2013 European F3 Open Championship Explained

The 2013 European F3 Open Championship was the fifth and final season European F3 Open Championship .

Despite missing the opening round of the season, Ed Jones of Team West-Tec was crowned champion by nine points on dropped scores over RP Motorsport driver Sandy Stuvik. The final championship standings were determined after two appeals had been lodged,^[1] and upheld, with the Real Automóvil Club de España.

Teams and drivers

All cars were powered by Toyota engines. All Class A cars are equipped with the Dallara F312 chassis, while Copa Class cars are equipped with the Dallara F308 chassis.

Team		Driver	Rounds
Class A
RP Motorsport	1	Sandy Stuvik	All
	2	Santiago Urrutia	All
	27	Alexander Toril	All
	29	nowrap	Alexandre Cougnaud	All
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	3	Yarin Stern	All
	4	Andrés Saravia	All
	5	Alexey Chuklin	All
	6	Hector Hurst	1–7
	6	Tatiana Calderón	8
Campos Racing	7	Denis Nagulin	All
	8	Valeria Carballo	All
	9	Artur Janosz	All
Team West-Tec F3	10	Roberto La Rocca	1–3
		Emil Bernstorff	5
		Jonathan Legris	6
		Huan Zhu	7–8
	11	Ed Jones	2–8
	12	Nelson Mason	All
	13	Luca Orlandi	1–5
		Falco Wauer	7
		Hector Hurst	8
	81	Spencer Pigot	1
Top F3	14	Mattia Vita	1–3
BVM Racing	15	Mario Marasca	All
BVM Racing	16	Vittoria Piria	All
DAV Racing	17	Brandon Maïsano	6
Corbetta Competizioni		Damiano Fioravanti	All
Copa F308/300
RP Motorsport	21	Saud Al Faisal	All
RP Motorsport	35	Costantino Peroni	8
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	22	Che One Lim	All
23	Igor Urien	All
DAV Racing		Nicolas Pohler	All
DAV Racing	77	Gerardo Nieto	All
Corbetta Competizioni	32	William Barbosa	8
	53	Lorenzo Paggi	1–5
	72	Tommaso Menchini	All
Team West-Tec F3	33	Sean Walkinshaw	All
	55	Huan Zhu	1–6
	66	Cameron Twynham	All
	88	Liam Venter	1–7
	88	Christopher Höher	8
Drivex School	34	Richard Gonda	All
MKTG	35	Trino Rojas	4–7

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 2 November 2012.^[2] This was modified on 7 February 2013,^[3] after GT Sport organisers, for practical and technical reasons, moved the Algarve event one week earlier and replaced the Hungaroring event with a race in Jerez, moving it two weeks earlier. All rounds will support the International GT Open series.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	27 April	Nelson Mason	Santiago Urrutia	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3
1	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard	28 April	Nelson Mason	Valeria Carballo	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	Liam Venter
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	11 May	Alexander Toril	Sandy Stuvik	Santiago Urrutia	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda
2	R2	12 May	Hector Hurst	Sandy Stuvik	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Richard Gonda
3	R1	Nürburgring	1 June	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Tommaso Menchini
3	R2	Nürburgring	2 June	Hector Hurst	Nelson Mason	Hector Hurst		Richard Gonda
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez	15 June	Nelson Mason	Nelson Mason	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3	Richard Gonda
4	R2	Circuito de Jerez	16 June	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3	Tommaso Menchini
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	13 July	Sandy Stuvik	Sandy Stuvik	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Che One Lim
5	R2	Silverstone Circuit	14 July	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 September	Sandy Stuvik	Ed Jones	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	Cameron Twynham
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8 September	Sandy Stuvik	Nelson Mason	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Gerardo Nieto
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 October	Nelson Mason	Santiago Urrutia	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Igor Urien
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6 October			Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	9 November	Ed Jones	Nelson Mason	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Tommaso Menchini
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya		Ed Jones	Alexander Toril		RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda

Championship standings

Class A

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Ed Jones			4	1	1	6	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	18	1	5	256
2	Sandy Stuvik	4	1	2	3	2	3	5	4	5	2	1	2	4	1	5	2
3	Nelson Mason	1	Ret	Ret	16	4	2	1	1	3	Ret	4	3	2	5	Ret	4	195
4	Santiago Urrutia	24	Ret	1	2	6	5	3	5	2	1	3	Ret	5	Ret	2	3	191
5	Alexander Toril	6	3	3	8	5	4	7	6	4	4	11	6	3	3	4	6
6	align=left nowrap	Alexandre Cougnaud	7	7	8	5	9	9	4	3	Ret	16	8	4	7	2	3	1	139
7	Hector Hurst	2	22	10	4	3	1	6	8	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	20	10¹	10¹	97
8	Yarin Stern	26	2	5	20	Ret	7	10	29	6	5	6	5	10	24	7	13	80
9	Mario Marasca	9	12	7	6	7	Ret	9	7	Ret	9	Ret	11	6	4	9	8	62
10	Vittoria Piria	23	4	11	9	8	12	12	9	8	8	12	10	26†	12	25†	9	33
11	Alexey Chuklin	5	23	6	27	Ret	20	Ret	21	9	6	22	12	13	16	Ret	19	28
12	Valeria Carballo	Ret	10	20	7	Ret	13	13	11	26	11	9	Ret	8	Ret	8	29†	20
13	Artur Janosz	21	25	19	17	20	Ret	17	22	11	Ret	13	7	9	6	16	18	16
14	Roberto La Rocca	3	11	Ret	11	12	11											15
15	Andrés Saravia	12	24	16	Ret	10	8	8	10	15	12	Ret	15	NC	8	19	26	14
16	Spencer Pigot	25	5															10
17	Brandon Maïsano											5	NC					10
18	Richard Gonda	Ret	13	9	12	13	10	11	Ret	21	10	25	16	17	7	14	14	10
19	Denis Nagulin	28	6	18	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13	20	21	20	13	11	15	12	17	9
20	Emil Bernstorff									Ret	7							6
21	Mattia Vita	8	28	13	10	19	18											5
22	Gerardo Nieto	15	17	22	18	21	Ret	24	17	14	14	21	8	27	22	DNS	Ret	4
23	Liam Venter	14	8	15	28	17	Ret	DNS	20	Ret	22	Ret	17	16	21			4
24	Che One Lim	13	27	25	22	Ret	23	18	18	10	15	15	9	23	11	20	22	3
25	Nicolas Pohler	18	9	28	25	15	25	21	15	13	Ret	NC	Ret	20	14	17	12	3
26	Tommaso Menchini	16	18	27	13	11	15	Ret	12	16	Ret	17	14	22	10	11	15	3
27	Huan Zhu	21	14	24	Ret	25	Ret	22	26	24	25	23	18	19	9	18	25	2
28	Damiano Fioravanti	19	19	23	19	23	19	19	19	23	24	Ret	19	12	Ret	Ret	11	2
29	Luca Orlandi	10	16	21	24	DNS	DNS	Ret	23	18	23							1
30	Jonathan Legris											10	NC					1
31	Cameron Twynham	11	26	12	21	14	16	14	16	12	13	14	Ret	21	19	15	16	0
32	Igor Urien	17	15	14	15	16	17	16	14	Ret	20	19	Ret	14	Ret	13	20	0
33	Sean Walkinshaw	20	20	Ret	26	18	22	15	25	17	17	16	Ret	24	13	Ret	23	0
34	Lorenzo Paggi	27	Ret	17	14	22	21	20	24	19	19							0
35	Trino Rojas							Ret	27	22	18	24	Ret	18	17			0
36	Saud Al Faisal	Ret	21	26	23	24	24	23	28	25	Ret	18	Ret	25	23	23	28	0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Tatiana Calderón															6	7	0
	Falco Wauer													15	Ret			0
	Christopher Höher															22	21	0
	Costantino Peroni															21	27	0
	William Barbosa															24	24	0
Pos	Driver	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
¹ – Ineligible for points

Copa F308/300

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Richard Gonda	Ret	13	9	12	13	10	11	Ret	21	10	25	16	17	7	14	14	100
2	align=left nowrap	Cameron Twynham	11	26	12	21	14	16	14	16	12	13	14	Ret	21	19	15	16	81
3	Tommaso Menchini	16	18	27	13	11	15	Ret	12	16	Ret	17	14	22	10	11	15	78
4	Igor Urien	17	15	14	15	16	17	16	14	Ret	20	19	Ret	14	Ret	13	20	54
5	Che One Lim	13	27	25	22	Ret	23	18	18	10	15	15	9	23	11	20	22	53
6	Liam Venter	14	8	15	28	17	Ret	DNS	20	Ret	22	Ret	17	16	21			31
7	Gerardo Nieto	15	17	22	18	21	Ret	24	17	14	14	21	8	27	22	DNS	Ret	30
8	Nicolas Pohler	18	9	28	25	15	25	21	15	13	Ret	NC	Ret					24
9	Sean Walkinshaw	20	20	Ret	26	18	22	15	25	17	17	16	Ret	24	13	Ret	23	19
10	Lorenzo Paggi	27	Ret	17	14	22	21	20	24	19	19							9
11	Trino Rojas							Ret	27	22	18	24	Ret	18	17			7
12	Huan Zhu	21	14	24	Ret	25	Ret	22	26	24	25	23	18					4
13	Saud Al Faisal	Ret	21	26	23	24	24	23	28	25	Ret	18	Ret	25	23	23	28	3
14	Damiano Fioravanti	19	19	23	19	23	19	19	19	23	24	Ret	19					3
15	Christopher Höher															22	21	0
16	Costantino Peroni															21	27	0
17	William Barbosa															24	24	0
Pos	Driver	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Teams' standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	RP Motorsport	4	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	128
2	Team West-Tec F3	1	5	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	5	1	4	126
3	align=left nowrap	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	2	2	5	4	3	1	6	8	6	5	6	5	10	8	6	7	45
4	BVM Racing	9	4	7	6	7	12	9	7	8	9	12	10	6	4	9	8	8
5	DAV Racing											5	NC	20	14	17	12	3
Pos	Driver	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

External links

European F3 Open Official Website

Notes and References

Evans. Ben. 14 November 2013. Jones to sweat over title decision. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Bradley. Charles. 214. 7. 47. RP alleged Jones had broken series rules by testing a Formula Renault car at Barcelona last month. West-Tec counter-protested that an RP session away from its designated test venue also broke the rules. Both cases are set to be heard by Spain's ASN, the RACE, in December..
News: 2013 calendar: 8 stops, Silverstone joins. 2 November 2012. European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 3 November 2012.
News: Definitive 2013 F3 Open calendar announced: Algarve round advanced of one week, Jerez replaces Hungaroring. 7 February 2013. European F3 Open Championship. F3 Open. 8 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104010331/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=237. 4 November 2016. dead.