Auto GP

Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series.

Auto GP

Category	Single seaters
Region	Europe
Inaugural season	1999
Folded	2016
Drivers	9
Teams	5
Constructors	Lola
Engine suppliers	Zytek
Tyre suppliers	Kumho Tires[1]
Last Drivers' champion	Luis Michael Dörrbecker
Last Teams' champion	Torino Squadra Corse

The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 series, organised by Pierluigi Corbari, which used old Lola chassis with Zytek engines. The teams used the Lola T96/50 in the first two years. At the beginning nearly all races were held in Italy, but very quickly the series expanded and had venues in different European countries.

The series became European Formula 3000 in 2001. The next three years (2001–2003) saw the Lola B99/50 in use. For 2004, Superfund became the series' title sponsor, planning to use a new car with a new set of regulations, named Formula Superfund, but the funding was pulled before the 2005 season got under way and the series was cancelled.

For 2005, Coloni Motorsport established an Italian national-level championship, using the Italian Formula 3000 name. In 2006, Coloni expanded this to form a new European championship named Euroseries 3000 with the Lola B02/50. The Italian series continued to run as part of Euroseries races.

In 2009, the organisers announced that the first-generation A1 Grand Prix Lola B05/52 were allowed alongside the Lola F3000 chassis, replacing the old cars completely from 2010.^[2]

The championship itself was rebranded for the 2010 season, with it adopting the Auto GP name. As well as that, the championship offered a €200,000 prize fund at each of its six rounds.^[3]

2015 marked the start of the Auto GP World Series working with ISRA, a company from the Netherlands who set up the 2014 FA1 Series, this partnership, however, has not lasted long with the Auto GP Organisation announcing at Round 1 (of the 2015 season) that the two companies have parted ways. The 2015 season was "archived" midway through the season and midway through the 2016 season the series merged with the BOSS GP series.

Results

Formula 3000 era

Season	Champion	Second	Third	Team Champion	Secondary Class Champion
Italian Formula 3000
1999	Giorgio Vinella	Werner Lupberger	Marco Apicella	Team Martello	not awarded
2000	Ricardo Sperafico	Warren Hughes	Gabriele Lancieri	Arden Team Russia
Euro Formula 3000
2001	Felipe Massa	Thomas Biagi	Alex Müller	Draco Junior Team	not awarded
2002	Jaime Melo, Jr.	Romain Dumas	Jaroslav Janiš	Team Great Wall
2003	Augusto Farfus	Fabrizio del Monte	Gianmaria Bruni	Draco Junior Team
Superfund Euro Formula 3000
2004	Nicky Pastorelli	Fabrizio del Monte	Norbert Siedler	Draco Junior Team	not awarded
Italian Formula 3000
2005	Luca Filippi	Jaroslav Janiš	Giacomo Ricci	FMS International	L: Stefano Gattuso
Euroseries 3000
2006	Giacomo Ricci	Marco Bonanomi	Vitaly Petrov	FMS International	I: Giacomo Ricci
2007	Davide Rigon	Diego Nunes	Luiz Razia	Minardi by GP Racing	I: Davide Rigon
2008	Nicolas Prost	Fabio Onidi	Adam Khan	Bull Racing	I: Omar Leal
2009	Will Bratt	Marco Bonanomi	Fabio Onidi	FMS International	I: Will Bratt

Auto GP

Season	Champion	Second	Third	Team Champion	Secondary Class Champion
Auto GP
2010	Romain Grosjean	Edoardo Piscopo	Duncan Tappy	DAMS	U21: Adrien Tambay
2011	Kevin Ceccon	Luca Filippi	Sergey Afanasyev	DAMS	U21: Kevin Ceccon
Auto GP World Series
2012	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Pål Varhaug	Sergey Sirotkin	Super Nova International	U21: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Auto GP
2013	Vittorio Ghirelli	Kimiya Sato	Sergio Campana	Super Nova International	U21: Vittorio Ghirelli
2014	Kimiya Sato	Tamás Pál Kiss	Markus Pommer	Super Nova International	not awarded
2015	cancelled
Auto GP Formula Open Championship
2016	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mahaveer Raghunathan	Christof von Grünigen	Torino Squadra Corse	not awarded

Scoring system

Current system

Teams only score from their two highest placed cars. 48 points is the maximum possible haul for one driver in a race weekend.

2012 Auto GP points system[4][5]
Race	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
R1	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1
R2	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1		1

Previous points systems

Previous Auto GP points systems
Years	Race	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
2011	R1	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1
	R2	18	13	10	8	6	4	2	1				1
2006–2010	R1	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1			1	1
	R2	6	5	4	3	2	1						1
2005		10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1			1	1
1999–2004		10	6	4	3	2	1

References

1. "Kumho Tyres and double compound for 2012". Auto GP. Auto GP Organisation. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
2. "Euro 3000 com antigos carros do A1GP - Autosport.pt". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
3. Freeman, Glenn, ed. (2009-10-29). "Pit & Paddock: Euroseries 3000; Euro 3000 revamped for 2010". Autosport. Vol. 198, no. 5. p. 29.
4. "Auto GP tweaks race 2 points system for 2012 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
5. "More points awarded for Race 2". Auto GP World Series. Auto GP Organisation. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

External links

• Official website for Euroseries 3000
• F3000 history at Unofficial F3000^{[permanent dead link]}