The 2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup was the thirteenth and the final Formula Renault Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

The championship title was won by German driver Doureid Ghattas, after recording five consecutive wins. He won races at Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Hockenheim, finished 42 points clear of his closest rival and Anders Motorsport teammate, Phil Hill, who was the winner at Spa and Hockenheim. Third place in the championship was settled by R-ace GP driver Gabriel Gandulia, who finished eight points behind Hill. Sharon Scolari was the last driver considered as regular driver finished fourth.

Over the course of the season, four different drivers won a race. Aside from Ghattas and Hill, other drivers (when they were eligible for the series trophy) to win were Logan Sargeant, who finished fifth in the championship, and his teammate Victor Martins. Alex Peroni, who finished seventh was the only driver excluding Ghattas and Hill, who was able to win more than one race.

Teams and drivers

Team Driver name Rounds R-ace GP 1 Max Fewtrell 2–6 2 Logan Sargeant All 3 Charles Milesi All 4 Victor Martins All 5 Gabriel Gandulia All Anders Motorsport Phil Hill 1–5 Doureid Ghattas All Josef Kaufmann Racing 11 Clément Novalak 4–6 12 Richard Verschoor 3 16 Yifei Ye 3–6 Lamo Racing Car 16 Thierry Malhomme 1 Tech 1 Racing 21 Neil Verhagen 1, 3–6 22 Aleksandr Smolyar 1, 3–6 23 Thomas Neubauer All 24 Frank Bird All MP Motorsport 31 Christian Lundgaard 1, 3–6 32 Alex Peroni 1, 3–6 33 Jarno Opmeer 3 Freek Schothorst 4–6 Formula Motorsport 35 Nicolas Melin 1 36 Nicolas Pironneau 1 Arden Motorsport 41 Oscar Piastri 3–6 42 Nikita Volegov 3–6 43 Sami Taoufik 3–6 AVF by Adrián Vallés 51 Axel Matus 3–6 52 Xavier Lloveras 3 53 Eliseo Martínez 3–6 54 Christian Muñoz 3–6 JD Motorsport 61 Lorenzo Colombo 2–6 62 Thomas Maxwell 3–6 63 Najiy Razak 3–6 ScoRace Team Sharon Scolari 1–3, 5–6 90 Phil Hill 6 Cram Motorsport 78 Zichao Wang 2 Fortec Motorsports 84 Vladimiros Tziortzis 3–4, 6 85 Raúl Guzmán 3–6 87 Arthur Rougier 1, 3–6

Calendar and results The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 11 November 2017. The schedule was increased to six rounds. For the first time in the history, the series is scheduled to have event which will be part of the Pau Grand Prix. Hungaroring and Circuit Park Zandvoort were set to return to the calendar, while events at Nürburgring and Silverstone Circuit were set to be omitted. On 4 April 2018 the calendar was amended, with three rounds supporting 2018 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Zandvoort opener was replaced by Nürburgring in the schedule. On 31 August 2018 the final round at Hockenheimring was rescheduled to an earlier date.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Circuit de Pau-Ville 12 May Alex Peroni MP Motorsport Pau Grand Prix R2 13 May Alex Peroni Victor Martins Alex Peroni MP Motorsport 2 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 June Charles Milesi Charles Milesi Logan Sargeant R-ace GP Clio Cup Italia R2 1 July Victor Martins Logan Sargeant Victor Martins R-ace GP 3 R1 27 July Phil Hill Victor Martins Phil Hill Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R2 28 July Gabriel Gandulia Victor Martins Phil Hill Anders Motorsport 4 R1 Hungaroring 1 September Gabriel Gandulia Christian Lundgaard Doureid Ghattas Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R2 2 September Doureid Ghattas Christian Lundgaard Doureid Ghattas 5 R1 Nürburgring, Nürburg 14 September Gabriel Gandulia Max Fewtrell Doureid Ghattas Anders Motorsport Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R2 15 September Max Fewtrell Doureid Ghattas Anders Motorsport 6 R1 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 22 September Doureid Ghattas Max Fewtrell Anders Motorsport R2 Doureid Ghattas Logan Sargeant Phil Hill Scorace Team

Championship standings Points system Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th  Points 30 24 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Driver PAU MNZ SPA HUN NÜR HOC Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Doureid Ghattas 9 9 10 8 23 20 20 19 22 20 16 20 266 2 Phil Hill 15 13 8 6 19 18 21 23 23 DNS 21 15 224 3 10 10 9 7 24 21 22 20 24 24 22 17 216 4 Sharon Scolari Ret Ret 11 10 Ret DNS 26 23 23 21 96 5 Logan Sargeant 3 3 1 4 9 2 5 7 1 4 4 5 87 6 Victor Martins 5 4 3 1 Ret 1 4 9 4 2 Ret Ret 83 7 Alex Peroni 1 1 Ret 25 13 5 9 9 6 Ret 60 8 Thomas Neubauer 7 7 7 5 WD WD Ret Ret 21 10 Ret Ret 58 9 Charles Milesi 4 Ret 5 2 10 13 9 12 7 3 10 8 57 10 Frank Bird 11 6 4 11 14 11 12 13 Ret 21 20 13 52 11 2 2 1 8 2 1 3 5 Ret Ret 48 12 Lorenzo Colombo 6 3 6 5 6 3 11 22 Ret 4 35 13 Neil Verhagen 6 5 25 22 14 14 13 12 7 6 31 14 Arthur Rougier 8 8 4 6 Ret 8 10 13 12 10 26 15 Max Fewtrell 2 Ret 5 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 24 16 Zichao Wang 12 9 21 17 Aleksandr Smolyar 13 11 11 16 10 6 5 8 8 Ret 18 18 Nicolas Pironneau 12 14 16 19 Nicolas Melin 14 12 16 20 Thierry Malhomme 16 15 11 guest drivers ineligible to score points Yifei Ye 2 3 1 11 6 6 2 3 Oscar Piastri 3 9 7 4 15 7 3 2 Thomas Maxwell 7 4 11 25 8 11 5 7 Richard Verschoor 8 10 Axel Matus Ret 26 8 15 16 Ret Ret 14 Raúl Guzmán 13 23 Ret Ret 25 18 9 11 Eliseo Martínez 15 12 15 21 12 Ret 14 9 Sami Taoufik 17 Ret 16 10 17 14 19 12 Clément Novalak 18 22 14 16 11 22 Jarno Opmeer 12 24 Nikita Volegov 16 Ret 19 17 18 15 13 24 Xavier Lloveras 22 14 Freek Schothorst 17 24 20 17 15 19 Najiy Razak 18 15 23 18 Ret Ret Ret 23 Christian Muñoz 21 17 Ret Ret 19 19 17 16 Vladimiros Tziortzis 20 19 Ret 16 18 18 Driver PAU MNZ SPA HUN NÜR HOC PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship PosTeamPoints 1 R-ace GP 467 2 Anders Motorsport 436 3 ScoRace 150 4 MP Motorsport 86 5 Tech 1 Racing 66 6 JD Motorsport 23 7 Fortec Motorsport 8 8 Cram Motorsport 2 9 Formula Motorsport 0 10 Lamo Car Racing 0

Footnotes

References

External links Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship