The 2024 Eurocup-3 season is the second season of the Eurocup-3 series. Eurocup-3 is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship was created in 2023 as an alternative to the FIA-sanctioned Formula Regional European Championship and the Euroformula Open championship, after the latter series struggled to attract entries in late 2022.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Teams utilize the same Tatuus F3 T-318 chassis used in the Formula Regional European Championship, but fitted with an updated body kit, a new intercooler and a battery kit. It also is 25kg lighter than the FRECA car. The car uses a 270hp Alfa Romeo-Autotecnica engine, and Hankook tires.[2]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
  Campos Racing 2   Noah Lisle[3] NC, 1
5   Valentin Kluss[4] R NC, 1
16   Michael Shin[5] NC, 1
23   Christian Ho[6] R NC, 1
52   Suleiman Zanfari[7] NC, 1
  Palou Motorsport 4   Kirill Smal[a][8] 1
10   Luciano Morano[4] R 1
18   Garrett Berry[9] R NC, 1
30   Theodor Jensen[4] R NC, 1
  MP Motorsport 6   Bruno del Pino[10] 1
24   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.[11] NC, 1
25   Javier Sagrera[12] NC, 1
26   Owen Tangavelou[4] NC, 1
34   Dario Cabanelas[13] R 1
55   Valerio Rinicella[14] R NC
  Drivex 7   Georgy Zhuravskiy[a][4] R NC, 1
13   Daniel Nogales[15] 1
20   Gaspard Le Gallais[14] NC, 1
21   Victoria Blokhina[a][16] R NC, 1
64   Nick Gilkes[17] 1
  GRS Team[18] 9   Nikola Tsolov[19] 1
77   Isaac Barashi[20] R 1
  Saintéloc Racing 12   Alexander Abkhazava[a][6] NC, 1
44   Diego de la Torre[21] R NC, 1
69   Finley Green[8] 1
99   Matteo de Palo[14] NC
  José Garfias[8] 1
TBA   Jorge Campos[6] TBC
  Monlau Motorsport[22] TBA   TBA TBC
  Versa Evans GP TBA   Cooper Webster[23] TBC
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Race calendar edit

The calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 20 November 2023. The race tally remained the same, at 16 races across eight tracks.[24] The series will debut at the Red Bull Ring, at Algarve International Circuit and at Circuit Paul Ricard, while Monza, Estoril and the Circuit Ricardo Tormo did not return to the schedule.[25] As the series shares its promoter with the F4 Spanish Championship, five of the eight rounds are held together with that series. The calendar was slightly amended later on, moving the penultimate round one week back.[26] A one-event winter series separate from the main championship was also held at MotorLand Aragón. After the second race at Spa was cancelled because of bad weather conditions, a third race at Portimão was added to keep the season's race tally at 16.[27]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
Winter series
NC 1   MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 3 March GT Winter Series
Formula Winter Series
2
Main championship
1 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 19 April 24H Series
Prototype Cup Germany
R2 20 April
2 R1   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 17–19 May ESET Cup Series
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
R2
3 R1   Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 7–9 June F4 Spanish Championship
R2
R3
4 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 5–7 July F4 Spanish Championship
R2
5 R1   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 13–14 July Zandvoort Summer Trophy
Prototype Cup Germany
R2
6 R1   MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 26–28 July F4 Spanish Championship
R2
7 R1   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 4–6 October F4 Spanish Championship
R2
8 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 8–10 November F4 Spanish Championship
R2

Race results edit

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
NC R1   MotorLand Aragón   Christian Ho   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   MP Motorsport   Valerio Rinicella
R2   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   MP Motorsport   Valerio Rinicella
1 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Owen Tangavelou[b]   Javier Sagrera   Javier Sagrera   MP Motorsport   Valentin Kluss
R2 cancelled because of adverse weather conditions
2 R1   Red Bull Ring
R2
3 R1   Algarve International Circuit
R2
R3
4 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard
R2
5 R1   Circuit Zandvoort
R2
6 R1   MotorLand Aragón
R2
7 R1   Circuito de Jerez
R2
8 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
R2

Championship standings edit

Scoring system edit

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Additional points are awarded for setting the fastest lap during a race or qualifying on pole position.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver ARA1
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
POR
 
LEC
 
ZAN
 
ARA2
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Javier Sagrera 2 13† 1 C 26
2   Alexander Abkhazava WD WD 2 C 18
3   Kirill Smal 3 C 15
4   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 6 7 4 C 12
5   Suleiman Zanfari 8 6 5 C 10
6   José Garfias 6 C 8
7   Valentin Kluss 10† Ret 7 C 6
8   Dario Cabanelas 8 C 4
9   Theodor Jensen Ret 10 9 C 2
10   Nick Gilkes 10 C 1
11   Michael Shin 5 5 11 C 0
12   Diego de la Torre WD WD 12 C 0
13   Daniel Nogales 13 C 0
14   Georgy Zhuravskiy 9 8 14 C 0
15   Garrett Berry 7 9 15 C 0
16   Luciano Morano 16 C 0
17   Victoria Blokhina Ret 11 17 C 0
18   Bruno del Pino 18 C 0
19   Finley Green 19 C 0
20   Gaspard Le Gallais Ret 12 20 C 0
21   Isaac Barashi 21 C 0
22   Christian Ho 4 2 22† C 0
  Noah Lisle Ret 3 Ret C 0
  Nikola Tsolov Ret C 0
  Owen Tangavelou 3 4 DNS C 0
Non-championship round-only drivers
  Valerio Rinicella 1 1
  Matteo de Palo WD WD
Pos Driver NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
ARA1
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
POR
 
LEC
 
ZAN
 
ARA2
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Did not finish but classified

Rookie standings edit

Pos Driver ARA1
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
POR
 
LEC
 
ZAN
 
ARA2
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Valentin Kluss 5 Ret 1 C 25
2   Dario Cabanelas 2 C 18
3   Theodor Jensen Ret 5 3 C 15
4   Diego de la Torre WD WD 4 C 12
5   Georgy Zhuravskiy 4 3 5 C 10
6   Garrett Berry 3 4 6 C 8
7   Luciano Morano 7 C 6
8   Victoria Blokhina Ret 6 8 C 4
9   Isaac Barashi 9 C 2
10   Christian Ho 2 2 10† C 1
Non-championship round-only drivers
  Valerio Rinicella 1 1
Pos Driver NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
ARA1
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
POR
 
LEC
 
ZAN
 
ARA2
 
JER
 
CAT
 

Teams' standings edit

Each team count their two best results per race.

Pos Driver ARA1
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
POR
 
LEC
 
ZAN
 
ARA2
 
JER
 
CAT
 
Pts
NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   MP Motorsport 1 1 1 C 37
2 4 4 C
2   Saintéloc Racing WD WD 2 C 26
WD WD 6 C
3   Palou Motorsport 7 9 3 C 17
Ret 10 9 C
4   Campos Racing 4 2 5 C 16
5 3 7 C
5   Drivex 9 8 10 C 1
Ret 11 13 C
6   GRS Team 21 C 0
Ret C
Pos Driver NC R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
ARA1
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
POR
 
LEC
 
ZAN
 
ARA2
 
JER
 
CAT
 

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Blokhina, Smal and Zhuravskiy are Russian, but they compete under a Kyrgyz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abkhazava, a Russian-Georgian, competes under a Kazakh licence.
  2. ^ Free practice and both qualifying sessions were cancelled because of adverse weather conditions. The grid was set according to the times of the pre-event test, and therefore, no points for the pole position were awarded to Owen Tangavelou.

References edit

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