The Formula Ford EuroCup, or European Formula Ford Championship, refers to two pan-European championships for Formula Ford competitors.
1969–2001 The original series was one of the earliest Formula Ford series, first run in 1969 and won by Gerry Birrell driving a Crossle. The series continued to run until 2001 as Formula Ford increasingly became a domestic oriented series with greater emphasis being placed on Formula 3 as a pan-European development Formula. The EFDA Formula Ford 1600 Euroseries was run, between 1979 and 1987 by the European Formula Drivers Association. and run alongside, for winged class, the EFDA Formula Ford 2000 Euroseries .
Champions SeasonChampion 1979 John Village 1980 Bo Martinsson 1981 Cor Euser 1982 Volker Weidler 1983 Gerrit van Kouwen 1984 Hans Furrer 1985 Paulo Carcasci 1986 JJ Lehto 1987 Svend Hansen 1998 Derek Hayes 1999 Marcos Ambrose 2000 Mark Taylor 2001 Richard Göransson
2011–2012 The concept was revived in 2011, as a series aimed at giving drivers experience at European race circuits. While individual events nominated a winner, there was no overarching points system or championship. Three national Formula Ford Championships were involved, the British Formula Ford Championship, the Benelux Formula Ford Championship and the Scandinavian Formula Ford Championship. The Formula Ford EuroCup ran for two seasons, and ended after the 2012 season.
2011 season The 2011 Formula Ford EuroCup was the inaugural season of the Formula Ford EuroCup championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on 18 June and ended on 14 August at Circuit Park Zandvoort, after four meetings each consisting of three races.
Each round of the championship consisted of three races, with an overall EuroCup winner for each round announced.
Round Circuit Date Supporting Winning driver EuroCup winner 1 R1 Brands Hatch GP 18 June British F3/GT Scott Malvern Scott Malvern R2 Scott Malvern R3 19 June Scott Malvern 2 R4 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8 July GT4 European Cup Scott Malvern Scott Malvern R5 9 July Geoff Uhrhane R6 Scott Malvern 3 R7 Circuit Zolder 16 July Superleague Formula Scott Malvern Scott Malvern R8 17 July Scott Malvern 4 R9 Circuit Park Zandvoort 13 August Masters of Formula 3 Scott Malvern Scott Malvern R10 Scott Malvern R11 14 August Joey van Splunteren
2012 season The 2012 Formula Ford EuroCup was the second season of the Formula Ford EuroCup. The season began at Brands Hatch on 23 June and ended on 29 July at Nürburgring, after four meetings each consisting of three races. Finnish driver Antti Buri won all three races at the opening meeting at Brands Hatch to take the season's inaugural EuroCup title, before his team boss Nick Tandy – returning to single-seaters – repeated the feat at Spa-Francorchamps. The only driver to claim more than one EuroCup title was Eric Lichtenstein, who claimed each of the last two events at Zandvoort and the Nürburgring.
Round Circuit Date Supporting Winning driver EuroCup Winner 1 R1 Brands Hatch GP 23 June British F3 / British GT Antti Buri Antti Buri R2 24 June Antti Buri R3 Antti Buri 2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 July 3000km of Spa Nick Tandy Nick Tandy R2 7 July Nick Tandy R3 Nick Tandy 3 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 14 July Masters of Formula 3 Bart van Os Eric Lichtenstein R2 Eric Lichtenstein R3 15 July Jake Cook 4 R1 Nürburgring 28 July British Formula Ford Eric Lichtenstein Eric Lichtenstein R2 29 July Julio Moreno R3 Eric Lichtenstein
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