# 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, 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 | All |
| RP Motorsport | 2 | Santiago Urrutia | All |
| RP Motorsport | 27 | Alexander Toril | All |
| RP Motorsport | 29 | Alexandre Cougnaud | All |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 3 | Yarin Stern | All |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 4 | Andrés Saravia | All |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 5 | Alexey Chuklin | All |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 6 | Hector Hurst | 1–7 |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 6 | Tatiana Calderón | 8 |
| Campos Racing | 7 | Denis Nagulin | All |
| Campos Racing | 8 | Valeria Carballo | All |
| Campos Racing | 9 | Artur Janosz | All |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 10 | Roberto La Rocca | 1–3 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 10 | Emil Bernstorff | 5 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 10 | Jonathan Legris | 6 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 10 | Huan Zhu | 7–8 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 11 | Ed Jones | 2–8 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 12 | Nelson Mason | All |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 13 | Luca Orlandi | 1–5 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 13 | Falco Wauer | 7 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 13 | Hector Hurst | 8 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 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 | Brandon Maïsano | 6 |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 19 | Damiano Fioravanti | All |
| Copa F308/300 ||||
| RP Motorsport | 21 | Saud Al Faisal | All |
| RP Motorsport | 35 | Costantino Peroni | 8 |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 22 | Che One Lim | All |
| EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 23 | Igor Urien | All |
| DAV Racing | 24 | Nicolas Pohler | All |
| DAV Racing | 77 | Gerardo Nieto | All |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 32 | William Barbosa | 8 |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 53 | Lorenzo Paggi | 1–5 |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 72 | Tommaso Menchini | All |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 33 | Sean Walkinshaw | All |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 55 | Huan Zhu | 1–6 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 66 | Cameron Twynham | All |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 88 | Liam Venter | 1–7 |
| Team West-Tec F3 | 88 | Christopher Höher | 8 |
| Drivex School | 34 | Richard Gonda | All |
| MKTG | 35 | Trino Rojas | 4–7 |

## Race calendar and results

* An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 2 November 2012. This was modified on 7 February 2013, 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 | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Copa Winner |
| 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 | LEC | LEC | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | JER | JER | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | CAT | CAT | Pts |
| 1 | Ed Jones | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 256 |
| 2 | Sandy Stuvik | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 247 |
| 3 | Nelson Mason | 1 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 195 |
| 4 | Santiago Urrutia | 24 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 191 |
| 5 | Alexander Toril | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 158 |
| 6 | Alexandre Cougnaud | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 139 |
| 7 | Hector Hurst | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 10$^1$ | 10$^1$ | 97 |
| 8 | Yarin Stern | 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 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 26† | 12 | 25† | 9 | 33 |
| 11 | Alexey Chuklin | 5 | 23 | 6 | 27 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 21 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 28 |
| 12 | Valeria Carballo | Ret | 10 | 20 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | 29† | 20 |
| 13 | Artur Janosz | 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 | 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 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 21 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| 19 | Denis Nagulin | 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 | 8 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 22 | Gerardo Nieto | 15 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 24 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 22 | DNS | Ret | 4 |
| 23 | Liam Venter | 14 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 20 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 21 | | | 4 |
| 24 | Che One Lim | 13 | 27 | 25 | 22 | Ret | 23 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 3 |
| 25 | Nicolas Pohler | 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 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 24 | Ret | 19 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 2 |
| 29 | Luca Orlandi | 10 | 16 | 21 | 24 | DNS | DNS | Ret | 23 | 18 | 23 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 30 | Jonathan Legris | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | NC | | | | | 1 |
| 31 | Cameron Twynham | 11 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 21 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| 32 | Igor Urien | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 20 | 19 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| 33 | Sean Walkinshaw | 20 | 20 | Ret | 26 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 24 | 13 | Ret | 23 | 0 |
| 34 | Lorenzo Paggi | 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 |
| Pos | Driver | LEC | LEC | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | JER | JER | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | CAT | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Copa F308/300

* Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Pos | Driver | LEC | LEC | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | JER | JER | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | CAT | CAT | Pts |
| 1 | Richard Gonda | Ret | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 21 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 100 |
| 2 | Cameron Twynham | 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 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 20 | 19 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 13 | 20 | 54 |
| 5 | Che One Lim | 13 | 27 | 25 | 22 | Ret | 23 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 53 |
| 6 | Liam Venter | 14 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 20 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 21 | | | 31 |
| 7 | Gerardo Nieto | 15 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 24 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 22 | DNS | Ret | 30 |
| 8 | Nicolas Pohler | 18 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 13 | Ret | NC | Ret | | | | | 24 |
| 9 | Sean Walkinshaw | 20 | 20 | Ret | 26 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 24 | 13 | Ret | 23 | 19 |
| 10 | Lorenzo Paggi | 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 | 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 |
| Pos | Driver | LEC | LEC | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | JER | JER | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | CAT | CAT | Pts |

### Teams' standings

* Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Pos | Driver | LEC | LEC | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | JER | JER | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | CAT | CAT | Pts |
| 1 | RP Motorsport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 128 |
| 2 | Team West-Tec F3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 126 |
| 3 | EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | 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 | LEC | ALG | ALG | NÜR | NÜR | JER | JER | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | CAT | CAT | Pts |