2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open
The 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo [José Carlos Pace] from January 21–24, 2010. There were private pre-event test sessions at Autódromo [Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília)|Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet] and Autódromo Internacional [Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)|Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna].
After a weekend of competition, British driver William Buller of the Hitech Racing Brazil outfit was crowned as the race champion, beating a host of Formula Three Sudamericana season|Formula Three Sudamericana] drivers, as well as André Negrão competing for the Cesario Fórmula team, who would drive in the 2010 [Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season|Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0] championship later in the 2010 season. After Buller qualified on pole position for the first race, he and Negrão took a victory apiece with Yann Cunha finishing third in both races. Negrão won the third race, the pre-final, before Buller claimed the main event by nearly nine seconds from Negrão. Cunha finished third ahead of Razia Sports' Bruno Andrade, and Negrão's team-mate Vittorio Ghirelli completed the top five placings. In Class B the Brazilian of the RC3 Bassani was the winner.