2019 Euroformula Open 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. 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.

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. 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.

Teams and drivers

All teams utilized a Dallara F317 chassis.

Team Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
RP Motorsport Toyota 1 Javier González R 1
Volkswagen 4–6
Kyle Kirkwood G 9
Toyota 2 Artem Petrov 1
Toyota 3 Pierre-Louis Chovet R 1
Volkswagen 4–6
Lorenzo Ferrari R G 9
D. Tsimpris Motorsport Toyota 5 Dimitrios Tsimpris R 1
Carlin Motorsport Volkswagen 6 Ido Cohen R G 8–9
11 Teppei Natori R NC, 1–5, 8–9
12 Christian Hahn NC, All
22 Nobuharu Matsushita NC, 5
31 Billy Monger R NC, All
63 Nicolai Kjærgaard R NC, All
Double R Mercedes-Benz 7 Jack Doohan R All
26 Linus Lundqvist R All
55 Jamie Chadwick 7
Teo Martín Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 8 Lukas Dunner NC, All
51 Aldo Festante NC, 1–6
77 Guilherme Samaia NC, 1–4
Campos Racing Toyota 9 Linus Lundqvist NC
10 Alessio Deledda R NC
Team Motopark Volkswagen 14 Yuki Tsunoda R 1–5, 8–9
Toshiki Oyu 7
18 Julian Hanses 1–6
Niklas Krütten R 7–9
25 Cameron Das 5–9
30 Liam Lawson R 1–5, 8–9
Dennis Hauger R 7
33 Marino Sato 1–6, 8–9
Enaam Ahmed 7
Fortec Motorsports Mercedes-Benz 20 Cameron Das 1–4
Manuel Maldonado R 7–8
21 Calan Williams All
CF Racing Mercedes-Benz 28 Stefano Leaney 4
29 Stuart Wiltshire 4, 7
Drivex School Toyota 66 Petru Florescu 1
Franco Colapinto R 4
Mercedes-Benz 88 Filip Kaminiarz R G 9
Toyota 99 Rui Andrade R All
Mercedes-Benz

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 31 August 2018. 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. On 10 December 2018 was announced that Pau Grand Prix will make debut in the extended nine-round Euroformula Open Championship schedule.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner
NC R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 23 February Nobuharu Matsushita Nobuharu Matsushita Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin Motorsport Teppei Natori
R2 Nicolai Kjærgaard Linus Lundqvist Campos Racing Teppei Natori
1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 April Lukas Dunner Guilherme Samaia Liam Lawson Team Motopark Liam Lawson
R2 28 April Liam Lawson Linus Lundqvist Marino Sato Team Motopark Liam Lawson
2 R1 Circuit de Pau-Ville 18 May Liam Lawson Yuki Tsunoda Liam Lawson Team Motopark Liam Lawson
R2 19 May Julian Hanses Lukas Dunner Billy Monger Carlin Motorsport Billy Monger
3 R1 Hockenheimring 25 May Marino Sato Marino Sato Marino Sato Team Motopark Jack Doohan
R2 26 May Marino Sato Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda Team Motopark Yuki Tsunoda
4 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8 June Marino Sato Marino Sato Marino Sato Team Motopark Yuki Tsunoda
R2 9 June Marino Sato Marino Sato Marino Sato Team Motopark Jack Doohan
5 R1 Hungaroring 6 July Lukas Dunner Nobuharu Matsushita Marino Sato Team Motopark Liam Lawson
R2 7 July Nobuharu Matsushita Lukas Dunner Marino Sato Team Motopark Linus Lundqvist
6 R1 Red Bull Ring 13 July Marino Sato Marino Sato Marino Sato Team Motopark Jack Doohan
R2 14 July Marino Sato Marino Sato Marino Sato Team Motopark Linus Lundqvist
7 R1 Silverstone Circuit 7 September Toshiki Oyu Enaam Ahmed Toshiki Oyu Team Motopark Toshiki Oyu
R2 8 September Toshiki Oyu Nicolai Kjærgaard Toshiki Oyu Team Motopark Toshiki Oyu
8 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21 September Billy Monger Liam Lawson Liam Lawson Team Motopark Liam Lawson
R2 22 September Teppei Natori Teppei Natori Teppei Natori Carlin Motorsport Teppei Natori
9 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12 October Linus Lundqvist Yuki Tsunoda Marino Sato Team Motopark Teppei Natori
R2 13 October Teppei Natori Cameron Das Liam Lawson Team Motopark Liam Lawson

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.

Pos Driver 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 Marino Sato 5 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 (10) 5 1 5 307
2 Liam Lawson 1 4 1 Ret 3 5 3 Ret 3 10 1 6 Ret 1 179
3 Lukas Dunner 5 4 3 3 4 4 7 4 Ret 2 2 3 3 4 Ret 9 6 (9) 7 7 178
4 Yuki Tsunoda 2 6 Ret 3 4 1 2 Ret 4 11 11 7 3 2 151
5 Linus Lundqvist 4 1 4 5 5 Ret 5 Ret 9 7 5 5 5 3 7 (10) 3 8 5 4 144
6 Teppei Natori 3 3 6 8 DNS 7 11 8 8 6 6 6 9 1 2 3 115
7 Nicolai Kjærgaard 9 5 11 13 Ret 2 9 6 20 13 15 9 Ret 9 3 3 2 2 4 15 111
8 Julian Hanses 7 10 2 Ret 6 3 5 3 17 Ret 7 2 98
9 Billy Monger Ret 8 10 12 9 1 12 13 10 11 12 12 11 6 4 4 5 3 11 14 89
10 Christian Hahn 2 2 Ret 7 Ret 5 8 Ret 6 5 7 4 10 10 9 14 4 4 12 Ret 84
11 Jack Doohan 9 9 12 Ret 2 7 4 4 16 7 2 13 WD WD 15 10 10 Ret 79
12 Cameron Das Ret 15 6 8 10 10 19 18 10 14 9 8 5 6 8 12 6 Ret 54
13 Calan Williams 12 16 7 11 15 9 12 8 8 8 4 5 10 7 14 14 16 10 53
14 Toshiki Oyu 1 1 52
15 Enaam Ahmed 2 2 37
16 Guilherme Samaia 6 6 8 2 10 9 14 11 11 17 26
17 Javier González Ret DNS 7 12 9 16 6 7 22
18 Nobuharu Matsushita 1 DNS NC 2 20
19 Dennis Hauger 6 5 18
20 Niklas Krütten 8 8 12 11 8 11 14
21 Aldo Festante 7 7 Ret 11 8 10 Ret Ret 14 10 11 13 8 11 10
22 Rui Andrade 15 19 11 Ret 13 12 17 15 14 15 Ret 12 11 12 13 15 Ret 9 6
23 Pierre-Louis Chovet 14 Ret 13 9 13 DNS Ret 14 2
24 Manuel Maldonado 12 11 WD WD 0
25 Stuart Wiltshire 18 16 13 13 0
26 Petru Florescu 13 18 0
27 Franco Colapinto 15 14 0
28 Artem Petrov Ret 14 0
29 Dimitrios Tsimpris 16 17 0
30 Stefano Leaney 16 Ret 0
— Jamie Chadwick DNP DNP —
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Kyle Kirkwood 9 6 0
Ido Cohen 7 13 13 8 0
Lorenzo Ferrari 15 12 0
Filip Kaminiarz 14 13 0
Non-championship round-only drivers
Alessio Deledda 8 9 0
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
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:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Driver 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 Liam Lawson 1 4 1 Ret 3 2 3 Ret 3 10 1 6 Ret 1 92
2 Linus Lundqvist 4 5 5 Ret 5 Ret 9 7 5 5 5 3 7 10 3 8 5 4 83
3 Yuki Tsunoda 2 6 Ret 3 4 1 2 Ret 4 11 11 7 3 2 72
4 Teppei Natori 3 3 6 8 DNS 7 11 8 8 6 6 6 9 1 2 3 68
5 Nicolai Kjærgaard 11 13 Ret 2 9 6 20 13 15 9 Ret 9 3 3 2 2 4 15 63
6 Jack Doohan 9 9 12 Ret 2 7 4 4 16 7 2 13 WD WD 15 10 10 Ret 55
7 Billy Monger 10 12 9 1 12 13 10 11 12 12 11 6 4 4 5 3 11 14 54
8 Toshiki Oyu 1 1 20
9 Javier González Ret DNS 7 12 9 16 6 7 19
10 Rui Andrade 15 19 11 Ret 13 12 17 15 14 15 Ret 12 11 12 13 15 Ret 9 10
11 Dennis Hauger 6 5 8
12 Niklas Krütten 8 8 12 11 8 11 6
13 Pierre-Louis Chovet 14 Ret 13 9 13 DNS Ret 14 4
14 Manuel Maldonado 12 11 WD WD 0
15 Stuart Wiltshire 18 16 13 13 0
16 Franco Colapinto 15 14 0
17 Dimitrios Tsimpris 16 17 0
18 Stefano Leaney 16 Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Ido Cohen 7 13 13 8 0
Lorenzo Ferrari 15 12 0
Filip Kaminiarz 14 13 0
Non-championship round-only drivers
Alessio Deledda 8 9 0
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

Teams' championship

  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
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

  1. ^ 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.

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