2024 Eurocup-3 season

First half

The second season of Eurocup-3 commenced with a non-championship round at MotorLand Aragón. Christian Ho of Campos Racing and Valerio Rinicella of MP Motorsport secured pole positions for the two races. In the first race, Ho initially led for four laps before being overtaken by MP Motorsport teammates Javier Sagrera and Rinicella. A close battle ensued between the top two, with Rinicella ultimately claiming victory on lap twelve. Ho meanwhile fell further back and relinquished third place to MP's Owen Tangavelou. The second race featured an intense contest for the lead among Rinicella, Ho, and Sagrera, each taking turns at the front. Sagrera, however, encountered car issues and dropped out of contention. Ho briefly slipped to third behind teammate Noah Lisle but regained the position later, allowing Rinicella to capitalize and secure his second win of the event.^[39]

The opening round of the season took place at Spa and was significantly affected by heavy rainfall. Following a pre-event test where Tangavelou set the fastest time, adverse weather conditions led to the cancellation of all four practice and qualifying sessions. Consequently, Tangavelou was awarded pole position for the first race, but he was unable to start, allowing Sagrera to lead the field behind the safety car. That was withdrawn after three laps, but was immediately redeployed due to several retirements. As conditions deteriorated further, racing resumed on lap eight, only for a major multi-car collision at Raidillon to bring the event to an early conclusion. Sagrera claimed victory ahead of Saintéloc's Alexander Abkhazava and Palou Motorsport's Kirill Smal. The second race of the weekend was subsequently canceled due to the ongoing weather issues.^[40]

Tangavelou and Ho secured pole positions for the second round at the Red Bull Ring. In the first race, slow starts from the second- and third-placed drivers allowed Tangavelou to establish an early lead, followed by Smal in second and MP Motorsport’s Bruno del Pino in third. Del Pino then advanced to second place, with teammate Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. also overtaking Smal, but Tangavelou had a comfortable gap at that point and claimed victory. In the second race, pole sitter Ho experienced another poor start, enabling del Pino to pressure and ultimately pass him at turn three to take the lead. Del Pino remained unchallenged, while Ho incurred a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits, relegating him to fourth behind Sagrera and Tangavelou. The championship standings after the event mirrored the results of the second race, with Sagrera leading del Pino by five points.^[41]

Round three at Portimão featured three races to compensate for the cancellation of Spa’s second race. Ho secured pole position for the first race and converted it into a dominant lights-to-flag victory, aided by a battle for second place between Del Pino and Tangavelou behind him.^[42] In the second race, Campos’s Valentin Kluss started from pole but was overtaken by Ho and Tangavelou at the first corner. Kluss reclaimed second as Lisle also got through, while Ho secured another unchallenged win.^[43] The third race saw pole sitter Ho drop behind Del Pino and Abkhazava at the start, before his weekend ended prematurely with a mechanical failure. On the penultimate lap, Abkhazava overtook Del Pino, who then fell down the order, allowing Sagrera and Kluss to complete the podium. This result left Del Pino, Sagrera, and Tangavelou tied for the championship lead on 78 points.^[44]

At the fourth round of the championship at Circuit Paul Ricard, Ho delivered strong performances in qualifying to secure pole position for both races. However, in the first race, he fell behind Del Pino and Sagrera at the start. Despite setting the fastest laps of the race, Ho took 13 laps to reclaim second place, by which time Del Pino had already established a lead. Ho closed up to the leader, but had not enough time to threaten Del Pino. In the second race, Ho successfully defended his position from Sagrera at the start. He then built a comfortable gap and managed the race to claim a lights-to-flag victory. Jesse Carrasquedo Jr., a new addition to Campos Racing’s lineup for that round, secured third place after passing Barrichello Jr. at the start, but was unable to challenge Sagrera. Ho's victory propelled him to the top of the championship standings, two points ahead of Sagrera.^[45]

Second half

The second half of the championship began at Circuit Zandvoort, where Sagrera took both pole positions.^[46] The first race started under safety car conditions due to issues with the starting lights. A severe collision involving Abkhazava and Campos driver Michael Shin, whose car rolled over seven times, disrupted the event.^[47] The race was red-flagged, and rain began to fall during the suspension. Following the restart, Sagrera led Ho and Del Pino, with the podium positions unchanged until the race concluded prematurely under safety car conditions. The second race proved less dramatic; Sagrera defended against an early attack by Del Pino following a safety car phase and controlled the race to secure another victory, extending his championship lead to 23 points over Ho. Kluss completed the podium, while Shin finished ninth, less than 24 hours after his crash.^[48]

Carrasquedo Jr. and Tangavelou secured pole positions on EuroCup-3’s main season return to Aragón. Sagrera started the first race from second place, but collided with Tangavelou approaching the first corner, taking them both out of the race. This allowed Ho and Shin to move into second and third. Ho engaged in a close battle with Carrasquedo Jr. for the lead, but the Mexican driver secured his maiden series win, while Ho narrowed the points gap to Sagrera.^[49] Race two was delayed due to a collision during the formation lap. Once underway, Tangavelou and Del Pino contested the lead, before Sagrera overtook them both. He controlled the race to lead Del Pino and Ho home before they were both penalized post-race. That saw Fittipaldi Jr. and GRS driver Nikola Tsolov claim podium finishes, while Sagrera grew his championship lead to 28 points.^[50]

The penultimate round of the season was held at Circuito de Jerez. In qualifying for the first race, Ho secured pole position. Del Pino started second but stalled at the beginning, dropping back to 25th place. Sagrera advanced to second place and defended his position against Shin, who had climbed from sixth to third. The race order stabilized, allowing Ho to claim a dominant victory by 9.37 seconds and reduce Sagrera's championship lead to 14 points. For the second race, Del Pino started on pole and achieved an unchallenged lights-to-flag victory. The podium positions mirrored the first race, with Sagrera finishing second and Shin third. Ho placed fifth, losing ground to Sagrera in the championship standings. Heading into the final weekend, Sagrera led Ho by 26 points. Del Pino in third remained in contention, trailing by an additional ten points.^[51]

The title decider at Barcelona began with Fittipaldi Jr. securing pole position for the first race, which he converted into a victory after a contested move against Ho. Ho’s team later lodged a protest regarding the incident. Sagrera only gained ten points, narrowing his championship lead to twelve points.^[52] In the second qualifying session, Ho claimed a critical pole position, earning two additional points.^[53] He went on to win the second race, while Sagrera initially finished fifth - just enough to secure the title.^[54] However, Sagrera received a post-race penalty that would have cost him two points and handed the title to Ho. Simultaneously, Sagrera’s teammate Tangavelou, who finished behind him, was disqualified due to a parc fermé violation, meaning Sagrera's penalty did not affect his points tally. Both race results and the final championship standings remain provisional.^[55]

Ho and Sagrera engaged in a closely contested battle throughout the season, with Sagrera securing four victories and six additional podium finishes, while Ho achieved five wins and four more podiums. The season culminated with minimal points separating the two, but controversy during the final round at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya overshadowed both their accomplishments and the series' notable progress. The EuroCup-3 series saw significant growth in 2024, with 30 cars entering a single round. Reaching that number in only the second year of the series' existence is a milestone that cannot be understated. However, the turbulent conclusion shifted focus away from this achievement. As of more than two months after the season's end, the 2024 EuroCup-3 champion remains unconfirmed.

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Additional points were awarded for setting the fastest lap during a race or qualifying on pole position.

Drivers' standings

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Pos Driver ARA1 SPA RBR POR LEC ZAN ARA2 JER CAT Pts NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Javier Sagrera 2 13† 1 C 8 2 5 8 2 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 6 6 250 2 Christian Ho 4 2 22† C Ret 4 1 1 21† 2 1 2 5 2 9 1 5 2 1 248 3 Bruno del Pino 18 C 2 1 2 7 4 1 10 3 2 4 4 12 1 3 11 209 4 Owen Tangavelou 3 4 DNS C 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 Ret 6 6 8 7 DSQ 158 5 Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 6 7 4 C 3 5 20† 6 16 8 6 8 17 14 2 4 4 1 2 149 6 Valentin Kluss 10† Ret 7 C 19 6 6 2 3 7 4 12 3 7 7 9 10 9 8 121 7 Michael Shin 5 5 11 C 9 7 Ret 3 6 9 8 Ret 9 3 8 3 3 8 10 98 8 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Ret 3 13 21 1 10 8 6 4 7 80 9 Alexander Abkhazava WD WD 2 C 6 24 4 Ret 1 6 9 Ret Ret 25† 11 13 14 10 12 76 10 José Garfias 6 C 7 23 Ret 5 20 4 7 22 6 10 13 52 11 Nikola Tsolov Ret C 9 9 8 6 8 5 3 10 Ret 47 12 Noah Lisle Ret 3 Ret C 5 12 8 15 Ret 21 11 5 20 8 5 7 12 13 17 47 13 Kirill Smal 3 C 4 Ret 27 14 Theodor Jensen Ret 10 9 C 18 10 Ret 10 7 15 19 7 16 9 18 11 Ret 18 9 25 15 Daniel Nogales 13 C 12 9 10 11 17 11 13 11 12 11 17 Ret 9 Ret 4 23 16 Dario Cabanelas 8 C 10 16 7 21 12 20 22 Ret 10 19 Ret WD WD 13 17 Suleiman Zanfari 8 6 5 C DNS DNS 19† 19 10 11 18 Hadrien David 6 21 8 19 Yevan David 10 7 7 20 Isaac Barashi 21 C 11 8 15 20 19 17 16 9 18 12 22† 18 19 20 19 6 21 Garrett Berry 7 9 15 C 14 13 18 14 9 13 12 20 11 26† Ret 20 Ret 17 23† 2 22 Georgy Zhuravskiy 9 8 14 C Ret 11 13 18 11 10 14 16 22 21 Ret 15 15 11 13 2 23 Nick Gilkes 10 C 16 20 12 16 13 Ret 15 16 19 16 19 1 24 Diego de la Torre WD WD 12 C 20 14 11 13 18 14 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 14 16 19 14 0 25 Luciano Morano 16 C 15 19 Ret 12 Ret 12 17 19 14 13 23† 16 18 16 24† 0 26 Joao Díaz Ret 21 17 22 Ret 19 20 DNS 15 18 12 19 17 0 27 Victoria Blokhina Ret 11 17 C 17 18 16 Ret DNS 18 18 18 25 20 16 22 20 12 16 0 28 Gaspard Le Gallais Ret 12 20 C Ret 17 14 17 15 16 21 21 24 24 20 24 13 DSQ 22 0 29 Emely de Heus 13 15 Ret DNS 14 17 23 DNS Ret 0 30 Douwe Dedecker 15 Ret WD WD 0 31 Pierre-Louis Chovet 17 Ret 0 32 Finley Green 19 C Ret 22 DNS DNS DNS WD WD DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Nikita Bedrin 5 3 — — Michael Belov 5 7 — — Mari Boya 15 5 — — James Hedley 17 11 — — Linus Hellberg 22 14 23 21 Ret 21 — — Everett Stack 14 Ret — — Emil Hellberg 23 15 21 22 22 18 — — Preston Lambert 21 15 — — Matteo Quintarelli Ret 20 — — Gerrard Xie WD WD — Non-championship round-only drivers — Valerio Rinicella 1 1 — — Matteo de Palo WD WD — Pos Driver NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts ARA1 SPA RBR POR LEC ZAN ARA2 JER CAT

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 † — Did not finish, but classified Rookie

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Teams' standings

Each team counted their two best results per race and the bonus points for fastest laps if applicable.

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Pos	Driver	ARA1			SPA		RBR		POR			LEC		ZAN		ARA2		JER		CAT		Pts
		NC			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	MP Motorsport	1	1		1	C	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	1	2	561
		2	4		4	C	2	2	3	6	4	3	5	3	2	14	2	4	2	3	6
2	Campos Racing	4	2		5	C	5	4	1	1	3	2	1	2	3	1	5	1	3	2	1	460
		5	3		7	C	9	6	6	2	6	7	3	5	4	2	7	3	5	4	7
3	Saintéloc Racing	WD	WD		2	C	6	14	4	5	1	4	7	10	6	10	11	13	9	10	4	155
		WD	WD		6	C	7	22	11	14	18	6	9	15	7	11	17	14	11	20	12
4	Palou Motorsport	7	9		3	C	4	10	18	10	7	12	12	7	11	9	18	11	18	14	9	54
		Ret	10		9	C	14	13	Ret	13	9	13	17	20	14	13	23†	16	Ret	17	23†
5	GRS Team				21	C	11	8	9	10	8	17	16	6	8	5	3	10	19	15	5	53
					Ret	C	13	15	15	20	14			9	18	16	Ret	18	Ret	16	19
6	DXR by Drivex						Ret	21	17	22	Ret	19	20	DNS	15	6	14	21	21	22	18	8
																18	15	23	22	Ret	21
7	Drivex	9	8		10	C	12	9	10	12	11	10	13	12	12	16	16	5	7	5	3	5
		Ret	11		13	C	16	11	12	16	13	11	14	15	19	20	19	15	13	12	15
Pos	Driver	NC			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
		ARA1			SPA		RBR		POR			LEC		ZAN		ARA2		JER		CAT

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