# 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.
The 2016 season was the 26th and final season Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport and the first season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six events.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver name | Status | Rounds |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1 | Jehan Daruvala | | All |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2 | Lando Norris | R | All |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 3 | Robert Shwartzman | R | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 5 | Vasily Romanov | | 1–4 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 5 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | R G | 7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 6 | Bruno Baptista | | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 7 | Nikita Troitskiy | R G | 1, 3, 5–7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 49 | Frank Bird | R G | 7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | | All |
| Tech 1 Racing | 9 | Dorian Boccolacci | | All |
| Tech 1 Racing | 10 | Hugo de Sadeleer | | All |
| Tech 1 Racing | 11 | Sacha Fenestraz | R | All |
| Tech 1 Racing | 12 | Gabriel Aubry | R | All |
| R-ace GP | 14 | Will Palmer | R | All |
| R-ace GP | 16 | Julien Falchero | R | All |
| R-ace GP | 33 | Max Defourny | | All |
| R-ace GP | 47 | Marcus Armstrong | R G | 7 |
| JD Motorsport | 17 | Aleksey Korneev | R | All |
| JD Motorsport | 18 | James Allen | | All |
| JD Motorsport | 46 | Finlay Hutchinson | R G | 5 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 21 | Henrique Chaves | | All |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 22 | Harrison Scott | | All |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 23 | Nerses Isaakyan | R G | 1 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 23 | Nikita Mazepin | | 2–3 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 24 | Petru Florescu | R | 2–3 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 42 | Julia Pankiewicz | R G | 1 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 43 | Nerses Isaakyan | R G | 3 |
| Cram Motorsport | 30 | Rodrigo Pflucker | R | 1–2 |
| Cram Motorsport | 31 | David Richert | | 1–3 |
| Cram Motorsport | 31 | Antoni Ptak Jr. | G | 5 |
| Technorace | 35 | Alessandro Perullo | R | All |
| MGR Motorsport | 38 | David Porcelli | R | 1–2 |
| MGR Motorsport | 38 | Colin Noble | G | 3 |
| Mark Burdett Motorsport | 44 | Finlay Hutchinson | R G | 4 |
| GMMA Formula Racing | 45 | Ghislain Cordeel | R G | 5–7 |
| TS Corse | 48 | Alex Peroni | G | 7 |
| Icon | Status |
| R | Rookie |
| G | Guest drivers ineligible for points |

## Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015, The championship will take the Formula Renault 3.5 Series spot in the Monaco Grand Prix schedule. Rounds at Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will return in the series' calendar. These rounds (as well as Spa) will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series. On 9 October 2015, was announced that Monza round will be included in the schedule. The round was supported by Clio Cup Italia.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie winner |
| 1 | R1 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 16 April | Max Defourny | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | R-ace GP | Lando Norris |
| 1 | R2 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 16 April | Max Defourny | Jehan Daruvala | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris |
| 1 | R3 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 17 April | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris |
| 2 | R | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | 29 May | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Tech 1 Racing | Sacha Fenestraz |
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 2 July | Dorian Boccolacci | Dorian Boccolacci | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris |
| 3 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 2 July | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Dorian Boccolacci | Tech 1 Racing | Sacha Fenestraz |
| 3 | R3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 3 July | Dorian Boccolacci | Dorian Boccolacci | Harrison Scott | AVF by Adrián Vallés | Lando Norris |
| 4 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 16 July | Lando Norris | Dorian Boccolacci | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris |
| 4 | R2 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 17 July | Harrison Scott | Max Defourny | Harrison Scott | AVF by Adrián Vallés | Lando Norris |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 27 August | Harrison Scott | Lando Norris | Harrison Scott | AVF by Adrián Vallés | Lando Norris |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 28 August | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 24 September | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Hugo de Sadeleer | Tech 1 Racing | Lando Norris |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 25 September | Max Defourny | Lando Norris | Dorian Boccolacci | Tech 1 Racing | Lando Norris |
| 7 | R1 | Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril | 22 October | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Will Palmer | R-ace GP | Will Palmer |
| 7 | R2 | Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril | 23 October | Sacha Fenestraz | Will Palmer | Sacha Fenestraz | Tech 1 Racing | Sacha Fenestraz |
* ↑ Originally scored by Lando Norris, the Brit had all his times deleted due to a breach of the technical regulations. Ferdinand Habsburg would have inherited pole position, but he had to serve a 2-place grid penalty from the previous round.

## Championship standings
### Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | ALC | ALC | ALC | MON | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | RBR | RBR | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | EST | EST | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pts |
| 1 | Lando Norris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 253 |
| 2 | Dorian Boccolacci | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 200 |
| 3 | Max Defourny | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 3 | 188.5 |
| 4 | Harrison Scott | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 172 |
| 5 | Sacha Fenestraz | Ret | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 119.5 |
| 6 | Hugo de Sadeleer | Ret | DNS | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 89 |
| 7 | Will Palmer | 13 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 1 | 22 | 76 |
| 8 | Robert Shwartzman | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 3 | 6 | 75 |
| 9 | Jehan Daruvala | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 62 |
| 10 | Ferdinand Habsburg | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 57 |
| 11 | Henrique Chaves | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 16 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 41 |
| 12 | Gabriel Aubry | Ret | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 35 |
| 13 | Julien Falchero | 15 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 32.5 |
| 14 | Bruno Baptista | 6 | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| 15 | Aleksey Korneev | 9 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 22 |
| 16 | Nikita Mazepin | | | | 5 | 12 | 8 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 17 | James Allen | 17 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 |
| 18 | Vasily Romanov | 14 | Ret | 10 | 19 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 14 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 19 | Alessandro Perullo | Ret | DNS | DNS | 21 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 21 | 16 | 10 | | | 2 |
| 20 | Rodrigo Pflucker | 16 | 16 | 19 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 21 | Petru Florescu | | | | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | David Porcelli | 18 | 17 | 21 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 23 | David Richert | 20 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points ||||||||||||||||||
| | Alex Peroni | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| | Nikita Troitskiy | 8 | Ret | 5 | | 22 | 5 | Ret | | | Ret | 17 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| | Marcus Armstrong | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| | Antoni Ptak Jr. | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| | Nerses Isaakyan | 12 | 20 | 14 | | 14 | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ghislain Cordeel | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 19 | 13 | DNS | 14 | 21 | 0 |
| | Frank Bird | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 20 | 0 |
| | Colin Noble | | | | | Ret | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Julia Pankiewicz | 19 | 19 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Finlay Hutchinson | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | | | | | 0 |
| | Aleksandr Vartanyan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 17 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | ALC | ALC | ALC | MON | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | RBR | RBR | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | EST | EST | Pts |
| 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) |
* Rookie

### Teams' Championship

| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 334 |
| 2 | Tech 1 Racing | 319.5 |
| 3 | R-ace GP | 231.5 |
| 4 | AVF by Adrián Vallés | 211 |
| 5 | Fortec Motorsports | 79 |
| 6 | JD Motorsport | 33 |
| 7 | Technorace | 0 |
| 8 | Cram Motorsport | 0 |
| 9 | MGR Motorsport | 0 |