2020 Formula Renault Eurocup

The 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup was a multi-event motor racing championship for open-wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.8 litre Formula Renault single-seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations of Formula Regional. The 2020 season was the 30th and final season Eurocup Formula Renault organised by Renault Sport, as it merged with the Formula Regional European Championship for the 2021 season.[1] The series visited nine circuits around Europe.[2] The championship was won by Victor Martins, with ART Grand Prix taking the teams' title.[3]

Teams and drivers

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In September 2019, ART Grand Prix announced its intention to compete in the championship for the first time since 2003.[4] Their bid was successful, with the team joining eight other teams from 2019.[5] On 3 July 2020 it was announced that Global Racing Service had withdrawn from the season due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Teams No. Driver name Status Rounds
  R-ace GP[7] 1   Caio Collet[7] All
2   Johnathan Hoggard[8] R 2
  Elias Seppänen[9] R G 10
3   Petr Ptáček[10] 1–7
  Michael Belov[11] R 8–10
  MP Motorsport[5] 11   Franco Colapinto[12][13] All
12   Joey Alders[12] 1–2
  Roman Staněk[14] 5
  Kas Haverkort R G 6–7
  Petr Ptáček[11] 8–10
17   Hadrien David[15] R All
  Arden Motorsport[5] 20   Alex Quinn[12][16] R All
21   Reshad de Gerus[17] R All
27   Ugo de Wilde[18] All
  JD Motorsport[19] 32   David Vidales[20] R 2–10
38   William Alatalo[21] R All
  M2 Competition[5] 44   Michael Belov[22] R 1–2
  Bhaitech Racing[5] 51   László Tóth[23] R All
52   Nicola Marinangeli[24] R 1–2, 5–10
  Vicky Piria[25] 3–4
53   Lorenzo Colombo[26] All
  FA Racing[5][27] 71   Amaury Cordeel[12] All
72   Abbi Pulling[28] R G 8
73   Tijmen van der Helm[12] R All
  ART Grand Prix[5] 91   Paul Aron[29] R All
92   Victor Martins[30] All
93   Grégoire Saucy[31] All
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Calendar

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The provisional calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 11 September 2019.[2]

On 15 May 2020, Renault Sport unveiled a new 10-round calendar, after multiple postponements and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35] The revised calendar included races at Magny-Cours for the first time since 2010, as well as a return to Imola and Zandvoort, where the series had last raced in 2004 and 2000 respectively. The rounds at Monaco, the Hungaroring and Silverstone were not rescheduled and were absent from the revised calendar.[36] On 25 September 2020, it was announced that the series would support the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola to make up for the loss of the Monaco round.[37]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 10 July 24H GT Series
24H TCE Series
R2 11 July
2 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 25 July GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
R2 26 July
3 R1   Nürburgring 5 September
R2 6 September
4 R1   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 12 September GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
French F4 Championship
R2 13 September
5 R1   Circuit Zandvoort 26 September GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
R2 27 September
6 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 10 October
R2 11 October
7 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 October GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
R2 24 October
8 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 31 October Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
R2 1 November
9 R1   Hockenheimring 7 November Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R2 8 November
10 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard 14 November GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
French F4 Championship
R2 15 November
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit Original Date Originally Supporting
  Silverstone Circuit 9 and 10 May
  Circuit de Monaco 23 and 24 May Monaco Grand Prix
  Hungaroring 26 and 27 September GT World Challenge Europe
  Yas Marina Circuit 13 and 14 November

Results

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Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1   Monza   Alex Quinn   Alex Quinn   Franco Colapinto   MP Motorsport   Alex Quinn
R2   Victor Martins   Joey Alders   Caio Collet   R-ace GP   Michael Belov
2 R1   Imola   David Vidales   David Vidales   David Vidales   JD Motorsport   David Vidales
R2   William Alatalo   David Vidales   David Vidales   JD Motorsport   David Vidales
3 R1   Nürburgring   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   David Vidales
R2   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   Paul Aron
4 R1   Magny-Cours   Caio Collet   Franco Colapinto   Caio Collet   R-ace GP   David Vidales
R2   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   David Vidales
5 R1   Zandvoort   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   David Vidales
R2   Caio Collet   Victor Martins   Caio Collet   R-ace GP   David Vidales
6 R1   Catalunya   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   Hadrien David
R2   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   David Vidales
7 R1   Spa-Francorchamps   Victor Martins   Victor Martins   Franco Colapinto   MP Motorsport   Alex Quinn
R2   Victor Martins   Caio Collet   Alex Quinn   Arden Motorsport   Alex Quinn
8 R1   Imola   Lorenzo Colombo   Caio Collet   Caio Collet   R-ace GP   Alex Quinn
R2   Victor Martins   Franco Colapinto   Victor Martins   ART Grand Prix   Hadrien David
9 R1   Hockenheim   Caio Collet   Caio Collet   Caio Collet   R-ace GP   Alex Quinn
R2   Lorenzo Colombo   Lorenzo Colombo   Lorenzo Colombo   Bhaitech Racing   Alex Quinn
10 R1   Paul Ricard   Lorenzo Colombo   Caio Collet   Lorenzo Colombo   Bhaitech Racing   Alex Quinn
R2   Lorenzo Colombo   Lorenzo Colombo   Lorenzo Colombo   Bhaitech Racing   Alex Quinn

Championship standings

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Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver MNZ
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
MAG
 
ZAN
 
CAT
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
HOC
 
LEC
 
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Victor Martins 10 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 2 4 2 348
2   Caio Collet 3 1 2 5 6 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 7 6 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 4 304
3   Franco Colapinto 1 3 6 7 7 6 13 Ret 6 3 6 3 1 12 4 2 4 3 3 3 213.5
4   Alex Quinn 2 Ret 5 3 13 9 5 5 8 12 7 Ret 4 1 2 4 3 4 5 5 183
5   Lorenzo Colombo 13 Ret 7 11 2 5 6 4 9 5 14 9 WD WD 3 11 5 1 1 1 170
6   David Vidales 1 1 3 8 2 3 3 4 11 4 10 16 Ret Ret 6 7 6 9 169
7   Grégoire Saucy 11 8 14 13 4 3 4 6 10 8 4 Ret 11 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 15 95.5
8   William Alatalo Ret 5 3 2 5 Ret 9 8 11 10 12 8 9 9 8 9 7 9 11 7 92
9   Ugo de Wilde 8 Ret 8 8 12 12 7 7 12 13 3 Ret 3 2 9 5 Ret 8 8 11 85.5
10   Hadrien David 7 6 9 12 14 7 Ret 13 16 11 5 6 8 14 6 3 10 Ret 9 Ret 71
11   Paul Aron Ret 12 Ret 6 11 2 10 12 7 17 8 12 Ret DNS Ret 8 9 5 10 17 54
12   Tijmen van der Helm 4 9 12 9 10 13 DNS DNS 13 7 10 7 12 7 12 14 8 13 16 14 45
13   Michael Belov 5 4 10 Ret 11 10 14 6 15 6 40
14   Petr Ptáček 9 14 Ret Ret 8 11 8 Ret 4 6 15 Ret 13 13 10 6 Ret 12 17 12 39
15   Amaury Cordeel 6 Ret 11 10 9 10 Ret 9 5 DNS 13 13 6 10 14 13 12 11 13 10 33
16   László Tóth 15 7 16 16 16 14 11 11 18 16 16 10 15 8 Ret 15 11 14 19 16 14
17   Reshad de Gerus 14 13 15 15 15 Ret 12 Ret 15 14 17 11 14 15 7 12 15 10 12 Ret 8
18   Roman Staněk 14 9 2
19   Joey Alders Ret 10 13 17 1
20   Vicky Piria 17 15 Ret 10 1
21   Nicola Marinangeli 12 11 17 14 17 15 18 Ret 16 11 13 Ret 13 15 18 13 1
22   Johnathan Hoggard Ret 18† 0
guest drivers ineligible to score points
 —   Kas Haverkort 9 5 5 5  —
 —   Elias Seppänen 14 8  —
 —   Abbi Pulling 15 16  —
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
MNZ
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
MAG
 
ZAN
 
CAT
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
HOC
 
LEC
 
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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Notes:

  • ‡ – Half points were awarded for race 1, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' championship

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For teams entering more than two cars only the two best-finishing cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

Pos. Team MNZ
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
MAG
 
ZAN
 
CAT
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
HOC
 
LEC
 
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   ART Grand Prix 10 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 5 1 2 2 4 2 471.5
11 8 14 6 4 2 4 6 7 8 4 12 11 4 Ret 7 9 5 7 15
2   R-ace GP 3 1 2 5 6 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 7 6 1 10 1 6 2 4 351
9 14 Ret 18† 8 11 8 Ret 4 6 15 Ret 13 13 11 Ret 14 Ret 15 6
3   MP Motorsport 1 3 6 7 7 6 13 13 6 3 5 3 1 12 4 2 4 3 3 3 286.5
7 6 9 12 14 7 Ret Ret 14 9 6 6 8 14 6 3 10 12 9 12
4   Arden Motorsport 2 13 5 3 12 9 5 5 8 12 3 11 3 1 2 4 3 4 5 5 273.5
8 Ret 8 8 13 12 7 7 12 13 7 Ret 4 2 7 5 15 8 8 11
5   JD Motorsport Ret 5 1 1 3 8 2 3 3 4 11 4 9 9 8 9 6 7 6 7 261
3 2 5 Ret 9 8 11 10 12 8 10 16 Ret Ret 7 9 11 9
6   Bhaitech Racing 12 7 7 11 2 5 6 4 9 5 14 9 15 8 3 11 5 1 1 1 186
13 11 16 14 16 14 11 10 17 15 16 10 16 11 13 15 11 14 18 13
7   FA Racing 4 9 11 9 9 10 Ret 9 5 7 10 7 6 7 12 13 8 11 13 10 78
6 Ret 12 10 10 13 DNS DNS 13 DNS 13 13 12 10 14 14 12 13 16 14
8   M2 Competition 5 4 10 Ret 23
Pos. Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
MNZ
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
MAG
 
ZAN
 
CAT
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
HOC
 
LEC
 

Notes:

  • ‡ – Half points were awarded for race 1, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

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