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2018 Formula Renault Eurocup

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 edit

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 No. Driver name Status Rounds
  R-ace GP 1   Max Fewtrell[3] All
2   Logan Sargeant[4] R All
3   Charles Milesi[4] R All
4   Victor Martins[5] R All
5   Gabriel Gandulia[6] G 6–9
  Josef Kaufmann Racing 11   Clément Novalak[7] R 1–5, 7–10
12   Richard Verschoor[8] 1–6
16   Yifei Ye[4] All
  Tech 1 Racing 21   Neil Verhagen[9] All
22   Aleksandr Smolyar[10] R All
23   Thomas Neubauer[11] All
24   Frank Bird[12] All
  MP Motorsport 31   Christian Lundgaard[13] R 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] R All
42   Aleksandr Vartanyan[19] 1–4
  Nikita Volegov[20] 5–10
43   Sami Taoufik[21] R All
  AVF by Adrián Vallés 51   Axel Matus[22] All
52   Xavier Lloveras[22] 1–6
53   Eliseo Martínez[22] R All
54   Christian Muñoz[23] R All
  JD Motorsport 61   Lorenzo Colombo[22] R All
62   Thomas Maxwell[22] All
63   Najiy Razak[22] All
  Fortec Motorsports 84   Vladimiros Tziortzis[24] R 1–7, 9–10
85   Raúl Guzmán[25] All
86   Christian Hahn[26] R 2–4
87   Arthur Rougier[5] R All
  Anders Motorsport 90   Phil Hill[6] G 6–9
91   Doureid Ghattas[6] G 6–8
  Scorace Team 91   Doureid Ghattas G 9
92   Sharon Scolari[6] G 6, 8–9
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest

Driver changes edit

Calendar edit

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 Monaco Grand Prix
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 edit

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1   Paul Ricard   Max Fewtrell   Logan Sargeant   Logan Sargeant   R-ace GP   Logan Sargeant
R2   Max Fewtrell   Yifei Ye   Max Fewtrell   R-ace GP   Christian Lundgaard
2 R1   Monza   Yifei Ye   Max Fewtrell   Yifei Ye   Josef Kaufmann Racing   Christian Lundgaard
R2   Lorenzo Colombo   Yifei Ye   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   Christian Lundgaard   Christian Lundgaard   Yifei Ye   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 edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver LEC
  		MNZ
  		SIL
  		MON
  		RBR[N 1]
  		SPA
  		HUN
  		NÜR
  		HOC
  		CAT
  		Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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   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   Logan Sargeant 1 Ret 8 4 2 2 10 9 Ret Ret 9 2 5 7 1 4 4 5 2 1 218
5   Victor Martins 11 4 6 5 6 6 3 3 9 1 Ret 1 4 9 4 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 186
6   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   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   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   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   Arthur Rougier Ret 15 18 20 15 Ret 27 14 11 14 4 6 Ret 8 10 13 12 10 WD WD 26
16   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   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   Sami Taoufik 23 13 17 13 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 16 17 Ret 16 10 17 14 19 12 Ret 15 1
23   Clément Novalak 15 Ret 16 Ret 12 Ret 25 22 Ret DNS 18 22 14 16 11 22 Ret 13 0
24   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   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   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  —
Pos. Driver LEC
  		MNZ
  		SIL
  		MON
  		RBR[N 1]
  		SPA
  		HUN
  		NÜR
  		HOC
  		CAT
  		Points

Teams' championship edit

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

Pos. Team LEC
  		MNZ
  		SIL
  		MON
  		RBR[N 1]
  		SPA
  		HUN
  		NÜR
  		HOC
  		CAT
  		Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   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
 —   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  —
Pos. Team LEC
  		MNZ
  		SIL
  		MON
  		RBR[N 1]
  		SPA
  		HUN
  		NÜR
  		HOC
  		CAT
  		Points

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d The first race at Spielberg was red-flagged after 14 laps were completed. As not all the race distance had passed, the race paid half points to all classified finishers.[30]

References edit

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External links edit

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