Auto GP
Category
Region
Inaugural season
1999
Folded
2016
Drivers
9
Teams
5
Constructors
Engine suppliers
Tyre suppliers
Last Drivers' champion
Last Teams' champion
Torino Squadra Corse
Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series.
The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 series, organised by Pierluigi Corbari, which used old Lola chassis with Zytek engines. The teams used the Lola T96/50 in the first two years. At the beginning nearly all races were held in Italy, but very quickly the series expanded and had venues in different European countries.
The series became European Formula 3000 in 2001. The next three years (2001–2003) saw the Lola B99/50 in use. For 2004, Superfund became the series' title sponsor, planning to use a new car with a new set of regulations, named Formula Superfund, but the funding was pulled before the 2005 season got under way and the series was cancelled.
For 2005, Coloni Motorsport established an Italian national-level championship, using the Italian Formula 3000 name. In 2006, Coloni expanded this to form a new European championship named Euroseries 3000 with the Lola B02/50. The Italian series continued to run as part of Euroseries races.
In 2009, the organisers announced that the first-generation A1 Grand Prix Lola B05/52 were allowed alongside the Lola F3000 chassis, replacing the old cars completely from 2010.[2]
The championship itself was rebranded for the 2010 season, with it adopting the Auto GP name. As well as that, the championship offered a €200,000 prize fund at each of its six rounds.[3]
2015 marked the start of the Auto GP World Series working with ISRA, a company from the Netherlands who set up the 2014 FA1 Series, this partnership, however, has not lasted long with the Auto GP Organisation announcing at Round 1 (of the 2015 season) that the two companies have parted ways. The 2015 season was "archived" midway through the season and midway through the 2016 season the series merged with the BOSS GP series.
Season
Champion
Second
Third
Team Champion
Secondary Class Champion
Italian Formula 3000
not awarded
Euro Formula 3000
not awarded
Superfund Euro Formula 3000
not awarded
Italian Formula 3000
Euroseries 3000
I: Davide Rigon
I: 
Omar Leal
I: 
Will Bratt
Season
Champion
Second
Third
Team Champion
Secondary Class Champion
Auto GP
U21: 
Adrien Tambay
U21: Kevin Ceccon
Auto GP World Series
U21: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Auto GP
U21: Vittorio Ghirelli
not awarded
cancelled
Auto GP Formula Open Championship
Christof von Grünigen
Torino Squadra Corse
not awarded
Teams only score from their two highest placed cars. 48 points is the maximum possible haul for one driver in a race weekend.
Race
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
R1
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
1
R2
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
1
Previous Auto GP points systems
Years
Race
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
2011
R1
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
1
R2
18
13
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
2006–2010
R1
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
R2
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
2005
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
1999–2004
10
6
4
3
2
1
Italian Formula 3000
Euro Formula 3000
Italian Formula 3000
Euroseries 3000
Auto GP
Defunct
One-make
formulae
Defunct
One-make
spec racing
Defunct
Defunct
Defunct
Defunct
Defunct
Defunct
Defunct
