2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the inaugural Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Oschersleben on 22 April and finished on 17 September at the Salzburgring, after sixteen races.

Motopark Academy driver Filipe Albuquerque won the NEC championship title, having won four races during the season. Runner-up Chris van der Drift amassed four race wins too. His JD Motorsport team-mate Xavier Maassen completed the top three with two wins.

Drivers and teams Team Driver name Rounds Racing Sweden 1 Jesper Wulf Laursen 7 5 Niklas Edling 7 Team Aarthus Racing 2 Steffen Møller 7 6 Sam Whan 7 15 Jens Renstrup 7 MP Motorsport 3 Oscar Wilkens All 4 Helmert Jan van der Slik 1, 3–4 5 Ricardo van der Ende 6 van Amersfoort 7 Dennis Swart All 8 Gwendolyn Hertzberger All Motopark Academy 10 Filipe Albuquerque 1–5, 7–8 11 Nathan Antunes 1–3 41 Sébastien Buemi 3–4, 7–8 42 Oliver Oakes 5 Motorsport Arena 12 John Michael Edwards 1–5, 7–8 14 Brendon Hartley 1–5, 7–8 Kern Motorsport 15 Yassine Benjamaa 1 16 Patrick Kreuter 1–5 Lukoil Racing 17 Sergey Afanasyev 1, 3–8 52 Sergey Chukanov 1, 3–8 Huggare Racing 18 Viktor Huggare 6–7 Team SRTS 22 Micke Ohlsson 6–7 JD Motorsport 24 Kasper Andersen 1–2 25 Chris van der Drift 1–5, 7–8 26 Xavier Maassen 1–5, 7–8 Koiranen Bros. Motorsport 27 Atte Mustonen 1–5, 7 28 Tomi Limmonen 1–5, 7 69 Mika Mäki 7 99 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 2–5 SL Formula Racing 29 Frédéric Vervisch All 31 Anton Nebylitskiy All AR Motorsport 33 Dennis Retera 6 34 Duarte Félix da Costa All 35 Mervyn Kool All KEO Racing 33 Daniel Ivarsson 7 84 Alexander Haegermark 7 MDR Motorsport 37 Sten Pentus 5 Astromega Racing 38 Qinghua Ma 3–5 Petrom District Racing 39 Mihai Marinescu 1–3, 5–8 Trakstar Racing AB 43 Philip Forsman 6–7 44 Christian Kronegård 6–7

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Event 1 R1 Motopark Oschersleben 22 April Kasper Andersen Kasper Andersen Chris van der Drift JD Motorsport Beru Top 10 R2 23 April Chris van der Drift Kasper Andersen Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy 2 R1 13 May Mervyn Kool Atte Mustonen Mervyn Kool AR Motorsport 1000 km of Spa R2 14 May Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Xavier Maassen JD Motorsport 3 R1 Nürburgring 27 May Chris van der Drift Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Buemi Motopark Academy Beru Top 10 R2 28 May Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift JD Motorsport 4 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 June Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift JD Motorsport Pinkster Races R2 4 June Chris van der Drift Mervyn Kool Chris van der Drift JD Motorsport 5 R1 Motopark Oschersleben 1 July Xavier Maassen Xavier Maassen Xavier Maassen JD Motorsport FIA GT Oschersleben 500km R2 2 July Filipe Albuquerque Chris van der Drift Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy 6 R1 TT Circuit Assen 15 July Sergey Afanasyev Frédéric Vervisch Ricardo van der Ende MP Motorsport Beru Top 10 R2 16 July Sergey Afanasyev Sergey Afanasyev Sergey Afanasyev Lukoil Racing 7 R1 Anderstorp Raceway 12 August Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy R2 13 August Brendon Hartley Motopark Academy 8 R1 Salzburgring 16 September Sébastien Buemi Filipe Albuquerque Sébastien Buemi Beru Top 10 R2 Mihai Marinescu Sébastien Buemi Filipe Albuquerque Motopark Academy

Standings +Race point systemPosition1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th14th15th16th17th18th19thPoints3024201716151413121110987654321

PosResults Northern European Cup Formula Renault 2.0 2006 necup.com Driver nameOSCSPANÜRZANOSCASSANDSAL Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 161 Filipe Albuquerque7161522432112213122 Chris van der Drift1103101611152371242673 Xavier Maassen23181135321558462524 Mervyn Kool611141411194Ret1233725752045 John Michael Edwards842DNS379Ret6Ret416141846 Mihai MarinescuRet612Ret8109162494331757 Sébastien Buemi1325226121728 Sergey Afanasyev5215Ret66Ret4Ret11565161679 Frédéric Vervisch118913Ret2111101417678581515210 Brendon Hartley12Ret5Ret4410Ret4663Ret715111 Atte Mustonen457141065833RetRet14912 Duarte Félix da Costa101211DNS79139117Ret510RetRet814013 Anton Nebylitskiy141815Ret91616111513762113Ret1111614 Dennis Swart171513912171818171810112021101210415 Oscar Wilkens1313Ret11RetRet141412104Ret1314RetRet9616 Sergey Chukanov16DNS1715Ret12Ret958Ret209109617 Johnny Cecotto Jr.43688Ret7Ret9218 97512777919 Kasper Andersen316*162Ret12Ret97720 Gwendolyn Hertzberger191717121820Ret171819Ret10192311137421 Patrick Kreuter151410819141516Ret146422 Tomi LimmonenRet9Ret6Ret19Ret1510Ret14Ret5523 Ricardo van der Ende125424 Nathan AntunesRetRet85Ret133725 Ron Marchal147Ret1812Ret3326 Qinghua Ma11EX171316153327 Oliver Oakes882628 Philip ForsmanIneligible for points at Anderstorp.81217152229 Viktor Huggare91322182030 Sten Pentus13111831 Christian Kronegård111416161732 Micke OhlssonRet91291233 Mika MäkiRet111234 Yassine Benjamaa18195 Dennis ReteraRetRet0The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing. Steffen Møller1110 – Daniel Ivarsson1817 – Alexander HaegermarkRet19 – Jens Renstrup2422 – Sam Whan2324 – Jesper Wulf Laursen25Ret – Niklas EdlingRetRet – Pos Driver nameOSCSPANÜRZANOSCASSANDSAL Points Notes

References

External links Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship