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.[1]

2012 European F3 Open Championship
Previous:	2011	Next:	2013

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 Class Rounds Team West-Tec F3[2] 1 Sam Dejonghe[3] A 1–7 Edward Jones[4] 8 2 Manuel Bejarano[5] A 1–2 15 Roberto La Rocca[6] A 3–8 31 Luca Orlandi[1] C 1–4, 7–8 Chris Vlok[7] 6 88 Jordan Oon[8] C All RP Motorsport 3 Gianmarco Raimondo[9] A All 5 Niccolò Schirò[10] A All 18 Michela Cerruti[11] C 1 A 2–3 Alexander Boquoi[7] C 6–8 20 Trino Raúl Rojas[12] C All 35 Kristian Laine[13] C 8 EmiliodeVillota Motorsport[2] 4 Juan Carlos Sistos[14] A 1–7 Alex Riberas[4] 8 6 Måns Grenhagen[15] A All 7 Tatiana Calderón[16] A All 25 Valeria Carballo[17] C All 26 Yarin Stern C 8 Top F3[2] 10 Pierre Sancinéna[18] A 1–3 Rupert Svendsen-Cook[19] 4 Corey Smith[7] 6 17 Jordan Perroy[20] C 1–6, 8 29 Alexandre Cougnaud[21] C All Campos Racing[22] 11 Denis Nagulin[23] A All 12 Facu Regalia[24] A All Drivex School[25] 13 José Luis Abadín[26] C 8 30 Cristian Serrada[2] C 1–3, 5–6 Corbetta Competizioni[27] 21 Fran Suárez[28] C 1–2 Gerard Barrabeig[29] 3–8 22 Matteo Torta[30] C All DAV Racing[31] 24 Kevin Giovesi[32] C 1–7 77 Matteo Davenia[31] C All Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit[2] 27 Alexander Boquoi[33] C 1–5 28 Moisés Soriano[2] C All 33 Noel Jammal[33] A All 34 Matteo Beretta[33] A 1–3

Icon Class A Class A C Copa F308/300

Race calendar and results

• An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2011[1] and later it was confirmed.[34] 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.[35]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Copa Winner
1	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	28 April	Juan Carlos Sistos	Sam Dejonghe	Juan Carlos Sistos	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
	R2		29 April	Måns Grenhagen	Måns Grenhagen	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
2	R1	Nürburgring	26 May	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	Sam Dejonghe	Team West-Tec F3	Jordan Perroy
	R2		27 May	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 June	Måns Grenhagen	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Moisés Soriano
	R2		24 June	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
4	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	14 July	Måns Grenhagen	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
	R2		15 July	Facu Regalia	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	21 July	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
	R2		22 July	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Moisés Soriano
6	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	8 September	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
	R2		9 September	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Kevin Giovesi
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	29 September	Måns Grenhagen	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
	R2		30 September	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	3 November	Niccolò Schirò	Noel Jammal[N 1]	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Gerard Barrabeig
	R2		4 November	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia[N 1]	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Moisés Soriano

Notes

1. Fastest lap recorded by Alex Riberas, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

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 ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ CAT Pts 1 Niccolò Schirò 21 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 272 2 Gianmarco Raimondo 4 2 2 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 4 14 267 3 Måns Grenhagen 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 Ret 16 3 Ret 5 2 11 5 5 211 4 Facu Regalia 6 4 5 3 8 14 11 2 3 5 Ret 1 4 9 1 1 186 5 Sam Dejonghe 3 Ret 1 4 4 4 4 7 6 4 18 2 6 2 159 6 Kevin Giovesi 5 5 Ret 8 19 5 6 6 8 Ret 5 8 5 3 93 7 Juan Carlos Sistos 1 9 7 6 9 7 10 4 4 8 7 9 Ret 18 87 8 Noel Jammal 8 8 22 9 7 10 7 17 7 6 3 13 8 Ret 10 DNS 61 9 Tatiana Calderón Ret 10 Ret 11 14 9 12 10 5 7 4 7 12 16 8 7 56 10 Roberto La Rocca 12 6 9 Ret Ret 11 6 6 16 6 6 Ret 44 11 Matteo Beretta 7 6 8 7 6 8 36 12 Moisés Soriano 20 13 14 13 5 12 8 9 15 9 20 DNS Ret 10 11 6 33 13 Rupert Svendsen-Cook 3 5 26 14 Gerard Barrabeig Ret 16 13 Ret 9 12 9 12 11 7 9 9 22 15 Alexandre Cougnaud 10 12 11 10 15 11 16 11 10 10 19 14 13 5 20 15 14 16 Manuel Bejarano 11 7 6 14 14 17 Matteo Davenia 9 16 Ret 17 11 20 Ret 8 12 13 13 10 15 8 Ret Ret 11 18 Alexander Boquoi 23 DNS 13 16 Ret 17 19 12 11 20 17 17 10 15 13 8 9 19 Jordan Oon 16 14 10 12 10 13 14 14 Ret 19 8 11 Ret 12 16 13 7 20 Valeria Carballo 17 15 Ret 22 17 Ret 18 15 13 15 14 15 7 Ret 18 Ret 6 21 Denis Nagulin 24 Ret 12 21 Ret Ret 17 16 20 21 15 20 9 17 Ret 10 6 22 Jordan Perroy 12 21 9 19 Ret Ret 15 13 14 14 Ret 18 2 23 Luca Orlandi 13 20 21 23 18 19 DNS DNS 14 DNS 14 11 2 24 Trino Raúl Rojas 18 22 18 26 16 Ret 21 Ret 18 16 10 19 Ret 13 12 Ret 2 25 Cristian Serrada 19 11 17 18 Ret Ret 19 18 12 16 0 26 Chris Vlok 11 21 0 27 Pierre Sancinéna 15 NC 16 20 13 15 0 28 Matteo Torta 14 18 19 24 Ret 21 20 Ret 17 17 16 22 Ret 14 15 DSQ 0 29 Fran Suárez 22 17 15 15 0 30 Michela Cerruti Ret 19 20 25 20 18 0 31 Corey Smith 21 23 0 Guest driver ineligible for points Edward Jones 7 2 0 Alex Riberas 3 3 0 Kristian Laine 17 12 0 Yarin Stern 19 Ret 0 José Luis Abadín Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) 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 ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ CAT Pts 1 Kevin Giovesi 5 5 Ret 8 19 5 6 6 8 Ret 5 8 5 3 110 2 Moisés Soriano 20 13 14 13 5 12 8 9 15 9 20 DNS Ret 10 11 6 72 3 Alexandre Cougnaud 10 12 11 10 15 11 16 11 10 10 19 14 13 5 20 15 70 4 Gerard Barrabeig Ret 16 13 Ret 9 12 9 12 11 7 9 9 59 5 Jordan Oon 16 14 10 12 10 13 14 14 Ret 19 8 11 Ret 12 16 13 50 6 Matteo Davenia 9 16 Ret 17 11 20 Ret 8 12 13 13 10 15 8 Ret Ret 41 7 Alexander Boquoi 23 DNS 13 16 Ret 17 19 12 11 20 17 17 10 15 13 8 29 8 Jordan Perroy 12 21 9 19 Ret Ret 15 13 14 14 Ret 18 20 9 Trino Raúl Rojas 18 22 18 26 16 Ret 21 Ret 18 16 10 19 Ret 13 12 Ret 13 10 Luca Orlandi 13 20 21 23 18 19 DNS DNS 14 DNS 14 11 10 11 Valeria Carballo 17 15 Ret 22 17 Ret 18 15 13 15 14 15 7 Ret 18 Ret 8 12 Cristian Serrada 19 11 17 18 Ret Ret 19 18 12 16 8 13 Chris Vlok 11 21 3 14 Fran Suárez 22 17 15 15 3 15 Matteo Torta 14 18 19 24 Ret 21 20 Ret 17 17 16 22 Ret 14 15 DSQ 0 16 Michela Cerruti Ret 19 0 Guest driver ineligible for points Kristian Laine 17 12 0 Yarin Stern 19 Ret 0 José Luis Abadín Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) 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 ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ CAT Pts 1 RP Motorsport A 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 138 C 18 22 18 26 16 Ret 21 Ret 18 16 10 17 Ret 13 12 Ret 2 EmiliodeVillota Motorsport A 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 4 4 3 4 5 2 11 5 5 97 C 17 15 Ret 22 17 Ret 18 15 13 15 14 15 7 Ret 18 Ret 3 Campos Racing A 6 4 5 3 8 14 11 2 3 5 15 1 4 9 1 1 66 4 Team West-Tec F3 A 3 7 1 4 4 4 4 7 6 4 6 2 6 2 6 Ret 57 C 13 14 10 12 10 13 14 14 Ret 19 8 11 14 12 14 11 5 DAV Racing C 5 5 Ret 8 11 5 6 6 8 13 5 8 5 3 Ret Ret 21 6 Cedars-Profilltex-Circuit A 7 6 8 7 6 8 7 17 7 6 3 13 8 Ret 10 DNS 16 C 20 13 13 13 5 12 8 9 11 9 20 DNS Ret 10 11 6 7 Top F3 A 15 NC 16 20 13 15 3 5 21 23 12 C 10 12 11 10 15 11 15 11 10 10 19 14 13 5 20 15 8 Corbetta Competizioni C 14 17 15 15 Ret 16 13 Ret 9 12 9 12 11 7 9 9 0 9 Drivex School C 19 11 17 18 Ret Ret 19 18 12 16 Ret Ret 0 Pos Team Class ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ CAT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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External links

• European F3 Open Official Website