2000 Open Telefonica by Nissan explained

The 2000 Open Telefónica by Nissan was contested over 8 race weekends/16 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Coloni CN1 chassis and Nissan engines. 14 different teams and 28 different drivers competed.^[1]

Teams and Drivers

Teams	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Campos Motorsport	1	Antonio García	All
Campos Motorsport	2	Patrice Gay	All
Scuderia Famà	3	Diego Iencinella	1-2
	4	Joël Camathias	All
	16	Paulo Alho	4, 6-7
Venturini Racing	5	Rui Aguas	All
Venturini Racing	6	Matteo Bobbi	All
Ericsson Challenge by G-Tec	7	Laurent Delahaye	All
8	Rafael Sarandeses	All
Ergoline EC Motorsport	9	Ángel Burgueño	All
Ergoline EC Motorsport	10	Giovanni Anapoli	4
Glückmann Racing	11	Jordi Nogués	1–5, 7-8
Doors Engineering	14	Andrea Belicchi	All
	15	Riccardo Ronchi	1
	23	Fernando Navarrete	3-4
	30	Francesca Pardini	7-8
Formax Racing	17	Tamás Illés	1-3
Repsol Meycom	18	Víctor Ordóñez	All
Doors Junior Team	19	Alessandro Gavazzoni	All
Doors Junior Team	20	Guillaume Greuet	1-2
Epsilon by Graff	21	Gregoire de Galzain	All
	22	nowrap	Jean-Christophe Ravier	All
	26	Jérôme Dalla Lana	4-5
Elide Racing	24	Santiago Porteiro	1–4, 6, 8
Vergani Racing España	27	Giuseppe Burlotti	All
Vergani Racing España	118	Cristián Mackenna	All
Promodrive Racing	28	Ezequiel Toia	1
TCR Formax Racing	29	Philippe Benoliel	4
Sources:^[2]

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	March 25	Giuseppe Burlotti	Antonio García	Giuseppe Burlotti	nowrap	Vergani Racing España	Report
1	R2	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	March 26	Antonio García	Antonio García	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport		Report
2	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	April 15	Giuseppe Burlotti	Rui Aguas	Giuseppe Burlotti	Vergani Racing España	Report
2	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	April 16	Antonio García	Rui Aguas	Giuseppe Burlotti	Vergani Racing España	Report
3	R1	Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain	May 20	Antonio García	Antonio García	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport	Report
3	R2	May 21	Antonio García	Patrice Gay	Patrice Gay	Campos Motorsport		Report
4	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete, Spain	June 17	Andrea Belicchi	Antonio García	Andrea Belicchi	Doors Engineering	Report
4	R2	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete, Spain	June 18	Giuseppe Burlotti	Antonio García	Giuseppe Burlotti	Vergani Racing España	Report
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Nevers, France	July 15		Rui Aguas	Rui Aguas	Venturini Racing	Report
5	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Nevers, France	July 16	Antonio García	Patrice Gay	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport	Report
6	R1	Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK	August 5	Ángel Burgueño	Ángel Burgueño	Ángel Burgueño	EC Motorsport	Report
6	R2	Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK	August 6	Ángel Burgueño	Ángel Burgueño	Ángel Burgueño	EC Motorsport	Report
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy		Andrea Belicchi	Andrea Belicchi	Andrea Belicchi	Doors Engineering	Report
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	October 1	Andrea Belicchi	Rui Aguas	Patrice Gay	Campos Motorsport	Report
8	R1	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	November 4					Report
8	R2	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	November 5	Giuseppe Burlotti	Antonio García	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport	Report
Sources:^[3]

Final points standings

Drivers

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 12 race results count, but all additional points count. Three drivers had a point deduction, which are given in .^[4]

Points System:^[4]

Pos	Driver	VAL		BAR		JAR		ALB		MAG		DON		MNZ		VAL		Pts
1	Antonio García	2	1		2	1	4		4		1	2	2		3	2	1
2	Giuseppe Burlotti	1	4	1	1			2	1		4	4		4	4	1	2
3	Rui Aguas	3		2	3	2	12		2	1	Ret	5	5	3	2	4	3
4	Ángel Burgueño	4	3	Ret	6	Ret	2	4	Ret	5	Ret	1	1	6	6	9	5	127
5	Patrice Gay	9	2	4	5	Ret	1	8	Ret	3	2	12	6	Ret	1	8	6	124
6		7	8	9	DNS	Ret	3	5	3	2	6	7	4	2	Ret	DNS	4	101
7	Andrea Belicchi	Ret	Ret	10	10	10	5	1	Ret	8	3	3	11	1	5	Ret	Ret	90
8	Laurent Delahaye	6	15	Ret	4	9	Ret	3	Ret	10	Ret	6	3	8	Ret	3	Ret	64
9	Joël Camathias	8	Ret	5	7	3	6	6	8	14	10	9	9	12	8	7
10	Rafael Sarandeses	5	5	Ret	15	13	8	Ret	Ret	17	5	11	7	Ret	7	14	Ret	35
11	Matteo Bobbi	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	6	10	16	9	16	7	8	8	10	9	5	11	34
12	Jordi Nogués	15	16	3	14	Ret	7	Ret	7	13	8			Ret	Ret	10	7	28
13	Victor Ordóñez	16	12	12	16	4	Ret	12	14†	12	9	10	13	13	10	6	8	23
14	Cristián Mackenna	Ret	Ret	7	9	Ret	DNS	Ret	6	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	12	9	22
15	Jérôme Dalla Lana							Ret	5	6	13†							14
16	Grégoire de Galzain	11	13	13	17	7	Ret	13	Ret	9	12	14	14	7	Ret	11	12	10
17	Guillaume Greuet	Ret	10	8	8													7
18	Santiago Porteiro	10	11	14	12	EX	EX	7	10			13	12			Ret	Ret	6
19	Alessandro Gavazzoni	12	14	11	11	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	14	DNS	13	13	3
20	Tamás Illés	14	9	16	Ret	12	Ret											2
21	Paulo Alho							14	11			Ret	15	11	Ret			0
22	Fernando Navarrete					11	11	Ret	Ret									0
23	Giovanni Anapoli							11	13†									0
24	Francesca Pardini													Ret	11†	15	Ret	0
25	Philippe Benoliel							15	12									0
26	Diego Iencinella	17	Ret	15	13													0
27	Riccardo Ronchi	13	Ret															0
	Ezequiel Toia	DNS	DNS
Pos	Driver	VAL		BAR		JAR		ALB		MAG		DON		MNZ		VAL		Pts
Source:

Teams

Points System:^[4]

Pos	Team	VAL		BAR		JAR		ALB		MAG		DON		MNZ		VAL		Pts
1	Campos Motorsport	2	1	4	2	1	1	8	4	3	1	2	2	9	1	2	1	248
2	align=left nowrap	Vergani Racing España	1	4	1	1	5	9	2	1	7	4	4	10	4	4	1	2	197
3	Venturini Racing	3	6	2	3	2	10	9	2	1	7	5	5	3	2	4	3	173
4	Ergoline EC Motorsport	4	3	Ret	6	Ret	2	4	13†	5	Ret	1	1	6	6	9	5	127
5	Epsilon by Graff	7	8	9	17	7	3	5	3	2	6	7	4	2	Ret	11	4	105
6	Doors Engineering	13	Ret	10	10	10	5	1	Ret	8	3	3	11	1	5	15	Ret	90
7	Ericsson C. by G-Tec	5	5	Ret	4	9	8	3	Ret	10	5	6	3	8	7	3	Ret	89
8	Scuderia Famà	8	Ret	5	7	3	6	6	8	14	10	9	9	11	8	7	10	55
9	Glückmann Racing	15	16	3	14	Ret	7	Ret	7	13	8			Ret	Ret	10	7	28
10	Repsol Meycom	16	12	12	16	4	Ret	12	14†	12	9	10	13	13	10	6	8	23
11	Doors Junior Team	12	10	8	8	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	14	DNS	13	13	10
12	Elide Racing	10	11	14	12	EX	EX	7	10			13	12			Ret	Ret	6
13	Formax Racing	14	9	16	Ret	12	Ret											2
14	TCR Formax Racing							15	12									0
NC	Promodrive Racing	DNS	DNS															0
Pos	Team	VAL		BAR		JAR		ALB		MAG		DON		MNZ		VAL		Pts
Sources:

Notes and References

Web site: Formula Euro Open Nissan - 2000: Entrylist. Speedsport Magazine. 27 February 2024.
Web site: Formula Euro Open Nissan - Season 2000: Results. Speedsport Magazine. 27 February 2024.
Web site: Formula Euro Open Nissan - 2000: Racing Calendar. Speedsport Magazine. 27 February 2024.
Web site: Formula Euro Open Nissan - 2000: Point standings. Speedsport Magazine. 27 February 2024.