2019 Ferrari Challenge Europe Explained

The 2019 Ferrari Challenge Europe is the 27th season of Ferrari Challenge Europe and its predecessor Ferrari Challenge Italy. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Bahrain International Circuit on February 16 and ending at the Mugello Circuit on October 26.^[1]

Calendar

	Circuit	Dates
1	Bahrain International Circuit	February 16–17
2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	March 30–31
3	Red Bull Ring	May 4–5
4	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 15
5	Nürburgring	July 6–7
6	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	September 28–29
7	Mugello Circuit	October 26–27

Entry list

All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 488 Challenge fitted with Pirelli tyres.

Trofeo Pirelli

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Rossocorsa	3	Niccolò Schirò	Pro	All
	27	Alessandro Vezzoni	Pro-Am	2
	46	Chris Carel	Pro-Am	4
	85	Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am	All
	88	Eric Marston	Pro-Am	4
	94	John Wartique	Pro	4
	97	Tommaso Rocca	Pro-Am	2, 4, 6–7
Octane126	5	Fabienne Wohlwend	Pro	2, 6–7
Octane126	84	Björn Grossmann	Pro	2–7
Charles Pozzi	6	Thomas Neubauer	Pro	1–2, 4–7
Autohaus Ulrich Frankfurt	9	Oliver Plassmann	Pro-Am	2–5, 7
Gohm Motorsport	10	Maximilian Mayer	Pro	2–3
	85	Lennart Marioneck	Pro	5
	86	Germano Salernitano	Pro-Am	7
Kessel Racing	11	Alessandro Bonacini	Pro	1–2
Scuderia Autoropa	13	Martin Nelson	Pro-Am	All
Formula Racing	17	Louis Prette	Pro	All
	60	Johnny Laursen	Pro-Am	7
	82	Kent Chen	Pro-Am	1
	89	Claus Zibrandsen	Pro-Am	4
HR Owen	26	Franck Ruimy	Pro-Am	1–2, 4–5, 7
	80	Ali Kamyab	Pro-Am	1–2
	93	Chris Froggatt	Pro	3–4, 7
Scudera Praha	37	Jan Danis	Pro-Am	2, 4, 6–7
Scudera Praha	56	Matúš Vyboh	Pro-Am	3–7
Forza Racing	45	Christian Overgård	Pro-Am	All
Forza Racing	65	Frederik Espersen	Pro-Am	1–4, 6–7
Ferrari Budapest	47	Adam Carroll	Pro	3–7
Ineco – MP Racing	50	David Gostner	Pro-Am	1, 7
Ineco – MP Racing	83	Manuela Gostner	Pro-Am	1
Ferrari Eberlein	51	Walter-Ben Dörrenberg	Pro-Am	5
Graypaul Nottingham	61	John Dhillon	Pro-Am	1–6
Graypaul Nottingham	90	Jack Brown	Pro-Am	1–6
MERTEL Italo Cars Nürnberg	87	Marian Sufliarsky	Pro-Am	2
Baron Motorsport	92	Sam Smeeth	Pro	All

Coppa Shell

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Formula Racing	103	"Boris Gideon"	Am	1–5
	107	Ken Abe	Pro-Am	All
	122	Peter Christensen	Am	1
	132	Henrik Jansen	Am	2–4, 6–7
	157	Tani Hanna	Pro-Am	All
	166	Roberto Cava	Am	6
	168	David Lim	Am	3, 6
	171	Per Falholt	Am	4
	193	"Baby Kei"	Pro-Am	4
	198	Eric Cheung	Pro-Am	All
Baron Motorsport	109	Ernst Kirchmayr	Pro-Am	All
	127	Thomas Lindroth	Pro-Am	All
	159	Matthias Moser	Am	1–5, 7
	196	Michael Simoncić	Am	4–7
Modena Motors – SLR	110	Charles Rupp	Pro-Am	6
Modena Motors – SLR	134	"Alex Fox"	Am	All
Lüg Sportivo	111	Holger Harmsen	Pro-Am	5, 7
Scuderia Praha	112	Miroslav Vyboh	Am	4–7
Scuderia Praha	117	Dušan Palcr	Am	2–7
Rossocorsa	118	James Weiland	Pro-Am	1, 3–5, 7
	121	Andreas Segler	Pro-Am	6
	156	John Farano	Pro-Am	6
	172	Giuseppe Ramelli	Am	2–3, 5–7
	185	Dale Katechis	Pro-Am	4
	186	Agata Smolka	Am	All
	187	Lisa Clark	Am	4
	188	Thomas Tippl	Pro-Am	4
	189	Mark Fuller	Am	4
	190	Brent Holden	Pro-Am	4
	197	Alan Hegyi	Am	4
Forza Racing	119	Per Nielsen	Am	1, 7
Forza Racing	126	Henrik Kamstrup	Am	6–7
Scuderia FMA	120	Guy Fawe	Pro-Am	4–7
Gohm Motorsport	128	Christian Kinch	Pro-Am	All
Gohm Motorsport	136	Alexander Nußbaumer	Am	3–4, 6–7
Kessel Racing	133	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	Pro-Am	1–4, 6–7
Kessel Racing	177	Fons Scheltema	Pro-Am	All
HR Owen	145	Laurent de Meeus	Am	All
Moll Sportwagen Hannover	150	Werner Genter	Pro-Am	5–6
Ineco – MP Racing	161	Thomas Gostner	Pro-Am	1–2, 6–7
Ineco – MP Racing	173	Corinna Gostner	Pro-Am	1–2, 6–7
Scuderia Autoropa	199	Ingvar Mattsson	Am	4–7

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Trofeo Pirelli Winners	Coppa Shell Winners
1	1	Bahrain International Circuit	Sam Smeeth : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : James Weiland : Agata Smolka	Niccolò Schirò : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : Tani Hanna : Agata Smolka	Pro: Niccolò Schirò Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: James Weiland Am: Agata Smolka
1	2	Bahrain International Circuit	Thomas Neubauer : Manuela Gostner : Ernst Kirchmayr : Per Nielsen	Louis Prette : Jack Brown : Tani Hanna : Laurent de Meeus	Pro: Louis Prette Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: Tani Hanna Am: Peter Christensen
2	1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Sam Smeeth : Jan Danis : Eric Cheung : Agata Smolka	Sam Smeeth : Alessandro Vezzoni : Ernst Kirchmayr : Henrik Jansen	Pro: Sam Smeeth Pro-Am: Jan Danis	Pro-Am: Eric Cheung Am: Henrik Jansen
2	2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Björn Grossmann : Jack Brown : Ernst Kirchmayr : Henrik Jansen	Björn Grossmann : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : Tani Hanna : Henrik Jansen	Pro: Björn Grossmann Pro-Am: Jack Brown	Pro-Am: Ernst Kirchmayr Am: Henrik Jansen
3	1	Red Bull Racing	Niccolò Schirò : Jack Brown : Eric Cheung : Henrik Jansen	Louis Prette : Jack Brown : Tani Hanna : Agata Smolka	Pro: Adam Carroll Pro-Am: Jack Brown	Pro-Am: Tani Hanna Am: Agata Smolka
3	2	Red Bull Racing	*Cancelled* : *Cancelled* : Eric Cheung : Henrik Jansen	*Cancelled* : *Cancelled* : Ernst Kirchmayr : Henrik Jansen	Pro: Cancelled Pro-Am: Cancelled	Pro-Am: Ernst Kirchmayr Am: Henrik Jansen
4	1	Circuit de la Sarthe	Louis Prette : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : James Weiland : Henrik Jansen	Adam Carroll : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : James Weiland : Laurent de Meeus	Pro: Adam Carroll Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: James Weiland Am: Laurent de Meeus
5	1	Nürburgring	Niccolò Schirò : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : James Weiland : Ingvar Mattsson	Niccolò Schirò : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : James Weiland : "Alex Fox"	Pro: Niccolò Schirò Pro-Am: Matúš Vyboh	Pro-Am: James Weiland Am: Ingvar Mattsson
5	2	Nürburgring	Louis Prette : Jack Brown : Ernst Kirchmayr : "Alex Fox"	Louis Prette : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : Fons Scheltema : "Alex Fox"	Pro: Louis Prette Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: Eric Cheung Am: Giuseppe Ramelli
6	1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Niccolò Schirò : Jan Danis : Thomas Gostner : Agata Smolka	Louis Prette : Jan Danis : Corinna Gostner : Henrik Jansen	Pro: Niccolò Schirò Pro-Am: Jan Danis	Pro-Am: Thomas Gostner Am: Henrik Jansen
6	2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Louis Prette : Jack Brown : Corinna Gostner : Laurent de Meeus	Niccolò Schirò : Jack Brown : Fons Scheltema : Henrik Jansen	Pro: Louis Prette Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: Eric Cheung Am: Agata Smolka
7	1	Mugello Circuit	Adam Carroll : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : Tani Hanna : Henrik Jansen	Adam Carroll : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : Ken Abe : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Adam Carroll Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: James Weiland Am: Henrik Jansen
7	2	Mugello Circuit	Niccolò Schirò : Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi : Tani Hanna : Henrik Jansen	Adam Carroll : Johnny Laursen : James Weiland : Ingvar Mattsson	Pro: Niccolò Schirò Pro-Am: Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	Pro-Am: James Weiland Am: Henrik Jansen

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th or lower
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1	1

Trofeo Pirelli

	Driver	BHR		VAL		SPE		LMS	NÜR		IMO		MUG		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro Class^[2]
1	Louis Prette	3	1	6	3	3	C	2	5	1	6	1	4	4	173
2	Niccolò Schirò	1	2	3	2	6	C	Ret	1	6	1	2	5	1	170
3	Sam Smeeth	2	4	1	6	5	C	3	3	7	3	5	3	5	139
4	Björn Grossmann			4	1	2	C	Ret	6	2	2	3	2	2	131
5	Adam Carroll					1	C	1	7	3	4	4	1	3	127
6	Thomas Neubauer	4	3	2	4			Ret	2	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	7	81
7	Fabienne Wohlwend			8	7						5	6	6	6	36
8	Alessandro Bonacini	5	5	5	8										29
9	Lennart Marioneck								4	4					21
10	Chris Froggatt					4	C	Ret					7	8	20
11	Maximilian Mayer			7	5	Ret	C								14
12	John Wartique							4							13
Pro-Am Class^[3]
1	Emanuele-Maria Tabacchi	1	1	2	2	Ret	C	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	223
2	Jack Brown	2	2	3	1	1	C	3	6	2	9	2			151
3	Jan Danis			1	4			2			1	5	3	5	103
4	Matúš Vyboh					4	C	6	1	5	7	3	2	4	94
5	Martin Nelson	7	3	4	9	Ret	C	Ret	2	3	2	4	6	Ret	93
6	Christian Overgård	3	5	5	Ret	Ret	C	9	4	4	4	7	11	6	79
7	Frederik Espersen	8	9	9	6	2	C	8			6	6	8	3	67
8	Tommaso Rocca			7	7			5			5	8	4	10	46
9	Oliver Plassmann			Ret	10	3	C	7	5	7			7	8	45
10	John Dhillon	4	6	10	Ret	5	C	11	7	6	8	Ret			44
11	Franck Ruimy	9	10	Ret	5			12	8	8			9	7	28
12	Johnny Laursen												5	2	25
13	Marian Sufliarsky			6	3										19
14	Ali Kamyab	6	7	11	8										15
15	Kent Chen	5	8												12
16	Manuela Gostner	Ret	4												11
17	Alessandro Vezzoni			8	11										5
=	Walter-Ben Dörrenberg								9	9					5
19	Claus Zibrandsen							4							4
=	Germano Salernitano												10	9	4
21	Chris Carel							10							3
22	Eric Marston							13							1
=	David Gostner	DNS	DNS										DNS	DNS	1

Coppa Shell

	Driver	BHR		VAL		SPE		LMS	NÜR		IMO		MUG		Points
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Pro-Am Class^[4]
1	Tani Hanna	2	1	6	2	1	6	4	2	6	2	Ret	2	10	159
2	James Weiland	1	Ret			Ret	5	1	1	Ret			1	1	130
3	Eric Cheung	4	6	1	Ret	5	3	10	6	1	7	1	10	4	129
4	Ken Abe	7	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	3	8	4	4	5	118
5	Fons Scheltema	9	5	10	3	2	7	2	3	7	4	8	6	6	110
6	Ernst Kirchmayr	6	3	5	1	7	1	3	Ret	Ret	13	10	11	3	108
7	Christian Kinch	3	2	2	Ret	3	9	11	Ret	2	5	2	7	Ret	105
8	Thomas Gostner	5	9	3	6						1	3	3	2	92
9	Murat Cuhadaroğlu	10	DNS	7	7	8	2	8			10	Ret	5	11	44
10	Thomas Lindroth	8	8	8	8	6	8	14	7	5	12	9	12	9	43
11	Guy Fawe							6	9	Ret	6	6	8	7	33
12	Holger Harmsen								5	4			9	8	25
13	Corinna Gostner	Ret	7	9	5						9	Ret	13	Ret	21
14	John Farano										3	Ret			14
15	Thomas Tippl							5							11
16	Andreas Segler										14	5			9
17	Werner Genter								8	8	11	11			8
18	Brent Holden							7							7
19	Charles Rupp										Ret	7			5
20	Dale Katechis							12							1
=	"Baby Kei"							13							1
Am Class^[5]
1	Henrik Jansen			1	1	5	1	12			1	2	1	1	161
2	Agata Smolka	1	Ret	2	4	1	10	13	2	6	2	1	4	Ret	144
=	Laurent de Meeus	2	3	4	2	7	2	1	10	Ret	9	3	5	5	144
4	"Alex Fox"	3	Ret	5	5	9	5	4	3	8	5	4	12	8	96
5	Giuseppe Ramelli			3	3	4	3		7	1	Ret	Ret	6	4	91
6	Alexander Nußbaumer					2	6	3			3	5	3	3	84
7	Ingvar Mattsson							6	1	5	12	11	2	2	73
8	Matthias Moser	6	2	Ret	6	10	7	5	6	3			10	7	53
9	"Boris Gideon"	5	Ret	6	DNS	3	4	14	5	Ret					47
10	Dušan Palcr			DNS	DNS	6	8	8	4	7	11	DNS	8	10	37
11	Michael Simoncić							11	8	2	10	9	9	6	33
12	Miroslav Vyboh							9	9	4	6	8	Ret	11	28
13	Peter Christensen	Ret	1												21
=	Mark Fuller							2							21
15	Henrik Kamstrup										4	7	11	9	18
=	David Lim					8	9				7	6			18
17	Per Nielsen	4	Ret										7	12	17
18	Per Falholt							7							7
19	Roberto Cava										8	10			5
20	Alan Hegyi							10							3
21	Lisa Clark							Ret							1

External links

Official website

Notes and References

News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli 2019 Calendar. Driver Database AB.
News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro 2019 standings. Driver Database AB.
News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am 2019 standings. Driver Database AB.
News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Coppa Shell Pro-Am 2019 standings. Driver Database AB.
News: Ferrari Challenge Europe – Coppa Shell Am 2019 standings. Driver Database AB.