1998 Euro Open by Nissan

The 1998 Euro Open by Nissan was contested over 7 rounds/14 races. This was the first Open Fortuna by Nissan season which would go on to become the World Series by Renault. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Coloni CN1 chassis and Nissan engines.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Campos Motorsport	1	Marc Gené	All
Campos Motorsport	2	Antonio García	All
Scuderia Fama	3	Manuel Gião	All
Scuderia Fama	4	Stefano Sanesi	All
ADM Competizioni	5	Gianantonio Pacchioni	1-5
EC Motorsport	6	Patrice Gay	2-7
EC Motorsport	23	Nicolás Filiberti	All
First Grand Prix	7	Riccardo Moscatelli	All
G-TEC	8	Frédéric Gosparini	All
G-TEC	25	Miguel Ángel de Castro	3-7
Saturn Motorsport	9	Lluis Llobet	All
	10	Victor Fernández	1-2, 4-7
	21	Ricardo García Galiano	2-7
Formax Racing Team	11	Tamás Illés	1-5
Elide Racing	12	Polo Villaamil	All
	16	José Maria Pérez Fontán	6-7
	25	Miguel Ángel de Castro	1-2
Gluckmann Racing	15	Sergio García	All
Gluckmann Racing	16	José Maria Pérez Fontán	1-5
Nokia-Meycom	17	Angel Burgueño	1, 3-7
Promodrive Racing	27	David Bosch	All
Promodrive Racing	28	Ramón Caus	All
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Race calendar

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Albacete, Spain	Circuito de Albacete	25 April	Manuel Gião	Antonio García	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport	Report
1	R2	Albacete, Spain	Circuito de Albacete	26 April		Antonio García	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport	Report
2	R1	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	23 May	Marc Gené	Marc Gené	Marc Gené	Campos Motorsport	Report
2	R2	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	24 May		Marc Gené	Marc Gené	Campos Motorsport	Report
3	R1	Jerez, Spain	Circuito de Jerez	27 June	Marc Gené	Marc Gené	Marc Gené	Campos Motorsport	Report
3	R2	Jerez, Spain	Circuito de Jerez	28 June		Marc Gené	Marc Gené	Campos Motorsport	Report
4	R1	Castle Donington, UK	Donington Park	5 September	Marc Gené	Ángel Burgueño	Marc Gené	Campos Motorsport	Report
4	R2	Castle Donington, UK	Donington Park	6 September		Patrice Gay	Marc Gené	Campos Motorsport	Report
5	R1	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	3 October	Manuel Gião	Nicolás Filiberti	Nicolás Filiberti	EC Motorsport	Report
5	R2	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	4 October		Frédéric Gosparini	Ramón Caus	Promodrive Racing	Report
6	R1	Albacete, Spain	Circuito de Albacete	17 October	Manuel Gião	Ángel Burgueño	Manuel Gião	Scuderia Famà	Report
6	R2	Albacete, Spain	Circuito de Albacete	18 October		Ángel Burgueño	Manuel Gião	Scuderia Famà	Report
7	R1	San Sebastián, Spain	Circuito del Jarama	7 November	Manuel Gião	Ángel Burgueño	Angel Burgueño	Nokia-Maycom	Report
7	R2	San Sebastián, Spain	Circuito del Jarama	8 November		Ángel Burgueño	Angel Burgueño	Nokia-Maycom	Report
Sources:^[2]^[3]

Championship Standings

Drivers

For every race the points were awarded to the top ten race finishers: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. An additional two points were awarded for having the fastest lap.^[4]

Pos	Driver	ALB 1	ALB 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	JER 1	JER 2	DON 1	DON 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	ALB 1	ALB 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	Points
1	Marc Gené	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	178
2	Angel Burgueño	7	5			5	Ret	3	3	2	9	2	Ret	1	1	126
3	Manuel Gião	Ret	Ret	12	5	3	2	5	16	Ret	Ret	1	1	3	2	118
4	Polo Villaamil	2	2	4	3	2	9	8	Ret	DNS	10	8	6	4	3	118
5	Antonio García	1	1	11	6	DNS	DNS	6	15	3	5	5	2	Ret	Ret	99
6	Miguel Ángel de Castro	4	Ret	5	4	Ret	4	9	5	7	6	7	5	2	4	95
7	Frédéric Gosparini	Ret	3	3	2	4	3	18	4	6	14	15	7	Ret	6	89
8	Nicolás Filiberti	3	Ret	9	8	6	6	10	6	1	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	83
9	Patrice Gay			2	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	4	Ret	6	4	7	5	74
10	Ramón Caus	8	Ret	8	12	12	11	4	7	9	1	10	Ret	10	8	47
11	David Bosch	6	Ret	Ret	10	8	5	7	Ret	10	4	13	Ret	6	9	41
12	Stefano Sanesi	9	6	13	11	7	8	11	9	8	8	9	Ret	5	Ret	33
13	Riccardo Moscatelli	5	4	6	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	11	8	EX	Ret	31
14	Sergio García	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	7	12	8	Ret	12	12	Ret	9	7	17
15	Gianantonio Pacchioni	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	17	DNS	DNS					16
16	Ricardo García Galiano			Ret	Ret	10	10	17	12	11	7	14	9	8	Ret	11
17	Lluis Llobet	12	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	5
18	Tamás Illés	10	8	15	13	13	12	16	11	Ret	13					4
19	Victor Fernández	Ret	9	Ret	DNS			14	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	2
20	José Maria Pérez Fontán	11	Ret	14	14	11	Ret	15	10	Ret	15	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	1
Pos	Team	ALB 1	ALB 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	JER 1	JER 2	DON 1	DON 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	ALB 1	ALB 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	Points
Source:^[2]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Teams

Pos	Driver	ALB 1	ALB 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	JER 1	JER 2	DON 1	DON 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	ALB 1	ALB 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	Points
1	Campos Motorsport	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	Ret	Ret	229
2	Scuderia Famà	9	6	12	5	3	2	5	9	8	8	1	1	3	2	134
3	EC Motorsport	3	3	3	2	4	3	Ret	4	1	2	4	7	Ret	6	130
4	Nokia-Meycom	7	5			5	Ret	3	3	2	9	2	Ret	1	1	126
5	G-Tec	4	3	3	2	4	3	9	4	6	6	7	5	2	4	124
6	Elide Racing	2	2	4	3	2	9	8	Ret	DNS	10	8	6	4	3	104
7	Promodrive	6	Ret	8	10	8	5	4	7	9	1	10	Ret	6	8	67
8	First Grand Prix	5	4	6	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	11	8	EX	Ret	31
9	Gluckmann Racing	11	Ret	7	14	11	7	12	8	Ret	12	12	Ret	9	7	17
10	ADM Competizioni	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	DNS	DNS					16
11	Saturn Motorsport	12	7	Ret	Ret	10	10	13	12	11	7	14	9	8	10	16
12	Formax Racing Team	10	8	15	13	13	12	Ret	11	Ret	13					4
Pos	Team	ALB 1	ALB 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	JER 1	JER 2	DON 1	DON 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	ALB 1	ALB 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	Points
Sources:^[2]^[4]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

References

^ ^a ^b "Formula Euro Open Nissan - 1998: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Formula Euro Open Nissan - Season 1998: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ "Formula Euro Open Nissan - 1998: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Formula Euro Open Nissan - 1998: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

External links

[1998Entrants-1] "Formula Euro Open Nissan - 1998: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[1998Results-2] "Formula Euro Open Nissan - Season 1998: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[3] "Formula Euro Open Nissan - 1998: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[1998Points-4] "Formula Euro Open Nissan - 1998: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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