Formula Ford EuroCup

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Formula Ford EuroCup
Category Formula racing
Country Europe
Inaugural season1969
2011 (modern)
Folded2012

The Formula Ford EuroCup, or European Formula Ford Championship, refers to two pan-European championships for Formula Ford competitors.

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1969–2001

The original series was one of the earliest Formula Ford series, first run in 1969 and won by Gerry Birrell driving a Crossle. The series continued to run until 2001 as Formula Ford increasingly became a domestic oriented series with greater emphasis being placed on Formula 3 as a pan-European development Formula. The EFDA Formula Ford 1600 Euroseries was run, between 1979 and 1987 by the European Formula Drivers Association. and run alongside, for winged class, the EFDA Formula Ford 2000 Euroseries .

Champions

SeasonChampion
1979 John Village
1980 Bo Martinsson
1981 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor Euser
1982 Flag of Germany.svg Volker Weidler
1983 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gerrit van Kouwen
1984 Hans Furrer
1985 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Carcasci
1986 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
1987 Flag of Denmark.svg Svend Hansen
1998 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Hayes
1999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcos Ambrose
2000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Taylor
2001 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson

2011–2012

The concept was revived in 2011, as a series aimed at giving drivers experience at European race circuits. While individual events nominated a winner, there was no overarching points system or championship. Three national Formula Ford Championships were involved, the British Formula Ford Championship, the Benelux Formula Ford Championship and the Scandinavian Formula Ford Championship. [1] The Formula Ford EuroCup ran for two seasons, and ended after the 2012 season.

2011 season

The 2011 Formula Ford EuroCup was the inaugural season of the Formula Ford EuroCup championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 June and ended on 14 August at Circuit Park Zandvoort, after four meetings each consisting of three races. [2]

Each round of the championship consisted of three races, with an overall EuroCup winner for each round announced. [3]

RoundCircuitDateSupportingWinning driverEuroCup winner
1R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch GP 18 June British F3/GT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern [4]
R2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
R319 June Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
2R4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8 July GT4 European Cup Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
R59 July Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Uhrhane
R6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
3R7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit Zolder 16 July Superleague Formula Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
R817 July Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
4R9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Park Zandvoort 13 August Masters of Formula 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
R10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Malvern
R1114 August Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joey van Splunteren

2012 season

The 2012 Formula Ford EuroCup was the second season of the Formula Ford EuroCup. The season began at Brands Hatch on 23 June and ended on 29 July at Nürburgring, after four meetings each consisting of three races. [5] Finnish driver Antti Buri won all three races at the opening meeting at Brands Hatch to take the season's inaugural EuroCup title, [6] before his team boss Nick Tandy – returning to single-seaters – repeated the feat at Spa-Francorchamps. [7] The only driver to claim more than one EuroCup title was Eric Lichtenstein, who claimed each of the last two events at Zandvoort and the Nürburgring. [8] [9]

RoundCircuitDateSupportingWinning DriverEuroCup Winner
1R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch GP 23 June British F3 / British GT Flag of Finland.svg Antti Buri Flag of Finland.svg Antti Buri
R224 June Flag of Finland.svg Antti Buri
R3 Flag of Finland.svg Antti Buri
2R1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 July3000km of Spa Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
R27 July Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
R3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
3R1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Park Zandvoort 14 July Masters of Formula 3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart van Os Flag of Argentina.svg Eric Lichtenstein
R2 Flag of Argentina.svg Eric Lichtenstein
R315 July Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Cook
4R1 Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring 28 July British Formula Ford Flag of Argentina.svg Eric Lichtenstein Flag of Argentina.svg Eric Lichtenstein
R229 July Flag of Ecuador.svg Julio Moreno
R3 Flag of Argentina.svg Eric Lichtenstein

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