2010 Valencia GP3 Series round

2010 Valencia GP2 round
Round details
	; and; Round 3 of 8 rounds in the ; 2010 GP3 Series
	; Circuit de Valencia
Location	Valencia Street Circuit; Valencia, Spain
Course	Street course ; 5.34 km (3.32 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	26 June 2010
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez
Time	1:58.653
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez
Second	Robert Wickens
Third	Roberto Merhi
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez
Time	1:58:748 (on lap 14)
Race 2
Date	27 June 2010
Laps	14
Podium
First	Nico Müller
Second	Roberto Merhi
Third	James Jakes
Fastest lap
Driver	Roberto Merhi
Time	1:58:845 (on lap 11)

The 2010 Valencia GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on June 26 and June 27, 2010, at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. It was the third round of the 2010 GP3 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 European Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	2	Esteban Gutiérrez	ART Grand Prix	1:58.653	1
2	29	Roberto Merhi	ATECH CRS GP	1:58.709	5¹
3	4	Robert Wickens	Status Grand Prix	1:58.916	2
4	20	Michael Christensen	MW Arden	1:58.986	7²
5	28	Jean-Éric Vergne	Tech 1 Racing	1:59.041	3
6	17	Felipe Guimarães	Addax Team	1:59.076	9³
7	10	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	1:59.107	4
8	8	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing	1:59.370	6
9	21	Miki Monrás	MW Arden	1:59.385	8
10	27	Stefano Coletti	Tech 1 Racing	1:59.457	13⁴
11	1	Alexander Rossi	ART Grand Prix	1:59.558	14⁵
12	26	Doru Sechelariu	Tech 1 Racing	1:59.589	10
13	12	Tobias Hegewald	RSC Mücke Motorsport	1:59.669	11
14	30	Oliver Oakes	ATECH CRS GP	1:59.817	12
15	23	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1:59.855	15
16	18	Pablo Sánchez López	Addax Team	1:59.868	19⁶
17	14	Josef Newgarden	Carlin	1:59.946	16
18	25	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	1:59.954	17
19	22	Leonardo Cordeiro	MW Arden	2:00.049	18
20	24	Simon Trummer	Jenzer Motorsport	2:00.059	20
21	19	Mirko Bortolotti	Addax Team	2:00.070	21
22	15	Dean Smith	Carlin	2:00.119	25⁷
23	11	Renger van der Zande	RSC Mücke Motorsport	2:00.151	22
24	3	Pedro Nunes	ART Grand Prix	2:00.258	23
25	6	Daniel Morad	Status Grand Prix	2:00.413	28⁸
26	7	James Jakes	Manor Racing	2:00.542	29⁹
27	9	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Manor Racing	2:00.616	24
28	5	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	2:00.729	26
29	31	Vittorio Ghirelli	ATECH CRS GP	2:00.865	27
30	16	Lucas Foresti	Carlin	2:00.880	30¹⁰

Notes

1.^ - Roberto Merhi, Michael Christensen, Stefano Coletti, Alexander Rossi, Pablo Sánchez López, Dean Smith, Daniel Morad, James Jakes and Lucas Foresti received a three-place grid penalty because of ignoring yellow flags. Felipe Guimarães was penalised for crossing the pit exit line during free practice.^[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Esteban Gutiérrez	ART Grand Prix	14	28:00.338	1	13 (10+2+1)
2	4	Robert Wickens	Status Grand Prix	14	+2.484	2	8
3	29	Roberto Merhi	ATECH CRS GP	14	+8.699	5	6
4	28	Jean-Éric Vergne	Tech 1 Racing	14	+11.634	5	5
5	21	Miki Monrás	MW Arden	14	+12.030	8	4
6	8	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing	14	+20.812	6	3
7	25	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+21.415	17	2
8	7	James Jakes	Manor Racing	14	+23.335	29	1
9	12	Tobias Hegewald	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+29.646	11
10	27	Stefano Coletti	Tech 1 Racing	14	+30.534	13
11	23	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+32.402	15
12	9	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Manor Racing	14	+33.021	24
13	24	Simon Trummer	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+33.624	20
14	18	Pablo Sánchez López	Addax Team	14	+34.886	19
15	3	Pedro Nunes	ART Grand Prix	14	+36.526	23
16	5	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	14	+45.654	26
17	15	Dean Smith	Carlin	14	+45.871	25
18	19	Mirko Bortolotti	Addax Team	14	+48.341	21
19	6	Daniel Morad	Status Grand Prix	14	+49.230	28
20	31	Vittorio Ghirelli	ATECH CRS GP	14	+52.013	27
21	16	Lucas Foresti	Carlin	14	+53.293	30
Ret	20	Michael Christensen	MW Arden	3	Retired	7
Ret	1	Alexander Rossi	ART Grand Prix	0	Retired	14
Ret	10	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	0	Retired	4
Ret	11	Renger van der Zande	RSC Mücke Motosport	0	Retired	22
Ret	14	Josef Newgarden	Carlin	0	Retired	16
Ret	17	Felipe Guimarães	Addax Team	0	Retired	9
Ret	22	Leonardo Cordeiro	MW Arden	0	Retired	18
Ret	26	Doru Sechelariu	Tech 1 Racing	0	Retired	10
Ret	30	Oliver Oakes	ATECH CRS GP	0	Retired	12
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (ART Grand Prix) — 1:58.748 (on lap 14)
Source:^[2]^[3]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Nico Müller	Jenzer Motorsport	14	28:01.567	2	6
2	29	Roberto Merhi	ATECH CRS GP	14	+3.208	6	5+1
3	7	James Jakes	Manor Racing	14	+6.641	1	4
4	8	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing	14	+15.423	3	3
5	9	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Manor Racing	14	+17.054	12	2
6	27	Stefano Coletti	Tech 1 Racing	14	+18.172	10	1
7	2	Esteban Gutiérrez	ART Grand Prix	14	+18.779	8
8	23	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+24.997	11
9	18	Pablo Sánchez López	Addax Team	14	+26.149	14
10	19	Mirko Bortolotti	Addax Team	14	+29.817	18
11	3	Pedro Nunes	ART Grand Prix	14	+31.100	15
12	6	Daniel Morad	Status Grand Prix	14	+31.455	19
13	21	Miki Monrás	MW Arden	14	+31.598	4
14	20	Michael Christensen	MW Arden	14	+35.706	22
15	10	Nigel Melker	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+37.647	26
16	4	Robert Wickens	Status Grand Prix	14	+39.002	7
17	28	Jean-Éric Vergne	Tech 1 Racing	14	+39.118	5
18	17	Felipe Guimarães	Addax Team	14	+41.936	29
19	30	Oliver Oakes	ATECH CRS GP	14	+45.869	30
20	26	Doru Sechelariu	Tech 1 Racing	14	+46.030	24
21	22	Leonardo Cordeiro	MW Arden	14	+47.519	23
22	31	Vittorio Ghirelli	ATECH CRS GP	14	+48.557	20
23	15	Dean Smith	Carlin	14	+54.615	17
24	11	Renger van der Zande	RSC Mücke Motorsport	14	+1:06.160	27
25	5	Ivan Lukashevich	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:06.493	16
26	14	Josef Newgarden	Carlin	14	+1:14.601	28
27	24	Simon Trummer	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+1 lap	13
28	16	Lucas Foresti	Carlin	13	+1 lap	21
29	12	Tobias Hegewald	RSC Mücke Motorsport	12	+2 laps	9
Ret	1	Alexander Rossi	ART Grand Prix	3	Retired	25
Fastest lap: Roberto Merhi (ATECH CRS GP) — 1:58:845 (on lap 11)
Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Esteban Gutiérrez	35
2	Robert Wickens	19
3	Alexander Rossi	17
4	Nico Müller	14
5	Rio Haryanto	13

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	53
2	Manor Racing	28
3	Jenzer Motorsport	27
4	Status Grand Prix	25
5	Carlin	14

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "GP3 issues 10 grid penalties". Autosport. Autosport. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
^ "2010 Valencia GP3 - Round 5". MotorSport Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "GP3 Series 2010 Valencia - Feature Race". Retrieved 23 December 2021.

Previous round: 2010 Istanbul Park GP3 Series round	GP3 Series 2010 season	Next round: 2010 Silverstone GP3 Series round
Previous round: none	Valencia GP3 round	Next round: 2011 Valencia GP3 Series round

[1] "GP3 issues 10 grid penalties". Autosport. Autosport. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-10.

[2] "2010 Valencia GP3 - Round 5". MotorSport Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[3] "GP3 Series 2010 Valencia - Feature Race". Retrieved 23 December 2021.

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