# 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the eleventh Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe.

## Drivers and teams

| 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 | | 1–5 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 6 | Bruno Baptista | | All |
| Fortec Motorsports | 7 | Nikita Troitskiy | R | 1–6 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 30 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | R | 6–7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | | 2–6 |
| 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 | 1, 4, 6–7 |
| R-ace GP | 14 | Will Palmer | | 1–5, 7 |
| R-ace GP | 15 | Marcus Armstrong | R | 6 |
| R-ace GP | 16 | Julien Falchero | | All |
| R-ace GP | 33 | Max Defourny | | All |
| JD Motorsport | 17 | Aleksey Korneev | R | 1, 3–4, 6–7 |
| JD Motorsport | 18 | James Allen | | All |
| JD Motorsport | 19 | Callan O'Keeffe | | 2 |
| JD Motorsport | 35 | Ghislain Cordeel | R | 4–5 |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 21 | Henrique Chaves | | All |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 24 | Nerses Isaakyan | R | All |
| AVF by Adrián Vallés | 42 | Julia Pankiewicz | R | All |
| Mark Burdett Motorsport | 27 | Alex Gill | | All |
| Mark Burdett Motorsport | 28 | Finlay Hutchison | R | All |
| KEO Racing | 32 | Kasper Larsen | | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Formula Motorsport | 36 | Thomas Neubauer | R | 4 |
| Formula Motorsport | 37 | Nicolas Melin | R | 4 |
| Formula Motorsport | 94 | Philippe Haezebrouck | | 4–5 |
| Mark Godwin Racing | 38 | David Porcelli | | 2 |
| Cram Motorsport | 40 | Antoni Ptak Jr. | | 4–5 |
| TS Corse | 73 | Pietro Peccenini | | 4 |
| Dutt Motorsport | 77 | Laurents Hörr | | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Inter Europol Competition | 94 | Philippe Haezebrouck | | 7 |
| BM Racing Team | 96 | Bartłomiej Mirecki | | All |

## Race calendar and results

The seven-event provisional calendar for the 2016 season was released on 8 October 2015. The calendar was set to remain unchanged and feature all the circuits that were in the previous season, but a further update replaced the event at Red Bull Ring with a stand-alone event at Hungaroring.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie winner | Event |
| 1 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 23 April | Jehan Daruvala | Robert Shwartzman | Dorian Boccolacci | Tech 1 Racing | Nikita Troitskiy | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 1 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 24 April | Max Defourny | Jehan Daruvala | Max Defourny | R-ace GP | Lando Norris | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 2 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | 14 May | Max Defourny | Max Defourny | Max Defourny | R-ace GP | Robert Shwartzman | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 2 | R2 | Silverstone Circuit | 15 May | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 3 | R1 | Hungaroring | 19 June | Lando Norris | Hugo de Sadeleer | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris | stand-alone event |
| 3 | R2 | Hungaroring | 19 June | Lando Norris | Jehan Daruvala | Jehan Daruvala | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Robert Shwartzman | stand-alone event |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 29 July | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris | Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 30 July | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris | Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 5 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 6 August | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris | Gamma Racing Day |
| 5 | R2 | TT Circuit Assen | 7 August | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Max Defourny | R-ace GP | Lando Norris | Gamma Racing Day |
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring | 17 September | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Robert Shwartzman | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Robert Shwartzman | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 6 | R2 | Nürburgring | 18 September | Lando Norris | Max Defourny | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Lando Norris | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 7 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 1 October | Lando Norris | Hugo de Sadeleer | Sacha Fenestraz | Tech 1 Racing | Sacha Fenestraz | ADAC GT Masters |
| 7 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 2 October | Robert Shwartzman | Max Defourny | Robert Shwartzman | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Robert Shwartzman | ADAC GT Masters |
| 7 | R3 | Hockenheimring | 2 October | Sacha Fenestraz | Robert Shwartzman | James Allen | JD Motorsport | Lando Norris | ADAC GT Masters |

## 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 | SIL | SIL | HUN | HUN | SPA | SPA | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | HOC | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points |
| 1 | Lando Norris | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 326 |
| 2 | Max Defourny | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 285 |
| 3 | Dorian Boccolacci | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 22 | 8 | 226 |
| 4 | Jehan Daruvala | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 223 |
| 5 | Sacha Fenestraz | 7 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 207 |
| 6 | Robert Shwartzman | 5 | 22 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 13 | 206 |
| 7 | James Allen | 14 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 177 |
| 8 | Alex Gill | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 176 |
| 9 | Hugo de Sadeleer | 10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 162 |
| 10 | Bartłomiej Mirecki | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 137 |
| 11 | Ferdinand Habsburg | | | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Ret | | | | 130 |
| 12 | Will Palmer | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | DNS | Ret | 11 | 6 | | | 16 | 12 | 21 | 126 |
| 13 | Julien Falchero | Ret | 11 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 124 |
| 14 | Nikita Troitskiy | 2 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 13 | | | | 116 |
| 15 | Henrique Chaves | 11 | 10 | 22 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 15 | DNS | 106 |
| 16 | Vasily Romanov | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | Ret | | | | | | 105 |
| 17 | Bruno Baptista | Ret | Ret | 12 | 15 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 19 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 97 |
| 18 | Gabriel Aubry | 6 | 7 | | | | | 11 | 16 | | | 13 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 19 | 76 |
| 19 | Aleksey Korneev | Ret | 15 | | | 7 | 9 | Ret | 14 | | | 17 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 74 |
| 20 | Laurents Hörr | 12 | 19 | 17 | 21 | | | 15 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 69 |
| 21 | Nerses Isaakyan | Ret | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 11 | Ret | 21 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 66 |
| 22 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 23 | Finlay Hutchinson | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 37 |
| 24 | Marcus Armstrong | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 4 | | | | 23 |
| 25 | Antoni Ptak Jr. | | | | | | | 9 | 18 | 22 | 13 | | | | | | 23 |
| 26 | Kasper Larsen | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 | | | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 19 | | | | 18 |
| 27 | Julia Pankiewicz | 18 | 21 | 21 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 22 | 26 | 21 | 21 | Ret | 21 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
| 28 | Callan O'Keeffe | | | 23 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 29 | Philippe Haezebrouck | | | | | | | 23 | 27 | 23 | 24 | | | 17 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 30 | Ghislain Cordeel | | | | | | | Ret | 28 | 18 | 23 | | | | | | 3 |
| 31 | David Porcelli | | | 20 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 32 | Thomas Neubauer | | | | | | | 20 | 23 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 33 | Nicolas Melin | | | | | | | 21 | 24 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Pietro Peccenini | | | | | | | DNS | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | SIL | SIL | HUN | HUN | SPA | SPA | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | 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) |
* Rookie
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

### Teams' championship

| Pos. | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | SIL | SIL | HUN | HUN | SPA | SPA | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | HOC | Points |
| 1 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 398 |
| 2 | R-ace GP | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 313 |
| 3 | Tech 1 Racing | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 294 |
| 4 | Fortec Motorsports | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 228 |
| 5 | JD Motorsport | 14 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 194 |
| 6 | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 181 |
| 7 | BM Racing Team | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 137 |
| 8 | AVF by Adrián Vallés | 11 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 130 |
| 9 | Dutt Motorsport | 12 | 19 | 17 | 21 | | | 15 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 69 |
| 10 | Cram Motorsport | | | | | | | 9 | 18 | 22 | 13 | | | | | | 23 |
| 11 | KEO Racing | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 | | | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 19 | | | | 18 |
| 12 | Inter Europol Competition | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 13 | MGR Motorsport | | | 20 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 14 | Formula Motorsport | | | | | | | 20 | 23 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 15 | TS Corse | | | | | | | DNS | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | SIL | SIL | HUN | HUN | SPA | SPA | ASS | ASS | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | 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) |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.