2007 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Explained

The 2007 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the third season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit Zolder on 21 April and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on 28 October, after seven rounds and fourteen races.^[1] Pedro Petiz won the title, having battled with his team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert for the entire campaign.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team Drivers Class Rounds Tech 1 Racing^[3] 1 Matthieu Lahaye All 31 Dimitri Enjalbert All 32 Pedro Petiz All 33 Sébastien Dhouailly All Equipe Verschuur 5 Mike Verschuur All 6 Wim Beelen All 7 Bernhard ten Brinke All 72 Gregory Franchi 1, 3–5, 7 Vincent Vosse 1 César Campaniço^[4] 6 Race Performance 8 Ralph Meichtry All TDS 9 Jean-Philippe Madonia 1–5, 7 20 Ludovic Badey All 21 Mathieu Cheruy All Boutsen Energy Racing 10 Geoffroy Horion 1, 3 Renaud Kuppens 1, 7 David Dermont^[5] 5 Johan-Boris Scheier 6 11 Maxime Martin All Maxime Soulet 1 Sesterheim Racing 12 Andreas Mayerl All Oregon Team 14 Giuseppe Cirò All 15 Diego Romanini 1–2 Andrea Pagliai^[6] 3 Jean-Philippe Dayraut 5 Massimiliano Pedalà^[7] 7 Team Lompech Sport 16 Jean-Charles Miginiac All 17 Fabrice Walfisch All Racing for Belgium 22 Michaël Rossi All 23 Carlo van Dam 1–5 Wim Coelkelbergs 7 Renault Sport Presse 99 Bas Leinders 1 François Duval 1 Stéphane Enout 5 Romain Bernard 5 Yvan Lebon 7 Ignacio Gabari 7

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	21 April	Pedro Petiz	Pedro Petiz	Pedro Petiz	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		22 April	Dimitri Enjalbert	Pedro Petiz	Ralph Meichtry	Race Performance
2	R1	Nürburgring	5 May	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		6 May	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Pedro Petiz	Tech 1 Racing
3	R1	Hungaroring	14 July	Michaël Rossi	Maxime Martin	Michaël Rossi	Racing for Belgium
	R2		15 July	Michaël Rossi	Gregory Franchi	Gregory Franchi	Equipe Verschuur
4	R1	Donington Park	8 September	Fabrice Walfish	Gregory Franchi	Matthieu Lahaye	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		9 September	Fabrice Walfish	Maxime Martin	Ralph Meichtry	Race Performance
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	22 September	Fabrice Walfish	Pedro Petiz	Ludovic Badey	TDS
	R2		23 September	Fabrice Walfish	Dimitri Enjalbert	Pedro Petiz	Tech 1 Racing
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	20 October	Maxime Martin	Dimitri Enjalbert	Pedro Petiz	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		21 October	Maxime Martin	Matthieu Lahaye	Maxime Martin	Boutsen Energy Racing
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	27 October	Fabrice Walfish	Dimitri Enjalbert	Dimitri Enjalbert	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		28 October	Renaud Kuppens	Dimitri Enjalbert	Mike Verschuur	Equipe Verschuur

Standings

Drivers' Championship

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

Pos Driver ZOL NÜR HUN DON MAG EST CAT Points 1 Pedro Petiz 1 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 6 1 1 7 3 Ret 146 2 Dimitri Enjalbert 2 2 1 3 Ret 5 Ret 2 5 4 5 2 1 10 126 3 Maxime Martin^[8] 10 4 2 8 8 8 7 3 Ret 3 1 7 5 85 4 Ralph Meichtry 16 1 5 7 12 2 11 1 14 3 Ret 4 19 3 80 5 Matthieu Lahaye 8 Ret 2 4 6 9 1 Ret 12 Ret Ret 3 2 11 69 6 Mike Verschuur Ret 13 8 10 4 7 4 Ret 9 2 6 Ret 4 1 68 7 Bernhard ten Brinke 3 6 9 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 11 5 2 8 9 Ret 59 8 Fabrice Walfish 7 Ret 6 5 2 4 10 9 Ret 10 7 6 Ret 7 57 9 Michaël Rossi Ret 14 13 9 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 9 8 5 12 Ret 41 10 Sébastien Dhouailly 11 5 7 8 14 10 7 5 4 Ret 9 12 10 12 38 11 Gregory Franchi^[9] 5 10 Ret 1 6 Ret 10 13 5 15 37 12 Giuseppe Cirò 13 4 Ret 12 11 12 5 Ret 7 Ret 11 9 6 4 36 13 Ludovic Badey 6 8 11 11 5 Ret 9 Ret 1 Ret 12 15 Ret Ret 35 14 Matthieu Cheruy 4 Ret 12 13 7 11 15 8 Ret 6 13 10 8 6 29 15 Renaud Kuppens^[10] 9 9 Ret 11 2 16 16 Vincent Vosse 5 10 7 17 Jean-Philippe Madonia 17 Ret 15 14 13 Ret 14 Ret 15 8 15 8 7 18 Carlo van Dam 14 Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 8 DSQ 6 19 Geoffroy Horion 9 9 9 Ret 6 20 Andreas Mayerl 12 12 14 16 DSQ Ret 13 6 13 Ret 14 Ret 14 Ret 5 21 Diego Romanini 18 7 18 17 4 22 Jean-Charles Miginiac 19 15 16 15 15 Ret 12 10 17 11 15 13 18 14 2 23 Maxime Soulet 10 11 1 24 Wim Beelen Ret 16 17 18 Ret 14 Ret 11 19 12 Ret 14 Ret DNS 0 25 Andrea Pagliai 16 13 0 26 Bas Leinders^[11] 15 Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Jean-Philippe Dayraut 2 Ret César Campaniço 4 11 David Dermont 16 7 Massimiliano Pedalà 13 9 Johan-Boris Scheier 10 Ret Wim Coelkelbergs 16 13 Yvan Lebon^[12] 17 16 Stéphane Enout^[13] 18 DNS Pos Driver ZOL NÜR HUN DON MAG EST CAT Points

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Notes

External links

• The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website
• World Series by Renault results

Notes and References

1. Web site: ROUND 7: BARCELONA EUROCUP MEGANE TROPHY Results Booklet. 28 October 2007. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 10 April 2015.
2. Web site: Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2007 standings. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 10 April 2015.
3. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. 20 April 2007. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 10 April 2015.
4. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. 19 October 2007. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 10 April 2015.
5. Web site: Official Entry list. 20 September 2007. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 10 April 2015.
6. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. 13 July 2007. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 10 April 2015.
7. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. 27 October 2007. 10 April 2015.
8. Martin and Soulet shared the same car in the first race at Zolder. Martin was ineligible to score points in the race.
9. Franchi and Vosse shared the same car in both races at Zolder.
10. Kuppens and Horion shared the same car in the first race at Zolder and in both races at Hungaroring. In the last place Kuppens was ineligible to score points.
11. Duval shared the same car with François Duval in both races at Zolder.
12. Lebon shared the same car with Ignacio Gabari in both races at Barcelona.
13. Enout shared the same car with Romain Bernard at Magny-Cours.