2013 European F3 Open Championship

The 2013 European F3 Open Championship was the fifth and final season European F3 Open Championship .

Despite missing the opening round of the season, Ed Jones of Team West-Tec was crowned champion by nine points on dropped scores over RP Motorsport driver Sandy Stuvik. The final championship standings were determined after two appeals had been lodged,^[1] and upheld, with the Real Automóvil Club de España.

Teams and drivers

All cars were powered by Toyota engines. All Class A cars are equipped with the Dallara F312 chassis, while Copa Class cars are equipped with the Dallara F308 chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class A
RP Motorsport	1	Sandy Stuvik	NC1, NC2, All
	2	Santiago Urrutia	NC1, NC2, All
	27	Alexander Toril	All
	29	Alexandre Cougnaud	NC1, All
	29	Vittoria Piria	NC2
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	3	Yarin Stern	NC2, All
	4	Andrés Saravia	NC1, NC2, All
	5	Alexey Chuklin	NC1, NC2, All
	6	Hector Hurst	NC1, NC2, 1–7
	6	Tatiana Calderón	8
Campos Racing	7	Denis Nagulin	NC1, NC2, All
	8	Valeria Carballo	NC1, NC2, All
	9	Artur Janosz	NC1, NC2, All
Team West-Tec F3	10	Roberto La Rocca	1–3
		Emil Bernstorff	5
		Jonathan Legris	6
		Huan Zhu	7–8
	11	Ed Jones	NC1, NC2, 2–8
	12	Nelson Mason	NC1, NC2, All
	13	Luca Orlandi	NC1, NC2, 1–5
		Falco Wauer	7
		Hector Hurst	8
	81	Spencer Pigot	1
Top F3	14	Mattia Vita	1–3
BVM Racing	15	Mario Marasca	All
BVM Racing	16	Vittoria Piria	All
DAV Racing	17	Jordan Perroy	NC1
		Brandon Maïsano	6
		Nicolas Pohler	7–8
Corbetta Competizioni	19	Damiano Fioravanti	7–8
Copa F308/300
RP Motorsport	21	Alexander Toril	NC1, NC2
	21	Saud Al Faisal	All
	35	Costantino Peroni	8
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	22	Che One Lim	NC2, All
	30	Che One Lim	NC1
	23	Igor Urien	NC2, All
	31	Igor Urien	NC1
DAV Racing	24	Nicolas Pohler	1–6
	26	Nicolas Pohler	NC1, NC2
	77	Matteo Davenia	NC1
	77	Gerardo Nieto	NC2, All
Top F3	28	Mattia Vita	NC1
Corbetta Competizioni	32	Damiano Fioravanti	NC2, 1–6
	32	William Barbosa	8
	53	Lorenzo Paggi	NC1, NC2, 1–5
	72	Tommaso Menchini	All
Team West-Tec F3	33	Sean Walkinshaw	NC1, NC2, All
	55	Huan Zhu	1–6
	66	Cameron Twynham	NC1, All
	88	Liam Venter	NC1, NC2, 1–7
	88	Christopher Höher	8
Drivex School	34	Richard Gonda	NC1, NC2, All
MKTG	35	Trino Rojas	4–7

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 2 November 2012.^[2] This was modified on 7 February 2013,^[3] after GT Sport organisers, for practical and technical reasons, moved the Algarve event one week earlier and replaced the Hungaroring event with a race in Jerez, moving it two weeks earlier. All rounds will support the International GT Open series.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Copa Winner
NC	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	16 February	Nelson Mason	Nelson Mason	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3	Matteo Davenia
NC	R2	Circuito de Jerez	2 March	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Igor Urien
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	27 April	Nelson Mason	Santiago Urrutia	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3	Cameron Twynham
1	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard	28 April	Nelson Mason	Valeria Carballo	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	Liam Venter
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	11 May	Alexander Toril	Sandy Stuvik	Santiago Urrutia	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda
2	R2	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	12 May	Hector Hurst	Sandy Stuvik	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Richard Gonda
3	R1	Nürburgring	1 June	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Tommaso Menchini
3	R2	Nürburgring	2 June	Hector Hurst	Nelson Mason	Hector Hurst	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Richard Gonda
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez	15 June	Nelson Mason	Nelson Mason	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3	Richard Gonda
4	R2	Circuito de Jerez	16 June	Ed Jones	Ed Jones	Nelson Mason	Team West-Tec F3	Tommaso Menchini
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	13 July	Sandy Stuvik	Sandy Stuvik	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Che One Lim
5	R2	Silverstone Circuit	14 July	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 September	Sandy Stuvik	Ed Jones	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	Cameron Twynham
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8 September	Sandy Stuvik	Nelson Mason	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Gerardo Nieto
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 October	Nelson Mason	Santiago Urrutia	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Igor Urien
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6 October	Alexandre Cougnaud	Alexandre Cougnaud	Sandy Stuvik	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	9 November	Ed Jones	Nelson Mason	Ed Jones	Team West-Tec F3	Tommaso Menchini
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya	10 November	Ed Jones	Alexander Toril	Alexandre Cougnaud	RP Motorsport	Richard Gonda

Championship standings

Class A

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	LEC1	JER1	LEC2		ALG		NÜR		JER2		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Ed Jones	3	1			4	1	1	6	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	18	1	5	256
2	Sandy Stuvik	4	5	4	1	2	3	2	3	5	4	5	2	1	2	4	1	5	2	247
3	Nelson Mason	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	16	4	2	1	1	3	Ret	4	3	2	5	Ret	4	195
4	Santiago Urrutia	18	Ret	24	Ret	1	2	6	5	3	5	2	1	3	Ret	5	Ret	2	3	191
5	Alexander Toril	7	9	6	3	3	8	5	4	7	6	4	4	11	6	3	3	4	6	158
6	Alexandre Cougnaud	Ret		7	7	8	5	9	9	4	3	Ret	16	8	4	7	2	3	1	139
7	Hector Hurst	2	Ret	2	22	10	4	3	1	6	8	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	20	10¹	10¹	97
8	Yarin Stern		16	26	2	5	20	Ret	7	10	29	6	5	6	5	10	24	7	13	80
9	Mario Marasca			9	12	7	6	7	Ret	9	7	Ret	9	Ret	11	6	4	9	8	62
10	Vittoria Piria		4	23	4	11	9	8	12	12	9	8	8	12	10	26†	12	25†	9	33
11	Alexey Chuklin	Ret	3	5	23	6	27	Ret	20	Ret	21	9	6	22	12	13	16	Ret	19	28
12	Valeria Carballo	9	Ret	Ret	10	20	7	Ret	13	13	11	26	11	9	Ret	8	Ret	8	29†	20
13	Artur Janosz	10	8	21	25	19	17	20	Ret	17	22	11	Ret	13	7	9	6	16	18	16
14	Roberto La Rocca			3	11	Ret	11	12	11											15
15	Andrés Saravia	6	6	12	24	16	Ret	10	8	8	10	15	12	Ret	15	NC	8	19	26	14
16	Spencer Pigot			25	5															10
17	Brandon Maïsano													5	NC					10
18	Richard Gonda	Ret	10	Ret	13	9	12	13	10	11	Ret	21	10	25	16	17	7	14	14	10
19	Denis Nagulin	8	Ret	28	6	18	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	13	20	21	20	13	11	15	12	17	9
20	Emil Bernstorff											Ret	7							6
21	Mattia Vita	Ret		8	28	13	10	19	18											5
22	Gerardo Nieto		13	15	17	22	18	21	Ret	24	17	14	14	21	8	27	22	DNS	Ret	4
23	Liam Venter	WD	17	14	8	15	28	17	Ret	DNS	20	Ret	22	Ret	17	16	21			4
24	Che One Lim	12	11	13	27	25	22	Ret	23	18	18	10	15	15	9	23	11	20	22	3
25	Nicolas Pohler	16	Ret	18	9	28	25	15	25	21	15	13	Ret	NC	Ret	20	14	17	12	3
26	Tommaso Menchini			16	18	27	13	11	15	Ret	12	16	Ret	17	14	22	10	11	15	3
27	Huan Zhu			21	14	24	Ret	25	Ret	22	26	24	25	23	18	19	9	18	25	2
28	Damiano Fioravanti		15	19	19	23	19	23	19	19	19	23	24	Ret	19	12	Ret	Ret	11	2
29	Luca Orlandi	19	12	10	16	21	24	DNS	DNS	Ret	23	18	23							1
30	Jonathan Legris													10	NC					1
31	Cameron Twynham	11		11	26	12	21	14	16	14	16	12	13	14	Ret	21	19	15	16	0
32	Igor Urien	13	7	17	15	14	15	16	17	16	14	Ret	20	19	Ret	14	Ret	13	20	0
33	Sean Walkinshaw	15	14	20	20	Ret	26	18	22	15	25	17	17	16	Ret	24	13	Ret	23	0
34	Lorenzo Paggi	17	Ret	27	Ret	17	14	22	21	20	24	19	19							0
35	Trino Rojas									Ret	27	22	18	24	Ret	18	17			0
36	Saud Al Faisal			Ret	21	26	23	24	24	23	28	25	Ret	18	Ret	25	23	23	28	0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Tatiana Calderón																	6	7	0
	Falco Wauer															15	Ret			0
	Christopher Höher																	22	21	0
	Costantino Peroni																	21	27	0
	William Barbosa																	24	24	0
Non-championship round-only drivers
	Matteo Davenia	5																		0
	Jordan Perroy	14																		0
Pos	Driver	LEC1	JER2	LEC2		ALG		NÜR		JER2		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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
¹ – Ineligible for points

Copa F308/300

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	LEC1	JER1	LEC2		ALG		NÜR		JER2		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Richard Gonda	Ret	10	Ret	13	9	12	13	10	11	Ret	21	10	25	16	17	7	14	14	100
2	Cameron Twynham	11		11	26	12	21	14	16	14	16	12	13	14	Ret	21	19	15	16	81
3	Tommaso Menchini			16	18	27	13	11	15	Ret	12	16	Ret	17	14	22	10	11	15	78
4	Igor Urien	13	7	17	15	14	15	16	17	16	14	Ret	20	19	Ret	14	Ret	13	20	54
5	Che One Lim	12	11	13	27	25	22	Ret	23	18	18	10	15	15	9	23	11	20	22	53
6	Liam Venter	WD	17	14	8	15	28	17	Ret	DNS	20	Ret	22	Ret	17	16	21			31
7	Gerardo Nieto		13	15	17	22	18	21	Ret	24	17	14	14	21	8	27	22	DNS	Ret	30
8	Nicolas Pohler	16	Ret	18	9	28	25	15	25	21	15	13	Ret	NC	Ret					24
9	Sean Walkinshaw	15	14	20	20	Ret	26	18	22	15	25	17	17	16	Ret	24	13	Ret	23	19
10	Lorenzo Paggi	17	Ret	27	Ret	17	14	22	21	20	24	19	19							9
11	Trino Rojas									Ret	27	22	18	24	Ret	18	17			7
12	Huan Zhu			21	14	24	Ret	25	Ret	22	26	24	25	23	18					4
13	Saud Al Faisal			Ret	21	26	23	24	24	23	28	25	Ret	18	Ret	25	23	23	28	3
14	Damiano Fioravanti		15	19	19	23	19	23	19	19	19	23	24	Ret	19					3
15	Christopher Höher																	22	21	0
16	Costantino Peroni																	21	27	0
17	William Barbosa																	24	24	0
Non-championship round-only drivers
	Matteo Davenia	5																		0
	Alexander Toril	7	9																	0
	Mattia Vita	Ret																		0
Pos	Driver	LEC1	JER1	LEC2		ALG		NÜR		JER2		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Teams' standings

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	LEC1	JER1	LEC2		ALG		NÜR		JER2		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	RP Motorsport	4	4	4	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	128
2	Team West-Tec F3	1	1	1	5	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	5	1	4	126
3	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	2	3	2	2	5	4	3	1	6	8	6	5	6	5	10	8	6	7	45
4	BVM Racing			9	4	7	6	7	12	9	7	8	9	12	10	6	4	9	8	8
5	DAV Racing													5	NC	20	14	17	12	3
Pos	Driver	LEC	JER	LEC		ALG		NÜR		JER		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

References

↑ Evans, Ben (14 November 2013). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Jones to sweat over title decision". Autosport. 214 (7). Haymarket Publications: 47. RP alleged Jones had broken series rules by testing a Formula Renault car at Barcelona last month. West-Tec counter-protested that an RP session away from its designated test venue also broke the rules. Both cases are set to be heard by Spain's ASN, the RACE, in December.
↑ "2013 calendar: 8 stops, Silverstone joins". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
↑ "Definitive 2013 F3 Open calendar announced: Algarve round advanced of one week, Jerez replaces Hungaroring". European F3 Open Championship. F3 Open. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

External links

European F3 Open Official Website

[1] Evans, Ben (14 November 2013). Bradley, Charles (ed.). "Jones to sweat over title decision". Autosport. 214 (7). Haymarket Publications: 47. RP alleged Jones had broken series rules by testing a Formula Renault car at Barcelona last month. West-Tec counter-protested that an RP session away from its designated test venue also broke the rules. Both cases are set to be heard by Spain's ASN, the RACE, in December.

[2] "2013 calendar: 8 stops, Silverstone joins". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

[3] "Definitive 2013 F3 Open calendar announced: Algarve round advanced of one week, Jerez replaces Hungaroring". European F3 Open Championship. F3 Open. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

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