Euroformula Open Championship

Euroformula Open Championship
	Euroformula Open logo
Category	Single seaters
Country	Europe
Inaugural season	2001
Drivers	10 (2024)
Teams	4 (2024)
Constructors	Dallara
Engine suppliers	Mercedes; Volkswagen
Tyre suppliers	Pirelli
Drivers' champion	Brad Benavides
Teams' champion	Team Motopark
Official website	http://www.euroformulaopen.net/
	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 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.

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:

Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2024 season.

Number	Circuits	Rounds	Years
1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	24	2001–present
2	Circuito de Jerez	20^[a]	2002–2011, 2013–2018
3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17	2008–present
4	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	16	2009–present
5	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	13^[b]	2001–2011
6	Circuito do Estoril	12	2001–2007, 2015–2018, 2022
6	Circuit Paul Ricard	12	2012–2013, 2015–present
8	Circuito del Jarama	11^[c]	2001–2010
9	Hungaroring	10	2012, 2014, 2017–present
10	Circuito de Albacete	9^[d]	2001–2008
11	Red Bull Ring	8	2015–2016, 2019–present
12	Algarve International Circuit	7	2011–2014, 2021, 2023–present
12	Silverstone Circuit	7	2013–2019
14	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	6	2006–2011
15	Brands Hatch	3	2010–2012
15	Nürburgring	3	2012–2014
17	Valencia Street Circuit	2^[e]	2008
	Circuit de Pau-Ville	2	2019, 2022
	Hockenheimring	2	2019, 2024
	Mugello Circuit	2	2020, 2023
	Imola Circuit	2	2021–2022
22	Donington Park	1	2009

Points system

Seasons	Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP	FL	PG
2001–2003	Race	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	2	—
2004	Race	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	—						1	1	—
2005–2006	Race	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	—							1	—
2007–2008	Race 1	13	11	9	6	5	4	3	2	1	—						1	—
2007–2008	Race 2	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	—
2009–2011	Race 1	14	12	10	8	6	5	3	2	1	—						1	1	—
2009–2011	Race 2	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	—							1	—
2012–2020	Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	—					1	1	—
2021–present	Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	—					1	1	2*

Champions

Spanish Formula Three

Drivers

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2001	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering	7	6	8	7	196	Race 12 of 14	39
2002	Marcel Costa	E.V. Racing	2	2	9	3	190	Race 11 of 13	16
2003	Ricardo Maurício	Racing Engineering	4	6	7	2	190	Race 11 of 13	6
2004	Borja García	Racing Engineering	8	9	10	8	149	Race 14 of 14	18
2005	Andy Soucek	Llusiá Racing	2	3	7	1	112	Race 13 of 13	3
2006	Ricardo Risatti	TEC-Auto	3	5	7	8	118	Race 15 of 16	15
2007	Máximo Cortés	Escuderia TEC-Auto	4	6	7	9	117	Race 16 of 16	4
2008	Germán Sánchez	Campos F3 Racing	1	4	5	4	88	Race 17 of 17	4

Teams

Season	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2001	Racing Engineering	8	7	13	9	113	Race 14 of 14	19
2002	Racing Engineering	2	4	9	2	108	Race 12 of 13	19
2003	Racing Engineering	4	6	10	3	119	Race 12 of 13	26
2004	Racing Engineering	9	10	21	10	179	Race 10 of 14	18
2005	Racing Engineering	2	3	7	1	252	Race 9 of 13	128
2006	Racing Engineering	1	4	14	1	155	Race 16 of 16	9
2007	Escuderia TEC-Auto	4	7	17	9	197	Race 16 of 16	30
2008	Campos F3 Racing	3	4	12	7	134	Race 15 of 17	44

Junior Cup

Season	Driver	Team	Wins (Junior)	Podiums (Junior)	Points (Junior)	Clinched	Margin
2001	Juan Antonio del Pino	Meycom	0	1	73	Race 13 of 14	23
2002	Andy Soucek	Racing Engineering	0	0	113	Race 7 of 13	16
2003	Ricardo Risatti	EV Racing Elide Racing	0 (8)	1 (10)	70 (96)	Race 12 of 13	28
2004	Javier Villa	EV Racing Elide Racing	0 (10)	0 (11)	29 (108)	Race 13 of 14	28

Trofeo Ibérico

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (Trofeo)	Podiums(Trofeo)	Fastest laps	Points (Trofeo)	Clinched	Margin
2003	Borja García	GTA Motor Competición	1	1 (0)	7 (4)	2	80 (182)	Race 5 of 5	4
2004	Borja García	Racing Engineering	7	9 (5)	10 (5)	8	149 (63)	Race 6 of 6	13
2005	Andy Soucek	Llusiá Racing	2	3 (2)	7 (3)	1	112 (77)	Race 5 of 6	19
2006	Roldán Rodríguez	Campos Racing	2	4 (3)	5 (3)	3	103 (65)	Race 6 of 6	6

Copa de España de F3

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (Copa)	Podiums(Copa)	Fastest laps	Points (Copa)	Clinched	Margin
2005	Arturo Llobell	Campos Racing	0	0	0	0	16 (86)	Race 15 of 15	4
2006	German Sanchez	Escuela Profiltek	0	0	0	1	19 (108)	Race 15 of 16	15
2007	Christian Ebbesvik	Team West-Tec	0	0 (7)	0 (13)	0	7 (118)	Race 16 of 16	0
2008	Natacha Gachnang	Team West-Tec	1	0 (5)	0 (12)	2	76 (110)	Race 16 of 16	1

European F3 Open

Drivers

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2009	Bruno Méndez	Campos Racing	2	4	11	8	145	Race 16 of 16	2
2010	Marco Barba	Cedars Motorsport	3	6	10	8	154	Race 12 of 16	42
2011	Alex Fontana	Corbetta Competizioni	1	2	7	1	120	Race 15 of 16	5
2012	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	3	4	11	7	272	Race 16 of 16	5
2013	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	4	6	10	3	256	Race 16 of 16	9

Teams

Season	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2009	Campos Racing	4	6	14	10	117	Race 16 of 16	7
2010	Cedars Motorsport	3	6	10	8	116	Race 15 of 16	24
2011	Team West-Tec	2	4	8	1	101	Race 16 of 16	6
2012	RP Motorsport	8	8	23	10	138	Race 14 of 16	41
2013	RP Motorsport	6	6	26	7	128	Race 16 of 16	2

Copa F306/300

Season	Driver	Team	Wins (Copa)	Podiums (Copa)	Points (Copa)	Clinched	Margin
2009	Callum MacLeod	Team West-Tec	0 (7)	1 (12)	41 (106)	Race 14 of 16	27
2010	Noel Jammal	Cedars Motorsport	0 (5)	0 (8)	24 (89)	Race 16 of 16	5
2011	Fabio Gamberini	Team West-Tec	1 (10)	3 (14)	79 (130)	Race 14 of 16	12
2012	Kevin Giovesi	DAV Racing	0 (10)	1 (11)	93 (110)	Race 13 of 16	38
2013	Richard Gonda	Drivex School	0 (7)	0 (10)	10 (100)	Race 15 of 16	19

Euroformula Open

Drivers

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	10	11	12	5	332	Race 14 of 16	89
2015	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	5	6	12	7	291	Race 16 of 16	5
2016	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	3	7	15	8	303	Race 12 of 16	56
2017	Harrison Scott	RP Motorsport	11	12	13	9	340	Race 12 of 16	118
2018	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	10	14	16	10	405	Race 12 of 16	159
2019	Marino Sato	Team Motopark	6	9	11	5	309	Race 15 of 18	130
2020	Yifei Ye	CryptoTower Racing	12	11	16	12	369	Race 16 of 18	121
2021	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	1	7	16	6	382	Race 22 of 24	67
2022	Oliver Goethe	Team Motopark	7	11	18	12	473	Race 24 of 26	57
2023	Noel León	Team Motopark	5	7	15	11	394	Race 20 of 23	87
2024	Brad Benavides	Team Motopark	4	9	19	10	431	Race 21 of 24	86

Teams

Season	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	RP Motorsport	13	13	22	10	152	Race 14 of 16	51
2015	RP Motorsport	5	7	13	8	121	Race 15 of 16	10
2016	Campos Racing	3	7	17	9	120	Race 14 of 16	18
2017	RP Motorsport	12	13	17	10	134	Race 12 of 16	44
2018	RP Motorsport	10	14	16	11	180	Race 11 of 16	78
2019	Team Motopark	11	15	33	11	262	Race 12 of 18	168
2020	CryptoTower Racing	17	16	26	16	244	Race 12 of 18	129
2021	Team Motopark	5	16	29	18	277	Race 23 of 24	69
2022	CryptoTower Racing	3	12	41	8	358	Race 23 of 24	78
2023	Team Motopark	5	15	36	15	325	Race 15 of 23	124
2024	Team Motopark	6	19	46	19	402	Race 12 of 24	279

Rookies

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (rookie)	Podiums (rookie)	Fastest laps	Points (rookie)	Clinched	Margin
2016	Ferdinand Habsburg	Drivex School	4	2 (10)	12 (15)	1	247 (140)	Race 12 of 16	42
2017	Nikita Troitskiy	Drivex School	2	0 (7)	9 (14)	4	222 (124)	Race 14 of 16	29
2018	Bent Viscaal	Teo Martín Motorsport	4	1 (14)	12 (15)	2	246 (138)	Race 12 of 16	48
2019	Liam Lawson	Team Motopark	2	4 (6)	7 (9)	1	179 (92)	Race 18 of 18	9
2020	Niklas Krütten	Team Motopark	0	0 (9)	5 (13)	0	153 (140)	Race 16 of 18	28
2021	Casper Stevenson	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	2 (6)	4 (20)	0	217 (178)	Race 19 of 24	35
2022	Vladislav Lomko	CryptoTower Racing	2	6 (21)	19 (25)	5	416 (226)	Race 22 of 26	64
2023	Jakob Bergmeister	Team Motopark	0	0 (10)	3 (16)	0	150 (148)	Race 12 of 23	40
2024	Fernando Barrichello	Team Motopark	0	1 (20)	5 (24)	1	264 (210)	Race 13 of 24	176

Spanish F3 Drivers

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	4	4	4	2	118	Race 5 of 6	13
2015	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	5	4	5	3	134	Race 5 of 6	37
2016	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	1	2	4	3	105	Race 6 of 6	11
2017	Devlin DeFrancesco	Carlin Motorsport	0	1	3	0	119	Race 5 of 6	22
2018	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	0	1	3	0	157	Race 5 of 6	53

Spanish F3 Teams

Season	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	RP Motorsport	5	5	8	4	56	Race 5 of 6	14
2015	Campos Racing	5	4	6	3	48	Race 6 of 6	9
2016	Campos Racing	1	2	5	3	42	Race 6 of 6	5
2017	RP Motorsport	4	5	6	4	50	Race 5 of 6	7
2018	RP Motorsport	3	5	6	3	72	Race 4 of 6	28

Notes

^ Circuito de Jerez hosted 2 rounds in 2002–2004, and 2007.
^ Circuit Ricardo Tormo hosted 2 rounds in 2005–2006.
^ Circuito del Jarama hosted 2 rounds in 2001.
^ Circuito de Albacete hosted 2 rounds in 2005.
^ Valencia Street Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2008.

References

^ "GT Sport announces tyre supply partnership with Pirelli for the Euroformula Open, starting with immediate effect". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ Racing Engineering Season Preview F1prospects.com, April 8, 2006. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
^ Over the Weekend – April 29–30, 2006 Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine F1prospects.com, May 1, 2006. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
^ "The Euroformula Open is born!". Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
^ Toyota F1 test for Spanish champ Autosport-atlas.com, January 28, 2005. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
^ 2006 Spanish F3 Calendar Archived 2007-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Formula3.cc, November 26, 2005. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

External links

Euruformula Open Official Website
Speedsport on Spanish F3 Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
Formula3.cc
European F3 Open Championship at forix.com

[Jerez_SF3-7] Circuito de Jerez hosted 2 rounds in 2002–2004, and 2007.

[Valencia_SF3-8] Circuit Ricardo Tormo hosted 2 rounds in 2005–2006.

[Jarama_SF3-9] Circuito del Jarama hosted 2 rounds in 2001.

[Albacete_SF3-10] Circuito de Albacete hosted 2 rounds in 2005.

[Valencia_Street_SF3-11] Valencia Street Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2008.

[1] "GT Sport announces tyre supply partnership with Pirelli for the Euroformula Open, starting with immediate effect". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

[2] Racing Engineering Season Preview F1prospects.com, April 8, 2006. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

[3] Over the Weekend – April 29–30, 2006 Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine F1prospects.com, May 1, 2006. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

[4] "The Euroformula Open is born!". Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

[5] Toyota F1 test for Spanish champ Autosport-atlas.com, January 28, 2005. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

[6] 2006 Spanish F3 Calendar Archived 2007-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Formula3.cc, November 26, 2005. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

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