2023 Euroformula Open Championship

Jakob Bergmeister, also driving for the same team (and its offshoot in the final round), won the Rookies' Championship.

The 2023 season was scheduled to see a body kit upgrade for the chassis as well as the introduction of larger 17-inch tyres, but these plans were later scrapped.

A trophy at every race was awarded for the winning driver in the category, but no classification or points system was introduced.

[25] The Algarve International Circuit played host for the season opener, where ten cars were present.

He spent the race getting back into second, leaving Motopark's Noel León to complete the podium.

The third race saw a brilliant win by León, who dropped to eighth at the start, but kept his determination and slowly climbed back up the order.

She then had another bad start in race three, allowing Mason by into second, before he eventually took the lead past Motopark's Jakob Bergmeister.

Noda held on to the lead for the rest of the race and claimed her maiden win ahead of Bergmeister and Aron.

Behind him, CryptoTower's debutant Vladislav Ryabov fought with multiple drivers, but eventually had to give up the podium in favour of Shields and Simonazzi.

His first weekend without a win and retirement in the first race meant the championship closed back up, with Leóns lead over Aron now only 18 points.

[35][36] A seven-week break did not change León's one-lap pace as he took another pole position at the Red Bull Ring.

Simonazzi then attacked Aron and spun him around, before León got past both CryptoTower's Charlie Wurz and the Italian into the lead to take the win.

Shields took the lead of race three after poor getaways for both front-row starters as León started another climb up the order.

Aquaplaning occurred when the caution was withdrawn, causing another safety car and finally an early end to the race after seven laps.

A safety car later, another three-way battle for the lead was won by Wurz, who claimed the win ahead of Dufek, while Shields sustained damage and had to give up third to Motopark's debutant Levente Révész.

Once the dust had settled - and a safety car had been called for León ending his race in the gravel - Wurz overtook Trulli, but had to hand the position back, leaving the Italian to win, with Shields completing the podium.

Unlike the day before, Bergmeister was able to stay with the leader this time to finish the race in second and claim an uncontested Rookies' Championship.

León was a deserved and largely uncontested champion, while the drivers closest to his form did not contest the full season.

The ever strong Formula Regional European Championship and the newly founded Eurocup-3 drew interest away from the series, and its future became more and more unclear.

Away from the track, further drama did not help the popularity of the championship, after it became apparent that a special rule benefitting female drivers had been introduced.