2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Explained

The 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the second Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Zandvoort on 28 May and finished on 21 October at Hockenheim, after sixteen races.

Motopark Academy driver Frank Kechele won the NEC championship title, having won eight races during the season, bringing the team their second successive drivers' championship title.

Drivers and teams

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Koiranen Bros. Motorsport	2	Valtteri Bottas	All
	3	Joonas Kostiainen	1–5
	7	Daniel Aho	6–8
Motopark Academy	5	Oliver Oakes	1–7
	6	Frank Kechele	1–7
	9	Jakub Giermaziak	All
	10	Andreij Gasenko	1
	11	Joonas Mannerjärvi	2–4
	22	Kirill Ovcharenko	5–8
	55	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	6–7
Motorsport Arena	7	Fabio Onidi	1–5
	8	Tobias Hegewald	1–7
Synsam Racing	12	Pierre Selander	3
AR Motorsport	14	Paul Meijer	6–8
	15	Kelvin Snoeks	All
	16	Gwendolyn Hertzberger	All
	17	Dennis Retera	1–6
Van Amersfoort Racing	19	Dennis Swart	All
	20	Stef Dusseldorp	1–5
MP Motorsport	26	Romano de Ruit	1–5
	27	Nicky Catsburg	All
Team Formula Sport	30	Steffen Møller	All
Trakstar Racing AB	32	Philip Forsman	1–2, 5–8
	33	Felix Rosenqvist	5
Lohmann Motorsport	34	David Sigachev	5–8
SL Formula Racing	34	David Sigachev	1–4
	35	Anton Nebylitskiy	1–5
	36	Pedro Nunes	1–5
	37	Dimitri Raikhlin	5–8
	77	Natalia Kowalska	1–4
Speed Lover	38	Frank Suntjens	All
Fortec Motorsport	40	Dean Smith	2
	41	Ryuji Yamamoto	2
	42	Riki Christodoulou	2
	43	Duncan Tappy	2
Borthwick Motorsport	44	Ryan Borthwick	1, 3, 8
AKA Cobra Racing	45	Nathan Caratti	1, 3, 5, 8
	46	Adam Christodoulou	1, 3, 5, 8
Manor Competition	47	Alexander Sims	5
Omicron Racing	49	Francesc Moreno	3–4
	50	Pascal Kochem	4
Jenzer Motorsport	69	Pål Varhaug	7
	166	Ronnie Theiler	7
	168	Fabien Thuner	7
KEO Racing	84	Alexander Haegermark	1–5
	88	Johan Jokinen	2, 5–6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28 May	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy	Pinksterrace
	R2			Tobias Hegewald	Valtteri Bottas	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy
2	R1		7 July	Frank Kechele	Tobias Hegewald	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy
	R2		8 July				Fortec Motorsport
3	R1	TT Circuit Assen	21 July	Valtteri Bottas	Tobias Hegewald	Tobias Hegewald	Motorsport Arena	Beru Top 10
	R2		22 July	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy
4	R1	Circuit Zolder	4 August	Frank Kechele	Tobias Hegewald	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy	Masters of Formula 3
	R2		5 August	Frank Kechele	Tobias Hegewald	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy
5	R1	Nürburgring	25 August	Tobias Hegewald	Frank Kechele	Tobias Hegewald	Motorsport Arena	Beru Top 10
	R2		26 August	Tobias Hegewald	Frank Kechele	Tobias Hegewald	Motorsport Arena
6	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	29 September	Tobias Hegewald	Tobias Hegewald	Paul Meijer	AR Motorsport	Beru Top 10
	R2			Frank Kechele	Valtteri Bottas	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 October	Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	Paul Meijer	AR Motorsport	Spa Racing Festival
	R2			Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Frank Kechele	Motopark Academy
8	R1	Hockenheimring	21 October	Paul Meijer	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Koiranen Bros. Motorsport	Beru Top 10
	R2			Valtteri Bottas	Paul Meijer	Valtteri Bottas

Standings

Drivers

Race point system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	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

Pos^[1] ^[2]	Driver name	ZAN		OSC		ASS		ZOL		NÜR		OSC		SPA		HOC		Points
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1	Frank Kechele	1	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1			376
2	Tobias Hegewald	3	3	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	5	7	Ret	3			297
3	Valtteri Bottas	4	2	5	3	2	4	5	5	6	6	Ret	3	5	12	1	1	279
4	Oliver Oakes	8	5	Ret	5	3	Ret	3	3	3	3	6	4	4	5			191
5	Steffen Møller	11	4	8	7	7	17	7	Ret	8	7	18	6	7	6	5	6	189
6	Nicky Catsburg	6	7	11	6	10	6	10	21†	15	13	7	21	8	10	4	12	170
7	Paul Meijer											1	2	1	2	2	2	156
8	Adam Christodoulou	5	9			6	3			5	4					3	3	137
9	Fabio Onidi	2	Ret	7	Ret	4	5	4	4	4	3							118
10	Jakub Giermaziak	20	21	Ret	14	22†	8	16	11	10	8	9	Ret	10	20	17	13	97
11	Alexander Haegermark	13	14	9	Ret	8	7	9	6	Ret	9							94
12	Dennis Retera	10	6	20	10	11	23†	Ret	12	14	23	12	13					82
13	Stef Dusseldorp	9	8	10	20	23†	9	11	15	16	15							77
14	Mateusz Adamski	Ret	DNS	15	19	Ret	21	17	17	23	14	13	11	12	16	10	11	76
15	Romano de Ruit	7	10	14	15	15	Ret	13	10	11	Ret							74
16	Philip Forsman			18	21	DNS	14			12	17	10	9	14	21	9	14	72
17	Dennis Swart	12	12	16	26	Ret	16	14	Ret	25	24	8	14	18	DNS	13	17	71
18	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs											4	5	3	4			70
19	Dimitri Raikhlin									7	Ret	14	19	6	Ret	6	4	70
20	Joonas Kostiainen	15	13	Ret	9	Ret	12	20†	7	13	11							69
21	David Sigachev	Ret	16	Ret	13	24†	15	12	Ret	20	16	17	10	21	19	16	10	67
22	Anton Nebylitskiy	Ret	15	12	Ret	NC	11	6	Ret	9	10							63
23	Kirill Ovcharenko									Ret	22	Ret	8	9	8	8	9	63
24	Pierre Selander	19	18	DNS	17	19†	19	18	18	22	NC	3	20	17	17	14	Ret	56
25	Nathan Caratti	16	17			9	20			18	Ret					7	5	56
26	Kelvin Snoeks	17	Ret	Ret	22	14	DSQ	Ret	14	Ret	18	15	15	16	14	18	18	52
27		21	23	19	23	16	Ret	19	19	Ret	20	16	16	15	11	15	15	51
28	Daniel Aho											11	17	DNS	9	11	7	50
29	Pedro Nunes	Ret	20	17	12	12	Ret	Ret	9	19	12							46
30	Riki Christodoulou			6	1*													45
31	Joonas Mannerjärvi			13	8	13	13	Ret	13									45
32	Ryan Borthwick	14	11			18	10									12	8	31
33	Duncan Tappy			3	11													30
34	Frank Suntjens	18	Ret	Ret	18	21†	18	22	16	24	19	Ret	18	20	18	Ret	16	29
35	Pascal Kochem							8	8									26
36	Ryuji Yamamoto			4	Ret													17
37	Alexander Sims									Ret	5							16
38	Fabien Thuner													11	15			16
39	Pål Varhaug													13	13			16
40	Ronnie Theiler													19	7			16
41	Johan Jokinen			Ret	25					17	21†	Ret	12					13
42	Francesc Moreno					17	22†	15	20									11
43	Dean Smith			DSQ	16													5
44	Natalia Kowalska	Ret	19	Ret	24	20†	24	21	Ret									3
45	Felix Rosenqvist									21	Ret							0
46	Andreij Gasenko	Ret	22															0
Pos	Driver name	ZAN		OSC		ASS		ZOL		NÜR		OSC		SPA		HOC		Points

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

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	Motopark Academy	842
2	Motorsport Arena	415
3	Koiranen Bros. Motorsport	398
4	AR Motorsport	341
5	SL Formula Racing	249
6	AKA Cobra	193
7	Team Formula Sport	189
8	MP Motorsport	170
9	Van Amersfoort Racing	148
10	KEO Racing	107
11	GR Racing	76
12	MB Motorsport	74
13	Trackstar Racing	72
14	Fortec Motorsport	97
15	Synsam Racing	56
16	Jenzer Motorsport	48
17	Borthwick Motorsport	31
18	Speed Lover	29
19	Omicron Racing	26
20	Manor Competition	16

External links

• Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship

Notes and References

1. http://necup.com/2007/2007results.htm Results Northern European Cup Formula Renault 2.0 2007
2. http://www.renault-sport.de/index.php?id=491 Resultate Formel Renault NEC 2007