# 2017 Formula Renault Northern European Cup

The 2017 Formula Renault Northern European Cup is the twelfth Formula Renault Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe.

## Drivers and teams

* For the Spa event, some drivers used different numbers in line with Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 regulations; each driver's Spa race number is displayed in tooltips.
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| R-ace GP | 1 | Charles Milesi | All |
| R-ace GP | 2 | Théo Coicaud | All |
| R-ace GP | 3 | Michaël Benyahia | All |
| R-ace GP | 4 | Gilles Magnus | All |
| R-ace GP | 8 | Will Palmer | 4 |
| R-ace GP | 9 | Max Defourny | 4 |
| R-ace GP | 10 | Robert Shwartzman | 4 |
| R-ace GP | 12 | Raúl Guzmán | 4 |
| R-ace GP | 43 | Logan Sargeant | 5 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 5 | Thomas Maxwell | 1, 3–4 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 6 | Thomas Neubauer | 1, 3–5 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 7 | Max Fewtrell | 1, 4 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 14 | Gabriel Aubry | 1, 3–5 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 11 | Sacha Fenestraz | 3–5 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 41 | Yifei Ye | 3–5 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 42 | Luis Leeds | 3–4 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 42 | James Pull | 5 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 13 | Henrique Chaves | 4 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 14 | Xavier Lloveras | 4 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 15 | Axel Matus | 4 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 16 | Thomas Randle | 4 |
| Arden Motorsport | 15 | James Pull | 3 |
| Arden Motorsport | 33 | Dan Ticktum | 3–4 |
| Arden Motorsport | 34 | Ghislain Cordeel | 4 |
| Arden Motorsport | 34 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | 5 |
| Arden Motorsport | 81 | Oscar Piastri | 5 |
| Arden Motorsport | 93 | Zane Goddard | 4 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 17 | Alex Peroni | 4 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 18 | Aleksey Korneev | 4 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 19 | Frank Bird | 1, 4 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 20 | Najiy Razak | 4 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 51 | Chia Wing Hoong | 1 |
| JD Motorsport | 21 | Sun Yueyang | 1, 3–4 |
| JD Motorsport | 22 | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | 1, 3–4 |
| JD Motorsport | 23 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | 4 |
| Burdett Motorsport | 25 | Julia Pankiewicz | 1, 4 |
| Burdett Motorsport | 26 | Presley Martono | 1, 4 |
| MP Motorsport | 29 | Richard Verschoor | 2, 4–5 |
| MP Motorsport | 30 | Jarno Opmeer | 2, 4–5 |
| MP Motorsport | 31 | Neil Verhagen | 2, 4 |
| Anders Motorsport | 48 | Andreas Estner | 5 |
| BM Racing Team | 96 | Bartłomiej Mirecki | All |

## Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 2 December 2016. On 28 December 2016 was confirmed that Circuit Paul Ricard will host the seventh venue for the season.
A revision of the calendar reduced the number of rounds to five and amended the clashes between the series and the Eurocup series. At Spa NEC drivers joined Eurocup drivers on the grid, but the Eurocup drivers were ineligible to score points, and despite that on track races 1 & 3 were won by Sacha Fenestraz and race 2 by Gabriel Aubry they didn't receive NEC trophies.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 24 June | Gabriel Aubry | Gabriel Aubry | Gabriel Aubry | Tech 1 Racing | Clio Cup Italia |
| 1 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 June | Gabriel Aubry | Max Fewtrell | Gabriel Aubry | Tech 1 Racing | Clio Cup Italia |
| 2 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 5 August | Gilles Magnus | Gilles Magnus | Neil Verhagen | MP Motorsport | Gamma Racing Days |
| 2 | R2 | TT Circuit Assen | 6 August | Gilles Magnus | Gilles Magnus | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | Gamma Racing Days |
| 3 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 16 September | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 3 | R2 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 17 September | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 23 September | Sacha Fenestraz | Michaël Benyahia | Gilles Magnus | R-ace GP | European Le Mans Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 23 September | Sacha Fenestraz | Max Defourny | Charles Milesi | R-ace GP | European Le Mans Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 4 | R3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 24 September | Sacha Fenestraz | Sacha Fenestraz | Gilles Magnus | R-ace GP | European Le Mans Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 5 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 7 October | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Deutsche Tourenwagen Classics |
| 5 | R2 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 7 October | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Deutsche Tourenwagen Classics |

## 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 | MNZ | MNZ | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | SPA | SPA | SPA | HOC | HOC | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points |
| 1 | Michaël Benyahia | Ret | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 163 |
| 2 | Gilles Magnus | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 10 | 161 |
| 3 | Bartłomiej Mirecki | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 151 |
| 4 | Théo Coicaud | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 129.5 |
| 5 | Gabriel Aubry | 1 | 1 | | | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 115 |
| 6 | Sacha Fenestraz | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 108 |
| 7 | Charles Milesi | Ret | 8 | 3 | Ret | DSQ | 7 | 23 | 20 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 106 |
| 8 | Yifei Ye | | | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 104 |
| 9 | Richard Verschoor | | | 2 | 1 | | | 7 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 90 |
| 10 | Jarno Opmeer | | | 4 | 3 | | | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 68 |
| 11 | Thomas Neubauer | 6 | Ret | | | 9 | Ret | 25 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 52 |
| 12 | Max Fewtrell | 2 | 2 | | | | | 5 | 4 | 9 | | | 48 |
| 13 | James Pull | | | | | 10 | 9 | | | | 10 | 7 | 48 |
| 14 | Neil Verhagen | | | 1 | 4 | | | 8 | 8 | 5 | | | 47 |
| 15 | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | Ret | 6 | | | 6 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 24 | | | 47 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | | | | | | | 22 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| 17 | Thomas Maxwell | Ret | 5 | | | 14 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 | | | 36 |
| 18 | Sun Yueyang | 4 | Ret | | | 12 | 14 | 34 | 26 | Ret | | | 33 |
| 19 | Luis Leeds | | | | | 4 | 10 | 29 | 23 | Ret | | | 28 |
| 20 | Frank Bird | 9 | 7 | | | | | 32 | 27 | 20 | | | 26 |
| 21 | Oscar Piastri | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 22 | Julia Pankiewicz | 7 | 10 | | | | | 31 | 29 | 28 | | | 25 |
| 23 | Logan Sargeant | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 24 | Chia Wing Hoong | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 25 | Presley Martono | Ret | Ret | | | | | 20 | 17 | 17 | | | 0 |
| | Andreas Estner | | | | | | | | | | WD | WD | 0 |
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points ||||||||||||||
| | Max Defourny | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | Will Palmer | | | | | | | 9 | 6 | 2 | | | |
| | Robert Shwartzman | | | | | | | 2 | 25 | Ret | | | |
| | Dan Ticktum | | | | | 3 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 7 | | | |
| | Thomas Randle | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | 11 | | | |
| | Henrique Chaves | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 14 | | | |
| | Zane Goddard | | | | | | | 24 | 18 | 13 | | | |
| | Axel Matus | | | | | | | 17 | 14 | 19 | | | |
| | Alex Peroni | | | | | | | 15 | 16 | 15 | | | |
| | Aleksey Korneev | | | | | | | 19 | 15 | 21 | | | |
| | Raúl Guzmán | | | | | | | 16 | 32 | 16 | | | |
| | Xavier Lloveras | | | | | | | 21 | 21 | 22 | | | |
| | Najiy Razak | | | | | | | 33 | 28 | 27 | | | |
| Pos. | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | SPA | SPA | SPA | 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 | 348 |
| 2 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 204 |
| 3 | MP Motorsport | 174 |
| 4 | Tech 1 Racing | 170 |
| 5 | BM Racing Team | 87 |
| 6 | JD Motorsport | 40 |
| 7 | Arden Motorsport | 80 |
| 8 | Fortec Motorsports | 12 |
| 9 | Burdett Motorsport | 7 |
| NC | Anders Motorsport | 0 |
| Teams ineligible for points |||
| NC | AVF by Adrián Vallés | 0 |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Sacha Fenestraz won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't a Northern European Cup regular.
* ↑ Gabriel Aubry won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't a Northern European Cup regular.