2021 Euroformula Open Championship Explained

The 2021 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in Euroformula Open Championship specification Dallara 320 chassis cars. It was the eighth Euroformula Open Championship season.

Teams and drivers

All teams utilized the Dallara 320 chassis.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Team Motopark	Volkswagen	1	Cameron Das^[1]		8
		28			All
		7	Roman Staněk^[2]		5
		10	Reshad de Gerus^[3]		6–7
			Christian Mansell^[4]		8
		40	Matthias Lüthen		3
		52	Jak Crawford^[5]		nowrap	1–2, 4–6, 8
			Christian Mansell^[6]		7
		77	Vivien Keszthelyi^[7]		1–4
Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes-Benz	8	Rafael Villagómez^[8]		1–2, 4–6, 8
		16	Andreas Estner		1
		25	Casper Stevenson^[9]		All
		74	Cem Bölükbaşı^[10]		4–8
Carlin Motorsport	Volkswagen	15	Enzo Trulli^[11]		5–8
		31	Christian Mansell^[12]		3
		71	Brad Benavides^[13]		6–8
CryptoTower Racing	Volkswagen	18	Nazim Azman^[14]		All
		27	Louis Foster^[15]		All
		88	Filip Kaminiarz^[16]		All
Double R Racing	Mercedes-Benz	21	Josh Mason^[17]		All
		66	Zdeněk Chovanec^[18]		1–6
			Sebastián Álvarez^[19]		8
Drivex School	Mercedes-Benz	34	Enzo Trulli		1–4
			Joshua Dürksen^[20]		4
			Branden Lee Oxley^[21]		5
		35	Enzo Scionti		All
		78	Nico Pino^[22]		7
			Dexter Patterson^[23]		8
BVM Racing^[24]	Volkswagen	84	nowrap	Francesco Simonazzi		7–8
Sources:^[25] ^[26]

Race calendar

A provisional seven-round calendar was announced on 26 September 2020, with the option to add another round at Hockenheimring.^{[27] [28]} A plan to resurrect the Pau Grand Prix after it was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic did not come to fruition.^[29] The calendar was then further concretized on 3 December 2020, adding an event in Imola and leaving a ninth event to be announced.^[30] On 9 March 2021, the Portimão round shifted one week later, and it would be the official support round of the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix.^[31] On 27 April 2021, it was confirmed that the series would be held over eight rounds.

In early 2021, it was announced that for the 2021 season the series would switch to a three-race format per round, with only one qualifying session and the other two race grids determined by a top-six reversed grid and the fastest laps from the first two races respectively.^[32]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	nowrap	Most positions gained	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Algarve International Circuit	1 May	Louis Foster	nowrap	Cameron Das	Enzo Trulli	nowrap	Cameron Das	nowrap	Team Motopark	nowrap	Casper Stevenson
	R2				Louis Foster	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	Casper Stevenson
	R3		2 May		Cameron Das	Jak Crawford	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	Enzo Trulli
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	15 May	nowrap	Jak Crawford	Jak Crawford	Casper Stevenson	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
	R2		16 May		Jak Crawford	Jak Crawford	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
	R3				Jak Crawford	Nazim Azman	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	19 June	Louis Foster	Louis Foster	Filip Kaminiarz	Louis Foster	nowrap	CryptoTower Racing	Casper Stevenson
	R2		20 June		Cameron Das	Cameron Das	Louis Foster	CryptoTower Racing	Christian Mansell
	R3				Louis Foster	Filip Kaminiarz	Louis Foster	CryptoTower Racing	Casper Stevenson
4	R1	Hungaroring	10 July	Jak Crawford	Jak Crawford	Josh Mason	nowrap	Cem Bölükbaşı	nowrap	Van Amersfoort Racing	nowrap	Joshua Dürksen
	R2				Cameron Das	Jak Crawford	nowrap	Casper Stevenson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Casper Stevenson
	R3		11 July		Louis Foster	Jak Crawford	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
5	R1	nowrap rowspan=3	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari	24 July		Jak Crawford	Zdeněk Chovanec	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
	R2		Jak Crawford		Casper Stevenson	Roman Staněk	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
	R3		25 July	Jak Crawford	Branden Lee Oxley	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
6	R1	Red Bull Ring	11 September	Jak Crawford	Jak Crawford	Zdeněk Chovanec	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
	R2		12 September		Jak Crawford	Josh Mason	Nazim Azman	CryptoTower Racing	Jak Crawford
	R3				Jak Crawford	Enzo Trulli	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	25 September	nowrap	Cameron Das	nowrap	Cem Bölükbaşı	Cem Bölükbaşı	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	Christian Mansell
	R2		nowrap rowspan=2	26 September		Enzo Trulli	Cem Bölükbaşı	Casper Stevenson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Casper Stevenson
	R3		Cameron Das	nowrap		Francesco Simonazzi	Cameron Das	Team Motopark	Enzo Trulli
8	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	23 October	nowrap	Cem Bölükbaşı	Cameron Das	Brad Benavides	nowrap	Cem Bölükbaşı	nowrap	Van Amersfoort Racing	Enzo Trulli
	R2		24 October		Jak Crawford	nowrap	Francesco Simonazzi	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford
	R3				Jak Crawford	Enzo Scionti	Jak Crawford	Team Motopark	Jak Crawford

Championship standings

In 2021, a rule was introduced that granted two extra points per race to the driver that gained the most positions.

Drivers' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL	Positions gained	PG
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1	2*

Pos Driver POR LEC SPA HUN IMO RBR MNZ CAT Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Cameron Das 1 1* 1 2 3 1 Ret 2* 2 Ret 10 1 5 13 3 3 4 2 1 5 1 2 5 2 382 2 Louis Foster 2 NC 2 3 2 6 1 1 1 7 4 6 2 5 4 2 3 3 Ret 14 Ret 5 2 3 315 3 Jak Crawford DNP DNP 7* 1 1* 2 12 6* 4* 1 2 1 1 5 1 6 1 1 304 4 Nazim Azman 4 2 4 6 7 4* 2 3 3 6 2 3 11† 7 5 6 1 4 4 4 8 4 7 8 5 Cem Bölükbaşı 1 3 7 3 4 Ret 4 2 6 3* 2* 2 1 4 4 217 6 Casper Stevenson 5 3 6 5* 4 8 3 5 5 5 1 5 12 6* 8 8 7 5 6 1 10 9 8 9 7 Enzo Trulli 6* 4 3 7 5 5 6 8 7 WD WD WD 8 12 Ret 9 Ret 10* 13 13 3 3 3 6 144 8 Rafael Villagómez 3 5 8 4 6 3 2 Ret 2 6 3 Ret 7 8 12 13 11 11 135 9 Josh Mason 8 6 5 8 12 7 Ret 6 8 4* 7 Ret Ret 8 11 Ret 10* 7 12 12 11 7 15 7 89 10 Filip Kaminiarz 9 10 10 Ret 9 12 4* 7 4* 8 8 10 Ret Ret 9 13 12 11 5 3 9 12 9 16 80 11 Christian Mansell 5 4 6 2 6 4 10 16 5 79 12 Roman Staněk 4 1 2 55 13 Brad Benavides 10 9 8 7 7 7 8* 6 14 39 14 Enzo Scionti 11 7 11 Ret 8 10 7 12 9 10 12 11 9† 10 10 12 13 9 10 8 Ret 15 14 12* 33 15 Zdeněk Chovanec 12 8 9 9 10 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 11 9 7* 11 7 11* 11 Ret 33 16 Reshad de Gerus 5 6 13 11 9 5 30 17 Joshua Dürksen 3 5 8 29 18 nowrap align="left" Francesco Simonazzi 9 10 6* 16 12* 15 15 19 Branden Lee Oxley 10 9 6* 13 20 Vivien Keszthelyi 10 9 12 10 11 11 8 10 10 11 9 Ret 12 21 Andreas Estner 7 11 13 6 22 Nico Pino 8 11 Ret 4 23 Matthias Lüthen Ret 11 11 0 Guest drivers inelegible to score points — Sebastián Álvarez 11 10 10 — — Dexter Patterson 14 13 13 — Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts POR LEC SPA HUN IMO RBR MNZ CAT

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap † – Did not finish, but classified * – Most positions gained|} Rookies' championship Points were awarded as follows: Pos Driver POR LEC SPA HUN IMO RBR MNZ CAT Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Casper Stevenson 5 3 6 5 4 8 3 5 5 5 1 5 11 6 8 8 7 5 6 1 10 9 8 9 2 Jak Crawford DNP DNP 7 1 1 2 12 6 4 1 2 1 1 5 1 6 1 1 143 3 Enzo Trulli 6 4 3 7 5 5 6 8 7 WD WD WD 8 12 Ret 9 Ret 10 13 13 3 3 3 6 114 4 Enzo Scionti 11 7 11 Ret 8 10 7 12 9 10 12 11 9† 10 10 12 13 9 10 8 Ret 15 14 12 5 Zdeněk Chovanec 12 8 9 9 10 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 11 9 7 11 7 11 11 Ret 68 6 Christian Mansell 5 4 6 2 6 4 10 16 5 64 7 Joshua Dürksen 3 5 8 24 8 Francesco Simonazzi 9 10 6 16 12 15 18 9 Branden Lee Oxley 10 9 6 17 10 Nico Pino 8 11 Ret 9 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts POR LEC SPA HUN IMO RBR MNZ CAT Teams' championship Points were awarded as follows: Pos Driver POR LEC SPA HUN IMO RBR MNZ CAT Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Team Motopark 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 2 11 6 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 277 10 9 7 2 3 2 Ret 10 10 12 9 4 4 2 2 3 5 2 2 6 4 6 5 2 2 CryptoTower Racing 2 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 6 2 3 2 5 4 2 1 3 4 3 8 4 2 3 208 4 10 4 6 7 6 2 3 3 7 4 6 11† 7 5 6 3 4 5 4 9 5 7 8 3 Van Amersfoort Racing 3 3 6 4 4 3 3 5 5 1 1 2 3 3 8 4 2 5 3 1 2 1 4 4 173 5 5 8 5 6 8 2 3 5 6 4 Ret 7 7 6 6 2 10 9 8 9 4 Carlin Motorsport 5 4 6 8 12 Ret 9 9 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 25 10 Ret 10 13 13 7 8 6 14 5 Drivex School 6 4 3 7 5 5 6 8 7 3 5 8 9† 9 6 12 13 9 8 8 Ret 14 13 12 25 11 7 11 Ret 8 10 7 12 9 10 12 11 10 10 10 10 11 Ret 15 14 13 6 Double R Racing 8 6 5 8 10 7 Ret 6 8 4 7 9 7 8 7 11 10 7 12 12 11 7 10 7 7 12 8 9 9 12 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret 11 Ret 11 15 10 7 BVM Racing 9 10 6 16 12 15 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts POR LEC SPA HUN IMO RBR MNZ CAT External links

Notes and References

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4. Web site: Wood. Ida. Motopark keeps Mansell in Euroformula line-up for Barcelona. Formula Scout. en-GB. 18 October 2021. 18 October 2021.
5. Web site: Wood. Elliot. 18 March 2021. FIA F3-bound Red Bull junior Jak Crawford adds Euroformula campaign. 18 March 2021. Formula Scout. en-GB.
6. Web site: Wood. Ida. Mansell moves to Motopark for second Euroformula appearance. 22 September 2021. 22 September 2021. Formula Scout. en-GB.
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8. Web site: Wood. Ida. 19 April 2021. FIA F3 rookie Rafael Villagomez adds Euroformula campaign with VAR. 19 April 2021. Formula Scout. en-GB.
9. Web site: Van Amersfoort Racing Casper Stevenson joins VAR for 2021 EFO Championship. 24 March 2021. www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. 4 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204170426/http://www.vanamersfoortracing.nl/news/euroformula-open/casper-stevenson-joins-var-for-2021-efo-championship.htm. dead.
10. Web site: Cem Bölükbaşı to make Euroformula debut with VAR at Hungaroring. 3 July 2021. www.euroformulaopen.net. en.
11. Web site: Wood. Ida. Enzo Trulli returns to Euroformula with move to Carlin. Formula Scout. 22 July 2021. 22 July 2021.
12. Web site: Carlin returns to Euroformula with Australian talent Christian Mansell. 15 June 2021. www.euroformulaopen.net. en.
13. Web site: 19 August 2021. Brad Benavides joins Trulli in Carlin's Euroformula line-up. 19 August 2021. Formula Scout. en-GB.
14. Web site: 19 March 2021. Malaysia's Nazim Azman joins Euroformula with CryptoTower Racing Team. 19 March 2021.
15. Web site: 18 March 2021. Louis Foster joins CryptoTower Racing Team for 2021 Euroformula season. 18 March 2021.
16. Web site: 20 March 2021. Filip Kaminiarz returns to Euroformula with CryptoTower Racing Team. live. Euroformula Open. 20 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210320100606/https://www.euroformulaopen.net/en/news/4226/filip-kaminiarz-returns-to-euroformula-with-cryptotower-racing-team . 2021-03-20 .
17. Web site: Wood. Ida. 19 April 2021. Joshua Mason steps up to Euroformula with Double R Racing. 19 April 2021. Formula Scout. en-GB.
18. Web site: 4 March 2021. Double R Racing announces Zdenek Chovanec for 2021 Euroformula season. 5 March 2021.
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24. Web site: Wood. Ida. BVM Racing returns to Euroformula after four-year break. Formula Scout. 17 September 2021. 17 September 2021.
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29. Web site: 5 November 2020. Pau Grand Prix organiser calls off next year's race. 5 November 2020. Formula Scout. en-GB.
30. Web site: Euroformula Open welcomes Imola in its 2021 calendar and confirms Barcelona Winter Test. 3 December 2020. www.euroformulaopen.net. en.
31. Web site: Euroformula Open confirmed as support series to the Portuguese GP on 1-2 May. 9 March 2021. www.euroformulaopen.net. en.
32. Web site: Wood. Elliot. 8 February 2021. Euroformula set for three-race weekend format and Macau. 8 February 2021. Formula Scout. en-GB.