2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Explained

The 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the eighth Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe. The season began at Hockenheimring on 7 April and ended on 14 October at Zandvoort, after sixteen races at seven events.

The title was clinched by Fortec Motorsports driver Matt Parry, who won five races.^[1] His teammate Jack Aitken finished as runner-up after five podium finishes. Dennis Olsen with three podiums completed the top three in the drivers' standings. Wins in other races were shared between non-regular drivers Oliver Rowland, Steijn Schothorst, Andrea Pizzitola, Esteban Ocon, Óscar Tunjo and Jake Dennis.

Drivers and teams

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing	1	Steijn Schothorst^[2]	1, 5–7
	2	Gustav Malja^[3]	1–2, 6
	3	Óscar Tunjo	2, 4, 6
	4	Dennis Olsen	All
	5	Louis Delétraz^[4]	All
Inter Europol^[5]	6	Jakub Śmiechowski^[6]	All
	45	Max Biedermann	6–7
Fortec Motorsports	7	Jake Dennis	1–2
	8	Mikko Pakkari	1–2, 5
	9	Ed Jones	1–2
	28	Shahaan Engineer^[7]	1–2
	29	Philo Paz Armand	All
	30	Matt Parry^[8]	All
	31	Jack Aitken	All
	52	Sam MacLeod^[9]	4–6
SL Formula	10	Cédric Freiburghaus	All
	11	Simon Stoller	1–2
	41	Robert Siska	3–4, 7
	53	Sean Walkinshaw	4
ART Junior Team^[10]	12	Alberto di Folco^[11]	4–7
	14	Alexandre Baron	1–2
	15	Esteban Ocon	1–2, 6
	16	Andrea Pizzitola	1–2, 4–7
	17	Tanart Sathienthirakul	All
	18	Nicolas Jamin	All
	50	Thiago Vivacqua^[12]	6–7
RC Formula	19	Roman Mavlanov^[13]	1–2, 4, 7
	20	Aurélien Panis^[14]	1–2
Mark Burdett Racing	21	Andrés Méndez^[15]	All
	22	Raoul Owens^[16]	All
KEO Racing	23	Erik Johansson	1–2
	24	James Fletcher	3
	54	Kevin Kleveros	5
	55	Josef Záruba^[17]	6–7
	56	Michael Markussen	7
JD Motorsport^[18]	25	Juan Branger	All
	26	Jakub Dalewski^[19]	1–6
JTR Racing^[20]	33	Julio Moreno^[21]	All
PositiOne Motorsport	34	Miika Laiho^[22]	1–3
Fortec Competition	35	Roman Beregech^[23]	All
	36	Ryan Tveter^[24]	All
	37	Alfonso Celis Jr.^[25]	All
	38	Corinna Kamper^[26]	2–7
AV Formula	39	Fran Rueda^[27]	All
	40	Victor Sendin	1–3
	51	Aleksander Bosak^[28]	5–7
KTR	42	Yu Kanamaru	1, 5–6
	43	Alex Albon	1, 6
	44	Ignazio D'Agosto	1
Manor MP Motorsport	46	Oliver Rowland	1, 6–7
	47	Javier Merlo	1
Krenek Motorsport	49	Christian Malcharek	2, 6
Jenzer Motorsport	58	Andrew Tang	7
Brixia Horse Power	59	Andrea Baiguera	7

Race calendar and results

The seven-event calendar for the 2013 season was revealed on 2 November 2012.^[29]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Hockenheimring	6 April	Matt Parry	Esteban Ocon	Esteban Ocon	ART Junior Team	Preis der Stadt Stuttgart
	R2		7 April	Matt Parry	Esteban Ocon	Jake Dennis	Fortec Motorsports
	R3			Andrea Pizzitola	Andrea Pizzitola	Andrea Pizzitola	ART Junior Team
2	R1	Nürburgring	21 April	Óscar Tunjo	Matt Parry	Matt Parry	Fortec Motorsports	AvD 100 Miles
	R2			Matt Parry	Esteban Ocon	Matt Parry	Fortec Motorsports
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	1 June	Jack Aitken	Matt Parry	Matt Parry	Fortec Motorsports	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R2		2 June	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Matt Parry	Fortec Motorsports
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 July	Óscar Tunjo	Óscar Tunjo	Óscar Tunjo	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Spa 24 Hours
	R2	27 July	Óscar Tunjo	Matt Parry	Matt Parry	Fortec Motorsports
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen	3 August	nowrap	Steijn Schothorst	nowrap	Steijn Schothorst	nowrap	Steijn Schothorst	nowrap	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Gamma Racing Day
	R2		4 August	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Josef Kaufmann Racing
6	R1	Autodrom Most	31 August	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Manor MP Motorsport	ADAC Truck Grand Prix
	R2		1 September	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Manor MP Motorsport
	R3		Andrea Pizzitola	Alex Albon	Steijn Schothorst	Josef Kaufmann Racing
7	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	12 October	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Manor MP Motorsport	Formido Finaleraces
	R2		13 October	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Manor MP Motorsport
	R3			Dennis Olsen	Race cancelled

Championship standings

• Championship points were awarded on a 30, 24, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 20 classified finishers in each race.

Pos Driver HOC NÜR SIL SPA ASS MST ZAN Points width=25 1 width=25 2 width=25 3 width=25 4 width=25 5 width=25 6 width=25 7 width=25 8 width=25 9 width=25 10 width=25 11 width=25 12 width=25 13 width=25 14 width=25 15 width=25 16 width=25 17 1 Matt Parry 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 Ret 23 26 4 Ret C 289 2 Jack Aitken 5 Ret 22 8 9 2 2 3 20 2 4 4 3 12 5 4 C 230 3 Dennis Olsen 11 16 11 7 12 3 4 12 7 3 3 10 6 10 6 5 C 4 Oliver Rowland 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 C 208 5 Steijn Schothorst 8 10 5 1 1 5 4 1 2 6 C 202 6 Andrea Pizzitola 6 11 1 Ret 4 23 2 6 6 6 8 5 3 Ret C 190 7 Nicolas Jamin 31 Ret 28 21 17 4 3 7 10 7 10 11 12 7 15 7 C 144 8 Jakub Dalewski 12 14 10 10 16 8 Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 7 11 6 7 19 C 135 9 Raoul Owens 13 15 15 Ret 19 12 21 4 3 8 7 9 14 9 20 Ret C 127 10 Mikko Pakari 2 5 4 5 3 5 5 125 11 align=left nowrap Tanart Sathienthirakul 21 13 16 15 18 7 19 9 5 9 12 Ret 10 19 11 8 C 123 12 Esteban Ocon 1 4 8 2 7 Ret 2 Ret 122 13 Óscar Tunjo 3 10 1 Ret 2 5 4 118 14 Alfonso Celis Jr. Ret Ret 24 12 13 5 7 20 13 12 11 22 15 21 13 3 C 109 15 Gustav Malja 9 7 7 28 2 3 7 Ret 98 16 Ryan Tveter 30 25 25 Ret 11 19 9 5 4 16 14 19 17 27 9 24 C 87 17 Roman Beregech 17 23 Ret Ret 15 6 6 Ret 8 Ret 16 Ret 21 17 8 10 C 86 18 Roman Mavlanov Ret 8 Ret 16 21 8 6 10 2 C 81 19 Louis Delétraz 25 29 19 Ret 14 Ret 5 21 11 11 9 24 16 13 18 17 C 77 20 Alberto di Folco Ret 12 10 13 13 18 8 12 9 C 73 21 Victor Sendin 10 21 18 6 8 9 13 62 22 Alex Albon 32 9 23 8 9 2 61 23 Shahaan Engineer 7 6 6 9 Ret 56 24 Fran Rueda Ret 24 Ret 19 20 DNS 12 6 Ret 15 27 14 20 14 22 13 C 56 25 Julio Moreno 29 Ret 29 25 25 10 8 16 14 17 24 21 28 16 28 18 C 48 26 Yu Kanamaru 15 Ret 14 14 15 12 19 11 47 27 Aurélien Panis 18 12 21 4 5 45 28 Philo Paz Armand 22 20 33 17 22 15 15 15 16 21 17 18 22 23 Ret 11 C 45 29 Ed Jones 14 18 13 11 6 43 30 Sam MacLeod 11 9 13 26 16 13 Ret 43 31 Jake Dennis 24 1 9 Ret DNS 42 32 Cédric Freiburghaus 23 28 26 14 27 16 10 17 Ret 18 21 23 25 22 16 25 C 35 33 Erik Johansson 16 17 12 13 Ret 26 34 Corinna Kamper 20 30 DNS 18 14 Ret 22 23 15 Ret Ret 29 14 C 24 35 Andrés Méndez 27 Ret 27 22 29 13 16 Ret 15 20 20 28 DNS DNS Ret 22 C 21 36 James Fletcher 11 11 20 37 Juan Branger 26 Ret Ret 26 26 17 14 18 17 25 25 26 24 24 18 38 Andrew Tang 14 12 C 16 39 Aleksander Bosak 23 22 17 30 15 23 16 C 15 40 Jakub Śmiechowski 20 22 31 18 23 DNS 20 13 21 24 19 Ret DNS 25 21 Ret C 15 41 Miika Laiho 33 27 32 23 Ret 14 17 11 42 Thiago Vivacqua Ret 26 28 19 15 C 8 43 Josef Záruba 20 29 18 17 Ret C 8 44 Robert Siska 18 22 22 19 27 23 C 5 45 Sean Walkinshaw 19 18 5 46 Kevin Kleveros 19 18 5 47 Javier Merlo 19 19 20 5 48 Ignazio D'Agosto Ret Ret 17 4 49 Christian Malcharek 24 24 27 Ret 20 1 50 Andrea Baiguera 24 20 C 1 51 Max Biedermann 25 27 Ret 26 21 C 0 52 Michael Markussen 25 Ret C 0 53 Simon Stoller 28 26 30 27 Ret 0 54 Alexandre Baron Ret Ret DNS 29 28 0 Pos Driver HOC NÜR SIL SPA ASS MST ZAN Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship

Notes and References

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3. News: Gustav Malja signs with Josef Kauffman Racing for Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup campaign. 19 December 2012. news.driverdb.com. Driver Database News. 20 December 2012. will also participate in the three selected rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC) during the season.. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626114235/http://news.driverdb.com/2012/12/19/gustav-malja-signs-with-josef-kauffman-racing-for-formula-renault-2-0-eurocup-campaign/. 26 June 2015. dead.
4. News: Louis Delétraz roulera pour Josef Kaufmann Racing. 24 January 2013. chequeredflags.fr. ChequeredFlags. fr. 24 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130922232417/http://chequeredflags.fr/formules-de-promotion/fr2-0-nec-louis-deletraz-roulera-pour-josef-kaufmann-racing-8422. 22 September 2013. dead.
5. News: Forty registered cars for Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2013. 5 March 2013. necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. 5 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130324023157/http://necup.com/index.php/news/34/63/Forty-registered-cars-for-Formula-Renault-2-0-Northern-European-Cup-2013/d,nieuws. 24 March 2013. dead.
6. News: 40-car entry list for the Formula Renault NEC season. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 5 March 2013. Paddock Scout. 6 March 2013.
7. News: FR2.0: Шахан Инженир продлил контракт с командой Fortec Motorsports. 6 December 2012. Open Racing.ru. ru. Shahaan Engineer extended contract with team Fortec Motorsports. 21 January 2013.
8. News: Matt Parry joins Fortec’s FR2.0 NEC squad. Allen. Peter. 26 January 2013. Paddock Scout. 30 January 2013.
9. Web site: Results Free Practice 1. 25 July 2013. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 26 July 2013.
10. News: R-ace GP becomes the ART Junior Team!. 25 February 2013. R-ace GP. 26 February 2013.
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16. News: FR2.0 NEC – Raoul Owens passe chez Mark Burdett en 2013. Follin. Juliette. 1 March 2013. ChequeredFlags. fr. 2 March 2013. Raoul Owens switches to Mark Burdett in 2013. https://archive.today/20130412165648/http://chequeredflags.fr/formules-de-promotion/fr2-0-nec-raoul-owens-passe-chez-mark-burdett-en-2013-9354. 12 April 2013. dead.
17. Web site: List1 – Autodrom Most. Autodrom Most. 29 August 2013.
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19. News: JD Motorsport Jakub Dalewski together in Formula Renault. 22 January 2013. JD Motorsport. 22 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921154924/http://www.jdmotorsport.net/news_eng.html#p7APMc1_1. 21 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
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21. News: NEC Formel Renault – freies Training 1. 5 April 2013. raceresults.at. 5 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710160925/http://www.raceresults.at/SDOResult/2013/Auto%20Rennen%202013/ADAC-MCS%20Hockenheim%20Auftakt/NEC%20Formel%20Renault%20-%20freies%20Training%201.htm. 10 July 2015. dead. dmy-all.
22. News: Miika Laiho drives Renault 2.0 Formula car in 2013. miikalaiho.fi. 22 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110194759/http://miikalaiho.fi/index.php/en/news-en/28-miika-laiho-drives-renault-2-0-formula-car-in-2013. 10 January 2015. dead. dmy-all.
23. News: Fortec announce huge Formula Renault NEC entry. 13 February 2013. fortecmotorsports.com. Fortec Motorsports. 13 February 2013. 9 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150709110912/http://fortecmotorsports.com/?p=821. dead.
24. News: Tveter joins Fortec for NEC assault. 23 January 2013. fortecmotorsports.com. Fortec Motorsports. 23 January 2013. 9 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150709104522/http://fortecmotorsports.com/?p=815. dead.
25. News: Celis Jr. rumbo a Europa. 6 December 2012. Open Racing.ru. es. Celis Jr. bound to Europe. 10 February 2013.
26. News: Who takes the lead at the Nurburgring?. 17 April 2013. necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. 18 April 2013. The base of fourteen different teams is this weekend joined by renowned Czech racing team of Krenek Motorsport. He joins the grid with Slovakian Christian Malcharek. Fortec Competition will be complete again after Corinna Kamper missed out on the first round of Hockenheimring.. https://web.archive.org/web/20150709122847/http://necup.com/index.php/news/37/63/Who-takes-the-lead-at-the-Nurburgring/d,nieuws. 9 July 2015. dead.
27. News: AV Formula make NEC switch, confirm Fran Rueda. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 28 February 2013. PaddockScout.com. 28 February 2013.
28. News: NEC Entry List Assen 2013. 30 July 2013. automobilsport.com. 1 August 2013.
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