2016 EuroFormula Open – Winter Series, Third Test, Preview

Barcelona ends thrilling Euroformula Open´s Winter Series

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host the third test of the Winter Series, which will attract more than twenty cars. Twelve different nationalities represented on the entry list

The Euroformula Open begins its final preseason challenge at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The series makes its way to the renowned Grand Prix track for the final stop of the Winter Series after two hard fought events at Jerez and Paul Ricard. The French track hosted two races and now the final two-day event will be devoted to testing at the same track where the traditional season finale takes place.

RP Motorsport will enter five Dallara-built F312 cars for Italy´s Damiano Fioravanti, Thailand´s Kantadhee Kusiri and Polish duo Igor Walilko and Antoni Ptak. The fifth racer to drive the same car driven by Matteo Ferrer and Jack Aitken at Jerez and Le Castellet respectively is still to be announced.

Campos Racing has been off to an extremely successful start as the Alzira-based outfit took win in both races at Paul Ricard. Italian Leonardo Pulcini and Mexican Diego Menchaca emerged as the winners with Ecuadorean Julio Moreno also performing pretty well on his debut in the series. Its fourth car is still listed with TBA driver.

Teo Martín Motorsport and its drivers are emerging as a force in preseason testing and Colombian Tatiana Calderón already stepped onto the podium at Paul Ricard. Romanian Petru Florescu, Russian Nikita Zlobin and Mexican José Vilalta, who complete the team´s line-up, will be also present both testing days in Catalunya.

Buccinasco-based DAV Racing will field two cars for its driver trio: China´s Kang Ling and Italian brothers Daniele and Riccardo Cazzaniga. Daniele and Riccardo will share the #77 car. Elder brother Daniele will test on Tuesday and Riccardo on Wednesday.

Carlin Motorsport will enter two cars for German-born Keyvan Andres and Indian Ameya Vaidyanathan. They both are making quick, steady progress and Barcelona will be another valuable part of their learning process in Formula 3.

BVM Racing returns to action with a two-car entry on Catalan soil. Russia´s Daniel Pronenko already proved his speed in previous Winter Series events and looks forward to gaining additional experience in the series.

Drivex celebrated double podium finish at Paul Ricard with the car driven by Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg. Habsburg finished second and third in France and will try to continue with his pack of positive results.

The Barcelona test will include four 55-minute sessions each of the two days.