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 chassis and Nissan engines.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Campos Motorsport	1	Marc Gené	All
	2	Antonio García	All
Scuderia Fama	3	Manuel Gião	All
	4	Stefano Sanesi	All
ADM Competizioni	5	Gianantonio Pacchioni	1-5
EC Motorsport	6	Patrice Gay	2-7
	23	Nicolás Filiberti	All
First Grand Prix	7	Riccardo Moscatelli	All
G-TEC	8	Frédéric Gosparini	All
	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 Garcia	All
	16	José Maria Pérez Fontán	1-5
Nokia-Meycom	17	Angel Burgueño	1, 3-7
Promodrive Racing	27	David Bosch	All
	28	Ramón Caus	All

Race calendar

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

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.

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

NOTE

• Patrice Gay (EC Motorsport)
• Marc Gené (Campos Motorsport)
• Manuel Gião (Scuderia Famà)
• Frédéric Gosparini (G-Tec)
• Gianantonio Pacchioni (ADM Competizione)

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

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