The 2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup was the inaugural season of the Alpine Elf Europa Cup, the one-make sports car racing series organized by Alpine for Alpine A110 Cup cars. It began on 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 12 October, at Monza after six double-header meetings.
Entry list TeamDriversClassRounds CMR-CCF2 Vincent BeltoiseAll Milan Competition3 Denis GibaudG68 Nicolas MilanAll9 Phillippe BourgoisG1–2 Jean-Marc ThévenotG3 Alessandro Sebasti ScaleraG512 Marc Guillot2–3, 5–615 Gaël Castelli4–677 Thomas PadovaniAll Sten Pentus5 Racing Technology4 Mathieu BlaiseAll11 Sylvain NoëlGAll110 Eric HelaryGuest drivers in the #110 Racing Technology entry are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.G G1 Thierry SoaveG G Paul EnglertG2 Bernard RomainG3 Mathieu SentisG Oliver WebbG4 Stéphane LémeretG G5 Jaime HernandezG6 Automeca-Super U5 Stéphane Proux1–2, 3, 5–6 Emmanuel Guigou1–2 Automeca-RCC7 Franc RouxelGAll Team VRT9 Marc de Fulgencio6 Autosport GP14 Marc SevestreG1, 3, 5 Julien Neveu2, 4, 617 Jean-Baptiste MelaAll18 Pierre MacchiG1–2, 4, 6 Pierre Combot3, 5–6 Team Duty Car29 Alessandro Sebasti ScaleraG1 Lucas Lasserre2–3 Jean-Philippe DesplatDrivers who started their first race of the season at the penultimate or final rounds are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.G5 CMR-GRR33 Grégory RomanoG1–3, 5–6 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger69 Laurent HurgonGAll CMR76 Pierre SancinénaAllIconClassGGentlemenJuniorGGuest
Race calendar and results
A five-round calendar was revealed along with the announcement of the series on 26 October 2017. The schedule consisted of 5 circuits for the first year of the series with all rounds supporting either the International GT Open or the FFSA GT Championship.
RoundCircuitDatePole positionRace winnerJunior WinnerGentlemen Winner1R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet1 June No. 76 CMR No. 76 CMR No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Pierre Sancinéna Pierre Sancinéna Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain NoëlR22 June No. 76 CMR No. 2 CMR-CFF No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Pierre Sancinéna Vincent Beltoise Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain Noël2R1 Nürburgring22 June No. 76 CMR No. 76 CMR No. 17 Autosport GP No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger Pierre Sancinéna Pierre Sancinéna Jean-Baptiste Mela Laurent HurgonR223 June No. 76 CMR No. 76 CMR No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Pierre Sancinéna Pierre Sancinéna Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain Noël3R1 Dijon-Prenois14 July No. 76 CMR No. 76 CMR No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Pierre Sancinéna Pierre Sancinéna Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain NoëlR215 July No. 8 Milan Competition No. 12 Milan Competition No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Nicolas Milan Marc Guillot Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain Noël4R1 Silverstone Circuit1 September No. 110 Racing Technology No. 110 Racing Technology No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Oliver Webb Oliver Webb Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain NoëlR22 September No. 110 Racing Technology No. 110 Racing Technology No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Oliver Webb Oliver Webb Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain Noël5R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps22 September No. 110 Racing Technology No. 110 Racing Technology No. 17 Autosport GP No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger Stéphane Lémeret Stéphane Lémeret Jean-Baptiste Mela Laurent HurgonR223 September No. 110 Racing Technology No. 110 Racing Technology No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Stéphane Lémeret Stéphane Lémeret Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain Noël6R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya21 October No. 8 Milan Competition No. 8 Milan Competition No. 9 Team VRT No. 11 Racing Technology Nicolas Milan Nicolas Milan Marc de Fulgencio Sylvain NoëlR221 October No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger No. 8 Milan Competition No. 17 Autosport GP No. 11 Racing Technology Laurent Hurgon Nicolas Milan Jean-Baptiste Mela Sylvain Noël
Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top 20 drivers. If less than 75% of the race distance is completed then half points are awarded. If less than two laps are completed then no points are given.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th-20thPoints20151210865432111 DriverLECNÜRDIJSILSPACAT 1 Pierre Sancinéna11511195984641382 Nicolas Milan22331178557111373 Sylvain Noël3464336672561194 Jean-Baptiste Mela43155Ret24746951015 Vincent Beltoise101166552368Ret14996 Gaël Castelli32233Ret907 Marc Guillot582117922848 Laurent Hurgon11521744Ret8310Ret9779 Julien Neveu4274436610 Thomas Padovani56111381110Ret91073911 Mathieu Blaise161071091291011128103312 Lucas Lasserre179761713 Grégory Romano81312141415141411121614 Marc Sevestre79101312151415 Franc Rouxel1314141516171211151612161316 Alessandro Sebasti Scalera12810111117 Pierre Combot61018DNSRet1018 Pierre Macchi91213121112Ret1019 Emmanuel Guigou710820 Phillippe Bourgois1511911821 Stéphane Proux1416151616171315822 Jean-Marc Thévenot12142Drivers ineligible to score points Eric Helary6 Thierry SoaveRet Paul Englert87 Bernard Romain13 Mathieu Sentis8 Oliver Webb11 Stéphane Lémeret11 Jean-Philippe Desplat1313 Sten Pentus5 Marc de Fulgencio78 Jaime Hernandez1411 Denis GibaudRet13DriverLECNÜRDIJSILSPACAT Notes
External links
Official website
References