2020 Euroformula Open Championship

The 2020 Euroformula Open Championship will be a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship will feature drivers competing in the new Dallara 320 car, which will feature the Halo safety device.[1]. It will be the seventh Euroformula Open Championship season.

2020 Euroformula Open
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Partner series:
International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
Related Series:
2020 Super Formula Lights

Teams and drivers

All teams utilized the new Dallara 320 chassis.

Team Engine Driver Status
Carlin Motorsport[2] Volkswagen Ido Cohen[3]
Zane Maloney[4] R
TBA
CryptoTower Racing[5] Volkswagen Rui Andrade[5]
Ye Yifei[5]
TBA
Double R Racing[6] Mercedes-Benz Ayrton Simmons[7] R
TBA
Drivex School[8] Mercedes-Benz Glenn van Berlo[9] R
TBA
Fortec Motorsports[10] Volkswagen[10] Kris Wright[11]
TBA
Manor Competition[12] Mercedes-Benz[12] Lukas Dunner[13]
TBA
TBA
Team Motopark[2] Volkswagen Cameron Das[14]
Niklas Krütten[15]
Manuel Maldonado[15]
Team Fox Racing[16] TBA TBA
Van Amersfoort Racing[17] Mercedes-Benz[17] Alexandre Bardinon[18]
Andreas Estner[19] R
Sebastian Estner[20] R

Race calendar

A nine-round provisional calendar was revealed on 11 October 2019. While Silverstone Circuit is not on this season's calendar, Autodromo di Pergusa is scheduled to debut as a Euroformula Open Championship round.[1] An updated calendar was announced on 22 October 2019.[21]

After start of the season was delayed due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, a new 8-round calendar was announced on 21 May 2020. The round at Circuit de Pau-Ville, which was on the original schedule, will not be run this season.[22] On 3 June 2020 it was announced that the season opener at Hungaroring was moved back to 23–26 July.[23] On 10 June 2020 the season opener was moved to 8–9 August, while the round at Autodromo di Pergusa was cancelled with plans to run there in 2021.[24]

Round Circuit Date
1 R1 Hungaroring 8 August
R2 9 August
2 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 22 August
R2 23 August
3 R1 Red Bull Ring 12 September
R2 13 September
4 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 26 September
R2 27 September
5 R1 Mugello Circuit 3 October
R2 4 October
6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 17 October
R2 18 October
7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October
R2 1 November
8 R1 Circuito del Jarama 7 November
R2 8 November

References
  1. Wood, Elliot (11 October 2019). "Mediterranean Grand Prix revived by Euroformula Open for 2020". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. "Deliveries of the new Dallara 320 have started". euroformulaopen.com. Euro Formula Open. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. "Cohen joins Carlin for EuroFormula Open". Carlin. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. "MALONEY STAYS WITH CARLIN FOR EUROFORMULA OPEN". January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  5. "CryptoTower Racing Team, first Japanese team to enter the Euroformula". May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. Simmons, Marcus (February 9, 2020). "Grid of 20 cars tipped for Euroformula Open's new Dallara 320 era". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  7. "BRITISH F3 RACE WINNER SIMMONS JOINS DOUBLE R FOR EUROFORMULA OPEN". March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  8. "Teams and drivers who used new Dallara 320". February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  9. "Drivex School starts 2020 by signing Glenn van Berlo". February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  10. "Fortec Motorsports looking forward to two-car 2020 Euroformula effort, switches to Spiess engines". euroformulaopen.com. Euro Formula Open. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  11. "American Kris Wright joins UK's Fortec Motorsports to compete in the Euroformula Open Series - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  12. Simmons, Marcus (February 25, 2020). "Manor name set for single-seater return in Euroformula Open series". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  13. Wood, Elliot (June 27, 2020). "Lukas Dunner confirms return to Euroformula". FormulaScout. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. Wood, Elliot (February 27, 2020). "Cameron Das adds Euroformula return to FIA F3 drive for 2020". FormulaScout. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  15. "Team Motopark to defend EF titles with Das, Krütten and Maldonado". May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  16. Wood, Elliot (April 22, 2020). "Euroformula expecting more new teams for 2020". FormulaScout. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  17. Wood, Elliot (22 November 2019). "Van Amersfoort Racing confirms plan to join Euroformula Open". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  18. "VAR enters 2020 Euroformula Open Championship with Alexandre Bardinon". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  19. "Estner brothers reunited: Andreas Estner joins VAR for Euroformula 2020". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  20. "VAR SIGNS SEBASTIAN ESTNER FOR EUROFORMULA OPEN 2020". February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  21. "2020 Euroformula calendar announced, GP del Mediterraneo joins Pau GP and seven top F1 tracks". euroformulaopen.net. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  22. "Euroformula confirms 8 rounds and includes Mugello and Jarama in 2020 calendar". euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  23. "Euroformula Open season-opener at the Hungaroring moved to 23-26 July". 3 June 2020.
  24. "The 2020 Euroformula Open season-opener at the Hungaroring to take place on 6-9 August". 10 June 2020.
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