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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zele Racing[4] |
Auto GP | Lola B05/52 | Zytek | 7 |  Luís Sá Silva |
1 |
| 8 |  Dominik Fekete[5] |
1 | ||||
| 9 | Zoltán Fekete[5] |
1 | ||||
| 444 | Philipp Sager |
5 | ||||
| 789 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Christof von Grünigen |
2–4 | ||||
 PS Racing |
Auto GP | Lola B05/52 | Zytek | 16 | Salvatore de Plano |
1 |
| 115 |  Mahaveer Raghunathan |
All | ||||
| 116 | Emanuele Romani |
5 | ||||
| MM International MotorSport[4] |
F3000 | Lola B02/50 | Zytek | 33 | Armando Mangini[6] |
1 |
| Torino Squadra Corse[7] |
Auto GP | Lola B05/52 | Zytek | 155 |  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 | Adria International Raceway, Adria |
7 May | Luis Michael Dörrbecker |
Luís Sá Silva |
Luis Michael Dörrbecker |
Torino Squadra Corse |
| R2 | 8 May | Luis Michael Dörrbecker |
Luis Michael Dörrbecker |
Torino Squadra Corse | |||
| 2 | R3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza |
2 July | Defined by the 2016 BOSS GP season | |||
| R4 | 3 July | ||||||
| 3 | R5 |  TT Circuit Assen, Assen |
6 August | ||||
| R6 | 7 August | ||||||
| 4 | R7 |  Masaryk Circuit, Brno |
10 September | ||||
| R8 | 11 September | ||||||
| 5 | R9 | 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 |
MNZ |
ASS |
BRN |
IMO |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Michael Dörrbecker |
1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | |
| 2 | Mahaveer Raghunathan |
2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 151 | |
| 3 | Christof von Grünigen |
7 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 3 | Ret | 74 | |||||
| 4 | Philipp Sager |
7 | 5 | 34 | |||||||||
| 5 | Emanuele Romani |
8 | 6 | 30 | |||||||||
| 6 | Luís Sá Silva |
5† | 2 | 29 | |||||||||
| 7 | Dominik Fekete |
3 | 5 | 25 | |||||||||
| 8 | Armando Mangini |
4 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||
| 9 | Zoltan Fekete |
6† | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
| — | Salvatore de Plano |
DNS | DNS | 0 | |||||||||
Teams' championship
| Pos | Team | No. car |
ADR |
MNZ |
ASS |
BRN |
IMO |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torino Squadra Corse |
55 / 155 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | |
| 2 | PS Racing |
15 / 115 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 181 | |
| 16 / 116 | DNS | DNS | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Zele Racing |
7 / 789 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 3 | Ret | 162 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 444 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | MM International MotorSport |
33 | 4 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | No. car |
ADR |
MNZ |
ASS |
BRN |
IMO |
Points | ||||||
References
- "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.
- "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.
- The Championship Auto GP Formula Open 2016 had to interrupt its course Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- "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.
- Bethlen, Tamás (4 May 2016). "Ismét magyar résztvevő egy neves formulaautós szériában" (in Hungarian). formula.hu. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.