The 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 22nd British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April and ended on 10 October at Brands Hatch, after twenty rounds held in England, and for the first time since 2006, Scotland.^[1] Making its debut in the series in 2010 was the new-specification car, designed by Barazi-Epsilon,^[2] replacing the Tatuus chassis that had been in the series since 2000.^[2]

At the age of 16 years, 314 days, Anglo-Swedish driver Tom Blomqvist of the Fortec Motorsport team became the youngest drivers' champion in series history after coming out on top of a season-long battle with his rivals.^[3] Despite winning just three races – coming in succession at Silverstone National and Knockhill – Blomqvist won the championship due to his superior finishing record, finishing 19 of the season's 20 races within the top seven placings; giving Fortec their third title in the last four seasons. Lewis Williamson of Manor Competition finished the season as runner-up behind Blomqvist, 14 points behind on overall scores, but was eight points closer on the series' championship system in which a driver's two worst scores are not considered towards the championship. Williamson took five victories during the season, but mistakes at Brands Hatch when he spun out of the lead while leading the race and a poor start in the final race, as well as errors at Croft prevented him from becoming Manor's second successive champion after Dean Smith's triumph in 2009.

Also in the running for the championship at the final Brands Hatch meeting were Atech GP's Tamás Pál Kiss and Williamson's Manor teammate Will Stevens, but poor results for both drivers in the first race mathematically eliminated them from contention. Pál Kiss had started the season strongly, having finished on the podium in six of the first seven races with three victories but failed to reach the top step of the podium in any of the remaining races, taking just two further podiums en route to third place in the championship. Stevens took fourth in the championship finishing nine points behind Pál Kiss on overall scores and 20 on dropped scores after finishing every race of the season including victories at Thruxton and the Brands Hatch GP meeting. CRS Racing's top driver was Harry Tincknell, who finished fifth in the championship with victories at Rockingham and Snetterton.

Five other drivers tasted success during the season, with only Riki Christodoulou not finishing within the top ten of the championship, due to him not partaking in the full campaign. Ollie Millroy was another winner for Manor, when he won from pole position at Snetterton, Pál Kiss' Atech GP teammates Nick Yelloly and Marlon Stöckinger each won races at Brands Hatch and Croft respectively, Christodoulou won the season finale at Brands Hatch for Fortec, while CRS Racing's Robert Foster-Jones won at Knockhill before retiring at the end of the season, aged just 20 years old. In other championships, Alex Lynn bested Fabio Gamberini for Graduate Cup honours for first-year drivers, while Manor Competition comfortable won the Entrants' Championship by 96 points.

Teams and drivers

2010 Entry List Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Manor Competition[4] 1 Josh Mulholland[5] 1–2 Ollie Millroy[6] 4–10 3 Will Stevens[7] All 7 Thomas Hylkema[7] All 17 Lewis Williamson[4] All CRS Racing[8] 2 Michael Lyons[8] All 5 Harry Tincknell[8] All 15 Victor Corrêa[9] 1–4 Riki Christodoulou[10] 5 Yann Cunha[11] 9 55 Robert Foster-Jones[8] All Team Firstair 4 Jordan Oakes[12] 1 Richard Singleton[13] 2, 7, 10 11 David McDonald[12] 1–3 Luciano Bacheta[14] 7 Facundo Conta[15] 10 Fortec Motorsport 6 David McDonald[6] 4–8 10 [16] Tom Blomqvist[17] All 27 Ollie Millroy[17] 1–3 Riki Christodoulou[18] 6–10 36 Alex Lynn[19] G All 99 Chrissy Palmer[20] 1–2 Apotex Scorpio Motorsport 8 Joe Crook[19] 1, 3–10 Kieren Clark[13] 2 Atech GP[21] 12 Nick Yelloly[21] All 33 Marlon Stöckinger[21] All 47 Tamás Pál Kiss[21] All Mark Burdett Motorsport[22] 21 Fabio Gamberini[22] G 1–5, 7–10 22 Jesse Laine[23] 1–6 Epsilon Euskadi[11] 23 Giovanni Venturini[11] 9 24 Alex Riberas[11] 9 Tech 1 Racing[11] 51 Arthur Pic[11] 9 61 Hugo Valente[11] 9 71 Aaro Vainio[11] 9 Cram Competition[11] 77 André Negrão[11] 9

Icon Class G Graduate Cup

Calendar

The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Donington Park on 19 September, as Formula Renault formed part of the World Series by Renault meeting on the same date, at Silverstone.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	3 April	Lewis Williamson	Tom Blomqvist	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech GP
	R2		4 April	Will Stevens	Lewis Williamson	Will Stevens	Manor Competition
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	25 April	Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech GP
	R4			Harry Tincknell	Lewis Williamson	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
3	R5	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	2 May	Race Cancelled1
	R6			Lewis Williamson	Lewis Williamson	Will Stevens	Manor Competition
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 June	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
	R8		6 June	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech GP
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	19 June	Marlon Stöckinger	Ollie Millroy	Marlon Stöckinger	Atech GP
	R10		20 June	Thomas Hylkema	Lewis Williamson	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	8 August	Ollie Millroy	Michael Lyons	Ollie Millroy	Manor Competition
	R12			Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	Harry Tincknell	CRS Racing
7	R51	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	21 August	Lewis Williamson	Tom Blomqvist	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
	R13		22 August	Marlon Stöckinger	Nick Yelloly	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
	R14			Tom Blomqvist	Nick Yelloly	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	5 September	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport
	R16			Robert Foster-Jones	Ollie Millroy	Robert Foster-Jones	CRS Racing
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit (Arena), Northamptonshire	19 September	Lewis Williamson	Tom Blomqvist	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
	R18			Lewis Williamson	Alex Riberas	Lewis Williamson	Manor Competition
10	R19	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	10 October	Nick Yelloly	Tom Blomqvist	Nick Yelloly	Atech GP
	R20			Riki Christodoulou	Tamás Pál Kiss	Riki Christodoulou	Fortec Motorsport

Notes:

1.^  – The first race at Brands Hatch was cancelled due to bad weather conditions.^[24] As a result, the race was run at the Silverstone round of the championship, with grid positions standing for the race.^[25]

Standings

Drivers' Championship

• Points were awarded on a 32–28–25–22–20–18–16–14–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis, with 2 points for fastest lap. A driver's 18 best results counted towards the championship, with Graduate Cup runners' best 15 scores counting for that classification.