2016 Auto GP Formula Open Championship

The 2016 Auto GP Formula Open was the seventh and final year of the Auto GP, and the seventeenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship was due to on 9 April at Misano and should have finished on 16 October in Mugello after six double-header rounds.[1] For the first round, the championship was open to all the single-seaters from 2 to 4 liters, such as Formula One, GP2, World Series, International Formula 3000, Formula Masters and Formula 3 cars.[2] After the first round, Auto GP merged with the BOSS GP Series due to a number of teams and drivers moving over.[3]

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Zele Racing[4]	Auto GP	Lola B05/52	Zytek	7	Luís Sá Silva	1
				8	Dominik Fekete[5]	1
				9	Zoltán Fekete[5]	1
				444	Philipp Sager	5
				789	Christof von Grünigen	2–4
PS Racing	Auto GP	Lola B05/52	Zytek	16	Salvatore de Plano	1
				115	Mahaveer Raghunathan	All
				116	Emanuele Romani	5
MM International MotorSport[4]	F3000	Lola B02/50	Zytek	33	Armando Mangini[6]	1
Torino Squadra Corse[7]	Auto GP	Lola B05/52	Zytek	155	Luis Michael Dörrbecker[8]	All

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was released on 24 November 2015.[1] Originally all races were scheduled to be held in Italy, but a round at the Nürburgring was later added, only to be cancelled days ahead of being held due to an excess of noise, according to Mexican driver Luis Michael Dörrbecker.[9] Auto GP did not release any news on the issue. Following that, the series was integrated into the BOSS GP Series, where it has its own category as well as being part of the BOSS GP Formula class.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	7 May	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Luís Sá Silva	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Torino Squadra Corse
	R2		8 May		Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Torino Squadra Corse
2	R3	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	2 July	Defined by the 2016 BOSS GP season
	R4		3 July
3	R5	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	6 August
	R6		7 August
4	R7	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	10 September
	R8		11 September
5	R9	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	8 October
	R10		9 October

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Round 1
R	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Race 1	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1
Race 2	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	0	1

Rounds 2-5
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
Points	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	ADR			MNZ		ASS		BRN		IMO		Points
1	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	1	1		8	5	6	4	6	3	2	1	222
2	Mahaveer Raghunathan	2	3		15	6	7	5	8	4	4	Ret	151
3	Christof von Grünigen				7	4	Ret	8	3	Ret			74
4	Philipp Sager										7	5	34
5	Emanuele Romani										8	6	30
6	Luís Sá Silva	5†	2										29
7	Dominik Fekete	3	5										25
8	Armando Mangini	4	6										20
9	Zoltan Fekete	6†	4										20
—	Salvatore de Plano	DNS	DNS										0

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	No. car	ADR			MNZ		ASS		BRN		IMO		Points
1	Torino Squadra Corse	55 / 155	1	1		8	5	6	4	6	3	2	1	222
2	PS Racing	15 / 115	2	3		15	6	7	5	8	4	4	Ret	181
		16 / 116	DNS	DNS								8	6
3	Zele Racing	7 / 789	5	2		7	4	Ret	8	3	Ret			162
		8	3	5
		9	6	4
		444										7	5
4	MM International MotorSport	33	4	6										20
Pos	Team	No. car	ADR			MNZ		ASS		BRN		IMO		Points

References

1. "Auto GP announces its 2016 calendar". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
2. "Auto GP Formula Open 2016: All the single-seater cars on track in Italy from 2 to 4 liters". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
3. The Championship Auto GP Formula Open 2016 had to interrupt its course Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.
4. "7 teams have already signed up to the series for single-seaters from F.3 to F.1". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
5. Bethlen, Tamás (4 May 2016). "Ismét magyar résztvevő egy neves formulaautós szériában" (in Hungarian). formula.hu. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. "MM International Motorsport with Mangini (F3000) and De Plano (GP2)". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
7. "Torino Squadra Corse is the first team for 2016". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
8. "Dörrbecker in Auto GP with Torino Squadra Corse". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
9. "Cancelan la carrera de Nürburgring de Auto GP por exceso de ruido" [Auto GP Nürburgring round cancelled due to excess of noise] (in Spanish). Escudería Telmex. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

External links

• Official Auto GP site