Auto GP

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Auto GP
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Category Single seaters
Region Europe
Inaugural season1999
Folded2016
Drivers9
Teams5
Constructors Lola
Engine suppliers Zytek
Tyre suppliers Kumho Tires [1]
Last Drivers' champion Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Michael Dörrbecker
Last Teams' champion Flag of Italy.svg Torino Squadra Corse

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.

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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

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

Auto GP

SeasonChampionSecondThirdTeam ChampionSecondary Class Champion
Auto GP
2010 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Tappy Flag of France.svg DAMS U21: Flag of France.svg Adrien Tambay
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Afanasyev Flag of France.svg DAMS U21: Flag of Italy.svg Kevin Ceccon
Auto GP World Series
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Flag of Norway.svg Pål Varhaug Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova International U21: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Auto GP
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Campana Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova International U21: Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Pál Kiss Flag of Germany.svg Markus Pommer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova International not awarded
2015 cancelled
Auto GP Formula Open Championship
2016 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Michael Dörrbecker Flag of India.svg Mahaveer Raghunathan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christof von Grünigen Flag of Italy.svg Torino Squadra Corsenot 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 PositionFastest Lap
R125181512108642111
R2201512108643211

Previous points systems

Previous Auto GP points systems
YearsRace 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th Pole PositionFastest Lap
2011R125181512108642111
R2181310864211
2006–2010R110865432111
R26543211
200510865432111
1999–20041064321

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