Eurocup Mégane Trophy

Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Category	One-make racing by Renault
Country	Europe
Inaugural season	1976
Folded	2013
Constructors	Renault
Last Drivers' champion	Mirko Bortolotti
Last Teams' champion	Oregon Team
Official website	renault-sport.com

The Renault Eurocup Mégane Trophy was a one-make racing series created and managed by Renault Sport. The series has raced with the Renault Mégane Renault Sport since 2005 as part of the World Series by Renault. The Renault Eurocup has run with various models under differing names since 1976.

History edit

The Eurocup use a single Renault produced vehicle. The series use cars according to era and the championship name is so altered :

Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine (1976–1980)
Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo (1981–1984)
Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo (1985–1988)
Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo (1989–1991)
Europa Cup Renault Clio (1992–1995)
Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy (1996–1998)
Renault Sport Clio Trophy (1999–2004)
Eurocup Mégane Trophy (2005–2008)
Eurocup Mégane Trophy Mk. II (2009–2013)

Scoring system edit

Here is the current scoring system for races in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

There was a point awarded for pole position up until prior to the start of the 2010 season.

Champions edit

Mike Verschuur in Motorland Aragón after winning 2009 Renault Mégane Trophy championship

Season	Series Name	Champion	Team Champion	Secondary Class Champion
1976	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine	Yves Frémont
1977	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine	Mauro Baldi
1978	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine	Wolfgang Schütz
1979- 1980	not held
1981	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo	Wolfgang Schütz
1982	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo	Joël Gouhier
1983	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo	Jan Lammers	Renault Nederland
1984	Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo	Jan Lammers	Renault Nederland
1985	Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo	Oscar Larrauri
1986	Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo	Massimo Sigala
1987	Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo	Massimo Sigala
1988	Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo	Massimo Sigala
1989	Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo	Massimo Sigala
1990	Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo	Massimo Sigala
1991	not held
1992	Europa Cup Renault Clio	Bernard Castagne
1993	Europa Cup Renault Clio	Salvatore Pirro
1994	Europa Cup Renault Clio	Bernard Castagne
1995	Europa Cup Renault Clio	Marcel Kläy
1996	Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy	Franck Lagorce
1997	Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy	Tommy Rustad
1998	Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy	Andrea Belicchi
1999	Renault Sport Clio Trophy	Jérôme Policand
2000	Renault Sport Clio Trophy	Luca Rangoni	Autotottoli
2001	Renault Sport Clio Trophy	Luca Rangoni	Autotottoli
2002	Renault Sport Clio Trophy	Luca Rangoni	Autotottoli
2003	Renault Sport Clio Trophy	Luca Rangoni	Autotottoli
2004	not held
2005	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium	Sébastien Dhouailly (Junior)
2006	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Jaap van Lagen	Tech 1 Racing	Matthieu Lahaye (Junior)
2007	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Pedro Petiz	Tech 1 Racing	Pedro Petiz (Junior)
2008	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Michaël Rossi	Tech 1 Racing	Jean-Philippe Madonia (Gentleman)
2009	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Mike Verschuur	TDS Racing	Jean-Philippe Madonia (Gentleman)
2010	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Nick Catsburg	TDS Racing	Jean-Philippe Madonia (Gentleman)
2011	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Stefano Comini	Oregon Team	David Dermont (Gentleman)
2012	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Albert Costa	Oregon Team	Jean-Charles Miginiac (Gentleman)
2013	Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy	Mirko Bortolotti	Oregon Team	Jeroen Schothorst (Gentleman)