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
Austria Zele Racing[4] Auto GP Lola B05/52 Zytek 7 Angola Luís Sá Silva 1
8 Hungary Dominik Fekete[5] 1
9 Hungary Zoltán Fekete[5] 1
444 Austria Philipp Sager 5
789 Switzerland Christof von Grünigen 2–4
Italy PS Racing Auto GP Lola B05/52 Zytek 16 Italy Salvatore de Plano 1
115 India Mahaveer Raghunathan All
116 Italy Emanuele Romani 5
Italy MM International MotorSport[4] F3000 Lola B02/50 Zytek 33 Italy Armando Mangini[6] 1
Italy Torino Squadra Corse[7] Auto GP Lola B05/52 Zytek 155 Mexico 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 Italy Adria International Raceway, Adria 7 May Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker Angola Luís Sá Silva Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker Italy Torino Squadra Corse
R2 8 May Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker Italy Torino Squadra Corse
2 R3 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 2 July Defined by the 2016 BOSS GP season
R4 3 July
3 R5 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen, Assen 6 August
R6 7 August
4 R7 Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit, Brno 10 September
R8 11 September
5 R9 Italy 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
Italy
MNZ
Italy
ASS
Netherlands
BRN
Czech Republic
IMO
Italy
Points
1 Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker 1 1 8 5 6 4 6 3 2 1 222
2 India Mahaveer Raghunathan 2 3 15 6 7 5 8 4 4 Ret 151
3 Switzerland Christof von Grünigen 7 4 Ret 8 3 Ret 74
4 Austria Philipp Sager 7 5 34
5 Italy Emanuele Romani 8 6 30
6 Angola Luís Sá Silva 5 2 29
7 Hungary Dominik Fekete 3 5 25
8 Italy Armando Mangini 4 6 20
9 Hungary Zoltan Fekete 6† 4 20
Italy Salvatore de Plano DNS DNS 0

Teams' championship

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.