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2012 European F3 Open Championship

The 2012 European F3 Open Championship was the fourth European F3 Open Championship season. The series introduced the new Dallara F312 cars for Class A, with the F308 model being implemented for the Copa Class.

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F312, while Copa Class by Dallara F308 chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
GBR Team West-Tec F3	1	BEL Sam Dejonghe	1–7
ARE Ed Jones	8
2	ESP Manuel Bejarano	1–2
15	VEN Roberto La Rocca	3–8
ITA RP Motorsport	3	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	NC, All
5	ITA Niccolò Schirò	All
18	ITA Michela Cerruti	2–3
ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	4	MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	1–7
ESP Alex Riberas	8
6	SWE Måns Grenhagen	All
7	COL Tatiana Calderón	All
FRA Top F3	10	FRA Pierre Sancinéna	1–3
nowrap	GBR Rupert Svendsen-Cook	4
USA Corey Smith	6
ESP Campos Racing	11	RUS Denis Nagulin	All
12	ARG Facu Regalia	All
ESP Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	33	LBN Noel Jammal	1–5
34	ITA Matteo Beretta	1–3
LBN Noel Jammal	6–8
GBR Team West-Tec F3	1	GBR Alex Lynn	NC
31	ITA Luca Orlandi	NC, 1–4, 7–8
NZL Chris Vlok	6
88	AUS Jordan Oon	All
ITA RP Motorsport	5	ITA Niccolò Schirò	NC
18	ITA Matteo Davenia	NC
ITA Michela Cerruti	1
ESP Alexander Boquoi	6–8
19	ITA Michela Cerruti	NC
20	VEN Trino Raúl Rojas	NC, All
35	FIN Kristian Laine	8
ESP Drivex School	13	ESP José Luis Abadín	8
30	ESP Cristian Serrada	NC, 1–3, 5–6
FRA Top F3	17	FRA Jordan Perroy	1–6, 8
29	FRA Alexandre Cougnaud	NC, All
36	FRA Pierre Sancinéna	NC
ITA Corbetta Competizioni	21	ESP Fran Suárez	1–2
ESP Gerard Barrabeig	3–8
22	ITA Matteo Torta	NC, All
26	ESP Gerard Barrabeig	NC
ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	23	MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	NC
24	COL Tatiana Calderón	NC
25	VEN Valeria Carballo	NC, All
26	ISR Yarin Stern	8
32	SWE Måns Grenhagen	NC
ITA DAV Racing	24	ITA Kevin Giovesi	1–7
77	ITA Matteo Davenia	All
ESP Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	27	ESP Alexander Toril Boquoi	NC, 1–5
ESP Moisés Soriano	7–8
28	USA Shane Morris	NC
ESP Moisés Soriano	1–6
33	LBN Noel Jammal	NC
34	ITA Matteo Beretta	NC

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2011 and later it was confirmed. Two Spanish races at Valencia and Jerez were dropped from the series' schedule in favour of races at the Nürburgring and the Hungaroring, leaving only Algarve and Montmeló as races in Iberia. Meanwhile, the French round at Magny-Cours was transferred to Le Castellet. All rounds will support the International GT Open series.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Copa Winner
FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	4 March	LBN Noel Jammal	LBN Noel Jammal	LBN Noel Jammal	nowrap	ESP Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	ITA Kevin Giovesi
ITA Matteo Davenia	LBN Noel Jammal	SWE Måns Grenhagen	ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	nowrap	SWE Måns Grenhagen
PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	28 April	MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	BEL Sam Dejonghe	MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
29 April	SWE Måns Grenhagen	SWE Måns Grenhagen	SWE Måns Grenhagen	ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
DEU Nürburgring	26 May	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA Niccolò Schirò	BEL Sam Dejonghe	GBR Team West-Tec F3	FRA Jordan Perroy
27 May	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA Niccolò Schirò	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA RP Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 June	SWE Måns Grenhagen	ITA Niccolò Schirò	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA RP Motorsport	ESP Moisés Soriano
24 June	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	SWE Måns Grenhagen	ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
GBR Brands Hatch, Kent	14 July	SWE Måns Grenhagen	GBR Rupert Svendsen-Cook	SWE Måns Grenhagen	ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
15 July	ARG Facu Regalia	ITA Niccolò Schirò	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA RP Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	21 July	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA RP Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
22 July	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA RP Motorsport	ESP Moisés Soriano
HUN Hungaroring, Mogyoród	8 September	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA RP Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
9 September	ARG Facu Regalia	ARG Facu Regalia	ARG Facu Regalia	ESP Campos Racing	ITA Kevin Giovesi
ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza	29 September	SWE Måns Grenhagen	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA RP Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
30 September	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	CAN Gianmarco Raimondo	ITA Niccolò Schirò	ITA RP Motorsport	ITA Kevin Giovesi
ESP Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	3 November	ITA Niccolò Schirò	LBN Noel JammalFastest lap recorded by Alex Riberas, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.	ARG Facu Regalia	ESP Campos Racing	ESP Gerard Barrabeig
4 November	ARG Facu Regalia	ARG Facu Regalia	ARG Facu Regalia	ESP Campos Racing	ESP Moisés Soriano

;Notes

Championship standings

Overall

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	LEC1
FRA	ALG
PRT	NÜR
DEU	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	LEC2
FRA	HUN
HUN	MNZ
ITA	CAT
ESP	Pts	1	272	2	267	3	211	4	186	5	159	6	93	7	87	8	61	9	56	10	44	11	36	12	33	13	26	14	22	15	14	16	14	17	11	18	9	19	7	20	6	21	6	22	2	23	2	24	2	25	0	26	0	27	0	28	0	29	0	30	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Driver	LEC1
FRA	ALG
PRT	NÜR
DEU	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	LEC2
FRA	HUN
HUN	MNZ
ITA	CAT
ESP	Pts
ITA Niccolò Schirò		WD	21	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	4
CAN Gianmarco Raimondo		2	4	2	2	1	1	2	5	1	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	14
SWE Måns Grenhagen	Ret	1	2	1	3	5	2	1	1	Ret	16	3	Ret	5	2	11	5	5
ARG Facu Regalia			6	4	5	3	8	14	11	2	3	5	Ret	1	4	9	1	1
BEL Sam Dejonghe			3	Ret	1	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	18	2	6	2
ITA Kevin Giovesi			5	5	Ret	8	19	5	6	6	8	Ret	5	8	5	3
MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	DNS	7	1	9	7	6	9	7	10	4	4	8	7	9	Ret	18
LBN Noel Jammal	1	5	8	8	22	9	7	10	7	17	7	6	3	13	8	Ret	10	DNS
COL Tatiana Calderón	3	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	14	9	12	10	5	7	4	7	12	16	8	7
VEN Roberto La Rocca							12	6	9	Ret	Ret	11	6	6	16	6	6	Ret
ITA Matteo Beretta	Ret	4	7	6	8	7	6	8
ESP Moisés Soriano			20	13	14	13	5	12	8	9	15	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6
GBR Rupert Svendsen-Cook									3	5
ESP Gerard Barrabeig		Ret					Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9
FRA Alexandre Cougnaud	5	8	10	12	11	10	15	11	16	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15
ESP Manuel Bejarano			11	7	6	14
ITA Matteo Davenia		10	9	16	Ret	17	11	20	Ret	8	12	13	13	10	15	8	Ret	Ret
ESP Alexander Toril Boquoi	4	6	23	DNS	13	16	Ret	17	19	12	11	20	17	17	10	15	13	8
AUS Jordan Oon			16	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	Ret	12	16	13
VEN Valeria Carballo	8	14	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret
RUS Denis Nagulin			24	Ret	12	21	Ret	Ret	17	16	20	21	15	20	9	17	Ret	10
FRA Jordan Perroy			12	21	9	19	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	14	Ret	18
ITA Luca Orlandi	7	13	13	20	21	23	18	19	DNS	DNS					14	DNS	14	11
VEN Trino Raúl Rojas		11	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	19	Ret	13	12	Ret
ESP Cristian Serrada	6	Ret	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16
NZL Chris Vlok													11	21
FRA Pierre Sancinéna	Ret	9	15	NC	16	20	13	15
ITA Matteo Torta		12	14	18	19	24	Ret	21	20	Ret	17	17	16	22	Ret	14	15	DSQ
ESP Fran Suárez			22	17	15	15
ITA Michela Cerruti		DNS	Ret	19	20	25	20	18
USA Corey Smith													21	23
Guest drivers ineligible for points
ARE Ed Jones																	7	2
ESP Alex Riberas																	3	3
FIN Kristian Laine																	17	12
ISR Yarin Stern																	19	Ret
ESP José Luis Abadín																	Ret	Ret
Non-championship round-only drivers
GBR Alex Lynn	2	3
USA Shane Morris		WD

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Copa F308/300

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	LEC1
FRA	ALG
PRT	NÜR
DEU	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	LEC2
FRA	HUN
HUN	MNZ
ITA	CAT
ESP	Pts	1	110	2	72	3	70	4	59	5	50	6	41	7	29	8	20	9	13	10	10	11	8	12	8	13	3	14	3	15	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Driver	LEC1
FRA	ALG
PRT	NÜR
DEU	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	LEC2
FRA	HUN
HUN	MNZ
ITA	CAT
ESP	Pts
ITA Kevin Giovesi			5	5	Ret	8	19	5	6	6	8	Ret	5	8	5	3
ESP Moisés Soriano			20	13	14	13	5	12	8	9	15	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6
FRA Alexandre Cougnaud	5	8	10	12	11	10	15	11	16	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15
ESP Gerard Barrabeig		Ret					Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9
AUS Jordan Oon			16	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	Ret	12	16	13
ITA Matteo Davenia		10	9	16	Ret	17	11	20	Ret	8	12	13	13	10	15	8	Ret	Ret
ESP Alexander Toril Boquoi	4	6	23	DNS	13	16	Ret	17	19	12	11	20	17	17	10	15	13	8
FRA Jordan Perroy			12	21	9	19	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	14	Ret	18
VEN Trino Raúl Rojas		11	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	19	Ret	13	12	Ret
ITA Luca Orlandi	7	13	13	20	21	23	18	19	DNS	DNS					14	DNS	14	11
VEN Valeria Carballo	8	14	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret
ESP Cristian Serrada	6	Ret	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16
NZL Chris Vlok													11	21
ESP Fran Suárez			22	17	15	15
ITA Matteo Torta		12	14	18	19	24	Ret	21	20	Ret	17	17	16	22	Ret	14	15	DSQ
ITA Michela Cerruti		DNS	Ret	19
Guest driver ineligible for points
FIN Kristian Laine																	17	12
ISR Yarin Stern																	19	Ret
ESP José Luis Abadín																	Ret	Ret
Non-championship round-only drivers
LBN Noel Jammal	1	5
SWE Måns Grenhagen	Ret	1
GBR Alex Lynn	2	3
COL Tatiana Calderon	3	Ret
ITA Matteo Beretta	Ret	4
MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	DNS	7
FRA Pierre Sancinéna	Ret	9
USA Shane Morris		WD
ITA Niccolò Schirò		WD

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Teams

The best F312 and the best F308 of each entered team will score points in each of the races.

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

Pos	Team	Class	LEC1
FRA	ALG
PRT	NÜR
DEU	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	LEC2
FRA	HUN
HUN	MNZ
ITA	CAT
ESP	Pts	1	138	2	97	3	66	4	57	5	21	6	16	7	12	8	0	9	0	Pos	Team	Class	LEC1
FRA	ALG
PRT	NÜR
DEU	SPA
BEL	BRH
GBR	LEC2
FRA	HUN
HUN	MNZ
ITA	CAT
ESP	Pts
ITA RP Motorsport	A		2	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	4
C		10	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	17	Ret	13	12	Ret
ESP EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	A			1	1	3	5	2	1	1	4	4	3	4	5	2	11	5	5
C	3	1	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret
ESP Campos Racing	A			6	4	5	3	8	14	11	2	3	5	15	1	4	9	1	1
GBR Team West-Tec F3	A			3	7	1	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	6	2	6	2	6	Ret
C	2	3	13	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	14	12	14	11
ITA DAV Racing	C			5	5	Ret	8	11	5	6	6	8	13	5	8	5	3	Ret	Ret
ESP Cedars-Profilltex-Circuit	A			7	6	8	7	6	8	7	17	7	6	3	13	8	Ret	10	DNS
C	1	4	20	13	13	13	5	12	8	9	11	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6
FRA Top F3	A			15	NC	16	20	13	15	3	5			21	23
C	5	8	10	12	11	10	15	11	15	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15
ITA Corbetta Competizioni	C		12	14	17	15	15	Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9
ESP Drivex School	C	6	Ret	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16			Ret	Ret

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

References

(5 November 2011). "Luca Orlandi Re-signs with Team West-Tec F3 for 2012 as European F3 Open adds more F1 tracks". [[Team West-Tec]].
"Eight venues in 2012". GT Sport.
(29 October 2011). "Il calendario GT Open 2012". Inpagina.
(4 March 2012). "Jammal e Grenhagen conquistano Le Castellet".

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