The 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup is the seventh Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheimring on 21 April and finished on 14 October at Spa, after 20 races at 8 events.

Drivers and teams After the Formula Renault UK was cancelled for the 2012 season, British team Fortec Motorsports joined the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with refugee Josh Hill and Intersteps champion Jake Dennis among its drivers, whereas Manor Competition followed with Jordan King.

Team Driver name Rounds Inter Europol Competition 2 Jakub Śmiechowski All 3 Remi Kirchdörffer All 4 Lena Heun 8 Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 Pieter Schothorst 1–2, 4–5 6 Alex Riberas 1–2, 5 7 Stoffel Vandoorne 1–2, 5 SL Formula Racing 8 David Freiburghaus 1–6 9 Robert Siska 1–2, 5–6 41 Alessio Picariello 3–4, 6, 8 Van Amersfoort Racing 10 Roman Beregech All 11 Jeroen Slaghekke All PositionOne Motorsport 14 Leopold Ringbom All KTR 16 Victor Colomé All 17 Yu Kanamaru All 18 Ignazio D'Agosto All Speedlover 20 Frank Suntjens All Interwetten.com Racing 23 Sandy Stuvik All 24 Victor Bouveng 1–3, 5–8 R-ace GP 26 Nyck de Vries 1–2, 4–5, 8 27 Pierre Gasly 1–2, 5 28 Andrea Pizzitola 1–2, 4–5, 8 Manor MP Motorsport 30 Raoul Owens 8 31 Kevin Kleveros 1 32 Jordan King All 33 Meindert van Buuren All 34 Steijn Schothorst All 35 Tanart Sathienthirakul All 36 Alexey Chuklin 1–3, 5–6 37 Corinna Kamper 5–6 Trackstar 31 Kevin Kleveros 2–8 48 Ronnie Lundströmer 1–4, 6 Daltec Racing 37 Corinna Kamper 1–4 38 Dennis Wüsthoff All 39 Rafael Danieli 1 40 Kevin Giovesi 1 44 Christof von Grünigen 1–2, 5–6 67 Kevin Jörg 8 Krenek Motorsport 42 Gabriela Jílková 6 43 Richard Gonda 1–3 45 Christian Malcharek 6 One Racing 45 Alex Bosak 5 Fortec Motorsports 52 Seb Morris 8 53 Mikko Pakari 1–2, 4, 6, 8 54 Ed Jones 1–2, 4, 6, 8 55 Josh Hill All 56 Jake Dennis All 57 Dan de Zille All 58 Shahaan Engineer All Mark Burdett Motorsport 60 Gabriel Casagrande 1, 3–8 61 Tomasz Krzeminski 7 62 Gustavo Lima 8 Prema Powerteam 63 Luca Ghiotto 8 64 Bruno Bonifacio 8 Falcon Motorsport 65 Liam Venter 8 Sandro Luković 68 Sandro Luković 8

Race calendar and results The eight-event provisional calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 22 November 2011. The Spa round was later moved to the end of the season.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Event 1 R1 Hockenheimring 21 April Preis der Stadt Stuttgart R2 22 April Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports R3 Jeroen Slaghekke Nyck de Vries Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 R1 Nürburgring 22 June Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing VLN R2 23 June Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing 3 R1 7 July Jeroen Slaghekke Steijn Schothorst Josh Hill Fortec Motorsports R2 Jake Dennis Josh Hill Josh Hill Fortec Motorsports R3 8 July Alessio Picariello Jake Dennis Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports 4 R1 TT Circuit Assen 4 August Jake Dennis Steijn Schothorst Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports Gamma Racing Day R2 5 August Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries Nyck de Vries R-ace GP 5 R1 Red Bull Ring 26 August Alex Riberas Stoffel Vandoorne Alex Riberas Josef Kaufmann Racing AvD R2 Alex Riberas Josh Hill Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 R1 Autodrom Most 1 September Josh Hill Josh Hill Josh Hill Fortec Motorsports ADAC Truck Grand Prix R2 2 September Jake Dennis Jordan King Van Amersfoort Racing R3 Leopold Ringbom Mikko Pakari Steijn Schothorst Manor MP Motorsport 7 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 22 September Jeroen Slaghekke Jake Dennis Josh Hill Fortec Motorsports Trophy of the Dunes R2 Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Manor MP Motorsport R3 Shahaan Engineer Jordan King Jordan King Manor MP Motorsport 8 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 14 October Mikko Pakari Alessio Picariello Josh Hill Fortec Motorsports Racing Festival R2 Mikko Pakari Andrea Pizzitola Yu Kanamaru KTR

Standings

Drivers' Championship Championship points were awarded on a 30, 24, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 20 classified finishers in each race.

Pos Driver HOC NÜR OSC ASS RBR MST ZAN SPA Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 Jake Dennis 3 1 2 12 7 3 4 1 1 3 4 2 3 7 4 3 3 5 Ret 7 376 2 Jordan King 2 5 5 2 5 2 2 Ret 8 2 11 22 2 3 3 5 15 1 12 25 316 3 Josh Hill Ret 3 25 6 4 1 1 2 25 5 7 4 1 Ret 6 1 Ret 6 1 12 311 4 Jeroen Slaghekke 6 11 7 14 13 5 6 4 7 10 10 12 16 1 11 2 Ret 4 13 21 241 5 Steijn Schothorst 7 Ret Ret 13 10 4 21 3 6 7 9 Ret 5 21 1 18 1 16 11 9 212 6 Kevin Kleveros 5 12 6 29 8 11 5 8 Ret 4 21 20 9 4 Ret 9 5 7 6 28 196 7 Shahaan Engineer 8 8 Ret 31 DNS 9 8 7 24 14 16 10 15 9 12 6 2 2 5 20 195 8 Gabriel Casagrande 26 29 15 7 13 5 12 12 3 8 8 2 5 7 Ret Ret 4 19 181 9 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 19 1 1 1 2 1 176 10 Nyck de Vries 32 6 22 4 2 2 1 5 3 8 14 166 11 Meindert van Buuren DNS 9 Ret 16 11 15 Ret 9 11 6 18 7 Ret 28 16 4 4 3 9 18 161 12 Leopold Ringbom 11 15 9 Ret 12 17 9 23 Ret 25 13 16 6 5 9 8 10 14 7 27 154 13 Andrea Pizzitola 4 2 3 9 3 3 Ret 8 Ret 10 17 141 14 Sandy Stuvik 10 10 Ret 11 DNS 8 7 6 20 13 14 11 7 23 22 11 Ret 10 16 23 140 15 Alessio Picariello 6 3 19 16 28 4 27 2 2 8 120 16 Alex Riberas 14 4 4 10 22 1 6 97 17 Yu Kanamaru 23 Ret Ret DNS 21 10 12 20 13 17 20 15 21 13 20 Ret 7 Ret 17 1 97 18 Ignazio D'Agosto 27 30 24 17 23 13 17 10 10 11 Ret 19 13 26 10 Ret 6 Ret Ret 16 89 19 Dennis Wüsthoff 18 14 Ret 30 15 25 24 24 15 20 15 Ret 18 14 13 12 8 8 15 24 88 20 Victor Colomé Ret Ret Ret 21 14 12 Ret DNS Ret 18 Ret Ret 14 8 7 Ret 11 Ret Ret 2 87 21 Ed Jones 33 25 13 8 DNS 5 8 10 18 8 25 15 85 22 Victor Bouveng 13 22 11 28 16 16 Ret Ret 22 14 17 Ret Ret 16 9 12 22 4 82 23 Pierre Gasly Ret 13 17 3 6 6 5 78 24 Mikko Pakari 30 16 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 11 6 Ret Ret 13 75 25 Jakub Śmiechowski 9 Ret 16 15 DNS 22 10 13 23 16 19 17 27 19 19 13 Ret 11 Ret 10 75 26 Dan de Zille NC 28 Ret 18 24 14 18 11 17 15 Ret 18 Ret 25 23 10 Ret 9 Ret 22 63 27 Tanart Sathienthirakul 21 20 12 24 17 21 14 14 14 21 Ret 24 20 12 14 14 Ret 15 20 32 60 28 Christof von Grünigen 16 DNS 10 26 9 12 9 24 Ret Ret 49 29 Roman Beregech 22 18 Ret 22 18 20 15 22 19 26 17 13 Ret 11 21 Ret 14 17 26 30 48 30 Pieter Schothorst Ret Ret DNS 5 Ret 4 9 23 Ret 45 31 Frank Suntjens 12 21 19 25 20 23 22 18 22 24 27 23 19 17 26 15 Ret DNS 24 5 44 32 Ronnie Lundströmer 15 Ret 18 20 28 18 11 16 18 19 23 16 18 41 33 David Freiburghaus 17 Ret DNS 19 19 26 20 17 Ret 22 24 28 12 Ret 17 25 34 Alexey Chuklin 31 Ret 20 23 29 Ret 16 25 25 Ret 25 10 15 23 35 Bruno Bonifacio 3 Ret 20 36 Sandro Lukovic Ret 3 20 37 Tomasz Krzeminski Ret 12 13 17 38 Richard Gonda 24 24 14 DNS DNS DNS 19 15 15 39 Gustavo Lima Ret 6 15 40 Kevin Giovesi 20 7 Ret 14 41 Corinna Kamper 25 23 26 27 25 19 23 12 21 23 26 21 22 20 Ret 12 42 Remi Kirchdörffer 29 26 23 32 26 24 Ret 21 26 27 29 27 28 24 24 17 13 Ret 27 31 12 43 Seb Morris 23 11 10 44 Luca Ghiotto 14 Ret 7 45 Christian Malcharek 26 15 Ret 6 46 Rafael Danieli 19 17 Ret 5 47 Kevin Jörg 18 29 3 48 Raoul Owens 19 33 2 49 Robert Siska 28 27 21 Ret 27 30 26 29 22 25 0 50 Liam Venter 21 Ret 0 51 Alex Bosak 28 25 0 52 Lena Heun Ret 26 0 53 Gabriela Jílková Ret Ret 27 0 Pos Driver HOC NÜR OSC ASS RBR MST ZAN SPA PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship Pos Team HOC NÜR OSC ASS RBR MST ZAN SPA Points 1 Fortec Motorsports 3 1 2 6 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 6 4 1 2 2 1 7 471 2 Manor MP Motorsport 2 5 5 2 5 2 2 3 6 2 9 7 2 3 1 4 1 1 9 9 404 3 Van Amersfoort Racing 6 11 7 14 13 5 6 4 7 10 10 12 16 1 11 2 14 4 13 21 248 4 Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 4 1 1 1 4 9 1 1 226 5 R-ace GP 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 5 3 8 14 215 6 Mark Burdett Motorsport 26 29 15 7 13 5 12 12 3 8 8 2 5 7 12 13 4 6 201 7 Interwetten.com Racing 10 10 11 11 16 8 7 6 20 13 14 11 7 23 22 11 9 10 16 4 184 8 Trackstar 15 Ret 18 20 8 11 5 8 18 4 21 20 9 4 18 9 5 7 6 28 172 9 KTR 23 30 24 17 14 10 12 10 10 11 20 15 13 8 7 Ret 6 Ret 17 1 154 10 PositionOne Motorsport 11 15 9 Ret 12 17 9 23 Ret 25 13 16 6 5 9 8 10 14 7 27 154 11 Daltec Racing 16 7 10 26 9 19 23 12 15 20 12 9 18 14 13 12 8 8 15 24 140 12 SL Formula Racing 17 27 21 19 19 6 3 17 16 22 24 26 4 22 2 2 8 130 13 Inter Europol Competition 9 26 16 15 26 22 10 13 23 16 19 17 27 19 19 13 13 11 27 10 94 14 Speedlover 12 21 19 25 20 23 22 18 22 24 27 23 19 17 26 15 Ret DNS 24 5 43 15 Krenek Motorsport 24 24 14 DNS DNS DNS 19 15 26 15 27 21 16 Prema Powerteam 3 Ret 20 17 Sandro Luković Ret 3 20 18 Falcon Motorsport 21 Ret 0 Pos Team HOC NÜR OSC ASS RBR MST ZAN SPA Points

References

External links Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship