2011 European F3 Open Championship

The 2011 European F3 Open Championship was the third European F3 Open Championship season. The season began on 17 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and finished on 30 October at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after 16 races run at eight meetings, three held in Spain, as well as meetings held in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Italy.

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F308, while Copa Class by Dallara F306 chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class A
Cedars	2	Johan Jokinen	1–2
Cedars	33	Noel Jammal	All
Team West-Tec	3	Victor Corrêa	All
	4	Fahmi Ilyas	4–5
	4	Tatiana Calderón	6–8
RP Motorsport	5	Niccolò Schirò	All
	6	David Fumanelli	All
	7	Matteo Beretta	All
	77	Matteo Davenia	All
Drivex	8	Fernando Monje	All
Hache Team	9	Toño Fernández	1–2
Hache Team	9	Yann Cunha	3–7
Corbetta Competizioni	10	Alex Fontana	All
Corbetta Competizioni	11	Matteo Torta	All
De Villota Motorsport	12	Juan Carlos Sistos	All
	14	Nil Montserrat	1
	14	Zoël Amberg	6–8
Top F3 Team	16	William Vermont	2–4
Copa F306/300
Cedars	21	Manuel Bejarano	7–8
RP Motorsport	24	Francisco Diaz	2–3, 5–8
Drivex	25	Pedro Quesada	1
		Luis Villalba	2
		Cristian Serrada	6, 8
Hache Team	26	Pedro Quesada^[1]	2–3
Team West-Tec	28	Luca Orlandi	1–3, 5–8
	28	Kotaro Sakurai	4
	58	Sam Dejonghe	All
	88	Fabio Gamberini	All
Top F3 Team	31	Jesus Rios	3, 8
Top F3 Team	31	Saud Al Faisal	4

Race calendar and results

An eight-race provisional calendar was announced on 12 December 2010.^[2] On 19 January 2011, it was announced that the Nürburgring round will be cancelled and will be replaced by an event in Portimão.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	17 April	Alex Fontana	Johan Jokinen	Johan Jokinen	Cedars
1	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	17 April		Toño Fernández	Toño Fernández	Hache Team
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	14 May	Noel Jammal	Toño Fernández	Victor Corrêa	Team West-Tec
2	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	15 May		Johan Jokinen	Johan Jokinen	Cedars
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 June	David Fumanelli	Noel Jammal	Fabio Gamberini	Team West-Tec
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 June		Juan Carlos Sistos	Alex Fontana	Corbetta Competizioni
4	R1	Brands Hatch	23 July	Fahmi Ilyas	Fahmi Ilyas	Fahmi Ilyas	Team West-Tec
4	R2	Brands Hatch	24 July		Yann Cunha	Victor Corrêa	Team West-Tec
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	17 September	Fahmi Ilyas	Alex Fontana	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport
5	R2	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	18 September		David Fumanelli	Yann Cunha	Hache Team
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 October	David Fumanelli	Fernando Monje	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	2 October		Juan Carlos Sistos	Alex Fontana	Corbetta Competizioni
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	16 October	David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport
7	R2	Circuito de Jerez	16 October		Niccolò Schirò	Noel Jammal	Cedars
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	29 October	David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	Zoël Amberg	De Villota Motorsport
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya	30 October		David Fumanelli	David Fumanelli	RP Motorsport

Championship standings

Overall

With a driver's best 14 scores counting towards the championship, points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	PP	FL
Race 1	14	12	10	8	6	5	3	2	1	1	1
Race 2	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	1

Pos	Driver	VAL		MAG		SPA		BRH		ALG		MON		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Alex Fontana	2	3	3	4	4	1	5	4	11	5	3	1	4	3	4	10	120
2	David Fumanelli	12	12	13	6	6	2	Ret	13	1	2	1	4	1	4	2	1	115
3	Fabio Gamberini	4	6	6	2	1	10	4	5	6	6	Ret	11	5	2	13	Ret	79
4	Juan Carlos Sistos	10	8	7	5	Ret	4	7	7	3	9	4	3	2	5	Ret	3	76
5	Niccolò Schirò	13	7	9	8	9	6	2	2	9	7	5	5	7	7	5	4	66
6	Victor Corrêa	7	5	1	7	3	12	6	1	Ret	12	8	Ret	9	9	7	Ret	59
7	Noel Jammal	Ret	11	8	Ret	2	5	Ret	11	5	4	Ret	14	6	1	6	Ret	55
8	Zoël Amberg											2	Ret	3	6	1	2	50
9	Yann Cunha					Ret	7	3	3	4	1	12	DNS	8	17			44
10	Johan Jokinen	1	Ret	4	1													36
11	Matteo Beretta	5	4	10	Ret	12	16	11	10	8	8	7	7	17	8	3	Ret	34
12	Fahmi Ilyas							1	9	2	14							30
13	William Vermont			2	3	DSQ	3	13	8									30
14	Sam Dejonghe	11	13	11	9	7	13	9	12	7	3	9	2	12	10	9	Ret	28
15	Fernando Monje	9	9	Ret	10	Ret	8	8	6	Ret	10	6	6	10	11	8	6	27
16	Toño Fernández	6	1	5	Ret													25
17	Nil Montserrat	3	2															20
18	Jesus Rios					5	9									12	9	9
19	Matteo Davenia	8	10	12	11	10	11	12	Ret	10	11	10	8	11	12	10	7	8
20	Matteo Torta	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	8	15	15	14	Ret	13	13	9	13	14	15	11	3
21	Tatiana Calderón											11	10	14	13	17	8	3
22	Kotaro Sakurai							10	Ret									0
23	Luca Orlandi	15	14	Ret	13	11	14			13	Ret	15	12	15	16	14	12	0
24	Francisco Diaz			14	15	Ret	Ret			12	15	14	13	16	15	16	13	0
25	Pedro Quesada	14	Ret	15	14	DNS	DNS											0
26	Saud Al Faisal							14	15									0
	Luis Villalba			Ret	Ret													0
	Cristian Serrada											DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS	0
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Manuel Bejarano													Ret	Ret	11	5	0
Pos	Driver	VAL		MAG		SPA		BRH		ALG		MON		JER		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Copa F306/300

With a driver's best 14 scores counting towards the championship, points were awarded for both races as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	VAL		MAG		SPA		BRH		ALG		MON		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Fabio Gamberini	4	6	6	2	1	10	4	5	6	6	Ret	11	5	2	13	Ret	130
2	Sam Dejonghe	11	13	11	9	7	13	9	12	7	3	9	2	12	10	9	Ret	118
3	Luca Orlandi	15	14	Ret	13	11	14			13	Ret	15	12	15	16	14	12	62
4	Francisco Diaz			14	15	Ret	Ret			12	15	14	13	16	15	16	13	52
5	Jesus Rios					5	9									12	9	36
6	Pedro Quesada	14	Ret	15	14	DNS	DNS											14
7	Saud Al Faisal							14	15									10
8	Kotaro Sakurai							10	Ret									6
	Luis Villalba			Ret	Ret													0
	Cristian Serrada											DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS	0
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Manuel Bejarano													Ret	Ret	11	5	0
Pos	Driver	VAL		MAG		SPA		BRH		ALG		MON		JER		CAT		Pts

Teams

Points for each team's two best scoring cars were awarded for both races as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Team	VAL		MAG		SPA		BRH		ALG		MON		JER		CAT		Pts
1	Team West-Tec	4	5	1	2	1	10	1	1	2	3	8	2	5	2	7	8	101
1	Team West-Tec	7	6	6	7	3	12	4	5	6	6	9	10	9	9	9	12	101
2	RP Motorsport	5	4	9	6	6	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	1	4	2	1	95
2	RP Motorsport	8	7	10	8	9	6	11	10	8	7	6	7	7	7	3	4	95
3	Corbetta Competizioni	2	3	3	4	4	1	5	4	11	5	3	1	4	3	4	10	75
3	Corbetta Competizioni	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	8	15	15	14	Ret	13	13	9	13	14	15	11	75
4	De Villota Motorsport	3	2	7	5	Ret	4	7	7	3	9	2	3	2	5	1	2	70
4	De Villota Motorsport	10	8									4	Ret	3	6	Ret	3	70
5	Cedars	1	11	4	1	2	5	Ret	11	5	4	Ret	14	6	1	6	5	52
5	Cedars	Ret	Ret	8	Ret									Ret	Ret	11	Ret	52
6	Hache Team	6	1	5	14	Ret	7	3	3	4	1	12	DNS	8	17			39
6	Hache Team			15	Ret	DNS	DNS											39
7	Top F3 Team			2	3	5	3	13	8							12	9	23
7	Top F3 Team					DSQ	9	14	15									23
8	Drivex	9	9	Ret	10	Ret	8	8	6	Ret	10	6	6	10	11	8	6	0
8	Drivex	14	Ret	Ret	Ret							DNS	DNS			DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Team	VAL		MAG		SPA		BRH		ALG		MON		JER		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ "All set for Magny-Cours". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ "EUROPEAN FORMULA 3 OPEN PROVISIONAL CALENDAR SEASON 2011" (PDF). European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
^ "European F3 Open Confirms 2011 Calendar". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

External links

European F3 Open Official Website

[Magny-1] "All set for Magny-Cours". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

[2] "EUROPEAN FORMULA 3 OPEN PROVISIONAL CALENDAR SEASON 2011" (PDF). European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2010.

[3] "European F3 Open Confirms 2011 Calendar". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

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