2016 Euroformula Open Championship

2016 Euroformula Open Championship

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2016 International GT Open
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The 2016 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the third Euroformula Open Championship season.

Teams and drivers

• All cars were powered by Toyota engines.

Team No. Driver Status Rounds RP Motorsport 1 Antoni Ptak Jr. [1] NC, All 2 Kantadhee Kusiri [2] NC, All 3 Damiano Fioravanti [3] All Jack Aitken [4] [3] NC 4 1–2 Enaam Ahmed [5] R 3–4, 6 Tatiana Calderón [6] 5, 7–8 5 Damiano Fioravanti [4] NC Tanart Sathienthirakul [3] All 37 Igor Waliłko [4] NC Campos Racing 6 Julio Moreno [7] NC, All 7 Diego Menchaca [7] NC, All 8 Leonardo Pulcini [7] NC, All 9 Gülhüseyn Abdullayev [8] R NC, All Teo Martín Motorsport 10 Tatiana Calderón [9] NC, 1–2 11 Petru Florescu [10] R NC, 1–2 12 Nikita Zlobin [4] NC Vladimir Atoev [11] 3–5 14 José Manuel Vilalta [12] NC, 1–3 45 Harrison Scott [13] RG 7 Dorian Boccolacci [14] G 8 71 Xavier Lloveras [14] G 8 72 Nikita Zlobin [15] All Team West-Tec 15 Liang Jiatong [16] R NC, 2–3 DAV Racing 18 Daniele Cazzaniga [17] R 1–2, 4, 6 Riccardo Cazzaniga [17] R 3, 5 27 Ling Kang [18] NC, 1–3 65 Enaam Ahmed [19] R 2 Riccardo Cazzaniga [20] [4] R 6 77 R NC BVM Racing 20 Daniil Pronenko [21] R NC, 1–3, 5–8 21 Ye Hongli [21] R 1, 4, 6–7 Drivex School 21 Nicholas Loro Silva [4] R NC 62 Ferdinand Habsburg [22] R NC, All 91 Nikita Troitskiy [6] R 5–6 Vasily Romanov [23] RG 7–8 Fortec Motorsports [24] 28 Sam MacLeod [20] 6 37 Igor Waliłko [24] 1–4 Carlin Motorsport [25] 47 Keyvan Andres Soori [26] R NC, All 51 Ameya Vaidyanathan [27] R NC, All 98 Colton Herta [10] R All

Icon Legend R Rookie Trophy

Race calendar

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 12 November 2015. ^[28] All rounds will support the International GT Open (excepting Jerez) and Formula V8 3.5 (excepting Estoril and Le Castellet) series. On 8 March 2016 the last two rounds were swapped. ^[29] Rounds denoted with a blue background are part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie Winner
NC	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	5 March	Ferdinand Habsburg	Julio Moreno	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
	R2				Diego Menchaca	Diego Menchaca	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
1	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	23 April	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
	R2		24 April	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	RP Motorsport	Colton Herta
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	21 May	Leonardo Pulcini	Ferdinand Habsburg	Jack Aitken	RP Motorsport	Ferdinand Habsburg
	R2		22 May	Jack Aitken	Diego Menchaca	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	4 June	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini	Ferdinand Habsburg	Drivex School	Ferdinand Habsburg
	R2		5 June	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	23 July	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Colton Herta
	R2		24 July	Colton Herta	Leonardo Pulcini	Antoni Ptak Jr.	RP Motorsport	Ferdinand Habsburg
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	10 September	Colton Herta [N 1]	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta
	R2		11 September	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 October	Damiano Fioravanti	Antoni Ptak Jr.	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
	R2		2 October	Nikita Troitskiy	Colton Herta	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	29 October	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta
	R2		30 October	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
8	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	5 November	Colton Herta	Leonardo Pulcini	Ferdinand Habsburg	Drivex School	Ferdinand Habsburg
	R2		6 November	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta

1. Originally scored by Ferdinand Habsburg, the Austrian and 2nd placed driver Tatiana Calderón were handed 4-place grid penalties for having competed earlier in the season at the circuit. Despite this the point was kept by Habsburg.

Championship standings

Euroformula Open Championship

Drivers' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

Pos Driver LEC1 EST SPA LEC2 SIL RBR MNZ JER CAT Pts 1 Leonardo Pulcini 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 17 4 2 1 1 2 1 16 3 303 2 Ferdinand Habsburg 3 2 2 9 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 2 247 3 Colton Herta Ret 5 6 5 18 EX 2 Ret 1 1 16 4 1 4 2 1 199 4 Diego Menchaca 4 1 3 4 8 4 3 3 7 6 Ret 3 6 Ret 5 6 18 6 145 5 Damiano Fioravanti 5 8 4 3 5 10 6 17 5 3 8 8 2 Ret 3 Ret 4 7 136 6 Antoni Ptak Jr. 6 6 Ret DNS Ret 13 4 4 3 1 Ret 13 5 Ret 11 Ret 8 5 94 7 Tanart Sathienthirakul 5 15 4 6 8 5 Ret 12 5 6 7 9 12 10 13 9 80 8 Jack Aitken 7 7 17 1 1 2 71 9 Tatiana Calderón 2 5 Ret 6 13 8 3 5 6 7 7 12 66 10 Igor Waliłko 11 18 6 7 7 9 5 6 8 7 50 11 Enaam Ahmed 10 19 7 Ret 6 4 4 5 49 12 Keyvan Andres Soori 15 14 9 10 9 21 14 8 13 13 6 16 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 42 13 Nikita Troitskiy 7 4 10 3 36 14 Julio Moreno 8 4 8 8 Ret 7 Ret 7 11 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 16 9 11 30 15 Ameya Vaidyanathan 16 19 15 12 15 12 13 DNS DNS 11 9 7 17 14 10 9 6 Ret 26 16 Ye Hongli 19 14 Ret 8 8 8 8 8 26 17 Kantadhee Kusiri 9 9 7 13 18 15 9 9 10 5 Ret 12 11 16 17 15 15 16 21 18 Nikita Zlobin Ret Ret 11 16 Ret DNS 12 10 12 15 10 11 9 10 Ret 12 10 10 12 19 Sam Macleod 12 6 8 20 Vladimir Atoev Ret 14 9 10 Ret 13 3 21 Daniil Pronenko 13 10 12 17 11 20 10 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 13 11 15 2 22 Riccardo Cazzaniga 10 11 Ret 12 11 10 13 12 1 23 Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 Ret 14 14 14 15 11 1 24 Kang Ling Ret DNS 13 11 14 11 11 11 0 25 Petru Florescu 19 13 14 19 12 16 0 26 Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 17 18 21 16 17 15 14 15 16 Ret DNS 14 15 16 14 17 14 0 27 Jose Manuel Vilalta 12 12 16 20 Ret Ret 16 Ret 0 28 Liang Jiatong 17 16 17 18 17 16 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Harrison Scott 4 3 0 Dorian Boccolacci 3 4 0 Vasily Romanov 13 5 12 8 0 Xavier Lloveras 14 13 0 Non-championship round-only drivers Nicholas Loro Silva 14 15 0 Pos Driver LEC1 EST SPA LEC2 SIL RBR MNZ JER CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	LEC1			EST		SPA		LEC2		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Ferdinand Habsburg	3	2		2	9	3	3	1	2	4	2	2	Ret	3	2	7	2	2	2	140
2	Colton Herta				Ret	5	6	5	18	EX	2	Ret	1	1	16	4	1	4	3	1	98
3	Keyvan Andres Soori	15	14		9	10	9	21	14	9	13	13	6	16	Ret	7	9	11	5	Ret	56
4	Enaam Ahmed						10	19	7	Ret	6	4			4	5					38
5	Ameya Vaidyanathan	16	19		15	12	15	12	13	DNS	DNS	11	9	7	17	14	10	9	6	Ret	37
6	Ye Hongli				19	14					Ret	8			8	8	8	8			27
7	Nikita Troitskiy												7	4	10	3					24
8	Daniil Pronenko	13	10		12	17	11	20	10	15			Ret	15	Ret	13	15	13	11	15	24
9	Riccardo Cazzaniga	10	11						Ret	13			11	10	13	12					13
10	Daniele Cazzaniga				10	18	Ret	14			14	14			15	11					10
11	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev	18	17		18	21	16	17	15	16	15	16	Ret	DNS	14	15	16	14	17	14	9
12	Vladimir Atoev								Ret	14	9	10	Ret	14							8
13	Petru Florescu	19	13		14	19	12	16													6
14	Liang Jiatong	17	16				17	18	17	17											0
Non-championship round-only drivers
	Nicholas Loro Silva	14	15																		0
Pos	Driver	LEC1			EST		SPA		LEC2		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Team	LEC1			EST		SPA		LEC2		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Campos Racing	1	1		1	2	2	1	2	1	1	6	4	2	1	1	2	1	9	3	120
2	Drivex School	3	2		2	9	3	3	1	2	4	2	2	4	3	2	7	2	1	2	102
3	RP Motorsport	5	6		4	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	3	5	2	5	3	7	4	5	95
4	Carlin Motorsport	15	14		Ret	5	6	5	13	8	2	11	1	1	16	4	1	4	2	1	72
5	Fortec Motorsports				6	7	7	9	5	6	8	7			12	6					3
6	DAV Racing	10	11		10	11	14	11	11	11	14	14	11	10	13	11					0
7	Teo Martín Motorsport	2	5		11	6	12	8	12	10	9	10	10	11	9	10	Ret	12	10	10	0
8	BVM Racing	13	10		12	14	11	20	10	14	Ret	8	Ret	15	8	8	8	8	11	15	0
9	Team West-Tec	17	16				17	18	17	16											0
Pos	Driver	LEC1			EST		SPA		LEC2		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Spanish Formula Three Championship

Drivers' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Leonardo Pulcini	1	2	2	1	16	3	105
2	Colton Herta	Ret	5	1	4	2	1	94
3	Ferdinand Habsburg	2	9	7	2	1	2	90
4	Damiano Fioravanti	4	3	3	Ret	4	7	60
5	Diego Menchaca	3	4	5	6	18	6	57
6	Tatiana Calderón	Ret	6	6	7	7	12	32
7	Jack Aitken	17	1					27
8	Dorian Boccolacci					3	4	27
9	Keyvan Andres Soori	9	10	9	11	5	Ret	18
10	Vasily Romanov			13	5	12	8	16
12	Tanart Sathienthirakul	5	15	12	10	13	9	14
13	Igor Waliłko	6	7					14
14	Ameya Vaidyanathan	15	12	10	9	6	Ret	14
15	Ye Hongli	19	14	8	8			12
16	Julio Moreno	8	8	14	16	9	11	10
17	Kantadhee Kusiri	7	13	17	15	15	16	6
18	Nikita Zlobin	11	16	Ret	12	10	10	3
19	Daniil Pronenko	12	17	15	13	11	15	0
20	Ling Kang	13	11					0
21	Xavier Lloveras					14	13	0
22	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev	18	21	16	14	17	14	0
23	Petru Florescu	14	19					0
24	Jose Manuel Vilalta	16	20					0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Harrison Scott			4	3			0
	Daniele Cazzaniga	10	18					0
Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Team	EST		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Campos Racing	1	2	2	1	9	3	42
2	Carlin Motorsport	Ret	5	1	4	2	1	37
3	Drivex School	2	9	7	2	1	2	34
4	RP Motorsport	4	1	3	7	4	5	27
5	Teo Martín Motorsport	11	6	Ret	12	3	4	10
6	DAV Racing	10	11					0
7	Fortec Motorsports	6	7					0
8	BVM Racing	12	14	8	8	11	15	0
Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts

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External links

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