2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Last updated March 28, 2024

Motopark Academy driver Valtteri Bottas won the NEC championship title, having won twelve races during the season, bringing the team their third successive drivers' championship title. His teammates António Félix da Costa and Tobias Hegewald, completed the top three, for the team's second consecutive championship title.

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Koiranen bros.	2	Daniel Aho	All
	3	Bart Hylkema	All
	44	Toomas Heikkinen	8
GU-Racing	5	Maximilian Wissel	1–4
GU-Racing	6	Carlos Gaitán Quinones	1–4
KEO Racing	7	Kevin Kleveros	All
KEO Racing	8	Robert Siska	7
Motopark Academy	10	Tobias Hegewald	1–3, 5–8
	11	Valtteri Bottas	1–3, 5–8
	12	Johan Jokinen	All
	13	António Félix da Costa	All
	14	Vinicius Samarone	All
	22	Kuba Giermaziak	1–3, 5–8
	23	Juan Pablo García	1–7
AR Motorsport	15	Kelvin Snoeks	All
	16	Thomas Knopper	All
	17	Arnold Neveling	4–8
	36	Philip Forsman	7–8
TL Motorsport	18	Martin Tlusty	1–2, 4–5, 8
Krenek Motorsport	19	Adam Kout	7–8
	28	Jakub Knoll	All
	29	Laurent Stieger	2–4, 7
Van Amersfoort Racing	20	Stef Dusseldorp	All
Van Amersfoort Racing	21	Nigel Melker	All
MEX Motopark	23	Juan Pablo García	8
MP Motorsport	25	Daniël de Jong	All
	26	Mateusz Adamski	1–3, 5–8
	27	Nicky Catsburg	All
Steiner Motorsport	30	Bianca Steiner	1–2, 4, 8
Kart Motorsport	30	Jesse Laine	3
P1 Motorsport	31	Jesse Krohn	3
SL Formula	32	Marlene Dietrich	All
Trakstar Racing	36	Philip Forsman	1–6
Trakstar Racing	37	Daniel Ivarson	2, 4, 8
Wikman	44	Juha-Pekka Wikman	3
Red Step Formula	45	Ville Miilumäki	3
Red Step Formula	46	Toomas Heikkinen	3
Fortec Motorsport	50	James Calado	6, 8
	51	Oliver Webb	6, 8
	55	Alexander Morgan	8
Double M Racing	55	Alexander Morgan	5, 7

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Hockenheimring	26 April	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Jim Clark Revival
1	R2	Hockenheimring	27 April	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Jim Clark Revival
2	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	31 May	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Jubileum Races
2	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1 June	Valtteri Bottas	Tobias Hegewald	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Jubileum Races
3	R1	Alastaro Circuit	14 June	Valtteri Bottas	Johan Jokinen	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Formula Renault 2.0 Finland
3	R2	Alastaro Circuit	15 June	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Formula Renault 2.0 Finland
4	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 July	António Félix da Costa	António Félix da Costa	António Félix da Costa	Motopark Academy	FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
4	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	7 July	Johan Jokinen	Johan Jokinen	Johan Jokinen	Motopark Academy	FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen	2 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Rizla Racing Day
5	R2	TT Circuit Assen	3 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Rizla Racing Day
6	R1	Circuit Zolder	9 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Stef Dusseldorp	Van Amersfoort Racing	Masters of Formula 3
6	R2	Circuit Zolder	10 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Tobias Hegewald	Motopark Academy	Masters of Formula 3
7	R1	Nürburgring	30 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	World Series by Renault
7	R2	Nürburgring	31 August	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	World Series by Renault
8	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	4 October	Tobias Hegewald	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Spa Racing Festival
8	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	5 October	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri Bottas	Motopark Academy	Spa Racing Festival

Standings

Race point system
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	9th	10th	12th	13th	14th	15th	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

Points are awarded only based on position. There are 2 races by rounds, each 25 minutes.

Pos^[1]	Driver	HOC		ZAN		ALA		OSC		ASS		ZOL		NÜR		SPA		Points
Pos^[1]	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points
1	Valtteri Bottas	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	Ret	16†	1	1	1	1	365
2	António Félix da Costa	3	20	2	3	14	2	1	2	3	4	2	3	7	22	3	6	279
3	Tobias Hegewald	2	19†	9	2	2	3			10	3	3	1	3	2	2	16	260
4	Stef Dusseldorp	5	2	13	5	4	9	Ret	9	Ret	6	1	2	4	5	14	11	224
5	Johan Jokinen	6	3	4	4	20	4	3	1	Ret	18	6	5	5	3	15	9	224
6	Kuba Giermaziak	4	4	3	21	3	7			2	2	7	Ret	2	4	6	27†	206
7	Daniel Aho	13	7	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	2	3	15	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	173
8	Nicky Catsburg	Ret	5	5	18	5	11	Ret	13	4	22†	4	10	15	15	4	3	163
9	Kelvin Snoeks	10	10	7	8	11	Ret	7	10	7	12	17	13	16	16	13	14	140
10	Thomas Knopper	12	6	16	10	9	14	8	11	9	13	14	12	14	10	18	12	140
11	Bart Hylkema	11	9	15	14	7	Ret	5	7	11	9	16	4	10	Ret	Ret	21	134
12	Nigel Melker	DNS	Ret	10	22	Ret	8	12	6	14	Ret	10	9	8	8	11	15	120
13	Daniël de Jong	20	12	20	13	17	12	6	8	8	16	15	6	9	14	Ret	20	118
14	Vinicius Samarone	16	Ret	11	9	Ret	10	10	5	12	15	18	Ret	12	7	12	22	115
15	Philip Forsman	9	8	12	Ret	16	15	11	21†	Ret	10	Ret	8	17	12	10	18	106
16	Juan Pablo Garcia	7	21	8	6	21	6			13	7	9	Ret	22	Ret	16	13	104
17	Mateusz Adamski	22	11	23†	7	12	Ret			5	21	13	Ret	11	11	9	10	100
18	Max Wissel	8	Ret	6	Ret	6	5	4	4									93
19	Arnold Neveling							14	19	6	11	11	Ret	13	13	17	7	78
20	Kevin Kleveros	17	15	18	11	8	13	20	12	18	14	Ret	11	23	21	Ret	DNS	74
21	Marlene Dietrich	15	16	Ret	15	13	17	17	16	19	17	19	14	19	17	25	25	59
22	Alexander Morgan									Ret	5			24	Ret	7	2	54
23	Bianca Steiner	14	13	14	12			13	15							24	24	45
24	Carlos Gaitán Quinones	19	14	19	17	15	18	9	14									43
25	James Calado											5	15†			DNS	5	38
26	Jakub Knoll	21†	18	17	19	Ret	19	18	18	16	19	20	Ret	18	18	23	26	31
27	Oliver Webb											12	Ret			5	4	25
28	Martin Tlusty	18	17	21	20			15	17	17	20					20	23	24
29	Adam Kout													Ret	9	22	28†	12
30	Jesse Krohn					10	Ret											11
31	Toomas Heikkinen					18	16									19	19	10
32	Daniel Ivarson			Ret	DNS			16	20							21	17	6
33	Laurent Stieger			22	23	24	21	19	22†					21	20			3
34	Robert Siska													20	19			3
35	Ville Miilumäki					19	Ret											2
36	Jesse Laine					22	20											1
37	Juha-Pekka Wikman					23†	Ret											0
Pos	Driver	HOC		ZAN		ALA		OSC		ASS		ZOL		NÜR		SPA		Points

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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References

↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

External links

Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship

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