2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Explained

The 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the 24th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organised by Renault Sport. The season began at Motorland Aragón on 26 April and finished on 19 October at Jerez. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at seven double header events.

The championship titles were secured by driver Nyck de Vries, who spent his third season in the series and his team Koiranen GP.^{[1] [2]} Series débutant Dennis Olsen finished as runner-up with wins at Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring. Alexander Albon, who raced for KTR, completed the top three in the drivers' standings; all three drivers received a prize test in a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car. Manor Motorsport MP Motorsport driver Andrea Pizzitola was victorious at Motorland Aragón and the Hungaroring and finished fourth. Olsen's teammate Bruno Bonifacio won the other race at Spa, finishing in fifth position in the standings. Kevin Jörg, who finished behind Bonifacio, achieved a win at Moscow Raceway. The other wins were taken by Fortec Motorsports driver Jack Aitken at the Hungaroring, ART Junior Team driver Aurélien Panis at Moscow Raceway, while guest driver George Russell took a victory at Jerez.

Teams and drivers

Team Driver name Class Rounds Tech 1 Racing^[3] 1 Anthoine Hubert^[4] All 2 Vasily Romanov 1–5 George Russell^[5] 7 3 Egor Orudzhev All 44 Luke Chudleigh^[6] 1–2, 5 Hugo de Sadeleer^[7] 6 47 Akash Nandy^[8] 2 48 Philo Paz Patric Armand 2, 6 ART Junior Team 4 Aurélien Panis^[9] All 5 Levin Amweg^[10] 1–4, 6–7 Simon Gachet 5 6 Callan O'Keeffe^[11] 1–5 Simon Gachet 6–7 Fortec Motorsports 7 Matt Parry^[12] All 8 Jack Aitken^[13] All 9 Martin Rump^[14] All 51 Charles Leclerc 2, 4–5 Ben Barnicoat 7 52 Thiago Vivacqua 2 Manor MP Motorsport 10 Andrea Pizzitola^[15] All 11 Steijn Schothorst All 49 Julio Moreno 2, 4 Josef Kaufmann Racing 14 Gustav Malja^[16] All 15 Kevin Jörg^[17] All 16 Ryan Tveter^[18] 1–6 50 Louis Delétraz^[19] 4 Koiranen GP 17 Nick Cassidy^[20] 1–5 Hongli Ye 6–7 18 Ignazio D'Agosto^[21] 1–6 Stefan Riener 7 19 Nyck de Vries^[22] All 58 George Russell^[23] 3 62 Pietro Fittipaldi 7 Prema Powerteam 20 Bruno Bonifacio^[24] All 21 Hans Villemi All 22 Dennis Olsen All 53 Alex Bosak 2 KTR 23 Alexander Albon All 24 Gregor Ramsay All 25 Jules Gounon^[25] 1 Callan O'Keeffe 6–7 ARTA Engineering 26 James Allen^[26] 1–2, 4–7 27 Darius Oskoui^[27] 1 28 Simon Gachet 1–4 China BRT by JCS 35 Victor Franzoni 4 36 Josef Záruba 4 AVF^[28] 38 Roy Geerts^[29] 1 Josef Záruba 2 Jules Gounon 6 39 Iñigo Bikuña 1 Louis Delétraz 2, 6 40 Matthew Graham 1–2 JD Motorsport^[30] 45 Matevos Isaakyan 1–3 46 Denis Korneev 1–3 Thiago Vivacqua 7 BVM Racing 54 Dario Capitanio 2 Danylo Pronenko 3, 7 55 Semen Evstigneev 2–3 Mark Burdett Motorsport 56 Jake Hughes 2 57 Raoul Owens 2, 4 Fragus BR Motorsport 59 Robin Hansson 4 Strakka Racing 60 Jake Hughes^[31] 5, 7 61 Matthew Graham^[32] 5

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 20 October 2013, in the final day of the 2013 season.^[33] All seven rounds formed meetings of the 2014 World Series by Renault season. The championship visited the Circuito de Jerez for the first time and returned to the Nürburgring. The Red Bull Ring and Barcelona were removed from the schedule.

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz		26 April	Nyck de Vries	Egor Orudzhev	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP
	R2	27 April		Andrea Pizzitola	Egor Orudzhev	Andrea Pizzitola	Manor MP Motorsport
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		31 May	Nyck de Vries	Dennis Olsen	Dennis Olsen	Prema Powerteam
	R2			1 June	Nyck de Vries	Dennis Olsen	Bruno Bonifacio	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Moscow Raceway		28 June	Aurélien Panis	Egor Orudzhev	Aurélien Panis	ART Junior Team
	R2			29 June	Nyck de Vries	nowrap	Callan O'Keeffe	Kevin Jörg	nowrap	Josef Kaufmann Racing
4	R1	Nürburgring		12 July	nowrap	Alexander Albon	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP
	R2		13 July	Dennis Olsen	Dennis Olsen	Dennis Olsen	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród		13 September	nowrap	Andrea Pizzitola	Nyck de Vries	nowrap	Andrea Pizzitola	Manor MP Motorsport
	R2			14 September	Jack Aitken	Jake Hughes	Jack Aitken	Fortec Motorsports
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet		27 September	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP
	R2			nowrap	28 September	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez		18 October	Dennis Olsen	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP
	R2			19 October	George Russell	George Russell	George Russell	Tech 1 Racing

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ALC SPA MSC NÜR HUN LEC JER 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 1 Nyck de Vries 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 4 3 7 1 1 1 2 254 2 style=background:Orange; align=left Dennis Olsen 13 8 1 2 9 5 4 1 9 8 6 Ret DSQ 7 124 3 style=background:Orange; align=left Alexander Albon 4 9 4 37 11 3 2 13 7 6 3 13 4 5 117 4 Andrea Pizzitola Ret 1 15 10 2 6 7 10 1 9 5 8 13 22 108 5 Bruno Bonifacio 3 3 3 1 16 DNS 20 Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret 7 13 88 6 Kevin Jörg 15 2 7 14 7 1 10 Ret 13 11 7 6 Ret 4 87 7 Jack Aitken 19 27 17 20 Ret 12 3 6 18 1 21 12 2 3 86 8 Egor Orudzhev 2 25 6 9 6 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 2 3 11 Ret 83 9 Aurélien Panis 5 Ret 8 28 1 8 11 11 DSQ 14 4 2 9 17 82 10 Ignazio D'Agosto 8 16 10 12 13 14 6 3 6 3 14 4 73 11 Matt Parry 7 Ret Ret 11 3 4 29 14 12 5 Ret 10 Ret 6 57 12 Gustav Malja 6 10 32 21 14 17 14 12 5 4 9 7 Ret 10 49 13 Levin Amweg 12 5 5 5 4 23 23 Ret 19 11 12 19 42 14 Hans Villemi Ret 14 11 8 17 15 15 16 4 18 10 Ret 3 12 38 15 style=background:Orange; align=left Anthoine Hubert 18 7 9 6 10 13 19 15 14 16 12 9 6 16 30 16 style=background:Orange; align=left Callan O'Keeffe Ret Ret 13 4 5 10 28 Ret DSQ 20 22 15 10 11 28 17 Steijn Schothorst 11 13 Ret 13 21 16 13 17 19 10 13 5 8 9 24 18 Nick Cassidy 14 11 12 17 25 25 8 5 10 Ret 20 19 Simon Gachet 9 6 18 15 18 Ret 21 18 DSQ 19 23 16 16 20 10 20 Martin Rump Ret 17 14 26 22 19 12 8 16 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 8 21 Victor Franzoni 9 19 4 22 style=background:Orange; align=left Matthew Graham 10 18 21 18 17 Ret 1 23 Ryan Tveter 23 12 23 Ret 12 11 22 Ret 23 13 15 Ret 1 24 style=background:Orange; align=left Gregor Ramsay 17 21 22 32 24 21 16 20 15 17 Ret 14 14 18 0 25 style=background:Orange; align=left Vasily Romanov 21 23 34 34 20 24 Ret 21 21 15 0 26 Roy Geerts 16 19 0 27 style=background:Orange; align=left James Allen 24 22 31 Ret 27 25 22 22 20 17 17 24 0 28 Josef Záruba 33 33 18 24 0 29 style=background:Orange; align=left Iñigo Bikuña 26 24 0 30 Jules Gounon 25 26 Ret Ret 0 style=background:Orange; align=left Darius Oskoui WD WD 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points George Russell 15 22 5 1 Charles Leclerc 26 30 5 2 2 2 style=background:Orange; align=left Matevos Isaakyan 27 15 16 7 8 7 Louis Delétraz Ret 16 24 7 16 18 Jake Hughes Ret 22 24 12 Ret 8 Pietro Fittipaldi Ret 14 Thiago Vivacqua 30 Ret 18 15 Raoul Owens 27 24 17 26 align=left nowrap Philo Paz Patric Armand 29 27 17 Ret Denis Korneev 22 Ret Ret 29 19 18 Hugo de Sadeleer 18 19 Luke Chudleigh 20 20 19 19 20 21 Danylo Pronenko 26 26 19 25 Semen Evstigneev Ret 36 23 20 Hongli Ye 24 20 Ret 23 Dario Capitanio 20 23 Stefan Riener Ret 21 style=background:Orange; align=left Robin Hansson 26 22 Julio Moreno 28 31 25 23 Alex Bosak 24 35 Akash Nandy 25 25 Ben Barnicoat Ret DNS Pos Driver ALC SPA MSC NÜR HUN LEC JER Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos Driver Car No. ALC SPA MSC NÜR HUN LEC JER Points 1 Koiranen GP 17 14 11 12 17 25 25 8 5 10 Ret 24 20 Ret 23 347 18 8 16 10 12 13 14 6 3 6 3 14 4 Ret 21 19 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 4 3 7 1 1 1 2 58 15 22 62 Ret 14 2 Prema Powerteam 20 3 3 3 1 16 DNS 20 Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret 7 13 250 21 Ret 14 11 8 17 15 15 16 4 18 10 Ret 3 12 22 13 8 1 2 9 5 4 1 9 8 6 Ret DSQ 7 53 24 35 3 Fortec Motorsports 7 7 Ret Ret 11 3 4 29 14 12 5 Ret 10 Ret 6 151 8 19 27 17 20 Ret 12 3 6 18 1 21 12 2 3 9 Ret 17 14 26 22 19 12 8 16 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 51 26 30 5 2 2 2 Ret DNS 52 30 Ret 4 ART Junior Team 4 5 Ret 8 28 1 8 11 11 DSQ 14 4 2 9 17 148 5 12 5 5 5 4 23 23 Ret DSQ 19 19 11 12 19 6 Ret Ret 13 4 5 10 28 Ret DSQ 20 23 16 16 20 5 Josef Kaufmann Racing 14 6 10 32 21 14 17 14 12 5 4 9 7 Ret 4 137 15 15 2 7 14 7 1 10 Ret 13 11 7 6 Ret 10 16 23 12 23 Ret 12 11 22 Ret 23 13 15 Ret 50 24 7 6 Manor MP Motorsport 10 Ret 1 15 10 2 6 7 10 1 9 5 8 13 22 132 11 11 13 Ret 13 21 16 13 17 19 10 13 5 8 9 49 28 31 25 23 7 KTR 23 4 9 4 37 11 3 2 13 7 6 3 13 4 5 121 24 17 21 22 32 24 21 16 20 15 17 Ret 14 14 18 25 25 26 22 15 10 11 8 Tech 1 Racing 1 18 7 9 6 10 13 19 15 14 16 12 9 6 16 113 2 21 23 34 34 20 24 Ret 21 21 15 6 1 3 2 25 6 9 6 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 2 3 11 Ret 44 20 20 19 19 20 21 18 19 47 25 25 48 29 27 17 Ret 9 ARTA Engineering 26 24 22 31 Ret 27 25 22 22 21 17 17 24 10 27 WD WD 28 9 6 18 15 18 Ret 21 18 10 China BRT by JCS 35 9 19 4 36 18 24 11 AVF 38 16 19 33 33 Ret Ret 1 39 26 24 Ret 16 16 18 40 10 18 21 18 12 align=left rowspan=2 Strakka Racing 60 24 12 Ret 8 0 61 17 Ret Guest teams ineligible for points align=left rowspan=2 JD Motorsport 45 27 15 16 7 8 7 46 22 Ret Ret 29 19 18 18 15 align=left rowspan=2 Mark Burdett Motorsport 56 Ret 22 57 27 24 17 26 align=left rowspan=2 BVM Racing 54 20 23 26 26 19 25 55 Ret 36 23 20 Fragus BR Motorsport 59 26 22 Pos Driver Car No. ALC SPA MSC NÜR HUN LEC JER Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Renault-Sport official website

Notes and References

1. News: De Vries wins again, clinches 2014 Eurocup title. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 28 September 2014. Paddock Scout. 19 October 2014.
2. News: Nyck de Vries clinches the title for Koiranen GP. 18 October 2014. Renault Sport. World Series by Renault. 18 October 2014.
3. News: 12 teams chosen for 2014. RenaultSport.com. Renault Sport. 12 March 2014. 12 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140312214008/http://worldseriesbyrenault.com/12-teams-chosen-for-the-2014.html. 12 March 2014. dead. dmy-all.
4. News: Hubert, Romanov join Orudzhev in Tech 1's Eurocup lineup. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 8 January 2014. 9 January 2014.
5. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. 18 October 2014. Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 18 October 2014.
6. News: Luke Chudleigh: A racer to the core. 16 April 2014. 24 April 2014. Norris. McDonald. Wheels.ca. Star Media Group. Now 19 [...] he's starting his second season in the Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS series with the French Tech1 Racing team. And he's also going to be racing full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Series..
7. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. Renault Sport. Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. 27 September 2014.
8. Web site: ENTRY LIST / 43 ENTRANTS. 28 May 2014. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 28 May 2014. 21 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021043331/http://mediaguide.wsbyrenault.com/entrylist.php?champ=68. dead.
9. News: World Series by Renault, season 10!. 19 April 2014. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 19 April 2014. Among the contenders who already have Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 experience, Andrea Pizzitola (Manor MP Motorsport), Steijn Schothorst (Manor MP Motorsport), Ignazio D’Agosto (Koiranen GP), Aurélien Panis (ART Junior Team), Levin Amweg (ART Junior Team), Gustav Malja (Josef Kaufmann Racing) and Alexander Albon (KTR) all want to live up to the confidence that has been put in them.. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419165348/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/World-Series-by-Renault-season-10.html. 19 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
10. News: Levin Amweg joins ART Junior Team for 2014 Eurocup. Allen. Peter. 5 February 2014. Paddock Scout. 5 February 2014.
11. News: Lotus-backed Eurocup FR2.0 trio have 2014 teams confirmed. PaddockScout.com. PaddockScout. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 2 April 2014. 2 April 2014.
12. News: NEC champion Parry confirms Eurocup move with Fortec. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 20 February 2014. 20 February 2014.
13. News: Rump i Aitiken amb Fortec al Eurocup. FormulaRapida.net. Formula Ràpida. Viñals Vendrell. Arnau. 20 December 2013. 12 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219151618/http://www.formularapida.net/news/rump-i-aitiken-amb-fortec-al-eurocup/. 19 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
14. News: Fortec sign Martin Rump for Eurocup Formula Renault. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 22 December 2013. 24 December 2013.
15. News: Manor MP Motorsport signs Pizzitola & Schothorst for Eurocup title bid. Manor MP Motorsport. 24 January 2014. 24 January 2014. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201212313/http://manormpmotorsport.net/en/news/118/manor-mp-motorsport-signs-pizzitola-en-schothorst-for-eurocup-title-bid-. dead.
16. News: Malja sticks with Josef Kaufmann for dual FR2.0 campaign. Allen. Peter. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 12 February 2014. 12 February 2014.
17. News: Jorg completes Josef Kaufmann Racing line-up for 2014. Allen. Peter. 12 February 2014. Paddock Scout. 12 February 2014.
18. News: Tveter enters Eurocup Formula Renault with Josef Kaufmann Racing. David. Gruz. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 30 January 2014. 31 January 2014.
19. News: Gustav Malja pips rivals to top Friday Eurocup running at Nurburgring. PaddockScout.com. PaddockScout. Allen. Peter. 11 July 2014. 11 July 2014.
20. News: Cassidy con Koiranen per la stagione. 24 April 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 24 April 2014. Cassidy with Koiranen for the season. https://web.archive.org/web/20140424193012/http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=44400&cat=22. 24 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
21. News: D'Agosto secures Eurocup FR2.0 seat with Koiranen. David. Gruz. 18 January 2014. Paddock Scout. 18 January 2014.
22. News: Koiranen retain Nyck de Vries for 2014 Eurocup FR2.0 season. David. Gruz. Paddock Scout. 11 March 2014. 11 March 2014.
23. News: Kevin Jorg tops Eurocup practice at Moscow Raceway. Khorounzhi. Valentin. Paddock Scout. 27 June 2014. 27 June 2014.
24. News: PREMA announces }} drivers for 2014]. 12 February 2014. Prema Powerteam. 12 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221235827if_/http://www.premapowerteam.com/en/news.php?categ=-1&id_news=17366. 21 February 2014.
25. Web site: Entry list / 32 entrants. World Series by Renault Media. Renault Sport. 24 April 2014. 21 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021043331/http://mediaguide.wsbyrenault.com/entrylist.php?champ=68. dead.
26. Web site: News. JamesAllenRaceDriver.com. James Allen. 24 April 2014. After testing for the winter in Spain, James has signed to do both ALPS and Eurocup with ARTA Engineering under the guidende of Arnaud Tanguy..
27. News: ARTA Engineering confirm Eurocup, Alps lineups. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 20 February 2014. 20 February 2014.
28. News: AVF entra nella serie europea. 18 February 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 18 February 2014. AVF enters the European series. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132735/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=43490&cat=22. 22 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
29. News: AVF al via ad Alcaniz con tre piloti. 24 April 2014. Inpagina. ItaliaRacing.net. it. 24 April 2014. AVF at the start with three riders in Alcaniz. https://web.archive.org/web/20140424224327/http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=44402&cat=22. 24 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
30. News: Isaakyan debutta con JD ad Alcaniz. 24 April 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 24 April 2014. Isaakyan debuts with JD at Alcaniz. https://web.archive.org/web/20140424192858/http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=44401&cat=22. 24 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
31. News: Hughes to race for ART and Strakka in remainder of 2014. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 27 August 2014. Paddock Scout. 27 August 2014.
32. News: Graham Completes Strakka Racing's Hungaroring Eurocup Line-up. Hensby. Paul. 8 September 2014. The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. 10 September 2014.
33. News: 2014 World Series by Renault calendar unveiled. 20 October 2013. Renault Sport. World Series by Renault. 21 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131023071740/http://www.renaultsport.com/2014-World-Series-by-Renault,3040.html. 23 October 2013. dead.