2013 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Explained

The 2013 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the ninth and final season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.

Driver lineup

Team Driver Status Rounds Oregon Team 1 Marguerite Laffite^[1] All Michela Cerruti 3 2 Enrico Bettera^[2] 2, 4, 6–7 Roman Golikov^[3] 3 Mihai Marinescu^[4] 5 3 Kevin Gilardoni All 4 Mirko Bortolotti All 5 Vladimir Lunkin All 6 Kelvin Snoeks All Team Lompech Sport 9 Jean-Charles Miginiac All 18 Steven Palette All Gravity Charouz 11 Toni Forné All 14 Erik Janiš 1, 3–7 2 15 Jakub Knoll All McGregor by Equipe Verschuur 19 Jeroen Schothorst All 21 Mike Verschuur All Las Moras by Equipe Verschuur 20 Max Braams All 22 Pieter Schothorst 3 Luc Braams^[5] 7 AFK Motorsport 23 Oliver Freymuth 1–2, 4–7 26 Denis Gibaud^[6] 6 Algarve Pro Racing Team 24 Richard Kressner^[7] 2, 6–7 Equipe Verschuur 25 Jelle Beelen 5–7

Icon Class Junior Driver G Gentleman Driver

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2013 season was announced on 20 October 2012, the day before the end of the 2012 season.^[8] All seven rounds will form meetings of the 2013 World Series by Renault season.

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz		27 April	Mirko Bortolotti	Erik Janiš	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
	R2			28 April	Mirko Bortolotti	Kevin Gilardoni	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		1 June	Mirko Bortolotti	Steven Palette	Mike Verschuur	McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
	R2			2 June	Kevin Gilardoni	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
3	R1	Moscow Raceway		22 June	Mirko Bortolotti	Mike Verschuur	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
	R2			23 June	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mike Verschuur	McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
4	R1	Red Bull Ring		20 July	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
	R2			21 July	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród		14 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Kelvin Snoeks	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
	R2			15 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Mike Verschuur	Mike Verschuur	McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet		28 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Mike Verschuur	Mike Verschuur	McGregor by Equipe Verschuur
	R2			29 September	Race cancelled
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló		19 October	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team
	R2			20 October	Mirko Bortolotti	Mike Verschuur	Stefano Comini	Team Lompech Sport
	R3				Mirko Bortolotti	Mirko Bortolotti	Mike Verschuur	McGregor by Equipe Verschuur

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ALC SPA MSC RBR HUN LEC CAT Points 1 Mirko Bortolotti 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 C 1 DSQ 3 275 2 Mike Verschuur Ret 5 1 2 7 1 3 2 10 1 1 C 2 2 1 237 3 Kevin Gilardoni 2 2 14† 7 4 Ret 5 4 3 3 3 C 4 4 2 169 4 Kelvin Snoeks Ret 3 2 6 3 3 Ret Ret 2 2 5 C 5 Ret 13† 129 5 Erik Janiš 3 6 3 DSQ 5 4 4 3 5 Ret 4 C Ret Ret 4 121 6 Max Braams 4 4 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 6 7 6 C 6 3 5 119 7 Jeroen Schothorst 5 11 7 5 10 6 8 Ret 9 8 9 C 7 7 11 72 8 Steven Palette Ret Ret 5 Ret 6 5 2 11 4 6 16 C 68 9 Vladimir Lunkin 11 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 6 Ret 7 11 15 C 9 Ret 7 48 10 Toni Forné 8 8 13 12 Ret 9 7 12 11 13 8 C 8 5 Ret 41 11 Jean-Charles Miginiac 6 13 11 9 Ret 7 12 8 15 Ret 12 C 11 8 8 35 12 Marguerite Laffite 7 10 Ret 8 8 9 6 12 9 10 C Ret 10 33 13 Pieter Schothorst 2 Ret 18 14 Enrico Bettera 8 10 10 7 14 C 14 9 12 18 15 Oliver Freymuth 9 9 9 Ret Ret 10 16 14 13 C 10 11 9 17 16 Jakub Knoll 10 12 10 11 11 11 11 9 13 12 11 C DNS DNS DNS 6 17 Michela Cerruti 8 4 18 Roman Golikov Ret 10 1 Richard Kressner 12 13 Ret C 12 Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Stefano Comini 3 1 0 Mihai Marinescu 8 5 0 Jelle Beelen 14 10 7 C 13 6 6 0 Luc Braams Ret 10 0 Jacques Laffite 15 0 Denis Gibaud DNS C 0 Pos Driver ALC SPA MSC RBR HUN LEC CAT Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Renault-Sport official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1.
2. Web site: Enrico BETTERA. 30 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130826025129/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/en/teams_drivers/Drivers/Pages/EnricoBettera.aspx. 26 August 2013. dead.
3. Web site: MOSCOW RACEWAY MEGANE TROPHY EUROCUP COLLECTIVE TEST 1.
4. Web site: HUNGARORING MEGANE TROPHY EUROCUP COLLECTIVE TEST 1.
5. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1.
6. Web site: PAUL RICARD MEGANE TROPHY EUROCUP COLLECTIVE TEST 1.
7. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1.
8. News: Seven meetings and a whole lot more in 2013. 20 October 2012. Renault Sport. World Series by Renault. https://web.archive.org/web/20130314103232/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/en/tv_news/news/Pages/Sevenmeetingsandawholelotmorein2013.aspx. 14 March 2013. dead.