2010 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, New entries process
The FIA also had several entry bids from other racing teams including World Series by Renault and Le Mans entrant Epsilon Euskadi, Dave Richards's highly successful Prodrive outfit and Italian touring car team N.Technology as well as re-imaginings of former teams March, Brabham, Lola Cars and Team Lotus (not to be confused with Lotus Racing). Other expressions of interest came from Team Superfund, an Austrian outfit to be fronted by former driver Alex Wurz and myf1dream.com, a team established by fans of the sport and funded by their donations. Experienced sports car and touring car entrant Ray Mallock Limited had intended to submit an entry bid, but decided against it following the mid-season political crisis.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, New entries process
Of the most interest to the media was Stefan Grand Prix, created by Zoran Stefanovic and hailed as Serbia's first Formula 1 team. Stefan claimed to have acquired the remains of Toyota's abandoned TF110 chassis and engine and had access to Toyota Motorsport's former headquarters in Cologne, Germany. After being rejected from the grid, Stefanovic filed a complaint with the European Commission over the entry selection process and then announced his intentions to continue development of the Toyota chassis, re-badged as the Stefan S-01, with the team even going so far as to send equipment to Bahrain, Australia and Malaysia.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, New entries process
After several difficulties including the cancellation of a planned test in Portugal when Bridgestone refused to supply tyres, Stefan attempted to purchase the defunct USF1 entry, but the moves were blocked. Stefan was finally rejected on 4 March when the FIA stated that it was not possible to issue entries so close to the season opener.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar
On 21 September 2009 the provisional 2010 calendar was issued by the World Motor Sport Council containing 19 races, followed by a second provisional schedule which had the Abu Dhabi and Brazilian Grands Prix switching dates. The final calendar was released on 11 December 2009.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Dispute over regulations and breakaway series
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) had planned to introduce a budget cap, in order to safeguard the sport and reduce the costs. The proposal had an optional budget cap of €30 million ($45 million, £27 million), with greater technical and design freedoms allowed to teams who nominated to use it. The teams objected to what they believed would be a two-tier championship and five of the teams within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Renault, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso announced their intentions to withdraw from the 2010 championship. BMW Sauber later announced on their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Dispute over regulations and breakaway series
Following negotiations, the FOTA teams unanimously decided to withdraw at the end of the 2009 season unless the budget cap rules were changed. Williams and Force India both submitted their own entries and were temporarily suspended from FOTA, while the remaining teams submitted conditional entries for the 2010 season. The 2010 entry list was published by the FIA on 12 June, which included all 2009 teams and three new teams, Campos Meta, Virgin Racing and US F1 Team.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Dispute over regulations and breakaway series
Discussions between the FIA and FOTA failed to find a resolution to the budget cap issues and the eight FOTA teams announced intentions to form a breakaway series for 2010. However, following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on 24 June, FOTA agreed to remain in Formula One and FIA president Max Mosley confirmed he would not stand for re-election in October.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Dispute over regulations and breakaway series
During a meeting on 8 July between the FIA and FOTA on future regulations, the teams walked out of the meeting after being informed that they were not entered for the 2010 season and could therefore have no input on regulatory discussions. In response it was announced that plans for a breakaway series were still being pursued. Negotiations on a new Concorde Agreement directly with CVC, the commercial rights holders, led to the eventual end of the dispute with its signing by the FIA on 1 August. The new Concorde Agreement secured the sport's future until its expiration in 2012.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Testing
The new season test schedule started on 1 December 2009 with a three-day 'Young Driver Test' (for drivers with fewer than three Formula One race starts to their name) at Spain's Circuito de Jerez. British Formula 3 Champion Daniel Ricciardo was fastest for Red Bull Racing. As with 2009, the teams were allowed a maximum of 15,000 km (9,300 mi) over the course of fifteen days in February. Testing sessions were confirmed for Valencia (1–3 February), Jerez (10–13 February and 17–20 February), and Barcelona (25–28 February). All but Campos/Hispania and US F1 took part in the pre-season tests.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Testing
Pre -season testing started at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia with seven teams. Ferrari dominated the test session, with Felipe Massa setting the fastest lap times on days one and two. In his first appearance for the team, Fernando Alonso set the fastest overall time on the third day of the test with 1:11.470.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Testing
The second session took place at Circuito de Jerez, Spain with heavy downpours throughout the test. This also marked the first public test for new team Virgin Racing who only managed five laps after a shortage of parts became a problem. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the test during a dry Saturday session with 1:19.583.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Testing
The third test at Jerez for another four-day test was also affected by mixed weather conditions. Lotus Racing started its first public test with the T127. The penultimate and last days saw sunny weather with Jenson Button setting the fastest time (1:18.871).


2010 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season, Testing
The last pre-season test took place at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. The test started in sunny weather with rain showers scattered through the weekend. Virgin's testing misery carried on with Lucas di Grassi crashing and more mechanical issues. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the week (1:20.472) with most teams doing low fuel runs on Sunday.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
The 2010 season saw the debut of three new teams, Virgin, Lotus and Hispania. The teams were often more than three seconds per lap slower than the established teams. After fighting reliability issues early in the season, the three teams soon established themselves with Lotus leading the way, their best result being a twelfth place for Heikki Kovalainen in Japan. Virgin struggled after discovering their fuel tank was too small, forcing them to push their development schedule back five races in order to build a car that could finish the race. Hispania were the slowest of the three, and by mid-season were rotating their drivers on a regular basis, but a pair of fourteenth places by Karun Chandhok in Australia and Monaco put the team ahead of Virgin in the Constructors' Championship for most of the season.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
In stark contrast to 2009, no one driver emerged as dominant in the early stages of the 2010 season. Fernando Alonso won the opening race of the season in Bahrain after Sebastian Vettel's engine misfired, with Alonso becoming just the sixth Ferrari driver to win on debut for the Italian team. Reigning World Champion Jenson Button claimed victory in Australia for the second year in succession, whilst Vettel won in Malaysia, setting up a unique situation that would last for the rest of the season whereby no driver would win a race while leading the World Championship.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
Button became the first driver to win more than one race with victory in China, but Mark Webber would be the first to take back-to-back victories with wins in Spain and Monaco. Webber was leading the Turkish Grand Prix when teammate Vettel attempted a pass on lap 40 that ended with the two Red Bulls colliding; Vettel retired whilst Webber recovered to finish third behind eventual race winner Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Hamilton would match Webber's feat of back-to-back victories by claiming first place in Canada.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
The middle of the season saw controversy, starting at the European Grand Prix in Valencia following a disputed safety car ruling. Mark Webber collided with Heikki Kovalainen at the fastest point on the circuit, the collision destroying Webber's front wing and launching Webber into a somersault. The safety car was deployed immediately, joining the circuit behind race leader Vettel, but ahead of then-second placed Hamilton and the Ferraris of Alonso and Felipe Massa. Hamilton overtook the safety car as it emerged from the pit lane but after it had crossed the safety car control line. It took the race stewards twenty minutes to pass verdict on the infringement, and while Hamilton was issued with a drive-through penalty for his actions, it had little effect as he was already well clear of the rest of the field.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
The British Grand Prix marked the halfway point of the season and saw further tensions within Red Bull. Team principal Christian Horner removed the team's new front wing from Webber's car and placed it on Vettel's for qualifying and the race, after the German driver's wing was damaged in the final practice session. Webber won the race after passing Vettel from second off the start, who then developed a puncture on the first lap and was forced to pit.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
The German Grand Prix saw a return to form for Ferrari, with both Alonso and Massa quickest over the course of the race meeting. On the anniversary of his accident, Felipe Massa led most of the race before a message from the Ferrari pit appeared to be a coded instruction telling Massa to move over and let Alonso through, granting Alonso seven extra World Championship points for his ultimate win.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
Ferrari were fined US$100,000 for the use of team orders to deliberately alter the outcome of a race and faced further sanctions at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in September where they face charges of bringing the sport into disrepute, though the hearing would ultimately acquit Ferrari on the grounds of a lack of evidence.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
After finishing sixth in Germany, Webber won again in Hungary after Vettel broke an obscure safety car rule and was issued with a drive-through penalty that demoted him to third, while Lewis Hamilton won a wet Belgian Grand Prix from Mark Webber and Robert Kubica while Vettel was involved in a collision with Button that eliminated the incumbent World Champion whilst Vettel was handed his second drive-through penalty in as many races. Fernando Alonso retired after a mistake in the wet. The European season ended in Italy, with Alonso claiming his third victory of the season and adding a fourth to his tally – and his first Grand Slam – in Singapore.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
Red Bull reasserted their dominance in Japan, with Vettel winning comfortably from Webber and Alonso third. They were prepared to continue their performance in a rain-delayed Korean Grand Prix, but an early accident eliminated Webber and a late engine failure for Vettel handed the victory to Alonso. Nico Hülkenberg claimed his maiden pole position for Williams by over a second in changing conditions in Brazil, but Red Bull went on to claim their fourth 1–2 finish of the season, claiming enough points to be declared World Constructors' Champion in just their sixth year of competition.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
In the week leading up to the final race of the season, Red Bull repeated their intentions not to use team orders, a decision they were widely criticised for as allowing Mark Webber to finish ahead of Sebastian Vettel would have meant he trailed Fernando Alonso by just one point ahead of the race in Abu Dhabi. However, the Australian struggled to find speed across the weekend, qualifying behind Alonso and unable to find a way past the Ferrari driver for most of the race.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
Like Webber, Alonso had opted for an early pit stop in his tyre strategy, but emerged behind Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov. Taking into account the cars ahead of them that had yet to stop, this meant that Alonso would be running sixth on the road when he needed to finish fourth to claim the title.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
McLaren's Jenson Button took the lead of the race when Sebastian Vettel pitted, the 2009 World Champion attempting to extend his lead enough to avoid a costly encounter with Robert Kubica after Lewis Hamilton got caught behind the Renault driver; passing Kubica would give him a chance to catch Vettel, who would resume the lead when Button pitted.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
Button needed a lead of twenty-two seconds to rejoin the circuit ahead of Kubica and Hamilton, but Kubica was able to match him on lap times and McLaren were forced to pit Button, who rejoined fourth behind his teammate, becoming third when Kubica pitted. While Kubica was expected to rejoin somewhere behind Mark Webber, Vitaly Petrov had held Webber and Alonso up enough that when Kubica completed his stop, he joined the circuit ahead of them, adding his name to the list of drivers Alonso needed to pass in order to win the World Championship.


2010 Formula One World Championship, Report
Sebastian Vettel won the race, with the McLarens second and third. Alonso was unable to find a way past Petrov and so finished seventh, handing the title to Vettel by four points. Abu Dhabi was the first time Sebastian Vettel had led the 2010 World Championship. Only twice before in the history of Formula One had the Drivers' World Champion led the championship only for the last race: in 1964 and 1976.


2010 Formula Palmer Audi season
The 2010 Formula Palmer Audi season was the thirteenth and final Formula Palmer Audi season. It began at Brands Hatch on 8 May and finished at Silverstone Circuit on 17 October. It consisted of twenty rounds, all held in England. The champion driver received a £100,000 scholarship prize, double last year's prize money, towards a drive in the 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship. On top of that, the top six finishers in the final drivers' standings were all granted an official Formula Two test.


2010 Formula Palmer Audi season
The scholarship prize went to Nigel Moore, as he overhauled the long-time leader of the championship Maxime Jousse on dropped scores; Jousse having scored four more points than Moore on overall scores. Whereas Moore could drop two retirements for no points loss, Jousse had to drop a finish of seventh place along with a retirement and turned a four-point advantage into a nine-point deficit to Moore, having won six races to Moore's three.


2010 Formula Palmer Audi season
Third place went to Spanish driver Ramón Piñeiro, having taken four wins in the last seven races of the season to enable him to move him up from sixth to his eventual placing of third. Kieran Vernon and José Alonso Liste battled over fourth place, with Vernon coming out on top by two points after his third win of the season – to go with his double at the second Brands Hatch meeting – in the series' final race at Silverstone, ahead of Alonso Liste. Other winners during the season were Melroy Heemskerk at the first Brands Hatch meeting, Max Snegirev at Croft and Jordan Williams, who won at Snetterton before an accident with Jousse in the next race left him without funds to complete the season.


2010 Formula Palmer Audi season
In November 2010, series boss Jonathan Palmer announced the end of the series with the series' chassis being dismantled for use in other areas of the MotorSport Vision organisation.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
The 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the fifth Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 17 April and finished on 17 October at Nürburgring, after nineteen races. Making its début in the series in 2010 was the new-specification car, designed by Barazi-Epsilon. It replaced the Tatuus chassis that had been in the series since 2000, but the Tatuus cars were still used in the secondary Formula Renault 2000 Class.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
KEO Racing driver Ludwig Ghidi won the main NEC championship title, having won two races during the season – the season-opening rounds at Hockenheim – but eleven further podiums helped him to claim his first ever car racing title. Mikkel Mac of the KTR team finished the season as runner-up, winning three races at Zandvoort and two at Oschersleben, but only featured three further times on the podium.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
Van Amersfoort Racing duo Jeroen Mul and Liroy Stuart took the next two placings in the final championship standings, with Mul taking two victories at Zandvoort and Oschersleben, while Stuart took four second places including one behind Mul. Team Astromega driver Sam Dejonghe completed the top five.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
Other drivers to win races were Eurocup champion Kevin Korjus, who won each of his five starts in the series for Koiranen Bros. Motorsport, Karl-Oscar Liiv won a pair of races for MP Motorsport at Assen, with Kevin Mirocha (SL Formula Racing, Nürburgring), Daniël de Jong (MP Motorsport, Nürburgring), Genís Olivé (Epsilon Euskadi, Spa-Francorchamps), Robin Frijns (Josef Kaufmann Racing, Spa-Francorchamps) and Will Stevens (MP Motorsport, Spa-Francorchamps) all winning a race each. One race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
In the Formula Renault 2000 class, five victories for Dear Schilling allowed KEO Racing to claim the FR2000 title along with Ghidi's success in the main class. Dear Schilling finished 15 points clear of runner-up Johann Ledermair, a four-time class winner running for his own Ledermair Motorsport team, who in turn finished 13 points clear of Daniel Schilling, the younger brother of Dear and his team-mate at KEO Racing, a three-time winner on the season. Tony Kowalewski took two wins en route to fourth place for TKP Racing, while Frank Suntjens was winless for the Speedlover team in fifth place. Other victories were claimed by Alessio Picariello, who took wins at Most and two at Spa for SL Formula Racing, with one each for Leopold Ringbom (P1 Motorsport, Nürburgring) and Amir Mesny (Josef Kaufmann Racing, Spa-Francorchamps) in late season outings.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
The 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 22nd British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April and ended on 10 October at Brands Hatch, after twenty rounds held in England, and for the first time since 2006, Scotland. Making its debut in the series in 2010 was the new-specification car, designed by Barazi-Epsilon, replacing the Tatuus chassis that had been in the series since 2000.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
At the age of 16 years, 314 days, Anglo-Swedish driver Tom Blomqvist of the Fortec Motorsport team became the youngest drivers' champion in series history after coming out on top of a season-long battle with his rivals. Despite winning just three races – coming in succession at Silverstone National and Knockhill – Blomqvist won the championship due to his superior finishing record, finishing 19 of the season's 20 races within the top seven placings; giving Fortec their third title in the last four seasons.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
Lewis Williamson of Manor Competition finished the season as runner-up behind Blomqvist, 14 points behind on overall scores, but was eight points closer on the series' championship system in which a driver's two worst scores are not considered towards the championship. Williamson took five victories during the season, but mistakes at Brands Hatch when he spun out of the lead while leading the race and a poor start in the final race, as well as errors at Croft prevented him from becoming Manor's second successive champion after Dean Smith's triumph in 2009.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
Also in the running for the championship at the final Brands Hatch meeting were Atech GP's Tamás Pál Kiss and Williamson's Manor teammate Will Stevens, but poor results for both drivers in the first race mathematically eliminated them from contention. Pál Kiss had started the season strongly, having finished on the podium in six of the first seven races with three victories but failed to reach the top step of the podium in any of the remaining races, taking just two further podiums en route to third place in the championship.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
Stevens took fourth in the championship finishing nine points behind Pál Kiss on overall scores and 20 on dropped scores after finishing every race of the season including victories at Thruxton and the Brands Hatch GP meeting. CRS Racing's top driver was Harry Tincknell, who finished fifth in the championship with victories at Rockingham and Snetterton.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship
Five other drivers tasted success during the season, with only Riki Christodoulou not finishing within the top ten of the championship, due to him not partaking in the full campaign. Ollie Millroy was another winner for Manor, when he won from pole position at Snetterton, Pál Kiss' Atech GP teammates Nick Yelloly and Marlon Stöckinger each won races at Brands Hatch and Croft respectively, Christodoulou won the season finale at Brands Hatch for Fortec, while CRS Racing's Robert Foster-Jones won at Knockhill before retiring at the end of the season, aged just 20 years old. In other championships, Alex Lynn bested Fabio Gamberini for Graduate Cup honours for first-year drivers, while Manor Competition comfortable won the Entrants' Championship by 96 points.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship, Calendar
The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Donington Park on 19 September, as Formula Renault formed part of the World Series by Renault meeting on the same date, at Silverstone.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship, Formula Renault UK Winter Series
The 2010 Michelin Formula Renault UK Winter Series was the 13th British Formula Renault Winter Series. The series commenced at Snetterton on 6 November and ended at Pembrey on 14 November, after six races at three rounds held in England and Wales.


2010 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship, Formula Renault UK Winter Series
Fortec Motorsport again took honours for the Series, as main season Graduate Cup winner Alex Lynn won the title after winning three of the six races to be held. He finished 17 points clear of teammate Joni Wiman, who made his Formula Renault début during the series having competed in ADAC Formel Masters, and claimed a victory at Pembrey. Jack Hawksworth finished third in his first single-seater championship, having taken two podiums and five top-ten finishes in his first six races out of karting for Mark Burdett Motorsport. Atech GP driver Richie Stanaway and Oliver Rowland of CRS Racing claimed the remaining victories as they finished in fifth and seventh places respectively. With five class wins, Fortec's Josh Webster won the BARC Winter Cup for the Formula Renault BARC competitors.


2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
The 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the sixth season of the single–seater category. It began at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Spain on 17 April, and ended at Circuit de Catalunya, also in Spain, on 10 October.


2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
The Drivers' championship was won by Carlin's Mikhail Aleshin after a last–race title decider with Tech 1 Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo. The Russian claimed the title by just two points after both drivers entered the final race level on 128 points each. He received his prize Renault F1 drive on the first day of the young driver test held at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi on 16 November. Tech 1 Racing won the Teams' championship from Czech squad ISR Racing.


2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
It was due to be the final season for the current Dallara chassis, which was due to be replaced by a new car, developed by Renault Sport Technologies, in time for the 2011 season. However, the series has extended the lifespan of the current car into the 2011 season to "avoid placing undue financial pressures on teams in the prevalent tough market conditions".


2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2010 season was announced on 25 October 2009, the last day of the 2009 season. Eight of the nine rounds formed meetings of the 2010 World Series by Renault season, with an additional round in support of the Monaco Grand Prix.


2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Season results
With each race having an individual qualifying session, the four–point bonus for pole position was removed. Also removed from the scoring system was the point for the driver who progressed the most places in each race.


2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Season results, Drivers' Championship
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† – Retired, but classified


2010 Formula Renault BARC season
The Protyre 2010 Formula Renault BARC season was the 16th Formula Renault BARC Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 April and ended on 17 October at Thruxton, after twelve rounds held in England. Making its debut in the series was the previous-specification Formula Renault UK car which ran alongside the existing BARC car in a one-class Championship.


2010 Formula Renault BARC season
Hillspeed driver Alice Powell became the first female driver to win any Formula Renault championship after overhauling a 16-point deficit to rival Mitchell Hale of Fortec Motorsport at the season's final meeting at Thruxton. Powell won two races at Silverstone and Thruxton with five second places compared to Hale's three victories at Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Snetterton. Third place was also resolved at the final round of the season between Powell's teammate James Theodore and Josh Webster, who started the season as Hale's teammate but took part in the final meeting for Welch Motorsport.


2010 Formula Renault BARC season
Theodore, a race-winner at Croft, Rockingham and Thruxton, got the better of Webster by three points, after he finished ahead of Webster in the final race of the season. Other race wins were taken by Joseph Reilly at Snetterton and Rockingham, Luke Wright at Croft, and Euan Hankey in a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch.


2010 Formula Renault BARC season, Calendar
The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings. All races held in England.


2010 Formula Renault seasons
This article describes all the 2010 seasons of Formula Renault series across the world.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship season
Replace the Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland. Also known as LO MEC championship.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2010 Asian Formula Renault Challenge season
The Asian Challenge Category (A) reward the best Asian driver. All races were held in China.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 GP2 Series seasons
The GP2 Series and GP2 Asia Series are powered by 4 litre Renault V8 engines and Bridgestone tyres with a Dallara chassis.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 Austria Formel Renault Cup season
The season will be probably held on 14 rounds in 7 venues in Czech Republic, Germany, France and Austria. The races occur with other categories cars: Austrian Formula 3, Formelfrei and Formula 3,5L like (Renault 3,5L from Words Series, Lola Cosworth). This section present only the Austrian Formula Renault 2.0L classification.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 Formula 2000 Light season
This is the third season of the Formula 2000 Light held in Italy. The series use Tatuus Formula Renault or Dallara Formula 3 chassis with 2000 cc maximum engines and Michelin tyres. This year a Formula 2000 Top without Tatuus chassis and less powerful Formula 1600 Light (1.6L) classes are introduced and race mixed up with the main F2000 class.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 Formula 2000 Light season
The rounds a and b held in Franciacorta, March 13–14 are the opening venue and doesn't reward points.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 Fórmula Renault Plus season
The series is held partially on the same rounds than its secondary series Fórmula Renault Interprovencial. It use Crespi chassis.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 Fórmula Renault Interprovencial season
The series is held in the same rounds than its main series Fórmula Renault Plus.


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2010 Fórmula Metropolitana season
The series was held in Argentina. Cars use Renault Clio K4M engine (1598cc) with low power than the former Fórmula 4 Nacional series held in 2007. Teams can choose chassis manufacturer (Crespi, Tulia, Tito...).


2010 Formula Renault seasons, Formula One
Teams powered by Renault Engines in the 2010 Formula One season. Both teams are using the Renault RS27 V8 engine.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season
The 2010 Fort Wayne Firehawks season was the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. In November 2009, the FireHawks were announced as the successor team to the Fort Wayne Freedom. Owners J. Michael Loomis and John Christner purchased the assets left from the Freedom franchise, who had played the two seasons before the FireHawks were announced. Christner's first action as General Manager was naming former Freedom head coach Willie Davis as the team's first head coach.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season
On December 9, 2009, it was confirmed that Loomis and Christner would take over the entities that used to run the Freedom. Before the season started, the team announced they had signed Katie Hnida as the team's placekicker. Hnida is best known for becoming the first woman to score a point in an NCAA football game and speaking out during the recruiting scandal at her first school, the University of Colorado.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season
According to The Journal Gazette in 2011, former players said they were still owed from the 2010 season. Team owner Mike Loomis did not confirm or deny the reports in that article. The team drew about 2,000 fans per game, according to CIFL stats.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Cincinnati Commandos
The FireHawks suffered a loss in their first game as a franchise April 2, 2010, a 55–27 loss to the Cincinnati Commandos. During the game, the FireHawks also lost their quarterback, Adam Gibson, during the game, leaving the FireHawks searching for another quarterback before the next week.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Miami Valley Silverbacks
The FireHawks earned their first victory April 10, 2010, 44–28 against the Miami Valley Silverbacks, as new quarterback, Kota Carone-Colors, paced the team with seven touchdown passes.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Wisconsin Wolfpack
Throughout the season the team experienced many ups and downs, none lower than a 0–49 defeat at the hands of the Wisconsin Wolfpack. Three weeks into the season, the FireHawks received a blow, when co-owner and general manager John Christner left the organization, leaving Loomis as the sole owner.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Chicago Cardinals
The FireHawks' showed no effects from the front office problems, as the following week the team came out and defeated the Chicago Cardinals 69–45, but the team played without Hnida, as a blood clot on her foot put her out for the season.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Wisconsin Wolfpack
The FireHawks got a quick chance at revenge against the Wolfpack, but they failed losing 32–33 as they couldn't score from the 1-yard line with seconds left, as backup quarterback, Mike Whitaker's pass sailed over the hands of Jermaine Woolfolk. The FireHawks didn't dress a kicker during the game, citing "low ceilings" as the reason not to dress the team's new kicker, David McLane, an intern for the team.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Miami Valley Silverbacks
The FireHawks won their next game against Miami Valley, 26–8.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Marion Mayhem
During the week before the team's first game at the Marion Mayhem, Loomis stated that the team would continue to play despite its mounting financial struggles. The Mayhem, who were having financial problems of their own, forced the FireHawks next game back to June 12.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Cincinnati Commandos
The FireHawks continued their season the following week against the undefeated Commandos, losing 46–49 after leading by 12 with 4:12 left in the game.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Marion Mayhem
The team was scheduled to the Mayhem the next week, but before they played the FireHawks the franchise folded. The folding of Marion credited the FireHawks with two forfeit wins, but hurt the team financially by costing them a home game. Because the Mayhem didn't finish the season, several of Marion's players were signed by Fort Wayne in the subsequent weeks to join in the FireHawks' playoff run.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Chicago Cardinals
The FireHawks went to Chicago and shutout the Cardinals 48–0. The FireHawks finished 6–4 during the 2010 Continental Indoor Football League season, earning a third-seed in the playoffs.


2010 Fort Wayne FireHawks season, Postseason results, Semifinals: vs. Wisconsin Wolfpack
In the first playoff game in team history, the FireHawks lost to the second-place Wolfpack, 25–24.


2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. It was held at the Hwasan Ice Arena in Jeonju, South Korea on January 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The competition was open to skaters from a non-European member nation of the International Skating Union. The countries that were eligible to send skaters to the competition were Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United States of America, and Uzbekistan. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships.


2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Unlike the other three ISU championships, each nation was allowed to enter 3 skaters/couples in each event, regardless of its skaters performance in the previous year's championships. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2009 in order to compete.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash
On 4 September 2010, a modified Fletcher FU-24 aeroplane on a parachuting flight from Fox Glacier Aerodrome, New Zealand, crashed shortly after take-off, killing all nine people on board.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash
The subsequent investigation concluded that the most significant factor contributing to the accident was the weight and balance configuration on the accident flight, which resulted in the aircraft's center of gravity being located beyond its rear limit, leading to loss of control immediately after lift-off. After the report was released, additional inquiries identified problems with the way that the accident investigation had been conducted, leading to public criticism.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash
Responding to the public pressure, the commission that investigated the accident reviewed the circumstances and findings of the original investigation, and released an amended report that acknowledged that the true cause of the crash could not be determined, in part due to mishandling of the original investigation. As a result, new policies were implemented to improve the quality, transparency, and expertise of air accident investigations in New Zealand.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Accident
The pilot had already completed nine parachuting operations that day, before stopping for lunch. At 1:20pm (local time, UTC+12), after the aircraft was refuelled with about 160 litres of fuel, the pilot and passengers – four skydiving instructors and four tourists – boarded the aircraft.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Accident
Eyewitnesses reported the aircraft's take-off roll appeared to be normal, but after lifting off the ground it continued pitching upwards until it was almost vertical. At around 350 feet, the aircraft rolled to the left so the nose was pointing down, and dived towards the ground. The aircraft was observed to be pulling out of the dive, but impacted with the ground at 1:25pm at an almost vertical angle and burst into flames, killing all nine on board.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Accident
The pilot and three of the instructors were New Zealanders; the other instructor and one of the tourists were Australian; the other three tourists were an Irishman, an Englishman and a young German woman. It was the worst aircraft crash in New Zealand in 17 years.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was a single-engine Fletcher FU-24, a type manufactured in New Zealand and usually used for aerial topdressing. The accident aircraft had been modified in 1998 by replacing the original piston engine with a Walter M601 turboprop engine. After being purchased by Skydive New Zealand in early 2010, the aircraft was further modified to carry out parachuting operations and re-entered service in this configuration in July, two months before the accident.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Aftermath
A week after the crash, on 11 September the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all FU-24s engaged in parachuting operations. The AD limits the number of people that can be carried in the rear of the aircraft; and requires accurate determination of passenger weights and of the CofG. In February 2011, the company that manufactured the aircraft released statements critical of the practice of putting larger, more powerful engines in its aircraft, stating that the change could have been a factor in the Fox Glacier and other fatal accidents.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) investigated the accident. In an interim report released in November 2010, the investigators found that the aircraft was five kilograms overweight, and that the seating arrangement of the passengers in the aircraft negatively affected its center of gravity. The TAIC investigators also noted that the passengers were not secured with restraints and that further examination was needed to determine whether that was an additional factor in the crash. Because each passenger had not been individually weighed, an estimate of the total weight of the passengers, weight, and fuel was used in the commission's calculations. The interim report did not contain any analysis, or conclusions, and noted that the findings, analysis, and conclusions of the final report may differ.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
The TAIC released its final report in May 2012. The report concluded that "The most likely reason for the crash was the aeroplane being excessively out of balance [which] created a tendency for the nose to pitch up". It also stated that the aircraft probably became airborne too early and at too low an airspeed to prevent an uncontrollable pitch up. It also said that the extreme pitch angle made it improbable that the unrestrained sky divers could have prevented themselves from sliding back to the tail of the aircraft, increasing the weight balance issues.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
It pointed out flaws in the management of the conversion of the aircraft for skydiving purposes, and documentation errors had not been noticed by the CAA, which approved the modifications. The commission assigned the blame for the crash to the pilot, the company that operated the plane, the firm that modified the aircraft into a skydiving configuration, and the Civil Aviation Authority.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
In August 2012, a coroner's inquest into the deaths of the occupants of the aircraft was held in Greymouth, and was streamed live on the Ministry of Justice website. A Fletcher test pilot and an engineer provided expert testimony at the inquest that raised doubts about the conclusions reached in the TAIC's final report. The coroner's final report, released in May 2013, was critical of the way that the investigation had been conducted by the TAIC, and challenged the conclusions reached in the commission's final report.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
The investigators had ordered the wreckage of the aircraft to be buried only three days after the accident, which prevented any further investigation into possible mechanical failures or inadvertent pilot errors that may have led to or contributed to the crash. The coroner's report felt that it was unlikely that there was any load shift in the aircraft, and that although weight and balance issues may have contributed to the accident, it was likely that some other unknown factor caused the crash.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
After the publication of the coroner's report, investigators from the TV3 Third Degree series became interested in profiling the story. Enlisting the help of a private forensic engineer and air accident investigator, the television investigators dug up the wreckage of the aircraft that had been buried shortly after the accident, and conducted flight tests in a similar aircraft. In a report televised on TV3 on March 26, 2014, the program cast serious doubts on the investigation that had been performed by the TAIC.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
Among other flaws, the reporting was critical of the fact that the wreckage of the aircraft had been buried on the orders of the TAIC before key components, including the control stick and cables, could be examined by investigators. The private forensic engineer said, “I would think on the evidence we have available, that a control system failure of some sort is likely". After the reports, members of the New Zealand aviation industry and relatives of the victims raised concerns about the TAIC's findings. In April, in response to the media reports, the TAIC announced that it would take a second look at its investigation into the crash. It said that it would involve several consultants, including a metallurgist, in the review.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
In 2015, an independent review of the commission's investigation and report found that the conclusions reached by the TAIC were "probably wrong". It said that because the wreckage of the aircraft had been buried shortly after the accident, the ability to find the true cause of the crash was limited. It announced that additional funding had been sought for the Commission to enable the hiring of additional investigators, and that at least two investigators would be deployed when investigating future accidents.


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
It also announced changes in its investigative policy, including the removal of all evidence from an accident site and securing it during the duration of the investigation, the greater use of external experts, increased transparency, and increased training of investigators. MP Phil Twyford said the report revealed "appalling incompetence" on the part of the TAIC, saying, "This is unbelievable mickey-mouse conduct by an agency that's charged with investigating some of our most serious transport accidents".


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
The head commissioner of the TAIC said that an apology to the families of the victims would not be necessary, although some of the families disagreed, saying "We were totally expecting an apology. When we heard her come out yesterday and say very little has changed and they won't be apologising at all, it just stinks of arrogance."


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
A New Zealand First spokesman said the incident was embarrassing for New Zealand and could affect its reputation as an adventure-tourism destination, and a Green Party spokesperson said, "The commission probably owes the family a serious apology and, if they are unwilling to issue that apology, I definitely think that the minister should be pulling them up."


2010 Fox Glacier FU-24 crash, Investigation
In October 2015, the TAIC revised the final report, concluding, "[TAIC] considered various adverse factors that might have been present singly or in combination, but could not determine the cause of the excessive pitch-up at take-off that preceded the steep climb and the subsequent stall."


2010 Franche-Comté regional election
The Franche-Comté regional election, 2010 took place in March 2010.


2010 Franken Challenge
The 2010 Franken Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Fürth, Germany between 30 May – 6 June 2010.


2010 Franken Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Franken Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the main draw as alternate:


2010 Franken Challenge, Champions, Doubles
Dustin Brown /  Rameez Junaid def. Martin Emmrich /  Joseph Sirianni, 6–3, 6–1


2010 Franken Challenge – Doubles
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Santiago Ventura were the defenders of title, but Ventura chose not to compete this year. Ramírez Hidalgo partnered up with Rogier Wassen, but they lost to Martin Emmrich and Joseph Sirianni in the semifinals. Dustin Brown and Rameez Junaid won in the final 6–3, 6–1, against Emmrich and Sirianni.


2010 Franken Challenge – Doubles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the quarterfinals.


2010 Franken Challenge – Singles
Peter Luczak was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round against Julian Reister. Robin Haase won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Tobias Kamke.


2010 Française des Jeux season
The 2010 season for the Française des Jeux cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Chrono des Nations. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every ProTour event.


2010 Française des Jeux season
Personnel-wise, the team was mostly unchanged from the 2009 season. Its manager, as it has been since its inception in 1997, was former cyclist Marc Madiot.


2010 Française des Jeux season
On 2 July, the eve of the Tour de France, the team announced that the French national lottery would extend its sponsorship of the team for four years, and the team would immediately change its name to FDJ. For the 2011 season, the team will ride as a UCI Professional Continental team. Only the top 20 teams from 2010 in the UCI's points system were eligible for ProTeam status, and FDJ finished 21st in that ranking.


2010 Française des Jeux season, Stage races
The team scored three victories at the Tour Méditerranéen, with Hutarovich in stages 1 and 3 and Veikkanen in stage 2. Veikkanen's stage win gave him the overall race lead, but he was unable to hold it through the conclusion of the race, losing it on the final day to Alejandro Valverde. Française des Jeux' early season successes continued at the Tour du Haut Var, when Le Mével won the second stage of the two-day event, and with it the overall.


2010 Française des Jeux season, Grand Tours
As they did in 2009, Française des Jeux declined to participate in the Giro d'Italia.


2010 Française des Jeux season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
FDJ, as they became known shortly before the Tour de France began, entered the race with a squad led by Le Mével, tenth-place finisher and best French rider in 2009. In stage 1, the first road race stage after the prologue time trial, several crashes took place in the final few kilometers, meaning only five riders were at the front of the race to contest the sprint finish. Ladagnous avoided crashing and made this little selection, though he was last of the five riders in the kick to the finish.


2010 Française des Jeux season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Ladagnous took a meaningless ninth place the next day, as the peloton decided not to race to the finish, neutralizing the results for all but stage winner Sylvain Chavanel. In stage 9, Casar made a breakaway of 10 riders, including such big names as Luis León Sánchez, Damiano Cunego, and Jens Voigt. All of them figured into the day's results. Race favorites Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck broke away from the other top riders in the race on this day.


2010 Française des Jeux season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Voigt dropped back and paced them so long and so strenuously that they joined the leaders on the road, now a five-rider group including Casar, Sánchez, and Cunego. Contador and Schleck finished sixth and seventh on the day, not seeking the stage win. For their parts, Sánchez, Cunego, and Casar finished 2 seconds ahead as the three of them did aggressively seek the win. Cunego started his sprint early and had a gap for a moment, but Casar perhaps knew the course better, taking an aggressive line on the course's final left-hand turn. The finish line was just after that turn, so Casar made it across first and won the stage.


2010 Française des Jeux season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
In stage 13, Geslin finished seventh on the stage, sixth in the sprint behind solo winner Alexander Vinokourov. Three days later in stage 16, Casar came close to a second victory. He was part of a day-long breakaway, that included Lance Armstrong, and finished second behind Pierrick Fédrigo in the sprint finish. Casar finished the race in 25th place, the team's best finisher, just under 46 minutes behind Tour champion Alberto Contador. Le Mével was 42nd, more than an hour and 22 minutes back. The squad finished 15th in the teams classification.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season
The 2010 Fremantle Football Club season was the club's 16th season of competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club reached the finals for the third time and won its first ever Elimination Final, beating Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval before losing to Geelong at the MCG to end the season.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Personnel changes
Fremantle was not a major participant in the trade period, with no recruits and only fringe players Brett Peake and Marcus Drum traded for late third round selections. In the draft, however, Fremantle would recruit two significant members of its future midfield in Nathan Fyfe and Michael Barlow, as well as the injury prone Anthony Morabito. Adam McPhee returned to the club via the pre-season draft after spending the seven previous seasons with Essendon.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Personnel changes
Dean Solomon retired during the pre-season due to a recurrence of a past knee injury. Scott Thornton announced his retirement mid year after breaking his leg whilst playing for South Fremantle. Paul Hasleby declared prior to the final home and away game that he would retire at the end of the season.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Personnel changes
Off-field, Rick Hart stepped down as president at the end of the 2009 season, with Steve Harris his successor. Ben Allen was reappointed as the member's elected representative, and inaugural Docker Stephen O'Reilly and Jenn Morris, a dual Olympic gold medalist with the Hockeyroos, appointed to the board.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Awards, Records & Milestones
Aaron Sandilands was named as the lead ruckman in the 2010 All-Australian team, his third selection. Matthew Pavlich was considered unlucky to have not been selected for his seventh All-Australia team. Michael Barlow was awarded the Ross Glendinning Medal in Round 6, with Sandilands winning it in Round 18. Barlow, despite only playing 13 games for the season due to suffering a broken leg in Round 14, was also awarded the Best First Year Player Award by the AFL Players Association awards.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Awards, Records & Milestones
Nathan Fyfe and Anthony Morabito both received nominations in the 2010 AFL Rising Star award, Fyfe in Fremantle's round 9 win over Sydney and Morabito in the final round against Carlton.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Awards, Records & Milestones
Garrick Ibbotson and Paul Duffield were chosen to represent Australia in the 2010 International Rules series in Ireland.


2010 Fremantle Football Club season, Awards, Records & Milestones, Club awards
David Mundy won his first Doig Medal, awarded at a function at the Burswood Entertainment Complex on 3 October. Votes were awarded to each player by the coaches after each game.


2010 French Athletics Championships
The 2010 French Athletics Championships was the 122nd edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 8–10 July at the Stade Georges Pompidou in Valence. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the three-day competition. Christophe Lemaitre broke the French record in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres with times of 9.97 seconds and 20.16 seconds, respectively.


2010 French Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 French Figure Skating Championships took place between December 17 and 20, 2009 at the Palais De La Glisse in Marseille. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior level. The results were among the criteria used to choose the French teams to the 2010 World Championships and the 2010 European Championships.


2010 French Figure Skating Championships
The junior level synchronized championships were held during this competition; junior and novice level competitions for the other disciplines were held separately.


2010 French Guianan government referendum
A referendum on merging the regional and departmental governments was held in French Guiana on 24 January 2010. The proposal was approved by 57% of voters.


2010 French Guianan status referendum
A referendum on becoming an autonomous overseas territory was held in French Guiana on 10 January 2010. The proposal was rejected by 70% of voters who prefer full integration in the French central state. The turnout was 48%. A simultaneous referendum was rejected in Martinique.


2010 French Guianan status referendum, Background
French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed the referendum after visiting the Caribbean island of Martinique in June 2009. The French overseas departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe had suffered prolonged general strikes in early 2009, due to lower wages and standards of living than mainland France.


2010 French Guianan status referendum, Background
French Guianan voters were asked whether they wanted more power to be given to the local government based in Cayenne. French Guiana was an overseas region and an overseas department of France, regulated by the article 73 of the French Constitution, giving it the same political status as metropolitan departments and regions. The proposed change would have led to it becoming an overseas collectivity, regulated by the article 74 of the French Constitution, similar to French Polynesia.


2010 French Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2010 French Indoor Athletics Championships was the 39th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for France, organised by the French Athletics Federation. It was held on 27–28 February at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. A total of 26 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.


2010 French Indoor Athletics Championships
Three national indoor records were set at the competition. Leslie Djhone broke the French record in the men's 400 metres with a time of 45.85 seconds, Larbi Bourrada set an Algerian record of 5911 points for the men's indoor heptathlon, and Binta Diagana set a Mauritanian record of 14.89 m in the women's shot put


2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 23 May through 6 June 2010.


2010 French Open
Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova were the defending champions. Federer lost to Robin Söderling in the quarterfinals, while Kuznetsova lost to Maria Kirilenko in the third round.


2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open also featured the return of four-time champion Justine Henin, who retired immediately before the 2008 French Open, where she was the 3-time defending champion.


2010 French Open, Seniors, Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Lukáš Dlouhý /  Leander Paes, 7–5, 6–2


2010 French Open, Seniors, Women's doubles
Serena Williams /  Venus Williams defeated  Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–2, 6–3


2010 French Open, Seniors, Mixed doubles
Katarina Srebotnik /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Yaroslava Shvedova /  Julian Knowle, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]


2010 French Open, Juniors, Boys' doubles
Duilio Beretta /  Roberto Quiroz defeated  Facundo Argüello /  Agustín Velotti, 6–3, 6–2


2010 French Open, Juniors, Girls' doubles
Tímea Babos /  Sloane Stephens defeated  Lara Arruabarrena /  María Teresa Torró Flor, 6–2, 6–3


2010 French Open, Other events, Legends under 45 doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  Andriy Medvedev defeated  Goran Ivanišević /  Michael Stich, 6–1, 6–1


2010 French Open, Other events, Legends over 45 doubles
John McEnroe /  Andrés Gómez defeated  Mansour Bahrami /  Henri Leconte, 6–1, 6–1


2010 French Open, Other events, Women's Legends doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Jana Novotná defeated  Iva Majoli /  Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–2


2010 French Open, Other events, Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet /  Shingo Kunieda defeated  Robin Ammerlaan /  Stefan Olsson, 6–0, 5–7, [10–8]


2010 French Open, Other events, Wheelchair women's doubles
Daniela Di Toro /  Aniek van Koot defeated  Esther Vergeer /  Sharon Walraven, 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]


2010 French Open, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 17 May 2010. Rank and points before are as of 24 May 2010.


2010 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.


2010 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2010 French Open, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
†The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.


2010 French Open, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2010 French Open, Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.


2010 French Open, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2010 French Open, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.


2010 French Open, Prize money
All prize money is in Euros (€); doubles prize money is distributed per pair.


2010 French Open, Miscellaneous
Rafael Nadal's victory marked for the 5th consecutive year the No.2 seed has gone on to win the tournament. (Rafael Nadal in 2006,2007,2008 and 2010 and Roger Federer in 2009.)


2010 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Marin Draganja and Dino Marcan were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2010 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Duilio Beretta and Roberto Quiroz won in the final 6–3, 6–2, against Facundo Argüello and Agustín Velotti.


2010 French Open – Boys' Singles
Daniel Berta was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round against Junior A. Ore.Agustín Velotti won the title after defeating Andrea Collarini in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries
This list is a below in the form of day-by-day summaries:


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 1 (23 May)
In the Men's singles many of seeded players made it through led by 2009 finalist Robin Söderling, Mikhail Youzhny and Marin Čilić. While Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was pushed to the limit by German Daniel Brands as he came through 7–5 in the fifth. Tsonga was joined by compatriots Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Josselin Ouanna and Julien Benneteau who upset 23rd seed Ernests Gulbis 6–4, 6–2, 1–0 as Gulbis retired with a hamstring injury.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 1 (23 May)
In the Women's side 6th seed and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised through the first round with a 6–3, 6–1 victory of Sorana Cîrstea. She was joined by 2nd seed Venus Williams, Madrid champion Aravane Rezaï, Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko and last years Semifinalist Dominika Cibulková. The day featured two upsets. Victoria Azarenka, hindered by an injury and only appeared in the event to have entered to claim the bonus prize money for ending the 2009 season in the top 10, became the first major casualty of the tournament as she was upset by Gisela Dulko. Rome champion María José Martínez Sánchez was also upset by Akgul Amanmuradova.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 (24 May)
In the Men's Singles World no. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer cruised past Peter Luczak with a 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 victory. He was joined by Indian Wells champion Ivan Ljubičić, Miami finalist Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, John Isner and Thomaz Bellucci. While World no. 3 Novak Djokovic, last years semifinalist Fernando González, Gaël Monfils and Victor Hănescu all won in 4. While world no. 4 Andy Murray took on Richard Gasquet and won 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. 29th seed Spaniard Nicolás Almagro also needed five sets to defeat Robin Haase. The upsets of the day saw Spanish clay courters Feliciano López and Tommy Robredo both fall.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 2 (24 May)
In the Women's draw 6 of the top 8 seeds were in action and all won. The field was led by World no. 1 Serena Williams who beat Stefanie Vögele 7–6, 6–2. She was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Agnieszka Radwańska. Other seeds Li Na, Kateryna Bondarenko, Alisa Kleybanova and Lucie Šafářová who defeated Jelena Dokić all won in straight sets. While Francesca Schiavone and Alona Bondarenko come back from a set down to get to the second round.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 (25 May)
Day 3 of action was led by 4-time champion and 2nd seed  Rafael Nadal who defeated Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. Nadal was joined by fellow Spaniards 7th seed Fernando Verdasco, 16th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 9th seed David Ferrer and Pere Riba. Other seeds who went through were German Philipp Kohlschreiber, Austrian Jürgen Melzer and former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 (25 May)
While 6th seed Andy Roddick who was playing his first match in clay of the season needed 5 sets to get past Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3. Upsets were not avoided as two seeds fell in 4. As 18th seed Sam Querrey lost to compatriot Robby Ginepri and 26th seed clay courter Juan Mónaco was upset by Grega Žemlja.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 3 (25 May)
In the Women's Singles almost all seeds got through in straight sets led by Justine Henin who beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–3, in her 1st match at RG for 3 years. She was joined by unseeded compatriots Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer, as well as Russians Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Other seeds Daniela Hantuchová, Shahar Pe'er, Zheng Jie and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli all won. The second major upset of the tournaments came at the cost of 2-time finalist Dinara Safina, who was upset by 39-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 3–6, 6–4, 7–5.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 (26 May)
World no. 1 Roger Federer dispatched Colombian Alejandro Falla in straight sets. Other straight sets victors were Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Čilić, Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka and Albert Montañés. While Mikhail Youzhny progressed in four after losing the first set tie-break. The only upset of the day was when Thiemo de Bakker defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López. The end of the day saw lots of matches being suspended and cancelled due to rain delays. One of those matches was between Frenchman Gaël Monfils and Italian Fabio Fognini which descended into chaos as they played on despite extreme darkness for 2 games, before finally coming off court a full 25 minutes after Murray and Chela's match did, at 5–5 in the 5th.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 4 (26 May)
World no. 2 Venus Williams led the days games in the women's side with a 6–2, 6–4 victory over Arantxa Parra Santonja, she was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Flavia Pennetta, Nadia Petrova, Alexandra Dulgheru and Maria Kirilenko who all won straight sets. While Dominika Cibulková and Aravane Rezaï scrambled to win in three. One of the stories of the day was with defending champion Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova against German Andrea Petkovic, who served for the match in the 2nd set, but the Russian survived 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. As with the Men's side several matches were cancelled.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 10 (1 June)
This day, Roger Federer lost his quarterfinals match against Robin Söderling, making it the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament. It also meant that Federer lost his ATP men's single No. 1 ranking in tennis since Rafael Nadal won the 2010 French Open men's singles title. Also, since Nadal became the 2010 French Open men's singles champion, Federer was left only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 11 (2 June)
This day decided the last two of the four semifinalists in the women's singles. Since none of the four semifinalists (Samantha Stosur, Jelena Janković, Francesca Schiavone, and Elena Dementieva) had won any Grand Slam women's singles titles before, this meant Francesca Schiavone became a first-time women's singles Grand Slam champion in this tournament.


2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (6 June)
Rafael Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 men's singles ATP ranking, leaving Roger Federer only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player. This win is also the first time since the French Open 2004 that Roger Federer was knocked out by a player who hasn't won a grand slam tournament.


2010 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Elena Bogdan and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the juniors this year.


2010 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Tímea Babos and Sloane Stephens won the tournament, defeating Lara Arruabarrena Vecino and María Teresa Torró Flor in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2010 French Open – Girls' Singles
Kristina Mladenovic was the defending champion, but she did not compete in the juniors this year.


2010 French Open – Girls' Singles
Elina Svitolina won the tournament, defeating Ons Jabeur in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2010 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
Anders Järryd and John McEnroe were the defending champions, but Järryd chose not to compete this year.


2010 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
McEnroe partnered up with Andrés Gómez, and they won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Mansour Bahrami and Henri Leconte.


2010 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2010 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2010 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles
Paul Haarhuis and Cédric Pioline were the defending champion, but Haarhuis did not play this year. Pioline partnered up with Arnaud Boetsch, but they were eliminated by Goran Ivanišević and Michael Stich in the round-robin stage. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andriy Medvedev won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Ivanisevic and Stich.


2010 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2010 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2010 French Open – Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but they lost in the final to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.


2010 French Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Söderling in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2010 French Open. It was his fifth French Open title and his seventh major title overall. Nadal won the title without dropping a set for the second time (the first being in 2008). By winning the title, Nadal regained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking from Roger Federer, who was in contention to break Pete Sampras' record of 286 weeks spent at world No. 1.


2010 French Open – Men's Singles
Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Söderling in a rematch of the previous year's final. This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach the semifinals of a major tournament, a span of 23 majors. Federer was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era and the third man ever to achieve a double career Grand Slam. Between the 2004 Wimbledon Championships and the 2017 Australian Open, this was the only major not to feature either Federer or Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Djokovic's quarterfinal match against Jurgen Melzer marked the only time he lost a match after leading two sets to love.


2010 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2010 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 2010 French Open.


2010 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan were the defending champions, but Bryan chose to not compete this year in mixed doubles.


2010 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Huber partnered up with Mahesh Bhupathi, but they lost in the first round against Chan Yung-jan and Eric Butorac.


2010 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić won in the final 4–6, 7–6(5), [11–9], against Yaroslava Shvedova and Julian Knowle.


2010 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Michael Jeremiasz were the defending champions, but Jeremiasz chose not to compete this year.


2010 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Houdet partnered up with Shingo Kunieda, and they won in the final 6–0, 5–7, [10–8] against Robin Ammerlaan and Stefan Olsson.


2010 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda was the defending champion and he won in the final 6–4, 6–0 against Stefan Olsson.


2010 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer were the defending champions, but Homan chose not to compete this year.


2010 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Vergeer partnered with Sharon Walraven, but they lost to Daniela Di Toro and Aniek van Koot in the final, 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]. Ending Vergeer's 19-tournament winning streak dating back at the 2002 French Open.


2010 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer was the defending champion and she won in the final 6–0, 6–0 against Sharon Walraven. Vergeer lost only 4 games in 3 matches.


2010 French Open – Women's Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions, but they decided not to compete together. Ruano Pascual partnered up with Meghann Shaughnessy, but they lost in the first round to Cara Black and Elena Vesnina. Medina Garrigues partnered up with Liezel Huber, but they lost in the semifinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.


2010 French Open – Women's Doubles
The Williams sisters won the title, defeating Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik in the final 6–2, 6–3. With this win, the Americans became the sixth and seventh women to have completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam in Women's Doubles. Additionally, the Williams sisters achieved the World No. 1 doubles ranking for the first time, becoming the first sisters to be co-ranked World No. 1 in doubles. The win also gave them their 2nd Career Grand Slam in Women's Doubles.


2010 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Iva Majoli and Nathalie Tauziat.


2010 French Open – Women's Singles
Francesca Schiavone won her first and only Grand Slam singles title, defeating first-time Grand Slam finalist Samantha Stosur,  6–4, 7–6(7–2), to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2010 French Open, in a repeat of their last year's first round match. Schiavone thus became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam tournament, and the first woman in the Open Era to win the French Open while seeded outside the top 10. The final was the first since the 2004 tournament where both players were appearing in their first Grand Slam singles final. Schiavone remains the last woman with a one-handed backhand to win a grand slam tournament on the woman's tour. In virtue of her victory, Schiavone also made the top 10 for the first time, debuting at No. 6.


2010 French Open – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko.


2010 French Open – Women's Singles
This was the last French Open appearance of four-time champion Justine Henin following her comeback. Prior to her defeat to Stosur in the fourth round, Henin had a streak of 24 match wins in the tournament (and had won 40 consecutive sets at Roland Garros before losing the second set of her third round match against Maria Sharapova). It was also the Grand Slam tournament debut of future world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep. She was defeated by Stosur in the first round.


2010 French Open – Women's Singles
This was the first Grand Slam tournament since the 1979 Australian Open where none of the semifinalists had previously won a Grand Slam title.


2010 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2010 French Road Cycling Cup
The 2010 French Road Cycling Cup is the nineteenth edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. The 2010 calendar saw a net addition of one race to the calendar to make a 12-round calendar, with the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise and Tour du Doubs being added; the Trophée des Grimpeurs was planned to be the seventh round of the Cup, but was cancelled due to a lack of sponsor and location. Leonardo Duque of Cofidis won the overall competition.


2010 French Super Series
The 2010 French Open Super Series was a top level badminton competition which was held from November 2, 2010 to November 7, 2010 in Paris, France. It was the tenth BWF Super Series competition on the 2010 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event was $200,000.


2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, was the third round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 May 2010 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France. From second on the grid, Jorge Lorenzo overhauled Valentino Rossi who was runner-up, to take the first back-to-back wins of his career.


2010 French motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.


2010 French pension reform strikes
The 2010 pension reform strikes in France were a series of general strikes and demonstrations which occurred in France throughout September and October 2010.


2010 French pension reform strikes
They involved union members from both the private and public sectors protesting in cities, including Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Toulouse, Montpellier and Strasbourg, against a proposal by the French government to raise the normal retirement age for public pensions from 65 to 67 and early reduced pensions from age 60 to 62, which the Assemblée nationale has approved, while temporary pre-crisis taxes cuts are maintained for the benefit of the richest individuals and companies, and top government officials are subject to an ongoing corruption inquiry. Those who object to the changes say the poorest will be most affected by them.


2010 French pension reform strikes
The strikes have led to a reduction in public transport services, motorway blockages by lorry drivers and disruption to oil deliveries to refineries leading to a national fuel shortage. French students also joined the workers in the protests with barricades being built at around 400 high schools across the country in order to try to prevent other pupils attending classes.


2010 French pension reform strikes
The strikes have been compared to the popularly supported 1995 strikes in France, with 70% of respondents to one poll suggesting the 2010 strikes would swell into a national movement akin to 1995, and a majority expressing support for such an event. CGT secretary Bernard Thibault, one of the main trade union leaders, commented to La Chaîne Info: "There have never since 1995 been as many protesters ... from both the public and private sectors, and now from all generations. The government is betting on this movement deteriorating, even breaking down. I think we have the means to disappoint them."


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes
In 2007, the French government undertook a general review of its public policies (see French General Review of Public Policies) and one of the key proposals made in order to reduce government expenditure includes postponing the national retirement age.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Immediate
In 1983, François Mitterrand's government reduced the retirement age from 65 to 60. The current government plans to raise the normal retirement age for public pensions from 65 to 67 and early reduced pensions from age 60 to 62. This may allow a reduction in public spending. Some people in the working population are opposed to this change. Workers' associations thus organized several strikes.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Longer-term
The size of the strikes also reflects a broader discontent with Sarkozy, with dissatisfaction and mistrust in the government approach for several reasons.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Longer-term
In recent years, and despite the financial crisis, the government has maintained tax cuts for the richest households and companies. A report from the French control department announce that 172 billions €/year are not perceived due to enterprises taxes reductions. French people are confused by the government's reasoning that social spending should be cut because of the lack of money, while pre-crisis special tax cuts are maintained for the richest companies and taxpayers.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Longer-term
The 2005 pre-crisis Copé tax cut generated a €22 billion loss in revenue over 3 years, to the benefit of major companies, as opposed to the €1 billion formerly expected. A report by the Conseil des prélèvements obligatoires calculated the real tax rate for major companies, claimed to be about 33%, to actually be approximately 13%, thanks to tax deductions. The cancellation of some of those tax deductions for companies could put €15 to €29 billion a year back into French public finances.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Longer-term
There are concerns the proposals may have a negative effect on the job market, particularly for young workers. The reform may reduce job opportunities by 1 million and has led some students to join the protests.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Longer-term
For the French sociologist Louis Chauvel, due to demographic and economic history, the younger generation is in a specifically difficult situation. The jobless rate for youth (-25 years old) in France has been higher than 20% since 1980, reaching 26% in 2009. Despite the common appeasing promise than the job market would expand when babyboomers retire (2005–2020), the global crisis came, and retirement reforms plan to keep about 1 million more workers on the market.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reasons for the strikes, Longer-term
Other problems include repetitive poorly paid internships, job instability and lower incomes, while the qualifications and skills required for vacancies are ever-increasing, requiring several more years of education and financial investment than for previous generations, while postponing savings and contributions to the retirement insurance system. Moreover, rental costs for housing and relatively lower incomes reduce the quality of housing conditions. These tensions are fuelling anti-government feeling and the strike itself.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Overview of events
French union leaders initially organised fourteen days of nationwide strikes and demonstrations, on Tuesday 7 September, Thursday 23 September, Saturday 2 October, Tuesday 12 October and Saturday 16 October, and Tuesday 19 October. The figures regarding the number of participants vary widely, with numbers being reported by the French Interior Ministry, police, and unions.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Overview of events
The second day of strikes saw the cancellation of as many as 50% of flights at airports in Paris and other cities. Half the country's long-distance trains were cancelled.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Overview of events
A prolonged strike by garbage collectors led to a build-up of trash around the port of Marseille. The strike has lasted for at least three weeks.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Overview of events
All twelve fuel refineries on the French mainland have been affected by the strike. As a result, one in four fuel stations across the country has run dry.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Overview of events
Students began to participate in the demonstrations during October, with 1 in every 15 schools in the country affected by the middle of the month. Police fired rubber bullets in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, causing a 16-year-old student to nearly lose an eye, with other students reported to have also been injured. Police sprayed tear gas on young protesters in Lyon, which was captured by television cameras. Families and children came to the fore on the third day, the first occasion on which a demonstration occurred on a Saturday.


2010 French pension reform strikes, Overview of events
The fifth day of strikes caused the French government to publicly admit that Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport was rapidly running out of fuel, though it did advise people "not to panic".


2010 French pension reform strikes, Reaction by the French government
As a result of the strike action there have been minor concessions and amendments made to the pension proposals. President Nicolas Sarkozy said some mothers would be able to receive a full pension even if they had taken years out of work to look after children. However, the government maintains that the core of the proposed reform will not be changed.


2010 French regional elections
Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they do not have legislative autonomy, manage sizable budgets.


2010 French regional elections
The elections resulted in significant gains for the French Socialist Party (PS) and its allies, who went on to control 21 of the 22 regions of Metropolitan France.


2010 French regional elections, Situation
Following the 2004 elections, which saw an historic victory of the left, largely led by the PS, only Alsace and Corsica were still run by the UMP. The left made gains in the national level in 2007 (presidential and legislative), and performed strongly in the 2008 municipal and cantonal elections. In metropolitan France, all incumbent left-wing Presidents are running for a second term in an election which generally favours popular incumbents and anti-government voting. Yet, the left is divided between the PS and Europe Ecology, which performed very strongly in the 2009 European elections.


2010 French regional elections, Situation
The right, principally the UMP and its allies, were victorious in the 2007 presidential and legislative elections and also in the 2009 European elections. The right is favoured by its unity, notably by its new alliances with Philippe de Villiers' Movement for France and Frédéric Nihous' Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition. Yet, with this newfound unity, the right lacks a large vote reserve in the eventuality of a second round, where it could count only on partial support from supporters of the centrist MoDem and the far-right FN. In addition, the growing unpopularity of President Nicolas Sarkozy could have hurt the right in an election where voters tend to sanction the incumbent government in Paris.


2010 French regional elections, Situation
On the far-right, The National Front has been weakened by its previous electoral failures since 2007, but nevertheless remains a significant force in French politics.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
The parties to the left of the PS were divided over their electoral strategy. On one side, the far-left and the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) refuse to participate in an executive led by the PS; but the French Communist Party (PCF) wishes to continue its participation in a number of executives led by the PS.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
The PCF finally decided to continue the Left Front with the Left Party (PG), first tested in the 2009 European elections. These lists would be independent in the first round, but would support (or merge) with a Socialist-led list in the runoff on the condition that the centrist MoDem doesn't do likewise. Yet, the final decision on the matter was transferred to the regional party members. In 17 of 22 regions, members approved the decision of an expanded Left Front; but in five regions, PCF members opted for a first-round alliance with the PS. These regions are Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine, Lower Normandy and Brittany. In these regions, however, dissident Communists joined with the NPA and the PG to create independent lists for the first round.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
The NPA's members voted on the party's strategy in December, and the independence strategy of the majority received support from only 36.3% of members, with 31.5% voting to continue discussions with the PCF-PG in the aim of obtaining a deal, and 28.5% rejected all talks with the FG. Finally, the NPA's executive opted to support independent lists of the "left of the left" in all regions in the first round and agreed to 'technical fusions' with other left-wing lists in the runoff (such as Left Front lists), without agreeing to participate in regional executives.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
In 11 regions, the NPA will fight alone, notably against a Left Front list. However, in three regions – Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin and Pays de la Loire, the NPA opted to support a Left Front list by the first round. Finally, in three of the five regions (except Brittany and Lorraine) where the PCF opted to support the PS by the first round, lists with the support of the PG were formed.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
Contrarily to 2004, when it had run common lists with the LCR, the Workers' Struggle is running independent lists in all regions in 2010.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
The Socialist Party was not able to renew the unity of the left behind it by the first round like in 2004. It received some support from dissident ecologists, as well as the support of the French Communist Party (PCF) in four regions (but not the support of the PCF's ally, the PG). It does have the support of the Left Radical Party in all regions except Brittany. In Poitou-Charentes, Ségolène Royal integrated five MoDem candidates on her lists.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Left
All the party's incumbents, except for the controversial Georges Frêche (already expelled from the party in 2005), were re-nominated. The PS, with Hélène Mandroux, will oppose Georges Frêche's list in Languedoc-Roussillon.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Ecologists
Strong from its excellent result in the European elections, the Europe Ecology coalition was renewed around the Greens and associated parties and movements. Europe Ecology will run independently in all regions, with the intention of supporting the left in runoffs. However, the party's ultimate goal would be to wrest control of a major region, such as Île-de-France from the PS. The coalition's candidates include the researcher Philippe Meirieu, magistrate Laurence Vichnievsky, the rural activist François Dufour or Augustin Legrand of the homeless' association les Enfants de Don Quichotte.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Ecologists
The Independent Ecological Alliance (AEI), after winning 3.6% in the European elections, is running independent lists in 10 regions. The AEI signed electoral deals with Europe Ecology in Alsace and Midi-Pyrénées, with the MoDem in Auvergne, Franche-Comté, Pays de la Loire and Poitou-Charentes.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Ecologists
Corinne Lepage's Cap21, despite being a component of the MoDem, the party ended up supporting Europe Ecology over the MoDem.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Centre
After the deceiving result of the European elections, François Bayrou's MoDem decided to run autonomous lists in all regions by the first round but chose to clarify its runoff strategy only after the first round. However, due to Bayrou's strong opposition to Nicolas Sarkozy, it is deemed unlikely that any MoDem lists will merge with UMP lists for the runoffs.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, The Presidential Majority
Nicolas Sarkozy was successful in his attempts to push for the unity of all the Presidential Majority by the first round around the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and its allies, notably the New Centre and the Movement for France. Three cabinet ministers and five secretaries of states are leading regional lists, and eight other cabinet members are present on the majority's lists.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, The Presidential Majority
The New Centre obtained the top candidacy in Burgundy (with François Sauvadet) and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (with Valérie Létard), but not in Lower Normandy.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, The Presidential Majority
Despite the right's relative unity, there are a number of small dissidents lists in a number of regions.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Far-right
The National Front ran lists in all metropolitan regions. Jean-Marie Le Pen was a candidate in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and his daughter Marine Le Pen was a candidate in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Far-right
In Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the ex-MPF and ex-FN mayor of Orange Jacques Bompard was leading a list named "Ligue du Sud", and there was a similar "Ligue du midi" in Languedoc-Roussillon.


2010 French regional elections, Main political parties and strategies, Far-right
Furthermore, around the Party of France or smaller dissident parties, there were a number of dissident far-right lists in some regions.


2010 French regional elections, National results
Among the 1880 seats, 41 were attributed at the first round (Guadeloupe) and 1839 at the second round.


2010 French regional elections, Regional results
The following tables show the results in the first round of voting which took place on 14 March 2010 and, where applicable, in the second round of voting which took place on 21 March 2010.


2010 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 2010 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs, led by 14th-year head coach Pat Hill, were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in WAC play and were invited to the Humanitarian Bowl where they were defeated by Northern Illinois 17–40.


2010 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, NFL Draft
5th Round, 162nd Overall Pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers—Sr. LB Chris Carter


2010 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, NFL Draft
7th Round, 210th Overall Pick by the Atlanta Falcons—Sr. G Andrew Jackson


2010 Frontenac County municipal elections
Elections were held in Frontenac County, Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2010 Frontenac County municipal elections, Frontenac County Council
The County Council has consisted of the four Township mayors since Amalgamation in 1998. A by-law was passed in 2009 increasing the size of County Council beginning in the next term (2011 - 2014) to eight members. The eight members will include the four Township mayors and one additional member from each Township Council. The additional Council member will be chosen by each Township Council at their inaugural meetings.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
The 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the eleventh running of the V8 Supercar Development series. The series supported the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series, beginning on 11 March at the Clipsal 500 and ending on 5 December at the Sydney 500 after seven rounds.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Steve Owen won the series with a race in hand with victory in the first race at the 2010 Sydney Telstra 500. Owen, driving a Holden VE Commodore for Greg Murphy Racing placed in the top three in six of the seven rounds held, including round wins at the Adelaide, Queensland, Sandown and Sydney rounds, achieving eight race wins in total. It was the first time a Greg Murphy Racing driver had won the series.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
Second place was attained by Tim Blanchard, driving a Ford BF Falcon for Sonic Motor Racing Services. He held onto a gap of 47 points over James Moffat. Walkinshaw Performance driver Nick Percat finished fourth, 27 behind Moffat and 9 ahead of MW Motorsport driver David Russell, who fell from third in the series with poor finishes in Sydney.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
David Russell took victory at the Bathurst 1000 support round with two race victories, as well as scoring addition race wins at Winton and Sandown. Tim Blanchard, won the Townsville round, also winning his first Fujitsu Series race. Other race wins were mostly claimed by guest drivers making brief appearances in the series ahead of endurance co-driving roles in the Phillip Island 500K and Bathurst 1000 races, with wins being taken by Cameron McConville (2), Paul Morris and Jack Perkins. Taz Douglas took the remaining race win, the reverse grid race at Sandown.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Calendar
The 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series consisted of seven rounds:


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Teams and drivers
– Paul Morris was a last minute entry in Round 1 in the #66 car after the regular driver Phill Foster failed to qualify.


2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Points system
Points were awarded only to drivers who completed 75% of race distance and were running on the completion of the final lap. Points were awarded on the following basis.