The 2019 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 1.8 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2019 season is the 29th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport. The series will visit nine circuits around the Europe, with one overseas round at Abu Dhabi. [1]
The series utilizes Formula Regional chassis for the first time and new 1.8-litre turbocharged engine. [2] Furthermore, the series also introduced Hankook Tires for the first time in its history after a previous long-term partnership with Michelin. [1]
On 14 November 2018, a provisional entry list of ten teams was released. [3] Fortec Motorsports left the series, while BhaiTech Racing, FA Racing by Drivex and M2 Competition have joined the series for the first time. In December 2018, Josef Kaufmann Racing announced it would be withdrawing from the championship. [4]
The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 18 October 2018. [39] The calendar was finalised on 11 December 2018 with introduction of the Yas Marina Circuit as first non-European venue in the Eurocup history. Red Bull Ring round was dropped from the calendar. [1]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 |  Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 13 April | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| R2 | 14 April | |||
| 2 | R1 |  Silverstone Circuit | 11 May | |
| R2 | 12 May | |||
| 3 | R1 |  Circuit de Monaco | 25 May | Monaco Grand Prix |
| R2 | 26 May | |||
| 4 | R1 |  Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 1 June | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| R2 | 2 June | |||
| 5 | R1 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 26 July | |
| R2 | 27 July | |||
| 6 | R1 |  Nürburgring | 30 August | Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe |
| R2 | 1 September | |||
| 7 | R1 |  Hungaroring | 7 September | |
| R2 | 8 September | |||
| 8 | R1 |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 28 September | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| R2 | 29 September | |||
| 9 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 5 October | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
| R2 | 6 October | |||
| 10 | R1 |  Yas Marina Circuit | 25 October | TRD 86 Cup |
| R2 | 26 October | |||
| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Monza | Lorenzo Colombo | Leonardo Lorandi | Ugo de Wilde | JD Motorsport | Ugo de Wilde |
| R2 |  Aleksandr Smolyar | Aleksandr Smolyar | Aleksandr Smolyar | R-ace GP |  Kush Maini | ||
| 2 | R1 | Silverstone | Oscar Piastri | Aleksandr Smolyar | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP |  João Vieira |
| R2 | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP | Caio Collet | ||
| 3 | R1 | Monaco | Victor Martins | Oscar Piastri | Victor Martins |  MP Motorsport | Caio Collet |
| R2 | Aleksandr Smolyar | Victor Martins | Aleksandr Smolyar | R-ace GP | João Vieira | ||
| 4 | R1 | Paul Ricard | Lorenzo Colombo | Lorenzo Colombo | Lorenzo Colombo | MP Motorsport | Caio Collet |
| R2 | Lorenzo Colombo | Lorenzo Colombo | Lorenzo Colombo | MP Motorsport | Caio Collet | ||
| 5 | R1 | Spa-Francorchamps | Victor Martins | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP | Kush Maini |
| R2 | Leonardo Lorandi | Sebastián Fernández | Lorenzo Colombo | MP Motorsport | Caio Collet | ||
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring | Oscar Piastri | Aleksandr Smolyar | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP |  Patrik Pasma |
| R2 | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP | Alex Quinn | ||
| 7 | R1 | Hungaroring | Victor Martins | Xavier Lloveras | Victor Martins | MP Motorsport | Caio Collet |
| R2 | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP | Caio Collet | ||
| 8 | R1 | Catalunya | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | MP Motorsport | Alex Quinn |
| R2 | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | MP Motorsport |  Petr Ptáček | ||
| 9 | R1 | Hockenheim | Victor Martins | Oscar Piastri | Victor Martins | MP Motorsport | Caio Collet |
| R2 | Victor Martins | Aleksandr Smolyar | Aleksandr Smolyar | R-ace GP | Caio Collet | ||
| 10 | R1 | Yas Marina | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Oscar Piastri | R-ace GP | Kush Maini |
| R2 | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | MP Motorsport | Caio Collet | ||
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | MNZ | SIL | MON | LEC | SPA | NÜR | HUN [note 3] | CAT | HOC | YMC | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | Oscar Piastri [note 1] | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | DNS | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 320 |
| 2 | Victor Martins | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | DNS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 312.5 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Smolyar | 20 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 6 | 255 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Colombo | Ret | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 214.5 |
| 5 | Caio Collet | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 207 |
| 6 | Kush Maini | 3 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 102 |
| 7 | Ugo de Wilde | 1 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | DNS | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 81 |
| 8 | Petr Ptáček | 9 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 70 |
| 9 | Sebastián Fernández | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 68 | ||||||||
| 10 | Patrik Pasma | 13 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 65 |
| 11 | João Vieira | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | WD | WD | 59 | ||||
| 12 | Alex Quinn | 4 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 11 | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Leonardo Lorandi | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 16 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 16 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 45.5 |
| 14 | Federico Malvestiti | 5 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 36 |
| 15 | Amaury Cordeel | 17 | 9 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 16 | Xavier Lloveras | 21 | Ret | 17 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 24 |
| 17 |  Callan O'Keeffe | 11 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Frank Bird | 8 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| 19 |  Yves Baltas | 10 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | Lucas Alecco Roy | 16 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 21 |  Alex Karkosik | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 |  Patrick Schott | 15 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | Brad Benavides | 14 | Ret | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 13 | WD | WD | DNS | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Alessio Deledda | 16 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | DNS | Ret | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | Esteban Muth | 19 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 |  Rui Andrade | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Matteo Nannini | 10 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | Grégoire Saucy | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| — |  Franco Colapinto | 12 | 20 | 11 | 10 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| — | Kilian Meyer | 16 | 18 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| — |  Cem Bölükbaşı | 16 | Ret | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | Matthias Lüthen | 19 | 19 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| MNZ | SIL | MON | LEC | SPA | NÜR | HUN | CAT | HOC | YMC | |||||||||||||
Only two-best cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.
| Pos. | Team | MNZ | SIL | MON | LEC | SPA | NÜR | HUN [note 3] | CAT | HOC | YMC | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | R-ace GP | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 637 |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | MP Motorsport | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 531 |
| 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Arden | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 189 |
| 8 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 4 | JD Motorsport | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 173.5 |
| 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 5 | M2 Competition | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 108 |
| 10 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 21 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 16 | Ret | |||
| 6 | Bhaitech | 5 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 106 |
| 9 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 15 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 7 | GRS | 16 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 24 |
| 21 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 18 | |||||||||||
| 8 | FA Racing by Drivex | 11 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 16 | WD | WD | DNS | 16 | 11 | 10 | |||||||
| Pos. | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| MNZ | SIL | MON | LEC | SPA | NÜR | HUN | CAT | HOC | YMC | |||||||||||||
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