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The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe that together used to form an important part of the established "career ladder" below Formula One. The championship's first season was held in 2001. In 2006, it was branded as the Spanish F3 Championship by Toyota, in deference to its sole engine supplier. In 2020, the championship ceased to be a F3-championship and will share its specifications with Japan's Super Formula Lights based on the previous-generation Formula Three standards, primarily with a choice of engines.

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EuroFormula car in 2021

Profile

The Spanish Formula Three Championship was formed during Spain's recent growth period in motor racing that began with the Euro Open Movistar by Nissan, which eventually became the World Series by Renault when the two companies' motor racing programs were reorganised. The new championship replaced the previously existing Super Formula Toyota, a one-make series with performance similar to F3.

The European F3 Open championship has become successful by actively taking measures to control budget requirements. This provides a more achievable option for drivers who lack the major sponsorship portfolio that is required by leading Euroseries teams, and would otherwise have to look elsewhere for their next step up the career ladder.

With Renault's backing, the World Series has developed into a championship from which drivers can reach Formula One, and three major Spanish teams are established in GP2.[1] This has fostered new opportunities for the graduates of Spanish F3, which has, in turn, made the championship itself a success.[2]

In recent years the Championship has become much less centred in Spain, with races across Europe, and has successfully attracted famous non-Spanish teams to take part. The first was the British outfit Team West-Tec who went on to win two Driver's Championship titles in their first three seasons, and which were followed a year later by Italy's RP Motorsport who have won races each year since joining.

The championship was renamed to Euroformula Open Championship for 2014, after the FIA restricted the use of the Formula Three name to championships that do not follow the current engine regulations.[3]

Sub-divisions

Like British Formula Three, the series incorporates a second championship class for chassis specifications from the previous generation. The Copa was created in 2005, and provides an opportunity for drivers without competitive budgets, who would otherwise be left unable to progress from cheaper formulae. The name is derived from the chassis specification that all Copa entrants must use: the Dallara F308.

Equipment

The Euroformula Open Championship has used chassis from Italian constructor Dallara. During the first seasons, the Dallara F300 was used. The Dallara F305 debuted in 2005, the Dallara F308 in 2008, and the Dallara F312 in 2012. The secondary class was dropped during the 2014 season due to lack of entries. The current chassis is the Dallara 324, which debuted in Super Formula Lights in 2024, and has been chosen for Euroformula Open for the 2025, putting more emphasis on the affordability of this series.[4]

Originally, the European F3 Open Championship had a single engine supplier. From 2010 to 2018, the series used Toyota's F3 engine upgraded by the Spanish tuner Piedrafita Sport. In 2019, the series also allowed Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen engines, and the Toyota engines were dropped after the first round of the season.

F1 tests

The exclusive use of the Toyota engine prompted Toyota to offer a Formula One test to each year's champion. The first driver to benefit from this was 2004 champion Borja García, who later graduated to GP2.[5]

Venues

Between 2001 and 2005, the Spanish F3 Championship had seven rounds, each with two races. Exceptions to this included the Valencia round in 2002 and the Jerez round in 2003, each of which had only one race, and Albacete, which held a single-race event in addition to its regular two-race event in 2005.

In every season from its inception until 2007, the championship made a regular visit to Estoril in Portugal. The 2006 season, which was expanded to eight rounds, included the championship's first visit to Magny-Cours in France.[6]

Since 2008 many circuits from further afield have been added to the schedule including visits to Magny Cours, Donington Park and Brands Hatch with major European motorsport venues including Spa, Monza, Silverstone and Hungaroring hosting rounds of the 2014 season as the series expands further into Europe.

From 2001, the circuits used in the Euroformula Open Championship are listed as:

  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2025 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Template:Flagicon Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 24 2001–present
2 Template:Flagicon Circuito de Jerez 20Template:Efn 2002–2011, 2013–2018
3 Template:Flagicon Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 17 2008–present
4 Template:Flagicon Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 16 2009–present
5 Template:Flagicon Circuit Ricardo Tormo 13Template:Efn 2001–2011
6 Template:Flagicon Circuito do Estoril 12 2001–2007, 2015–2018, 2022
Template:Flagicon Circuit Paul Ricard 12 2012–2013, 2015–present
8 Template:Flagicon Circuito del Jarama 11Template:Efn 2001–2010
9 Template:Flagicon Hungaroring 10 2012, 2014, 2017–present
10 Template:Flagicon Circuito de Albacete 9Template:Efn 2001–2008
11 Template:Flagicon Red Bull Ring 8 2015–2016, 2019–present
12 Template:Flagicon Algarve International Circuit 7 2011–2014, 2021, 2023–present
Template:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit 7 2013–2019
14 Template:Flagicon Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 6 2006–2011
15 Template:Flagicon Brands Hatch 3 2010–2012
Template:Flagicon Nürburgring 3 2012–2014
17 Template:Flagicon Valencia Street Circuit 2Template:Efn 2008
Template:Flagicon Circuit de Pau-Ville 2 2019, 2022
Template:Flagicon Hockenheimring 2 2019, 2024
Template:Flagicon Mugello Circuit 2 2020, 2023
Template:Flagicon Imola Circuit 2 2021–2022
22 Template:Flagicon Donington Park 1 2009

Points system

Seasons Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 PP FL PG
2001–2003 Race 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 —
2004 Race 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 — 1 1 —
2005–2006 Race 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 — 1 —
2007–2008 Race 1 13 11 9 6 5 4 3 2 1 — 1 —
Race 2 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 —
2009–2011 Race 1 14 12 10 8 6 5 3 2 1 — 1 1 —
Race 2 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 — 1 —
2012–2020 Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 — 1 1 —
2021–present Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 — 1 1 2*

Champions

Spanish Formula Three

Drivers

Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2001 Template:Flagicon Ander Vilariño Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 7 6 8 7 196 Race 12 of 14 39
2002 Template:Flagicon Marcel Costa Template:Flagicon E.V. Racing 2 2 9 3 190 Race 11 of 13 16
2003 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Maurício Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 4 6 7 2 190 Race 11 of 13 6
2004 Template:Flagicon Borja García Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 8 9 10 8 149 Race 14 of 14 18
2005 Template:Flagicon Andy Soucek Template:Flagicon Llusiá Racing 2 3 7 1 112 Race 13 of 13 3
2006 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Risatti Template:Flagicon TEC-Auto 3 5 7 8 118 Race 15 of 16 15
2007 Template:Flagicon Máximo Cortés Template:Flagicon Escuderia TEC-Auto 4 6 7 9 117 Race 16 of 16 4
2008 Template:Flagicon Germán Sánchez Template:Flagicon Campos F3 Racing 1 4 5 4 88 Race 17 of 17 4

Teams

Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2001 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 8 7 13 9 113 Race 14 of 14 19
2002 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 2 4 9 2 108 Race 12 of 13 19
2003 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 4 6 10 3 119 Race 12 of 13 26
2004 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 9 10 21 10 179 Race 10 of 14 18
2005 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 2 3 7 1 252 Race 9 of 13 128
2006 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 1 4 14 1 155 Race 16 of 16 9
2007 Template:Flagicon Escuderia TEC-Auto 4 7 17 9 197 Race 16 of 16 30
2008 Template:Flagicon Campos F3 Racing 3 4 12 7 134 Race 15 of 17 44

Junior Cup

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Junior) Podiums (Junior) Fastest laps Points (Junior) Clinched Margin
2001 Template:Flagicon Juan Antonio del Pino Template:Flagicon Meycom 0 0 1 0 73 Race 13 of 14 23
2002 Template:Flagicon Andy Soucek Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 0 0 0 0 113 Race 7 of 13 16
2003 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Risatti Template:Flagicon EV Racing
Template:Flagicon Elide Racing 		0 0 (8) 1 (10) 0 70 (96) Race 12 of 13 28
2004 Template:Flagicon Javier Villa Template:Flagicon EV Racing
Template:Flagicon Elide Racing 		0 0 (10) 0 (11) 0 29 (108) Race 13 of 14 28

Trofeo Ibérico

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Trofeo) Podiums(Trofeo) Fastest laps Points (Trofeo) Clinched Margin
2003 Template:Flagicon Borja García Template:Flagicon GTA Motor Competición 1 1 (0) 7 (4) 2 80 (182) Race 5 of 5 4
2004 Template:Flagicon Borja García Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 7 9 (5) 10 (5) 8 149 (63) Race 6 of 6 13
2005 Template:Flagicon Andy Soucek Template:Flagicon Llusiá Racing 2 3 (2) 7 (3) 1 112 (77) Race 5 of 6 19
2006 Template:Flagicon Roldán Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 2 4 (3) 5 (3) 3 103 (65) Race 6 of 6 6

Copa de España de F3

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Copa) Podiums(Copa) Fastest laps Points (Copa) Clinched Margin
2005 Template:Flagicon Arturo Llobell Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 0 0 0 0 16 (86) Race 15 of 15 4
2006 Template:Flagicon German Sanchez Template:Flagicon Escuela Profiltek 0 0 0 1 19 (108) Race 15 of 16 15
2007 Template:Flagicon Christian Ebbesvik Template:Flagicon Team West-Tec 0 0 (7) 0 (13) 0 7 (118) Race 16 of 16 0
2008 Template:Flagicon Natacha Gachnang Template:Flagicon Team West-Tec 1 0 (5) 0 (12) 2 76 (110) Race 16 of 16 1

European F3 Open

Drivers

Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2009 Template:Flagicon Bruno Méndez Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 2 4 11 8 145 Race 16 of 16 2
2010 Template:Flagicon Marco Barba Template:Flagicon Cedars Motorsport 3 6 10 8 154 Race 12 of 16 42
2011 Template:Flagicon Alex Fontana Template:Flagicon Corbetta Competizioni 1 2 7 1 120 Race 15 of 16 5
2012 Template:Flagicon Niccolò Schirò Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 3 4 11 7 272 Race 16 of 16 5
2013 Template:Flagicon Ed Jones Template:Flagicon Team West-Tec F3 4 6 10 3 256 Race 16 of 16 9

Teams

Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2009 Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 4 6 14 10 117 Race 16 of 16 7
2010 Template:Flagicon Cedars Motorsport 3 6 10 8 116 Race 15 of 16 24
2011 Template:Flagicon Team West-Tec 2 4 8 1 101 Race 16 of 16 6
2012 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 8 8 23 10 138 Race 14 of 16 41
2013 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 6 6 26 7 128 Race 16 of 16 2

Copa F306/300

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Copa) Podiums (Copa) Fastest laps Points (Copa) Clinched Margin
2009 Template:Flagicon Callum MacLeod Template:Flagicon Team West-Tec 0 0 (7) 1 (12) 0 41 (106) Race 14 of 16 27
2010 Template:Flagicon Noel Jammal Template:Flagicon Cedars Motorsport 0 0 (5) 0 (8) 0 24 (89) Race 16 of 16 5
2011 Template:Flagicon Fabio Gamberini Template:Flagicon Team West-Tec 0 1 (10) 3 (14) 0 79 (130) Race 14 of 16 12
2012 Template:Flagicon Kevin Giovesi Template:Flagicon DAV Racing 0 0 (10) 1 (11) 0 93 (110) Race 13 of 16 38
2013 Template:Flagicon Richard Gonda Template:Flagicon Drivex School 0 0 (7) 0 (10) 0 10 (100) Race 15 of 16 19

Euroformula Open

Drivers

Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Template:Flagicon Sandy Stuvik Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 10 11 12 5 332 Race 14 of 16 89
2015 Template:Flagicon Vitor Baptista Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 5 6 12 7 291 Race 16 of 16 5
2016 Template:Flagicon Leonardo Pulcini Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 3 7 15 8 303 Race 12 of 16 56
2017 Template:Flagicon Harrison Scott Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 11 12 13 9 340 Race 12 of 16 118
2018 Template:Flagicon Felipe Drugovich Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 10 14 16 10 405 Race 12 of 16 159
2019 Template:Flagicon Marino Sato Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 6 9 11 5 309 Race 15 of 18 130
2020 Template:Flagicon Yifei Ye Template:Flagicon CryptoTower Racing 12 11 16 12 369 Race 16 of 18 121
2021 Template:Flagicon Cameron Das Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 1 7 16 6 382 Race 22 of 24 67
2022 Template:Flagicon Oliver Goethe Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 7 11 18 12 473 Race 24 of 26 57
2023 Template:Flagicon Noel León Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 5 7 15 11 394 Race 20 of 23 87
2024 Template:Flagicon Brad Benavides Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 4 9 19 10 431 Race 21 of 24 86

Teams

Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 13 13 22 10 152 Race 14 of 16 51
2015 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 5 7 13 8 121 Race 15 of 16 10
2016 Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 3 7 17 9 120 Race 14 of 16 18
2017 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 12 13 17 10 134 Race 12 of 16 44
2018 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 10 14 16 11 180 Race 11 of 16 78
2019 Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 11 15 33 11 262 Race 12 of 18 168
2020 Template:Flagicon CryptoTower Racing 17 16 26 16 244 Race 12 of 18 129
2021 Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 5 16 29 18 277 Race 23 of 24 69
2022 Template:Flagicon CryptoTower Racing 3 12 41 8 358 Race 23 of 24 78
2023 Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 5 15 36 15 325 Race 15 of 23 124
2024 Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 6 19 46 19 402 Race 12 of 24 279

Rookies

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (rookie) Podiums (rookie) Fastest laps Points (rookie) Clinched Margin
2016 Template:Flagicon Ferdinand Habsburg Template:Flagicon Drivex School 4 2 (10) 12 (15) 1 247 (140) Race 12 of 16 42
2017 Template:Flagicon Nikita Troitskiy Template:Flagicon Drivex School 2 0 (7) 9 (14) 4 222 (124) Race 14 of 16 29
2018 Template:Flagicon Bent Viscaal Template:Flagicon Teo Martín Motorsport 4 1 (14) 12 (15) 2 246 (138) Race 12 of 16 48
2019 Template:Flagicon Liam Lawson Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 2 4 (6) 7 (9) 1 179 (92) Race 18 of 18 9
2020 Template:Flagicon Niklas Krütten Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 0 0 (9) 5 (13) 0 153 (140) Race 16 of 18 28
2021 Template:Flagicon Casper Stevenson Template:Flagicon Van Amersfoort Racing 0 2 (6) 4 (20) 0 217 (178) Race 19 of 24 35
2022 Template:Flagicon Vladislav Lomko Template:Flagicon CryptoTower Racing 2 6 (21) 19 (25) 5 416 (226) Race 22 of 26 64
2023 Template:Flagicon Jakob Bergmeister Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 0 0 (10) 3 (16) 0 150 (148) Race 12 of 23 40
2024 Template:Flagicon Fernando Barrichello Template:Flagicon Team Motopark 0 1 (20) 5 (24) 1 264 (210) Race 13 of 24 176

Spanish F3 Drivers

Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Template:Flagicon Sandy Stuvik Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 4 4 4 2 118 Race 5 of 6 13
2015 Template:Flagicon Konstantin Tereshchenko Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 5 4 5 3 134 Race 5 of 6 37
2016 Template:Flagicon Leonardo Pulcini Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 1 2 4 3 105 Race 6 of 6 11
2017 Template:Flagicon Devlin DeFrancesco Template:Flagicon Carlin Motorsport 0 1 3 0 119 Race 5 of 6 22
2018 Template:Flagicon Felipe Drugovich Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 0 1 3 0 157 Race 5 of 6 53

Spanish F3 Teams

Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 5 5 8 4 56 Race 5 of 6 14
2015 Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 5 4 6 3 48 Race 6 of 6 9
2016 Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 1 2 5 3 42 Race 6 of 6 5
2017 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 4 5 6 4 50 Race 5 of 6 7
2018 Template:Flagicon RP Motorsport 3 5 6 3 72 Race 4 of 6 28

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ Racing Engineering Season Preview F1prospects.com, April 8, 2006. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
  2. ↑ Over the Weekend – April 29–30, 2006 Template:Webarchive F1prospects.com, May 1, 2006. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
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  4. ↑ https://kontramoto.pl/przewodnik-euroformula-open/
  5. ↑ Toyota F1 test for Spanish champ Autosport-atlas.com, January 28, 2005. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
  6. ↑ 2006 Spanish F3 Calendar Template:Webarchive Formula3.cc, November 26, 2005. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

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