2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Explained

The 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the eleventh Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe.

Drivers and teams

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing	1	Jehan Daruvala^[1]	All
	2	Lando Norris^[2]	All
	3	Robert Shwartzman^[3]	All
Fortec Motorsports^[4]	5	Vasily Romanov	1–5
	6	Bruno Baptista	All
	7	Nikita Troitskiy	1–6
	30	Aleksandr Vartanyan^[5]	6–7
	62	Ferdinand Habsburg	2–6
Tech 1 Racing	9	Dorian Boccolacci^[6]	All
	10	Hugo de Sadeleer	All
	11	Sacha Fenestraz	All
	12	Gabriel Aubry	1, 4, 6–7
R-ace GP	14	Will Palmer^[7]	1–5, 7
	15	Marcus Armstrong	6
	16	Julien Falchero^[8]	All
	33	Max Defourny^[9]	All
JD Motorsport^[10]	17	Aleksey Korneev	1, 3–4, 6–7
	18	James Allen^[11]	All
	19	Callan O'Keeffe^[12]	2
	35	Ghislain Cordeel^[13]	4–5
AVF by Adrián Vallés^[14]	21	Henrique Chaves	All
	24	Nerses Isaakyan^[15]	All
	42	Julia Pankiewicz	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	27	Alex Gill^[16]	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	28	Finlay Hutchison	All
KEO Racing	32	Kasper Larsen	1–2, 4–6
Formula Motorsport	36	Thomas Neubauer	4
	37	Nicolas Melin	4
	94	Philippe Haezebrouck	4–5
Mark Godwin Racing	38	David Porcelli	2
Cram Motorsport	40	Antoni Ptak Jr.	4–5
TS Corse	73	Pietro Peccenini	4
Dutt Motorsport	77	Laurents Hörr	1–2, 4–7
Inter Europol Competition	94	Philippe Haezebrouck^[17]	7
BM Racing Team	96	Bartłomiej Mirecki	All

Race calendar and results

The seven-event provisional calendar for the 2016 season was released on 8 October 2015. The calendar was set to remain unchanged and feature all the circuits that were in the previous season,^[18] but a further update replaced the event at Red Bull Ring with a stand-alone event at Hungaroring.^[19]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team		Event
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	23 April				Tech 1 Racing	Nikita Troitskiy
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	24 April	Max Defourny	Jehan Daruvala	Max Defourny	R-ace GP	Lando Norris
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	14 May	Max Defourny	Max Defourny	Max Defourny	R-ace GP
2	R2	Silverstone Circuit	15 May	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
3	R1	Hungaroring	19 June	Lando Norris	Hugo de Sadeleer	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris	stand-alone event
3	R2	Hungaroring	19 June	Lando Norris	Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Robert Shwartzman	stand-alone event
4	R1		29 July	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris		Lando Norris	Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
4	R2		30 July	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris	Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen	6 August	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris	Gamma Racing Day
5	R2	TT Circuit Assen	7 August	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Max Defourny	R-ace GP	Lando Norris	Gamma Racing Day
6	R1	Nürburgring	17 September	Lando Norris	Lando Norris		Josef Kaufmann Racing	Robert Shwartzman	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
6	R2	Nürburgring		Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
7	R1	Hockenheimring	1 October	Lando Norris	Hugo de Sadeleer	Sacha Fenestraz	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		2 October		Max Defourny	Robert Shwartzman	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Robert Shwartzman
	R3		2 October	Sacha Fenestraz		James Allen	JD Motorsport	Lando Norris

Championship standings

Points systemPoints were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers.

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

Drivers' championship

	Driver	MNZ		SIL		HUN		SPA		ASS		NÜR		HOC			Points
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
	Driver	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	Points	8	width=25	9	width=25	10	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14	width=25	15
1	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Lando Norris	3	4	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	4	3	326
2	Max Defourny	19	1	1	5	10	7	Ret	2	5	1	3	2	3	2	2	285
3	Dorian Boccolacci	1	5	2	3	17	8	2	6	2	4	5	Ret	11	22	8	226
4	Jehan Daruvala	4	2	5	4	13	1	7	Ret	3	3	4	3	Ret	13	9	223
5	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Sacha Fenestraz	7	14	13	13	16	5	10	3	4	5	6	6	1	3	16	207
6	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Robert Shwartzman	5	22	11	Ret	5	2	6	8	7	7	1	Ret	5	1	13	206
7	James Allen	14	16	6	12	12	12	3	4	17	11	14	9	8	11	1	177
8	Alex Gill	9	8	7	8	6	17	4	5	12	9	7	15	Ret	6	5	176
9	Hugo de Sadeleer	10	12	9	14	19	4	16	10	9	12	8	5	14	5	6	162
10	Bartłomiej Mirecki	15	17	16	16	4	6	14	17	15	19	12	12	4	7	4	137
11	Ferdinand Habsburg			4	10	3	3	12	7	6	8	10	Ret				130
12	Will Palmer	13	3	3	2	9	18	DNS	Ret	11	6			16	12	21	126
13	Julien Falchero	Ret	11	8	6	Ret	16	8	12	16	16	11	7	7	16	10	124
14	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Nikita Troitskiy	2	6	14	11	14	13	17	13	10	10	18	13				116
15	Henrique Chaves	11	10	22	Ret	8	10	5	9	Ret	14	16	17	10	15	DNS	106
16	Vasily Romanov	8	9	10	9	2	14	13	11	13	Ret						105
17	Bruno Baptista	Ret	Ret	12	15	11	Ret	DNS	19	8	15	9	8	9	21	7	97
18	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Gabriel Aubry	6	7					11	16			13	11	Ret	9	19	76
19	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Aleksey Korneev	Ret	15			7	9	Ret	14			17	10	Ret	8	14	74
20	Laurents Hörr	12	19	17	21			15	15	14	18	19	16	12	14	12	69
21	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Nerses Isaakyan	Ret	13	15	17	15	11	Ret	21	16	17	Ret	14	15	17	15	66
22	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Aleksandr Vartanyan											20	18	6	10	11	40
23	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Finlay Hutchinson	16	18	19	18	18	15	19	22	19	22	21	20	18	18	17	37
24	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Marcus Armstrong											15	4				23
25	Antoni Ptak Jr.							9	18	22	13						23
26	Kasper Larsen	17	20	18	19			18	20	20	20	22	19				18
27	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Julia Pankiewicz	18	21	21	Ret	20	Ret	22	26	21	21	Ret	21	13	19	18	17
28	Callan O'Keeffe			23	7												14
29								23	27	23	24			17	20	20	6
30	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Ghislain Cordeel							Ret	28	18	23						3
31	David Porcelli			20	20												2
32	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Thomas Neubauer							20	23								1
33	Nicolas Melin							21	24								0
34	Pietro Peccenini							DNS	25								0
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	MNZ		SIL		HUN		SPA		ASS		NÜR		HOC			valign=middle	Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	MNZ		SIL		HUN		SPA		ASS		NÜR		HOC		valign=middle	Points
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	3	4	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	398
2	R-ace GP	13	1	1	2	9	7	8	2	5	1	3	2	3	2	2	313
3	Tech 1 Racing	1	5	2	3	16	4	2	3	2	4	5	5	1	3	6	294
4	Fortec Motorsports	2	6	4	9	2	3	12	7	6	8	9	8	6	10	7	228
5	JD Motorsport	14	15	6	7	7	9	3	4	17	11	14	9	8	8	1	194
6	Mark Burdett Motorsport	9	8	7	8	6	15	4	5	12	9	7	15	18	6	5	181
7	BM Racing Team	15	17	16	16	4	6	14	17	15	19	12	12	4	7	4	137
8	AVF by Adrián Vallés	11	10	15	17	8	10	5	9	16	14	16	14	10	15	10	130
9	Dutt Motorsport	12	19	17	21			15	15	14	18	19	16	12	14	12	69
10	Cram Motorsport							9	18	22	13						23
11	KEO Racing	17	20	18	19			18	20	20	20	22	19				18
12	Inter Europol Competition													17	20	20	6
13	MGR Motorsport			20	20												2
14	Formula Motorsport							20	23								1
15	TS Corse							DNS	25								0
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	MNZ		SIL		HUN		SPA		ASS		NÜR		HOC		valign=middle	Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

External links

Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship

Notes and References

Web site: Daruvala announces Formula Renault 2.0 and Toyota programme for 2016. 9 December 2015. 9 December 2015. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233329/https://www.motorsport.com/frenault/news/daruvala-announces-formula-renault-2-0-and-toyota-programme-for-2016/. dead.
Web site: Lando Norris to compete in BRDC F4, Eurocup and NEC for 2016. 1 December 2015. 7 December 2015.
Web site: @FR2NEC: Tomorrow, preparations start in the Monza paddock. Here is the entry list for the season opener.. Twitter. Twitter Inc.. 20 April 2016. 20 April 2016.
Web site: Nikita Troitskiy joins Fortec for FR2.0 NEC campaign. Allen. Peter. 18 December 2015. 20 December 2015.
News: Finale im Titelkampf beginnt am Nürburgring. 14 September 2016. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. de. 15 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918182912/http://www.renault-sport.de/home/detail/finale-im-titelkampf-beginnt-am-nuerburgring/. 18 September 2016. dead.
News: Boccolacci moves to Eurocup FR2.0 with Tech 1 Racing. Gruz. David. 11 February 2016. Paddock Scout. 12 February 2016.
News: Will Palmer to do Formula Renault full-time with ART Junior Team. Allen. Peter. PaddockScout.com. 18 January 2016. 19 January 2016.
News: Julien Falchero becomes ART Junior Team’s third 2016 signing. Allen. Peter. PaddockScout.com. 4 February 2016. 4 February 2016.
News: Max Defourny to continue in Formula Renault with ART Junior Team. Allen. Peter. PaddockScout.com. 11 January 2016. 11 January 2016.
News: The Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship will not take place in 2016, organiser Fast Lane Promotion has announced. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 6 January 2016. Motorsport.com. 6 January 2016. Other big-name teams of the championship — Fortec, JD and Tech 1 - are to focus on the Eurocup and the NEC series..
News: Alexey Korneev to do full Formula Renault season with JD Motorsport. Allen. Peter. 6 February 2016. Paddock Scout. 6 February 2016.
Web site: Provisional Entry list SILVERSTONE 12 – 15 May 2016. 9 May 2016. Silverstone Circuit. 12 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918091056/http://assets.silverstone.co.uk/media/filer_public/af/73/af73862f-963f-4748-8079-22d5cad3cea7/nec_provisional_entrylist_silverstone_2016_v2.pdf. 18 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
News: STRONG FIELD AT LEGENDARY FORMULA 1 VENUE. Noor. Tania. 28 July 2016. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 28 July 2016.
News: FIRST 2016 ENTRIES CONFIRMED FOR THE FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 NORTHERN EUROPEAN CUP. 22 December 2015. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 6 January 2016.
News: AV Formula anuncia nuevos pilotos para 2016. 4 February 2016. Revista Safety Car. González. Javier. 4 February 2016. es. AV Formula announces new drivers for 2016.
News: Alex Gill makes Burdett switch in Formula Renault NEC. Allen. Peter. 12 February 2016. 12 February 2016.
Web site: Result List Free Practice 1. 30 September 2016. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 30 September 2016.
News: PROVISIONAL 2016 CALENDAR. 8 October 2015. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 10 October 2015.
News: AGAIN SIX FORMULA 1 CIRCUITS IN 2016; HUNGARORING INCLUDED. 27 November 2015. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 30 November 2015. 8 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208103211/http://necup.com/six-formula-1-circuits-2016-hungaroring-included/. dead.