The 2019 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event

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championship for single-seat

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formula racing cars that held across

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. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor

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which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the sixth

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season. For the first time since its inception, the championship featured multiple power unit manufacturers, allowing the use of Mercedes and

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engines. It was intended to have equalised performance of the powerplants, in terms of both power and torque like in the GT3 racing. But the equalisation was not successful as the teams that used Toyota engine which was tuned by Piedrafita had a lack of power in comparison with Mercedes and Volkswagen engines. The situation led to the withdrawal of the teams after the first round and switching to the Mercedes and Volkswagen engine prior round at Spa. Team Motopark driver

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won the title after the first race at Barcelona, having won eight races, including series of six wins in row in Spa, Hungaroring and Spielberg, while his team clinched the title after the second Spielberg race. Top rookie

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was Sato's closest challenger, winning four races throughout the season. His fellow Red Bull-staplemate

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won a race at the

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Teppei Natori Teppei Natori (Japanese: 名取鉄平, ''Natori Teppei''; born 11 September 2000) is a Japanese racing driver. Career Karting Natori started karting in 2014 when he was 14. He finished 6th in the ROK Cup International Final. Japanese F4 In 2 ...

was victorious in the second race at

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became the first double-amputee to win a race in single-seaters when he won the

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, and

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won both races at a one-off appearance in

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Teams and drivers

All teams utilized a Dallara F317 chassis.

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 31 August 2018. The calendar features six circuits from 2018 schedule. While

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and

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are not present in the current version of the calendar,

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made its debut as a Euroformula Open Championship round. The date of the Spa round was altered on 29 November 2018. On 10 December 2018 was announced that

will make debut in the extended nine-round Euroformula Open Championship schedule.

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

*Points were awarded as follows: Only the fifteen best race results counted towards the championship.

Rookies' championship

*Points were awarded as follows:

Teams' championship

*Points were awarded as follows:

Notes

References

External links

* {{Spanish F3 Seasons

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Euroformula Open Championship seasons