2018 Formula Renault Eurocup
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The 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup 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. The 2018 season is the 28th Formula Renault Eurocup season organized by the Renault Sport and the third season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The series will visit ten circuits around the Europe, including Monaco.[1]
Teams and drivers
[edit]In 2018 the series was scheduled to feature the same nine teams as in previous year.[2] But Mark Burdett Motorsport wasn't able to appear on the grid.
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Driver changes
[edit]- French F4 Championship champion Arthur Rougier and SMP F4 Championship driver Vladimiros Tziortzis joined Fortec Motorsports.[5][24] BRDC British Formula 3 Championship driver Jordan Cane was expected to make his Eurocup debut with Fortec but later he aborted this plan.[27][28] While Raúl Guzmán made his switch to Fortec from R-ace GP.[25] Aleksey Korneev left the team to join 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
- Euroformula Open Championship driver Eliseo Martínez and French F4 Championship driver Christian Muñoz joined AVF by Adrián Vallés.[22] Henrique Chaves moved to the 2018 European Le Mans Series. Gregoire Saucy and Thomas Randle left the team.
- Richard Verschoor, who raced with MP Motorsport switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing[8] and was joined by karting champion and Toyota Racing Series race winner Clément Novalak.[7]
- Aleksandr Smolyar made his racing debut with Tech 1 Racing.[10] He was joined by former Fortec Motorsports and MP Motorsport drivers Frank Bird and Neil Verhagen respectively.[12][9] Gabriel Aubry graduated to the 2018 GP3 Series, leaving his Tech 1 seat vacant.[29]
- F4 British Championship runner-up Oscar Piastri made his Eurocup debut with Arden Motorsport.[18] He was joined by Aleksandr Vartanyan, who made his switch from JD Motorsport, and 2017 CIK-FIA European OK karting champion Sami Taoufik.[19][21]
- Christian Lundgaard graduated from Spanish F4 Championship and SMP F4 Championship as champion in both championships with MP Motorsport.[13] Alex Peroni switched to MP Motorsport for his second Eurocup campaign after leaving Fortec Motorsports.[14] They were joined by Max Defourny, who raced two seasons with R-ace GP.[15]
- French F4 Championship runner-up Victor Martins joined R-ace GP.[5] He was joined by former Tech 1 Racing driver Max Fewtrell.[3] Charles Milesi, who raced with R-ace GP in the 2017 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and in the four rounds of the Eurocup made his full-time switch to the series.[4] Logan Sargeant moved from ADAC Formula 4 Championship to R-ace GP.[4]
- Italian F4 Championship driver Lorenzo Colombo raced with JD Motorsport.[22] Thomas Maxwell and Najiy Razak switched from Tech 1 and Fortec respectively to join JD Motorsport.[22]
Calendar
[edit]The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 25 September 2017. The series will return to Hockenheimring in its schedule. While Pau Grand Prix will be not present in the 2018 calendar.[1] On 29 October the calendar was slightly altered, but featured the same ten circuits.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
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14 April | European Le Mans Series |
| R2 | 15 April | |||
| 2 | R1 |  Autodromo Nazionale Monza
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21 April | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| R2 | 22 April | |||
| 3 | R1 |  Silverstone Circuit
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19 May | |
| R2 | 20 May | |||
| 4 | R1 |  Circuit de Monaco
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26 May | Monaco Grand Prix |
| R2 | 27 May | |||
| 5 | R1 |  Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
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21 July | European Le Mans Series |
| R2 | 22 July | |||
| 6 | R1 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa
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27 July | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| R2 | 28 July | |||
| 7 | R1 |  Hungaroring
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1 September | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| R2 | 2 September | |||
| 8 | R1 |  Nürburgring
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14 September | |
| R2 | 15 September | |||
| 9 | R1 | Hockenheimring
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22 September | ADAC GT Masters |
| R2 | 23 September | |||
| 10 | R1 |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
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20 October | International GT Open |
| R2 | 21 October | |||
Results
[edit]Championship standings
[edit]Drivers' championship
[edit]| Pos. | Driver | LEC
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MNZ
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SIL
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MON
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RBR[N 1]
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SPA
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HUN
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NÜR
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HOC
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CAT
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Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 1 | Max Fewtrell
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2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 275.5 |
| 2 |  Christian Lundgaard
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 258 |
| 3 |  Yifei Ye
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3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 239 |
| 4 |  Logan Sargeant
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1 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 218 |
| 5 | Victor Martins
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11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 186 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Colombo
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4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 6 | 152.5 |
| 7 | Charles Milesi
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9 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 122.5 |
| 8 |  Oscar Piastri
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6 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 110 |
| 9 | Alex Peroni
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Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 25 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 14 | 89 |
| 10 | Thomas Maxwell
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10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 76 |
| 11 | Neil Verhagen
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7 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 59 |
| 12 |  Aleksandr Smolyar
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8 | 23 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 12 | 57 |
| 13 |  Richard Verschoor
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Ret | 8 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | ||||||||
| 14 | Max Defourny
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Ret | 10 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Arthur Rougier
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Ret | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | Ret | 27 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | WD | WD | 26 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Vartanyan
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19 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Thomas Neubauer
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12 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 23 | DNS | DNS | WD | WD | Ret | Ret | 21 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| 18 | Frank Bird
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17 | 18 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 21 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 6 |
| 19 |  Axel Matus
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20 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 16 | 11 | Ret | 26 | 8 | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| 20 | Eliseo Martínez
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16 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 21 | Raúl Guzmán
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13 | 22 | 19 | 21 | Ret | 9 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 4 |
| 22 |  Sami Taoufik
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23 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 1 |
| 23 | Clément Novalak
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15 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 25 | 22 | Ret | DNS | 18 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 22 | Ret | 13 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  Christian Muñoz
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22 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
| 25 | Jarno Opmeer
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18 | Ret | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Nikita Volegov
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17 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 24 | Ret | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| 27 | Vladimiros Tziortzis
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21 | 19 | 25 | Ret | 21 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 28 |  Najiy Razak
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14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 23 | Ret | 20 | 0 |
| 29 | Xavier Lloveras
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18 | Ret | 20 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | Freek Schothorst
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17 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 31 |  Christian Hahn
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21 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Phil Hill
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19 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | DNS | 21 | 15 | — | ||||||||||||
| — | Doureid Ghattas
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23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 20 | — | ||||||||||||
| — |  Gabriel Gandulia
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24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 17 | — | ||||||||||||
| — |  Sharon Scolari
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26 | DNS | 26 | 23 | 23 | 21 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | LEC
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MNZ
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SIL
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MON
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RBR[N 1]
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SPA
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HUN
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NÜR
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HOC
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CAT
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Points | ||||||||||
Teams' championship
[edit]Only two-best cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.
| Pos. | Team | LEC
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MNZ
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SIL
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MON
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RBR[N 1]
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SPA
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HUN
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NÜR
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HOC
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CAT
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Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 1 | R-ace GP
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1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 662.5 |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 2 | MP Motorsport
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 362 |
| Ret | 7 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 14 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Josef Kaufmann Racing
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3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 273 |
| 15 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 22 | Ret | 13 | |||
| 4 | JD Motorsport
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4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 228.5 |
| 10 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 22 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||
| 5 | Tech 1 Racing
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7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 130 |
| 8 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Arden
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6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 122 |
| 19 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 15 | |||
| 7 | Fortec Motorsports
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13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 30 |
| 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 17 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 8 | AVF by Adrián Vallés
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16 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 18 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 14 | 12 | 22 | |||
| guest teams ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Anders Motorsport
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19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 15 | — | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | DNS | 21 | 20 | — | ||||||||||||||
| — | Scorace Team
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26 | DNS | 26 | 23 | 23 | 21 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | LEC
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MNZ
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SIL
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MON
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RBR[N 1]
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SPA
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HUN
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NÜR
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HOC
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CAT
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Points | ||||||||||
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "RENAULT SPORT RACING REVEALS THE 2018 FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP CALENDAR". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Nine teams selected for the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ a b Jackson, Connor. "Max Fewtrell to Remain in Eurocup Formula Renault". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "27 drivers with many contenders for victory !". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d Allen, Peter (15 January 2018). "French F4 rivals Arthur Rougier and Victor Martins become Renault juniors ahead of Eurocup moves". formulascout.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "No time to rest for the Formula Renault Eurocup!". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Clement Novalak to contest both Formula Renault Eurocup and British F3". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b Allen, Peter (1 December 2017). "Verschoor secures Kaufmann seat for Eurocup return without Red Bull". formulascout.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Ticktum heads 2018 Red Bull junior line-up". GPUpdate.net. SportUpdate B.V. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Neil Verhagen remains a Red Bull junior and will stay in Formula Renault Eurocup, switching to Tech 1 Racing.
- ^ a b "SMP prospect Smolyar joins Tech 1 for Formula Renault Eurocup". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Thomas Neubauer poursuit avec Tech 1" (in French). AUTOHebdo. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b Hensby, Paul (17 January 2018). "Frank Bird joins Tech 1 Racing for second Eurocup season". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Christian Lundgaard to step up to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup with MP Motorsport". mpmotorsport.com. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Eurocup race-winner Alex Peroni joins MP Motorsport for 2018". formulascout.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b Allen, Peter (1 March 2018). "Max Defourny returns for another Formula Renault Eurocup season with MP". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Hensby, Paul. "MARTINS TAKES MAIDEN POLE AS EUROCUP SEASON RESUMES IN AUSTRIA". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Allen, Peter (31 August 2018). "Freek Schothorst to make Formula Renault Eurocup debut in Hungary". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ a b Short, Nick (21 December 2017). "Piastri moving up to Formula Renault Eurocup". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ a b Wood, Elliot (12 February 2018). "Alexander Vartanyan to race for Arden in second Eurocup season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "The Formula Renault Eurocup Heads to Austria". Renault Sport Series. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ a b Hensby, Paul (12 March 2018). "Karting Champion Taoufik Steps up to Eurocup with Arden Motorsport". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Wood, Eliott (7 March 2018). "Eliseo Martinez makes Formula Renault switch with AVF". formulacout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "AVF adds French F4 graduate Christian Munoz to Eurocup line-up". 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b Costa, Massimo (24 January 2018). "Con Rougier e Tziortzis Fortec completa la line-up". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ a b Costa, Massimo (15 January 2018). "Guzman si accasa da Fortec". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Rhenius, Fernando (20 April 2018). "Christian Hahn estreia no campeonato europeu de Fórmula Renault 2.0". Vavel Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ Wood, Elliot (16 November 2017). "Jordan Cane announced as first 2018 Eurocup entry with Fortec". formulascout.com. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Jackson, Connor (20 April 2018). "JORDAN CANE JOINS DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT FOR SEASON". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Gruz, David (24 January 2018). "Arden signs Aubry for maiden GP3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (21 July 2018). "Max Fewtrell wins rain-shortened first Red Bull Ring Formula Renault Eurocup race". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
With the race falling just short of the 75% planned distance, only half points were awarded, putting Fewtrell third in the championship on 91.5 points.
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