The 2010 Superleague Formula season was the third Superleague Formula championship. The series was rebranded "Superleague Formula by Sonangol", due to a two-year deal that began in the previous season.^[1] The first race of the season was on 4 April at Silverstone and it finished on 24 October at Navarra after a series record of 12 race weekends in all.

The series' prize fund was increased to €5 million, with the championship-winning team winning €1 million.^[2] Superleague Formula teamed up with The NewsMarket to distribute video content to 25,000 global media outlets in over 190 countries throughout the season.^[3] Ex-Formula One and WTCC driver Tiago Monteiro praised Superleague Formula by saying he was "pretty impressed with what they've done so far".^[4]

R.S.C. Anderlecht, run under Azerti Motorsport with driver Davide Rigon, were made champions, but only after the last Super Final of the last event of the season. It was R.S.C. Anderlecht's first series title but the second for Rigon, who won the title with Beijing Guoan in 2008.

• All teams competed on Michelin tyres.^[5]

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Entrant	Race team	No.	Race driver(s)	Rounds
Liverpool F.C.[6]	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport[7]	1	James Walker[8]	1–7
			Frédéric Vervisch[9]	8–11 *
Sporting CP[10]		2	Borja García[11]	1–5
			Andy Soucek[12]	6–7
A.C. Milan[10]		3	Yelmer Buurman[13]	All *
PSV Eindhoven[14]		5	Narain Karthikeyan[15]	6–7
			Hywel Lloyd[16]	8–9
			Adderly Fong[17]	10
			Earl Bamber[18]	*
			Esteban Guerrieri[19]	11
F.C. Porto[20]		16	Álvaro Parente[21]	1–9, 11 *
			Earl Bamber[22]	10
Olympique Lyonnais[10]		69	Tristan Gommendy[23]	9–11 *
Team China[24]		88	Qinghua Ma[24]	10
			Adderly Fong[25]	*
Sporting CP[10]	Drivex	2	Máximo Cortés[23]	9
Galatasaray S.K.		4	Chris van der Drift[26]	11
GD Bordeaux[27]		33	Celso Míguez[23][28]	9
Olympique Lyonnais		69		8
Sporting CP[10]	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	2	Adrián Vallés[29]	10–11 *
Sevilla FC[30]		18	Marcos Martínez[31]	All *
A.S. Roma[10]		22	Julien Jousse[32]	1–10 *
			Máximo Cortés[33]	11
Galatasaray S.K.[34]	GU-Racing International	4	Andy Soucek[23]	9
			Giacomo Ricci[35]	10 *
Olympiacos CFP[36]		9	Chris van der Drift[37]	1–7
			Ben Hanley[28]	8, 10–11 *
			Neel Jani[23]	9
FC Basel 1893[10]		10	Max Wissel[38]	All *
Galatasaray S.K.[34]	Barazi-Epsilon	4	Tristan Gommendy[32]	1–8
GD Bordeaux[27]		33	Franck Montagny[27]	1–5, 7
			Jaap van Lagen[12]	6
PSV Eindhoven[14]	Racing for Holland	5	Narain Karthikeyan[15]	1–2, 4–5
CR Flamengo[10]	Alpha Team[7] Alpha Motorsport/ADR	7	Duncan Tappy[39]	1, 6–9
			Franck Perera[40]	2–5
			Andy Soucek[41]	10–11 *
Atlético Madrid[10]		15	John Martin[39]	1
			María de Villota[39]	2–9, 11
			Bruno Méndez[42]	10
			Paul Meijer[18]	*
R.S.C. Anderlecht[10]	Azerti Motorsport	8	Davide Rigon[43]	All *
SC Corinthians[44]		14	Robert Doornbos[45]	All *
GD Bordeaux		33	Franck Perera[46]	10–11 *
Tottenham Hotspur[47]	Alan Docking Racing	19	Craig Dolby[48]	All *
Beijing Guoan[49]		24	John Martin[39]	2–11 *
Olympique Lyonnais[10]	LRS Formula Laurent Rédon Motorsport	69	Sébastien Bourdais[50]	1–5
			Franck Perera[51]	7

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* Drivers who participated in the non-championship round at the Beijing street circuit.

• Cars 7 and 15 were going to be run by Durango but they pulled out and were replaced by Alpha Team prior to round 1.
• Al Ain, FC Midtjylland and Rangers F.C. did not compete this year having been left off the provisional entry list.^[52]
• GD Bordeaux made their debut in 2010. Beijing Guoan did not enter until prior to round 2.
• An FC Groningen car, to be driven by ex-F1 racer Jos Verstappen, was due to participate at the TT Circuit Assen round but the plan was abandoned 5 weeks before the event.^[53]
• Frenchman Bruce Jouanny remained the series' official test driver.

• A provisional calendar for the season was leaked on 21 October 2009.^[61][62] Alex Andreu, Superleague Formula founder, stated after the 2009 season finale that "we are already looking forward to our third season next year and expanding our calendar to 12 rounds".^[63] In December, the FIA published a 2010 calendar, confirming 6 events,^[64] with a 12-race calendar released on 12 January 2010 and Adria, Istanbul and Spa all missing.^[65] Adria returned to the calendar at the series' media day at Assen on 22 March, replacing Monza. Other changes saw Oschersleben, Estoril and Jerez dropped in place of the new Circuito de Navarra and the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão.^[32] In July 2010, the series' first non-European events were announced — two race meetings in China, with the first being at the newly built Ordos International Circuit^[66] and the second around Beijing's new street circuit.^[67] The Beijing meeting was a non-championship event, after the track failed to gain the required FIA Grade 2 status in order to host a championship event.^[68]
• The races had four different commentators on the SF World Feed: Ben Edwards spoke at six rounds, Martin Haven commentated at Silverstone and the Chinese races, Jonathan Green was at Jarama and John Hindhaugh did the Adria and Portimão rounds. Abi Griffiths became the new pitlane reporter, replacing Ben Constadanduros and Warren Pole. Co-commentators were Bruce Jouanny (rounds 1–6, 9, 11), Earl Bamber (rounds 7–8), María de Villota (round 8), Ho-Pin Tung (round 10) and Andy Soucek (Beijing round).^[69]

Race calendar and results

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Round		Race	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Club	Winning Team	Weekend Winner	Report
1	R1	Silverstone	4 April	FC Basel 1893	F.C. Porto	Tottenham Hotspur	Alan Docking Racing	Tottenham Hotspur	Report
	R2				Olympique Lyonnais	Olympique Lyonnais	LRS Formula
2	R1	Assen	16 May	R.S.C. Anderlecht	A.C. Milan	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Azerti Motorsport	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Report
	R2				Tottenham Hotspur	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International
3	R1	Magny-Cours	23 May	Tottenham Hotspur	A.C. Milan	A.C. Milan	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport	A.C. Milan	Report
	R2				FC Basel 1893	FC Basel 1893	GU-Racing International
4	R1	Jarama	20 June	Beijing Guoan	A.C. Milan	Beijing Guoan	Alan Docking Racing	Olympiacos CFP	Report
	R2				A.S. Roma	GD Bordeaux	Barazi-Epsilon
5	R1	Nürburgring	27 June	A.S. Roma	FC Basel 1893	A.C. Milan	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport	Olympiacos CFP	Report
	R2				GD Bordeaux	F.C. Porto	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport
6	R1	Zolder	18 July	Olympiacos CFP	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Report
	R2				A.C. Milan	A.S. Roma	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport
7	R1	Brands Hatch	1 August	Sevilla FC	Tottenham Hotspur	Beijing Guoan	Alan Docking Racing	Beijing Guoan	Report
	R2				CR Flamengo	PSV Eindhoven	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport
8	R1	Adria	5 September	R.S.C. Anderlecht	FC Basel 1893	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Azerti Motorsport	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Report
	R2				SC Corinthians	Sevilla FC	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport
9	R1	Portimão	19 September	Beijing Guoan	Galatasaray S.K.	Beijing Guoan	Alan Docking Racing	Liverpool F.C.	Report
	R2				Olympique Lyonnais	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International
10	R1	Ordos	3 October	Olympiacos CFP	Olympiacos CFP	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International	F.C. Porto	Report
	R2				Olympiacos CFP	Liverpool F.C.	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport
NC	R1	Beijing SC	10 October	F.C. Porto	Liverpool F.C.	Tottenham Hotspur	Alan Docking Racing	PSV Eindhoven † (from best R1 & R2 results)	Report
	R2				Liverpool F.C.	F.C. Porto	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport
11	R1	Navarra	24 October	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Liverpool F.C.	Beijing Guoan	Alan Docking Racing	Beijing Guoan	Report
	R2				F.C. Porto	F.C. Porto	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport

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† Race 3 was cancelled due to poor track and weather conditions.^[70]

• Race 2 starts with reverse grid from finishing order of Race 1.
• All events included a Race 3 (to find the 'Weekend Winner') as in 2009.

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Pos Entrant Drivers SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI † NAV Pts R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S 1 AND Davide Rigon 9 10 X 1 10 1 7 3 2 10 6 X 2 12 2 2 9 1 13 2 2 1 8 1 2 9 2 5 8 3 13 15 C 2 11 4 699 2 TOT Craig Dolby 1 4 1 7 2 2 2 4 6 5 3 6 10 6 X 5 17 X 2 13 5 13 2 X 5 13 X 4 10 X 1 8 C 3 4 2 697 3 BAS Max Wissel 5 6 2 3 13 5 17 1 3 4 7 4 8 5 4 7 4 6 6 11 X 4 7 2 7 4 4 2 2 6 DN DN C 6 14 X 667 4 OLY Chris van der Drift 13 2 3 15 1 X 3 12 X 3 12 1 3 11 1 1 8 2 7 6 DN‡ 653 Ben Hanley 3 10 3 1 4 5 9 14 C 12 8 X Neel Jani 14 1 X 5 ACM Yelmer Buurman 2 16 X 5 7 3 1 7 1 2 10 3 1 8 3 4 5 5 4 12 4 11 4 X 10 16 X 6 7 4 7 3 C 7 12 X 631 6 FLA Duncan Tappy 3 12 X 17 2 X 9 3 3 10 3 X 8 7 X 540 Franck Perera 2 11 6 8 13 X 6 8 X 4 9 6 Andy Soucek 17 3 X DN DN C 4 18 X 7 FCP Álvaro Parente 4 5 5 11 16 X 5 11 X 8 11 X 17 1 X 11 12 X 11 4 6 6 11 X 3 17 X 15 1 C 8 1 6 495 Earl Bamber 3 12 1 8 ASR Julien Jousse 8 13 X 4 12 X 13 2 4 14 2 5 5 14 X 15 1 3 17 5 X 5 14 X 13 10 X 11 16 X 8 13 C 458 Máximo Cortés 18 5 X 9 BEI John Martin 10 17 X 4 10 X 1 9 2 18 15 X 13 7 X 1 16 1 2 9 4 1 11 3 19 DN X 11 6 C 1 6 1 453 10 LFC James Walker 16 17 X 6 6 4 6 8 5 16 4 X 6 18 X 6 13 X 10 10 X 439 Frédéric Vervisch 7 5 6 4 6 1 15 1 X 3 7 C 16 16 X 11 GDB Franck Montagny DN 8 X 14 3 X 10 14 X 17 1 X 15 2 X 5 14 X 372 Jaap van Lagen 12 10 X Celso Míguez 18 14 X Franck Perera 7 6 2 2 10 C 5 9 5 12 COR Robert Doornbos 11 7 X 9 15 X 12 16 X 9 5 X 7 10 X 3 16 X 15 18 X 8 6 X 6 3 5 18 15 X DN DN C 9 15 X 363 13 GAL Tristan Gommendy 14 14 X 8 8 X 14 9 X 13 14 X 9 3 5 14 3 4 8 17 X 9 13 X 358 Andy Soucek 9 5 X Giacomo Ricci 13 DN X 12 12 C Chris van der Drift 17 7 X 14 SEV Marcos Martínez 6 9 X 12 4 X 16 17 X 15 16 X 11 13 X 8 15 X 16 8 X 14 1 5 12 18 X 8 9 X 16 4 C 15 3 X 355 15 SCP Borja García 7 11 X 18 5 X 11 5 X 18 13 X 12 7 X 329 Andy Soucek 9 6 X 3 15 X Máximo Cortés 15 15 X Adrián Vallés 16 5 X 5 9 C 10 17 X 16 PSV Narain Karthikeyan 12 15 X 13 9 X 11 15 X 13 16 X 10 14 X 18 1 X 288 Hywel Lloyd 12 12 X 16 8 X Adderly Fong 10 11 X Earl Bamber 6 2 C Esteban Guerrieri 11 2 3 17 ATM John Martin 10 3 6 265 María de Villota 16 14 X 15 6 X EX* DQ* X 16 4 X 16 11 X 14 7 X DN DN X 17 12 X 13 10 X Bruno Méndez 9 14 X Paul Meijer 14 5 C 18 LYO Sébastien Bourdais 15 1 4 17 DN X 9 15 X 7 18 X 14 17 X 235 Franck Perera 12 9 X Celso Míguez 15 15 X Tristan Gommendy 11 2 6 14 17 X 4 11 C 14 13 X 19 CHN Qinghua Ma 12 13 X 26 Adderly Fong 10 DN C Pos Entrant Drivers R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S R1 R2 S Pts SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI † NAV <duv style="font-size: 85%"> NOTE – R2 starts with reverse grid S = Super Final

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† Round at Beijing was a non-championship event with no points given out for any of the races.

* María de Villota finished 12th in race one and retired in 17th from race two at Jarama. She was subsequently disqualified from race two, after the race had finished, for crashing into Sébastien Bourdais early on after spinning off the track herself. She was also excluded from the race one result and lost the 14 points she would have earned for that finish.^[72]

^‡ Chris van der Drift qualified for the Super Final at Brands Hatch but was unable to compete due to suffering injuries from a large crash in race two which led to him being taken to hospital with a broken ankle, two broken ribs, a cracked shoulder blade, a dislocated shoulder and two broken fingers.^[73][74] His Super Final place was taken up by the seventh highest points-scorer of the weekend, Yelmer Buurman.

Race 1 and 2 points

Super Final points

• New for 2010 was the rule that a driver had to finish a race in order to earn points, instead of just having to start. Another change this season saw, unlike in 2009, the Super Final count for points. The winner gained 6 points, runner-up 5 points, down to 6th place who gained 1 point, they had to qualify for the race by being one of the top six overall weekend's point scorers but unlike in the two main races they did not have to finish the five laps in order to collect points.^[75]