2016 Euroformula Open Championship

The 2016 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured 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 third Euroformula Open Championship season.

2016 Euroformula Open Championship
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017
Parent series:
2016 International GT Open
2016 Formula V8 3.5

Teams and drivers
  • All cars were powered by Toyota engines.
Team No. Driver Status Rounds
RP Motorsport 1 Antoni Ptak Jr.[1] All
2 Kantadhee Kusiri[2] All
3 Damiano Fioravanti[3] All
4 Jack Aitken[3] 1–2
Enaam Ahmed[4] R 3–4, 6
Tatiana Calderón[5] 5, 7–8
5 Tanart Sathienthirakul[3] All
Campos Racing 6 Julio Moreno[6] All
7 Diego Menchaca[6] All
8 Leonardo Pulcini[6] All
9 Gülhüseyn Abdullayev[7] R All
Teo Martín Motorsport 10 Tatiana Calderón[8] 1–2
11 Petru Florescu[9] R 1–2
12 Vladimir Atoev[10] 3–5
14 José Manuel Vilalta[11] 1–3
45 Harrison Scott[12] R G 7
Dorian Boccolacci[13] G 8
71 Xavier Lloveras[13] G 8
72 Nikita Zlobin[14] All
Team West-Tec 15 Liang Jiatong[15] R 2–3
DAV Racing 18 Daniele Cazzaniga[16] R 1–2, 4, 6
Riccardo Cazzaniga[16] R 3, 5
27 Ling Kang[17] 1–3
65 Enaam Ahmed[18] R 2
Riccardo Cazzaniga[19] R 6
BVM Racing 20 Daniil Pronenko[20] R 1–3, 5–8
21 Ye Hongli[20] R 1, 4, 6–7
Fortec Motorsports[21] 28 Sam MacLeod[19] 6
37 Igor Waliłko[21] 1–4
Carlin Motorsport[22] 47 Keyvan Andres Soori[23] R All
51 Ameya Vaidyanathan[24] R All
98 Colton Herta[9] R All
Drivex School 62 Ferdinand Habsburg[25] R All
91 Nikita Troitskiy[5] R 5–6
Vasily Romanov[26] R G 7–8
Icon Legend
R Rookie Trophy

Race calendar

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 12 November 2015.[27] All rounds will support the International GT Open (excepting Jerez) and Formula V8 3.5 (excepting Estoril and Le Castellet) series. On 8 March 2016 the last two rounds were swapped.[28] Rounds denoted with a blue background are part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 23 April Leonardo Pulcini Leonardo Pulcini Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 24 April Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken RP Motorsport Colton Herta
2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 21 May Leonardo Pulcini Ferdinand Habsburg Jack Aitken RP Motorsport Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 22 May Jack Aitken Diego Menchaca Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Ferdinand Habsburg
3 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 4 June Ferdinand Habsburg Leonardo Pulcini Ferdinand Habsburg Drivex School Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 5 June Ferdinand Habsburg Leonardo Pulcini Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Ferdinand Habsburg
4 R1 Silverstone Circuit 23 July Leonardo Pulcini Leonardo Pulcini Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Colton Herta
R2 24 July Colton Herta Leonardo Pulcini Antoni Ptak Jr. RP Motorsport Ferdinand Habsburg
5 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 September Colton Herta[N 1] Colton Herta Colton Herta Carlin Motorsport Colton Herta
R2 11 September Colton Herta Colton Herta Colton Herta Carlin Motorsport Colton Herta
6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1 October Damiano Fioravanti Antoni Ptak Jr. Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 2 October Nikita Troitskiy Colton Herta Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Ferdinand Habsburg
7 R1 Circuito de Jerez 29 October Colton Herta Colton Herta Colton Herta Carlin Motorsport Colton Herta
R2 30 October Ferdinand Habsburg Leonardo Pulcini Leonardo Pulcini Campos Racing Ferdinand Habsburg
8 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 5 November Colton Herta Leonardo Pulcini Ferdinand Habsburg Drivex School Ferdinand Habsburg
R2 6 November Ferdinand Habsburg Leonardo Pulcini Colton Herta Carlin Motorsport Colton Herta
  1. Originally scored by Ferdinand Habsburg, the Austrian and 2nd placed driver Tatiana Calderón were handed 4-place grid penalties for having competed earlier in the season at the circuit. Despite this the point was kept by Habsburg.

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
Pos Driver EST
 SPA
 LEC
 SIL
 RBR
 MNZ
 JER
 CAT
 Pts
1 Leonardo Pulcini 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 17 4 2 1 1 2 1 16 3 303
2 Ferdinand Habsburg 2 9 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 2 247
3 Colton Herta Ret 5 6 5 18 EX 2 Ret 1 1 16 4 1 4 2 1 199
4 Diego Menchaca 3 4 8 4 3 3 7 6 Ret 3 6 Ret 5 6 18 6 145
5 Damiano Fioravanti 4 3 5 10 6 17 5 3 8 8 2 Ret 3 Ret 4 7 136
6 Antoni Ptak Jr. Ret DNS Ret 13 4 4 3 1 Ret 13 5 Ret 11 Ret 8 5 94
7 Tanart Sathienthirakul 5 15 4 6 8 5 Ret 12 5 6 7 9 12 10 13 9 80
8 Jack Aitken 17 1 1 2 71
9 Tatiana Calderón Ret 6 13 8 3 5 6 7 7 12 66
10 Igor Waliłko 6 7 7 9 5 6 8 7 50
11 Enaam Ahmed 10 19 7 Ret 6 4 4 5 49
12 Keyvan Andres Soori 9 10 9 21 14 8 13 13 6 16 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 42
13 Nikita Troitskiy 7 4 10 3 36
14 Julio Moreno 8 8 Ret 7 Ret 7 11 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 16 9 11 30
15 Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 12 15 12 13 DNS DNS 11 9 7 17 14 10 9 6 Ret 26
16 Ye Hongli 19 14 Ret 8 8 8 8 8 26
17 Kantadhee Kusiri 7 13 18 15 9 9 10 5 Ret 12 11 16 17 15 15 16 21
18 Nikita Zlobin 11 16 Ret DNS 12 10 12 15 10 11 9 10 Ret 12 10 10 12
19 Sam Macleod 12 6 8
20 Vladimir Atoev Ret 14 9 10 Ret 13 3
21 Daniil Pronenko 12 17 11 20 10 14 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 13 11 15 2
22 Riccardo Cazzaniga Ret 12 11 10 13 12 1
23 Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 Ret 14 14 14 15 11 1
24 Kang Ling 13 11 14 11 11 11 0
25 Petru Florescu 14 19 12 16 0
26 Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 21 16 17 15 14 15 16 Ret DNS 14 15 16 14 17 14 0
27 Jose Manuel Vilalta 16 20 Ret Ret 16 Ret 0
28 Liang Jiatong 17 18 17 16 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Harrison Scott 4 3 0
Dorian Boccolacci 3 4 0
Vasily Romanov 13 5 12 8 0
Xavier Lloveras 14 13 0
Pos Driver EST
 SPA
 LEC
 SIL
 RBR
 MNZ
 JER
 CAT
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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 EST
 SPA
 LEC
 SIL
 RBR
 MNZ
 JER
 CAT
 Pts
1 Ferdinand Habsburg 2 9 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 Ret 3 2 7 2 2 2 140
2 Colton Herta Ret 5 6 5 18 EX 2 Ret 1 1 16 4 1 4 3 1 98
3 Keyvan Andres Soori 9 10 9 21 14 9 13 13 6 16 Ret 7 9 11 5 Ret 56
4 Enaam Ahmed 10 19 7 Ret 6 4 4 5 38
5 Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 12 15 12 13 DNS DNS 11 9 7 17 14 10 9 6 Ret 37
6 Ye Hongli 19 14 Ret 8 8 8 8 8 27
7 Nikita Troitskiy 7 4 10 3 24
8 Daniil Pronenko 12 17 11 20 10 15 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 13 11 15 24
9 Riccardo Cazzaniga Ret 13 11 10 13 12 13
10 Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 Ret 14 14 14 15 11 10
11 Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 21 16 17 15 16 15 16 Ret DNS 14 15 16 14 17 14 9
12 Vladimir Atoev Ret 14 9 10 Ret 14 8
13 Petru Florescu 14 19 12 16 6
14 Liang Jiatong 17 18 17 17 0
Pos Driver EST
 SPA
 LEC
 SIL
 RBR
 MNZ
 JER
 CAT
 Pts

Teams' championship
  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Team EST
 SPA
 LEC
 SIL
 RBR
 MNZ
 JER
 CAT
 Pts
1 Campos Racing 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 2 1 9 3 120
2 Drivex School 2 9 3 3 1 2 4 2 2 4 3 2 7 2 1 2 102
3 RP Motorsport 4 1 1 2 4 4 3 1 3 5 2 5 3 7 4 5 95
4 Carlin Motorsport Ret 5 6 5 13 8 2 11 1 1 16 4 1 4 2 1 72
5 Fortec Motorsports 6 7 7 9 5 6 8 7 12 6 3
6 DAV Racing 10 11 14 11 11 11 14 14 11 10 13 11 0
7 Teo Martín Motorsport 11 6 12 8 12 10 9 10 10 11 9 10 Ret 12 10 10 0
8 BVM Racing 12 14 11 20 10 14 Ret 8 Ret 15 8 8 8 8 11 15 0
9 Team West-Tec 17 18 17 16 0
Pos Driver EST
 SPA
 LEC
 SIL
 RBR
 MNZ
 JER
 CAT
 Pts

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
Pos Driver EST
 JER
 CAT
 Pts
1 Leonardo Pulcini 1 2 2 1 16 3 105
2 Colton Herta Ret 5 1 4 2 1 94
3 Ferdinand Habsburg 2 9 7 2 1 2 90
4 Damiano Fioravanti 4 3 3 Ret 4 7 60
5 Diego Menchaca 3 4 5 6 18 6 57
6 Tatiana Calderón Ret 6 6 7 7 12 32
7 Jack Aitken 17 1 27
8 Dorian Boccolacci 3 4 27
9 Keyvan Andres Soori 9 10 9 11 5 Ret 18
10 Vasily Romanov 13 5 12 8 16
12 Tanart Sathienthirakul 5 15 12 10 13 9 14
13 Igor Waliłko 6 7 14
14 Ameya Vaidyanathan 15 12 10 9 6 Ret 14
15 Ye Hongli 19 14 8 8 12
16 Julio Moreno 8 8 14 16 9 11 10
17 Kantadhee Kusiri 7 13 17 15 15 16 6
18 Nikita Zlobin 11 16 Ret 12 10 10 3
19 Daniil Pronenko 12 17 15 13 11 15 0
20 Ling Kang 13 11 0
21 Xavier Lloveras 14 13 0
22 Gülhüseyn Abdullayev 18 21 16 14 17 14 0
23 Petru Florescu 14 19 0
24 Jose Manuel Vilalta 16 20 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Harrison Scott 4 3 0
Daniele Cazzaniga 10 18 0
Pos Driver EST
 JER
 CAT
 Pts

Teams' championship
  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Team EST
 JER
 CAT
 Pts
1 Campos Racing 1 2 2 1 9 3 42
2 Carlin Motorsport Ret 5 1 4 2 1 37
3 Drivex School 2 9 7 2 1 2 34
4 RP Motorsport 4 1 3 7 4 5 27
5 Teo Martín Motorsport 11 6 Ret 12 3 4 10
6 DAV Racing 10 11 0
7 Fortec Motorsports 6 7 0
8 BVM Racing 12 14 8 8 11 15 0
Pos Driver EST
 JER
 CAT
 Pts

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