2012 European F3 Open Championship

The 2012 European F3 Open Championship was the fourth European F3 Open Championship season. The series introduced the new Dallara F312 cars for Class A, with the F308 model being implemented for the Copa Class.^[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

All cars are powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F312, while Copa Class by Dallara F308 chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class A
Team West-Tec F3	1	Sam Dejonghe	1–7
	1	Edward Jones	8
	2	Manuel Bejarano	1–2
	15	Roberto La Rocca	3–8
RP Motorsport	3	Gianmarco Raimondo	All
	5	Niccolò Schirò	All
	18	Michela Cerruti	2–3
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	4	Juan Carlos Sistos	1–7
	4	Alex Riberas	8
	6	Måns Grenhagen	All
	7	Tatiana Calderón	All
Top F3	10	Pierre Sancinéna	1–3
		Rupert Svendsen-Cook	4
		Corey Smith	6
Campos Racing	11	Denis Nagulin	All
Campos Racing	12	Facu Regalia	All
Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	33	Noel Jammal	All
Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	34	Matteo Beretta	1–3
Copa F308/300
Drivex School	13	José Luis Abadín	8
Drivex School	30	Cristian Serrada	1–3, 5–6
Top F3	17	Jordan Perroy	1–6, 8
Top F3	29	Alexandre Cougnaud	All
RP Motorsport	18	Michela Cerruti	1
	18	Alexander Boquoi	6–8
	20	Trino Raúl Rojas	All
	35	Kristian Laine	8
Corbetta Competizioni	21	Fran Suárez	1–2
	21	Gerard Barrabeig	3–8
	22	Matteo Torta	All
DAV Racing	24	Kevin Giovesi	1–7
DAV Racing	77	Matteo Davenia	All
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	25	Valeria Carballo	All
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	26	Yarin Stern	8
Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	27	Alexander Boquoi	1–5
Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	28	Moisés Soriano	All
Team West-Tec F3	31	Luca Orlandi	1–4, 7–8
	31	Chris Vlok	6
	88	Jordan Oon	All

Race calendar and results[edit]

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2011^[1] and later it was confirmed.^[2] Two Spanish races at Valencia and Jerez were dropped from the series' schedule in favour of races at the Nürburgring and the Hungaroring, leaving only Algarve and Montmeló as races in Iberia. Meanwhile, the French round at Magny-Cours was transferred to Le Castellet. All rounds will support the International GT Open series.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Copa Winner
1	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	28 April	Juan Carlos Sistos	Sam Dejonghe	Juan Carlos Sistos	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
1	R2	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	29 April	Måns Grenhagen	Måns Grenhagen	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
2	R1	Nürburgring	26 May	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	Sam Dejonghe	Team West-Tec F3	Jordan Perroy
2	R2	Nürburgring	27 May	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 June	Måns Grenhagen	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Moisés Soriano
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 June	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
4	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	14 July	Måns Grenhagen	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
4	R2	Brands Hatch, Kent	15 July	Facu Regalia	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	21 July	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
5	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	22 July	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Moisés Soriano
6	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	8 September	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
6	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	9 September	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Kevin Giovesi
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	29 September	Måns Grenhagen	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	30 September	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	3 November	Niccolò Schirò	Noel Jammal^{[N 1]}	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Gerard Barrabeig
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	4 November	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia^{[N 1]}	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Moisés Soriano

Notes

^ ^a ^b Fastest lap recorded by Alex Riberas, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings[edit]

Overall[edit]

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

Pos	Driver	ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Niccolò Schirò	21	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	4	272
2	Gianmarco Raimondo	4	2	2	1	1	2	5	1	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	14	267
3	Måns Grenhagen	2	1	3	5	2	1	1	Ret	16	3	Ret	5	2	11	5	5	211
4	Facu Regalia	6	4	5	3	8	14	11	2	3	5	Ret	1	4	9	1	1	186
5	Sam Dejonghe	3	Ret	1	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	18	2	6	2			159
6	Kevin Giovesi	5	5	Ret	8	19	5	6	6	8	Ret	5	8	5	3			93
7	Juan Carlos Sistos	1	9	7	6	9	7	10	4	4	8	7	9	Ret	18			87
8	Noel Jammal	8	8	22	9	7	10	7	17	7	6	3	13	8	Ret	10	DNS	61
9	Tatiana Calderón	Ret	10	Ret	11	14	9	12	10	5	7	4	7	12	16	8	7	56
10	Roberto La Rocca					12	6	9	Ret	Ret	11	6	6	16	6	6	Ret	44
11	Matteo Beretta	7	6	8	7	6	8											36
12	Moisés Soriano	20	13	14	13	5	12	8	9	15	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6	33
13	Rupert Svendsen-Cook							3	5									26
14	Gerard Barrabeig					Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9	22
15	Alexandre Cougnaud	10	12	11	10	15	11	16	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15	14
16	Manuel Bejarano	11	7	6	14													14
17	Matteo Davenia	9	16	Ret	17	11	20	Ret	8	12	13	13	10	15	8	Ret	Ret	11
18	Alexander Boquoi	23	DNS	13	16	Ret	17	19	12	11	20	17	17	10	15	13	8	9
19	Jordan Oon	16	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	Ret	12	16	13	7
20	Valeria Carballo	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret	6
21	Denis Nagulin	24	Ret	12	21	Ret	Ret	17	16	20	21	15	20	9	17	Ret	10	6
22	Jordan Perroy	12	21	9	19	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	14	Ret	18					2
23	Luca Orlandi	13	20	21	23	18	19	DNS	DNS					14	DNS	14	11	2
24	Trino Raúl Rojas	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	19	Ret	13	12	Ret	2
25	Cristian Serrada	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16					0
26	Chris Vlok											11	21					0
27	Pierre Sancinéna	15	NC	16	20	13	15											0
28	Matteo Torta	14	18	19	24	Ret	21	20	Ret	17	17	16	22	Ret	14	15	DSQ	0
29	Fran Suárez	22	17	15	15													0
30	Michela Cerruti	Ret	19	20	25	20	18											0
31	Corey Smith											21	23					0
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Edward Jones															7	2	0
	Alex Riberas															3	3	0
	Kristian Laine															17	12	0
	Yarin Stern															19	Ret	0
	José Luis Abadín															Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Copa F308/300[edit]

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Kevin Giovesi	5	5	Ret	8	19	5	6	6	8	Ret	5	8	5	3			110
2	Moisés Soriano	20	13	14	13	5	12	8	9	15	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6	72
3	Alexandre Cougnaud	10	12	11	10	15	11	16	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15	70
4	Gerard Barrabeig					Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9	59
5	Jordan Oon	16	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	Ret	12	16	13	50
6	Matteo Davenia	9	16	Ret	17	11	20	Ret	8	12	13	13	10	15	8	Ret	Ret	41
7	Alexander Boquoi	23	DNS	13	16	Ret	17	19	12	11	20	17	17	10	15	13	8	29
8	Jordan Perroy	12	21	9	19	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	14	Ret	18					20
9	Trino Raúl Rojas	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	19	Ret	13	12	Ret	13
10	Luca Orlandi	13	20	21	23	18	19	DNS	DNS					14	DNS	14	11	10
11	Valeria Carballo	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret	8
12	Cristian Serrada	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16					8
13	Chris Vlok											11	21					3
14	Fran Suárez	22	17	15	15													3
15	Matteo Torta	14	18	19	24	Ret	21	20	Ret	17	17	16	22	Ret	14	15	DSQ	0
16	Michela Cerruti	Ret	19															0
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Kristian Laine															17	12	0
	Yarin Stern															19	Ret	0
	José Luis Abadín															Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Teams[edit]

The best F312 and the best F308 of each entered team will score points in each of the races.

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Team	Class	ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	RP Motorsport	A	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	4	138
1	RP Motorsport	C	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	17	Ret	13	12	Ret	138
2	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	A	1	1	3	5	2	1	1	4	4	3	4	5	2	11	5	5	97
2	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	C	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret	97
3	Campos Racing	A	6	4	5	3	8	14	11	2	3	5	15	1	4	9	1	1	66
4	Team West-Tec F3	A	3	7	1	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	6	2	6	2	6	Ret	57
4	Team West-Tec F3	C	13	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	14	12	14	11	57
5	DAV Racing	C	5	5	Ret	8	11	5	6	6	8	13	5	8	5	3	Ret	Ret	21
6	Cedars-Profilltex-Circuit	A	7	6	8	7	6	8	7	17	7	6	3	13	8	Ret	10	DNS	16
6	Cedars-Profilltex-Circuit	C	20	13	13	13	5	12	8	9	11	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6	16
7	Top F3	A	15	NC	16	20	13	15	3	5			21	23					12
7	Top F3	C	10	12	11	10	15	11	15	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15	12
8	Corbetta Competizioni	C	14	17	15	15	Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9	0
9	Drivex School	C	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16			Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Team	Class	ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Luca Orlandi Re-signs with Team West-Tec F3 for 2012 as European F3 Open adds more F1 tracks" (PDF). teamwest-tec.com. Team West-Tec. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Eight venues in 2012". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Il calendario GT Open 2012" [The 2012 International GT Open calendar]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

External links[edit]

European F3 Open Official Website

[Riberas-4] Fastest lap recorded by Alex Riberas, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

[Calendar_and_changes-1] "Luca Orlandi Re-signs with Team West-Tec F3 for 2012 as European F3 Open adds more F1 tracks" (PDF). teamwest-tec.com. Team West-Tec. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Eight venues in 2012". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[3] "Il calendario GT Open 2012" [The 2012 International GT Open calendar]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

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