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

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Italy RP Motorsport 1 Poland Antoni Ptak Jr.[1] All
2 Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri[2] All
3 Italy Damiano Fioravanti[3] All
4 United Kingdom Jack Aitken[3] 1–2
United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed[4] R 3–4, 6
Colombia Tatiana Calderón[5] 5, 7–8
5 Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul[3] All
Spain Campos Racing 6 Ecuador Julio Moreno[6] All
7 Mexico Diego Menchaca[6] All
8 Italy Leonardo Pulcini[6] All
9 Azerbaijan Gülhüseyn Abdullayev[7] R All
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 10 Colombia Tatiana Calderón[8] 1–2
11 Romania Petru Florescu[9] R 1–2
12 Russia Vladimir Atoev[10] 3–5
14 Mexico José Manuel Vilalta[11] 1–3
45 United Kingdom Harrison Scott[12] R G 7
France Dorian Boccolacci[13] G 8
71 Spain Xavier Lloveras[13] G 8
72 Russia Nikita Zlobin[14] All
United Kingdom Team West-Tec 15 China Liang Jiatong[15] R 2–3
Italy DAV Racing 18 Italy Daniele Cazzaniga[16] R 1–2, 4, 6
Italy Riccardo Cazzaniga[16] R 3, 5
27 China Ling Kang[17] 1–3
65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed[18] R 2
Italy Riccardo Cazzaniga[19] R 6
Italy BVM Racing 20 Russia Daniil Pronenko[20] R 1–3, 5–8
21 China Ye Hongli[20] R 1, 4, 6–7
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports[21] 28 United Kingdom Sam MacLeod[19] 6
37 Poland Igor Waliłko[21] 1–4
United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport[22] 47 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori[23] R All
51 India Ameya Vaidyanathan[24] R All
98 United States Colton Herta[9] R All
Spain Drivex School 62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[25] R All
91 Russia Nikita Troitskiy[5] R 5–6
Russia Vasily Romanov[26] R G 7–8
Icon Legend
R Rookie Trophy

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 Rookie Winner
1 R1 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril 23 April Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 24 April United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Jack Aitken Italy RP Motorsport United States Colton Herta
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 21 May Italy Leonardo Pulcini Austria Ferdinand Habsburg United Kingdom Jack Aitken Italy RP Motorsport Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 22 May United Kingdom Jack Aitken Mexico Diego Menchaca Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
3 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 4 June Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Italy Leonardo Pulcini Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Spain Drivex School Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 5 June Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
4 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 23 July Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing United States Colton Herta
R2 24 July United States Colton Herta Italy Leonardo Pulcini Poland Antoni Ptak Jr. Italy RP Motorsport Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
5 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 September United States Colton Herta[N 1] United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport United States Colton Herta
R2 11 September United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport United States Colton Herta
6 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 October Italy Damiano Fioravanti Poland Antoni Ptak Jr. Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 2 October Russia Nikita Troitskiy United States Colton Herta Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
7 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez 29 October United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport United States Colton Herta
R2 30 October Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Italy Leonardo Pulcini Italy Leonardo Pulcini Spain Campos Racing Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
8 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 5 November United States Colton Herta Italy Leonardo Pulcini Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Spain Drivex School Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 6 November Austria Ferdinand Habsburg Italy Leonardo Pulcini United States Colton Herta United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport United States Colton Herta
  1. ^ Originally scored by Ferdinand Habsburg, the Austrian and 2nd placed driver Tatiana Calderón were handed 4-place grid penalties for having competed earlier in the season at the circuit. Despite this the point was kept by Habsburg.

Championship standings

Euroformula Open Championship

Drivers' championship

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver EST
Portugal 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Pts
1 Italy Leonardo Pulcini 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 17 4 2 1 1 2 1 16 3 303
2 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 2 9 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 2 247
3 United States Colton Herta Ret 5 6 5 18 EX 2 Ret 1 1 16 4 1 4 2 1 199
4 Mexico Diego Menchaca 3 4 8 4 3 3 7 6 Ret 3 6 Ret 5 6 18 6 145
5 Italy Damiano Fioravanti 4 3 5 10 6 17 5 3 8 8 2 Ret 3 Ret 4 7 136
6 Poland Antoni Ptak Jr. Ret DNS Ret 13 4 4 3 1 Ret 13 5 Ret 11 Ret 8 5 94
7 Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 5 15 4 6 8 5 Ret 12 5 6 7 9 12 10 13 9 80
8 United Kingdom Jack Aitken 17 1 1 2 71
9 Colombia Tatiana Calderón Ret 6 13 8 3 5 6 7 7 12 66
10 Poland Igor Waliłko 6 7 7 9 5 6 8 7 50
11 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed 10 19 7 Ret 6 4 4 5 49
12 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori 9 10 9 21 14 8 13 13 6 16 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 42
13 Russia Nikita Troitskiy 7 4 10 3 36
14 Ecuador Julio Moreno 8 8 Ret 7 Ret 7 11 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 16 9 11 30
15 India Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 12 15 12 13 DNS DNS 11 9 7 17 14 10 9 6 Ret 26
16 China Ye Hongli 19 14 Ret 8 8 8 8 8 26
17 Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri 7 13 18 15 9 9 10 5 Ret 12 11 16 17 15 15 16 21
18 Russia Nikita Zlobin 11 16 Ret DNS 12 10 12 15 10 11 9 10 Ret 12 10 10 12
19 United Kingdom Sam Macleod 12 6 8
20 Russia Vladimir Atoev Ret 14 9 10 Ret 13 3
21 Russia Daniil Pronenko 12 17 11 20 10 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 13 11 15 2
22 Italy Riccardo Cazzaniga Ret 12 11 10 13 12 1
23 Italy Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 Ret 14 14 14 15 11 1
24 China Kang Ling 13 11 14 11 11 11 0
25 Romania Petru Florescu 14 19 12 16 0
26 Azerbaijan Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 21 16 17 15 14 15 16 Ret DNS 14 15 16 14 17 14 0
27 Mexico Jose Manuel Vilalta 16 20 Ret Ret 16 Ret 0
28 China Liang Jiatong 17 18 17 16 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
United Kingdom Harrison Scott 4 3 0
France Dorian Boccolacci 3 4 0
Russia Vasily Romanov 13 5 12 8 0
Spain Xavier Lloveras 14 13 0
Pos Driver EST
Portugal 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Pts
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

1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Driver EST
Portugal 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Pts
1 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 2 9 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 Ret 3 2 7 2 2 2 140
2 United States Colton Herta Ret 5 6 5 18 EX 2 Ret 1 1 16 4 1 4 3 1 98
3 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori 9 10 9 21 14 9 13 13 6 16 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 56
4 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed 10 19 7 Ret 6 4 4 5 38
5 India Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 12 15 12 13 DNS DNS 11 9 7 17 14 10 9 6 Ret 37
6 China Ye Hongli 19 14 Ret 8 8 8 8 8 27
7 Russia Nikita Troitskiy 7 4 10 3 24
8 Russia Daniil Pronenko 12 17 11 20 10 15 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 13 11 15 24
9 Italy Riccardo Cazzaniga Ret 13 11 10 13 12 13
10 Italy Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 Ret 14 14 14 15 11 10
11 Azerbaijan Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 21 16 17 15 16 15 16 Ret DNS 14 15 16 14 17 14 9
12 Russia Vladimir Atoev Ret 14 9 10 Ret 14 8
13 Romania Petru Florescu 14 19 12 16 6
14 China Liang Jiatong 17 18 17 17 0
Pos Driver EST
Portugal 		SPA
Belgium 		LEC
France 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		MNZ
Italy 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Pts

Teams' championship

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

Spanish Formula Three Championship

Drivers' championship

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver EST
Portugal 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Pts
1 Italy Leonardo Pulcini 1 2 2 1 16 3 105
2 United States Colton Herta Ret 5 1 4 2 1 94
3 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 2 9 7 2 1 2 90
4 Italy Damiano Fioravanti 4 3 3 Ret 4 7 60
5 Mexico Diego Menchaca 3 4 5 6 18 6 57
6 Colombia Tatiana Calderón Ret 6 6 7 7 12 32
7 United Kingdom Jack Aitken 17 1 27
8 France Dorian Boccolacci 3 4 27
9 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori 9 10 9 11 5 Ret 18
10 Russia Vasily Romanov 13 5 12 8 16
12 Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 5 15 12 10 13 9 14
13 Poland Igor Waliłko 6 7 14
14 India Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 12 10 9 6 Ret 14
15 China Ye Hongli 19 14 8 8 12
16 Ecuador Julio Moreno 8 8 14 16 9 11 10
17 Thailand Kantadhee Kusiri 7 13 17 15 15 16 6
18 Russia Nikita Zlobin 11 16 Ret 12 10 10 3
19 Russia Daniil Pronenko 12 17 15 13 11 15 0
20 China Ling Kang 13 11 0
21 Spain Xavier Lloveras 14 13 0
22 Azerbaijan Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 21 16 14 17 14 0
23 Romania Petru Florescu 14 19 0
24 Mexico Jose Manuel Vilalta 16 20 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
United Kingdom Harrison Scott 4 3 0
Italy Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 0
Pos Driver EST
Portugal 		JER
Spain 		CAT
Spain 		Pts

Teams' championship

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

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