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2024 Eurocup-3 season

The 2024 Eurocup-3 season was 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]

Javier Sagrera, driving for MP Motorsport, won the Drivers' Championship by just two points over Campos Racing's Christian Ho, who became the Rookies' Champion. Sagrera's team MP Motorsport won their first Teams' Championship at the penultimate round of the season.

Javier Sagrera (top), driving for Teams' Champions MP Motorsport, won the Drivers' Championship. Christian Ho (bottom), driving for Campos Racing, finished the season runner-up and won the Rookies' Championship.

Teams and drivers

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Teams utilized 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 was 25kg lighter than the FRECA car. The car used a 270hp Alfa Romeo-Autotecnica engine, and Hankook tires.[2]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
  Campos Racing 2   Noah Lisle[3] NC, All
5   Valentin Kluss[4] R NC, All
16   Michael Shin[5] NC, All
23   Christian Ho[6] R NC, All
52   Suleiman Zanfari[7] NC, 1–3
  Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[8] 4–8
  MP Motorsport 3   Javier Sagrera[9] All
25 NC
6   Bruno del Pino[10] All
24   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.[11] NC, All
26   Owen Tangavelou[4] NC
84 All
34   Dario Cabanelas[12] R 1–7
  Georgy Zhuravskiy[a][4] R 7–8
55   Valerio Rinicella[13] R NC
  Palou Motorsport 4   Kirill Smal[a][14] 1–2
  Pierre-Louis Chovet[15] 6
  Gerrard Xie[16] G 7
  Everett Stack[17] G 8
10   Luciano Morano[4] R All
18   Garrett Berry[18] R NC, All
30   Theodor Jensen[4] R NC, All
  Drivex 7   Georgy Zhuravskiy[a][4] R NC, 1–6
  Michael Belov[a][16] G 7
  Nikita Bedrin[a][19] G 8
13   Daniel Nogales[20] 1–5
20   Gaspard Le Gallais[13] NC, All
21   Victoria Blokhina[a][21] R NC, All
64   Nick Gilkes[22] 1–6
  Joao Díaz[23] R 7
  Preston Lambert[17] R G 8
  GRS Team[24] 9   Nikola Tsolov[25] 1, 3, 5–7
  Emely de Heus[26] 2, 8
72 3, 5
  Douwe Dedecker[15] R 6–7
  Mari Boya[17] G 8
77   Isaac Barashi[27] R All
  Saintéloc Racing 12   Alexander Abkhazava[a][6] NC, All
17   Daniel Nogales[15] 6
44   Diego de la Torre[28] R NC, All
69   Finley Green[14] 1–4, 6
  Yevan David[29] 5
  James Hedley[16] G 7
  Matteo Quintarelli[30] R G 8
99   Matteo de Palo[13] NC
  José Garfias[14] 1–6
  Daniel Nogales[16] 7–8
  DXR by Drivex 25   Joao Díaz[23] R 2–6
26   Hadrien David[15] 6
43   Linus Hellberg[15] G 6–8
48   Emil Hellberg[15] G 6–8
Icon Legend
R Rookie
  • Evans GP originally announced that it planned to enter the championship in cooperation with Versa Motorsport.[31] It had already signed Cooper Webster and planned to field three cars, but after missing the first two rounds, it was confirmed the team had abandoned these plans.[32]
  • Monlau Motorsport also announced their entry into the championship, but later confirmed it would not join in 2024.[33][34]
  • Jorge Campos was initially announced to join Saintéloc Racing for his second Eurocup-3 campaign, but did not enter any rounds.[6]

Race calendar

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The calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 20 November 2023. The race tally remained the same, at 16 races across eight tracks.[35] The series debuted 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.[36] As the series shared its promoter with the F4 Spanish Championship, five of the eight rounds were held together with that series. The calendar was slightly amended later on, moving the penultimate round one week back.[37] 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.[38]

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 19 May ESET Cup Series
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
R2
3 R1   Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 8 June Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica
F4 Spanish Championship
R2 9 June
R3
4 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 6 July V de V 6 Hours of Paul Ricard
F4 Spanish Championship
R2 7 July
5 R1   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 13 July Zandvoort Summer Trophy
Prototype Cup Germany
R2 14 July
6 R1   MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 27 July Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica
F4 Spanish Championship
R2 28 July
7 R1   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 5 October Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica
F4 Spanish Championship
R2 6 October
8 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 9 November Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica
F4 Spanish Championship
R2 10 November

Race results

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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, replaced by a round at Algarve International Circuit.
2 R1   Red Bull Ring   Owen Tangavelou   Owen Tangavelou   Owen Tangavelou   MP Motorsport   Dario Cabanelas
R2   Christian Ho   Dario Cabanelas   Bruno del Pino   MP Motorsport   Christian Ho
3 R1   Algarve International Circuit   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Christian Ho
R2   Valentin Kluss   Valentin Kluss   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Christian Ho
R3   Christian Ho   Bruno del Pino   Alexander Abkhazava   Saintéloc Racing   Valentin Kluss
4 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Bruno del Pino   MP Motorsport   Christian Ho
R2   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Christian Ho
5 R1   Circuit Zandvoort   Javier Sagrera   Bruno del Pino   Javier Sagrera   MP Motorsport   Christian Ho
R2   Javier Sagrera   José Garfias   Javier Sagrera   MP Motorsport   Valentin Kluss
6 R1   MotorLand Aragón   Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.   Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.   Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.   Campos Racing   Christian Ho
R2   Owen Tangavelou   Daniel Nogales   Javier Sagrera   MP Motorsport   Christian Ho
7 R1   Circuito de Jerez   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Christian Ho
R2   Bruno del Pino   Bruno del Pino   Bruno del Pino   MP Motorsport   Christian Ho
8 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.   MP Motorsport   Christian Ho
R2   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Christian Ho

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Additional points were 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

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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 8 2 5 8 2 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 6 6 250
2   Christian Ho 4 2 22† C Ret 4 1 1 21† 2 1 2 5 2 9 1 5 2 1 248
3   Bruno del Pino 18 C 2 1 2 7 4 1 10 3 2 4 4 12 1 3 11 209
4   Owen Tangavelou 3 4 DNS C 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 Ret 6 6 8 7 DSQ 158
5   Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 6 7 4 C 3 5 20† 6 16 8 6 8 17 14 2 4 4 1 2 149
6   Valentin Kluss 10† Ret 7 C 19 6 6 2 3 7 4 12 3 7 7 9 10 9 8 121
7   Michael Shin 5 5 11 C 9 7 Ret 3 6 9 8 Ret 9 3 8 3 3 8 10 98
8   Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Ret 3 13 21 1 10 8 6 4 7 80
9   Alexander Abkhazava WD WD 2 C 6 24 4 Ret 1 6 9 Ret Ret 25† 11 13 14 10 12 76
10   José Garfias 6 C 7 23 Ret 5 20 4 7 22 6 10 13 52
11   Nikola Tsolov Ret C 9 9 8 6 8 5 3 10 Ret 47
12   Noah Lisle Ret 3 Ret C 5 12 8 15 Ret 21 11 5 20 8 5 7 12 13 17 47
13   Kirill Smal 3 C 4 Ret 27
14   Theodor Jensen Ret 10 9 C 18 10 Ret 10 7 15 19 7 16 9 18 11 Ret 18 9 25
15   Daniel Nogales 13 C 12 9 10 11 17 11 13 11 12 11 17 Ret 9 Ret 4 23
16   Dario Cabanelas 8 C 10 16 7 21 12 20 22 Ret 10 19 Ret WD WD 13
17   Suleiman Zanfari 8 6 5 C DNS DNS 19† 19 10 11
18   Hadrien David 6 21 8
19   Yevan David 10 7 7
20   Isaac Barashi 21 C 11 8 15 20 19 17 16 9 18 12 22† 18 19 20 19 6
21   Garrett Berry 7 9 15 C 14 13 18 14 9 13 12 20 11 26† Ret 20 Ret 17 23† 2
22   Georgy Zhuravskiy 9 8 14 C Ret 11 13 18 11 10 14 16 22 21 Ret 15 15 11 13 2
23   Nick Gilkes 10 C 16 20 12 16 13 Ret 15 16 19 16 19 1
24   Diego de la Torre WD WD 12 C 20 14 11 13 18 14 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 14 16 19 14 0
25   Luciano Morano 16 C 15 19 Ret 12 Ret 12 17 19 14 13 23† 16 18 16 24† 0
26   Joao Díaz Ret 21 17 22 Ret 19 20 DNS 15 18 12 19 17 0
27   Victoria Blokhina Ret 11 17 C 17 18 16 Ret DNS 18 18 18 25 20 16 22 20 12 16 0
28   Gaspard Le Gallais Ret 12 20 C Ret 17 14 17 15 16 21 21 24 24 20 24 13 DSQ 22 0
29   Emely de Heus 13 15 Ret DNS 14 17 23 DNS Ret 0
30   Douwe Dedecker 15 Ret WD WD 0
31   Pierre-Louis Chovet 17 Ret 0
32   Finley Green 19 C Ret 22 DNS DNS DNS WD WD DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
—   Nikita Bedrin 5 3 —
—   Michael Belov 5 7 —
—   Mari Boya 15 5 —
—   James Hedley 17 11 —
—   Linus Hellberg 22 14 23 21 Ret 21 —
—   Everett Stack 14 Ret —
—   Emil Hellberg 23 15 21 22 22 18 —
—   Preston Lambert 21 15 —
—   Matteo Quintarelli Ret 20 —
—   Gerrard Xie WD WD –
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

Teams' standings

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Each team counted their two best results per race and the bonus points for fastest laps if applicable.

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 1 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 561
2 4 4 C 2 2 3 6 4 3 5 3 2 14 2 4 2 3 6
2   Campos Racing 4 2 5 C 5 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 5 1 3 2 1 460
5 3 7 C 9 6 6 2 6 7 3 5 4 2 7 3 5 4 7
3   Saintéloc Racing WD WD 2 C 6 14 4 5 1 4 7 10 6 10 11 13 9 10 4 155
WD WD 6 C 7 22 11 14 18 6 9 15 7 11 17 14 11 20 12
4   Palou Motorsport 7 9 3 C 4 10 18 10 7 12 12 7 11 9 18 11 18 14 9 54
Ret 10 9 C 14 13 Ret 13 9 13 17 20 14 13 23† 16 Ret 17 23†
5   GRS Team 21 C 11 8 9 10 8 17 16 6 8 5 3 10 19 15 5 53
Ret C 13 15 15 20 14 9 18 16 Ret 18 Ret 16 19
6   DXR by Drivex Ret 21 17 22 Ret 19 20 DNS 15 6 14 21 21 22 18 8
18 15 23 22 Ret 21
7   Drivex 9 8 10 C 12 9 10 12 11 10 13 12 12 16 16 5 7 5 3 5
Ret 11 13 C 16 11 12 16 13 11 14 15 19 20 19 15 13 12 15
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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Blokhina, Smal, Zhuravskiy, Belov and Bedrin are Russian, but with Russian national emblems banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they all competed under Kyrgyz licences, except for Bedrin, who uses an Italian licence. Abkhazava, a Russian-Georgian, competed under a Kazakh licence for the same reason.
  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.

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