2010 Italian Formula Three Championship
# 2010 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2010 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 46th Italian Formula Three Championship season. The season began on 24 April at Misano and ended on 24 October at Monza after 16 races held at eight meetings.

With victories at Hockenheim, Vallelunga and Monza, César Ramos of BVM – Target Racing finished the season as champion, becoming only the fifth non-Italian driver to win the title. He finished eight points clear of Lucidi Motors driver Stéphane Richelmi, who won four races during the season. Third place went to Prema Junior's Andrea Caldarelli, who took two victories at Mugello as well as the season-opening round at Misano. Ramos, Richelmi and Caldarelli each earned a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, as well as a test in a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by Team Ghinzani's Daniel Mancinelli who won races at Hockenheim and Imola, while fifth went to triple race-winner Sergio Campana, the team-mate of Richelmi. Jesse Krohn took the other race victory at Varano for RP Motorsport.

## Teams and drivers

* All cars were powered by FPT engines, and ran on Kumho tyres. All teams were Italian-registered.

| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Status | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BVM – Target Racing | 1 | Tyler Dueck | Dallara F310 | R | 2–3, 8 |
| BVM – Target Racing | 1 | Edolo Ghirelli | Dallara F310 | R | 6 |
| BVM – Target Racing | 1 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Dallara F310 | R | 7 |
| BVM – Target Racing | 2 | Kevin Giovesi | Dallara F310 | R | 1 |
| BVM – Target Racing | 2 | Federico Scionti | Dallara F310 | R | 2 |
| BVM – Target Racing | 2 | Barrett Mertins | Dallara F310 | R | 5–8 |
| BVM – Target Racing | 3 | César Ramos | Dallara F310 | | All |
| Prema Junior | 4 | Samuele Buttarelli | Dallara F310 | | 1–5 |
| Prema Junior | 4 | Nicolas Marroc | Dallara F310 | | 6–8 |
| Prema Junior | 5 | Edoardo Liberati | Dallara F310 | | All |
| Prema Junior | 27 | Andrea Caldarelli | Dallara F310 | | All |
| RC Motorsport | 6 | Andrea Roda | Dallara F310 | R | All |
| RC Motorsport | 7 | Francesco Castellacci | Dallara F310 | | 1–3 |
| RC Motorsport | 7 | Pasquale Di Sabatino | Dallara F310 | | 4 |
| RC Motorsport | 7 | Matt Lee | Dallara F310 | | 5–8 |
| RC Motorsport | 35 | Frédéric Vervisch | Dallara F310 | | 1–4 |
| RC Motorsport | 35 | Francesco Castellacci | Dallara F310 | | 6–8 |
| Team Ghinzani | 8 | Daniel Mancinelli | Dallara F310 | | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 9 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Dallara F310 | R | 1 |
| Team Ghinzani | 9 | Nelson Mason | Dallara F310 | R | 2–4 |
| Team Ghinzani | 9 | Leonardo Osmieri | Dallara F310 | R | 5 |
| Team Ghinzani | 9 | Samuele Buttarelli | Dallara F310 | | 6–8 |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 10 | Alex Fontana | Dallara F310 | R | All |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 38 | Dino Zamparelli | Dallara F310 | R | 1 |
| Lucidi Motors | 11 | Stéphane Richelmi | Dallara F310 | | All |
| Lucidi Motors | 15 | Sergio Campana | Dallara F310 | | All |
| Lucidi Motors | 50 | Gianmarco Raimondo | Dallara F310 | | All |
| JD Motorsport | 12 | Kevin Giovesi | Mygale M-10 | R | 2–8 |
| JD Motorsport | 16 | Christopher Zanella | Mygale M-10 | | All |
| EuroInternational | 17 | Gabriel Chaves | Mygale M-10 | R | All |
| EuroInternational | 36 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Mygale M-10 | R | 2–3, 6 |
| EuroInternational | 36 | Tom Dillmann | Mygale M-10 | | 7–8 |
| TP Formula | 18 | Marco Falci | Dallara F310 | R | 1–4 |
| TP Formula | 18 | Marco Moscato | Mygale M-10 | R | 6 |
| TP Formula | 19 | Federico Scionti | Mygale M-10 | R | 1 |
| TP Formula | 19 | Matteo Beretta | Mygale M-10 | R | 2–6 |
| RP Motorsport | 21 | Jesse Krohn | Dallara F310 | | 1–7 |
| RP Motorsport | 21 | David Fumanelli | Dallara F310 | | 8 |
| RP Motorsport | 55 | Stefano Bizzarri | Dallara F310 | | 4–5 |
| RP Motorsport | 55 | Kevin Ceccon | Dallara F310 | | 6 |
| RP Motorsport | 55 | Biagio Bulnes | Dallara F310 | | 8 |
| Europa Corse | 23 | Leonardo Osmieri | Dallara F310 | R | 1 |
| Europa Corse | 39 | Alberto Costa | Dallara F310 | R | 5 |
| Ombra Racing | 25 | Giacomo Barri | Dallara F310 | R | All |
| Ombra Racing | 26 | Alberto Cerqui | Dallara F310 | R | All |
| Scuderia Victoria World | 37 | Tom Dillmann | Mygale M-10 | | 1 |
| Scuderia Victoria World | 39 | Leonardo Osmieri | Mygale M-10 | R | 3 |
| Line Race | 44 | Eugenio Palmeri | Mygale M-10 | R | 1–2, 4 |
| Line Race | 45 | Patrick Cicchiello | Mygale M-10 | R | 7–8 |
| BVE Racing Team | 49 | Ronnie Valori | Mygale M-10 | R | All |
| Alan Racing Team | 51 | Angelo Fabrizio Comi | Mygale M-10 | | 1 |
| Alan Racing Team | 52 | Matt Lee | Mygale M-10 | R | 1–4 |
| Alan Racing Team | 53 | Barrett Mertins | Mygale M-10 | R | 1–4 |
| Alan Racing Team | 54 | Pasquale Di Sabatino | Mygale M-10 | | 1–2 |
| Icon | Status |
| R | Rookie |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Misano World Circuit | 24 April | Christopher Zanella | Tom Dillmann | Andrea Caldarelli | Prema Junior |
| 1 | R2 | Misano World Circuit | 25 April | | Daniel Mancinelli | Stéphane Richelmi | Lucidi Motors |
| 2 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 13 June | Gabriel Chaves | Daniel Mancinelli | Daniel Mancinelli | Team Ghinzani |
| 2 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 13 June | | César Ramos | César Ramos | BVM – Target Racing |
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 4 July | Daniel Mancinelli | César Ramos | Daniel Mancinelli | Team Ghinzani |
| 3 | R2 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 4 July | | César Ramos | Stéphane Richelmi | Lucidi Motors |
| 4 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | 25 July | Andrea Caldarelli | Andrea Caldarelli | Andrea Caldarelli | Prema Junior |
| 4 | R2 | Mugello Circuit | 25 July | | Samuele Buttarelli | Stéphane Richelmi | Lucidi Motors |
| 5 | R1 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano de' Melegari | 29 August | Stéphane Richelmi | César Ramos | Stéphane Richelmi | Lucidi Motors |
| 5 | R2 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano de' Melegari | 29 August | | César Ramos | Jesse Krohn | RP Motorsport |
| 6 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 26 September | César Ramos | César Ramos | César Ramos | BVM – Target Racing |
| 6 | R2 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 26 September | | César Ramos | Sergio Campana | Lucidi Motors |
| 7 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | 10 October | Andrea Caldarelli | Andrea Caldarelli | Andrea Caldarelli | Prema Junior |
| 7 | R2 | Mugello Circuit | 10 October | | Sergio Campana | Sergio Campana | Lucidi Motors |
| 8 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 23 October | César Ramos | Andrea Caldarelli | Sergio Campana | Lucidi Motors |
| 8 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 24 October | | Edoardo Liberati | César Ramos | BVM – Target Racing |

## Standings

* Points were awarded as follows:

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Race 1 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | MIS | MIS | HOC | HOC | IMO | IMO | MUG | MUG | VAR | VAR | VAL | VAL | MUG | MUG | MZA | MZA | Points |
| 1 | César Ramos | 3 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 161 |
| 2 | Stéphane Richelmi | 5 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 153 |
| 3 | Andrea Caldarelli | 1 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 148 |
| 4 | Daniel Mancinelli | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DSQ | 5 | 4 | 3 | 138 |
| 5 | Sergio Campana | 14 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 114 |
| 6 | Christopher Zanella | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 5 | Ret | 90 |
| 7 | Jesse Krohn | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | | | 66 |
| 8 | Samuele Buttarelli | 10 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | 20 | 9 | 50 |
| 9 | Edoardo Liberati | 15 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 10 | 44 |
| 10 | Gabriel Chaves | 8 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 44 |
| 11 | Matt Lee | 7 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 31 |
| 12 | Nicolas Marroc | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| 13 | Tom Dillmann | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 20 | Ret | 20 | 22 |
| 14 | Frédéric Vervisch | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 3 | Ret | DNS | Ret | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 15 | Kevin Giovesi | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | DSQ | Ret | 9 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 18 |
| 16 | Gianmarco Raimondo | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 18 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 | Giacomo Barri | 22 | 17 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | Ret | 19 | 12 | 8 |
| 18 | Francesco Castellacci | 21 | Ret | 19 | 15 | Ret | 15 | | | | | 6 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 6 |
| 19 | Alberto Cerqui | 28 | 15 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 21 | 3 |
| 20 | David Fumanelli | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| 21 | Tyler Dueck | | | 17 | 10 | 19 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Ret | 16 | 1 |
| 22 | Andrea Roda | 26 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 1 |
| 23 | Vittorio Ghirelli | 19 | DSQ | DNS | DNS | 21 | 17 | | | | | Ret | 14 | 11 | 13 | | | 0 |
| 24 | Ronnie Valori | 29 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 17 | 18 | 20 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | Stefano Bizzarri | | | | | | | Ret | 11 | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 26 | Barrett Mertins | 18 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 21 | Ret | 20 | 19 | 20 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
| 27 | Alex Fontana | 25 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 21 | 13 | Ret | 0 |
| 28 | Kevin Ceccon | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Nelson Mason | | | 16 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Pasquale Di Sabatino | 13 | Ret | Ret | 19 | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Marco Moscato | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Edolo Ghirelli | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Biagio Bulnes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Ret | 0 |
| 34 | Eugenio Palmeri | 24 | Ret | 20 | 16 | | | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Federico Scionti | 23 | 16 | Ret | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Patrick Cicchiello | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 37 | Marco Falci | 17 | 23 | 22 | Ret | 23 | 22 | Ret | 19 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Matteo Beretta | | | 23 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Leonardo Osmieri | 27 | 19 | | | Ret | 19 | | | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Alberto Costa | | | | | | | | | 20 | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Dino Zamparelli | 20 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Angelo Fabrizio Comi | Ret | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | MIS | MIS | HOC | HOC | IMO | IMO | MUG | MUG | VAR | VAR | VAL | VAL | MUG | MUG | MZA | MZA | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
