2016 Euroformula Open Championship Explained

The 2016 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the third Euroformula Open Championship season.

Teams and drivers

All cars were powered by Toyota engines.

Team		Driver	Status	Rounds
RP Motorsport	1	Antoni Ptak Jr.^[1]		All
	2	Kantadhee Kusiri^[2]		All
	3	Damiano Fioravanti		All
	4	Jack Aitken		1–2
		Enaam Ahmed^[3]		3–4, 6
		Tatiana Calderón^[4]		5, 7–8
	5	Tanart Sathienthirakul^[5]		All
Campos Racing	6	Julio Moreno^[6]		All
	7	Diego Menchaca		All
	8	Leonardo Pulcini		All
	9	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev^[7]		All
Teo Martín Motorsport	10	Tatiana Calderón^[8]		1–2
11	Petru Florescu^[9]		1–2
12	Vladimir Atoev^[10]		3–5
14	José Manuel Vilalta^[11]		1–3
45	Harrison Scott^[12]		7
45	Dorian Boccolacci^[13]		8
71	Xavier Lloveras		8
72	Nikita Zlobin^[14]		All
Team West-Tec	15	Liang Jiatong^[15]		2–3
DAV Racing	18	Daniele Cazzaniga^[16]		1–2, 4, 6
	18	Riccardo Cazzaniga		3, 5
	27	Ling Kang^[17]		1–3
	65	Enaam Ahmed^[18]		2
	65	Riccardo Cazzaniga^[19]		6
BVM Racing	20	Daniil Pronenko^[20]		1–3, 5–8
BVM Racing	21	Ye Hongli		1, 4, 6–7
Fortec Motorsports^[21]	28	Sam MacLeod		6
Fortec Motorsports^[21]	37	Igor Waliłko		1–4
Carlin Motorsport^[22]	47	Keyvan Andres Soori^[23]		All
	51	nowrap	Ameya Vaidyanathan^[24]		All
	98	Colton Herta		All
Drivex School	62	Ferdinand Habsburg^[25]		All
	91	Nikita Troitskiy		5–6
	91	Vasily Romanov^[26]		7–8

Race calendar

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 12 November 2015.^[27] All rounds will support the International GT Open (excepting Jerez) and Formula V8 3.5 (excepting Estoril and Le Castellet) series. On 8 March 2016 the last two rounds were swapped.^[28] Rounds denoted with a blue background are part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	23 April	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
1	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	24 April	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	RP Motorsport	Colton Herta
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	21 May	Leonardo Pulcini		Jack Aitken	RP Motorsport	Ferdinand Habsburg
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	22 May	Jack Aitken	Diego Menchaca	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
3	R1		4 June	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini		Drivex School	Ferdinand Habsburg
3	R2		5 June		Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	23 July	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Colton Herta
4	R2	Silverstone Circuit	24 July	Colton Herta	Leonardo Pulcini	Antoni Ptak Jr.	RP Motorsport
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg		Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta
5	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg		Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 October	Damiano Fioravanti	Antoni Ptak Jr.	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	2 October	Nikita Troitskiy	Colton Herta	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	29 October	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta		Colton Herta
7	R2	Circuito de Jerez	30 October	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini	Leonardo Pulcini	Campos Racing	Ferdinand Habsburg
8	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	5 November	Colton Herta	Leonardo Pulcini	Ferdinand Habsburg	Drivex School	Ferdinand Habsburg
8	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	6 November	Ferdinand Habsburg	Leonardo Pulcini	Colton Herta	Carlin Motorsport	Colton Herta

Championship standings

Euroformula Open Championship

Drivers' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Leonardo Pulcini	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	17	4	2	1	1	2	1	16	3	303
2	Ferdinand Habsburg	2	9	3	3	1	2	4	2	2	Ret	3	2	7	2	1	2
3	Colton Herta	Ret	5	6	5	18	EX	2	Ret	1	1	16	4	1	4	2	1	199
4	Diego Menchaca	3	4	8	4	3	3	7	6	Ret	3	6	Ret	5	6	18	6	145
5	Damiano Fioravanti	4	3	5	10	6	17	5	3	8	8	2	Ret	3	Ret	4	7	136
6	Antoni Ptak Jr.	Ret	DNS	Ret	13	4	4	3	1	Ret	13	5	Ret	11	Ret	8	5	94
7	align=left nowrap	Tanart Sathienthirakul	5	15	4	6	8	5	Ret	12	5	6	7	9	12	10	13	9	80
8	Jack Aitken	17	1	1	2													71
9	Tatiana Calderón	Ret	6	13	8					3	5			6	7	7	12	66
10	Igor Waliłko	6	7	7	9	5	6	8	7									50
11	Enaam Ahmed			10	19	7	Ret	6	4			4	5					49
12	Keyvan Andres Soori	9	10	9	21	14	8	13	13	6	16	Ret	7	9	11	5	Ret	42
13	Nikita Troitskiy									7	4	10	3					36
14	Julio Moreno	8	8	Ret	7	Ret	7	11	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	14	16	9	11	30
15	Ameya Vaidyanathan	15	12	15	12	13	DNS	DNS	11	9	7	17	14	10	9	6	Ret	26
16	Ye Hongli	19	14					Ret	8			8	8	8	8			26
17	Kantadhee Kusiri	7	13	18	15	9	9	10	5	Ret	12	11	16	17	15	15	16	21
18	Nikita Zlobin	11	16	Ret	DNS	12	10	12	15	10	11	9	10	Ret	12	10	10	12
19	Sam Macleod											12	6					8
20	Vladimir Atoev					Ret	14	9	10	Ret	13							3
21	Daniil Pronenko	12	17	11	20	10	14			Ret	15	Ret	13	15	13	11	15	2
22	Riccardo Cazzaniga					Ret	12			11	10	13	12					1
23	Daniele Cazzaniga	10	18	Ret	14			14	14			15	11					1
24	Kang Ling	13	11	14	11	11	11											0
25	Petru Florescu	14	19	12	16													0
26	align=left nowrap	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev	18	21	16	17	15	14	15	16	Ret	DNS	14	15	16	14	17	14	0
27	Jose Manuel Vilalta	16	20	Ret	Ret	16	Ret											0
28	Liang Jiatong			17	18	17	16											0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Harrison Scott													4	3			0
	Dorian Boccolacci															3	4	0
	Vasily Romanov													13	5	12	8	0
	Xavier Lloveras															14	13	0
Pos	Driver	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Ferdinand Habsburg	2	9	3	3	1	2	4	2	2	Ret	3	2	7	2	2	2	140
2	Colton Herta	Ret	5	6	5	18	EX	2	Ret	1	1	16	4	1	4	3	1	98
3	Keyvan Andres Soori	9	10	9	21	14	9	13	13	6	16	Ret	7	9	11	5	Ret	56
4	Enaam Ahmed			10	19	7	Ret	6	4			4	5					38
5	Ameya Vaidyanathan	15	12	15	12	13	DNS	DNS	11	9	7	17	14	10	9	6	Ret	37
6	Ye Hongli	19	14					Ret	8			8	8	8	8			27
7	Nikita Troitskiy									7	4	10	3					24
8	Daniil Pronenko	12	17	11	20	10	15			Ret	15	Ret	13	15	13	11	15	24
9	Riccardo Cazzaniga					Ret	13			11	10	13	12					13
10	Daniele Cazzaniga	10	18	Ret	14			14	14			15	11					10
11	align=left nowrap	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev	18	21	16	17	15	16	15	16	Ret	DNS	14	15	16	14	17	14	9
12	Vladimir Atoev					Ret	14	9	10	Ret	14							8
13	Petru Florescu	14	19	12	16													6
14	Liang Jiatong			17	18	17	17											0
Pos	Driver	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Team	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Campos Racing	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	6	4	2	1	1	2	1	9	3	120
2	Drivex School	2	9	3	3	1	2	4	2	2	4	3	2	7	2	1	2	102
3	RP Motorsport	4	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	3	5	2	5	3	7	4	5	95
4	Carlin Motorsport	Ret	5	6	5	13	8	2	11	1	1	16	4	1	4	2	1	72
5	Fortec Motorsports	6	7	7	9	5	6	8	7			12	6					3
6	DAV Racing	10	11	14	11	11	11	14	14	11	10	13	11					0
7	align=left nowrap	Teo Martín Motorsport	11	6	12	8	12	10	9	10	10	11	9	10	Ret	12	10	10	0
8	BVM Racing	12	14	11	20	10	14	Ret	8	Ret	15	8	8	8	8	11	15	0
9	Team West-Tec			17	18	17	16											0
Pos	Driver	EST		SPA		LEC		SIL		RBR		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Spanish Formula Three Championship

Drivers' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Leonardo Pulcini	1	2	2	1	16	3	105
2	Colton Herta	Ret	5	1	4	2	1	94
3	Ferdinand Habsburg	2	9	7	2	1	2	90
4	Damiano Fioravanti	4	3	3	Ret	4	7	60
5	Diego Menchaca	3	4	5	6	18	6	57
6	Tatiana Calderón	Ret	6	6	7	7	12	32
7	Jack Aitken	17	1					27
8	Dorian Boccolacci					3	4	27
9	Keyvan Andres Soori	9	10	9	11	5	Ret	18
10	Vasily Romanov			13	5	12	8	16
12	Tanart Sathienthirakul	5	15	12	10	13	9	14
13	Igor Waliłko	6	7					14
14	Ameya Vaidyanathan	15	12	10	9	6	Ret	14
15	Ye Hongli	19	14	8	8			12
16	Julio Moreno	8	8	14	16	9	11	10
17	Kantadhee Kusiri	7	13	17	15	15	16	6
18	Nikita Zlobin	11	16	Ret	12	10	10	3
19	Daniil Pronenko	12	17	15	13	11	15	0
20	Ling Kang	13	11					0
21	Xavier Lloveras					14	13	0
22	align=left nowrap	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev	18	21	16	14	17	14	0
23	Petru Florescu	14	19					0
24	Jose Manuel Vilalta	16	20					0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Harrison Scott			4	3			0
	Daniele Cazzaniga	10	18					0
Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Team	EST		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Campos Racing	1	2	2	1	9	3	42
2	Carlin Motorsport	Ret	5	1	4	2	1	37
3	Drivex School	2	9	7	2	1	2	34
4	RP Motorsport	4	1	3	7	4	5	27
5	align=left nowrap	Teo Martín Motorsport	11	6	Ret	12	3	4	10
6	DAV Racing	10	11					0
7	Fortec Motorsports	6	7					0
8	BVM Racing	12	14	8	8	11	15	0
Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts

Notes and References

News: Ptak swears his trust to RP Motorsport and prepares to the second season in the Euroformula Open. RP Motorsport. 15 February 2016. 17 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160224033257/http://www.rpmotorsport.net/en/ptak-swears-his-trust-to-rp-motorsport-and-prepares-to-the-second-season-in-the-euroformula-open/. 24 February 2016. dead.
News: RP Motorsport retain Walilko and Kusiri for 2016 EF Open season. David. Gruz. Paddock Scout. 27 January 2016. 27 January 2016.
Web site: Circuit PAUL RICARD Entry List. 3 June 2016. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 3 June 2016.
Web site: Red Bull Ring Entry List. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 10 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918055830/http://www.f3open.net/contenuti/files/2016/Red_Bull_Ring/Entry_list_EFO_2016_RBR_v2_DEF.pdf. 18 September 2016. dead.
News: Sathienthirakul and Aitken to race for RP Motorsport at Estoril. Euroformula Open. 19 April 2016. 20 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505124143/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1087. 5 May 2016. dead.
News: Campos retains Menchaca, adds Pulcini and Moreno to EF Open lineup. David. Gruz. Paddock Scout. 10 February 2016. 10 February 2016.
News: Gülhüseyn Abduyallev joins Campos Racing for 2016 season. Euroformula Open. 13 April 2016. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424163507/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1083. 24 April 2016. dead.
News: Proud to join Teo Martin Motorsport F3 Team family for the EuroFormula Open campaign!. 15 February 2016.
News: Colton Herta moves 2016 programme to Euroformula Open. Allen. Peter. Paddock Scout. 24 February 2016. 25 February 2016.
Web site: Circuit PAUL RICARD Entry List. 1 June 2016. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 1 June 2016.
News: Teo Martín Motorsport confirms new driver for 2016: Sefo Vilalta. Euroformula Open. 3 February 2016. 3 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328214320/http://f3open.net/article.php?cont=1031. 28 March 2016. dead.
News: Harrison Scott joins Teo Martin Motorsport for final Euroformula Open races. 24 October 2016. racecar.co.uk. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 25 October 2016.
News: Boccolacci avec Teo Martin en Euroformula Open à Barcelone. 2 November 2016. AUTOHebdo. French. 3 November 2016.
News: Nikita Zlobin makes Euroformula Open debut with Teo Martín Motorsport. Euroformula Open. 29 January 2016. 29 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165339/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1029. 3 March 2016. dead.
News: Alex Jt Liang (Team West-Tec) to contest Belgium Euroformula Open round. Euroformula Open. 12 May 2016. 20 May 2016.
News: Cazzaniga brothers enter Euroformula Open with DAV Racing. David. Gruz. Paddock Scout. 14 January 2016. 14 January 2016.
News: Kang Ling confirmed as DAV Racing´s driver. Euroformula Open. 21 January 2016. 21 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160127145319/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1023. 27 January 2016. dead.
News: Ahmed a Spa con DAV Racing. Rubino. Jacopo. Italia Racing. 20 May 2016. 20 May 2016. Italian. Ahmed goes to Spa with DAV Racing.
Web site: Entry List. 29 September 2016. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 29 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002131100/http://f3open.net/contenuti/files/2016/Monza/Entry_list_EFO_2016_MONZA_v2.pdf. 2 October 2016. dead.
News: Daniel Pronenko joins BVM Racing for full-season campaign. Euroformula Open. 1 April 2016. 1 April 2016.
News: Fortec and Team West-Tec join forces in the Euroformula Open. Euroformula Open. 18 April 2016. 20 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505103742/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1085. 5 May 2016. dead.
Web site: Carlin enters Euroformula Open series for 2016. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 26 January 2016. 28 January 2016.
News: Carlin sign Andres for Euroformula Open. Euroformula Open. 25 February 2016. 25 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171109/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1047. 3 March 2016. dead.
News: Vaidyanathan adds EuroFormula Open. Carlin. 23 February 2016. 23 February 2016. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303111301/http://www.carlin.co.uk/news/euroformula/vaidyanathan-adds-euroformula-open/. dead.
News: Breaking news: Habsburg fährt 2016 in drei Meisterschaften!. German. 7 March 2016. 7 March 2016.
News: Romanov a Jerez con Drivex. Costa. Massimo. 21 October 2016. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 25 October 2016.
News: 2016 calendar made official. 12 November 2015. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 29 November 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192116/http://f3open.net/article.php?cont=1005. dead.
News: GT Sport confirms 2016 GT Open and Euroformula calendars. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 8 March 2016. 9 March 2016. 10 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310010827/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=1065. dead.