2010 Dutch Grand Prix

The previous year's Dutch Grand Prix saw Joe Consiglio clinch his first World title at the end of a memorable race. In 2010, with the Drivers' crown already on the head of Janne Tanskanen, the Zandvoort race still had plenty to offer with many battles for position in the standings.

In qualifying, Tanskanen was on top of the timesheets once again, followed by the Woods Racing pair, never to be divided as usual. Jason Muscat, winner in Belgium, kept his great form going with P4.

At the start, the Maltese ace was able to leapfrog Kieran Ryan for 3rd, while in the back his team-mate Leontin Nemet fell victim of a collision with CSG Racing's Jyri Lylykorpi, both drivers falling to the bottom of the group. Adam Smith, starting last, made the best of others' misfortunes to find himself 9th at turn 1. Muscat's 3rd place was to be short-lived however, as a braking mistake allowed Ryan to pass him again.

Up front, Mark Wicks set himself hot on the heels of Janne Tanskanen, trying to put the Nordsjoen driver under pressure and force a mistake. Behind them Ryan followed closely, ready to take any opportunity that might have arisen. In the fought-on midfield, the race saw the retirement of Mark Bullivant, who could not avoid a spinning Smith and retired with a written-off chassis after collecting the Williamson Dynamics car and the wall.

The first few laps saw a ferocious battle between Jyri Lylykorpi, William Ponissi and Sam Millar, all competing for P8. The Finn and Millar were able to overtake Ponissi, only for the first to spin and fall to the bottom of the group and for the Italian to have a contact with the wall.

A race of attrition claimed Phil Perkins and Smith through mistakes, before engines started letting the drivers down as Millar, possibly as a consequence an off in lap 2, and Chris Williamson both see their power plants let go in big puffs of smoke, and David Jundt is late victim of the same fate.

As Janne Tanskanen claimed yet another win from the season and Mark Wicks failed to finish for the first time in almost two seasons, Kieran Ryan and Jason Muscat confirmed their position as some of the most in-form drivers at this stage of the Championship by filling up the remaining positions on the podium.

Preceded by: 2010 Belgian Grand Prix

2010 Dutch Grand Prix 2010

Succeeded by: 2010 Singapore Grand Prix