The 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season was the seventh and final

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season. The championship began on 3 April in

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and finished on 21 November in

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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. Motorsport Asia will continue to run a rebranded JK Racing Asia Series from 2011, without BMW support. Singapore-licensed, British driver Richard Bradley 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 –

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and

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took five overall victories between them but were ineligible for championship points – run by the

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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

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's Calvin Wong could not capitalise on Tunjo's misfortune. Tunjo, Oon and Wong all took overall victories in

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and

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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

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and Duvashen Padayachee helped Eurasia claim the Teams' Championship. Other class victories were claimed by EuroInternational's

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and James Birch of Motaworld Racing.

Teams and drivers

* All cars were BMW-engined

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FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in ''italics''.

Race calendar and results

* Three rounds were confirmed via an announcement by the

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on 18 December 2009. A provisional calendar was latterly released by the championship, before being confirmed with no further changes. Latterly, rounds scheduled for the

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were moved to

and

due to delays in track construction. * ¹ Pole position recorded by

, but he was ineligible to score the pole point. * ² Pole position recorded by

, but he was ineligible to score the pole point.

Standings

Drivers' Championship

*Points were awarded as follows:

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.

References

External links

BMW-Motorsport.com

Asian Festival Of Speed
{{Formula BMW years Formula BMW seasons Formula BMW Pacific season 2010 in Asian sport BMW Pacific