The 2020 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in the new Dallara 320 car, which features the Halo safety device. [1] It was the seventh Euroformula Open Championship season.
CryptoTower Racing Team driver Yifei Ye won the title after the second race at Barcelona, having won 11 races, 13 pole positions, 12 fastest lap.
All teams utilized the new Dallara 320 chassis.
Team | Engine | No. | Driver | Status | Round(s) |
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Team Motopark [2] | Volkswagen | 4 | Niklas Krütten [3] | R | All |
28 | Cameron Das [4] | 2, 4–7 | |||
33 | Manuel Maldonado [3] | All | |||
Carlin Motorsport [2] | Volkswagen | 6 | Ido Cohen [5] | All | |
24 | Ben Barnicoat [6] | 5 | |||
Jordan King [7] | G | 7 | |||
31 | Zane Maloney [8] | R | All | ||
Double R Racing [9] | Mercedes-Benz | 8 | Benjamin Pedersen [10] | 6 | |
Matthias Lüthen | R | 7 | |||
26 | Ayrton Simmons [11] | 1–4 | |||
Louis Foster [12] | 6–7 | ||||
Drivex School [13] | Mercedes-Benz | 12 | Glenn van Berlo [14] | R | All |
34 | Shihab Al Habsi [15] | R | 1–3 | ||
Matthias Lüthen | R | 6 | |||
Rafael Villagómez [7] | RG | 7 | |||
Van Amersfoort Racing [16] | Mercedes-Benz | 15 | Sebastian Estner [17] | R | All |
16 | Andreas Estner [18] | All | |||
25 | Alexandre Bardinon [19] | All | |||
CryptoTower Racing [20] | Volkswagen | 20 | Yifei Ye [20] | All | |
69 | Lukas Dunner [4] | 2, 4–7 | |||
99 | Rui Andrade [20] | All |
A nine-round provisional calendar was revealed on 11 October 2019. While Silverstone Circuit was not on this season's calendar, Autodromo di Pergusa was scheduled to debut as a Euroformula Open Championship round. [1] An updated calendar was announced on 22 October 2019. [22]
After the start of the season was delayed due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, a new 8-round calendar was announced on 21 May 2020. The round at Circuit de Pau-Ville, which was on the original schedule, was not run this season. [23] On 3 June 2020 it was announced that the season opener at Hungaroring was moved back to 23–26 July. [24] On 10 June 2020 the season opener was moved to 8–9 August, while the round at Autodromo di Pergusa was cancelled with plans to run there in 2021. [25] Two of the eight rescheduled events will hold three races to compensate for the loss of one round. [26] [27] On 22 October, the planned season finale at Jarama was cancelled due to rising COVID-19 cases in Europe, and it was announced that Barcelona would hold four races instead. [28]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
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25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Only the fifteen best race results counted towards the championship.
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Pos | Driver | HUN | LEC | RBR | MNZ | MUG | SPA | CAT | Pts | |||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |||
1 | Niklas Krütten | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 140 (150) |
2 | Glenn van Berlo | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 112 (116) |
3 | Zane Maloney | 4 | 3 | DNS | 2 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 109 |
4 | Sebastian Estner | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 101 (104) |
5 | Shihab Al Habsi | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||||
6 | Matthias Lüthen | WD | WD | WD | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 15 | |||||||||||
Guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||||
— | Rafael Villagómez | 12 | 13 | 12 | Ret | — | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
HUN | LEC | RBR | MNZ | MUG | SPA | CAT |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Pos | Team | HUN | LEC | RBR | MNZ | MUG | SPA | CAT | Pts | |||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |||
1 | CryptoTower Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 244 |
11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |||
2 | Team Motopark | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 115 |
8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||
3 | Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 84 |
3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | |||
4 | Carlin Motorsport | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 76 |
6 | 4 | DNS | 5 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 11 | NC | 8 | |||
5 | Double R Racing | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 24 | ||
8 | 5 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 12 | Ret | ||||||||||||||
6 | Drivex School | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 9 |
10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | WD | WD | WD | 12 | 13 | 12 | Ret | ||||||||
Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
HUN | LEC | RBR | MNZ | MUG | SPA | CAT |
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