Formula Renault Eurocup

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

Formula Renault Eurocup

Category	Formula Renault 2.0 (1991–2018) Regional Formula 3 (2019–2020)
Inaugural season	1991
Folded	2020
Constructors	Renault[1]
Engine suppliers	Renault
Tyre suppliers	Hankook[2]
Last Drivers' champion	Victor Martins
Last Teams' champion	ART Grand Prix
Official website	www.renaultsport.com

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.

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]

• Chassis: FR2.0/13. Carbon-fibre bodywork
• Engine: Renault F4R 832 – 4-cylinder – 16 valve – 1998cc. 210 bhp at 7,500rpm. 220Nm at 5,500rpm
• Transmission: SADEV seven-speed sequential + reverse gear. XAP electric control gearshift, semi-automatic steering-wheel mounted
• Front suspension: ZF Race Engineering single damper, two-way adjustable
• Rear suspension: ZF Race Engineering double damper, two-way adjustable
• Brakes: Four-piston calipers with 278 x 18 mm steel discs
• Rims: Aluminium one-piece 9 x 13 (front) and 10 x 13 (rear)
• Tyres: Michelin 20-54 x 13 (front) and 24-57 x 13 (rear)
• Length/width/height: 4270 / 1740 / 950mm
• Front and rear track: 1502 / 1440mm
• Fuel tank: 50 litres
• Unloaded weight: 506 kg

Champions

Prior Formula Renault Eurocup

Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault

Season	Champion	Team
1991	Jason Plato	Duckhams Van Diemen
1992	Pedro de la Rosa	Racing for Spain

Eurocup Formula Renault

Season	Champion	Team
1993	Olivier Couvreur	Synergie
1994	James Matthews	Manor Motorsport
1995	Cyrille Sauvage	Mygale
1996	Enrique Bernoldi	Tatuus JD Motorsport
1997	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Tatuus JD Motorsport
1998	Bruno Besson	Tatuus JD Motorsport
1999	Gianmaria Bruni	JD Motorsport

Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

Season	Champion	Team Champion
2000	Felipe Massa	JD Motorsport
2001	Augusto Farfus	Prema Powerteam
2002	Eric Salignon	Graff Racing
2004	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy

Formula Renault 2000 Masters

Season	Champion	Team Champion
2003	Esteban Guerrieri	JD Motorsport

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Season	Champion	Team Champion	Secondary Class Champion
2005	Kamui Kobayashi	SG Formula	not awarded
2006	Filipe Albuquerque	JD Motorsport
2007	Brendon Hartley	Epsilon RedBull	J: Brendon Hartley
2008	Valtteri Bottas	SG Formula	J: Andrea Caldarelli
2009	Albert Costa	Epsilon Euskadi	J: António Félix da Costa
2010	Kevin Korjus	Tech 1 Racing	J: Kevin Korjus
2011	Robin Frijns	Koiranen Motorsport	J: Carlos Sainz Jr.
2012	Stoffel Vandoorne	Josef Kaufmann Racing	J: Daniil Kvyat
2013	Pierre Gasly	Tech 1 Racing	J: Pierre Gasly
2014	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	J: Dennis Olsen
2015	Jack Aitken	Josef Kaufmann Racing	R: Harrison Scott
2016	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	R: Lando Norris

Formula Renault Eurocup

Season	Champion	Team Champion	Secondary Class Champion
2017	Sacha Fenestraz	R-ace GP	R: Max Fewtrell
2018	Max Fewtrell	R-ace GP	R: Christian Lundgaard
2019	Oscar Piastri[lower-alpha 1]	R-ace GP	R: Caio Collet
2020	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	R: 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]

References

1. "Technical specifications". Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
2. Allen, Peter (11 December 2018). "Abu Dhabi to host Formula Renault Eurocup finale in 2019". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
3. Smith, Luke (31 October 2020). "Formula Regional Europe merges with Renault Eurocup for 2021". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
4. "Technical specifications". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
5. "2019 Formule Renault Eurocup - Spa-Francorchamps Race 1 (52:30)". YouTube. Renault Sport. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
6. "2019 Formula Renault Eurocup - Abu Dhabi - Race 1 (1:04:26)". YouTube. Renault Sport. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

External links

• Official website