2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
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The 2016 season was the 26th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport and the first season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six events.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver name Status Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing[1] 1 Jehan Daruvala[2] All
2 Lando Norris[3] R All
3 Robert Shwartzman[4] R All
Fortec Motorsports[1] 5 Vasily Romanov[1] 1–4
Aleksandr Vartanyan[5] R G 7
6 Bruno Baptista[1] All
7 Nikita Troitskiy[6] R G 1, 3, 5–7
49 Frank Bird[5] R G 7
62 Ferdinand Habsburg[1] All
Tech 1 Racing[1] 9 Dorian Boccolacci[7] All
10 Hugo de Sadeleer[8] All
11 Sacha Fenestraz[8] R All
12 Gabriel Aubry[8] R All
R-ace GP[9] 14 Will Palmer[10] R All
16 Julien Falchero[11] R All
33 Max Defourny[12] All
47 Marcus Armstrong[5] R G 7
JD Motorsport[1] 17 Aleksey Korneev[13] R All
18 James Allen[1] All
46 Finlay Hutchinson[14] R G 5
AVF by Adrián Vallés[1] 21 Henrique Chaves[1] All
22 Harrison Scott[15] All
23 Nerses Isaakyan[4] R G 1
Nikita Mazepin[16] 2–3
24 Petru Florescu[16] R 2–3
42 Julia Pankiewicz[4] R G 1
43 Nerses Isaakyan[17] R G 3
Cram Motorsport[18] 30 Rodrigo Pflucker[18] R 1–2
31 David Richert[18] 1–3
Antoni Ptak Jr.[14] G 5
Technorace[4] 35 Alessandro Perullo[4] R All
MGR Motorsport[4] 38 David Porcelli[4] R 1–2
Colin Noble G 3
Mark Burdett Motorsport 44 Finlay Hutchinson[19] R G 4
GMMA Formula Racing[14] 45 Ghislain Cordeel[14] R G 5–7
TS Corse 48 Alex Peroni[20] G 7
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015, The championship will take the Formula Renault 3.5 Series spot in the Monaco Grand Prix schedule. Rounds at Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will return in the series' calendar. These rounds (as well as Spa) will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series.[21] On 9 October 2015, was announced that Monza round will be included in the schedule. The round was supported by Clio Cup Italia.[22]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 16 April Max Defourny Lando Norris Max Defourny R-ace GP Lando Norris
R2 Max Defourny Jehan Daruvala Lando Norris Josef Kaufmann Racing Lando Norris
R3 17 April Lando Norris Max Defourny Lando Norris Josef Kaufmann Racing Lando Norris
2 R Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 29 May Sacha Fenestraz[N 1] Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Tech 1 Racing Sacha Fenestraz
3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 2 July Dorian Boccolacci Dorian Boccolacci Lando Norris Josef Kaufmann Racing Lando Norris
R2 Lando Norris Max Defourny Dorian Boccolacci Tech 1 Racing Sacha Fenestraz
R3 3 July Dorian Boccolacci Dorian Boccolacci Harrison Scott AVF by Adrián Vallés Lando Norris
4 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 16 July Lando Norris Dorian Boccolacci Lando Norris Josef Kaufmann Racing Lando Norris
R2 17 July Harrison Scott Max Defourny Harrison Scott AVF by Adrián Vallés Lando Norris
5 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 August Harrison Scott Lando Norris Harrison Scott AVF by Adrián Vallés Lando Norris
R2 28 August Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Josef Kaufmann Racing Lando Norris
6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 24 September Lando Norris Max Defourny Hugo de Sadeleer Tech 1 Racing Lando Norris
R2 25 September Max Defourny Lando Norris Dorian Boccolacci Tech 1 Racing Lando Norris
7 R1 Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril 22 October Lando Norris Max Defourny Will Palmer R-ace GP Will Palmer
R2 23 October Sacha Fenestraz Will Palmer Sacha Fenestraz Tech 1 Racing Sacha Fenestraz
  1. Originally scored by Lando Norris, the Brit had all his times deleted due to a breach of the technical regulations. Ferdinand Habsburg would have inherited pole position, but he had to serve a 2-place grid penalty from the previous round.

Championship standings
Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver ALC
 MON
 MNZ
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 EST
 Pts
1 Lando Norris 2 1 1 16 1 7 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 16 2 253
2 Dorian Boccolacci 11 2 4 4 2 1 3 10 4 5 3 2 1 5 4 200
3 Max Defourny 1 4 2 3 8 2 4 2 2 4 2 11 15 Ret 3 188.5
4 Harrison Scott 4 3 3 8 3 13 1 4 1 1 9 14 5 6 8 172
5 Sacha Fenestraz Ret 14 15 1 4 3 8 13 10 6 5 4 4 7 1 119.5
6 Hugo de Sadeleer Ret DNS 18 11 10 4 13 6 11 Ret 8 1 3 2 7 89
7 Will Palmer 13 6 20 9 6 Ret 7 Ret 6 3 10 Ret 9 1 22 76
8 Robert Shwartzman 5 8 9 12 5 6 6 11 Ret 7 11 Ret 14 3 6 75
9 Jehan Daruvala 3 5 13 15 7 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 7 9 Ret 10 11 62
10 Ferdinand Habsburg 10 7 12 2 Ret 10 12 3 8 8 6 7 11 Ret 12 57
11 Henrique Chaves 7 9 16 6 16 Ret 10 15 5 12 18 17 8 17 5 41
12 Gabriel Aubry Ret 10 11 7 Ret Ret 5 14 12 15 4 6 Ret Ret 15 35
13 Julien Falchero 15 11 7 10 13 9 11 7 16 9 12 10 7 12 12 32.5
14 Bruno Baptista 6 12 6 Ret Ret 15 Ret 9 13 Ret 14 15 12 8 9 28
15 Aleksey Korneev 9 15 8 18 9 Ret 9 8 9 11 13 12 13 13 19 22
16 Nikita Mazepin 5 12 8 Ret 11
17 James Allen 17 13 17 13 19 11 17 12 15 13 16 5 Ret Ret 13 11
18 Vasily Romanov 14 Ret 10 19 11 14 Ret 16 14 2
19 Alessandro Perullo Ret DNS DNS 21 17 12 14 Ret Ret 14 21 16 10 2
20 Rodrigo Pflucker 16 16 19 14 0
21 Petru Florescu 17 15 17 15 0
22 David Porcelli 18 17 21 Ret 0
23 David Richert 20 18 22 20 18 19 19 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Alex Peroni 4 18 0
Nikita Troitskiy 8 Ret 5 22 5 Ret Ret 17 8 6 11 16 0
Marcus Armstrong 9 10 0
Antoni Ptak Jr. 10 15 0
Nerses Isaakyan 12 20 14 14 16 16 0
Ghislain Cordeel 16 19 13 DNS 14 21 0
Frank Bird 15 20 0
Colin Noble Ret 18 18 0
Julia Pankiewicz 19 19 23 0
Finlay Hutchinson Ret Ret Ret 20 0
Aleksandr Vartanyan Ret 17 0
Pos Driver ALC
 MON
 MNZ
 RBR
 LEC
 SPA
 EST
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

Teams' Championship
Pos. Team Points
1 Josef Kaufmann Racing 334
2 Tech 1 Racing 319.5
3 R-ace GP 231.5
4 AVF by Adrián Vallés 211
5 Fortec Motorsports 79
6 JD Motorsport 33
7 Technorace 0
8 Cram Motorsport 0
9 MGR Motorsport 0

References
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  9. "Renault Sport Series on Twitter". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
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  11. Allen, Peter (4 February 2016). "Julien Falchero becomes ART Junior Team's third 2016 signing". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  12. Allen, Peter (11 January 2016). "Max Defourny to continue in Formula Renault with ART Junior Team". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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