2010 Formula BMW Pacific season

The 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season was the seventh and final Formula BMW Pacific season. The championship began on 3 April in Sepang and finished on 21 November in Macau^[1] after fifteen races held at six meetings. The series was axed at the end of the season, in favour of a new Formula BMW Talent Cup starting in 2011.^[2] Motorsport Asia will continue to run a rebranded JK Racing Asia Series from 2011,^[3] without BMW support.^[4]

Singapore-licensed, British driver Richard Bradley^[5] won the championship for Eurasia Motorsport with two races in hand, after dominating for most of the season, winning seven races outright as well as an eighth by being the top finisher behind the guest drivers – Carlos Sainz Jr. and Daniil Kvyat took five overall victories between them but were ineligible for championship points – run by the EuroInternational team. He also took three other podium finishes en route to a 76-point championship-winning margin over his nearest rival, Meritus driver Óscar Andrés Tunjo. Tunjo finished the season runner-up despite failing to finish any of the final two races, but E-Rain Racing's Jordan Oon or Mofaz Racing's Calvin Wong could not capitalise on Tunjo's misfortune.

Tunjo, Oon and Wong all took overall victories in Singapore, Guangdong and Okayama respectively, but Tunjo's consistent finishing kept him ahead of Oon and Wong, who each added a class win to their overall wins. Bradley's team-mate Nabil Jeffri completed the top five in the championship, and their results along with Kotaro Sakurai and Duvashen Padayachee helped Eurasia claim the Teams' Championship. Other class victories were claimed by EuroInternational's Dustin Sofyan and James Birch of Motaworld Racing.

All cars were BMW-engined Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Motaworld Racing	2	James Birch	R	1–2, 4
	3	Axcil Jefferies		1–2
	4	Dylan Young	R	1, 4
	6	Hannes van Asseldonk	R	1
	15	Sazlan Sirajudin		2
Atlantic Racing Team	2	James Birch	R	3, 5
	10	Jesse Dixon^[6]	R	All
	20	Yannick Mettler		2
	23	Jimmy Antunes		5–6
	27	William Cheung		6
Asia Racing Team	5	Suriya Balakerisnan^[7]		1–2
	21	Ryō Hirakawa^[8]		5–6
	22	Yuichi Nakayama		5–6
	25	Li Zhi Cong		6
	26	Paul Lau		4
Eurasia Motorsport	7	Nabil Jeffri^[9]	R	All
	45	Duvashen Padayachee^[10]	R	All
	55	Kotaro Sakurai^[11]	R	All
	69	Richard Bradley^[12]	R	All
Meritus	8	Dustin Sofyan^[13]		1–2
	8	Andrey Khrapov^[14]		4, 6
	38	Pasin Lathouras^[15]	R	All
	78	Afiq Ikhwan^[16]	R	1–5
	88	Óscar Andrés Tunjo^[17]	R	All
E-Rain Racing^[16]	9	Tom Mun^[16]		All
	66	Jordan Oon^[16]	R	All
	77	Fahmi Ilyas^[16]	R	1
EuroInternational^[16]	11	Daniil Kvyat^[16]	R	1–2, 4
	11	Tom Blomqvist	R	6
	12	Carlos Sainz Jr.^[16]	R	1–2, 4, 6
	14	Michael Lewis^[16]	R	1–2
	14	Dustin Sofyan		4–6
	15	Tomoki Nojiri^[8]	R	6
Petronas Mofaz Racing	16	Calvin Wong^[18]		All
	17	Ryan Ritchie^[18]	R	All
	18	Natasha Seatter^[18]	R	All
	19	Amirrul Khirudin^[18]	R	All
Champ Motorsport	68	Ivo Yiu^[8]		6
	73	Wai Kai Un^[8]		6
	83	Jim Ka To^[8]		6
Mango Asia	75	Chang Mun Shien^[19]	R	1
IM Racing	75	Chang Mun Shien^[19]	R	2–6

Icon	Class
R	Rookie Driver

Race calendar and results

Three rounds were confirmed via an announcement by the FIA on 18 December 2009.^[20] A provisional calendar was latterly released by the championship, before being confirmed with no further changes. Latterly, rounds scheduled for the Korea International Circuit were moved to Guangdong and Okayama due to delays in track construction.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	3 April	Richard Bradley	Richard Bradley	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport	Malaysian Grand Prix
1	R2	Sepang International Circuit	4 April	Richard Bradley	Richard Bradley	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport	Malaysian Grand Prix
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	15 May	Kotaro Sakurai¹	Michael Lewis	Daniil Kvyat	EuroInternational	Asian Festival of Speed
	R2		15 May	Kotaro Sakurai²	Michael Lewis	Carlos Sainz Jr.	EuroInternational
	R3		16 May		Óscar Andrés Tunjo	Daniil Kvyat	EuroInternational
	R4		16 May		Óscar Andrés Tunjo	Carlos Sainz Jr.	EuroInternational
3	R1	Guangdong International Circuit	4 September	Jordan Oon	Calvin Wong	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport	Hong Kong Touring Car Championship
	R2		4 September	Jordan Oon	Richard Bradley	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport
	R3		5 September		Jordan Oon	Jordan Oon	E-Rain Racing
	R4		5 September		Óscar Andrés Tunjo	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport
4	R1	Marina Bay Street Circuit	25 September	Richard Bradley¹	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport	Singapore Grand Prix
4	R2	Marina Bay Street Circuit	26 September	Óscar Andrés Tunjo	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Óscar Andrés Tunjo	Meritus	Singapore Grand Prix
5	R1	Okayama International Circuit	30 October	Óscar Andrés Tunjo	Calvin Wong	Richard Bradley	Eurasia Motorsport	WTCC Race of Japan
5	R2	Okayama International Circuit	31 October	Dustin Sofyan	Yuichi Nakayama	Calvin Wong	Petronas Mofaz Racing	WTCC Race of Japan
6		Guia Circuit, Macau	21 November	Óscar Andrés Tunjo²	Tom Blomqvist	Carlos Sainz Jr.	EuroInternational	Macau Grand Prix

¹ Pole position recorded by Daniil Kvyat, but he was ineligible to score the pole point.
² Pole position recorded by Carlos Sainz Jr., but he was ineligible to score the pole point.

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP
Race 1	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	SEP		SEP				GUA				SIN		OKA		MAC	Pts
1	Richard Bradley	1	1	Ret	8	4	4	1	1	Ret	1	1	3	1	2	17	217
2	Óscar Andrés Tunjo	4	2	Ret	Ret	6	6	4	7	2	2	5	1	3	Ret	Ret	141
3	Jordan Oon	10	10	Ret	4	13	5	2	2	1	5	8	13	9	8	6	134
4	Calvin Wong	15	8	4	17	3	16	7	Ret	4	3	3	12	2	1	Ret	121
5	Nabil Jeffri	9	Ret	7	5	8	11	5	4	7	Ret	15	4	8	16	10	83
6	Afiq Ikhwan	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	12	6	3	Ret	6	4	6	4	6		74
7	Dustin Sofyan	6	12	5	6	18	Ret					Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	68
8	Kotaro Sakurai	Ret	3	NC	DSQ	5	8	10	Ret	13	8	Ret	8	DSQ	5	5	68
9	James Birch	12	Ret	3	7	11	Ret	9	6	9	11	7	5	16	Ret		63
10	Tom Mun	Ret	15	Ret	13	12	9	Ret	5	3	4	10	10	7	13	Ret	49
11	Duvashen Padayachee	20	11	13	10	10	10	3	Ret	6	9	Ret	14	10	10	9	49
12	Jesse Dixon	13	13	8	9	Ret	7	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	14	7	6	9	12	49
13	Pasin Lathouras	14	14	6	14	9	13	8	9	5	7	9	9	12	DSQ	11	46
14	Chang Mun Shien	11	19	10	12	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	8	12	13	11	Ret	15	8	23
15	Axcil Jefferies	7	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ										18
16	Amirrul Khirudin	18	20	DNS	18	19	18	12	Ret	12	10	12	16	17	12	22	5
17	Suriya Balakerisnan	Ret	16	11	11	17	15										5
18	Ryan Ritchie	17	21	Ret	16	16	14	11	Ret	11	13	18	15	13	11	14	5
19	Yannick Mettler			9	Ret	14	Ret										4
20	Natasha Seatter	Ret	22	12	Ret	21	EX	14	Ret	10	14	16	18	15	14	16	3
21	Dylan Young	16	17									17	Ret				0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	4	Ret	1	7	1					6	2			1	0
	Daniil Kvyat	19	5	1	2	1	3					2	Ret				0
	Michael Lewis	5	6	2	3	2	2										0
	Tomoki Nojiri															2	0
	Fahmi Ilyas	3	7														0
	Yuichi Nakayama													DSQ	3	20	0
	Tom Blomqvist															3	0
	Ryō Hirakawa													11	4	Ret	0
	Jimmy Antunes													14	7	13	0
	Jim Ka To															7	0
	Andrey Khrapov											11	17			Ret	0
	Sazlan Sirajudin			14	15	20	17										0
	Li Zhi Cong															15	0
	Paul Lau											18	19				0
	Hannes van Asseldonk	Ret	18														0
	William Cheung															18	0
	Ivo Yiu															19	0
	Wai Kai Un															21	0
Pos	Driver	SEP		SEP				GUA				SIN		OKA		MAC	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Points were awarded on the same basis (excluding pole points) as the drivers' championship, but only to a team's first two cars at the end of the race. If a team was running just one car at a meeting, their points were doubled.

Pos	Team	SEP		SEP				GUA				SIN		OKA		MAC	Pts
1	Eurasia Motorsport	1	1	7	5	4	4	1	1	6	1	1	3	1	2	5	362
1	Eurasia Motorsport	9	3	13	8	5	8	3	4	7	8	15	4	8	5	9	362
2	Meritus	4	2	5	6	6	6	4	3	2	2	4	1	3	6	11	281
2	Meritus	6	12	6	14	9	12	6	7	5	6	5	6	4	Ret	Ret	281
3	E-Rain Racing	3	10	Ret	4	12	5	2	2	1	4	8	10	7	8	6	196
3	E-Rain Racing	10	15	Ret	13	13	9	Ret	5	3	5	10	13	9	13	Ret	196
4	Petronas Mofaz Racing	15	8	4	16	3	14	7	Ret	4	3	3	12	2	1	14	152
4	Petronas Mofaz Racing	17	20	12	17	16	16	11	Ret	10	10	12	15	13	11	16	152
5	Atlantic Racing Team	13	13	8	9	14	7	9	6	9	11	14	7	6	7	12	85
5	Atlantic Racing Team			9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret			14	9	13	85
6	Motaworld Racing	7	9	3	7	11	17					7	5				75
6	Motaworld Racing	12	17	14	15	20	Ret					17	Ret				75
7	IM Racing			10	12	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	8	12	13	11	Ret	15	8	58
8	EuroInternational	2	4	1	1	1	1					2	2	5	Ret	1	56
8	EuroInternational	5	5	2	2	2	2					6	Ret			4	56
9	Asia Racing Team	Ret	16	11	11	17	15					19	19	11	3	15	18
9	Asia Racing Team													DSQ	4	20	18
10	Mango Asia	11	19														8
Guest teams ineligible for points
	Champ Motorsport															7	0
	Champ Motorsport															19	0
Pos	Team	SEP		SEP				GUA				SIN		OKA		MAC	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

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Race calendar and results

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Teams' Championship

References

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