2020 Euroformula Open Championship

The 2020 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 the new Dallara 320 car, which features the Halo safety device. It was the seventh Euroformula Open Championship season.

CryptoTower Racing Team driver Yifei Ye won the title after the second race at Barcelona, having won 11 races, 13 pole positions, 12 fastest lap.

Teams and drivers

All teams utilized the new Dallara 320 chassis.

Team Engine No. Driver Status Round(s)
Team Motopark Volkswagen 4 Niklas Krütten R All
28 Cameron Das 2, 4–7
33 Manuel Maldonado All
Carlin Motorsport Volkswagen 6 Ido Cohen All
24 Ben Barnicoat 5
Jordan King G 7
31 Zane Maloney R All
Double R Racing Mercedes-Benz 8 Benjamin Pedersen 6
Matthias Lüthen R 7
26 Ayrton Simmons 1–4
Louis Foster 6–7
Drivex School Mercedes-Benz 12 Glenn van Berlo R All
34 Shihab Al Habsi R 1–3
Matthias Lüthen R 6
Rafael Villagómez R G 7
Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes-Benz 15 Sebastian Estner R All
16 Andreas Estner All
25 Alexandre Bardinon All
CryptoTower Racing Volkswagen 20 Yifei Ye All
69 Lukas Dunner 2, 4–7
99 Rui Andrade All

Race calendar

A nine-round provisional calendar was revealed on 11 October 2019. While Silverstone Circuit was not on this season's calendar, Autodromo di Pergusa was scheduled to debut as a Euroformula Open Championship round. An updated calendar was announced on 22 October 2019.

After the start of the season was delayed due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, a new 8-round calendar was announced on 21 May 2020. The round at Circuit de Pau-Ville, which was on the original schedule, was not run this season. On 3 June 2020 it was announced that the season opener at Hungaroring was moved back to 23–26 July. On 10 June 2020 the season opener was moved to 8–9 August, while the round at Autodromo di Pergusa was cancelled with plans to run there in 2021. Two of the eight rescheduled events will hold three races to compensate for the loss of one round. On 22 October, the planned season finale at Jarama was cancelled due to rising COVID-19 cases in Europe, and it was announced that Barcelona would hold four races instead.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Hungaroring 8 August Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner
R2 9 August Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Zane Maloney
2 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 22 August Lukas Dunner Lukas Dunner Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R2 23 August Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Zane Maloney
3 R1 Red Bull Ring 12 September Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner
R2 13 September Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
4 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 26 September Yifei Ye Cameron Das Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R2 27 September Lukas Dunner Yifei Ye Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R3 Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
5 R1 Mugello Circuit 3 October Lukas Dunner Sebastian Estner Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R2 4 October Ben Barnicoat Lukas Dunner Ben Barnicoat Carlin Motorsport Niklas Krütten
6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 17 October Lukas Dunner Lukas Dunner Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner
R2 18 October Lukas Dunner Yifei Ye Louis Foster Double R Racing Glenn van Berlo
R3 Yifei Ye Lukas Dunner Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R2 Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Glenn van Berlo
R3 1 November Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Zane Maloney
R4 Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner

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 HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Yifei Ye 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 (5) (3) 1 11 3 1 1 1 1 369
2 Lukas Dunner 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 13 1 2 5 4 7 248
3 Andreas Estner 2 2 3 4 4 Ret 6 9 4 2 (10) 4 7 8 15 3 5 3 177
4 Manuel Maldonado 5 6 7 14 2 2 4 Ret 10 11 6 6 12 2 5 4 7 2 153
5 Niklas Krütten 8 (10) 5 6 8 3 3 3 3 4 4 12 6 5 3 7 8 (9) 153
6 Cameron Das 10 8 5 5 6 9 7 5 4 4 7 2 3 6 123
7 Ido Cohen 6 4 4 5 5 6 11 Ret 11 6 9 3 2 7 10 11 NC 8 114
8 Zane Maloney 4 3 DNS 2 12 Ret 8 4 7 8 5 14 Ret 12 4 9 6 5 113
9 Glenn van Berlo 9 9 9 10 7 5 9 8 9 7 8 (10) 3 6 6 6 11 Ret 80
10 Sebastian Estner 3 5 13 11 3 4 12 Ret 8 12 11 9 9 9 14 10 14 4 76
11 Ayrton Simmons 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 5 62
12 Louis Foster 7 1 Ret 8 8 2 Ret 57
13 Ben Barnicoat 3 1 41
14 Rui Andrade 11 12 8 9 9 10 10 6 Ret 13 12 11 8 10 9 12 9 10 28
15 Benjamin Pedersen 8 5 Ret 14
16 Alexandre Bardinon 12 8 12 12 11 9 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 13 10 11 11 14 10 Ret 9
17 Shihab Al Habsi 10 11 11 13 10 8 6
18 Matthias Lüthen WD WD WD 13 15 13 11 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
— Rafael Villagómez 12 13 12 Ret —
— Jordan King WD WD WD WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
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 HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Niklas Krütten 8 10 5 6 8 3 3 3 3 4 4 12 6 5 3 7 8 9 140 (150)
2 Glenn van Berlo 9 9 9 10 7 5 9 8 9 7 8 10 3 6 6 6 11 Ret 112 (116)
3 Zane Maloney 4 3 DNS 2 12 Ret 8 4 7 8 5 14 Ret 12 4 9 6 5 109
4 Sebastian Estner 3 5 13 11 3 4 12 Ret 8 12 11 9 9 9 14 10 14 4 101 (104)
5 Shihab Al Habsi 10 11 11 13 10 8 23
6 Matthias Lüthen WD WD WD 13 15 13 11 15
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
— Rafael Villagómez 12 13 12 Ret —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT

Teams' championship

  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Team HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 CryptoTower Racing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 244
11 12 2 3 9 10 2 2 2 5 3 2 11 3 2 5 4 7
2 Team Motopark 5 6 5 6 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 2 3 2 3 2 115
8 10 7 8 8 3 4 5 6 9 6 6 6 4 5 4 7 6
3 Van Amersfoort Racing 2 2 3 4 3 4 6 9 4 2 10 4 7 8 11 3 5 3 84
3 5 12 11 4 9 12 Ret 8 10 11 9 9 9 14 10 10 4
4 Carlin Motorsport 4 3 4 2 5 6 8 4 7 3 1 3 2 7 4 9 6 5 76
6 4 DNS 5 12 Ret 11 Ret 11 6 5 14 Ret 12 10 11 NC 8
5 Double R Racing 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 1 Ret 8 8 2 11 24
8 5 Ret 13 15 12 Ret
6 Drivex School 9 9 9 10 7 5 9 8 9 7 8 10 3 6 6 6 11 Ret 9
10 11 11 13 10 8 WD WD WD 12 13 12 Ret
Pos Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT

Notes

  1. ^ Yifei Ye scored the fastest time in qualifying but was issued a 2-place grid penalty for an incident with Manuel Maldonado. Yifei was still awarded the bonus point for qualifying on pole position despite grid penalty.

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