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2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 GB season

The 2010 Zing Trofeo Abarth 500 GB season was the inaugural edition of the series. It began at Oulton Park on 5 April and finished after seven events at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 24 October. The championship was won by Ben Winrow, driving for Team Pyro. The team title was won by Mardigras motorsport. The championship was organised and managed by the company CTC (calleatechcenter) Ltd. The series was launched on 22 October in Silverstone, where six 500 AC (assetto corsa) race cars were presented to the press and competitors. The championship was contested over seven rounds, each composed by two races. The championship calendar was composed by different events: British GT, Formula 2, British superbike, Lotus festival, DTM, Silverstone Classic and the Italian Ferrari Challenge. The permit holder was MSVR. The manager of the series was Paolo Callea, previous British GT manager.

Teams and drivers

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All drivers competed in Abarth 500 Assetto Corses. Guest drivers in italics.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Mardi Gras Motorsport 2   Paul Smith 1–6
51 7
3   Stefan Hodgetts 2–6
52 7
Team Pyro 4   Ben Winrow 1–6
53 7
54   Josh Wakefield 7
Advent Motorsport 7   Charlie Butler-Henderson 1–6
9   Gareth Howell 2
45   Josh Wakefield 1–6
55   James Blyth 1–2
Unknown 8   Chris Stockton 2
  Jeremy McWilliams 3
Tech 9   Tony Dron 1
9   Gareth Howell 1
Lipscombe Motorsport 3
Unknown 10   Chris Smith 5
Pulce Racing   Darren Burke 6
13   Marco Pullen 5
22   Benny Simonsen 1–2, 5–6
49   Simon Baker 6
Reflex Racing GB 11   Sarah Franklin 1–2, 4–6
Coastal Racing 12   Carl Bradley 5
Rockingham Cars   Craig Dawson 6
77   Roger Green 2
Abarth UK 49   John Gaw 2
77   Alistair Barclay 4
Lunar Racing 72   Cassey Watson 1–6
93   John Williams 1
Redline Racing 77   Jason Greatrex 1
CMS 81   Matt Shead 1–6
82   Fiona Leggate 1–3

Calendar and winners

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1   Oulton Park (International), Cheshire 5 April   Ben Winrow   Benny Simonsen   Gareth Howell Tech 9 British F3 & GT
R2   Benny Simonsen   Gareth Howell Tech 9
2 R3   Silverstone Circuit (Bridge GP), Northamptonshire 18 April   Ben Winrow   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport FIA Formula Two
R4   Stefan Hodgetts   Ben Winrow Team Pyro
3 R5   Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire 23 May   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport British Superbikes
R6   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
4 R7   Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 27 June   Stefan Hodgetts   Ben Winrow   Ben Winrow Team Pyro Formula Palmer Audi
R8   Ben Winrow   Ben Winrow Team Pyro
5 R9   Silverstone Circuit (Classic GP), Northamptonshire 25 July   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Silverstone Classic
R10   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
6 R11   Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 5 September   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport DTM
R12   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
7 R13   Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza* 24 October   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe
R14   Josh Wakefield   Stefan Hodgetts Mardi Gras Motorsport
  • Combination event with the European & Italian series.

Championship standings

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Points were awarded on a 21, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 12 finishers in each race, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's six best weekend scores counted towards the championship. Dropped scores are shown in brackets.

Pos Driver OUL
  		SIL
  		CAD
  		SNE
  		SIL
  		BRA
  		MON
  		Pts
1   Ben Winrow Ret (3) 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 224 (240)
2   Stefan Hodgetts 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 215
3   Charlie Butler-Henderson 2 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 182
4   Josh Wakefield 5 6 5 4 (6) (6) 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 175 (195)
5   Paul Smith 6 Ret 7 5 5 4 Ret DNS 8 7 6 6 Ret Ret 94
6   Gareth Howell 1 1 3 2 4 Ret 90
7   Cassey Watson 8 10 9 9 9 8 4 2 5 Ret NC 9 78
8   Benny Simonsen 3 2 6 8 12 6 Ret Ret 70
9   Matt Shead 9 11 8 6 7 5 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 63
10   Sarah Franklin 11 9 10 10 8 5 9 9 8 10 57
11   Fiona Leggate Ret 7 DSQ 11 8 7 25
12   Craig Dawson 5 5 24
13   Jason Greatrex 7 5 20
14   Alistair Barclay 7 6 18
15   Simon Baker 7 8 14
16   James Blyth 4 Ret NC DNS 14
17   Darren Burke Ret 7 8
18   John Williams 12 DNS 2
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Carl Bradley 10 5 0
  Chris Smith 6 8 0
  Roger Green Ret 7 0
  Tony Dron 10 8 0
  Marco Pullen 11 Ret 0
  John Gaw Ret DNS 0
  Chris Stockton DSQ DNS 0
  Jeremy McWilliams DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver OUL
  		SIL
  		CAD
  		SNE
  		SIL
  		BRA
  		MON
  		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Abarth 500 Celebrity Challenge

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A celebrity race was held on the Friday of the Silverstone Classic meeting in aid of the CRUK Bobby Moore Fund. It was won by Rick Parfitt Jr.

Pos Driver Time/Gap Grid
1   Rick Parfitt Jr. 9 Laps in 22'00.012s 1
2   Neil Primrose +3.221s 2
3   Paul O'Duffy +18.149s 6
4   James Martin +18.558s 5
5   Luther Blissett +22.312s 3
6   Tom Chambers +31.736s 4
7   Richard Allinson +1'13.098s 7
8   Mark Gardener +1'13.430s 10
9   Brendan Cole +1'13.724s 9
10   Charles Brocket +1'22.727s 11
11   Johnnie Walker +2'11.653s 12
NC   Heston Blumenthal +3 laps 8
NC   Beth Walker +4 laps -
Ret   Jonny Saunders Retired 13
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