2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the third Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 26 April and finished on 5 October at Spa, after sixteen races.

Valtteri Bottas during the championship

Motopark Academy driver Valtteri Bottas won the NEC championship title, having won twelve races during the season, bringing the team their third successive drivers' championship title. His teammates António Félix da Costa and Tobias Hegewald, completed the top three, for the team's second consecutive championship title.

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Driver name Rounds
  Koiranen bros. 2   Daniel Aho All
3   Bart Hylkema All
44   Toomas Heikkinen 8
  GU-Racing 5   Maximilian Wissel 1–4
6   Carlos Gaitán Quinones 1–4
  KEO Racing 7   Kevin Kleveros All
8   Robert Siska 7
  Motopark Academy 10   Tobias Hegewald 1–3, 5–8
11   Valtteri Bottas 1–3, 5–8
12   Johan Jokinen All
13   António Félix da Costa All
14   Vinicius Samarone All
22   Kuba Giermaziak 1–3, 5–8
23   Juan Pablo García 1–7
  AR Motorsport 15   Kelvin Snoeks All
16   Thomas Knopper All
17   Arnold Neveling 4–8
36   Philip Forsman 7–8
  TL Motorsport 18   Martin Tlusty 1–2, 4–5, 8
  Krenek Motorsport 19   Adam Kout 7–8
28   Jakub Knoll All
29   Laurent Stieger 2–4, 7
  Van Amersfoort Racing 20   Stef Dusseldorp All
21   Nigel Melker All
  MEX Motopark 23   Juan Pablo García 8
  MP Motorsport 25   Daniël de Jong All
26   Mateusz Adamski 1–3, 5–8
27   Nicky Catsburg All
  Steiner Motorsport 30   Bianca Steiner 1–2, 4, 8
  Kart Motorsport   Jesse Laine 3
  P1 Motorsport 31   Jesse Krohn 3
  SL Formula 32   Marlene Dietrich All
  Trakstar Racing 36   Philip Forsman 1–6
37   Daniel Ivarson 2, 4, 8
  Wikman 44   Juha-Pekka Wikman 3
  Red Step Formula 45   Ville Miilumäki 3
46   Toomas Heikkinen 3
  Fortec Motorsport 50   James Calado 6, 8
51   Oliver Webb 6, 8
55   Alexander Morgan 8
  Double M Racing 55   Alexander Morgan 5, 7

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Event
1 R1   Hockenheimring 26 April   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy Jim Clark Revival
R2 27 April   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy
2 R1   Circuit Park Zandvoort 31 May   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy Jubileum Races
R2 1 June   Valtteri Bottas   Tobias Hegewald   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy
3 R1   Alastaro Circuit 14 June   Valtteri Bottas   Johan Jokinen   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy Formula Renault 2.0 Finland
R2 15 June   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy
4 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 6 July   António Félix da Costa   António Félix da Costa   António Félix da Costa   Motopark Academy FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
R2 7 July   Johan Jokinen   Johan Jokinen   Johan Jokinen   Motopark Academy
5 R1   TT Circuit Assen 2 August   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy Rizla Racing Day
R2 3 August   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy
6 R1   Circuit Zolder 9 August   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Stef Dusseldorp   Van Amersfoort Racing Masters of Formula 3
R2 10 August   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Tobias Hegewald   Motopark Academy
7 R1   Nürburgring 30 August   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy World Series by Renault
R2 31 August   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy
8 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 October   Tobias Hegewald   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy Spa Racing Festival
R2 5 October   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Valtteri Bottas   Motopark Academy

Standings

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Race point system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 9th 10th 12th 13th 14th 15th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points 30 24 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Points are awarded only based on position. There are 2 races by rounds, each 25 minutes.

Pos[1] Driver HOC
 
ZAN
 
ALA
 
OSC
 
ASS
 
ZOL
 
NÜR
 
SPA
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1   Valtteri Bottas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 16 1 1 1 1 365
2   António Félix da Costa 3 20 2 3 14 2 1 2 3 4 2 3 7 22 3 6 279
3   Tobias Hegewald 2 19† 9 2 2 3 10 3 3 1 3 2 2 16 260
4   Stef Dusseldorp 5 2 13 5 4 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 1 2 4 5 14 11 224
5   Johan Jokinen 6 3 4 4 20 4 3 1 Ret 18 6 5 5 3 15 9 224
6   Kuba Giermaziak 4 4 3 21 3 7 2 2 7 Ret 2 4 6 27† 206
7   Daniel Aho 13 7 Ret 16 Ret Ret 2 3 15 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 173
8   Nicky Catsburg Ret 5 5 18 5 11 Ret 13 4 22† 4 10 15 15 4 3 163
9   Kelvin Snoeks 10 10 7 8 11 Ret 7 10 7 12 17 13 16 16 13 14 140
10   Thomas Knopper 12 6 16 10 9 14 8 11 9 13 14 12 14 10 18 12 140
11   Bart Hylkema 11 9 15 14 7 Ret 5 7 11 9 16 4 10 Ret Ret 21 134
12   Nigel Melker DNS Ret 10 22 Ret 8 12 6 14 Ret 10 9 8 8 11 15 120
13   Daniël de Jong 20 12 20 13 17 12 6 8 8 16 15 6 9 14 Ret 20 118
14   Vinicius Samarone 16 Ret 11 9 Ret 10 10 5 12 15 18 Ret 12 7 12 22 115
15   Philip Forsman 9 8 12 Ret 16 15 11 21† Ret 10 Ret 8 17 12 10 18 106
16   Juan Pablo Garcia 7 21 8 6 21 6 13 7 9 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 104
17   Mateusz Adamski 22 11 23† 7 12 Ret 5 21 13 Ret 11 11 9 10 100
18   Maximilian Wissel 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 5 4 4 93
19   Arnold Neveling 14 19 6 11 11 Ret 13 13 17 7 78
20   Kevin Kleveros 17 15 18 11 8 13 20 12 18 14 Ret 11 23 21 Ret DNS 74
21   Marlene Dietrich 15 16 Ret 15 13 17 17 16 19 17 19 14 19 17 25 25 59
22   Alexander Morgan Ret 5 24 Ret 7 2 54
23   Bianca Steiner 14 13 14 12 13 15 24 24 45
24   Carlos Gaitán Quinones 19 14 19 17 15 18 9 14 43
25   James Calado 5 15† DNS 5 38
26   Jakub Knoll 21† 18 17 19 Ret 19 18 18 16 19 20 Ret 18 18 23 26 31
27   Oliver Webb 12 Ret 5 4 25
28   Martin Tlusty 18 17 21 20 15 17 17 20 20 23 24
29   Adam Kout Ret 9 22 28† 12
30   Jesse Krohn 10 Ret 11
31   Toomas Heikkinen 18 16 19 19 10
32   Daniel Ivarson Ret DNS 16 20 21 17 6
33   Laurent Stieger 22 23 24 21 19 22† 21 20 3
34   Robert Siska 20 19 3
35   Ville Miilumäki 19 Ret 2
36   Jesse Laine 22 20 1
37   Juha-Pekka Wikman 23† Ret 0
Pos Driver HOC
 
ZAN
 
ALA
 
OSC
 
ASS
 
ZOL
 
NÜR
 
SPA
 
Points

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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  1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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