The 2010 Auto GP Series was the twelfth season of the former Euroseries 3000, and the first under its new name "Auto GP".[1] The main sponsor of the series was PartyPoker.it.[2] The series used the same 550 bhp (410 kW) Lola B05/52 chassis that the A1 Grand Prix series used between 2005 and 2008.[3]
Despite missing the first two rounds of the season due to his commitments in the FIA GT1 World Championship, DAMS driver Romain Grosjean claimed the championship title, taking four victories and seven podiums in total from the eight races he contested. DAMS drivers also took second and third places in the championship standings, as consistent finishes for Edoardo Piscopo and Duncan Tappy – neither driver won any of the races held – helped them into their final placings. Five other drivers took race victories over the season, with Carlos Iaconelli taking three – all in sprint races – but poor placings in the championship's feature races restricted him to only seventh place; Luca Filippi took two, with single victories each for Adrien Tambay, Julián Leal and Vladimir Arabadzhiev.
Teams and drivers
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 DAMS[4] | 1 |  Duncan Tappy[5] | All |
| 2 |  Vladimir Arabadzhiev[6] | 1 | |
 Fabrizio Crestani[7] | 2 | ||
| Romain Grosjean[8] | 3–6 | ||
| 3 | Edoardo Piscopo[9] | All | |
 Charouz-Gravity Racing[10] | 4 | Tomáš Kostka[11] | 1 |
 Stefano Coletti[7] | 2 | ||
 Natacha Gachnang[12] | 3, 5–6 | ||
 Esteban Guerrieri[13] | 4 | ||
| 5 |  Walter Grubmüller[10] | 1–3 | |
| Alexander Sims[14] | 5–6 | ||
| 6 | Jan Charouz[10] | All | |
| 7 | Adrien Tambay[15] | All | |
| Super Nova Racing[16] | 8 |  Jonny Reid[17] | All |
| 9 | Giorgio Pantano[17] | 1–3 | |
 Jake Rosenzweig[13] | 4 | ||
| Luca Filippi[14] | 5–6 | ||
| Trident Racing[18] | 10 |  Julián Leal[19] | All |
| 11 |  Adrian Zaugg[20] | 1 | |
| Federico Leo[21] | 2, 6 | ||
| Fabrizio Crestani[22] | 3–4 | ||
| RP Motorsport[23] | 12 |  Celso Míguez[24] | 1–4 |
| Giacomo Ricci[25] | 5 | ||
| Davide Valsecchi[21] | 6 | ||
| 14 | Stefano Bizzarri[26] | All | |
| Team Lazarus[27] | 15 | Fabio Onidi[28] | All |
| Euronova Racing[29] | 19 | Luca Filippi[30] | 1–3 |
| Giorgio Pantano[13] | 4 | ||
| Durango[31] | 20 | Giuseppe Cipriani[21] | 6 |
| 21 |  Carlos Iaconelli[11] | All | |
| Ombra Racing | 22 | Giorgio Pantano[32] | 6 |
Race calendar and results
All rounds were part of the International GT Open weekends, excepting stand-alone round at Brno and Navarra round that supported Spanish GT Championship event.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno[33] | 24 April | Jonny Reid | Luca Filippi | Luca Filippi | Euronova Racing |
| R2 | 25 April | Luca Filippi | Vladimir Arabadzhiev | DAMS | |||
| 2 | R1 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 22 May | Luca Filippi | Giorgio Pantano | Adrien Tambay | Charouz-Gravity Racing |
| R2 | 23 May | Carlos Iaconelli | Carlos Iaconelli | Durango | |||
| 3 | R1 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 26 June | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean | DAMS |
| R2 | 27 June | Romain Grosjean | Carlos Iaconelli | Durango | |||
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 10 July | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean | DAMS |
| R2 | 11 July | Adrien Tambay | Carlos Iaconelli | Durango | |||
| 5 | R1 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos[34] | 25 September | Julián Leal | Julián Leal | Julián Leal | Trident Racing |
| R2 | 26 September | Edoardo Piscopo | Romain Grosjean | DAMS | |||
| 6 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 2 October | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean | DAMS |
| R2 | 3 October | Luca Filippi | Luca Filippi | Super Nova Racing | |||
Championship standings
- Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
| Race | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | ||
| Race One | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Race Two | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
In addition:
- One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One
- One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race
Drivers' standings
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Teams' standings
| Pos | Team | BRN | IMO | SPA | MAG | NAV | MNZ | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAMS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 135 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Charouz-Gravity Racing | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 74 |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Super Nova Racing | 13 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
| Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 14 | |||
| 4 | Trident Racing | 8 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 11 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 8 | 7 | |||||
| 5 | Durango | Ret | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | DSQ | 9 | 13 | 13 | 24 |
| 16 | Ret | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Team Lazarus | 3 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | Euronova Racing | 1 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | RP Motorsport | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Ombra Racing | 12 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Team | BRN | IMO | SPA | MAG | NAV | MNZ | Points | ||||||