2014 Euroformula Open Championship

The 2014 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the first edition of the Euroformula Open Championship – following a name change in February 2014 – after five seasons at the European F3 Open Championship.[1] It is also included a revived three-round Spanish Formula Three Championship, held within the season calendar.

Sandy Stuvik dominated the championship and clinched the title with a round to spare, collecting eleven wins in sixteen races.[2] His RP Motorsport team-mate Artur Janosz was victorious at Portimão and the Hungaroring, finishing the season as runner-up. Campos Racing driver Álex Palou bookended the season, winning the opening race at the Nürburgring and the final race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He also won a race at the Hungaroring and completed the top three in the standings, finishing a point behind Janosz.[3]

A Championship Cup class was also held for older machinery, with Costantino Peroni taking the title after three race victories from four attempts. Both Peroni and Saud Al Faisal moved up to Dallara F312 chassis, and there were no further competitors in the class for the remainder of the season. RP Motorsport won the teams' championship, after the 13 wins for Stuvik and Janosz, while Palou's victories helped Campos Racing to the runner-up position. All three title winners repeated their titles in the Spanish championship standings. Stuvik won the drivers' title by 13 points from Palou, after 4 victories from the 6 counting races. Peroni was the only competitor in the Cup class, winning both races at Portimão, while RP Motorsport won 5 of 6 races to take the teams' standings.

Teams and drivers

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  • All cars were powered by Toyota engines. All Championship Class cars were equipped with the Dallara F312 chassis, while Championship Cup Class cars were equipped with the Dallara F308 chassis.
Team No. Driver Rounds
Championship Class
  RP Motorsport[4] 1   Sandy Stuvik[5] All
2   Artur Janosz[4] All
3   Andrés Saravia[6] All
4   Dzhon Simonyan[4] All
24   Saud Al Faisal[4] 2–8
  Team West-Tec F3[7] 5   Yarin Stern[8] All
6   Cameron Twynham[9] 1–4
  Igor Waliłko[10] 8
7   Nicolas Pohler[11] 1–7
  Fabian Schiller[12] 8
8   Tanart Sathienthirakul[13] All
9   Wei Fung Thong[4] All
  EmiliodeVillota Motorsport[14] 10   Igor Urien[15] 1
  Alexander Toril[16] 6
  Nelson Mason[12] 8
11   Yu Kanamaru[14] All
12   Che-One Lim[15] All
  BVM Racing[17] 15   Christopher Höher[17] 4–7
  Michele Beretta[12] 8
16   Damiano Fioravanti[18] 7–8
  DAV Racing[19] 18   Leonardo Pulcini[20] 6, 8
19   Henrique Baptista[21] All
25   Tommaso Menchini[15] 1
  Gerardo Nieto[22] 2–4
  Costantino Peroni[23] 6–7
26   Kevin Giovesi[24] 7
29   Igor Urien[25] 8
  Campos Racing[26] 20   Konstantin Tereshchenko[27] All
21   Sean Walkinshaw[26] All
22   Álex Palou[28] All
  Corbetta Competizioni[29] 23   Damiano Fioravanti[15] 1–2
  Costantino Peroni[30] 3
  Alessio Rovera[31] 8
28   William Barbosa[32] 1–4, 6–8
Championship Cup Class
  RP Motorsport[4] 30   Saud Al Faisal[4] 1
31   Costantino Peroni[4] 1–2

Race calendar and results

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  • An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 6 November 2013.[33] The calendar was altered on 23 January 2014.[34] All rounds supported the International GT Open series. Rounds denoted with a blue background were a part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Cup Winner
1 R1   Nürburgring 3 May   Álex Palou   Álex Palou   Álex Palou   Campos Racing   Costantino Peroni
R2 4 May   Sandy Stuvik   Yu Kanamaru   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport   Saud Al Faisal
2 R1   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 7 June   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   Artur Janosz   RP Motorsport   Costantino Peroni
R2 8 June   Sandy Stuvik   Yu Kanamaru   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport   Costantino Peroni
3 R1   Circuito de Jerez 21 June   Sandy Stuvik   Artur Janosz   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport No competitors
R2 22 June   Artur Janosz   Artur Janosz   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport
4 R1   Hungaroring 5 July   Artur Janosz   Artur Janosz   Artur Janosz   RP Motorsport No competitors
R2 6 July   Artur Janosz   Álex Palou   Álex Palou   Campos Racing
5 R1   Silverstone Circuit 19 July   Álex Palou   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport No competitors
R2 20 July   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport
6 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 September   Sandy Stuvik   Artur Janosz   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport No competitors
R2 7 September   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport
7 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 27 September   Sandy Stuvik   Artur Janosz[N 1]   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport No competitors
R2 28 September   Sandy Stuvik   Álex Palou   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport
8 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 November   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   Sandy Stuvik   RP Motorsport No competitors
R2 2 November   Álex Palou   Álex Palou   Álex Palou   Campos Racing
Notes
  1. ^ Fastest lap recorded by Kevin Giovesi, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

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Euroformula Open Championship

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Drivers' championship

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  • 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 NÜR
 
ALG
 
JER
 
HUN
 
SIL
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Sandy Stuvik 2 1 12 1 1 1 4 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 332
2   Artur Janosz 4 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 2 5 5 14 2 2 2 4 4 243
3   Álex Palou 1 Ret 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 Ret 16 2 1 242
4   Yu Kanamaru 3 16 2 16 6 12 13 5 4 4 10 3 3 14 5 6 128
5   Yarin Stern 7 Ret Ret 17 3 3 Ret 7 3 3 Ret 4 7 Ret 3 3 125
6   Konstantin Tereshchenko 8 7 5 7 5 11 12 3 6 8 13 Ret 5 17 16 16 75
7   Tanart Sathienthirakul 5 4 6 9 9 Ret 11 14 10 7 5 Ret 10 8 8 9 69
8   Andrés Saravia 13 8 Ret Ret 8 10 3 6 Ret 6 11 6 15 6 11 12 61
9   Cameron Twynham 6 3 4 6 11 5 Ret 13 53
10   Sean Walkinshaw 11 11 7 12 10 7 5 10 7 12 8 10 6 9 9 Ret 53
11   Dzhon Simonyan Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 4 9 Ret 12 10 3 16 Ret 13 Ret 7 38
12   Nicolas Pohler Ret 9 Ret 8 7 6 Ret 8 Ret 9 7 13 8 Ret 38
13   Christopher Höher Ret 4 Ret 15 6 15 14 3 35
14   Che One Lim 17 5 Ret 5 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 13 Ret 8 Ret 7 13 Ret 35
15   Gerardo Nieto 8 4 14 9 7 9 26
16   Damiano Fioravanti 12 6 Ret 13 9 5 20 11 26
17   Alexander Toril 4 7 18
18   Wei Fung Thong 10 10 9 11 13 8 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 15 17 16
19   Leonardo Pulcini DNS DNS 7 8 14
20   Henrique Baptista 15 13 Ret 10 17 Ret 6 12 Ret 11 12 14 11 11 18 Ret 11
21   Saud Al Faisal Ret 14 10 Ret 19 Ret 10 Ret 11 14 9 9 13 15 19 19 6
22   Igor Urien 9 12 Ret 15 2
23   Costantino Peroni 16 15 11 14 15 13 Ret 11 12 10 2
24   William Barbosa 14 Ret Ret 15 18 Ret 14 11 Ret Ret 16 12 17 18 0
25   Tommaso Menchini Ret 17 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Nelson Mason 12 2 0
  Kevin Giovesi 4 4 0
  Alessio Rovera 6 Ret 0
  Fabian Schiller 10 13 0
  Michele Beretta Ret 10 0
  Igor Waliłko 14 14 0
Pos Driver NÜR
 
ALG
 
JER
 
HUN
 
SIL
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Championship Cup

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Driver NÜR
 
ALG
 
JER
 
HUN
 
SIL
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Costantino Peroni 16 15 11 14 38
2   Saud Al Faisal Ret 14 10

Teams' championship

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Team NÜR
 
ALG
 
JER
 
HUN
 
SIL
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   RP Motorsport 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 152
2   Campos Racing 1 7 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 5 9 2 1 101
3   Team West-Tec F3 5 3 4 6 3 3 8 7 3 3 5 4 7 8 3 3 58
4   EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 3 5 2 5 6 12 13 5 4 4 4 3 3 7 5 6 53
5   BVM Racing Ret 4 Ret 15 6 15 9 3 20 10 10
6   DAV Racing 15 13 8 4 14 9 6 9 Ret 11 12 11 4 4 7 8 4
7   Corbetta Competizioni 12 6 11 13 15 13 14 11 Ret Ret 16 12 6 18 0
Pos Team NÜR
 
ALG
 
JER
 
HUN
 
SIL
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts

Spanish Formula Three Championship

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Drivers' championship

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  • 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 ALG
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Sandy Stuvik 12 1 1 1 1 5 118
2   Álex Palou 3 3 4 2 2 1 105
3   Artur Janosz 1 2 2 Ret 4 4 91
4   Yarin Stern Ret 17 3 3 3 3 63
5   Yu Kanamaru 2 16 6 12 5 6 47
6   Cameron Twynham 4 6 11 5 30
7   Konstantin Tereshchenko 5 7 5 11 16 16 27
8   Tanart Sathienthirakul 6 9 9 Ret 8 9 26
9   Dzhon Simonyan Ret Ret 16 4 Ret 7 20
10   Sean Walkinshaw 7 12 10 7 9 Ret 19
11   Gerardo Nieto 8 4 14 9 18
12   Nicolas Pohler Ret 8 7 6 18
13   Andrés Saravia Ret Ret 8 10 11 12 13
14   Che One Lim Ret 5 12 Ret 13 Ret 12
15   Wei Fung Thong 9 11 13 8 15 17 7
16   Igor Urien Ret 15 2
17   Henrique Baptista Ret 10 17 Ret 18 Ret 1
18   Saud Al Faisal 10 Ret 19 Ret 19 19 1
19   Costantino Peroni 11 14 15 13 0
20   William Barbosa Ret 15 18 Ret 17 18 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Nelson Mason 12 2
  Alessio Rovera 6 Ret
  Leonardo Pulcini 7 8
  Fabian Schiller 10 13
  Michele Beretta Ret 10
  Damiano Fioravanti Ret 13 20 11
  Igor Waliłko 14 14
Pos Driver ALG
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Championship Cup

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Driver ALG
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Costantino Peroni 11 14 20

Teams' championship

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  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
Pos Team ALG
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   RP Motorsport 1 1 1 1 1 4 56
2   Campos Racing 3 3 4 2 2 1 42
3   Team West-Tec F3 4 6 3 3 3 3 30
4   EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 2 5 6 12 5 6 17
5   DAV Racing 8 4 14 9 7 8 4
6   Corbetta Competizioni 11 13 15 13 6 18 0
7   BVM Racing 20 10 0
Pos Team ALG
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts

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