2015 Euroformula Open Championship

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.

2015 Euroformula Open Championship
Previous: 2014 Next: 2016
Parent series:
International GT Open
Support series:
SEAT León Eurocup

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 No. Driver Status Rounds
RP Motorsport 1 Andrés Saravia[2] All
3 Vitor Baptista[3] All
4 Antoni Ptak Jr.[4] R All
5 Damiano Fioravanti[2] All
37 Igor Waliłko[5] R All
MKTG 2 Dzhon Simonyan[4] 1–3
Kantadhee Kusiri[6] 6–8
Campos Racing 6 Konstantin Tereshchenko[7] All
7 Diego Menchaca[8] R All
8 Henrique Baptista[9] All
9 Ahmad Al Ghanem[10] R All
Motul Team West-Tec F3 10 Yarin Stern[11] All
12 Mahaveer Raghunathan[12] G 7
Sam MacLeod[13] G 8
15 Tanart Sathienthirakul[14] All
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 16 Yu Kanamaru[15] All
17 José Manuel Vilalta[16] R All
18 Luis Michael Dörrbecker[17] 1–3
22 Daniel Juncadella[18] G 8
27 Otto Sánchez[19] R 1
BVM Racing 19 William Barbosa[20] 1–4, 6–7
20 Javier Cobián[19] R 1
30 Alessio Rovera[21] R 2–4
DAV Racing 21 Alessio Rovera[19] R 1, 6–7
23 Kang Ling[22] G 7–8
70 Parth Ghorpade[23] R 5–7
77 Leonardo Pulcini[24] R All
Corbetta Competizioni 24 Aleksey Chuklin[21] 3–5
Drivex School 28 Ferdinand Habsburg[13] G 8
Icon Legend
R Rookie Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results
  • An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2014.[25] On 2 December 2014, it was confirmed, that the third round would take place at Estoril.[26] 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 Rookie Winner
1 R1 Circuito de Jerez 11 April Yarin Stern Vitor Baptista Alessio Rovera DAV Racing Alessio Rovera
R2 12 April Konstantin Tereshchenko Konstantin Tereshchenko Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing Alessio Rovera
2 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 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 EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 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 6 September 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 Diego Menchaca

Championship standings

Drivers' championship
  • Only the fourteen best results counted towards the championship. 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 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 5 291
2 Konstantin Tereshchenko 6 1 3 1 1 2 7 1 2 4 2 2 3 Ret 1 1 286
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 10 133
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship
  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
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 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

Drivers' championship
  • 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 JER
 EST
 CAT
 Pts
1 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:
1 2 3 4 5
10 8 6 4 3
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 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

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