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

TeamDriverRounds
Class A
RP Motorsport1 Sandy StuvikAll
2 Santiago UrrutiaAll
27 Alexander TorilAll
29nowrap Alexandre CougnaudAll
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport3 Yarin SternAll
4 Andrés SaraviaAll
5 Alexey ChuklinAll
6 Hector Hurst1–7
Tatiana Calderón8
Campos Racing7 Denis NagulinAll
8 Valeria CarballoAll
9 Artur JanoszAll
Team West-Tec F310 Roberto La Rocca1–3
Emil Bernstorff5
Jonathan Legris6
Huan Zhu7–8
11 Ed Jones2–8
12 Nelson MasonAll
13 Luca Orlandi1–5
Falco Wauer7
Hector Hurst8
81 Spencer Pigot1
Top F314 Mattia Vita1–3
BVM Racing15 Mario MarascaAll
16 Vittoria PiriaAll
DAV Racing17 Brandon Maïsano6
Corbetta Competizioni Damiano FioravantiAll
Copa F308/300
RP Motorsport21 Saud Al FaisalAll
35 Costantino Peroni8
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport22 Che One LimAll
23 Igor UrienAll
DAV Racing Nicolas PohlerAll
77 Gerardo NietoAll
Corbetta Competizioni32 William Barbosa8
53 Lorenzo Paggi1–5
72 Tommaso MenchiniAll
Team West-Tec F333 Sean WalkinshawAll
55 Huan Zhu1–6
66 Cameron TwynhamAll
88 Liam Venter1–7
Christopher Höher8
Drivex School34 Richard GondaAll
MKTG35 Trino Rojas4–7

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1R1 Circuit Paul Ricard27 April Nelson Mason Santiago Urrutia Nelson Mason Team West-Tec F3
R228 April Nelson Mason Valeria Carballo Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport Liam Venter
2R1 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve11 May Alexander Toril Sandy Stuvik Santiago Urrutia RP Motorsport Richard Gonda
R212 May Hector Hurst Sandy Stuvik Ed Jones Team West-Tec F3 Richard Gonda
3R1 Nürburgring1 June Ed Jones Ed Jones Ed Jones Team West-Tec F3 Tommaso Menchini
R22 June Hector Hurst Nelson Mason Hector Hurst Richard Gonda
4R1 Circuito de Jerez15 June Nelson Mason Nelson Mason Nelson Mason Team West-Tec F3 Richard Gonda
R216 June Ed Jones Ed Jones Nelson Mason Team West-Tec F3 Tommaso Menchini
5R1 Silverstone Circuit13 July Sandy Stuvik Sandy Stuvik Ed Jones Team West-Tec F3 Che One Lim
R214 July Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia RP Motorsport Richard Gonda
6R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps7 September Sandy Stuvik Ed Jones Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport Cameron Twynham
R28 September Sandy Stuvik Nelson Mason Ed Jones Team West-Tec F3 Gerardo Nieto
7R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza5 October Nelson Mason Santiago Urrutia Ed Jones Team West-Tec F3 Igor Urien
R26 October Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport Richard Gonda
8R1 Circuit de Catalunya9 November Ed Jones Nelson Mason Ed Jones Team West-Tec F3 Tommaso Menchini
R2 Ed Jones Alexander Toril RP Motorsport Richard Gonda

Championship standings

Class A

PosDriverLEC
ALG
NÜR
JER
SIL
SPA
MNZ
CAT
Pts
1 Ed Jones411622132111815256
2 Sandy Stuvik4123235452124152
3 Nelson Mason1RetRet1642113Ret4325Ret4195
4 Santiago Urrutia24Ret126535213Ret5Ret23191
5 Alexander Toril63385476441163346
6align=left nowrap Alexandre Cougnaud77859943Ret16847231139
7 Hector Hurst22210431687Ret7RetRet2010110197
8 Yarin Stern262520Ret710296565102471380
9 Mario Marasca912767Ret97Ret9Ret11649862
10 Vittoria Piria23411981212988121026†1225†933
11 Alexey Chuklin523627Ret20Ret219622121316Ret1928
12 Valeria CarballoRet10207Ret13131126119Ret8Ret829†20
13 Artur Janosz2125191720Ret172211Ret13796161816
14 Roberto La Rocca311Ret11121115
15 Andrés Saravia122416Ret1088101512Ret15NC8192614
16 Spencer Pigot25510
17 Brandon Maïsano5NC10
18 Richard GondaRet13912131011Ret21102516177141410
19 Denis Nagulin28618RetRet14Ret1320212013111512179
20 Emil BernstorffRet76
21 Mattia Vita828131019185
22 Gerardo Nieto1517221821Ret241714142182722DNSRet4
23 Liam Venter148152817RetDNS20Ret22Ret1716214
24 Che One Lim13272522Ret2318181015159231120223
25 Nicolas Pohler18928251525211513RetNCRet201417123
26 Tommaso Menchini161827131115Ret1216Ret1714221011153
27 Huan Zhu211424Ret25Ret22262425231819918252
28 Damiano Fioravanti19192319231919192324Ret1912RetRet112
29 Luca Orlandi10162124DNSDNSRet2318231
30 Jonathan Legris10NC1
31 Cameron Twynham1126122114161416121314Ret211915160
32 Igor Urien1715141516171614Ret2019Ret14Ret13200
33 Sean Walkinshaw2020Ret2618221525171716Ret2413Ret230
34 Lorenzo Paggi27Ret17142221202419190
35 Trino RojasRet27221824Ret18170
36 Saud Al FaisalRet2126232424232825Ret18Ret252323280
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Tatiana Calderón670
Falco Wauer15Ret0
Christopher Höher22210
Costantino Peroni21270
William Barbosa24240
PosDriverLEC
ALG
NÜR
JER
SIL
SPA
MNZ
CAT
Pts
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 – Ineligible for points

Copa F308/300

PosDriverLEC
ALG
NÜR
JER
SIL
SPA
MNZ
CAT
Pts
1 Richard GondaRet13912131011Ret211025161771414100
2align=left nowrap Cameron Twynham1126122114161416121314Ret2119151681
3 Tommaso Menchini161827131115Ret1216Ret17142210111578
4 Igor Urien1715141516171614Ret2019Ret14Ret132054
5 Che One Lim13272522Ret23181810151592311202253
6 Liam Venter148152817RetDNS20Ret22Ret17162131
7 Gerardo Nieto1517221821Ret241714142182722DNSRet30
8 Nicolas Pohler18928251525211513RetNCRet24
9 Sean Walkinshaw2020Ret2618221525171716Ret2413Ret2319
10 Lorenzo Paggi27Ret17142221202419199
11 Trino RojasRet27221824Ret18177
12 Huan Zhu211424Ret25Ret2226242523184
13 Saud Al FaisalRet2126232424232825Ret18Ret252323283
14 Damiano Fioravanti19192319231919192324Ret193
15 Christopher Höher22210
16 Costantino Peroni21270
17 William Barbosa24240
PosDriverLEC
ALG
NÜR
JER
SIL
SPA
MNZ
CAT
Pts

Teams' standings

PosDriverLEC
ALG
NÜR
JER
SIL
SPA
MNZ
CAT
Pts
1 RP Motorsport4112233321123121128
2 Team West-Tec F31541121113211514126
3align=left nowrap EmiliodeVillota Motorsport2254316865651086745
4 BVM Racing94767129789121064988
5 DAV Racing5NC201417123
PosDriverLEC
ALG
NÜR
JER
SIL
SPA
MNZ
CAT
Pts

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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..
  2. News: 2013 calendar: 8 stops, Silverstone joins. 2 November 2012. European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 3 November 2012.
  3. 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.