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2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup

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The 2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup was the thirteenth and the final Formula Renault Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

The championship title was won by German driver Doureid Ghattas, after recording five consecutive win.[1] He won races at Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Hockenheim, finished 42 points clear of his closest rival and Anders Motorsport teammate, Phil Hill, who was the winner at Spa and Hockenheim. Third place in the championship was settled by R-ace GP driver Gabriel Gandulia, who finished eight points behind Hill. Sharon Scolari was the last driver considered as regular driver finished fourth.

Over the course of the season, four different drivers won a race. Aside from Ghattas and Hill, other drivers (when they were eligible for the series trophy) to win were Logan Sargeant, who finished fifth in the championship, and his teammate Victor Martins. Alex Peroni, who finished seventh was the only driver excluding Ghattas and Hill, who was able to win more than one race.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver name Rounds
  R-ace GP 1   Max Fewtrell[2] 2–6
2   Logan Sargeant[3] All
3   Charles Milesi[3] All
4   Victor Martins[3] All
5   Gabriel Gandulia[3] All
  Anders Motorsport 6   Phil Hill[4] 1–5
7   Doureid Ghattas[5] All
  Josef Kaufmann Racing 11   Clément Novalak[6] 4–6
12   Richard Verschoor[7] 3
16   Yifei Ye[7] 3–6
  Lamo Racing Car 16   Thierry Malhomme[8] 1
  Tech 1 Racing 21   Neil Verhagen[9] 1, 3–6
22   Aleksandr Smolyar[9] 1, 3–6
23   Thomas Neubauer[9] All
24   Frank Bird[9] All
  MP Motorsport 31   Christian Lundgaard[10] 1, 3–6
32   Alex Peroni[10] 1, 3–6
33   Jarno Opmeer[7] 3
  Freek Schothorst[11] 4–6
  Formula Motorsport 35   Nicolas Melin[12] 1
36   Nicolas Pironneau[12] 1
  Arden Motorsport 41   Oscar Piastri[7] 3–6
42   Nikita Volegov[7] 3–6
43   Sami Taoufik[7] 3–6
  AVF by Adrián Vallés 51   Axel Matus[7] 3–6
52   Xavier Lloveras[7] 3
53   Eliseo Martínez[7] 3–6
54   Christian Muñoz[7] 3–6
  JD Motorsport 61   Lorenzo Colombo[2] 2–6
62   Thomas Maxwell[7] 3–6
63   Najiy Razak[7] 3–6
  ScoRace Team 77   Sharon Scolari[13] 1–3, 5–6
90   Phil Hill 6
  Cram Motorsport 78   Zichao Wang[2] 2
  Fortec Motorsports 84   Vladimiros Tziortzis[7] 3–4, 6
85   Raúl Guzmán[7] 3–6
87   Arthur Rougier[14] 1, 3–6

Calendar and results

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The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 11 November 2017.[15] The schedule was increased to six rounds. For the first time in the history, the series is scheduled to have event which will be part of the Pau Grand Prix. Hungaroring and Circuit Park Zandvoort were set to return to the calendar, while events at Nürburgring and Silverstone Circuit were set to be omitted. On 4 April 2018 the calendar was amended, with three rounds supporting 2018 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Zandvoort opener was replaced by Nürburgring in the schedule.[16] On 31 August 2018 the final round at Hockenheimring was rescheduled to an earlier date.[17]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 R1   Circuit de Pau-Ville 12 May   Christian Lundgaard   Christian Lundgaard   Alex Peroni   MP Motorsport Pau Grand Prix
R2 13 May   Alex Peroni   Victor Martins   Alex Peroni   MP Motorsport
2 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 June   Charles Milesi   Charles Milesi   Logan Sargeant   R-ace GP Clio Cup Italia
R2 1 July   Victor Martins   Logan Sargeant   Victor Martins   R-ace GP
3 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 27 July   Phil Hill[N 1]   Victor Martins   Phil Hill[N 2]   Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
R2 28 July   Gabriel Gandulia[N 3]   Victor Martins   Phil Hill[N 4]   Anders Motorsport
4 R1   Hungaroring 1 September   Gabriel Gandulia[N 5]   Christian Lundgaard   Doureid Ghattas[N 6]   Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
R2 2 September   Doureid Ghattas[N 5]   Christian Lundgaard   Doureid Ghattas[N 7]   Anders Motorsport
5 R1   Nürburgring, Nürburg 14 September   Gabriel Gandulia[N 8]   Max Fewtrell   Doureid Ghattas[N 9]   Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
R2 15 September   Gabriel Gandulia[N 10]   Max Fewtrell   Doureid Ghattas[N 11]   Anders Motorsport
6 R1   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 22 September   Doureid Ghattas[N 12]   Max Fewtrell   Doureid Ghattas[N 13]   Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
R2 23 September   Doureid Ghattas[N 5]   Logan Sargeant   Phil Hill[N 14]   Scorace Team

Championship standings

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Points system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   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

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver PAU
  		MNZ
  		SPA
  		HUN
  		NÜR
  		HOC
  		Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1   Doureid Ghattas 9 9 10 8 23 20 20 19 22 20 16 20 266
2   Phil Hill 15 13 8 6 19 18 21 23 23 DNS 21 15 224
3   Gabriel Gandulia 10 10 9 7 24 21 22 20 24 24 22 17 216
4   Sharon Scolari Ret Ret 11 10 Ret DNS 26 23 23 21 96
5   Logan Sargeant 3 3 1 4 9 2 5 7 1 4 4 5 87
6   Victor Martins 5 4 3 1 Ret 1 4 9 4 2 Ret Ret 83
7   Alex Peroni 1 1 Ret 25 13 5 9 9 6 Ret 60
8   Thomas Neubauer 7 7 7 5 WD WD Ret Ret 21 10 Ret Ret 58
9   Charles Milesi 4 Ret 5 2 10 13 9 12 7 3 10 8 57
10   Frank Bird 11 6 4 11 14 11 12 13 Ret 21 20 13 52
11   Christian Lundgaard 2 2 1 8 2 1 3 5 Ret Ret 48
12   Lorenzo Colombo 6 3 6 5 6 3 11 22 Ret 4 35
13   Neil Verhagen 6 5 25 22 14 14 13 12 7 6 31
14   Arthur Rougier 8 8 4 6 Ret 8 10 13 12 10 26
15   Max Fewtrell 2 Ret 5 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 24
16   Zichao Wang 12 9 21
17   Aleksandr Smolyar 13 11 11 16 10 6 5 8 8 Ret 18
18   Nicolas Pironneau 12 14 16
19   Nicolas Melin 14 12 16
20   Thierry Malhomme 16 15 11
guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Yifei Ye 2 3 1 11 6 6 2 3
  Oscar Piastri 3 9 7 4 15 7 3 2
  Thomas Maxwell 7 4 11 25 8 11 5 7
  Richard Verschoor 8 10
  Axel Matus Ret 26 8 15 16 Ret Ret 14
  Raúl Guzmán 13 23 Ret Ret 25 18 9 11
  Eliseo Martínez 15 12 15 21 12 Ret 14 9
  Sami Taoufik 17 Ret 16 10 17 14 19 12
  Clément Novalak 18 22 14 16 11 22
  Jarno Opmeer 12 24
  Nikita Volegov 16 Ret 19 17 18 15 13 24
  Xavier Lloveras 22 14
  Freek Schothorst 17 24 20 17 15 19
  Najiy Razak 18 15 23 18 Ret Ret Ret 23
  Christian Muñoz 21 17 Ret Ret 19 19 17 16
  Vladimiros Tziortzis 20 19 Ret 16 18 18
Pos. Driver PAU
  		MNZ
  		SPA
  		HUN
  		NÜR
  		HOC
  		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

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Pos Team Points
1   R-ace GP 467
2   Anders Motorsport 436
3   ScoRace 150
4   MP Motorsport 86
5   Tech 1 Racing 66
6   JD Motorsport 23
7   Fortec Motorsport 8
8   Cram Motorsport 2
9   Formula Motorsport 0
10   Lamo Car Racing 0

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Lorenzo Colombo took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.[18]
  2. ^ Christian Lundgaard won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  3. ^ Logan Sargeant took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.[19]
  4. ^ Victor Martins won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  5. ^ a b c Christian Lundgaard took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  6. ^ Yifei Ye won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Hungaroring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  7. ^ Christian Lundgaard won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Hungaroring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  8. ^ Logan Sargeant took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.[20]
  9. ^ Logan Sargeant won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Nürburgring, because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.[21]
  10. ^ Max Fewtrell took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  11. ^ Max Fewtrell won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Nürburgring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
  12. ^ Max Fewtrell took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.[22]
  13. ^ Max Fewtrell won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Nürburgring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.[23]
  14. ^ Max Fewtrell won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.

References

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  1. ^ Woollard, Craig (22 September 2018). "Fewtrell takes Eurocup lead at Hockenheim, Ghattas wins NEC title". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Peroni Racing Weekend Free Practice 1 Classification" (PDF). monza.alkamelsystems.com/. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Meaden, Damian (25 April 2018). "R-ACE GP SET TO FIELD FOUR ENTRIES IN PAU CURTAIN-RAISER". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ^ Hensby, Paul (13 February 2018). "Phil Hill to make Single Seater Bow with Anders Motorsport in 2018". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ Meaden, Damian (13 April 2018). "Anders Motorsport complete lineup with ex-German F4 racer Doureid Ghattas". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. ^ "The final sprint begins in Budapest!". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "No time to rest for the Formula Renault Eurocup!". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ^ Meadem, Damian (8 May 2018). "FORMULA RENAULT NEC SET FOR ACTION-PACKED SEASON OPENER IN PAU". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d Meaden, Damian (13 April 2018). "TECH1 RACING TO ENTER EUROCUP QUARTET AT PAU AND MONZA". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ^ a b Meadem, Damian (2 May 2018). "COMPETITION INTENSIFIES AS MP MOTORSPORT FIELD LUNDGAARD AND PERONI". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  11. ^ Allen, Peter (31 August 2018). "Freek Schothorst to make Formula Renault Eurocup debut in Hungary". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  12. ^ a b Meaden, Damian (16 April 2018). "FORMULA MOTORSPORT CONFIRM PAU ENTRY WITH MELIN AND PIRONNEAU". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  13. ^ Hensby, Paul (28 February 2018). "Scolari and Scorace Team to Debut in Northern European Cup". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  14. ^ Meaden, Damian. "PAU ENTRY CONFIRMED FOR FORTEC MOTORSPORT AND ARTHUR ROUGIER". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ^ Wood, Elliot (12 November 2017). "Formula Renault NEC takes over Pau GP support slot in 2018". formulascout.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  16. ^ Allen, Peter (4 April 2018). "Formula Renault NEC to join Eurocup grid at three rounds". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  17. ^ Meaden, Damian (31 August 2018). "Hockenheim Date Amended For NEC Season Finale". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  18. ^ Meaden, Damian (27 July 2018). "PHIL HILL TAKES OPENING RACE POLE TO SET UP ACTION-PACKED DOUBLE HEADER". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  19. ^ Meaden, Damian (27 July 2018). "GABRIEL GANDULIA SEIZES ADVANTAGE WITH MAIDEN POLE POSITION AT SPA". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  20. ^ Meaden, Damian (15 September 2018). "GABRIEL GANDULIA TAKES NURBURGRING POLE TO AID TITLE CHANCES". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  21. ^ Meaden, Damian (15 September 2018). "DOUREID GHATTAS WINS ACTION-PACKED NURBURGRING OPENER TO EXTEND POINTS LEAD". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  22. ^ Meaden, Damian (22 September 2018). "DOUREID GHATTAS SECURES HOCKENHEIM POLE AND CLOSES ON NEC TITLE". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  23. ^ Meaden, Damian (22 September 2018). "DOUREID GHATTAS CROWNED 2018 CHAMPION WITH FIFTH CONSECUTIVE WIN". necup.com. Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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