# 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the fifth Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 17 April and finished on 17 October at Nürburgring, after nineteen races. Making its début in the series in 2010 was the new-specification car, designed by Barazi-Epsilon. It replaced the Tatuus chassis that had been in the series since 2000, but the Tatuus cars were still used in the secondary Formula Renault 2000 Class.
KEO Racing driver Ludwig Ghidi won the main NEC championship title, having won two races during the season – the season-opening rounds at Hockenheim – but eleven further podiums helped him to claim his first ever car racing title. Mikkel Mac of the KTR team finished the season as runner-up, winning three races at Zandvoort and two at Oschersleben, but only featured three further times on the podium. Van Amersfoort Racing duo Jeroen Mul and Liroy Stuart took the next two placings in the final championship standings, with Mul taking two victories at Zandvoort and Oschersleben, while Stuart took four second places including one behind Mul. Team Astromega driver Sam Dejonghe completed the top five. Other drivers to win races were Eurocup champion Kevin Korjus, who won each of his five starts in the series for Koiranen Bros. Motorsport, Karl-Oscar Liiv won a pair of races for MP Motorsport at Assen, with Kevin Mirocha (SL Formula Racing, Nürburgring), Daniël de Jong (MP Motorsport, Nürburgring), Genís Olivé (Epsilon Euskadi, Spa-Francorchamps), Robin Frijns (Josef Kaufmann Racing, Spa-Francorchamps) and Will Stevens (MP Motorsport, Spa-Francorchamps) all winning a race each. One race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
In the Formula Renault 2000 class, five victories for Dear Schilling allowed KEO Racing to claim the FR2000 title along with Ghidi's success in the main class. Dear Schilling finished 15 points clear of runner-up Johann Ledermair, a four-time class winner running for his own Ledermair Motorsport team, who in turn finished 13 points clear of Daniel Schilling, the younger brother of Dear and his team-mate at KEO Racing, a three-time winner on the season. Tony Kowalewski took two wins en route to fourth place for TKP Racing, while Frank Suntjens was winless for the Speedlover team in fifth place. Other victories were claimed by Alessio Picariello, who took wins at Most and two at Spa for SL Formula Racing, with one each for Leopold Ringbom (P1 Motorsport, Nürburgring) and Amir Mesny (Josef Kaufmann Racing, Spa-Francorchamps) in late season outings.

## Teams and drivers

2010 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Class | Rounds |
| Cram Competition | 4 | André Negrão | | 2 |
| KEO Racing | 5 | Ludwig Ghidi | | All |
| KEO Racing | 6 | Robert Siska | | 2–3, 6–7 |
| KEO Racing | 8 | Kelvin Snoeks | | 3 |
| KEO Racing | 36 | Dear Schilling | FR2000 | All |
| KEO Racing | 37 | Daniel Schilling | FR2000 | All |
| Kochanski Motorsport | 7 | Jakub Śmiechowski | | All |
| Kochanski Motorsport | 33 | Sewerin Tobiasz Szczepanik | FR2000 | 1 |
| Kochanski Motorsport | 39 | Maurycy Kochanski | FR2000 | 5, 7–8 |
| MP Motorsport | 9 | Karl-Oscar Liiv | | 2, 5, 8 |
| MP Motorsport | 10 | Daniël de Jong | | 2, 5, 8 |
| MP Motorsport | 22 | Will Stevens | | 7 |
| MP Motorsport | 30 | Kalle Kulmanen | | 2, 7 |
| Krenek Motorsport | 11 | Adam Kout | | 2 |
| Krenek Motorsport | 14 | Jakub Knoll | | 3 |
| Krenek Motorsport | 15 | Petř Vlček | | 6 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 13 | Jeroen Mul | | All |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 17 | Liroy Stuart | | All |
| Team Astromega | 16 | Sam Dejonghe | | All |
| Interwetten Junior Team | 18 | Luciano Bacheta | | 2 |
| Interwetten Junior Team | 19 | Craig Reiff | | 2 |
| SL Formula Racing | 20 | Kevin Mirocha | | 4–5, 8 |
| SL Formula Racing | 21 | Julian Eisenreich | | 1–3 |
| SL Formula Racing | 38 | Michèle Di Martino | FR2000 | 1–2, 4–5, 8 |
| SL Formula Racing | 44 | Sebastian von Gartzen | G | 8 |
| SL Formula Racing | 47 | Alessio Picariello | FR2000 | 6–7 |
| KTR | 23 | Rogier de Wit | | 1–6 |
| KTR | 24 | Mikkel Mac | | All |
| Koiranen Bros. Motorsport | 25 | Jesse Laine | | 6 |
| Koiranen Bros. Motorsport | 26 | Bart Hylkema | | 2, 6 |
| Koiranen Bros. Motorsport | 27 | Miki Weckström | | 2 |
| Koiranen Bros. Motorsport | 28 | Kevin Korjus | | 2, 6 |
| Koiranen Bros. Motorsport | 29 | John Bryant-Meisner | | 6 |
| Speedlover | 31 | Frank Suntjens | FR2000 | All |
| TKP Racing | 32 | Tony Kowalewski | FR2000 | All |
| Ledermair Motorsport | 34 | Johann Ledermair | FR2000 | All |
| Boller | 36 | Kai Boller | FR2000 | 1, 3–8 |
| Sophidea | 40 | Richard Gonda | FR2000 | 1–2, 4, 6 |
| P1 Motorsport | 42 | Antti Rammo | FR2000 | 3 |
| P1 Motorsport | 43 | Leopold Ringbom | FR2000 | 6–8 |
| Palmi Racing | 50 | David Palmi | FR2000 | 2, 4, 6 |
| Palmi Racing | 51 | Petř Vlček | FR2000 | 4 |
| ACS Motorsport SE | 52 | Norbert Kiss | FR2000 | 6 |
| ACS Motorsport SE | 53 | Attila Barta | FR2000 | 6 |
| ACS Motorsport SE | 55 | István Rácz | FR2000 | 7 |
| ARTA Engineering | 54 | Amir Mesny | FR2000 | 8 |
| ARTA Engineering | 67 | Côme Ledogar | | 8 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 61 | Genís Olivé | | 7 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 62 | Javier Tarancón | | 7 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 63 | Giovanni Venturini | | 7 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 64 | Alex Riberas | | 7 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 66 | Robin Frijns | | 7 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 67 | Côme Ledogar | | 7 |
| Icon | Class |
| FR2000 | Formula Renault 2000 Class |
| G | Guest |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Germany | 17 April | Julian Eisenreich | Ludwig Ghidi | Ludwig Ghidi | KEO Racing |
| 1 | R2 | Hockenheimring | Germany | 18 April | Ludwig Ghidi | Ludwig Ghidi | Ludwig Ghidi | KEO Racing |
| 2 | R1 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | Czech Republic | 25 April | Kevin Korjus | Daniël de Jong | Kevin Korjus | Koiranen Bros. Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | Masaryk Circuit, Brno | Czech Republic | 25 April | Kevin Korjus | Daniël de Jong | Kevin Korjus | Koiranen Bros. Motorsport |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Netherlands | 5 June | Jeroen Mul | Jeroen Mul | Jeroen Mul | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Netherlands | 6 June | Ludwig Ghidi | Jeroen Mul | Mikkel Mac | KTR |
| 4 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | 10 July | Mikkel Mac | Jeroen Mul | Mikkel Mac | KTR |
| 4 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | 10 July | Jeroen Mul | Mikkel Mac | Jeroen Mul | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| 4 | R3 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | 11 July | Mikkel Mac | Mikkel Mac | Mikkel Mac | KTR |
| 5 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | Netherlands | 7 August | Jeroen Mul | Kevin Mirocha | Karl-Oscar Liiv | MP Motorsport |
| 5 | R2 | TT Circuit Assen | Netherlands | 8 August | Karl-Oscar Liiv | Kevin Mirocha | Karl-Oscar Liiv | MP Motorsport |
| 6 | R1 | Autodrom Most | Czech Republic | 28 August | Kevin Korjus | Kevin Korjus | Kevin Korjus | Koiranen Bros. Motorsport |
| 6 | R2 | Autodrom Most | Czech Republic | 29 August | | Kevin Korjus | Kevin Korjus | Koiranen Bros. Motorsport |
| 6 | R3 | Autodrom Most | Czech Republic | 29 August | | Kevin Korjus | Kevin Korjus | Koiranen Bros. Motorsport |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | 2 October | Alex Riberas | Genís Olivé | Genís Olivé | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | 3 October | Giovanni Venturini | Will Stevens | Will Stevens | MP Motorsport |
| 7 | R3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | 3 October | Genís Olivé | Robin Frijns | Robin Frijns | Josef Kaufmann Racing |
| 8 | R1 | Nürburgring | Germany | 16 October | Daniël de Jong | Karl-Oscar Liiv | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport |
| 8 | R2 | Nürburgring | Germany | 17 October | Kevin Mirocha | Daniël de Jong | Kevin Mirocha | SL Formula Racing |
| 8 | R3 | Nürburgring | Germany | 17 October | Daniël de Jong | race cancelled | race cancelled | race cancelled |

## Standings
### Drivers' championship

* Championship points were awarded on a 30, 24, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 20 classified finishers in each race.
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | BRN | BRN | ZAN | ZAN | OSC | OSC | OSC | ASS | ASS | MST | MST | MST | SPA | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | Total | Drop | Points |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | Drop | Points |
| 1 | Ludwig Ghidi | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | C | 381 | 13 | 368 |
| 2 | Mikkel Mac | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | C | 349 | 9 | 340 |
| 3 | Jeroen Mul | 3 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 6 | C | 304 | | 304 |
| 4 | Liroy Stuart | Ret | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 8 | C | 267 | | 267 |
| 5 | Sam Dejonghe | 16 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 10 | C | 223 | | 223 |
| 6 | Rogier de Wit | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | | | | | | | 207 | | 207 |
| 7 | Jakub Śmiechowski | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 9 | 9 | C | 193 | | 193 |
| 8 | Kevin Korjus | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 150 | | 150 |
| 9 | Kevin Mirocha | | | | | | | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | C | 137 | | 137 |
| 10 | Karl-Oscar Liiv | | | 11 | 8 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | 7 | C | 121 | | 121 |
| 11 | Daniël de Jong | | | Ret | 2 | | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | 4 | C | 105 | | 105 |
| 12 | Julian Eisenreich | 2 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 72 | | 72 |
| 13 | Genís Olivé | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | 71 | | 71 |
| 14 | Robin Frijns | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 5 | 1 | | | | 70 | | 70 |
| 15 | Robert Siska | | | 22 | 24 | | | | | | | | 21 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | | | | 66 | | 66 |
| 16 | Côme Ledogar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 3 | C | 59 | | 59 |
| 17 | Will Stevens | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 1 | 6 | | | | 58 | | 58 |
| 18 | Bart Hylkema | | | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | Ret | 4 | 18 | | | | | | | 54 | | 54 |
| 19 | Jakub Knoll | | | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 53 | | 53 |
| 20 | Jesse Laine | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 | 20 | | | | | | | 49 | | 49 |
| 21 | Alex Riberas | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 9 | 3 | | | | 46 | | 46 |
| 22 | John Bryant-Meisner | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | 41 | | 41 |
| 23 | André Negrão | | | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 | | 36 |
| 24 | Javier Tarancón | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 3 | 5 | | | | 36 | | 36 |
| 25 | Kalle Kulmanen | | | Ret | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Ret | 10 | | | | 35 | | 35 |
| 26 | Giovanni Venturini | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 4 | 8 | | | | 31 | | 31 |
| 27 | Petř Vlček | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 27 | | 27 |
| 28 | Miki Weckström | | | 8 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | 20 |
| 29 | Adam Kout | | | Ret | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | 20 |
| 30 | Kelvin Snoeks | | | | | Ret | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | 20 |
| 31 | Craig Reiff | | | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| 32 | Luciano Bacheta | | | Ret | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| FR2000 Class |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dear Schilling | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 16 | C | 371 | | 371 |
| 2 | Johann Ledermair | 11 | 3 | 14 | 19 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 12 | C | 356 | | 356 |
| 3 | Daniel Schilling | 9 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 19 | 17 | 17 | C | 343 | | 343 |
| 4 | Tony Kowalewski | 10 | 8 | 17 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 13 | C | 305 | | 305 |
| 5 | Frank Suntjens | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 18 | DNS | C | 269 | | 269 |
| 6 | Kai Boller | 12 | 11 | | | Ret | 14 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 18 | 20 | DNS | Ret | C | 205 | | 205 |
| 7 | Michèle Di Martino | 13 | 10 | 18 | Ret | | | 15 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | 20 | 18 | C | 151 | | 151 |
| 8 | Alessio Picariello | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 | | | | 142 | | 142 |
| 9 | Leopold Ringbom | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | C | 138 | | 138 |
| 10 | David Palmi | | | Ret | 22 | | | 13 | 11 | 14 | | | 12 | 16 | 9 | | | | | | | 117 | | 117 |
| 11 | Richard Gonda | 14 | 13 | 21 | 23 | | | 16 | 16 | 16 | | | Ret | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | 107 | | 107 |
| 12 | Maurycy Kochanski | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 16 | | | | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | C | 97 | | 97 |
| 13 | Amir Mesny | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | C | 94 | | 94 |
| 14 | Attila Barta | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 19 | 13 | | | | | | | 41 | | 41 |
| 15 | Antti Rammo | | | | | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37 | | 37 |
| 16 | István Rácz | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 20 | 21 | | | | 36 | | 36 |
| 17 | Sewerin Tobiasz Szczepanik | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | | 25 |
| 18 | Norbert Kiss | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Ret | 23 | | | | | | | 25 | | 25 |
| 19 | Robert Siska | | | | | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | 13 |
| 20 | Petř Vlček | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | 12 |
| guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Sebastian von Gartzen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 14 | C | 0 | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | HOC | HOC | BRN | BRN | ZAN | ZAN | OSC | OSC | OSC | ASS | ASS | MST | MST | MST | SPA | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | Total | Drop | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |