Formula Ford EuroCup

Formula Ford EuroCup

Category	Formula racing
Country	Europe
Inaugural season	1969 2011 (modern)
Folded	2012

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 series was run for many years by the European Formula Drivers Association and run alongside championships for winged classes, Formula Ford 2000 and Formula Opel.

Champions

Season	Champion
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