# 2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup

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

| Team | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| CMR-CCF | 2 | Vincent Beltoise | | All |
| Milan Competition | 3 | Denis Gibaud | G | 6 |
| Milan Competition | 8 | Nicolas Milan | | All |
| Milan Competition | 9 | Phillippe Bourgois | G | 1–2 |
| Milan Competition | 9 | Jean-Marc Thévenot | G | 3 |
| Milan Competition | 9 | Alessandro Sebasti Scalera | G | 5 |
| Milan Competition | 12 | Marc Guillot | | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Milan Competition | 15 | Gaël Castelli | | 4–6 |
| Milan Competition | 77 | Thomas Padovani | | All |
| Milan Competition | 77 | Sten Pentus | | 5 |
| Racing Technology | 4 | Mathieu Blaise | | All |
| Racing Technology | 11 | Sylvain Noël | G | All |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Eric Helary | G G | 1 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Thierry Soave | G G | 1 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Paul Englert | G | 2 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Bernard Romain | G | 3 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Mathieu Sentis | G | 3 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Oliver Webb | G | 4 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Stéphane Lémeret | G G | 5 |
| Racing Technology | 110 | Jaime Hernandez | G | 6 |
| Automeca-Super U | 5 | Stéphane Proux | | 1–2, 3, 5–6 |
| Automeca-Super U | 5 | Emmanuel Guigou | | 1–2 |
| Automeca-RCC | 7 | Franc Rouxel | G | All |
| Team VRT | 9 | Marc de Fulgencio | J | 6 |
| Autosport GP | 14 | Marc Sevestre | G | 1, 3, 5 |
| Autosport GP | 14 | Julien Neveu | | 2, 4, 6 |
| Autosport GP | 17 | Jean-Baptiste Mela | J | All |
| Autosport GP | 18 | Pierre Macchi | G | 1–2, 4, 6 |
| Autosport GP | 18 | Pierre Combot | | 3, 5–6 |
| Team Duty Car | 29 | Alessandro Sebasti Scalera | G | 1 |
| Team Duty Car | 29 | Lucas Lasserre | | 2–3 |
| Team Duty Car | 29 | Jean-Philippe Desplat | G | 5 |
| CMR-GRR | 33 | Grégory Romano | G | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Autosport GP-Patrick Roger | 69 | Laurent Hurgon | G | All |
| CMR | 76 | Pierre Sancinéna | | All |
| Icon | Class |
| G | Gentlemen |
| J | Junior |
| G | Guest |

## 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.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Race Winner | Junior Winner | Gentlemen Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 1 June | No. 76 CMR | No. 76 CMR | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 1 June | Pierre Sancinéna | Pierre Sancinéna | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 2 June | No. 76 CMR | No. 2 CMR-CFF | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 2 June | Pierre Sancinéna | Vincent Beltoise | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | 22 June | No. 76 CMR | No. 76 CMR | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | 22 June | Pierre Sancinéna | Pierre Sancinéna | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Laurent Hurgon |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | 23 June | No. 76 CMR | No. 76 CMR | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | 23 June | Pierre Sancinéna | Pierre Sancinéna | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 3 | R1 | Dijon-Prenois | 14 July | No. 76 CMR | No. 76 CMR | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 3 | R1 | Dijon-Prenois | 14 July | Pierre Sancinéna | Pierre Sancinéna | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 3 | R2 | Dijon-Prenois | 15 July | No. 8 Milan Competition | No. 12 Milan Competition | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 3 | R2 | Dijon-Prenois | 15 July | Nicolas Milan | Marc Guillot | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 4 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | 1 September | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 4 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | 1 September | Oliver Webb | Oliver Webb | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 4 | R2 | Silverstone Circuit | 2 September | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 4 | R2 | Silverstone Circuit | 2 September | Oliver Webb | Oliver Webb | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 22 September | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 22 September | Stéphane Lémeret | Stéphane Lémeret | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Laurent Hurgon |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 23 September | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 110 Racing Technology | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 23 September | Stéphane Lémeret | Stéphane Lémeret | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Sylvain Noël |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 21 October | No. 8 Milan Competition | No. 8 Milan Competition | No. 9 Team VRT | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 21 October | Nicolas Milan | Nicolas Milan | Marc de Fulgencio | Sylvain Noël |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 21 October | No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger | No. 8 Milan Competition | No. 17 Autosport GP | No. 11 Racing Technology |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 21 October | 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.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th-20th | PP | FL |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | LEC | LEC | NÜR | NÜR | DIJ | DIJ | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Pts. |
| 1 | Pierre Sancinéna | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 138 |
| 2 | Nicolas Milan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 137 |
| 3 | Sylvain Noël | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 119 |
| 4 | Jean-Baptiste Mela | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 101 |
| 5 | Vincent Beltoise | 10 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 14 | 99 |
| 6 | Gaël Castelli | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 90 |
| 7 | Marc Guillot | | | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 84 |
| 8 | Laurent Hurgon | 11 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 77 |
| 9 | Julien Neveu | | | 4 | 2 | | | 7 | 4 | | | 4 | 3 | 66 |
| 10 | Thomas Padovani | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 9 | | 10 | 7 | 39 |
| 11 | Mathieu Blaise | 16 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 12 | Lucas Lasserre | | | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 17 |
| 13 | Grégory Romano | 8 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | | | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
| 14 | Marc Sevestre | 7 | 9 | | | 10 | 13 | | | 12 | 15 | | | 14 |
| 15 | Franc Rouxel | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 13 |
| 16 | Alessandro Sebasti Scalera | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | 10 | 11 | | | 11 |
| 17 | Pierre Combot | | | | | 6 | 10 | | | 18 | DNS | | Ret | 10 |
| 18 | Pierre Macchi | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | | | 11 | 12 | | | Ret | | 10 |
| 19 | Emmanuel Guigou | | 7 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 20 | Phillippe Bourgois | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 21 | Stéphane Proux | 14 | | | 16 | 15 | 16 | | | 16 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 8 |
| 22 | Jean-Marc Thévenot | | | | | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||
| | Eric Helary | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Thierry Soave | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Paul Englert | | | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bernard Romain | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| | Mathieu Sentis | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | Oliver Webb | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Stéphane Lémeret | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | Jean-Philippe Desplat | | | | | | | | | 13 | 13 | | | |
| | Sten Pentus | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| | Marc de Fulgencio | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 8 | |
| | Jaime Hernandez | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | |
| | Denis Gibaud | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 13 | |
| Pos. | Driver | LEC | LEC | NÜR | NÜR | DIJ | DIJ | SIL | SIL | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Pts. |