# 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.

## Teams and drivers

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

## Race calendar

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 12 November 2015. 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. Rounds denoted with a blue background are part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.
| Round | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Autódromo do Estoril | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Silverstone Circuit | 24 July | Colton Herta | Leonardo Pulcini | Antoni Ptak Jr. | RP Motorsport | Ferdinand Habsburg |
| 5 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 10 September | Colton Herta | Colton Herta | Colton Herta | Carlin Motorsport | Colton Herta |
| 5 | R2 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 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 |
| 6 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 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 |
| 7 | R2 | Circuito de Jerez | 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 |
| 8 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 6 November | Ferdinand Habsburg | Leonardo Pulcini | Colton Herta | Carlin Motorsport | Colton Herta |
* ↑ 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
### Euroformula Open Championship
#### 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 | EST | SPA | SPA | LEC | LEC | SIL | SIL | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | JER | JER | CAT | 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 | EST | SPA | SPA | LEC | LEC | SIL | SIL | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | JER | JER | 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) |

#### Rookies' championship

* Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Pos | Driver | EST | EST | SPA | SPA | LEC | LEC | SIL | SIL | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | JER | JER | CAT | 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 | EST | SPA | SPA | LEC | LEC | SIL | SIL | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | Pts |

#### Teams' championship

* Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | EST | EST | SPA | SPA | LEC | LEC | SIL | SIL | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | JER | JER | CAT | 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 | EST | SPA | SPA | LEC | LEC | SIL | SIL | RBR | RBR | MNZ | MNZ | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | Pts |

### Spanish Formula Three Championship
#### 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 | EST | JER | JER | CAT | 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 | EST | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | Pts |

#### Teams' championship

* Points were awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | EST | EST | JER | JER | CAT | 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 | EST | JER | JER | CAT | CAT | Pts |