2018 Ferrari Challenge Europe Explained

The 2018 Ferrari Challenge Europe is the 25th season of Ferrari Challenge Europe. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Mugello Circuit on March 24 and ending at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on November 3.^[1]

Calendar

	Circuit	Dates	Map
1	Mugello Circuit	March 24–25
2	Silverstone Circuit	April 28–29
3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 12–13
4	Misano World Circuit	June 9–10
5	Automotodrom Brno	July 21–22
6	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	September 15–16
7	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	November 2–3

Entry list

All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 488 Challenge fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Trofeo Pirelli

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Rossocorsa	2	David Fumanelli	Pro	3–4, 7
	27	Alessandro Vezzoni	Pro	All
	85	Vicente Potolicchio	Pro	1–3, 7
	97	Tommaso Rocca	Pro-Am	All
Formula Racing	9	Nicklas Nielsen	Pro	All
	16	Sean Hudspeth	Pro	5–7
	18	Olivier Grotz	Pro-Am	6
	44	Jens Liebhauser	Pro	All
	60	Johnny Laursen	Pro	4
	61	John Dhillon	Pro-Am	All
	80	Louis Prette	Pro	7
	89	Claus Zibrandsen	Pro-Am	3, 6
Scuderia Praha	11	Robert Pergl	Pro-Am	5
	37	Jan Danis	Pro-Am	1, 5
Scuderia Autoropa	13	Martin Nelson	Pro-Am	1–2, 4–7
Gohm Motorsport	15	Thomas Löfflad	Pro-Am	3
	83	Germano Salernitano	Pro-Am	6
HR Owen	39	John Sawbridge	Pro-Am	1–6
	93	Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am	All
Baron Motorsport	45	Christian Overgård	Pro-Am	1–4, 6–7
	88	Florian Merckx	Pro	3
Charles Pozzi	47	Henri Hassid	Pro	1–3, 7
Ferrari Eberlein	51	Walter-Ben Dörrenberg	Pro-Am	3, 7
Ferrari GB	71	Pantelis Christoforou	Pro-Am	2–3, 6
	90	Jack Brown	Pro-Am	2, 6–7
Scuderia Corse Garage Italia	78	"Gioga"	Pro-Am	1
Octane126	81	Fabienne Wohlwend	Pro-Am	All
	84	Björn Grossmann	Pro	All
Stratstone Ferrari	92	Sam Smeeth	Pro	1–2, 7

Coppa Shell

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Formula Racing	100	Tina Kok	Am	3
	107	Ken Seto	Pro-Am	3
	136	Alexander Nußbaumer	Am	All
	157	Tani Hanna	Pro-Am	3
	168	David Lim	Am	1–2, 6
	171	Per Falholt	Am	2–3, 5, 7
	198	Eric Cheung	Pro-Am	All
Kessel Racing	102	Claudio Schiavoni	Pro-Am	7
	133	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Am	All
	177	Fons Scheltema	Pro-Am	All
Baron Motorsport	109	Ernst Kirchmayr	Pro-Am	3, 5–7
	119	Per Nielsen	Am	1–2
	126	Henrik Kamstrup	Am	1–3, 5
	127	Thomas Lindroth	Pro-Am	All
	144	Vladimir Hladik	Pro-Am	All
Octane126	112	Rick Lovat	Pro-Am	2–7
	197	Leonard Winterhalder	Am	4
Rossocorsa	116	Jean-Claude Saada	Pro-Am	1–2
	118	James Weiland	Pro-Am	3, 5
	172	Giuseppe Ramelli	Am	1–2, 4, 7
	186	Agata Smolka	Am	All
Scuderia Praha	117	Dušan Palcr	Am	3–7
Scuderia FMA	120	Guy Fawe	Pro-Am	3, 6–7
Gohm Motorsport	128	Christian Kinch	Pro-Am	1–2, 4, 6–7
HR Owen	145	Laurent de Meeus	Am	1–5, 7
Ineco - MP Racing	161	Thomas Gostner	Pro-Am	1–5, 6–7
	173	Corinna Gostner	Pro-Am	All
	181	Erich Prinoth	Pro-Am	All
	183	Manuela Gostner	Pro-Am	All
Team Zenith Sion - Lausanne	162	Christophe Hurni	Pro-Am	All
CDP	184	Maurizio Pitorri	Am	1, 4
Scuderia Autoropa	199	Ingvar Mattsson	Am	All

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Trofeo Pirelli Winners	Coppa Shell Winners
1	1	Mugello Circuit	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Jean-Claude Saada : Agata Smolka	Nicklas Nielsen : Fabienne Wohlwend : Erich Prinoth : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Erich Prinoth Am: Ingvar Mattsson
	2		Nicklas Nielsen : Jan Danis : Manuela Gostner : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Björn Grossmann : Jan Danis : Erich Prinoth : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Jan Danis	Pro-Am: Erich Prinoth Am: Murat Cuhadaroğlu
2	1	Silverstone Circuit	Björn Grossmann : Jack Brown : Jean-Claude Saada : Alexander Nußbaumer	Nicklas Nielsen : Jack Brown : Vladimir Hladik : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Pro: Björn Grossmann Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Vladimir Hladik Am: Alexander Nußbaumer
	2		Björn Grossmann : Jack Brown : Jean-Claude Saada : Ingvar Mattsson	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Erich Prinoth : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Christophe Hurni Am: Ingvar Mattsson
3	1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Eric Cheung : Alexander Nußbaumer	Florian Merckx : Chris Froggatt : Eric Cheung : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Pro: Florian Merckx Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Eric Cheung Am: Alexander Nußbaumer
	2		David Fumanelli : Thomas Löfflad : James Weiland : Alexander Nußbaumer	Nicklas Nielsen : Claus Zibrandsen : James Weiland : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Fabienne Wohlwend	Pro-Am: James Weiland Am: Ingvar Mattsson
4	1	Misano World Circuit	Nicklas Nielsen : Fabienne Wohlwend : Erich Prinoth : Alexander Nußbaumer	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Christophe Hurni : Agata Smolka	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Fabienne Wohlwend	Pro-Am: Eric Cheung Am: Giuseppe Ramelli
	2		Björn Grossmann : Fabienne Wohlwend : Eric Cheung : Giuseppe Ramelli	Björn Grossmann : Fabienne Wohlwend : Christophe Hurni : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Pro: Björn Grossmann Pro-Am: Fabienne Wohlwend	Pro-Am: Eric Cheung Am: Murat Cuhadaroğlu
5	1	Automotodrom Brno	Nicklas Nielsen : Jan Danis : Manuela Gostner : Alexander Nußbaumer	Nicklas Nielsen : Jan Danis : Christophe Hurni : Alexander Nußbaumer	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Christophe Hurni Am: Alexander Nußbaumer
	2		Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Erich Prinoth : Alexander Nußbaumer	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Ernst Kirchmayr : Alexander Nußbaumer	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Ernst Kirchmayr Am: Alexander Nußbaumer
6	1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Christophe Hurni : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Christophe Hurni : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Christophe Hurni Am: Alexander Nußbaumer
	2		Nicklas Nielsen : Jack Brown : Manuela Gostner : Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Nicklas Nielsen : Chris Froggatt : Christophe Hurni : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Manuela Gostner Am: Murat Cuhadaroğlu
7	1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Björn Grossmann : Fabienne Wohlwend : Christophe Hurni : Ingvar Mattsson	Björn Grossmann : Chris Froggatt : Fons Scheltema : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Nicklas Nielsen Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Christophe Hurni Am: Laurent de Meeus
	2		Louis Prette : Fabienne Wohlwend : Manuela Gostner : Laurent de Meeus	Nicklas Nielsen : Fabienne Wohlwend : Thomas Gostner : Dušan Palcr	Pro: David Fumanelli Pro-Am: Chris Froggatt	Pro-Am: Manuela Gostner Am: Murat Cuhadaroğlu

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th or lower
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1	1

Trofeo Pirelli

	Driver	MUG		SIL		SPA		MIS		BRN		BAR		MNZ		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro Class^[2]
1	Nicklas Nielsen	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	282
2	Björn Grossmann	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	1	4	2	2	2	5	3	216
3	Jens Liebhauser	5	4	7	7	6	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	5	137
4	Alessandro Vezzoni	4	3	5	5	7	6	Ret	5	5	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	8	84
5	Henri Hassid	3	5	6	3	4	7							8	7	63
6	David Fumanelli					Ret	Ret	2	6					6	1	51
7	Vicente Potolicchio	6	6	3	6	5	5							9	DNS	50
8	Sam Smeeth	7	7	4	4									7	6	39
9	Sean Hudspeth									2	Ret	Ret	4	4	Ret	38
10	Florian Merckx					1	3									34
11	Louis Prette													3	4	24
12	Johnny Laursen							4	3							23
Pro-Am Class^[3]
1	Chris Froggatt	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	273
2	Fabienne Wohlwend	3	3	3	2	8	1	1	1	3	3	9	2	5	Ret	142
3	Martin Nelson	4	4	4	4			4	Ret	4	4	10	5	3	6	111
4	Tommaso Rocca	7	8	9	5	6	6	3	4	7	5	5	3	Ret	5	104
5	John Sawbridge	6	5	5	7	2	3	6	5	5	6	Ret	6			103
6	Christian Overgård	5	7	6	6	Ret	5	7	3			4	9	6	3	90
7	Jack Brown			2	3							2	Ret	2	2	82
8	John Dhillon	9	9	7	8	5	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	6	7	4	4	75
9	Jan Danis	2	1							2	Ret					57
10	Claus Zibrandsen					3	2					3	4			52
11	Pantelis Christoforou			8	9	4	Ret					7	8			27
12	Robert Pergl									Ret	2					16
13	"Gioga"	8	6													13
14	Walter-Ben Dörrenberg					7	7							7	7	9
15	Germano Salernitano											8	10			5
16	Thomas Löfflad					Ret	Ret									2
17	Olivier Grotz											Ret	Ret			1

Coppa Shell

	Driver	MUG		SIL		SPA		MIS		BRN		BAR		MNZ		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro-Am Class^[4]
1	Christophe Hurni	10	7	4	1	2	2	6	2	1	Ret	1	2	1	6	173.5
2	Eric Cheung	7	5	5	5	1	3	1	1	4	2	4	Ret	2	4	164
3	Manuela Gostner	5	11	3	7	5	5	2	Ret	2	5	2	1	Ret	1	140
4	Erich Prinoth	1	1	7	2	8	4	4	DNS	3	6	11	Ret	8	3	124
5	Vladimir Hladik	6	4	1	3	Ret	DNS	3	Ret	6	3	5	4	10	9	107
6	Fons Scheltema	8	6	2	Ret	4	8	10	Ret	7	4	3	5	4	10	89.5
7	Christian Kinch	4	8	8	6			5	3			7	7	3	8	70
8	Thomas Gostner	3	3	6	4	3	9	Ret	Ret			Ret	6	9	11	68
9	Ernst Kirchmayr					7	6			DNS	1	6	DNS	7	2	57
10	Corinna Gostner	9	9	12	8	9	13	7	Ret	10	8	8	8	11	5	38
11	Jean-Claude Saada	2	2	9	Ret											36
12	Rick Lovat			11	Ret	10	Ret	8	Ret	5	10	Ret	3	DNS	Ret	31
13	Thomas Lindroth	11	10	10	9	Ret	12	9	4	9	9	10	9	12	13	30
14	James Weiland					Ret	1			8	7					21
15	Guy Fawe					11	10					9	Ret	5	7	17.5
16	Tani Hanna					6	7									9
17	Claudio Schiavoni													6	12	7
18	Ken Seto					12	11									1
Am Class^[5]
1	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	3	1	4	Ret	3	3	2	1	2	5	2	1	2	1	208
2	Ingvar Mattsson	1	8	2	1	4	1	4	3	3	4	Ret	4	4	3	171
3	Alexander Nußbaumer	Ret	7	1	2	1	8	3	Ret	1	1	1	2	Ret	6	170.5
4	Agata Smolka	5	2	9	4	2	2	6	Ret	5	2	Ret	DNS	6	2	116.5
5	Dušan Palcr					9	DNS	7	2	4	3	3	3	3	4	95
6	Giuseppe Ramelli	2	3	3	3			1	Ret					5	Ret	74
7	Laurent de Meeus	7	5	Ret	DNS	5	5	8	DNS	6	7			1	5	73
8	Henrik Kamstrup	6	6	6	7	7	7			7	8					40
9	Per Nielsen	4	4	5	5											38
10	Per Falholt			7	6	6	6			8	6			DNS	7	36
11	David Lim	8	Ret	8	8							4	5			32
12	Leonard Winterhalder							9	4							13
13	Maurizio Pitorri	Ret	DNS					5	DNS							10
14	Tina Kok					8	4									9

See also

• 2018 Finali Mondiali

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli 2018 Calendar. Driver Database AB. 1 December 2019.
2. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli Pro 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 12 November 2019.
3. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 12 November 2019.
4. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Pro-Am 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 12 November 2019.
5. News: Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Am 2018 standings. Driver Database AB. 12 November 2019.