Photo: GT Sport
Euroformula has confirmed the anticipated upgrading of its Dallara 320 car for 2025, when it will run the ‘324’ bodykit already in use in Super Formula Lights.
The third-tier single-seater series introduced the 320 for its 2020 season to continue with the design philosophy of traditional Formula 3, after the FIA had taken the F3 naming designation and put it on its new GP3 car the year before.
Every single car on this year’s Euroformula grid is powered by a Volkswagen-based Spiess engines, but for 2025 the entire grid will switch to TOM’S-developed 1.6-litre turbocharged Toyota units with a power output of 275bhp.
It marks the return of the Japanese brand to Euroformula, since it was engine supplier from 2010 to ’18 when Piedrahita was its tuning partner.
To purchase the 324 upgrade kit and Toyota engine, teams will need to pay €127,330 (£107,315). If entrants want to purchase the 324 as a brand-new car from Dallara (with 10 set to be built for the European market), then it will cost €265,330.
“We are particularly happy to start a new chapter in the history of the Euroformula Open. As known, we have been through a couple of difficult seasons, due to a number of reasons having to do with market conditions and production issues,” said Jesus Pareja, CEO of Euroformula promoter GT Sport.
“But we have never ceased to believe in our formula. GT Sport has been involved in single-seater formulae since 2001, with the Spanish F3 championship, and we are proud of what we have achieved. The project based on the Dallara 324 and the Toyota engine has been maturing for a couple of years and crystalizes now, after a successful introduction in the Super Formula Lights in Japan.
“We are convinced that the new package is very attractive, both from a racing and budget point of view and having at our side top partners such as Dallara, Toyota, TOM’s, Cosworth [electronics supplier], and Pirelli as the official tyre supplier, is a strong plus.”
Motopark dominated free practice for this weekend’s Euroformula round at Paul Ricard, with Brad Benavides setting the fastest time of the day, 1m 57.380s, beating team-mate Jakob Bergmeister by 0.193s. FP1 pace setter, Levente Revesz was third-fastest overall, ahead of Fernando Barrichello.
French Formula 4 graduate Enzo Richer set the fifth-fastest time on his series debut with Motopark.