Multi-event motor racing championship
The 2019 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that 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 sixth Euroformula Open Championship season.
For the first time since its inception, the championship featured multiple power unit manufacturers, allowing the use of Mercedes and Volkswagen engines. It was intended to have equalised performance of the powerplants, in terms of both power and torque like in the GT3 racing.[ 1] But the equalisation was not successful as the teams that used Toyota engine which was tuned by Piedrafita had a lack of power in comparison with Mercedes and Volkswagen engines. The situation led to the withdrawal of the teams after the first round and switching to the Mercedes and Volkswagen engine prior round at Spa.[ 2]
Team Motopark driver Marino Sato won the title after the first race at Barcelona, having won eight races, including series of six wins in row in Spa, Hungaroring and Spielberg, while his team clinched the title after the second Spielberg race.[ 3] Top rookie Liam Lawson was Sato's closest challenger, winning four races throughout the season. His fellow Red Bull Junior Team stablemate Yuki Tsunoda won a race at the Hockenheimring , Teppei Natori was victorious in the second race at Catalunya , Billy Monger became the first double-amputee to win a race in single-seaters when he won the Pau Grand Prix , and Toshiki Oyu won both races at a one-off appearance in Silverstone . A standalone winter series round was also held in February at Circuit Paul Ricard , with Linus Lundqvist and Formula 2 driver Nobuharu Matsushita emerging victorious.[ 4]
Teams and drivers
All teams utilized a Dallara F317 chassis.[ 5]
Team
Engine
Driver
Status
Rounds
RP Motorsport [ 6]
Toyota
1
Javier González[ 7]
R
1
Volkswagen
4–6
Kyle Kirkwood [ 8]
G
9
Toyota
2
Artem Petrov [ 9]
1
Toyota
3
Pierre-Louis Chovet [ 7]
R
1
Volkswagen
4–6
Lorenzo Ferrari [ 8]
R G
9
D. Tsimpris Motorsport[ 6]
Toyota [ 10]
5
Dimitrios Tsimpris[ 11]
R
1
Carlin Motorsport [ 6]
Volkswagen [ 12]
6
Ido Cohen [ 13]
R G
8–9
11
Teppei Natori [ 14]
R
NC, 1–5, 8–9
12
Christian Hahn[ 12]
NC, All
22
Nobuharu Matsushita [ 15]
NC, 5
31
Billy Monger [ 16]
R
NC, All
63
Nicolai Kjærgaard [ 17]
R
NC, All
Double R [ 6]
Mercedes-Benz [ 18]
7
Jack Doohan [ 19] [ 20]
R
All
26
Linus Lundqvist [ 21]
R
All
55
Jamie Chadwick [ 22]
7
Teo Martín Motorsport [ 6]
Mercedes-Benz [ 23]
8
Lukas Dunner [ 24]
NC, All
51
Aldo Festante[ 25]
NC, 1–6
77
Guilherme Samaia [ 26]
NC, 1–4
Campos Racing [ 4]
Toyota
9
Linus Lundqvist [ 4]
NC
10
Alessio Deledda [ 4]
R
NC
Team Motopark
Volkswagen
14
Yuki Tsunoda [ 27]
R
1–5, 8–9
Toshiki Oyu [ 28]
7
18
Julian Hanses [ 29]
1–6
Niklas Krütten [ 30]
R
7–9
25
Cameron Das [ 15]
5–9
30
Liam Lawson [ 27]
R
1–5, 8–9
Dennis Hauger [ 31] [ 28]
R
7
33
Marino Sato [ 27]
1–6, 8–9
Enaam Ahmed [ 30]
7
Fortec Motorsports
Mercedes-Benz [ 32]
20
Cameron Das [ 33] [ 34]
1–4
Manuel Maldonado [ 30]
R
7–8
21
Calan Williams [ 35]
All
CF Racing[ 36]
Mercedes-Benz [ 36]
28
Stefano Leaney[ 36]
4
29
Stuart Wiltshire[ 36]
4, 7
Drivex School [ 6]
Toyota
66
Petru Florescu [ 37]
1
Franco Colapinto [ 2]
R
4
Mercedes-Benz
88
Filip Kaminiarz[ 8]
R G
9
Toyota
99
Rui Andrade [ 38]
R
All[ N 1]
Mercedes-Benz
Race calendar and results
An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 31 August 2018.[ 1] The calendar features six circuits from 2018 schedule. While Autódromo do Estoril and Circuito de Jerez are not present in the current version of the calendar, Hockenheim made its debut as a Euroformula Open Championship round. The date of the Spa round was altered on 29 November 2018.[ 39] On 10 December 2018 was announced that Pau Grand Prix will make debut in the extended nine-round Euroformula Open Championship schedule.[ 40]
Championship standings
Drivers' championship
Points were awarded as follows:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PP
FL
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
1
Only the fifteen best race results counted towards the championship.[ 42]
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Rookies' championship
Points were awarded as follows:
Teams' championship
Points were awarded as follows:
Pos
Team
LEC1
LEC2
PAU
HOC
SPA
HUN
RBR
SIL
CAT
MNZ
Pts
NC
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
1
Team Motopark
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
262
2
4
2
6
3
2
2
3
3
10
7
2
2
2
8
6
3
2
2
Carlin Motorsport
1
2
6
7
9
1
8
6
6
5
6
4
10
6
3
3
2
1
2
3
94
2
3
10
8
10
2
9
8
8
6
7
6
11
10
4
4
4
2
4
14
3
Double R
4
5
5
Ret
2
7
4
4
5
5
2
3
7
10
3
8
5
4
65
9
9
12
Ret
5
Ret
9
7
16
7
5
13
WD
WD
15
10
10
Ret
4
Teo Martín Motorsport
5
4
3
2
4
4
7
4
11
2
2
3
3
4
Ret
9
6
9
7
7
64
6
6
8
3
8
9
14
11
14
10
11
13
8
11
5
Fortec Motorsport
12
15
6
8
10
9
12
8
8
8
4
5
10
7
14
14
16
10
7
Ret
16
7
11
15
10
19
18
12
11
WD
WD
6
RP Motorsport
14
14
7
9
9
16
6
7
0
Ret
Ret
13
12
13
DNS
Ret
14
7
Drivex School
13
18
11
Ret
13
12
15
14
14
15
Ret
12
11
12
13
15
14
9
0
15
19
17
15
8
CF Racing
16
16
13
13
0
18
Ret
9
Tsimpris Motorsport
16
17
0
Non-championship round-only teams
Campos Racing
4
1
0
8
9
Pos
Driver
NC
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
R1
R2
Pts
LEC1
LEC2
PAU
HOC
SPA
HUN
RBR
SIL
CAT
MNZ
Notes
^ Rui Andrade raced in the first three races with the Toyota engine before switching to the Mercedes-Benz engine.[ 2]
^ The qualifying session for the first Barcelona race was cancelled due to heavy rain; the starting order is based on the Free practice sessions results.[ 41]
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External links
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