2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup

2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup

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The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup was the first season for the WEC series. It absorbed the French Formula Renault championship that offers a reward for the best French driver and rookie driver. It also has the Challenger Cup which is for drivers using cars that run with the 2004 aerodynamic kit.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Epsilon Euskadi	1	Jake Rosenzweig	All
	2	Pablo Montilla	All
	3	Richard Campollo	All
	7	Albert Costa	All
	8	Roberto Merhi	All
	62	Pedro Bianchini	6
SG Formula	4	Ramez Azzam	1-3, 5–8
	5	Anton Nebylitskiy	All
	6	Jean-Éric Vergne	All
	12	Daniel Ricciardo	All
	14	Andrea Caldarelli	All
	15	Miki Monrás	6-8
	33	Tristan Vautier	3-8
Pole Services	10	Benjamin Lariche	All
	11	Antony Tardieu	All
	16	Maxime Jousse	All
Araujo Competicao	17	Gonçalo Araújo	1
	18	Hugo Mesquita	1
	19	Luís Santos	1
Boutsen Energy Racing	20	Benjamin Bailly	1
	21	Nathanaël Berthon	All
	68	Dominic Storey	5
TCS Racing	22	Julien Abelli	All
	34	Mathieu Arzeno	3-4, 7
	45	Nicolas Marroc	1-4
Team Palmyr	23	Didier Colombat	1-4, 6–8
	24	Jean-Michel Ogier	1-4, 6–8
	25	Jean-Marc Menahem	1-2, 4, 6, 8
	27	Max Lefèvre	1-4, 6–8
	28	David Zollinger	1-2, 4, 8
	50	Gérard Tonelli	3
Racing Team Trajectoire	26	Sylvain Milesi	1-3
Epsilon Sport	29	Bastien Borget	All
	33	Tristan Vautier	1-2
	34	Mathieu Arzeno	3-4, 7
	35	Stéphane Richelmi	1-4
	51	André Negrão	7-8
iQuick	30	Mikel Otegi	All
	31	Himar Acosta	3
	32	Marcelo Conchado	1
Amiter Galuppo Sport			3, 7
Hitech Junior Team	36	Richard Singleton	3, 6–7
	37	Miki Monrás	1-5
	38	Luciano Bacheta	1, 6–7
	39	Juan Jacobo	7
	40	Ashley Walsh	All
Fortec Motorsports	41	Dean Smith	6, 8
	42	Daniel McKenzie	All
	43	Gabriel Dias	1-6
	54	Thomas Hylkema	6
	58	Fredrik Blomstedt	6
Rodrive Competicoes	46	Pol Rosell	3, 5, 8
Manor Motorsport	52	Alexander Sims	6
	56	Henry Surtees	6
MP Motorsport	53	Daniël de Jong	6
Jenzer Motorsport	77	Nico Müller	8
Lycée D'Artagnan	132	Daniel Harout	1
	327	Laurent Lamolinairie	1

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Circuit Nogaro	March 23	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	2		March 24	Daniel Ricciardo	Andrea Caldarelli	Andrea Caldarelli	SG Formula
2	3	Dijon-Prenois	May 10	Roberto Merhi	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	4		May 11	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
3	5	Circuit de Valencia	June 21	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	6		June 22	Daniel Ricciardo	Roberto Merhi	Benjamin Lariche	Pole Services
4	7	Circuit de la Sarthe	September 7	Daniel Ricciardo	Roberto Merhi	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
5	8	Autódromo do Estoril	September 27	Albert Costa	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	9		September 28	Daniel Ricciardo	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
5	10	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	October 4	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
	11		October 5	Daniel Ricciardo	Roberto Merhi	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
6	12	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	October 11	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Epsilon Euskadi
	13		October 12	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Andrea Caldarelli	SG Formula
7	14	Circuit de Catalunya	October 18	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	SG Formula
	15		October 19	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Andrea Caldarelli	SG Formula

Results and standings

Race point system

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

1 point is given to every pole position holder. 1 point is also given to the fastest driver in each lap. There are 2 race rounds. The first is between 60 kilometres (37 mi) and 80 kilometres (50 mi). The second race is between 20 and 30 minutes.

In Round 6 of the Valencia race, Daniel Ricciardo, Andrea Caldarelli and Jean-Éric Vergne were disqualified for technical regulation non-conformity in their SG Formula's rear wings. Benjamin Lariche, who came in 3rd, was declared the race winner instead.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	NOG		DIJ		VAL		LEM	EST		SPA		MAG		CAT		Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	5	1	1	1	DSQ	1	1	2	2	1	6	4	1	2	192
2	Roberto Merhi	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	184
3	Andrea Caldarelli	2	1	4	4	3	DSQ	8	Ret	9	3	3	4	1	2	1	129
4	Jean-Éric Vergne	Ret	9	5	5	4	DSQ	2	2	5	4	4	3	7	4	7	95
5	Albert Costa	8	6	3	10	6	2	Ret	17	4	11	8	2	2	Ret	5	85
6	Tristan Vautier	4	3	14	7	11	12	6	4	3	10	5	5	5	5	6	79
7	Anton Nebylitskiy	10	8	6	3	5	7	12	8	21	24	18	DNS	9	9	9	41
8	Miki Monrás	15	11	11	Ret	19	3	Ret	6	19	5	9	19	11	7	17	30
9	Jake Rosenzweig	9	Ret	8	9	12	14	24	5	6	13	10	8	12	8	13	30
10	Benjamin Lariche	14	19	22	Ret	Ret	1	13	14	8	15	19	Ret	Ret	24	20	18
11	Richard Campollo	Ret	4	10	12	7	Ret	21	15	Ret	21	15	DNS	Ret	10	12	16
12	Bastien Borget	6	28	DNS	21	Ret	10	22	16	Ret	32	21	10	6	12	11	14
13	Julien Abelli	DNS	7	13	13	9	11	5	Ret	11	Ret	16	13	10	13	18	14
14	Gabriel Dias	22	29	15	8	8	6	26	9	14	18	DNS					13
15	Mathieu Arzeno					Ret	Ret	4					7	Ret			12
16	Stéphane Richelmi	5	10	16	11	17	8	17									10
17	Antony Tardieu	17	12	12	6	13	16	25	Ret	12	23	11	20	15	Ret	10	10
18	Nathanaël Berthon	23	13	21	14	Ret	13	9	10	10	7	Ret	23	Ret	14	15	9
19	Ashley Walsh	12	17	19	15	21	23	7	18	7	17	22	15	16	Ret	25	8
20	Himar Acosta					16	5										6
21	Maxime Jousse	11	Ret	7	17	22	17	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	14	13	19	21	5
22	Ramez Azzam	19	Ret	9	Ret	15	24		11	16	20	23	18	8	15	19	5
23	Daniel McKenzie	16	15	20	20	24	18	20	7	17	16	20	17	17	16	16	4
24	Richard Singleton					10	9				14	17	12	Ret			4
25	Miguel Otegui	7	Ret	Ret	18	18	Ret	23	13	15	25	Ret	16	19	25	22	4
26	Luciano Bacheta	13	14								31	Ret	9	14			2
27	Nicolas Marroc	18	Ret	17	16	14	Ret	10									1
28	Pablo Montilla	20	21	18	19	20	15	Ret	12	13	19	Ret	11	Ret	11	14	1
29	David Zollinger	24	16	24	25			11							18	23	0
30	Jean-Michel Ogier	27	23	27	24	28	21	14			29	DNS	24	21	23	28	0
31	Max Lefèvre	26	27	26	22	25	22	15			27	Ret	25	22	20	29	0
32	Gonçalo Araújo	21	18														0
33	Jean-Marc Menahem	31	24			Ret	Ret	18			28	Ret			21	27	0
34	Pol Rosell					Ret	DNS		Ret	18					DSQ	26	0
35	Didier Colombat	28	22	25	23	27	20	19			30	Ret	26	20	22	30	0
36	Sylvain Milesi	30	Ret	23	Ret	23	19										0
37	Dominic Storey								Ret	20							0
38	Benjamin Bailly	25	20														0
39	Luís Santos	25	Ret														0
40	Marcello Conchado	29	25			Ret	Ret						DNS	DNS			0
41	Hugo Filipe Mesquita	32	26														0
42	Gérard Tonelli					26	35										0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Nico Müller														Ret	4
	Henry Surtees										6	12
	Dean Smith										8	6			6	8
	Daniël de Jong										22	7
	Alexander Sims										9	Ret
	Fredrik Blomstedt										12	13
	André Negrão												DNS	Ret	17	24
	Juan Jacobo												22	18
	Thomas Hylkema										25	Ret
	Pedro Bianchini										Ret	Ret

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	SG Formula	320
2	Epsilon Euskadi	268
3	Epsilon Sport	46
4	Pole Services	28
5	Hitech Junior Team	24
6	TCS Racing	18
7	Fortec Motorsport	17
8	iQuick-Valencia	10
9	Boutsen Energy Racing	9
NC	Team Palmyr	0
NC	Racing Team Trajectoire	0
NC	Araújo Competição	0
NC	Rodrive Competições	0
NC	Manor Motorsport	–
NC	MP Motorsport	–

French Formula Renault championship

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jean-Éric Vergne	119
2	Tristan Vautier	107
3	Antony Tardieu	63
4	Julien Abelli	59
5	Maxime Jousse	45
6	Nathanaël Berthon	44
7	Bastien Borget	39
8	Benjamin Lariche	31
9	Mathieu Arzeno	23
10	Nicolas Marroc	20
11	Max Lefèvre	15
12	David Zollinger	13
13	Jean-Michel Ogier	13
14	Didier Colombat	11
15	Jean-Marc Menahem	5
16	Sylvain Milesi	2
17	Gérard Tonelli	0

Rookies championship

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jean-Éric Vergne	177
2	Tristan Vautier	154
3	Jake Rosenzweig	104
4	Miki Monrás	80
5	Julien Abelli	73
6	Richard Campollo	61
7	Antony Tardieu	52
8	Nathanaël Berthon	52
9	Maxime Jousse	43
10	Gabriel Dias	41
11	Ashley Walsh	37
12	Ramez Azzam	36
13	Daniel McKenzie	35
14	Miguel Otegui	27
15	Luciano Bacheta	19
16	Max Lefèvre	8

Challenger Cup

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Lefèvre	150
2	Didier Colombat	134
3	Jean-Michel Ogier	131
4	David Zollinger	98
5	Jean-Marc Menahem	66
6	Gérard Tonelli	20