2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Explained

The 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2018 season is the 28th Formula Renault Eurocup season organized by the Renault Sport and the third season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The series will visit ten circuits around the Europe, including Monaco.^[1]

Teams and drivers

In 2018 the series was scheduled to feature the same nine teams as in previous year.^[2] But Mark Burdett Motorsport wasn't able to appear on the grid.

Team Driver name Status Rounds R-ace GP 1 Max Fewtrell^[3] All 2 Logan Sargeant^[4] All 3 Charles Milesi All 4 Victor Martins^[5] All 5 Gabriel Gandulia^[6] 6–9 Josef Kaufmann Racing 11 Clément Novalak^[7] 1–5, 7–10 12 Richard Verschoor^[8] 1–6 16 Yifei Ye All Tech 1 Racing 21 Neil Verhagen^[9] All 22 Aleksandr Smolyar^[10] All 23 Thomas Neubauer^[11] All 24 Frank Bird^[12] All MP Motorsport 31 Christian Lundgaard^[13] All 32 Alex Peroni^[14] All 33 Max Defourny^[15] 1–4 Jarno Opmeer^[16] 5–6 Freek Schothorst^[17] 7–10 Arden 41 Oscar Piastri^[18] All 42 Aleksandr Vartanyan^[19] 1–4 Nikita Volegov^[20] 5–10 43 Sami Taoufik^[21] All AVF by Adrián Vallés 51 Axel Matus All 52 Xavier Lloveras^[22] 1–6 53 Eliseo Martínez All 54 Christian Muñoz^[23] All JD Motorsport 61 Lorenzo Colombo All 62 Thomas Maxwell All 63 Najiy Razak All Fortec Motorsports 84 Vladimiros Tziortzis^[24] 1–7, 9–10 85 Raúl Guzmán^[25] All 86 Christian Hahn^[26] 2–4 87 Arthur Rougier All Anders Motorsport 90 Phil Hill 6–9 91 Doureid Ghattas 6–8 Scorace Team 91 Doureid Ghattas 9 92 Sharon Scolari 6, 8–9

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Driver changes

• French F4 Championship champion Arthur Rougier and SMP F4 Championship driver Vladimiros Tziortzis joined Fortec Motorsports.^{[5] [24]} BRDC British Formula 3 Championship driver Jordan Cane was expected to make his Eurocup debut with Fortec but later he aborted this plan.^{[27] [28]} While Raúl Guzmán made his switch to Fortec from R-ace GP.^[25] Aleksey Korneev left the team to join 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
• Euroformula Open Championship driver Eliseo Martínez and French F4 Championship driver Christian Muñoz joined AVF by Adrián Vallés.^[22] Henrique Chaves moved to the 2018 European Le Mans Series. Gregoire Saucy and Thomas Randle left the team.
• Richard Verschoor, who raced with MP Motorsport switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing^[8] and was joined by karting champion and Toyota Racing Series race winner Clément Novalak.^[7]
• Aleksandr Smolyar made his racing debut with Tech 1 Racing.^[10] He was joined by former Fortec Motorsports and MP Motorsport drivers Frank Bird and Neil Verhagen respectively.^{[12] [9]} Gabriel Aubry graduated to the 2018 GP3 Series, leaving his Tech 1 seat vacant.^[29]
• F4 British Championship runner-up Oscar Piastri made his Eurocup debut with Arden Motorsport.^[18] He was joined by Aleksandr Vartanyan, who made his switch from JD Motorsport, and 2017 CIK-FIA European OK karting champion Sami Taoufik.^{[19] [21]}
• Christian Lundgaard graduated from Spanish F4 Championship and SMP F4 Championship as champion in both championships with MP Motorsport.^[13] Alex Peroni switched to MP Motorsport for his second Eurocup campaign after leaving Fortec Motorsports.^[14] They were joined by Max Defourny, who raced two seasons with R-ace GP.^[15]
• French F4 Championship runner-up Victor Martins joined R-ace GP.^[5] He was joined by former Tech 1 Racing driver Max Fewtrell.^[3] Charles Milesi, who raced with R-ace GP in the 2017 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and in the four rounds of the Eurocup made his full-time switch to the series.^[4] Logan Sargeant moved from ADAC Formula 4 Championship to R-ace GP.^[4]
• Italian F4 Championship driver Lorenzo Colombo raced with JD Motorsport.^[22] Thomas Maxwell and Najiy Razak switched from Tech 1 and Fortec respectively to join JD Motorsport.^[22]

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 25 September 2017. The series will return to Hockenheimring in its schedule. While Pau Grand Prix will be not present in the 2018 calendar.^[1] On 29 October the calendar was slightly altered, but featured the same ten circuits.

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	14 April	European Le Mans Series
	R2		15 April
2	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	21 April	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	R2		22 April
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	19 May
	R2		20 May
4	R1	Circuit de Monaco	26 May
	R2		27 May
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 July	European Le Mans Series
	R2		22 July
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	27 July	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	R2		28 July
7	R1	Hungaroring	1 September	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
	R2		2 September
8	R1	Nürburgring	14 September
	R2		15 September
9	R1	Hockenheimring	22 September	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		23 September
10	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	20 October	International GT Open
	R2		21 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	1	Paul Ricard	Max Fewtrell	Logan Sargeant	Logan Sargeant	R-ace GP	Logan Sargeant
	R2		Max Fewtrell	Yifei Ye	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	nowrap	Christian Lundgaard
2	R1	Monza	Yifei Ye	Max Fewtrell	Yifei Ye	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Christian Lundgaard
	R2		nowrap	Lorenzo Colombo	Yifei Ye	nowrap	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Christian Lundgaard
3	R1	Silverstone	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	Logan Sargeant
	R2		Charles Milesi	Aleksandr Vartanyan	Charles Milesi	R-ace GP	Charles Milesi
4	R1	Monaco	Alex Peroni	Charles Milesi	Alex Peroni	MP Motorsport	Charles Milesi
	R2		Charles Milesi	Alex Peroni	Charles Milesi	R-ace GP	Charles Milesi
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	Lorenzo Colombo
	R2		Victor Martins	Yifei Ye	Victor Martins	R-ace GP	Victor Martins
6	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Lorenzo Colombo	Victor Martins	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Christian Lundgaard
	R2	Logan Sargeant	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	R-ace GP	Victor Martins
7	R1	Hungaroring	nowrap	Christian Lundgaard	nowrap	Christian Lundgaard	Yifei Ye	nowrap	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Christian Lundgaard
	R2		Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Christian Lundgaard
8	R1	Nürburgring	Logan Sargeant	Max Fewtrell	Logan Sargeant	R-ace GP	Logan Sargeant
	R2		Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	Victor Martins
9	R1	Hockenheim	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	Oscar Piastri
	R2		Christian Lundgaard	Logan Sargeant	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	Oscar Piastri
10	R1	Catalunya	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Christian Lundgaard
	R2		Victor Martins	Logan Sargeant	Logan Sargeant	R-ace GP	Logan Sargeant

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

	Driver	LEC		MNZ		SIL		MON		RBR		SPA		HUN		NÜR		HOC		CAT		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	width=25	18	width=25	19	width=25	20
1	Max Fewtrell	2	1	22	10	1	Ret	7	8	1	2	5	7	3	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	275.5
2	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Christian Lundgaard	5	3	2	1	Ret	5	5	5	5	3	1	8	2	1	3	5	Ret	Ret	1	2	258
3	Yifei Ye	3	2	1	15	3	3	4	4	8	5	2	3	1	11	6	6	2	3	8	8	239
4	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Logan Sargeant	1	Ret	8	4	2	2	10	9	Ret	Ret	9	2	5	7	1	4	4	5	2	1	218
5	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Victor Martins	11	4	6	5	6	6	3	3	9	1	Ret	1	4	9	4	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	186
6	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Lorenzo Colombo	4	21	3	2	4	8	12	Ret	3	6	6	5	6	3	11	22	Ret	4	3	6	152.5
7	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Charles Milesi	9	12	7	19	7	1	2	1	10	13	10	13	9	12	7	3	10	8	5	10	122.5
8	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;”	Oscar Piastri	6	5	12	Ret	11	4	13	12	6	9	3	9	7	4	15	7	3	2	16	11	110
9	Alex Peroni	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	15	1	2	12	7	Ret	25	13	5	9	9	6	Ret	9	14	89
10	Thomas Maxwell	10	6	10	7	8	16	8	10	7	23	7	4	11	25	8	11	5	7	Ret	5	76
11	Neil Verhagen	7	9	11	Ret	10	12	6	7	4	8	25	22	14	14	13	12	7	6	7	7	59
12	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Aleksandr Smolyar	8	23	4	Ret	Ret	7	15	11	Ret	15	11	16	10	6	5	8	8	Ret	6	12	57
13	Richard Verschoor	Ret	8	24	9	9	11	14	13	2	4	8	10									34
14	Max Defourny	Ret	10	9	3	16	14	9	6													28
15	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Arthur Rougier	Ret	15	18	20	15	Ret	27	14	11	14	4	6	Ret	8	10	13	12	10	WD	WD	26
16	align=left nowrap	Aleksandr Vartanyan	19	11	Ret	12	5	10	11	15													11
17	Thomas Neubauer	12	17	14	6	18	24	26	23	DNS	DNS	WD	WD	Ret	Ret	21	10	Ret	Ret	14	23	9
18	Frank Bird	17	18	13	8	Ret	21	22	20	13	10	14	11	12	13	Ret	21	20	13	10	17	6
19	Axel Matus	20	16	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	18	Ret	16	11	Ret	26	8	15	16	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	4
20	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Eliseo Martínez	16	20	15	11	17	17	23	18	21	17	15	12	15	21	12	Ret	14	9	11	9	4
21	Raúl Guzmán	13	22	19	21	Ret	9	20	16	15	12	13	23	Ret	Ret	25	18	9	11	15	16	4
22	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Sami Taoufik	23	13	17	13	13	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	17	Ret	16	10	17	14	19	12	Ret	15	1
23	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Clément Novalak	15	Ret	16	Ret	12	Ret	25	22	Ret	DNS			18	22	14	16	11	22	Ret	13	0
24	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Christian Muñoz	22	14	23	14	20	23	21	25	19	21	21	17	Ret	Ret	19	19	17	16	12	22	0
25	Jarno Opmeer									18	Ret	12	24									0
26	Nikita Volegov									17	18	16	Ret	19	17	18	15	13	24	Ret	19	0
27	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Vladimiros Tziortzis	21	19	25	Ret	21	18	24	21	22	22	20	19	Ret	16			18	18	13	21	0
28	Najiy Razak	14	Ret	Ret	17	22	20	19	19	14	19	18	15	23	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	23	Ret	20	0
29	Xavier Lloveras	18	Ret	20	16	19	22	16	17	20	20	22	14									0
30	Freek Schothorst													17	24	20	17	15	19	Ret	18	0
31	align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;"	Christian Hahn			21	18	23	19	17	24													0
guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	Phil Hill											19	18	21	23	23	DNS	21	15			—
—	Doureid Ghattas											23	20	20	19	22	20	16	20			—
—	Gabriel Gandulia											24	21	22	20	24	24	22	17			—
—	Sharon Scolari											26	DNS			26	23	23	21			—
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	LEC		MNZ		SIL		MON		RBR		SPA		HUN		NÜR		HOC		CAT		valign=middle	Points

Teams' championship

Only two-best cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

	Team	LEC		MNZ		SIL		MON		RBR		SPA		HUN		NÜR		HOC		CAT		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	width=25	18	width=25	19	width=25	20
1	align=left rowspan=2	R-ace GP	1	1	6	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	662.5
	2	4	8	5	2	2	3	3	9	2	9	2	4	7	2	2	4	5	4	3
2	align=left rowspan=2	MP Motorsport	5	3	2	1	16	5	1	2	5	3	1	8	2	1	3	5	6	19	1	2	362
	Ret	7	5	3	Ret	14	5	5	12	7	12	24	13	5	9	9	15	Ret	9	14
3	align=left rowspan=2 nowrap	Josef Kaufmann Racing	3	2	1	9	3	3	4	4	2	4	2	3	1	11	6	6	2	3	8	8	273
	15	8	16	15	9	11	14	13	8	5	8	10	18	22	14	16	11	22	Ret	13
4	align=left rowspan=2	JD Motorsport	4	6	3	2	4	8	8	10	3	6	6	4	6	3	8	11	5	4	3	5	228.5
	10	21	10	7	8	16	12	9	7	19	7	5	11	18	11	22	Ret	7	Ret	6
5	align=left rowspan=2	Tech 1 Racing	7	9	4	6	10	7	6	7	4	8	11	11	10	6	5	8	7	6	6	7	130
	8	17	11	8	18	12	15	11	13	15	14	16	12	13	13	10	8	13	7	12
6	align=left rowspan=2	Arden	6	5	12	12	5	4	11	12	6	9	3	9	7	4	15	7	3	2	16	11	122
	19	11	17	13	11	10	13	15	17	16	16	Ret	16	10	17	14	13	12	Ret	15
7	align=left rowspan=2	Fortec Motorsports	13	15	18	18	15	9	17	14	11	12	4	6	Ret	8	10	13	9	10	13	16	30
	21	19	19	20	21	18	20	16	15	14	13	19	Ret	17	18	18	12	11	15	21
8	align=left rowspan=2	AVF by Adrián Vallés	16	14	15	11	14	17	16	17	16	11	15	12	8	15	12	19	14	9	11	9	8
	18	16	20	14	17	22	18	18	19	17	21	14	15	21	16	Ret	17	14	12	22
guest teams ineligible to score points
—	align=left rowspan=2	Anders Motorsport											19	18	20	19	22	20	16	15			—
											23	20	21	23	23	DNS	21	20			—
—	Scorace Team											26	DNS			26	23	23	21			—
valign=middle		valign=middle	Team	LEC		MNZ		SIL		MON		RBR		SPA		HUN		NÜR		HOC		CAT		valign=middle	Points

Notes and References

1. News: RENAULT SPORT RACING REVEALS THE 2018 FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP CALENDAR. 26 September 2017. renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 25 September 2017. 27 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170927055359/https://www.renaultsport.com/renault-sport-racing-reveals-the-2018-formula-renault-eurocup-calendar.html. dead.
2. News: Nine teams selected for the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup. 23 November 2017. renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 23 November 2017.
3. News: Jackson. Connor. Max Fewtrell to Remain in Eurocup Formula Renault. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 16 January 2018.
4. News: 27 drivers with many contenders for victory !. 10 April 2018. renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 10 April 2018. 30 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930082515/https://www.renaultsport.com/27-drivers-with-many-contenders-for-victory.html?lang=fr. dead.
5. News: Allen. Peter. French F4 rivals Arthur Rougier and Victor Martins become Renault juniors ahead of Eurocup moves. 15 January 2018. formulascout.com. 15 January 2018.
6. News: No time to rest for the Formula Renault Eurocup! . 23 July 2018 . renaultsport.com . . 23 July 2018 . 23 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723152453/https://www.renaultsport.com/no-time-to-rest-for-the-formula-renault-eurocup.html?r=335&lang=en . dead .
7. Web site: Clement Novalak to contest both Formula Renault Eurocup and British F3. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018.
8. News: Allen. Peter. Verschoor secures Kaufmann seat for Eurocup return without Red Bull. 2 December 2017. formulascout.com. 1 December 2017.
9. News: Ticktum heads 2018 Red Bull junior line-up. 15 January 2018. GPUpdate.net. SportUpdate B.V.. 15 January 2018. Neil Verhagen remains a Red Bull junior and will stay in Formula Renault Eurocup, switching to Tech 1 Racing..
10. Web site: SMP prospect Smolyar joins Tech 1 for Formula Renault Eurocup. 12 February 2017. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 12 February 2017.
11. News: Thomas Neubauer poursuit avec Tech 1. 10 January 2018. AUTOHebdo. 10 January 2018. fr.
12. News: Hensby. Paul. Frank Bird joins Tech 1 Racing for second Eurocup season. 17 January 2018. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 17 January 2018.
13. News: Christian Lundgaard to step up to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup with MP Motorsport. 15 January 2018. mpmotorsport.com. 15 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004532/http://mpmotorsport.com/en/news/393/christian-lundgaard-to-step-up-to-formula-renault-20-eurocup-with-mp-motorsport. 16 January 2018. dead. dmy-all.
14. News: Eurocup race-winner Alex Peroni joins MP Motorsport for 2018. 8 February 2018. formulascout.com. 8 February 2018.
15. News: Allen. Peter. Max Defourny returns for another Formula Renault Eurocup season with MP. 2 March 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 1 March 2018.
16. News: Hensby . Paul . MARTINS TAKES MAIDEN POLE AS EUROCUP SEASON RESUMES IN AUSTRIA . 21 July 2018 . thecheckeredflag.co.uk . The Checkered Flag.
17. News: Allen . Peter . Freek Schothorst to make Formula Renault Eurocup debut in Hungary . 31 August 2018 . formulascout.com . Formula Scout . 31 August 2018.
18. News: Short. Nick. Piastri moving up to Formula Renault Eurocup. 21 December 2017. Speedcafe.com. 21 December 2017.
19. News: Wood. Elliot. Alexander Vartanyan to race for Arden in second Eurocup season. 14 February 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 12 February 2018.
20. News: The Formula Renault Eurocup Heads to Austria. 17 July 2018. Renault Sport Series. 20 July 2018. 21 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180721102921/https://www.renaultsport.com/the-formula-renault-eurocup-heads-to-austria.html?r=335. dead.
21. News: Hensby. Paul. Karting Champion Taoufik Steps up to Eurocup with Arden Motorsport. 12 March 2018. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 12 March 2018.
22. News: Wood. Eliott. Eliseo Martinez makes Formula Renault switch with AVF. 9 March 2018. formulacout.com. Formula Scout. 7 March 2018.
23. Web site: AVF adds French F4 graduate Christian Munoz to Eurocup line-up. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018.
24. News: Costa. Massimo. Con Rougier e Tziortzis Fortec completa la line-up. 24 January 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 24 January 2018. it.
25. News: Costa. Massimo. Guzman si accasa da Fortec. 17 January 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. 15 January 2018. it.
26. News: Rhenius. Fernando. Christian Hahn estreia no campeonato europeu de Fórmula Renault 2.0. 21 April 2018. Vavel Brasil. 20 April 2018. pt.
27. News: Wood. Elliot. Jordan Cane announced as first 2018 Eurocup entry with Fortec. 16 November 2017. formulascout.com. 16 November 2017.
28. News: Jackson. Connor. JORDAN CANE JOINS DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT FOR SEASON. 20 April 2018. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 20 April 2018.
29. News: Gruz. David. Arden signs Aubry for maiden GP3 campaign. 24 January 2018. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 24 January 2018.