7 8 8 8 7 21 14 Roman Krumins 10 9 8 7 7 9 11 11 10 10 10 19 15 Mat Sofi 4 7 6 17 16 Joshua Hunt 6 6 6 16 Nathan Morcom 8 6 5 16 18 Tom Drewer 7 8 7 11 19 Jesse Wakeman 7 8 8 10 20 James Mann 8 8 8 9 21 Graeme Holmes 9 DNS Ret Ret 12 9 9 DNS 6 22 Bryce Moore Ret 8 3 Nicholas Foster 9 10 Ret 3 - John Boothman 11 Ret 0 National Class 1 Tom Tweedie 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 2 5 3 310 2 John Magro 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 7 92 3 Roman Krumins 10 9 8 7 7 9 11 11 10 10 10 80 4 Josh Burdon 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 76 5 Ben Gersekowski Ret DNS 7 7 8 8 8 7 56 6 Martin Short 5 3 5 36 7 Tim Macrow 1 1 34 8 Joshua Hunt 6 6 6 33 Tom Drewer 7 8 7 33 10 Nathan Morcom 8 6 5 39 11 Graeme Holmes 9 DNS Ret Ret 12 9 9 DNS 27 12 Jesse Wakeman 7 8 8 24 James Mann 8 8 8 24 14 Bryce Moore Ret 8 8 15 John Boothman 11 Ret 4 East Coast Shootout 1 Ben Barker 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 101 2 Mitch Evans 5 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 94 3 Tom Tweedie 2 1 4 3 3 2 5 3 80 4 Chris Gilmour 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 66 5 Zhang Shan Qi 4 5 5 6 5 Ret 7 9 33 6 Tim Macrow 1 1 33 7 Ben Gersekowski Ret DNS 7 7 8 8 8 7 21 8 Mat Sofi 4 7 6 17 9 Nathan Morcom 8 6 5 16 Joshua Hunt 6 6 6 16 11 Roman Krumins 11 11 10 10 10 13 12 Josh Burdon 6 6 11 13 James Mann 8 8 8 9 14 John Magro 10 9 7 7 15 Graeme Holmes Ret 12 9 9 DNS 4 16 Bryce Moore Ret 8 3 Nicholas Foster 9 10 Ret 3

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)

See also

• Australian Drivers' Championship
• Australian Formula 3

References

1. ^ 2010 Championship standings as archived at www.webcitation.org on 9 November 2010
2. ^ 2010 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 22 April 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org on 9 November 2010
3. Big changes in store for 2010 title fight
4. Round 1 Entry List
5. Results – 2010 Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship, Round 2, Symmons Plains
6. "Shannons Nationals R3 Phillip Island". thenationals.com.au. Archived from the original (xls) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
7. "Tom Drewer to make F3 Debut at the Island" (xls). thenationals.com.au. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
8. Shannons Nationals, Round 7, Morgan Park, Program Archived 17 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
9. Race Schedule Retrieved on 8 August 2010
10. ^ "Restructure brings end of year shootout to F3". Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
11. "Wakefield Park Raceway 07/03/2010 Shannon's Nationals Motor Racing Championship Rnd 1". National Software. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
12. "Symmons Plains International Raceway 09/04/2010 Round 2 Shannons Nationals 2010". National Software. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
13. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 02/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2010 – Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
14. "Mallala Motorsport Park 30/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships – Round 4". National Software. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
15. "Crashes red flag race two". Formula 3 Australia. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

External links

• Official Australian Formula 3 website
• 2010 Championship standings as archived at www.webcitation.org on 9 November 2010

• Australian Drivers' Championship
• 2010 in Australian motorsport
• Australian Formula 3 seasons
• 2010 in Formula Three
• 2010 in formula racing