The 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 was 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 2016 season was the 26th and final season 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 Driver name Status Rounds Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 Jehan Daruvala All 2 Lando Norris All 3 Robert Shwartzman All Fortec Motorsports 5 Vasily Romanov 1–4 Aleksandr Vartanyan 7 6 Bruno Baptista All 7 Nikita Troitskiy 1, 3, 5–7 49 Frank Bird 7 62 Ferdinand Habsburg All Tech 1 Racing 9 Dorian Boccolacci All 10 Hugo de Sadeleer All 11 Sacha Fenestraz All 12 Gabriel Aubry All R-ace GP 14 Will Palmer All 16 Julien Falchero All 33 Max Defourny All 47 Marcus Armstrong 7 JD Motorsport 17 Aleksey Korneev All 18 James Allen All 46 Finlay Hutchison 5 AVF by Adrián Vallés 21 Henrique Chaves All 22 Harrison Scott All 23 Nerses Isaakyan 1 Nikita Mazepin 2–3 24 Petru Florescu 2–3 42 Julia Pankiewicz 1 43 Nerses Isaakyan 3 Cram Motorsport 30 Rodrigo Pflucker 1–2 31 David Richert 1–3 Antoni Ptak Jr. 5 Technorace 35 Alessandro Perullo All MGR Motorsport 38 David Porcelli 1–2 Colin Noble 3 Mark Burdett Motorsport 44 Finlay Hutchison 4 GMMA Formula Racing 45 Ghislain Cordeel 5–7 TS Corse 48 Alex Peroni 7 Icon Status Rookie 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. On 9 October 2015, was announced that Monza round will be included in the schedule. The round was supported by Clio Cup Italia.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 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 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 Harrison Scott AVF by Adrián Vallés Lando Norris 4 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 16 July Lando Norris Dorian Boccolacci Lando Norris 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 Max Defourny Lando Norris Tech 1 Racing Lando Norris 7 R1 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
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 ARA MON MNZ RBR LEC SPA EST Pts123456789101112131415 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 Hutchison Ret Ret Ret 20 0 Aleksandr Vartanyan Ret 17 0 Pos Driver ARA MON MNZ RBR LEC SPA EST PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap Rookie
Teams' Championship
Team Points1 Josef Kaufmann Racing3342 Tech 1 Racing319.53 R-ace GP231.54 AVF by Adrián Vallés2115 Fortec Motorsports796 JD Motorsport337 Technorace08 Cram Motorsport09 MGR Motorsport0
References
External links Renault-Sport official website