The 2016 Auto GP Formula Open was the seventh and final year of the Auto GP, and the seventeenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship was due to on 9 April at Misano and should have finished on 16 October in Mugello after six double-header rounds. For the first round, the championship was open to all the single-seaters from 2 to 4 liters, such as Formula One, GP2, World Series, International Formula 3000, Formula Masters and Formula 3 cars. After the first round, Auto GP merged with the BOSS GP Series due to a number of teams and drivers moving over.The Championship Auto GP Formula Open 2016 had to interrupt its course .
Teams and drivers Team Car Chassis Engine Driver Rounds Zele Racing Auto GP Lola B05/52 Zytek 7 Luís Sá Silva 1 8 Dominik Fekete 1 9 Zoltán Fekete 1 444 Philipp Sager 5 789 Christof von Grünigen 2–4 PS Racing Auto GP Lola B05/52 Zytek 16 Salvatore de Plano 1 Mahaveer Raghunathan All 116 Emanuele Romani 5 MM International MotorSport F3000 Lola B02/50 Zytek 33 Armando Mangini 1 Torino Squadra Corse Auto GP Lola B05/52 Zytek Luis Michael Dörrbecker All
Calendar The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was released on 24 November 2015. Originally all races were scheduled to be held in Italy, but a round at the Nürburgring was later added, only to be cancelled days ahead of being held due to an excess of noise, according to Mexican driver Luis Michael Dörrbecker. Auto GP did not release any news on the issue. Following that, the series was integrated into the BOSS GP Series, where it has its own category as well as being part of the BOSS GP Formula class.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Adria International Raceway, Adria 7 May Luis Michael Dörrbecker Luís Sá Silva Luis Michael Dörrbecker Torino Squadra Corse R2 8 May Luis Michael Dörrbecker Luis Michael Dörrbecker Torino Squadra Corse 2 R3 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 2 July Defined by the 2016 BOSS GP season R4 3 July 3 R5 TT Circuit Assen, Assen 6 August R6 7 August 4 R7 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 10 September R8 11 September 5 R9 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 8 October R10 9 October
Championship standings
Points were awarded as follows: Round 1 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL Race 1 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1 Race 2 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 1 Rounds 2-5 Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th Points 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drivers' championship
Pos Driver ADR MNZ ASS BRN IMO Points 1 Luis Michael Dörrbecker 1 1 8 5 6 4 6 3 2 1 222 2 Mahaveer Raghunathan 2 3 15 6 7 5 8 4 4 Ret 151 3 Christof von Grünigen 7 4 Ret 8 3 Ret 74 4 Philipp Sager 7 5 34 5 Emanuele Romani 8 6 30 6 Luís Sá Silva 5† 2 29 7 Dominik Fekete 3 5 25 8 Armando Mangini 4 6 20 9 Zoltan Fekete 6† 4 20— Salvatore de Plano DNS DNS 0
Teams' championship Pos Team No.car ADR MNZ ASS BRN IMO Points 1 Torino Squadra Corse55 / 155 1 1 8 5 6 4 6 3 2 1 222 2 PS Racing 15 / 115 2 3 15 6 7 5 8 4 4 Ret 181 16 / 116 DNS DNS 8 6 3 Zele Racing 7 / 789 5 2 7 4 Ret 8 3 Ret 162 8 3 5 9 6 4 444 7 5 4 MM International MotorSport 33 4 6 20 Pos Team No.car ADR MNZ ASS BRN IMO Points
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