2015 Euroformula Open Championship Explained

The 2015 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. The series changed tyre supplier from Dunlop to Michelin.^[1] It was the second Euroformula Open Championship season.

RP Motorsport driver Vitor Baptista claimed the championship title by five points (on dropped scores), winning six races during the 2015 campaign, including four consecutive victories during the second half of the season. The runner-up position in the championship went to Konstantin Tereshchenko for Campos Racing, who like Baptista, took six victories during the season. The championship top-three was completed by Yu Kanamaru, who took a single race victory at Silverstone for Emilio de Villota's team. Other drivers to win races were DAV Racing's Alessio Rovera (Jerez) and Leonardo Pulcini (Red Bull Ring), while Baptista's teammate Damiano Fioravanti won at Monza. These seven wins for RP Motorsport enabled them to win the teams' championship by ten points ahead of Campos Racing.

In the Spanish Formula Three sub-classification, Tereshchenko and Campos Racing snared their respective titles. Over the three meetings at Jerez, Estoril and Barcelona, Tereshchenko won four of the six races to best Baptista by thirty-seven points, who only won once, at Estoril. Kanamaru finished a further nine points in arrears in third place. With Tereshchenko's four wins, Campos Racing finished nine points clear of RP Motorsport in the teams' championship.

Teams and drivers

• All cars were powered by Toyota engines.

Team Driver Status Rounds RP Motorsport 1 Andrés Saravia All 3 Vitor Baptista[2] All 4 Antoni Ptak Jr.[3] All 5 Damiano Fioravanti[4] All 37 Igor Waliłko[5] All MKTG 2 Dzhon Simonyan 1–3 Kantadhee Kusiri[6] 6–8 Campos Racing 6 Konstantin Tereshchenko[7] All 7 Diego Menchaca[8] All 8 Henrique Baptista[9] All 9 nowrap [10] All Motul Team West-Tec F3 10 Yarin Stern[11] All 12 Mahaveer Raghunathan[12] 7 Sam MacLeod[13] 8 15 Tanart Sathienthirakul[14] All EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 16 Yu Kanamaru[15] All 17 José Manuel Vilalta[16] All 18 Luis Michael Dörrbecker[17] 1–3 22 Daniel Juncadella[18] 8 27 Otto Sánchez[19] 1 BVM Racing 19 William Barbosa[20] 1–4, 6–7 20 Javier Cobián 1 30 Alessio Rovera[21] 2–4 DAV Racing 21 Alessio Rovera 1, 6–7 23 Kang Ling[22] 7–8 70 Parth Ghorpade[23] 5–7 77 Leonardo Pulcini[24] All Corbetta Competizioni 24 Aleksey Chuklin 3–5 Drivex School 28 Ferdinand Habsburg 8

Icon Legend Rookie Trophy Guest drivers ineligible to score points

• Edi Haxhiu was scheduled to compete for Corbetta Competizioni, but did not appear in any rounds.^[25]

Race calendar and results

• An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2014.^[26] On 2 December 2014, it was confirmed, that the third round would take place at Estoril.^[27] All rounds, except for Jerez, supported the International GT Open series, with rounds denoted with a blue background being part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuito de Jerez	11 April	Yarin Stern	Vitor Baptista	Alessio Rovera	DAV Racing	Alessio Rovera
	R2		12 April				Campos Racing	Alessio Rovera
2	R1		25 April	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	Alessio Rovera
	R2		26 April	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	Alessio Rovera
3	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	9 May	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	Igor Waliłko
	R2		10 May	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	Leonardo Pulcini
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	6 June	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	Yu Kanamaru		Alessio Rovera
	R2		7 June	Yu Kanamaru	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	Leonardo Pulcini
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	4 July	Vitor Baptista	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Leonardo Pulcini	DAV Racing	Leonardo Pulcini
	R2		5 July	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	Leonardo Pulcini
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	5 September	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Vitor Baptista	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	Leonardo Pulcini
	R2			Vitor Baptista	Kantadhee Kusiri	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	Igor Waliłko
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 October	Yu Kanamaru	Damiano Fioravanti	Vitor Baptista	RP Motorsport	Diego Menchaca
	R2		4 October	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Vitor Baptista	Damiano Fioravanti	RP Motorsport	Igor Waliłko
8	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	31 October	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Yu Kanamaru	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	Diego Menchaca
	R2		1 November	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing

Championship standings

Euroformula Open Championship

Drivers' championship

• Only the fourteen best results counted towards the championship. Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver JER LEC EST SIL RBR SPA MNZ CAT Pts 1 Vitor Baptista 2 5 1 2 4 1 2 3 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 2 align=left nowrap Konstantin Tereshchenko 6 1 3 1 1 2 7 1 2 4 2 2 3 Ret 1 1 3 Yu Kanamaru 4 2 4 7 3 4 1 2 Ret 3 4 11 2 5 2 6 206 4 Tanart Sathienthirakul 3 8 5 8 5 3 8 6 3 6 5 4 Ret 4 8 10 5 Yarin Stern Ret 3 6 9 2 Ret 4 10 4 2 8 6 Ret 8 7 8 119 6 Alessio Rovera 1 6 2 3 13 10 3 5 6 Ret Ret 11 100 7 Damiano Fioravanti 7 15 8 4 6 6 6 12 7 8 17 Ret Ret 1 9 7 96 8 Diego Menchaca 8 10 12 Ret 10 7 5 8 5 7 15 9 4 6 5 2 94 9 Leonardo Pulcini Ret Ret 18 11 9 5 Ret 4 1 5 3 Ret 10 7 6 DNS 91 10 Igor Waliłko Ret 11 7 Ret 7 9 14 17 6 9 18 3 7 3 11 Ret 62 11 William Barbosa 5 9 11 6 Ret 11 9 9 10 7 5 Ret 41 12 Andrés Saravia Ret 7 10 5 8 8 16 7 9 Ret 9 13 8 14 13 13 41 13 Antoni Ptak Jr. 12 17 16 13 16 13 10 13 Ret Ret 7 5 Ret 12 16 11 19 14 Dzhon Simonyan 14 4 9 Ret Ret DNS 14 15 Henrique Baptista Ret Ret 13 10 14 16 15 11 8 11 16 15 6 10 Ret 16 14 16 Kantadhee Kusiri 13 8 Ret 9 Ret 9 13 17 Ahmad Al Ghanem 9 18 15 15 15 Ret 12 15 12 13 11 14 9 15 14 15 4 18 Parth Ghorpade 10 12 12 10 11 Ret 2 19 Jose Manuel Vilalta Ret 16 17 14 Ret 15 13 16 11 10 14 12 13 17 15 Ret 1 20 Luis Michael Dörrbecker 10 12 14 12 12 14 1 21 Aleksey Chuklin 11 12 11 14 Ret NC 0 22 Javier Cobián 11 14 0 23 Otto Sánchez 13 13 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Daniel Juncadella 4 3 0 Ferdinand Habsburg 10 4 0 Kang Ling 12 13 Ret 12 0 Sam MacLeod 12 14 0 Mahaveer Raghunathan 14 16 0 Pos Driver JER LEC EST SIL RBR SPA MNZ CAT Pts

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Teams' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Team	JER		LEC		EST		SIL		RBR		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	RP Motorsport	2	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	6	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	121
2	Campos Racing	6	1	3	1	1	2	5	1	2	4	2	2	3	6	1	1	111
3	align=left nowrap	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	4	2	4	7	2	4	1	2	11	3	4	11	2	5	2	6	79
4	Motul Team West-Tec F3	3	3	5	8	4	3	4	6	3	2	5	4	14	4	7	8	54
5	DAV Racing	1	6	18	11	8	5	Ret	4	1	5	3	10	10	7	6	DNS	39
6	BVM Racing	5	9	2	3	12	10	3	5			10	7	5	Ret			29
7	MKTG	14	4	9	Ret	Ret	DNS					13	8	Ret	9	Ret	9	4
8	Corbetta Competizioni					10	12	11	14	Ret	NC							0
Guest teams ineligible to score points
	Drivex School															10	4	0
Pos	Team	JER		LEC		EST		SIL		RBR		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Spanish Formula Three Championship

Drivers' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	JER		EST		CAT		Pts
1	align=left nowrap	Konstantin Tereshchenko	6	1	1	2	1	1	134
2	Vitor Baptista	2	5	4	1	3	5	97
3	Yu Kanamaru	4	2	3	4	2	6	88
4	Tanart Sathienthirakul	3	8	5	3	8	10	56
5	Yarin Stern	Ret	3	2	Ret	7	8	50
6	Diego Menchaca	8	10	10	7	5	2	42
7	Damiano Fioravanti	7	15	6	6	9	7	36
8	Alessio Rovera	1	6	13	10			34
9	Leonardo Pulcini	Ret	Ret	9	5	6	DNS	22
10	Andres Saravia	Ret	7	8	8	13	13	17
11	Dzhon Simonyan	14	4	Ret	DNS			12
12	William Barbosa	5	9	Ret	11			12
13	Igor Waliłko	Ret	11	7	9	11	Ret	10
14	Antoni Ptak	12	17	16	13	16	11	4
15	Ahmad Al Ghanem	9	18	15	Ret	14	15	3
16	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	10	12	12	14			1
17	Aleksey Chuklin			11	12			0
18	Javier Cobián	11	14					0
19	Otto Sánchez	13	13					0
20	Henrique Baptista	Ret	Ret	14	16	Ret	16	0
21	Jose Manuel Vilalta	Ret	16	Ret	15	15	Ret	0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Daniel Juncadella					4	3	0
	Ferdinand Habsburg					10	4	0
	Kantadhee Kusiri					Ret	9	0
	Sam MacLeod					12	14	0
	Kang Ling					Ret	12	0
Pos	Driver	JER		EST		CAT		Pts

Teams' championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Team	JER		EST		CAT		Pts
1	Campos Racing	6	1	1	2	1	1	48
2	RP Motorsport	2	5	4	1	3	5	39
3	align=left nowrap	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	4	2	3	4	2	6	36
4	Motul Team West-Tec F3	3	3	5	3	7	8	22
5	DAV Racing	1	6	9	5	6	DNS	16
6	MKTG	14	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	9	4
7	BVM Racing	5	9	13	10			3
8	Corbetta Competizioni			11	12			0
Guest teams ineligible to score points
	Drivex School					10	4	0
Pos	Team	JER		EST		CAT		Pts

Notes and References

1. News: Michelin becomes the new tire supplier of the Euroformula Open. 2 February 2015. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 3 February 2015.
2. News: Baptista debutta con RP. 10 February 2015. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 10 February 2015. Baptista debuts with RP.
3. News: Simonyan and Ptak join RP's EF Open roster. David. Gruz. 21 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 21 February 2015.
4. News: Saravia and Fioravanti join RP Motorsport's Euroformula lineup. David. Gruz. 30 January 2015. 1 February 2015. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout.
5. News: Walilko enters Euroformula Open with RP Motorsport. David. Gruz. 17 December 2014. Paddock Scout. 18 December 2014.
6. News: ALESSIO ROVERA RETURNS TO DAV RACING AT SPA. Hensby. Paul. 1 September 2015. The Checkered Flag. 4 September 2015. In other driver news, RP Motorsport will field Thai driver Kantadhee Kusiri this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps for his European racing debut..
7. News: Tereschenko returns to Campos Racing for 2015. Hensby. Paul. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 27 January 2015. 27 January 2015.
8. News: Menchada joins Campos Racing's EuroFormula line-up. Hensby. Paul. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 4 February 2015. 4 February 2015.
9. News: Baptista firma con Campos per il 2015. 26 December 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 27 December 2014. Baptista signs with Campos for 2015.
10. News: Campos increase EF Open entry to four cars. Hensby. Paul. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 9 April 2015. 9 April 2015.
11. News: Stern sticks with West-Tec for another EF Open campaign. David. Gruz. 11 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 11 February 2015.
12. News: Raghunathan con West Tec a Monza. 22 September 2015. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 27 September 2015. Italian. Raghunathan with West Tec at Monza.
13. News: MacLeod and Habsburg at Euroformula Open finale. Allen. Peter. 30 October 2015. Paddock Scout. 30 October 2015.
14. News: Team West-Tec re-sign Sathienthirakul for second EF Open season. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 12 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 12 February 2015.
15. News: Kanamaru returns to Emilio de Villota Motorsport for 2015. Hensby. Paul. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 1 February 2015. 1 February 2015.
16. News: Jose Manuel Vilalta signs with Emilio deVillota Motorsport in Euroformula Open. David. Gruz. 23 January 2015. 23 January 2015. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout.
17. News: EmilioDeVillota sign Michael Dorrbecker for Euroformula Open campaign. David. Gruz. 6 April 2015. 6 April 2015. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout.
18. Web site: Juncadella lines up with de Villota team in Euroformula Open. Allen. Peter. 25 October 2015. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 28 October 2015.
19. Web site: Entry List. 9 April 2015. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 9 April 2015. 17 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417104054/http://www.circuitodejerez.com/fileadmin/archivos/documentos/euroformula/Lista_inscritos__EFO_2015__JER_v1.pdf. dead.
20. News: Barbosa continues in EF Open, switches to BVM Racing. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 26 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 26 February 2015.
21. Web site: Entry List. 8 May 2015. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 8 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103807/http://f3open.net/contenuti/files/2015/Documents/Estoril_Round_3/Lista_inscritos_EFO_2015_EST_v1.pdf. 18 May 2015. dead.
22. News: Ling con DAV a Monza. Caruccio. Antonio. 26 September 2015. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 27 September 2015. Italian. Ling with DAV at Monza.
23. News: Parth Ghorpade joins DAV Racing. 26 June 2015. EuroFormula Open. English. 5 October 2021.
24. News: Pulcini and DAV Racing to continue together in Euroformula Open. David. Gruz. 15 March 2015. Paddock Scout. 15 March 2015.
25. Web site: David. Gruz. 2015-02-19. Edi Haxhiu teams up with Corbetta in Euroformula Open. 2022-12-26. Formula Scout. en-GB.
26. News: Il calendario 2015, da Jerez a Montmelò. 5 November 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 5 November 2014. The 2015 calendar, from Jerez to Montmelò.
27. News: Estoril confirmed as venue for the third 2015 round — Winter Series & Test announced. 5 December 2014. Euroformula Open Championship. GT Sport. 5 December 2014.