# 2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup

The 2018 Formula Renault Northern European Cup was the thirteenth and the final Formula Renault Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.
The championship title was won by German driver Doureid Ghattas, after recording five consecutive win. He won races at Hungaroring, Nürburgring and Hockenheim, finished 42 points clear of his closest rival and Anders Motorsport teammate, Phil Hill, who was the winner at Spa and Hockenheim. Third place in the championship was settled by R-ace GP driver Gabriel Gandulia, who finished eight points behind Hill. Sharon Scolari was the last driver considered as regular driver finished fourth.
Over the course of the season, four different drivers won a race. Aside from Ghattas and Hill, other drivers (when they were eligible for the series trophy) to win were Logan Sargeant, who finished fifth in the championship, and his teammate Victor Martins. Alex Peroni, who finished seventh was the only driver excluding Ghattas and Hill, who was able to win more than one race.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| R-ace GP | 1 | Max Fewtrell | 2–6 |
| R-ace GP | 2 | Logan Sargeant | All |
| R-ace GP | 3 | Charles Milesi | All |
| R-ace GP | 4 | Victor Martins | All |
| R-ace GP | 5 | Gabriel Gandulia | All |
| Anders Motorsport | 6 | Phil Hill | 1–5 |
| Anders Motorsport | 7 | Doureid Ghattas | All |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 11 | Clément Novalak | 4–6 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 12 | Richard Verschoor | 3 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 16 | Yifei Ye | 3–6 |
| Lamo Racing Car | 16 | Thierry Malhomme | 1 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 21 | Neil Verhagen | 1, 3–6 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 22 | Aleksandr Smolyar | 1, 3–6 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 23 | Thomas Neubauer | All |
| Tech 1 Racing | 24 | Frank Bird | All |
| MP Motorsport | 31 | Christian Lundgaard | 1, 3–6 |
| MP Motorsport | 32 | Alex Peroni | 1, 3–6 |
| MP Motorsport | 33 | Jarno Opmeer | 3 |
| MP Motorsport | 33 | Freek Schothorst | 4–6 |
| Formula Motorsport | 35 | Nicolas Melin | 1 |
| Formula Motorsport | 36 | Nicolas Pironneau | 1 |
| Arden Motorsport | 41 | Oscar Piastri | 3–6 |
| Arden Motorsport | 42 | Nikita Volegov | 3–6 |
| Arden Motorsport | 43 | Sami Taoufik | 3–6 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 51 | Axel Matus | 3–6 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 52 | Xavier Lloveras | 3 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 53 | Eliseo Martínez | 3–6 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 54 | Christian Muñoz | 3–6 |
| JD Motorsport | 61 | Lorenzo Colombo | 2–6 |
| JD Motorsport | 62 | Thomas Maxwell | 3–6 |
| JD Motorsport | 63 | Najiy Razak | 3–6 |
| ScoRace Team | 77 | Sharon Scolari | 1–3, 5–6 |
| ScoRace Team | 90 | Phil Hill | 6 |
| Cram Motorsport | 78 | Zichao Wang | 2 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 84 | Vladimiros Tziortzis | 3–4, 6 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 85 | Raúl Guzmán | 3–6 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 87 | Arthur Rougier | 1, 3–6 |

## Calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 11 November 2017. The schedule was increased to six rounds. For the first time in the history, the series is scheduled to have event which will be part of the Pau Grand Prix. Hungaroring and Circuit Park Zandvoort were set to return to the calendar, while events at Nürburgring and Silverstone Circuit were set to be omitted. On 4 April 2018 the calendar was amended, with three rounds supporting 2018 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Zandvoort opener was replaced by Nürburgring in the schedule. On 31 August 2018 the final round at Hockenheimring was rescheduled to an earlier date.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit de Pau-Ville | 12 May | Christian Lundgaard | Christian Lundgaard | Alex Peroni | MP Motorsport | Pau Grand Prix |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit de Pau-Ville | 13 May | Alex Peroni | Victor Martins | Alex Peroni | MP Motorsport | Pau Grand Prix |
| 2 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 30 June | Charles Milesi | Charles Milesi | Logan Sargeant | R-ace GP | Clio Cup Italia |
| 2 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 1 July | Victor Martins | Logan Sargeant | Victor Martins | R-ace GP | Clio Cup Italia |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 27 July | Phil Hill | Victor Martins | Phil Hill | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 28 July | Gabriel Gandulia | Victor Martins | Phil Hill | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 4 | R1 | Hungaroring | 1 September | Gabriel Gandulia | Christian Lundgaard | Doureid Ghattas | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 4 | R2 | Hungaroring | 2 September | Doureid Ghattas | Christian Lundgaard | Doureid Ghattas | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 5 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 14 September | Gabriel Gandulia | Max Fewtrell | Doureid Ghattas | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 5 | R2 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 15 September | Gabriel Gandulia | Max Fewtrell | Doureid Ghattas | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 6 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 22 September | Doureid Ghattas | Max Fewtrell | Doureid Ghattas | Anders Motorsport | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 6 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 23 September | Doureid Ghattas | Logan Sargeant | Phil Hill | Scorace Team | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |

## Championship standings
### 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

| Pos. | Driver | PAU | PAU | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points |
| 1 | Doureid Ghattas | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 266 |
| 2 | Phil Hill | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | DNS | 21 | 15 | 224 |
| 3 | Gabriel Gandulia | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 216 |
| 4 | Sharon Scolari | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | DNS | | | 26 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 96 |
| 5 | Logan Sargeant | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 87 |
| 6 | Victor Martins | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 83 |
| 7 | Alex Peroni | 1 | 1 | | | Ret | 25 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 60 |
| 8 | Thomas Neubauer | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | WD | WD | Ret | Ret | 21 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 58 |
| 9 | Charles Milesi | 4 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 57 |
| 10 | Frank Bird | 11 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 21 | 20 | 13 | 52 |
| 11 | Christian Lundgaard | 2 | 2 | | | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 48 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Colombo | | | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | Ret | 4 | 35 |
| 13 | Neil Verhagen | 6 | 5 | | | 25 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
| 14 | Arthur Rougier | 8 | 8 | | | 4 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 15 | Max Fewtrell | | | 2 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 16 | Zichao Wang | | | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 17 | Aleksandr Smolyar | 13 | 11 | | | 11 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 18 |
| 18 | Nicolas Pironneau | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 19 | Nicolas Melin | 14 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 20 | Thierry Malhomme | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| guest drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||
| | Yifei Ye | | | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| | Oscar Piastri | | | | | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| | Thomas Maxwell | | | | | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | |
| | Richard Verschoor | | | | | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | Axel Matus | | | | | Ret | 26 | 8 | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 14 | |
| | Raúl Guzmán | | | | | 13 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 18 | 9 | 11 | |
| | Eliseo Martínez | | | | | 15 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 9 | |
| | Sami Taoufik | | | | | 17 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 12 | |
| | Clément Novalak | | | | | | | 18 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 22 | |
| | Jarno Opmeer | | | | | 12 | 24 | | | | | | | |
| | Nikita Volegov | | | | | 16 | Ret | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 24 | |
| | Xavier Lloveras | | | | | 22 | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | Freek Schothorst | | | | | | | 17 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 19 | |
| | Najiy Razak | | | | | 18 | 15 | 23 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 23 | |
| | Christian Muñoz | | | | | 21 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | |
| | Vladimiros Tziortzis | | | | | 20 | 19 | Ret | 16 | | | 18 | 18 | |
| Pos. | Driver | PAU | PAU | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | 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) |

### Teams' championship

| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | R-ace GP | 467 |
| 2 | Anders Motorsport | 436 |
| 3 | ScoRace | 150 |
| 4 | MP Motorsport | 86 |
| 5 | Tech 1 Racing | 66 |
| 6 | JD Motorsport | 23 |
| 7 | Fortec Motorsport | 8 |
| 8 | Cram Motorsport | 2 |
| 9 | Formula Motorsport | 0 |
| 10 | Lamo Car Racing | 0 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Lorenzo Colombo took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Christian Lundgaard won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Logan Sargeant took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Victor Martins won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* 1 2 3 Christian Lundgaard took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Yifei Ye won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Hungaroring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Christian Lundgaard won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Hungaroring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Logan Sargeant took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Logan Sargeant won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Nürburgring, because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Max Fewtrell took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Max Fewtrell won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Nürburgring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Max Fewtrell took a pole overall, but he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Max Fewtrell won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Nürburgring because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Max Fewtrell won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't Northern European Cup regular.