2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup is the seventh Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheimring on 21 April and finished on 14 October at Spa, after 20 races at 8 events.

Drivers and teams edit

After the Formula Renault UK was cancelled for the 2012 season, British team Fortec Motorsports joined the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with refugee Josh Hill and Intersteps champion Jake Dennis among its drivers, whereas Manor Competition followed with Jordan King.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Inter Europol Competition^[1]	2	Jakub Śmiechowski^[2]	All
	3	Remi Kirchdörffer^[2]	All
	4	Lena Heun^[3]	8
Josef Kaufmann Racing^[1]	5	Pieter Schothorst^[2]	1–2, 4–5
	6	Alex Riberas^[2]	1–2, 5
	7	Stoffel Vandoorne^[2]	1–2, 5
SL Formula Racing^[1]	8	David Freiburghaus^[2]	1–6
	9	Robert Siska^[2]	1–2, 5–6
	41	Alessio Picariello	3–4, 6, 8
Van Amersfoort Racing^[1]	10	Roman Beregech^[2]	All
Van Amersfoort Racing^[1]	11	Jeroen Slaghekke^[2]	All
PositionOne Motorsport^[2]	14	Leopold Ringbom^[4]	All
KTR^[2]	16	Victor Colomé^[2]	All
	17	Yu Kanamaru^[2]	All
	18	Ignazio D'Agosto^[5]	All
Speedlover^[1]	20	Frank Suntjens^[2]	All
Interwetten.com Racing^[1]	23	Sandy Stuvik^[2]	All
Interwetten.com Racing^[1]	24	Victor Bouveng^[2]	1–3, 5–8
R-ace GP^[2]	26	Nyck de Vries^[2]	1–2, 4–5, 8
	27	Pierre Gasly^[2]	1–2, 5
	28	Andrea Pizzitola^[2]	1–2, 4–5, 8
Manor MP Motorsport^[6]	30	Raoul Owens^[3]	8
	31	Kevin Kleveros	1
	32	Jordan King^[6]	All
	33	Meindert van Buuren^[7]	All
	34	Steijn Schothorst^[2]	All
	35	Tanart Sathienthirakul^[2]	All
	36	Alexey Chuklin^[8]	1–3, 5–6
	37	Corinna Kamper^[9]	5–6
Trackstar^[2]	31	Kevin Kleveros^[3]	2–8
Trackstar^[2]	48	Ronnie Lundströmer^[2]	1–4, 6
Daltec Racing^[1]	37	Corinna Kamper^[2]	1–4
	38	Dennis Wüsthoff^[2]	All
	39	Rafael Danieli^[2]	1
	40	Kevin Giovesi^[2]	1
	44	Christof von Grünigen^[2]	1–2, 5–6
	67	Kevin Jörg^[3]	8
Krenek Motorsport^[1]	42	Gabriela Jilkova^[10]	6
	43	Richard Gonda^[2]	1–3
	45	Christian Malcharek^[10]	6
One Racing	45	Alex Bosak^[9]	5
Fortec Motorsports^[11]	52	Seb Morris^[3]	8
	53	Mikko Pakari^[2]	1–2, 4, 6, 8
	54	Ed Jones^[2]	1–2, 4, 6, 8
	55	Josh Hill^[12]	All
	56	Jake Dennis^[12]	All
	57	Dan de Zille^[12]	All
	58	Shahaan Engineer^[13]	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport^[2]	60	Gabriel Casagrande^[2]	1, 3–8
	61	Tomasz Krzeminski^[14]	7
	62	Gustavo Lima	8
Prema Powerteam^[15]	63	Luca Ghiotto^[15]	8
Prema Powerteam^[15]	64	Bruno Bonifacio^[15]	8
Falcon Motorsport	65	Liam Venter^[3]	8
Sandro Luković	68	Sandro Luković	8

Race calendar and results edit

The eight-event provisional calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 22 November 2011.^[16] The Spa round was later moved to the end of the season.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Hockenheimring	21 April	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Preis der Stadt Stuttgart
	R2		22 April	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Jake Dennis	Fortec Motorsports
	R3		22 April	Jeroen Slaghekke	Nyck de Vries	Stoffel Vandoorne	Josef Kaufmann Racing
2	R1	Nürburgring	22 June	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Josef Kaufmann Racing	VLN
2	R2	Nürburgring	23 June	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Stoffel Vandoorne	Josef Kaufmann Racing	VLN
3	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	7 July	Jeroen Slaghekke	Steijn Schothorst	Josh Hill	Fortec Motorsports	Preis der Stadt Magdeburg
	R2		7 July	Jake Dennis	Josh Hill	Josh Hill	Fortec Motorsports
	R3		8 July	Alessio Picariello	Jake Dennis	Jake Dennis	Fortec Motorsports
4	R1	TT Circuit Assen	4 August	Jake Dennis	Steijn Schothorst	Jake Dennis	Fortec Motorsports	Gamma Racing Day
4	R2	TT Circuit Assen	5 August	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	R-ace GP	Gamma Racing Day
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	26 August	Alex Riberas	Stoffel Vandoorne	Alex Riberas	Josef Kaufmann Racing	AvD
5	R2	Red Bull Ring	26 August	Alex Riberas	Josh Hill	Stoffel Vandoorne	Josef Kaufmann Racing	AvD
6	R1	Autodrom Most	1 September	Josh Hill	Josh Hill	Josh Hill	Fortec Motorsports	ADAC Truck Grand Prix
	R2		2 September	Jake Dennis	Jordan King	Jeroen Slaghekke	Van Amersfoort Racing
	R3		2 September	Leopold Ringbom	Mikko Pakari	Steijn Schothorst	Manor MP Motorsport
7	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	22 September	Jeroen Slaghekke	Jake Dennis	Josh Hill	Fortec Motorsports	Trophy of the Dunes
	R2		22 September	Shahaan Engineer	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Manor MP Motorsport
	R3		23 September	Shahaan Engineer	Jordan King	Jordan King	Manor MP Motorsport
8	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 October	Mikko Pakari	Alessio Picariello	Josh Hill	Fortec Motorsports	Racing Festival
8	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 October	Mikko Pakari	Andrea Pizzitola	Yu Kanamaru	KTR	Racing Festival

Standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

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			NÜR		OSC			ASS		RBR		MST			ZAN			SPA		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points
1	Jake Dennis	3	1	2	12	7	3	4	1	1	3	4	2	3	7	4	3	3	5	Ret	7	376
2	Jordan King	2	5	5	2	5	2	2	Ret	8	2	11	22	2	3	3	5	15	1	12	25	316
3	Josh Hill	Ret	3	25	6	4	1	1	2	25	5	7	4	1	Ret	6	1	Ret	6	1	12	311
4	Jeroen Slaghekke	6	11	7	14	13	5	6	4	7	10	10	12	16	1	11	2	Ret	4	13	21	241
5	Steijn Schothorst	7	Ret	Ret	13	10	4	21	3	6	7	9	Ret	5	21	1	18	1	16	11	9	212
6	Kevin Kleveros	5	12	6	29	8	11	5	8	Ret	4	21	20	9	4	Ret	9	5	7	6	28	196
7	Shahaan Engineer	8	8	Ret	31	DNS	9	8	7	24	14	16	10	15	9	12	6	2	2	5	20	195
8	Gabriel Casagrande	26	29	15			7	13	5	12	12	3	8	8	2	5	7	Ret	Ret	4	19	181
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	19	1	1	1						2	1									176
10	Nyck de Vries	32	6	22	4	2				2	1	5	3							8	14	166
11	Meindert van Buuren	DNS	9	Ret	16	11	15	Ret	9	11	6	18	7	Ret	28	16	4	4	3	9	18	161
12	Leopold Ringbom	11	15	9	Ret	12	17	9	23	Ret	25	13	16	6	5	9	8	10	14	7	27	154
13	Andrea Pizzitola	4	2	3	9	3				3	Ret	8	Ret							10	17	141
14	Sandy Stuvik	10	10	Ret	11	DNS	8	7	6	20	13	14	11	7	23	22	11	Ret	10	16	23	140
15	Alessio Picariello						6	3	19	16	28			4	27	2				2	8	120
16	Alex Riberas	14	4	4	10	22						1	6									97
17	Yu Kanamaru	23	Ret	Ret	DNS	21	10	12	20	13	17	20	15	21	13	20	Ret	7	Ret	17	1	97
18	Ignazio D'Agosto	27	30	24	17	23	13	17	10	10	11	Ret	19	13	26	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	16	89
19	Dennis Wüsthoff	18	14	Ret	30	15	25	24	24	15	20	15	Ret	18	14	13	12	8	8	15	24	88
20	Victor Colomé	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	14	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	14	8	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	2	87
21	Ed Jones	33	25	13	8	DNS				5	8			10	18	8				25	15	85
22	Victor Bouveng	13	22	11	28	16	16	Ret	Ret			22	14	17	Ret	Ret	16	9	12	22	4	82
23	Pierre Gasly	Ret	13	17	3	6						6	5									78
24	Mikko Pakari	30	16	8	7	Ret				9	Ret			11	6	Ret				Ret	13	75
25	Jakub Śmiechowski	9	Ret	16	15	DNS	22	10	13	23	16	19	17	27	19	19	13	Ret	11	Ret	10	75
26	Dan de Zille	NC	28	Ret	18	24	14	18	11	17	15	Ret	18	Ret	25	23	10	Ret	9	Ret	22	63
27	Tanart Sathienthirakul	21	20	12	24	17	21	14	14	14	21	Ret	24	20	12	14	14	Ret	15	20	32	60
28	Christof von Grünigen	16	DNS	10	26	9						12	9	24	Ret	Ret						49
29	Roman Beregech	22	18	Ret	22	18	20	15	22	19	26	17	13	Ret	11	21	Ret	14	17	26	30	48
30	Pieter Schothorst	Ret	Ret	DNS	5	Ret				4	9	23	Ret									45
31	Frank Suntjens	12	21	19	25	20	23	22	18	22	24	27	23	19	17	26	15	Ret	DNS	24	5	44
32	Ronnie Lundströmer	15	Ret	18	20	28	18	11	16	18	19			23	16	18						41
33	David Freiburghaus	17	Ret	DNS	19	19	26	20	17	Ret	22	24	28	12	Ret	17						25
34	Alexey Chuklin	31	Ret	20	23	29	Ret	16	25			25	Ret	25	10	15						23
35	Bruno Bonifacio																			3	Ret	20
36	Sandro Lukovic																			Ret	3	20
37	Tomasz Krzeminski																Ret	12	13			17
38	Richard Gonda	24	24	14	DNS	DNS	DNS	19	15													15
39	Gustavo Lima																			Ret	6	15
40	Kevin Giovesi	20	7	Ret																		14
41	Corinna Kamper	25	23	26	27	25	19	23	12	21	23	26	21	22	20	Ret						12
42	Remi Kirchdörffer	29	26	23	32	26	24	Ret	21	26	27	29	27	28	24	24	17	13	Ret	27	31	12
43	Seb Morris																			23	11	10
44	Luca Ghiotto																			14	Ret	7
45	Christian Malcharek													26	15	Ret						6
46	Rafael Danieli	19	17	Ret																		5
47	Kevin Jörg																			18	29	3
48	Raoul Owens																			19	33	2
49	Robert Siska	28	27	21	Ret	27						30	26	29	22	25						0
50	Liam Venter																			21	Ret	0
51	Alex Bosak											28	25									0
52	Lena Heun																			Ret	26	0
53	Gabriela Jilkova													Ret	Ret	27						0
Pos	Driver	HOC			NÜR		OSC			ASS		RBR		MST			ZAN			SPA		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Teams' Championship edit

Pos	Team	HOC			NÜR		OSC			ASS		RBR		MST			ZAN			SPA		Points
1	Fortec Motorsports	3	1	2	6	4	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	6	4	1	2	2	1	7	471
2	Manor MP Motorsport	2	5	5	2	5	2	2	3	6	2	9	7	2	3	1	4	1	1	9	9	404
3	Van Amersfoort Racing	6	11	7	14	13	5	6	4	7	10	10	12	16	1	11	2	14	4	13	21	248
4	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1	4	1	1	1				4	9	1	1									226
5	R-ace GP	4	2	3	3	2				2	1	5	3							8	14	215
6	Mark Burdett Motorsport	26	29	15			7	13	5	12	12	3	8	8	2	5	7	12	13	4	6	201
7	Interwetten.com Racing	10	10	11	11	16	8	7	6	20	13	14	11	7	23	22	11	9	10	16	4	184
8	Trackstar	15	Ret	18	20	8	11	5	8	18	4	21	20	9	4	18	9	5	7	6	28	172
9	KTR	23	30	24	17	14	10	12	10	10	11	20	15	13	8	7	Ret	6	Ret	17	1	154
10	PositionOne Motorsport	11	15	9	Ret	12	17	9	23	Ret	25	13	16	6	5	9	8	10	14	7	27	154
11	Daltec Racing	16	7	10	26	9	19	23	12	15	20	12	9	18	14	13	12	8	8	15	24	140
12	SL Formula Racing	17	27	21	19	19	6	3	17	16	22	24	26	4	22	2				2	8	130
13	Inter Europol Competition	9	26	16	15	26	22	10	13	23	16	19	17	27	19	19	13	13	11	27	10	94
14	Speedlover	12	21	19	25	20	23	22	18	22	24	27	23	19	17	26	15	Ret	DNS	24	5	43
15	Krenek Motorsport	24	24	14	DNS	DNS	DNS	19	15	26	15	27										21
16	Prema Powerteam																			3	Ret	20
17	Sandro Luković																			Ret	3	20
18	Falcon Motorsport																			21	Ret	0
Pos	Team	HOC			NÜR		OSC			ASS		RBR		MST			ZAN			SPA		Points

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NEC heads for promising season with more than 20 registered cars". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. MdH Consultants AG. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah "Teams & Drivers". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. MdH Consultants AG. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "8th round Spa Francorchamps Participants" (PDF). racspa.be. Spa Racing Festival. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^ "NEC-testit päätökseen Hockessa" [NEC Tests Completed at Hockenheim]. FormulaPosti.fi (in Finnish). FormulaPosti. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^ "D'Agosto con KTR nella Eurocup e nel NEC" [D'Agosto for KTR in Eurocup and NEC]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b Rubino, Jacopo (27 January 2012). "Eurocup – Manor molla la serie britannica e si allea con MP Motorsport" [Eurocup – Manor leaves British series and joins forces with MP Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ Rubino, Jacopo (13 February 2012). "Meindert van Buuren terzo pilota della Manor MP Motorsport" [Meindert van Buuren is the third driver for Manor MP Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Retrieved 13 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Алексей Чуклин проведет еще один сезон в NEC" [Alexey Chuklin to compete another season in NEC]. OpenRacing.ru (in Russian). OpenRacing. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Red Bull Ring Participants" (PDF). renault-sport.de. Renault Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "RENAULT TRUCKS CZECH TRUCKS PRIX 2012" (PDF). Renault Sport. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Fortec joins Formula Renault 2.0 NEC for 2012". fortecmotorsports.com. Fortec Motorsports. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Paice, Simon (29 March 2012). "Fortec four confirm NEC switch". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
^ Paice, Simon (24 March 2012). "Engineer confirms Formula Renault NEC move". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
^ "7th round Zandvoort Participants" (PDF). renault-sport.de. Renault Sport. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Prema returns in Formula Renault 2.0". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
^ "Season 2012 Presentation" (PDF). Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

External links edit

Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship

[20-cars-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NEC heads for promising season with more than 20 registered cars". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. MdH Consultants AG. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

[Entry-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah "Teams & Drivers". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. MdH Consultants AG. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.

[Spa-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "8th round Spa Francorchamps Participants" (PDF). racspa.be. Spa Racing Festival. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

[4] "NEC-testit päätökseen Hockessa" [NEC Tests Completed at Hockenheim]. FormulaPosti.fi (in Finnish). FormulaPosti. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

[5] "D'Agosto con KTR nella Eurocup e nel NEC" [D'Agosto for KTR in Eurocup and NEC]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

[Manor-MP-6] Rubino, Jacopo (27 January 2012). "Eurocup – Manor molla la serie britannica e si allea con MP Motorsport" [Eurocup – Manor leaves British series and joins forces with MP Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[7] Rubino, Jacopo (13 February 2012). "Meindert van Buuren terzo pilota della Manor MP Motorsport" [Meindert van Buuren is the third driver for Manor MP Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Retrieved 13 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Алексей Чуклин проведет еще один сезон в NEC" [Alexey Chuklin to compete another season in NEC]. OpenRacing.ru (in Russian). OpenRacing. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

[RBR-9] "Red Bull Ring Participants" (PDF). renault-sport.de. Renault Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Most-10] "RENAULT TRUCKS CZECH TRUCKS PRIX 2012" (PDF). Renault Sport. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] "Fortec joins Formula Renault 2.0 NEC for 2012". fortecmotorsports.com. Fortec Motorsports. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[Fortec-12] Paice, Simon (29 March 2012). "Fortec four confirm NEC switch". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

[13] Paice, Simon (24 March 2012). "Engineer confirms Formula Renault NEC move". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

[14] "7th round Zandvoort Participants" (PDF). renault-sport.de. Renault Sport. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Prema-15] "Prema returns in Formula Renault 2.0". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

[16] "Season 2012 Presentation" (PDF). Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

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