The Formula Ford EuroCup, or European Formula Ford Championship, refers to two pan-European championships for

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competitors.

1969–2001

The original series was one of the earliest Formula Ford series, first run in 1969 and won by Gerry Birrell driving a Crossle. The series continued to run until 2001 as Formula Ford increasingly became a domestic oriented series with greater emphasis being placed on Formula 3 as a pan-European development Formula. The EFDA

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Euroseries was run, between 1979 and 1987 by the European Formula Drivers Association. and run alongside, for winged class, the EFDA

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Euroseries .

Champions

2011–2012

The concept was revived in 2011, as a series aimed at giving drivers experience at European race circuits. While individual events nominated a winner, there was no overarching points system or championship. Three national Formula Ford Championships were involved, the

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, the Benelux Formula Ford Championship and the Scandinavian Formula Ford Championship. The Formula Ford EuroCup ran for two seasons, and ended after the 2012 season.

2011 season

The 2011 Formula Ford EuroCup was the inaugural season of the Formula Ford EuroCup championship. The season began at

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on 18 June and ended on 14 August at

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, after four meetings each consisting of three races. Each round of the championship consisted of three races, with an overall EuroCup winner for each round announced.

2012 season

The 2012 Formula Ford EuroCup was the second season of the Formula Ford EuroCup. The season began at

on 23 June and ended on 29 July at

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, after four meetings each consisting of three races. Finnish driver Antti Buri won all three races at the opening meeting at Brands Hatch to take the season's inaugural EuroCup title, before his team boss

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– returning to single-seaters – repeated the feat at Spa-Francorchamps. The only driver to claim more than one EuroCup title was

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, who claimed each of the last two events at Zandvoort and the Nürburgring.

References

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