European F3 Open

The ever-growing European Formula 3 Open Championships were previously known as Spanish Formula 3 and started in 2001 and, since then, has steadily grown, becoming one of the strongest F3 championships that any country or continent has to offer.

 

A superb track selection, a great value for money budget and with an enviable record of graduating drivers to the higher levels of single-seater racing in recent years, European Open F3 has been unmatched by any other Formula 3 Championship worldwide, which is why Team West-Tec became the first ever British team to compete in 2007.

 

Back in late 2006, the Team West-Tec principals travelled to Spain and completed the purchase of assets from Racing Engineering, the leading Spanish Formula 3 team who wanted to concentrate on their successful

GP2 team. We have since forged strong links with Racing Engineering with our F3 drivers being regular visitors to the GP2 team.

 

In 2007 Team West-Tec took Spanish F3 by storm. Initially concentrating on the Copa de Espana class, the team took seven wins and six second places to become Copa de Espana Champions with star Norwegian driver, Thor-Christian Ebbesvik. The team scored the highest overall finish by any Copa car in 2007 and featured as high as third place overall.

 

Operating four cars in 2008, the team again challenged at the forefront of the Copa with the highlight of the year being two outright wins including one around the streets of the Americas Cup Port in Valencia supporting the Formula 1 European Grand Prix.

 

Winning a second Championship in 2009, wins kept coming and Team West-Tec ended 2011 as the reigning the Overall Team Champions as well as the Copa Champions, having a record better than any other team to have competed in the European F3 Open.

Five years after returning to Formula 3, Team West-Tec has a sensational record of 49 wins, 130 podiums, and four Championship titles.

 

As the only fully English-speaking team in the series, and with good experience on all of the European circuits that the Championship now visits, Team West-Tec enters 2012 well placed to build further on its success.

 

With the 2011 Championship again having a stunningly good track selection, the team are looking forward to visiting the tracks as below:

 

2012 Provisional Calendar:

 

Portimao, Algarve (POR) 16-17 February – WINTER SERIES Paul Ricard (FRA) 2-3 March – WINTER SERIES

2012 PROVISONAL CALENDAR
ROUND	DATE	CIRCUIT	LOCATION
1 & 2	April 28/29	Portimao	Portugal
3 & 4	May 26-27	Nurburgring	Germany
5 & 6	June 23/24	Spa	Belgium
7 & 8	July 14/15	Brands Hatch (GP)	UK
9 & 10	July 21/22	Paul Ricard	France
11 & 12	September 8/9	Hungaroring	Hungary
13 & 14	September 29/30	Monza	Italy
15 & 16	November 2/4	Barcelona	Spain