2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup


The 2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup is the thirteenth and the final Formula Renault Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.
The championship title was won by German driver Doureid Ghattas, after recording five consecutive win. He won races at Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Hockenheim, finished 42 points clear of his closest rival and Anders Motorsport teammate, Phil Hill, who was the winner at Spa and Hockenheim. Third place in the championship was settled by R-ace GP driver Gabriel Gandulia, who finished eight points behind Hill. Sharon Scolari was the last driver considered as regular driver finished fourth.
Over the course of the season, four different drivers won a race. Aside from Ghattas and Hill, other drivers to win were Logan Sargeant, who finished fifth in the championship, and his teammate Victor Martins. Alex Peroni, who finished seventh was the only driver excluding Ghattas and Hill, who was able to win more than one race.

Teams and drivers

TeamDriver nameRounds
R-ace GP1 Max Fewtrell2–6
R-ace GP2 Logan SargeantAll
R-ace GP3 Charles MilesiAll
R-ace GP4 Victor MartinsAll
R-ace GP5 Gabriel GanduliaAll
Anders Motorsport Phil Hill1–5
Anders Motorsport Doureid GhattasAll
Josef Kaufmann Racing11 Clément Novalak4–6
Josef Kaufmann Racing12 Richard Verschoor3
Josef Kaufmann Racing16 Ye Yifei3–6
Lamo Racing Car16 Thierry Malhomme1
Tech 1 Racing21 Neil Verhagen1, 3–6
Tech 1 Racing22 Aleksandr Smolyar1, 3–6
Tech 1 Racing23 Thomas NeubauerAll
Tech 1 Racing24 Frank BirdAll
MP Motorsport31 Christian Lundgaard1, 3–6
MP Motorsport32 Alex Peroni1, 3–6
MP Motorsport33 Jarno Opmeer3
MP Motorsport33 Freek Schothorst4–6
Formula Motorsport35 Nicolas Melin1
Formula Motorsport36 Nicolas Pironneau1
Arden Motorsport41 Oscar Piastri3–6
Arden Motorsport42 Nikita Volegov3–6
Arden Motorsport43 Sami Taoufik3–6
AVF by Adrián Vallés51 Axel Matus3–6
AVF by Adrián Vallés52 Xavier Lloveras3
AVF by Adrián Vallés53 Eliseo Martínez3–6
AVF by Adrián Vallés54 Christian Muñoz3–6
JD Motorsport61 Lorenzo Colombo2–6
JD Motorsport62 Thomas Maxwell3–6
JD Motorsport63 Najiy Razak3–6
ScoRace Team Sharon Scolari1–3, 5–6
ScoRace Team90 Phil Hill6
Cram Motorsport78 Zichao Wang2
Fortec Motorsports84 Vladimiros Tziortzis3–4, 6
Fortec Motorsports85 Raúl Guzmán3–6
Fortec Motorsports87 Arthur Rougier1, 3–6

Calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 11 November 2017. The schedule was increased to six rounds. For the first time in the history, the series is scheduled to have event which will be part of the Pau Grand Prix. Hungaroring and Circuit Park Zandvoort were set to return to the calendar, while events at Nürburgring and Silverstone Circuit were set to be omitted. On 4 April 2018 the calendar was amended, with three rounds supporting 2018 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Zandvoort opener was replaced by Nürburgring in the schedule. On 31 August 2018 the final round at Hockenheimring was rescheduled to an earlier date.

Championship standings

;Points system
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
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Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

Footnotes