2018 Euroformula Open Championship Explained

The 2018 Euroformula Open Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship features 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 fifth Euroformula Open Championship season.

Teams and drivers

All cars were Dallara F312 which were powered by Toyota engines.

Team		Driver	Status	Rounds
RP Motorsport^[1]	1	Alex Karkosik^[2]		1
		Leonard Hoogenboom^[3]		4
		Kaylen Frederick^[4]		6
		David Schumacher^[5]		7–8
	3	Michaël Benyahia^[6]		1–3
		Leonardo Lorandi^[7]		6
		Christian Hahn^[8]		7
		Kaylen Frederick^[9]		8
	4	Felipe Drugovich^[10]		All
	6	Alessandro Bracalente		8
	51	Aldo Festante^[11]		1–2
	51	nowrap	Leonard Hoogenboom^[12]		3
	77	Guilherme Samaia		All
Carlin Motorsport	5	Dev Gore^[13]		5–8
	28	Cameron Das^[14]		All
	34	Matheus Iorio^[15]		All
Drivex	7	Jannes Fittje^[16]		1–3
	8	Lukas Dunner^[17]		All
	12	Christian Hahn^[18]		1–6
	22	Patrick Schott^[19]		8
	58	Javier González^[20]		7–8
Teo Martín Motorsport	10	Bent Viscaal^[21]		All
32	Moritz Müller-Crepon^[22]		1
51	Aldo Festante^[23]		5–8
Campos Racing	11	Alex Karkosik^[24]		2–6
		Petru Florescu		7
		Brad Benavides		8
	15	Yves Baltas		1–5
	18	Marcos Siebert		All
Fortec Motorsports	19	Petru Florescu^[25]		1
		Raúl Guzmán^[26]		2
		Aldo Festante^[27]		3–4
	21	Calan Williams^[28]		1–6

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 23 October 2017.^[29] The calendar will feature the same eight circuits like in 2017. All rounds will support the International GT Open, excepting Jerez. 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	14 April	Felipe Drugovich	Cameron Das	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
1	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	15 April	Petru Florescu	Marcos Siebert	Marcos Siebert	Campos Racing	Bent Viscaal
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	5 May	nowrap	Felipe Drugovich	nowrap	Felipe Drugovich	nowrap	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
2	R2	6 May	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	9 June	Felipe Drugovich	Marcos Siebert	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Lukas Dunner
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	10 June	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
4	R1	Hungaroring	7 July	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
4	R2	Hungaroring	8 July	Bent Viscaal	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	1 September	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
5	R2	Silverstone Circuit	2 September	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	nowrap	Teo Martín Motorsport	nowrap	Bent Viscaal
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	22 September	Bent Viscaal	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	nowrap	Lukas Dunner
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	23 September	Felipe Drugovich	nowrap	Kaylen Frederick	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	6 October	nowrap	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
7	R2	Circuito de Jerez	7 October	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
8	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	20 October	Marcos Siebert	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal
8	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	21 October	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	Felipe Drugovich	RP Motorsport	Bent Viscaal

Standings

Euroformula Open Championship

Drivers' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Felipe Drugovich	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	405
2	Bent Viscaal	5	3	2	7	5	3	2	2	2	1	Ret	2	2	2	3	2	246
3	Marcos Siebert	4	1	8	6	11	4	3	3	5	4	2	Ret	4	3	2	3	195
4	Matheus Iorio	2	7	3	2	2	6	4	5	7	6	5	4	3	6	5	Ret	178
5	Cameron Das	3	6	6	3	Ret	5	5	4	6	3	Ret	3	6	4	6	5	159
6	Guilherme Samaia	7	8	4	4	3	8	Ret	10	10	10	11	7	7	7	7	6	94
7	Lukas Dunner	6	12	Ret	14	4	10	9	8	3	5	3	Ret	5	Ret	8	Ret	81
8	Alex Karkosik	13	9	7	5	Ret	2	Ret	6	4	9	6	Ret					66
9	Aldo Festante	11	10	5	10	Ret	15	8	13	11	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	7	29
10	Christian Hahn	12	Ret	10	11	6	9	Ret	7	13	11	7	9	9	11			29
11	Calan Williams	14	11	Ret	12	7	14	6	11	9	8	10	8					25
12	Jannes Fittje	8	4	9	9	9	12											22
13	Petru Florescu	Ret	5											8	9			21
14	Kaylen Frederick											12	5			11	9	21
15	Leonardo Lorandi											4	6					20
16	Yves Baltas	9	15	Ret	13	Ret	13	7	12	8	7							18
17	Dev Gore									12	12	9	10	11	10	Ret	10	11
18	align=left nowrap	Leonard Hoogenboom					10	7	Ret	9									9
19	Michaël Benyahia	10	13	Ret	8	8	11											9
20	Raúl Guzmán			11	15													0
21	Moritz Müller-Crepon	15	14															0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	David Schumacher													12	8	4	4	—
—	Javier González													Ret	5	Ret	8	—
—	Brad Benavides															9	13	—
—	Patrick Schott															10	11	—
—	Alessandro Bracalente															12	12	—
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	EST		LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Bent Viscaal	5	3	2	7	5	3	2	2	2	1	Ret	2	2	2	1	2	138
2	Lukas Dunner	6	12	Ret	14	4	10	9	8	3	6	3	Ret	5	Ret	8	Ret	90
3	Aldo Festante	11	10	5	10	Ret	15	8	15	11	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	7	58
4	Yves Baltas	9	15	Ret	13	Ret	13	7	12	8	7							37
5	Dev Gore									12	12	9	10	11	10	Ret	10	35
6	Michaël Benyahia	10	13	Ret	8	8	11											26
7	Kaylen Frederick											12	5			11	9	23
8	align=left nowrap	Leonard Hoogenboom					10	7	Ret	9									18
9	Leonardo Lorandi											4	6					14
10	Raúl Guzmán			11	15													6
11	Moritz Müller-Crepon	15	14															3
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	David Schumacher													12	8	4	4	—
—	Javier González													Ret	5	Ret	8	—
—	Brad Benavides															9	13	—
—	Patrick Schott															10	11	—
—	Alessandro Bracalente															12	12	—
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	EST		LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	align=left rowspan=2	RP Motorsport	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	180
1	7	8	4	4	3	7	Ret	9	10	10	4	5	7	7	7	6			180
2	align=left rowspan=2	Carlin Motorsport	2	6	3	2	2	5	4	4	6	3	5	3	3	4	5	5	102
2	3	7	6	3	Ret	6	5	5	7	6	Ret	4	6	6	6	10			102
3	align=left rowspan=2 nowrap	Teo Martín Motorsport	5	3	2	7	5	3	2	2	2	1	8	2	2	2	3	2	98
3	15	14							11	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	7			98
4	align=left rowspan=2	Campos Racing	4	1	7	5	11	2	3	3	5	4	2	Ret	4	3	2	3	86
4	9	15	8	6	Ret	4	7	6	5	7	6	Ret	8	9	9	13			86
5	align=left rowspan=2	Drivex School	6	4	9	9	4	9	9	7	3	6	3	9	5	Ret	8	8	26
5	8	12	10	11	6	10	Ret	8	13	11	7	Ret	Ret	5	10	11			26
6	align=left rowspan=2	Fortec Motorsport	14	5	11	12	7	14	6	11	9	8	10	8					3
6	Ret	11	15	Ret	Ret	15	8	13											3
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	EST		LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		MNZ		JER		CAT		Pts

Spanish Formula 3 Championship

Drivers' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Felipe Drugovich	1	2	1	1	1	1	157
2	Bent Viscaal	5	3	2	2	3	2	104
3	Cameron Das	3	6	6	4	6	5	73
4	Matheus Iorio	2	7	3	6	5	Ret	63
5	Guilherme Samaia	7	8	7	7	7	6	40
6	David Schumacher			12	8	4	4	38
7	Lukas Dunner	6	12	5	Ret	8	Ret	28
8	Jannes Fittje	8	4					21
9	Javier González			Ret	5	Ret	8	18
10	Aldo Festante	11	10	10	Ret	Ret	7	16
11	Petru Florescu	Ret	5	8	9			13
12	Christian Hahn	12	Ret	9	11			11
13	Patrick Schott					10	11	6
14	Kaylen Frederick					11	9	6
15	Alex Karkosik	13	9					4
16	Michaël Benyahia	10	13					4
17	align=left nowrap	Alessandro Bracalente					12	12	2
18	Calan Williams	14	11					1
19	Moritz Müller-Crepon	15	14					0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Marcos Siebert	4	1	4	3	2	3
	Yves Baltas	9	15
	Brad Benavides					9	13
	Dev Gore			11	10	Ret	10
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	align=left rowspan=2	RP Motorsport	1	2	1	1	1	1	72
1	7	8	7	7	4	4			72
2	align=left rowspan=2 nowrap	Teo Martín Motorsport	5	3	2	2	3	2	44
2	15	14	10	Ret	Ret	7			44
3	align=left rowspan=2	Carlin Motorsport	2	6	3	4	5	5	43
3	3	7	6	6	6	13			43
4	align=left rowspan=2	Drivex School	6	4	5	5	8	8	13
4	8	12	Ret	Ret	10	11			13
5	align=left rowspan=2	Fortec Motorsport	14	5					4
5	Ret	11							4
Guest teams ineligible to score points
	align=left rowspan=2	Campos Racing	4	1	4	3	2	3
	9	15	8	9	9	13
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	EST		JER		CAT		Pts

Notes and References

News: EF Open teams continue intense test program in December. 10 December 2017. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 9 December 2017.
Web site: Entry List. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 12 April 2018.
Web site: Entry List. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 6 July 2018.
News: Leonardo Lorandi and Kaylen Frederick added to RP Motorsport driver line-up at Monza . 19 September 2018 . euroformulaopen.net . GT Sport . 19 September 2018.
News: Chokhani . Darshan . ADAC F4 ROOKIE WINNER SCHUMACHER STEPS UP TO EF OPEN FOR REST OF 2018 . 27 September 2018 . formularapida.net . 26 September 2018 . Formula Rapida S.L. & Arnau Viñals.
News: Moroccan Michaël Benyahia confirmed for 2018 drive with RP Motorsport. 16 March 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 16 March 2018.
News: Wood . Elliot . Italian F4 leader Leonardo Lorandi to make Euroformula Open debut at Monza . 19 September 2018 . formulascout.com . Formula Scout . 18 September 2018.
Web site: Entry List . circuitodejerez.com . . 4 October 2018 . 4 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181004185756/http://www.circuitodejerez.com/fileadmin/archivos/documentos/Supermoto/EUROFORMULA2018/Entry_list__EFO_2018__JEREZ__v1.pdf . dead .
Web site: Circuit BARCELONA- CATALUNYA . circuitcat.com . GT Sport . 18 October 2018.
News: Wood. Elliot. Felipe Drugovich makes permanent Euroformula Open switch. 3 February 2018. formulascout.com. 2 February 2018.
News: Aldo Festante joins RP Motorsport for 2018 season. 23 February 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 22 February 2018.
News: Leonard Hoogenboom to make EF Open debut with RP Motorsport. 7 June 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 7 June 2018.
News: American driver Dev Gore joins Carlin at Silverstone. 29 August 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 29 August 2018. English.
News: Costa. Massimo. Das ha firmato per Carlin. 28 February 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 28 February 2018. Italian.
News: Wood. Elliot. Brazilian F3 champions Samaia and Iorio secure top Euroformula Open seats. 31 January 2018. formulascout.com. 31 January 2018.
Web site: Fittje si accasa da Drivex. Costa. Massimo. 7 March 2018. ItaliaRacing. 8 March 2018. it.
News: Wood. Elliot. Drivex signs Austrian Lukas Dunner for Euroformula Open. 9 February 2018. formulascout.com. 9 February 2018.
Web site: Hahn e Drivex proseguono nel 2018. Caruccio. Antonio. 15 December 2017. ItaliaRacing. 15 December 2017. it.
Web site: Drivex fa debuttare Schott nella tappa finale di Montmelò. 16 October 2018. ItaliaRacing. 16 October 2018. it.
Web site: Gonzalez con Drivex nelle gare di Jerez e Montmelò. Costa. Massimo. 28 September 2018. ItaliaRacing. 28 September 2018. it.
News: Bent Viscaal joins Teo Martín Motorsport for EF Open debut. 19 January 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 18 January 2018.
News: Teo Martín Motorsport names Müller-Crepon as new signing. 30 January 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 29 January 2018.
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News: Alex Karkosik joins Campos Racing for the remaining season. 1 May 2018. euroformulaopen.net. GT Sport. 30 April 2018.
News: Wood. Elliot. Petru Florescu remains at Fortec for 'fresh start' in Euroformula Open. 23 February 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 22 February 2018.
Web site: Entry List. euroformulaopen.net. Euroformula Open Championship. 3 May 2018.
News: Caruccio. Antonio. Festante passa a Fortec. 7 June 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 6 June 2018. it.
News: Herrero. Dan. Aus F3 winner to race Euroformula Open. Speedcafe.com. 28 March 2018.
News: Stability presides Euroformula Open's 2018 calendar. 23 October 2017. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 24 October 2017.