Euroformula Open Championship

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Euroformula Open Championship
Logo Euroformula Open.png
Euroformula Open logo
Category Single seaters
Country Europe
Inaugural season2001
Drivers10 (2023)
Teams6 (2023)
Constructors Dallara
Engine suppliers Mercedes
Volkswagen
Tyre suppliers Hankook [1]
Drivers' champion Flag of Mexico.svg Noel León
Teams' champion Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark
Official website http://www.euroformulaopen.net/
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe and Scandinavia that together used to form an important part of the established "career ladder" below Formula One. The championship's first season was held in 2001. In 2006, it was branded as the Spanish F3 Championship by Toyota, in deference to its sole engine supplier. In 2020, the championship ceased to be a F3-championship and will share its specifications with Japan's Super Formula Lights based on the previous-generation Formula Three standards, primarily with a choice of engines.

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EuroFormula car in 2021

Profile

The Spanish Formula Three Championship was formed during Spain's recent growth period in motor racing that began with the Euro Open Movistar by Nissan, which eventually became the World Series by Renault when the two companies' motor racing programs were reorganised. The new championship replaced the previously existing Super Formula Toyota, a one-make series with performance similar to F3.

The European F3 Open championship has become successful by actively taking measures to control budget requirements. This provides a more achievable option for drivers who lack the major sponsorship portfolio that is required by leading Euroseries teams, and would otherwise have to look elsewhere for their next step up the career ladder.

With Renault's backing, the World Series has developed into a championship from which drivers can reach Formula One, and three major Spanish teams are established in GP2. [2] This has fostered new opportunities for the graduates of Spanish F3, which has, in turn, made the championship itself a success. [3]

In recent years the Championship has become much less centred in Spain, with races across Europe, and has successfully attracted famous non-Spanish teams to take part. The first was the British outfit Team West-Tec who went on to win two Driver's Championship titles in their first three seasons, and which were followed a year later by Italy's RP Motorsport who have won races each year since joining.

The championship was renamed to Euroformula Open Championship for 2014, after the FIA restricted the use of the Formula Three name to championships that do not follow the current engine regulations. [4]

Sub-divisions

Like British Formula Three, the series incorporates a second championship class for chassis specifications from the previous generation. The Copa was created in 2005, and provides an opportunity for drivers without competitive budgets, who would otherwise be left unable to progress from cheaper formulae. The name is derived from the chassis specification that all Copa entrants must use: the Dallara F308.

Equipment

The Euroformula Open Championship has used chassis from Italian constructor Dallara. During the first seasons, the Dallara F300 was used. The Dallara F305 debuted in 2005, the Dallara F308 in 2008, and the Dallara F312 in 2012. The secondary class was dropped during the 2014 season due to lack of entries. The current chassis is the Dallara 320, which debuted in 2020.

Originally, the European F3 Open Championship had a single engine supplier. From 2010 to 2018, the series used Toyota's F3 engine upgraded by the Spanish tuner Piedrafita Sport. In 2019, the series also allowed Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen engines, and the Toyota engines were dropped after the first round of the season.

F1 tests

The exclusive use of the Toyota engine prompted Toyota to offer a Formula One test to each year's champion. The first driver to benefit from this was 2004 champion Borja García, who later graduated to GP2. [5]

Venues

Between 2001 and 2005, the Spanish F3 Championship had seven rounds, each with two races. Exceptions to this included the Valencia round in 2002 and the Jerez round in 2003, each of which had only one race, and Albacete, which held a single-race event in addition to its regular two-race event in 2005.

In every season from its inception until 2007, the championship made a regular visit to Estoril in Portugal. The 2006 season, which was expanded to eight rounds, included the championship's first visit to Magny-Cours in France. [6]

Since 2008 many circuits from further afield have been added to the schedule including visits to Magny Cours, Donington Park and Brands Hatch with major European motorsport venues including Spa, Monza, Silverstone and Hungaroring hosting rounds of the 2014 season as the series expands further into Europe.

From 2001, the circuits used in the Euroformula Open Championship are listed as:

NumberCircuitsRoundsYears
1 Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 232001–present
2 Flag of Spain.svg Circuito de Jerez 20 [lower-alpha 1] 2002–2011, 2013–2018
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 162008–present
4 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 152009–present
5 Flag of Spain.svg Circuit Ricardo Tormo 13 [lower-alpha 2] 2001–2011
6 Flag of Portugal.svg Circuito do Estoril 122001–2007, 2015–2018, 2022
7 Flag of Spain.svg Circuito del Jarama 11 [lower-alpha 3] 2001–2010
Flag of France.svg Circuit Paul Ricard 112012–2013, 2015–present
9 Flag of Spain.svg Circuito de Albacete 9 [lower-alpha 4] 2001–2008
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring 92012, 2014, 2017–present
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit 72013–2019
Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Ring 72015–2016, 2019–present
13 Flag of France.svg Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 62006–2011
Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve International Circuit 62011–2014, 2021, 2023–present
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch 32010–2012
Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring 32012–2014
17 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia Street Circuit 2 [lower-alpha 5] 2008
Flag of France.svg Circuit de Pau-Ville 22019, 2022
Flag of Italy.svg Mugello Circuit 22020, 2023
Flag of Italy.svg Imola Circuit 22021–2022
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park 12009
Flag of Germany.svg Hockenheimring 12019, 2024

Points system

SeasonsRace123456789101112131415 PP FL PG
20012003 Race20181614121098765432112
2004 Race1210865432111
20052006 Race121086543211
20072008 Race 1131196543211
Race 212108654321
20092011 Race 114121086532111
Race 2121086543211
20122020 Race25181512108642111
2021–presentRace251815121086421112*

Champions

Spanish Formula Three

Drivers

SeasonDriverTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2001 Flag of Spain.svg Ander Vilariño Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 7687196Race 12 of 1439
2002 Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Costa Flag of Spain.svg E.V. Racing 2293190Race 11 of 1316
2003 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Maurício Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 4672190Race 11 of 136
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Borja García Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 89108149Race 14 of 1418
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek Flag of Spain.svg Llusiá Racing2371112Race 13 of 133
2006 Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Risatti Flag of Spain.svg TEC-Auto 3578118Race 15 of 1615
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Máximo Cortés Flag of Spain.svg Escuderia TEC-Auto 4679117Race 16 of 164
2008 Flag of Spain.svg Germán Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg Campos F3 Racing 145488Race 17 of 174

Teams

SeasonTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2001 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 87139113Race 14 of 1419
2002 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 2492108Race 12 of 1319
2003 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 46103119Race 12 of 1326
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 9102110179Race 10 of 1418
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 2371252Race 9 of 13128
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 14141155Race 16 of 169
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Escuderia TEC-Auto 47179197Race 16 of 1630
2008 Flag of Spain.svg Campos F3 Racing 34127134Race 15 of 1744

Junior Cup

SeasonDriverTeam Poles Wins (Junior)Podiums (Junior)Fastest lapsPoints (Junior)ClinchedMargin
2001 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio del Pino Flag of Spain.svg Meycom001073Race 13 of 1423
2002 Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 0000113Race 7 of 1316
2003 Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Risatti Flag of Spain.svg EV Racing
Flag of Spain.svg Elide Racing
00 (8)1 (10)070 (96)Race 12 of 1328
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Flag of Spain.svg EV Racing
Flag of Spain.svg Elide Racing
00 (10)0 (11)029 (108)Race 13 of 1428

Trofeo Ibérico

SeasonDriverTeam Poles Wins (Trofeo)Podiums(Trofeo)Fastest lapsPoints (Trofeo)ClinchedMargin
2003 Flag of Spain.svg Borja García Flag of Spain.svg GTA Motor Competición 11 (0)7 (4)280 (182)Race 5 of 54
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Borja García Flag of Spain.svg Racing Engineering 79 (5)10 (5)8149 (63)Race 6 of 613
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Andy Soucek Flag of Spain.svg Llusiá Racing23 (2)7 (3)1112 (77)Race 5 of 619
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Roldán Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 24 (3)5 (3)3103 (65)Race 6 of 66

Copa de España de F3

SeasonDriverTeam Poles Wins (Copa)Podiums(Copa)Fastest lapsPoints (Copa)ClinchedMargin
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Arturo Llobell Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 000016 (86)Race 15 of 154
2006 Flag of Spain.svg German Sanchez Flag of Spain.svg Escuela Profiltek000119 (108)Race 15 of 1615
2007 Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ebbesvik Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team West-Tec 00 (7)0 (13)07 (118)Race 16 of 160
2008 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Natacha Gachnang Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team West-Tec 10 (5)0 (12)276 (110)Race 16 of 161

European F3 Open

Drivers

SeasonDriverTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Bruno Méndez Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 24118145Race 16 of 162
2010 Flag of Spain.svg Marco Barba Flag of Lebanon.svg Cedars Motorsport36108154Race 12 of 1642
2011 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alex Fontana Flag of Italy.svg Corbetta Competizioni1271120Race 15 of 165
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolò Schirò Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 34117272Race 16 of 165
2013 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ed Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team West-Tec F3 46103256Race 16 of 169

Teams

SeasonTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 461410117Race 16 of 167
2010 Flag of Lebanon.svg Cedars Motorsport36108116Race 15 of 1624
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team West-Tec 2481101Race 16 of 166
2012 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 882310138Race 14 of 1641
2013 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 66267128Race 16 of 162

Copa F306/300

SeasonDriverTeam Poles Wins (Copa)Podiums (Copa)Fastest lapsPoints (Copa)ClinchedMargin
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum MacLeod Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team West-Tec 00 (7)1 (12)041 (106)Race 14 of 1627
2010 Flag of Lebanon.svg Noel Jammal Flag of Lebanon.svg Cedars Motorsport00 (5)0 (8)024 (89)Race 16 of 165
2011 Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Gamberini Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team West-Tec 01 (10)3 (14)079 (130)Race 14 of 1612
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Giovesi Flag of Italy.svg DAV Racing 00 (10)1 (11)093 (110)Race 13 of 1638
2013 Flag of Slovakia.svg Richard Gonda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Drivex School 00 (7)0 (10)010 (100)Race 15 of 1619

Euroformula Open

Drivers

SeasonDriverTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2014 Flag of Thailand.svg Sandy Stuvik Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 1011125332Race 14 of 1689
2015 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Baptista Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 56127291Race 16 of 165
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Pulcini Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 37158303Race 12 of 1656
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harrison Scott Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 1112139340Race 12 of 16118
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Drugovich Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 10141610405Race 12 of 16159
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Marino Sato Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 69115309Race 15 of 18130
2020 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yifei Ye Flag of Japan.svg CryptoTower Racing 12111612369Race 16 of 18121
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Das Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 17166382Race 22 of 2467
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Goethe Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 7111812473Race 24 of 2657
2023 Flag of Mexico.svg Noel León Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 5*7*15*11*367*Race 20 of 2392*

Teams

SeasonTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2014 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 13132210152Race 14 of 1651
2015 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 57138121Race 15 of 1610
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 37179120Race 14 of 1618
2017 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 12131710134Race 12 of 1644
2018 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 10141611180Race 11 of 1678
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 11153311262Race 12 of 18168
2020 Flag of Japan.svg CryptoTower Racing 17162616244Race 12 of 18129
2021 Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 5162918277Race 23 of 2469
2022 Flag of Japan.svg CryptoTower Racing 312418358Race 23 of 2478

Rookies

SeasonDriverTeam Poles Wins (rookie)Podiums (rookie)Fastest lapsPoints (rookie)ClinchedMargin
2016 Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg Flag of Spain.svg Drivex School 42 (10)12 (15)1247 (140)Race 12 of 1642
2017 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Troitskiy Flag of Spain.svg Drivex School 20 (7)9 (14)4222 (124)Race 14 of 1629
2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bent Viscaal Flag of Spain.svg Teo Martín Motorsport 41 (14)12 (15)2246 (138)Race 12 of 1648
2019 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 24 (6)7 (9)1179 (92)Race 18 of 189
2020 Flag of Germany.svg Niklas Krütten Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 00 (9)5 (13)0153 (140)Race 16 of 1828
2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Casper Stevenson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Van Amersfoort Racing 02 (6)4 (20)0217 (178)Race 19 of 2435
2022 Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Lomko Flag of Japan.svg CryptoTower Racing 26 (21)19 (25)5416 (226)Race 22 of 2664

Spanish F3 Drivers

SeasonDriverTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2014 Flag of Thailand.svg Sandy Stuvik Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 4442118Race 5 of 613
2015 Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Tereshchenko Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 5453134Race 5 of 637
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Pulcini Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 1243105Race 6 of 611
2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carlin Motorsport 0130119Race 5 of 622
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Drugovich Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 0130157Race 5 of 653

Spanish F3 Teams

SeasonTeam Poles WinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin
2014 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 558456Race 5 of 614
2015 Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 546348Race 6 of 69
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 125342Race 6 of 65
2017 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 456450Race 5 of 67
2018 Flag of Italy.svg RP Motorsport 356372Race 4 of 628

Notes

  1. Circuito de Jerez hosted 2 rounds in 20022004, and 2007.
  2. Circuit Ricardo Tormo hosted 2 rounds in 20052006.
  3. Circuito del Jarama hosted 2 rounds in 2001.
  4. Circuito de Albacete hosted 2 rounds in 2005.
  5. Valencia Street Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2008.

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