Formula Renault Eurocup

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Formula Renault Eurocup
2016 FR Eurocup logo.svg
Category Formula Renault 2.0 (1991–2018)
Regional Formula 3 (2019–2020)
Inaugural season1991
Folded2020
Constructors Renault [1]
Engine suppliersRenault
Tyre suppliers Hankook [2]
Last Drivers' champion Flag of France.svg Victor Martins
Last Teams' champion Flag of France.svg ART Grand Prix
Official website www.renaultsport.com

Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.

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It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault Sport offered a prize of €500,000 to the winner of the Eurocup until 2015. Following the 2020 season, the Formula Renault Eurocup merged with the Formula Regional European Championship due to COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

History

The series was established in 1991, as the "Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault", before switching to the "Eurocup Formula Renault" name in 1993.

In 2000, renamed to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 since 2005 used up to now, excludes the 2003 season named Formula Renault 2000 Masters.

While a support series of the Formula Renault 3.5 many drivers stepped up to the senior category, for example the 2006 champion Filipe Albuquerque, fourth-place finisher Bertrand Baguette and 13th-place finisher Xavier Maassen being the first to do so that on the full-time basis for the 2007 season. 2007 champion Brendon Hartley did not follow suit however, and instead moved firstly to British Formula Three Championship. Meanwhile, Charles Pic and Alexandre Marsoin joined FR 3.5 for the 2008. 2008 champion Valtteri Bottas moved to the Formula 3 Euro Series, and only Anton Nebylitskiy who was placed 20th, made his debut in FR 3.5 in 2009. 2009 was the first season when the champion received money to graduate to FR 3.5 and Albert Costa used this opportunity. He was joined in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season by sixth-place finisher Nathanaël Berthon. Like Costa, 2010 champion Kevin Korjus and his rivals Arthur Pic, Daniël de Jong and André Negrão moved to FR 3.5 in 2011. 2011 champion Robin Frijns not only graduated to FR 3.5 in 2012, he also became the first driver, who won both Eurocup and FR 3.5 Series consecutively. Other 2011 Eurocup graduates, who moved to FR 3.5 were Will Stevens and Vittorio Ghirelli. 2012 champion Stoffel Vandoorne and his contender Norman Nato headed to FR 3.5 in 2013. Pierre Gasly and Oliver Rowland, who fought till the last race for the 2013 Eurocup title, both graduated to FR 3.5 in 2014. They was joined by Luca Ghiotto, Matthieu Vaxivière and Roman Mavlanov. Nyck de Vries dominated the 2014 championship and moved to FR 3.5 in 2015. Egor Orudzhev, Aurélien Panis and Gustav Malja moved to Formula Renault 3.5 as well.

Car specifications

Sacha Fenestraz in 2017. Fenestraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 2017.jpg
Sacha Fenestraz in 2017.

The chassis was built at Alpine's Dieppe plant, a Renault subsidiary. The aerodynamic kit was designed by Tatuus. [1] All Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 cars use the same specifications. [4]

Champions

Prior Formula Renault Eurocup

Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault
SeasonChampionTeam
1991 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Plato Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duckhams Van Diemen
1992 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa Flag of Spain.svg Racing for Spain
Eurocup Formula Renault
SeasonChampionTeam
1993 Flag of France.svg Olivier Couvreur Flag of France.svg Synergie
1994 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Matthews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manor Motorsport
1995 Flag of France.svg Cyrille Sauvage Flag of France.svg Mygale
1996 Flag of Brazil.svg Enrique Bernoldi Flag of Italy.svg Tatuus JD Motorsport
1997 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeffrey van Hooydonk Flag of Italy.svg Tatuus JD Motorsport
1998 Flag of France.svg Bruno Besson Flag of Italy.svg Tatuus JD Motorsport
1999 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Flag of Italy.svg JD Motorsport
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
SeasonChampionTeam Champion
2000 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Flag of Italy.svg JD Motorsport
2001 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus Flag of Italy.svg Prema Powerteam
2002 Flag of France.svg Eric Salignon Flag of France.svg Graff Racing
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Flag of Germany.svg Motopark Academy
Formula Renault 2000 Masters
SeasonChampionTeam Champion
2003 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Guerrieri Flag of Italy.svg JD Motorsport
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
SeasonChampionTeam ChampionSecondary Class Champion
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Flag of France.svg SG Formula not awarded
2006 Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque Flag of Italy.svg JD Motorsport
2007 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Flag of Spain.svg Epsilon RedBull J: Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley
2008 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Flag of France.svg SG Formula J: Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Costa Flag of Spain.svg Epsilon Euskadi J: Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa
2010 Flag of Estonia.svg Kevin Korjus Flag of France.svg Tech 1 Racing J: Flag of Estonia.svg Kevin Korjus
2011 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Frijns Flag of Finland.svg Koiranen Motorsport J: Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr.
2012 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of Germany.svg Josef Kaufmann Racing J: Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat
2013 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Flag of France.svg Tech 1 Racing J: Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Flag of Finland.svg Koiranen GP J: Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Olsen
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Aitken Flag of Germany.svg Josef Kaufmann Racing R: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harrison Scott
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris Flag of Germany.svg Josef Kaufmann Racing R: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris

Formula Renault Eurocup

SeasonChampionTeam ChampionSecondary Class Champion
2017 Flag of France.svg Sacha Fenestraz Flag of France.svg R-ace GP R: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Fewtrell
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Fewtrell Flag of France.svg R-ace GP R: Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri [lower-alpha 1] Flag of France.svg R-ace GP R: Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet
2020 Flag of France.svg Victor Martins Flag of France.svg ART Grand Prix R: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Quinn

Notes

  1. Oscar Piastri is an Australian racing driver, despite being listed as Australian in entry list he raced under British racing license, with British flag raised above the podium and British anthem played after his wins. [5] [6]

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