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.[1] It was the seventh Euroformula Open Championship season.

2020 Euroformula Open
Drivers' Champion: Ye Yifei
Teams' Champion: CryptoTower Racing
Rookies' Champion: Niklas Krütten
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Partner series:
International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe

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[2] Volkswagen 4 Niklas Krütten[3] R All
28 Cameron Das[4] 2, 4–7
33 Manuel Maldonado[3] All
Carlin Motorsport[2] Volkswagen 6 Ido Cohen[5] All
24 Ben Barnicoat[6] 5
31 Zane Maloney[7] R All
Double R Racing[8] Mercedes-Benz 8 Benjamin Pedersen[9] 6
Matthias Lüthen R 7
26 Ayrton Simmons[10] 1–4
Louis Foster[11] 6–7
Drivex School[12] Mercedes-Benz 12 Glenn van Berlo[13] R All
34 Shihab Al Habsi[14] R 1–3
Matthias Lüthen R 6
Rafael Villagomez[15] R G 7
Van Amersfoort Racing[16] Mercedes-Benz 15 Sebastian Estner[17] R All
16 Andreas Estner[18] All
25 Alexandre Bardinon[19] All
CryptoTower Racing[20] Volkswagen 20 Ye Yifei[20] All
69 Lukas Dunner[4] 2, 4–7
99 Rui Andrade[20] All

Race calendar

A nine-round provisional calendar was revealed on 11 October 2019. While Silverstone Circuit is not on this season's calendar, Autodromo di Pergusa is scheduled to debut as a Euroformula Open Championship round.[1] An updated calendar was announced on 22 October 2019.[21]

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.[22] On 3 June 2020 it was announced that the season opener at Hungaroring was moved back to 23–26 July.[23] 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.[24] Two of the eight rescheduled events will hold three races to compensate for the loss of one round.[25][26] 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.[27]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Hungaroring 8 August Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner
R2 9 August Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei 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 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Zane Maloney
3 R1 Red Bull Ring 12 September Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner
R2 13 September Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
4 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 26 September Ye Yifei Cameron Das Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R2 27 September Lukas Dunner[lower-alpha 1] Ye Yifei Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R3 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei 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 Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Sebastian Estner
R2 18 October Lukas Dunner Ye Yifei Louis Foster Double R Racing Glenn van Berlo
R3 Ye Yifei Lukas Dunner Lukas Dunner CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Niklas Krütten
R2 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Glenn van Berlo
R3 1 November Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei CryptoTower Racing Zane Maloney
R4 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei 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
1 Ye Yifei 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 Villagomez 12 13 12 Ret —
Pos Driver HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 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 HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
 Pts
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
Pos Driver HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
 Pts

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
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 HUN
 LEC
 RBR
 MNZ
 MUG
 SPA
 CAT
 Pts

Notes
  1. Ye Yifei 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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