2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the fifth Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 17 April and finished on 17 October at Nürburgring, after nineteen races. Making its début in the series in 2010 was the new-specification car, designed by Barazi-Epsilon. It replaced the Tatuus chassis that had been in the series since 2000, but the Tatuus cars were still used in the secondary Formula Renault 2000 Class.

KEO Racing driver Ludwig Ghidi won the main NEC championship title, having won two races during the season – the season-opening rounds at Hockenheim – but eleven further podiums helped him to claim his first ever car racing title. Mikkel Mac of the KTR team finished the season as runner-up, winning three races at Zandvoort and two at Oschersleben, but only featured three further times on the podium. Van Amersfoort Racing duo Jeroen Mul and Liroy Stuart took the next two placings in the final championship standings, with Mul taking two victories at Zandvoort and Oschersleben, while Stuart took four second places including one behind Mul. Team Astromega driver Sam Dejonghe completed the top five. Other drivers to win races were Eurocup champion Kevin Korjus, who won each of his five starts in the series for Koiranen Bros. Motorsport, Karl-Oscar Liiv won a pair of races for MP Motorsport at Assen, with Kevin Mirocha (SL Formula Racing, Nürburgring), Daniël de Jong (MP Motorsport, Nürburgring), Genís Olivé (Epsilon Euskadi, Spa-Francorchamps), Robin Frijns (Josef Kaufmann Racing, Spa-Francorchamps) and Will Stevens (MP Motorsport, Spa-Francorchamps) all winning a race each. One race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

In the Formula Renault 2000 class, five victories for Dear Schilling allowed KEO Racing to claim the FR2000 title along with Ghidi's success in the main class. Dear Schilling finished 15 points clear of runner-up Johann Ledermair, a four-time class winner running for his own Ledermair Motorsport team, who in turn finished 13 points clear of Daniel Schilling, the younger brother of Dear and his team-mate at KEO Racing, a three-time winner on the season. Tony Kowalewski took two wins en route to fourth place for TKP Racing, while Frank Suntjens was winless for the Speedlover team in fifth place. Other victories were claimed by Alessio Picariello, who took wins at Most and two at Spa for SL Formula Racing, with one each for Leopold Ringbom (P1 Motorsport, Nürburgring) and Amir Mesny (Josef Kaufmann Racing, Spa-Francorchamps) in late season outings.

Teams and drivers

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2010 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Entry List[1]
Team No. Driver name Class Rounds
  Cram Competition 4   André Negrão 2
  KEO Racing 5   Ludwig Ghidi All
6   Robert Siska 2–3, 6–7
8   Kelvin Snoeks 3
36   Dear Schilling FR2000 All
37   Daniel Schilling FR2000 All
  Kochanski Motorsport 7   Jakub Śmiechowski All
33   Sewerin Tobiasz Szczepanik FR2000 1
39   Maurycy Kochanski FR2000 5, 7–8
  MP Motorsport 9   Karl-Oscar Liiv 2, 5, 8
10   Daniël de Jong 2, 5, 8
22   Will Stevens 7
30   Kalle Kulmanen 2, 7
  Krenek Motorsport 11   Adam Kout 2
14   Jakub Knoll 3
15   Petř Vlček 6
  Van Amersfoort Racing 13   Jeroen Mul All
17   Liroy Stuart All
  Team Astromega 16   Sam Dejonghe All
  Interwetten Junior Team 18   Luciano Bacheta 2
19   Craig Reiff 2
  SL Formula Racing 20   Kevin Mirocha 4–5, 8
21   Julian Eisenreich 1–3
38   Michèle Di Martino FR2000 1–2, 4–5, 8
44   Sebastian von Gartzen G 8
47   Alessio Picariello FR2000 6–7
  KTR 23   Rogier de Wit 1–6
24   Mikkel Mac All
  Koiranen Bros. Motorsport 25   Jesse Laine 6
26   Bart Hylkema 2, 6
27   Miki Weckström 2
28   Kevin Korjus 2, 6
29   John Bryant-Meisner 6
  Speedlover 31   Frank Suntjens FR2000 All
  TKP Racing 32   Tony Kowalewski FR2000 All
  Ledermair Motorsport 34   Johann Ledermair FR2000 All
  Boller 36   Kai Boller FR2000 1, 3–8
  Sophidea 40   Richard Gonda FR2000 1–2, 4, 6
  P1 Motorsport 42   Antti Rammo FR2000 3
43   Leopold Ringbom FR2000 6–8
  Palmi Racing 50   David Palmi FR2000 2, 4, 6
51   Petř Vlček FR2000 4
  ACS Motorsport SE 52   Norbert Kiss FR2000 6
53   Attila Barta FR2000 6
55   István Rácz FR2000 7
  ARTA Engineering 54   Amir Mesny FR2000 8
67   Côme Ledogar 8
  Epsilon Euskadi 61   Genís Olivé 7
62   Javier Tarancón 7
63   Giovanni Venturini 7
64   Alex Riberas 7
  Josef Kaufmann Racing 66   Robin Frijns 7
67   Côme Ledogar 7
Icon Class
FR2000 Formula Renault 2000 Class
G Guest

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Hockenheimring   Germany 17 April   Julian Eisenreich   Ludwig Ghidi   Ludwig Ghidi   KEO Racing
R2 18 April   Ludwig Ghidi   Ludwig Ghidi   Ludwig Ghidi   KEO Racing
2 R1 Masaryk Circuit, Brno   Czech Republic 25 April   Kevin Korjus   Daniël de Jong   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
R2   Kevin Korjus   Daniël de Jong   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
3 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort   Netherlands 5 June   Jeroen Mul   Jeroen Mul   Jeroen Mul   Van Amersfoort Racing
R2 6 June   Ludwig Ghidi   Jeroen Mul   Mikkel Mac   KTR
4 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben   Germany 10 July   Mikkel Mac   Jeroen Mul   Mikkel Mac   KTR
R2   Jeroen Mul   Mikkel Mac   Jeroen Mul   Van Amersfoort Racing
R3 11 July   Mikkel Mac   Mikkel Mac   Mikkel Mac   KTR
5 R1 TT Circuit Assen   Netherlands 7 August   Jeroen Mul   Kevin Mirocha   Karl-Oscar Liiv   MP Motorsport
R2 8 August   Karl-Oscar Liiv   Kevin Mirocha   Karl-Oscar Liiv   MP Motorsport
6 R1 Autodrom Most   Czech Republic 28 August   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
R2 29 August   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
R3   Kevin Korjus   Kevin Korjus   Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
7 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Belgium 2 October   Alex Riberas   Genís Olivé   Genís Olivé   Epsilon Euskadi
R2 3 October   Giovanni Venturini   Will Stevens   Will Stevens   MP Motorsport
R3   Genís Olivé   Robin Frijns   Robin Frijns   Josef Kaufmann Racing
8 R1 Nürburgring   Germany 16 October   Daniël de Jong   Karl-Oscar Liiv   Daniël de Jong   MP Motorsport
R2 17 October   Kevin Mirocha   Daniël de Jong   Kevin Mirocha   SL Formula Racing
R3   Daniël de Jong race cancelled

Standings

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Drivers' championship

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  • 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
 
BRN
 
ZAN
 
OSC
 
ASS
 
MST
 
SPA
 
NÜR
 
Total Drop Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1   Ludwig Ghidi 1 1 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 8 2 6 5 C 381 13 368
2   Mikkel Mac 4 2 12 11 11 1 1 4 1 6 6 4 5 2 5 6 11 5 2 C 349 9 340
3   Jeroen Mul 3 Ret 2 9 1 8 8 1 5 3 7 10 2 Ret 4 7 17 4 6 C 304 304
4   Liroy Stuart Ret 14 9 6 2 4 2 8 2 7 2 5 15 17 21 11 Ret 8 8 C 267 267
5   Sam Dejonghe 16 Ret 10 13 5 12 7 5 7 9 11 6 7 10 6 10 Ret 13 10 C 223 223
6   Rogier de Wit 5 6 7 12 6 15 4 2 6 8 13 7 12 4 207 207
7   Jakub Śmiechowski 7 4 20 20 7 9 6 6 8 11 9 Ret 17 22 Ret Ret 16 9 9 C 193 193
8   Kevin Korjus 1 1 1 1 1 150 150
9   Kevin Mirocha 5 7 4 2 5 3 1 C 137 137
10   Karl-Oscar Liiv 11 8 1 1 2 7 C 121 121
11   Daniël de Jong Ret 2 4 4 1 4 C 105 105
12   Julian Eisenreich 2 Ret 4 7 4 Ret 72 72
13   Genís Olivé 1 2 4 71 71
14   Robin Frijns 2 5 1 70 70
15   Robert Siska 22 24 21 20 15 18 21 22 66 66
16   Côme Ledogar 10 Ret 9 7 3 C 59 59
17   Will Stevens 9 1 6 58 58
18   Bart Hylkema 6 10 Ret 4 18 54 54
19   Jakub Knoll 13 15 53 53
20   Jesse Laine 2 6 20 49 49
21   Alex Riberas 8 9 3 46 46
22   John Bryant-Meisner 13 8 5 41 41
23   André Negrão 3 5 36 36
24   Javier Tarancón Ret 3 5 36 36
25   Kalle Kulmanen Ret 17 16 Ret 10 35 35
26   Giovanni Venturini Ret 4 8 31 31
27   Petř Vlček 18 21 21 27 27
28   Miki Weckström 8 14 20 20
29   Adam Kout Ret 3 20 20
30   Kelvin Snoeks Ret 3 20 20
31   Craig Reiff Ret 16 5 5
32   Luciano Bacheta Ret 26 1 1
FR2000 Class
1   Dear Schilling 6 5 15 18 12 6 17 9 Ret 15 14 9 9 6 13 16 Ret 16 16 C 371 371
2   Johann Ledermair 11 3 14 19 Ret 7 10 15 9 18 8 14 Ret Ret 11 19 12 11 12 C 356 356
3   Daniel Schilling 9 9 16 21 8 13 9 12 10 10 10 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 17 C 343 343
4   Tony Kowalewski 10 8 17 Ret 9 5 11 14 15 12 12 15 Ret 19 17 Ret 15 10 13 C 305 305
5   Frank Suntjens 8 7 19 25 Ret 11 12 13 12 13 15 19 Ret 7 12 13 Ret 18 DNS C 269 269
6   Kai Boller 12 11 Ret 14 14 17 11 14 18 20 13 8 Ret 18 20 DNS Ret C 205 205
7   Michèle Di Martino 13 10 18 Ret 15 10 13 17 17 20 18 C 151 151
8   Alessio Picariello 8 11 12 7 15 7 142 142
9   Leopold Ringbom Ret 14 11 14 14 13 12 11 C 138 138
10   David Palmi Ret 22 13 11 14 12 16 9 117 117
11   Richard Gonda 14 13 21 23 16 16 16 Ret Ret 16 107 107
12   Maurycy Kochanski 16 16 18 17 18 19 19 C 97 97
13   Amir Mesny 15 12 14 15 15 C 94 94
14   Attila Barta 17 19 13 41 41
15   Antti Rammo 10 10 37 37
16   István Rácz 20 20 21 36 36
17   Sewerin Tobiasz Szczepanik 15 12 25 25
18   Norbert Kiss 16 Ret 23 25 25
19   Robert Siska Ret 16 13 13
20   Petř Vlček Ret Ret 17 12 12
guest drivers ineligible for points
  Sebastian von Gartzen 14 14 C 0 0
Pos Driver HOC
 
BRN
 
ZAN
 
OSC
 
ASS
 
MST
 
SPA
 
NÜR
 
Total Drop Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ "Teams & drivers". necup.com. Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
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