1999 Euro Open by Nissan

The 1999 Euro Open by Nissan was contested over 8 race weekends/16 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Coloni CN1 chassis and Nissan engines. 16 teams and 36 drivers competed.^[1]

1999 Euro Open by Nissan

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The car in which Fernando Alonso won the title at the final race; overhauling Manuel Gião by just seven points.

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Campos Motorsport	1	Antonio García	All
	2	Fernando Alonso	All
Scuderia Famà	3	Manuel Giao	All
	4	Joël Camathias	All
EC Motorsport	5	Ángel Burgueño	All
	6	Roberto Toninelli	All
	7	Riccardo Ronchi	All
G-TEC	8	Steffen Widmann	1-3
	9	Laurent Delahaye	All
	10	David Sterckx	1-3
	11	Rafael Sarandeses	All
	15	Fernando Navarrete	4-5, 7-8
	35	Greg Canton	6
Promodrive Racing	12	Sebastián Martino	1-4
	33	Chris Clark	5-8
Glückmann Racing	14	Sergio García	1-2
	29	Frederic Gosparini	2-4, 6
	37	Jamie Spence	6-7
	38	Abimael Tomeno	7-8
Saturn Motorsport	16	Lluis Llobet	1-3, 7-8
	17	David Bosch	1-4
	18	Víctor Fernández	1
Formax Racing Team	19	Tamás Illés	1, 3-5, 7-8
M-Tac	20	Ramón Caus	1-2
Venturini Racing	21	Davide Campana	1-4
	22	Rui Aguas	All
	39	Michelle Gasparini	5-8
Bigi Motorsport	23	Federico Sanz	1-2
Auto in Motorsport	26	Nicky Cadei	All
	27	Giuseppe Burlotti	All
	28	Andrea Belicchi	1-5
Tecno Dinamica Attiva	30	Giorgio Pantano	4-6
Azteca Motorsport	32	Frederic Haglung	8
Vergani Racing	40	Tomas Scheckter	8
Movistar Racing Fórmula	55	Miguel Ángel de Castro	All
	77	Balba González-Camino	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	March 27	Sebastián Martino	Antonio García	Ángel Burgueño	EC Motorsport	Report
	R2			March 28	Ángel Burgueño	Steffen Widmann	Fernando Alonso	Campos Motorsport
2	R1	Jerez, Spain	Circuito de Jerez	April 10	Manuel Gião	Ángel Burgueño	Manuel Gião	Scuderia Famà	Report
	R2			April 11	Ángel Burgueño	Rui Aguas	Ángel Burgueño	EC Motorsport
3	R1	San Sebastián, Spain	Circuito del Jarama	May 15	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Laurent Delahaye	G-Tec	Report
	R2			May 16	Fernando Alonso	Laurent Delahaye	Fernando Alonso	Campos Motorsport
4	R1	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	June 12	Fernando Alonso	Manuel Gião	Ángel Burgueño	EC Motorsport	Report
	R2			June 13	Manuel Gião	Davide Campana	Andrea Belicci	Auto in Motorsport
5	R1	San Sebastián, Spain	Circuito del Jarama	July 10	Fernando Alonso	Laurent Delahaye	Rafael Sarandeses	G-Tec	Report
	R2			July 11	Antonio García	Rafael Sarandeses	Antonio García	Campos Motorsport
6	R1	Castle Donington, UK	Donington Park	September 4	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Campos Motorsport	Report
	R2			September 5	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Campos Motorsport
7	R1	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	October 2	Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	Scuderia Famà	Report
	R2			October 3	Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	Fernando Alonso	Campos Motorsport
8	R1	Valencia, Spain	Circuito Ricardo Tormo	November 6	Tomas Scheckter	Fernando Alonso	Tomas Scheckter	Vergani Racing	Report
	R2			November 7	Tomas Scheckter	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Campos Motorsport
Sources:[2][3]

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 12 race results count, but all additional points count. Three drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().^[4]

• Points System:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FL
Pts	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	ALB		JER		JAR		MNZ		JAR		DON		CAT		VAL		Pts
1	Fernando Alonso	Ret	1	Ret	DNS	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	7	1	2	1	164
2	Manuel Gião	3	2	1	3	5	EX	3	12	Ret	8	2	6	1	2	3	4	157
3	Laurent Delahaye	6	Ret	10	5	1	4	2	Ret	3	4	14	5	2	5	4	8	129
4	Ángel Burgueño	1	Ret	3	1	Ret	9	1	Ret	5	13	9	Ret	Ret	3	5	3	118
5	Rui Aguas	Ret	16	2	2	2	5	4	Ret	4	3	11	3	Ret	6	7	6	115
6	Antonio García	2	15	5	8	4	3	5	Ret	Ret	1	6	2	Ret	DNS	9	5	109
7	Giuseppe Burlotti	4	7	13	Ret	8	2	6	3	9	6	5	4	4	12	6	7	94
8	Rafael Sarandeses	13	5	11	Ret	6	13	12	8	1	2	7	10	3	16	8	Ret	74
9	Miguel Ángel de Castro	5	3	7	Ret	3	Ret	16	DNS	7	7	12	Ret	5	4	13	10	63
10	Andrea Belicci	7	4	8	6	Ret	DNS	8	1	13	Ret							46
11	Nicki Cadei	10	10	15	11	Ret	11	Ret	4	6	5	3	Ret	13	Ret	12	Ret	38
12	Tomas Scheckter															1	2	35
13	Steffen Widmann	Ret	18	4	4	7	Ret											26
14	Davide Campana	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	Ret	2									25
15	Joël Camathias	Ret	6	12	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	13	8	9	Ret	12	6	7	10	11	22
16	Frederic Gosparini			6	7	Ret	6	Ret	DNS			17	Ret					16
17	David Bosch	Ret	13	17	12	11	8	7	5									15
18	Jamie Spence											4	Ret	10	9			13
19	Roberto Toninelli	15	8	16	Ret	13	DNS	10	6	12	14	Ret	11	12	8	11	Ret	13
20	Michele Gasparini									14	10	13	7	8	10	15	9	11
21	Giorgio Pantano							Ret	10	15	12	8	8					7
22	Sebastián Martino	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	10	13	7									6
23	Sergio García	8	Ret	9	10													6
24	Chris Clark									10	11	10	9	9	13	16	Ret	6
25	Riccardo Ronchi	Ret	14	18	13	17	12	9	9	16	15	16	13	11	14	18	12	4
26	David Sterckx	12	9	Ret	9	12	14											4
27	Fernando Navarrete							11	Ret	11	Ret			16	11	14	Ret	0
28	Balba González-Camino	16	Ret	Ret	14	14	Ret	14	11	17	16	18	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	14	0
29	Ramón Caus	14	11	19	15													0
30	Federico Sanz	Ret	12	14	Ret													0
31	Tamás Illés	Ret	17			15	Ret	18	Ret	18	17			14	15	17	13	0
32	Lluís Llobet	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	16	Ret	15	Ret					15	Ret	Ret	15	0
33	Greg Caton											15	Ret					0
34	Abimael Tomeno													17	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
35	Víctor Fernández	17	19															0
36	Frederic Haglund															Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	ALB		JER		JAR		MNZ		JAR		DON		BAR		VAL		Pts
Source:[2]

Teams

• Points System:^[4]

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FL
Pts	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Escudería	ALB		JER		JAR		MNZ		JAR		DON		BAR		VAL		Pts
1	Campos Motorsport	2	1	5	8	4	1	5	Ret	2	1	1	1	7	1	2	1	230
2	Scuderia Famà	3	2	1	3	5	EX	3	12	8	8	2	6	1	2	3	4	169
3	Venturini Racing	9	16	2	2	2	5	4	2	4	3	11	3	8	6	7	6	137
4	Auto in Motorsport	4	4	8	6	8	2	6	1	6	5	3	4	4	12	6	7	129
5	Ericsson G-Tec	13	5	11	Ret	6	13	2	8	1	2	7	5	2	5	4	8	119
6	Nokia - EC Motorsport	1	Ret	3	1	Ret	9	1	Ret	5	13	9	Ret	Ret	3	5	3	118
7	Movistar Racing Fórmula	5	3	7	14	3	Ret	14	11	7	7	12	Ret	5	4	13	10	63
8	G-Tec	6	9	4	4	1	4											62
9	Vergani Racing															1	2	35
10	Glückmann Racing	8	Ret	6	7	Ret	6	Ret	DNS			4	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret	32
11	Saturn Motorsport	17	13	17	12	11	8	7	5					15	Ret	Ret	15	15
12	Sol-EC Motorsport	15	8	16	13	13	12	9	6	12	14	16	11	11	8	11	12	14
13	Promodrive Racing	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	10	13	7	10	11	10	9	9	13	16	Ret	12
14	Tecno Dinamica Attiva							Ret	10	15	12	8	8					7
15	McDonald's G-Tec							11	Ret	11	Ret			16	11	14	Ret	0
16	M-Tac	14	11	19	15													0
17	Bigi Motorsport	Ret	12	14	Ret													0
18	Formax Racing Team	Ret	17			15	Ret	18	Ret	18	17			14	15	17	13	0
19	Ocean G-Tec											15	Ret					0
NC	Azteca Motorsport															Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Escudería	ALB		JER		JAR		MON		JAR		DON		BAR		VAL		Pts
Sources:[2][4]