The 2015 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event

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championship for single-seat

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formula racing cars that was held across

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

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which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. The series changed tyre supplier from Dunlop to

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. It was the second

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season.

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driver Vitor Baptista claimed the championship title by five points (on dropped scores), winning six races during the 2015 campaign, including four consecutive victories during the second half of the season. The runner-up position in the championship went to

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for

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, who like Baptista, took six victories during the season. The championship top-three was completed by

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, who took a single race victory at

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's team. Other drivers to win races were DAV Racing's

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(

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) and

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(

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), while Baptista's teammate Damiano Fioravanti won at

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. These seven wins for RP Motorsport enabled them to win the teams' championship by ten points ahead of Campos Racing. In the Spanish Formula Three sub-classification, Tereshchenko and Campos Racing snared their respective titles. Over the three meetings at Jerez,

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and

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, Tereshchenko won four of the six races to best Baptista by thirty-seven points, who only won once, at Estoril. Kanamaru finished a further nine points in arrears in third place. With Tereshchenko's four wins, Campos Racing finished nine points clear of RP Motorsport in the teams' championship.

Teams and drivers

* All cars were powered by

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engines.

Race calendar and results

* An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2014. On 2 December 2014, it was confirmed, that the third round would take place at Estoril. All rounds, except for Jerez, supported the

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series, with rounds denoted with a blue background being part of the Spanish Formula Three Championship.

Championship standings

Euroformula Open Championship

Drivers' championship

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

Teams' championship

*Points were awarded as follows:

Spanish Formula Three Championship

Drivers' championship

*Points were awarded as follows:

Teams' championship

*Points were awarded as follows:

References

External links

* {{Spanish F3 Seasons Euroformula Open Championship seasons

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