2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the ninth Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe. It was contested over 7 race meetings and a total of 15 races – 17 scheduled races, with 2 cancelled due to weather conditions – commencing on 12 April at Monza and concluding on 20 September at the Nürburgring.

The championship title was won by British driver Ben Barnicoat, a member of McLaren's young driver programme, after recording top-ten finishes in all but two of the season's races. Barnicoat, who won races at Hockenheim and Most, finished 16 points clear of his closest rival, Louis Delétraz, who was the winner of the opening race of the season, at Monza. Third place in the championship was settled via a tie-break, as Seb Morris and Steijn Schothorst finished level on points; the tie was settled in favour of Morris, as his two wins – at Silverstone and Assen – gave him the advantage over Schothorst's sole win, at Spa.

Over the course of the season, 11 different drivers won a race. Aside from Barnicoat and Morris, other drivers to win twice were Gustav Malja, who finished fifth in the championship, and Kevin Jörg, who only contested four meetings during the season. Single race victories were taken by full-time series competitor Callan O'Keeffe, Andrea Pizzitola, Levin Amweg, Alexander Albon and Aurélien Panis, however none of the quintet finished higher than O'Keeffe's seventh place in the final championship standings. The teams' championship was won by Josef Kaufmann Racing, thanks to the results of Delétraz, Malja, Jörg and Ryan Tveter.

Drivers and teams edit

Team No. Driver name Rounds
  Inter Europol[1] 2   David Richert[2] 1–2, 4, 6
3   Max Biedermann[3] 1
  Robert Siska[4] 2–3, 7
47   Max Biedermann[3] 2
52   Phillip Hamprecht 5, 7
  ART Junior Team[3] 4   Aurélien Panis[5] 1–3
5   Jake Hughes[6] 6–7
35   Levin Amweg[5] 1–3
36   Callan O'Keeffe[5] 1–6
38   James Allen[3] 1
  Mark Burdett Racing 5   Jake Hughes[7] 1–5
6   Raoul Owens[8] All
  Speedfish Racing[1] 7   Stefan Riener[3] All
  Fragus BR Motorsport[3] 8   Robin Hansson[3] All
49   Cédric Freiburghaus 6
  Manor MP Motorsport[1] 9   Philip Morin[9] 1–3
10   Julio Moreno[3] All
11   Steijn Schothorst[3] All
12   Andrea Pizzitola[3] 1–2, 6–7
  Josef Kaufmann Racing[1] 14   Gustav Malja[10] All
15   Kevin Jörg[11] 1, 4, 6–7
16   Ryan Tveter[12] All
17   Louis Delétraz[11] All
  AVF[1] 18   Roy Geerts[13] All
19   Josef Záruba[14] All
20   Matthew Graham[15] All
21   Nicholas Surguladze[15] 1–2
22   Iñigo Bikuña[16] 4–7
25   Jules Gounon[3] 4–7
  KTR[3] 23   Alexander Albon[3] 1, 5–6
24   Gregor Ramsay[3] 1, 5–6
25   Jules Gounon[3] 1
36   Callan O'Keeffe 7
  KEO Racing 26   Fabian Welter[17] 1
  Fortec Motorsports 31   Seb Morris[18] All
32   Jorge Cevallos[19] 1–3
33   Ben Barnicoat[20] All
34   Martin Kodrić[21] All
  Brixia Horse Power[3] 39   Andrea Baiguera[3] 1, 4
  AS Motorsport by GSK[3] 40   Danyil Pronenko[22] 1
48   Matteo Cairoli[22] 1
  PositiOne[3] 41   Leopold Ringbom[3] 1–3
42   Lassi Halminen[4] 2
50   Harri Salminen[5] 3–7
  Euronova[22] 43   Salvatore De Plano[23] 3
44   Sennan Fielding[24] 2
45   Jakub Dalewski[22] 1
46   Ukyo Sasahara[22] All
51   Michele La Rosa[16] 4–5
53   Ivan Matveev[25] 6–7
  SL Formula Racing 49   Cédric Freiburghaus[4] 2, 4

Race calendar and results edit

The seven-event calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 12 December 2013.[26]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Event
1 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12 April   Louis Delétraz   Ukyo Sasahara   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 13 April   Kevin Jörg   Kevin Jörg   Kevin Jörg   Josef Kaufmann Racing
2 R1   Silverstone Circuit 24 May   Aurélien Panis   Levin Amweg   Levin Amweg   ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 25 May   Seb Morris   Ben Barnicoat   Seb Morris   Fortec Motorsports
3 R1   Hockenheimring 14 June   Gustav Malja   Levin Amweg   Gustav Malja   Josef Kaufmann Racing Stuttgarter Rössle Hockenheimring
R2 15 June   Ben Barnicoat   Callan O'Keeffe   Ben Barnicoat   Fortec Motorsports
R3   Aurélien Panis   Callan O'Keeffe   Aurélien Panis   ART Junior Team
4 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 25 July   Kevin Jörg   Kevin Jörg   Kevin Jörg   Josef Kaufmann Racing Blancpain Endurance Series
(Spa 24 Hours)
R2 26 July   Kevin Jörg   Kevin Jörg   Steijn Schothorst   Manor MP Motorsport
5 R1   TT Circuit Assen 2 August   Callan O'Keeffe   Callan O'Keeffe   Callan O'Keeffe   ART Junior Team Gamma Racing Day
R2 3 August   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Seb Morris   Fortec Motorsports
6 R1   Autodrom Most 30 August   Seb Morris   Gustav Malja   Ben Barnicoat   Fortec Motorsports ADAC Truck Grand Prix
R2 31 August   Raoul Owens   Alexander Albon   Alexander Albon   KTR
R3 Race postponed due to heavy rain
7 R1   Nürburgring 19 September   Andrea Pizzitola   Andrea Pizzitola   Andrea Pizzitola   Manor MP Motorsport Blancpain Endurance Series
(1000 km Nürburgring)
R2 20 September   Josef Záruba   Gustav Malja   Gustav Malja   Josef Kaufmann Racing
R3 21 September   Andrea Pizzitola Race cancelled due to fog

Championship 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 MNZ
 
SIL
 
HOC
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
MST
 
NÜR
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1   Ben Barnicoat 9 4 6 18 2 1 6 2 5 2 Ret 1 7 C 4 4 C 258
2   Louis Delétraz 1 2 13 21 4 6 8 3 2 8 3 4 10 C 7 5 C 242
3   Seb Morris 15 7 14 1 21 5 9 8 Ret 4 1 3 3 C 2 6 C 224
4   Steijn Schothorst 5 3 5 3 9 2 7 4 1 Ret 7 Ret 4 C 11 7 C 224
5   Gustav Malja Ret Ret 4 DNS 1 9 4 6 3 3 5 21 6 C 20 1 C 193
6   Ukyo Sasahara 2 Ret 10 7 8 18 5 7 4 9 4 8 9 C 5 12 C 191
7   Callan O'Keeffe Ret 25 8 2 5 4 2 Ret 14 1 8 9 5 C 16 11 C 187
8   Jake Hughes Ret 26 3 5 7 8 10 10 9 16 11 7 22 C 6 10 C 152
9   Ryan Tveter Ret 15 15 6 12 11 11 5 15 6 2 12 11 C 15 13 C 150
10   Raoul Owens 8 9 7 20 NC 10 12 11 Ret Ret 12 15 2 C 12 14 C 125
11   Stefan Riener 22 24 11 9 10 7 Ret 9 7 10 6 10 Ret C 8 24 C 123
12   Matthew Graham 19 6 9 4 Ret 23 19 13 6 7 DSQ 13 16 C 13 8 C 119
13   Kevin Jörg 7 1 1 20 5 14 C 3 DNS C 118
14   Andrea Pizzitola 3 5 WD WD 6 8 C 1 3 C 114
15   Levin Amweg 4 27 1 Ret 3 3 3 107
16   Josef Záruba 14 10 21 12 13 16 Ret 17 21† 12 Ret 11 13 C 9 2 C 107
17   Alexander Albon 6 18 5 Ret 2 1 C 88
18   Martin Kodrić 12 28 WD WD 11 12 Ret 18 13 18 9 16 12 C 14 16 C 80
19   Aurélien Panis Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 13 1 77
20   Robin Hansson Ret 21 19 8 15 15 13 16 8 13 14 Ret 18 C Ret 17 C 75
21   Roy Geerts Ret 13 12 Ret 14 22 Ret 14 10 11 10 Ret 17 C Ret 15 C 73
22   Julio Moreno 17 17 16 13 20 17 16 12 16 17 16 Ret 15 C 19 21 C 62
23   Jules Gounon Ret 14 15 11 14 DSQ 20 25 C 10 9 C 54
24   Gregor Ramsay 10 8 15 15 14 24 C 43
25   Jorge Cevallos Ret 22 17 10 17 14 15 32
26   Leopold Ringbom 13 12 Ret 16 Ret 19 14 31
27   Philip Morin 21 16 20 11 16 Ret 17 25
28   Cédric Freiburghaus 18 15 22 12 17 19 C 24
29   Jakub Dalewski 11 11 20
30   Phillip Hamprecht 19 13 17 20 C 15
31   Ivan Matveev 18 20 C 18 18 C 10
32   Robert Siska DNS 19 18 21 18 DNS 23 C 8
33   Lassi Halminen 22 14 7
34   Danyil Pronenko 16 19 7
35   Andrea Baiguera Ret Ret 19 17 6
36   Harri Salminen 22 20 Ret 21 19 21 18 DNS 21 C 22 22 C 6
37   David Richert 20 23 WD WD 24 18 19 23 C 6
38   Michele la Rosa 20 Ret 22 17 5
39   Iñigo Bikuña 23 DNS 20 19 Ret Ret C 21 19 C 5
40   Max Biedermann WD WD 24 17 4
41   Nicholas Surguladze 18 20 23 22 4
42   Salvatore De Plano 19 Ret 20 3
  Sennan Fielding DNS DNS 0
  Fabian Welter WD WD 0
  James Allen WD WD 0
  Matteo Cairoli WD WD 0
Pos Driver MNZ
 
SIL
 
HOC
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
MST
 
NÜR
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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 MNZ
 
SIL
 
HOC
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
MST
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 1 4 6 1 6 4 1 2 3 2 4 6 C 3 1 C 334
2   Fortec Motorsports 9 4 6 1 2 1 6 2 5 2 1 1 3 C 2 4 C 328
3   Manor MP Motorsport 3 3 5 3 9 2 7 4 1 17 7 6 4 C 1 3 C 273
4   ART Junior Team 4 25 1 2 3 3 1 Ret 17 1 8 7 5 C 6 10 C 255
5   Euronova 2 11 10 7 8 18 5 7 4 9 4 8 9 C 5 12 C 201
6   Mark Burdett Motorsport 8 9 3 5 7 8 10 10 9 16 11 15 2 C 12 14 C 185
7   AVF 14 6 9 4 13 16 19 13 6 7 19 11 13 C 9 2 C 167
8   Speedfish Racing 22 24 11 9 10 7 Ret 9 7 10 6 10 Ret C 8 24 C 132
9   KTR 6 8 5 15 1 2 C 16 11 C 119
10   Fragus BR Motorsport Ret 21 19 8 15 15 13 16 8 13 14 17 18 C Ret 17 C 78
11   PositiOne 13 12 Ret 14 22 19 14 21 19 21 18 DNS 21 C 22 22 C 38
12   Inter Europol 20 23 24 17 18 21 18 24 18 19 13 19 23 C 17 20 C 29
13   SL Formula Racing 18 15 22 13 19
14   AS Motorsport by GSK 16 19 7
15   Brixia Horse Power Ret Ret 19 17 4
  KEO Racing WD WD 0
Pos Team MNZ
 
SIL
 
HOC
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
MST
 
NÜR
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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