2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the tenth Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe.

2015 champion, Louis Deletraz

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Driver name Status Rounds
  Fortec Motorsports 5   Alex Gill[1] R All
6   Jehan Daruvala[2] R All
7   Callan O'Keeffe[3] 1–5
8   Luke Chudleigh[4] 1–2
13   Zachary Claman DeMelo[5] R 1–2
31   Charlie Eastwood[6] 2
36   Stefan Riener[7] 6–7
62   Ferdinand Habsburg[8] R 1–5
  ART Junior Team[9] 9   Ukyo Sasahara[9] All
10   Darius Oskoui[9] R All
33   Max Defourny[6] R 2–7
  Prizma Motorsport[3] 11   Pontus Fredricsson[10] R All
12   Kevin Kleveros[11] 4–5
  Josef Kaufmann Racing[3] 14   Louis Delétraz[12] All
15   Kevin Jörg[13] All
16   Nikita Mazepin[14] R All
28   Dries Vanthoor[15] R All
  Manor MP Motorsport[3] 17   Dennis Olsen[3] 1–2, 5
18   Lasse Sørensen[3] 1
19   Ignazio D'Agosto[16] 1–2
46   Christopher Anthony[17] 5
  AVF[18] 20   Josef Záruba[18] All
21   Henrique Chaves[18] All
22   Roy Geerts[18] 1
23   Iñigo Bikuña[19] R 1, 4–5
31   Charlie Eastwood[20] 3–5
39   Harrison Scott[6] 2, 5
40   Bronislav Formánek[19] 1
42   Nobuharu Matsushita[20] 3
58   Denis Bulatov[21] R 7
  Fragus BR Motorsport[3] 24   Robin Hansson[10] 1–2
25   Oliver Söderström[9] R 1
  Inter Europol 26   David Richert[22] All
29   Álex Palou[20] 3
35   Bruno Baptista[17] 5
  Mark Burdett Motorsport[9] 27   Rahul Raj Mayer[9] 1–4
97   David Droux[21] R 7
  Strakka Racing[3] 31   Charlie Eastwood[3] 1
32   Valentin Hasse-Clot[19] 1
33   Max Defourny[23] R 1
  Koiranen GP[11] 34   Dan Ticktum[11] R 4, 6
35   Philip Hamprecht[11] 4
  Bruno Baptista[7] 6–7
36   Stefan Riener[11] 4
37   Bruno Baptista[11] 4
  MGR Motorsport 45   Colin Noble[19] All
51   Ameya Vaidyanathan[7] 6
  PositiOne Motorsport 49   Mikko Perttala[7] 6–7
50   Harri Salminen[7] 6–7
  TS Corse[11] 73   Pietro Peccenini[11] 4, 6
  BM Racing Team[3] 96   Bartłomiej Mirecki[24] All

Race calendar and results

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The seven-event provisional calendar for the 2015 season was released on 19 November 2014.[25]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Event
1 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 April   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Ukyo Sasahara   ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 12 April   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing
2 R1   Silverstone Circuit 23 May   Louis Delétraz   Ukyo Sasahara   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 24 May   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing
3 R1   Red Bull Ring 6 June   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Kevin Jörg   Josef Kaufmann Racing ADAC GT Masters
R2 7 June   Kevin Jörg   Louis Delétraz   Kevin Jörg   Josef Kaufmann Racing
R3   Louis Delétraz   Kevin Jörg   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing
4 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 July   Max Defourny   Max Defourny   Max Defourny   ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 25 July   Louis Delétraz   Pontus Fredricsson   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing
5 R1   TT Circuit Assen 1 August   Kevin Jörg   Kevin Jörg   Dries Vanthoor   Josef Kaufmann Racing Gamma Racing Day
R2 2 August   Louis Delétraz   Jehan Daruvala   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing
6 R1   Nürburgring 19 September   Ukyo Sasahara   Louis Delétraz   Ukyo Sasahara   ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 20 September   Louis Delétraz   Max Defourny   Max Defourny   ART Junior Team
7 R1   Hockenheimring 3 October   Louis Delétraz   Kevin Jörg   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing ADAC GT Masters
R2 4 October   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing
R3   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Louis Delétraz   Josef Kaufmann Racing

Championship standings

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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

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The second race at Spa-Francorchamps was red-flagged after four laps of the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.[26]

Pos. Driver MNZ
 
SIL
 
RBR
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
NÜR
 
HOC
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1   Louis Delétraz 14 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 5 1 2 10 1 1 1 378
2   Kevin Jörg 23 9 8 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 305
3   Ukyo Sasahara 1 2 2 4 10 18 6 5 5 2 3 1 8 2 4 3 296
4   Max Defourny 3 8 Ret 8 8 8 Ret 1 2 18 8 6 1 7 9 4 218
5   Jehan Daruvala 8 4 16 15 3 4 Ret 6 6 11 7 5 2 3 Ret 11 194.5
6   Dries Vanthoor 6 Ret 17 9 7 10 Ret 7 9 1 16 10 7 9 3 8 181
7   Callan O'Keeffe 5 21† 3 5 4 6 4 3 8 4 2 168.5
8   Alex Gill 16 5 10 11 5 3 9 13 4 Ret DNS 13 6 Ret 7 Ret 145.5
9   Darius Oskoui 4 Ret 5 10 Ret 11 11 9 7 7 9 12 Ret 8 Ret 9 143
10   Josef Záruba 15 13 12 7 12 7 12 19 14 16 14 9 12 10 6 Ret 133.5
11   Colin Noble 9 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 8 12 12 9 10 20 9 13 10 12 135.5
12   Nikita Mazepin 10 Ret 14 Ret 9 Ret 3 8 10 12 12 8 13 6 Ret 18 125.5
13   Henrique Chaves Ret 15 11 17 14 12 10 23 17 14 Ret 15 Ret 11 8 5 101
14   Dennis Olsen 7 6 4 2 8 6 98
15   Pontus Fredricsson Ret 18 21 22 13 13 15 16 16 15 13 11 15 Ret 11 14 79.5
16   Bartłomiej Mirecki 20 16 22 21 16 15 14 20 18 17 17 14 11 15 12 10 77.5
17   Charlie Eastwood 17 20† 13 14 11 5 7 11 22 21 15 76
18   Stefan Riener 10 13 4 4 16 17 6 73
19   Ferdinand Habsburg 25 Ret 18 16 6 16 5 Ret 23 13 11 62
20   Harrison Scott 6 6 6 5 61
21   Ignazio D'Agosto 2 Ret 7 13 46
22   Denis Bulatov 5 5 7 46
23   Dan Ticktum 15 11 7 5 41
24   Bruno Baptista 14 15 23† 18 Ret 14 14 Ret 13 35
25   David Richert 22 19 24 23 17 17 16 24 21 22 21 18 19 17 15 16 35
26   Valentin Hasse-Clot 13 3 28
27   Rahul Raj Mayer 18 Ret 23 20 15 14 13 WD WD 25
28   Harri Salminen 17 17 18 14 15 24
29   Lasse Sørensen 12 7 23
30   Zachary Claman DeMelo 11 12 20 19 22
31   Robin Hansson Ret 11 15 18 19
32   David Droux 12 13 Ret 17
33   Kevin Kleveros 17 Ret 10 22† 15
34   Mikko Perttala 19 20 19 16 17 14
35   Luke Chudleigh 26 10 19 Ret 13
36   Ameya Vaidyanathan 16 16 10
37   Roy Geerts 19 14 9
38   Iñigo Bikuña 24 17 21 19 19 19 9
39   Pietro Peccenini 22 20 DNS 18 3.5
40   Philip Hamprecht 18 DNS 3
41   Christopher Anthony 20 20 2
42   Bronislav Formánek 21 Ret 0
43   Oliver Söderström 27 Ret 0
  Álex Palou Ret DNS DNS 0
  Nobuharu Matsushita PO PO PO 0
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
SIL
 
RBR
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
NÜR
 
HOC
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

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The second race at Spa-Francorchamps was red-flagged after four laps of the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.[26]

Pos. Driver MNZ
 
SIL
 
RBR
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
NÜR
 
HOC
 
Points
1   Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 428
2   ART Junior Team 1 2 2 4 8 8 6 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 301
3   Fortec Motorsports 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 6 4 2 4 2 3 7 6 285.5
4   AVF 15 13 6 6 11 5 7 11 14 6 5 9 12 5 5 5 197.5
5   MGR Motorsport 9 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 8 12 12 9 10 16 9 13 10 12 139.5
6   Manor MP Motorsport 2 6 4 2 8 6 108
7   Prizma Motorsport Ret 18 21 22 13 13 15 16 16 10 13 11 15 Ret 11 14 84.5
8   BM Racing 20 16 22 21 16 15 14 20 18 17 17 14 11 15 12 10 77.5
9   Koiranen GP 14 11 7 5 14 Ret 13 61
10   Mark Burdett Motorsport 18 Ret 23 20 15 14 13 WD WD 12 13 Ret 42
11   Strakka Racing 3 3 40
12   Inter Europol Competition 22 19 24 23 17 17 16 24 21 22 18 18 19 17 15 16 38
13   PositiOne Motorsport 17 17 18 14 15 24
14   Fragus BR Motorsport 27 11 15 18 19
15   TS Corse 22 20 DNS 18 3.5
Pos. Driver MNZ
 
SIL
 
RBR
 
SPA
 
ASS
 
NÜR
 
HOC
 
Points

References

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