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The 2010 European Rally Championship season was the 58th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. The season had 11 rallies, beginning with Rally 1000 Miglia on 22 April. The championship was contested by 24 drivers from 6 countries. Luca Rossetti won 4 events and claimed his second European rally championship title.

Calendar and winners

As in the previous year, the calendar consisted of 11 rounds. Rally Bulgaria was a World Rally Championship event in 2010, but Rally Poland was back in the ERC calendar. The other 10 rounds remained the same, although in a slightly different order.

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	22–24 April	Rally 1000 Miglia	Luca Rossetti
2	14–16 May	Croatia Rally	Luca Rossetti
3	4–6 June	Rally Poland	Kajetan Kajetanowicz
4	24–26 June	Ypres Rally	Jan Kopecký
5	23–25 July	Bosphorus Rally	Luca Rossetti
6	5–7 August	Rally Vinho da Madeira	Jan Kopecký
7	27–29 August	Barum Rally Zlín	Bryan Bouffier
8	9–11 September	Rallye Principe de Asturias	Luigi Fontana
9	1–3 October	ELPA Rally	Yuriy Protasov
10	15–17 October	Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur	Luca Betti
11	28–30 October	Rallye International du Valais	Luca Rossetti

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner got 25 points, the runner-up 18 and the third placed driver 15. Drivers ranked 4 to 10 got 12–10–8–6–4–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top five of every leg were awarded 7–5–3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 5 events qualified for the championship ranking.

Pos. Driver Points 1 Luca Rossetti 1 1 3 1 Ret 1 195 2 Antonín Tlusťák 10 5 Ret 2 2 2 3 3 140 3 Michał Sołowow 2 2 Ret 2 Ret 112 4 Luca Betti 6 2 Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 102 5 Maciej Oleksowicz 11 4 4 5 Ret 5 Ret 4 91 6 Corrado Fontana 7 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret Ret 78 7 Szymon Ruta Ret 2 4 5 Ret 60 8 Yuriy Protasov 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 6 51 9 Jan Černý 12 7 Ret 4 3 Ret 39 Not enough events to qualify for championship Jan Kopecký 8 1 1 Ret (82) Luigi Fontana Ret 6 3 1 (66) Kajetan Kajetanowicz 1 Ret (37) Bryan Bouffier Ret 1 (37) Matteo Gamba 9 Ret 2 (32)

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Calendar". rally-erc.com.
2. "ERC Unofficial Standings". rally-erc.com.

• 2010 in rallying
• European Rally Championship seasons
• 2010 in European sport