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Cougnaud takes maiden win, Jones secures title

by Gruz David
Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

18-year-old Ed Jones became the 2013 European F3 Open champion, following a tense final race of the championship at Catalunya.

Starting from pole position, Jones enjoyed a smooth getaway and set the pace for the race for the first couple of laps. Soon, however, the UAE driver’ started to slow down and shortly ended up allowing Alexandre Cougnaud to take the lead.

With what looked like mechanical issues, Jones then started to experience a dramatic drop in pace, which saw him lose position after position in the final laps. He eventually wound up fifth, which was just enough to secure the championship regardless of championship rival Sandy Stuvik’s result.

Cougnaud went on to finally take his maiden F3 Open victory, beating teammate Stuvik by three seconds. Santiago Urrutia completed the all-RP Motorsport podium, closely followed by Canadian Nelson Mason.

With Jones in fifth, Alex Toril and Tatiana Calderon finished right behind the newly-crowned champion. Mario Marasca, Vicky Piria and Hector Hurst completed the top ten.

Reigning Copa class champion Richard Gonda won the category with 14th overall, ahead front of Tommaso Menchini and Cameron Twynham.

Although Thai racer Stuvik collected more points than Jones throughout the season, he had to drop two worst scores, which amounted to 20 discarded points. Jones himself, having missed the entire first round due to a clash with the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, retained all of his.

Race results
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1 Alexandre Cougnaud RP Motorsport
2 Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport +3.025
3 Santiago Urrutia RP Motorsport +3.854
4 Nelson Mason Team West-Tec +5.788
5 Ed Jones Team West-Tec +9.523
6 Alex Toril RP Motorsport +9.892
7 Tatiana Calderon EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +10.544
8 Mario Marasca BVM Racing +15.129
9 Vicky Piria BVM Racing +16.359
10 Hector Hurst EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +16.838
11 Damiano Fioravanti Corbetta Competizioni +17.895
12 Nicolas Pohler DAV Racing +19.001
13 Yarin Stern EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +19.331
14 Richard Gonda Drivex School +21.024
15 Tommaso Menchini Corbetta Competizioni +24.448
16 Cameron Twynham Team West-Tec +34.760
17 Denis Nagulin Campos Racing +35.468
18 Artur Janosz Campos Racing +42.479
19 Alexey Chuklin EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +46.932
20 Igor Urien EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +47.442
21 Christopher Hoeher Team West-Tec +48.004
22 Che One Lim EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +54.621
23 Sean Walkinshaw Team West-Tec +54.885
24 William Barbosa Corbetta Competizioni +55.942
25 Huan Zhu Team West-Tec +56.280
26 Andres Saravia EmiliodeVillota Motorsport +56.879
27 Constantino Peroni RP Motorsport +1:02.354
28 Saud Al-Faisal RP Motorsport +1:02.621
Not classified
Valeria Carballo Campos Racing 3 Laps
Gerardo Nieto DAV Racing 11 Laps
Championship standings
Pos Driver Team Pts
1 Ed Jones Team West-Tec 256
2 Sandy Stuvik RP Motorsport 247
3 Nelson Mason Team West-Tec 195
4 Santiago Urrutia RP Motorsport 191
5 Alex Toril RP Motorsport 158
6 Alexandre Cougnaud RP Motorsport 139
7 Hector Hurst EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 99
8 Yarin Stern EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 78
9 Mario Marasca BVM Racing 58
10 Vicky Piria BVM Racing 31
11 Alexey Chuklin EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 28
12 Valeria Carballo Campos Racing 18
13 Artur Janosz Campos Racing 16
14 Roberto La Rocca Team West-Tec 15
15 Andres Saravia EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 14
16 Tatiana Calderon EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 14
17 Spencer Pigot Team West-Tec 10
18 Brandon Maisano DAV Racing 10
19 Richard Gonda Drivex School 10
20 Denis Nagulin Campos Racing 8
21 Emil Bernstorff Team West-Tec 6
22 Mattia Vita Top F3 5
23 Gerardo Nieto DAV Racing 4
24 Liam Venter Team West-Tec 4
25 Che One Lim EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 3
26 Nicolas Pohler DAV Racing 2
27 Huan Zhu Team West-Tec 2
28 Luca Orlandi Team West-Tec 1
29 Jonathan Legris Team West-Tec 1
30 Tommaso Menchini Corbetta Competizioni 1

 

Copa Class
Pos Driver Team Pts
1 Richard Gonda Drivex School 100
2 Cameron Twynham Team West-Tec 81
3 Tommaso Menchini Corbetta Competizioni 78
4 Igor Urien EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 54
5 Che One Lim EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 53
6 Liam Venter Team West-Tec 31
7 Gerardo Nieto DAV Racing 30
8 Nicolas Pohler DAV Racing 24
9 Sean Walkinshaw Team West-Tec 19
10 Lorenzo Paggi Corbetta Competizioni 9
11 Trino Rojas RP Motorsport 7
12 Huan Zhu Team West-Tec 4
13 Saud Al-Faisal RP Motorsport 3
14 Damiano Fioravanti Corbetta Competizioni 3