2020 Formula Renault Eurocup

The 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup was a multi-event motor racing championship for open-wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.8 litre Formula Renault single-seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations of Formula Regional. The 2020 season was the 30th and final season Eurocup Formula Renault organised by Renault Sport, as it merged with the Formula Regional European Championship for the 2021 season.^[1] The series visited nine circuits around Europe.^[2] The championship was won by Victor Martins, with ART Grand Prix taking the teams' title.^[3]

Teams and drivers

In September 2019, ART Grand Prix announced its intention to compete in the championship for the first time since 2003.^[4] Their bid was successful, with the team joining eight other teams from 2019.^[5] On 3 July 2020 it was announced that Global Racing Service had withdrawn from the season due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Teams No. Driver name Status Rounds R-ace GP[7] 1 Caio Collet[7] All 2 Johnathan Hoggard[8] R 2 Elias Seppänen[9] R G 10 3 Petr Ptáček[10] 1–7 Michael Belov[11] R 8–10 MP Motorsport[5] 11 Franco Colapinto[12][13] All 12 Joey Alders[12] 1–2 Roman Staněk[14] 5 Kas Haverkort R G 6–7 Petr Ptáček[11] 8–10 17 Hadrien David[15] R All Arden Motorsport[5] 20 Alex Quinn[12][16] R All 21 Reshad de Gerus[17] R All 27 Ugo de Wilde[18] All JD Motorsport[19] 32 David Vidales[20] R 2–10 38 William Alatalo[21] R All M2 Competition[5] 44 Michael Belov[22] R 1–2 Bhaitech Racing[5] 51 László Tóth[23] R All 52 Nicola Marinangeli[24] R 1–2, 5–10 Vicky Piria[25] 3–4 53 Lorenzo Colombo[26] All FA Racing[5][27] 71 Amaury Cordeel[12] All 72 Abbi Pulling[28] R G 8 73 Tijmen van der Helm[12] R All ART Grand Prix[5] 91 Paul Aron[29] R All 92 Victor Martins[30] All 93 Grégoire Saucy[31] All

Icon Status R Rookie G Guest drivers ineligible for points

• Kush Maini was scheduled to compete for R-ace GP, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.^[32]
• Jackson Walls was scheduled to compete for Arden Motorsport, but did not appear at any rounds. He was replaced by Alex Quinn.^[33]
• Reece Ushijima was scheduled to compete for M2 Competition, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.^[34]
• Xavier Lloveras and Belén García were set to drive for Global Racing Service, but were left without a drive following the team's withdrawal.^[6]

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 11 September 2019.^[2]

On 15 May 2020, Renault Sport unveiled a new 10-round calendar, after multiple postponements and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35] The revised calendar included races at Magny-Cours for the first time since 2010, as well as a return to Imola and Zandvoort, where the series had last raced in 2004 and 2000 respectively. The rounds at Monaco, the Hungaroring and Silverstone were not rescheduled and were absent from the revised calendar.^[36] On 25 September 2020, it was announced that the series would support the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola to make up for the loss of the Monaco round.^[37]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	10 July	24H GT Series 24H TCE Series
	R2		11 July
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	25 July	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
	R2		26 July
3	R1	Nürburgring	5 September
	R2		6 September
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	12 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup French F4 Championship
	R2		13 September
5	R1	Circuit Zandvoort	26 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	R2		27 September
6	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	10 October
	R2		11 October
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 October	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
	R2		24 October
8	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	31 October	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
	R2		1 November
9	R1	Hockenheimring	7 November	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	R2		8 November
10	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	14 November	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup French F4 Championship
	R2		15 November
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
		Circuit	Original Date	Originally Supporting
		Silverstone Circuit	9 and 10 May
		Circuit de Monaco	23 and 24 May	Monaco Grand Prix
		Hungaroring	26 and 27 September	GT World Challenge Europe
		Yas Marina Circuit	13 and 14 November

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Monza	Alex Quinn	Alex Quinn	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	Alex Quinn
	R2		Victor Martins	Joey Alders	Caio Collet	R-ace GP	Michael Belov
2	R1	Imola	David Vidales	David Vidales	David Vidales	JD Motorsport	David Vidales
	R2		William Alatalo	David Vidales	David Vidales	JD Motorsport	David Vidales
3	R1	Nürburgring	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	David Vidales
	R2		Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	Paul Aron
4	R1	Magny-Cours	Caio Collet	Franco Colapinto	Caio Collet	R-ace GP	David Vidales
	R2		Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	David Vidales
5	R1	Zandvoort	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	David Vidales
	R2		Caio Collet	Victor Martins	Caio Collet	R-ace GP	David Vidales
6	R1	Catalunya	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	Hadrien David
	R2		Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	David Vidales
7	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	Alex Quinn
	R2		Victor Martins	Caio Collet	Alex Quinn	Arden Motorsport	Alex Quinn
8	R1	Imola	Lorenzo Colombo	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	R-ace GP	Alex Quinn
	R2		Victor Martins	Franco Colapinto	Victor Martins	ART Grand Prix	Hadrien David
9	R1	Hockenheim	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	R-ace GP	Alex Quinn
	R2		Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Bhaitech Racing	Alex Quinn
10	R1	Paul Ricard	Lorenzo Colombo	Caio Collet	Lorenzo Colombo	Bhaitech Racing	Alex Quinn
	R2		Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Bhaitech Racing	Alex Quinn

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 MNZ IMO NÜR MAG ZAN CAT SPA^‡ IMO HOC LEC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Victor Martins 10 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 2 4 2 348 2 Caio Collet 3 1 2 5 6 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 7 6 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 4 304 3 Franco Colapinto 1 3 6 7 7 6 13 Ret 6 3 6 3 1 12 4 2 4 3 3 3 213.5 4 Alex Quinn 2 Ret 5 3 13 9 5 5 8 12 7 Ret 4 1 2 4 3 4 5 5 183 5 Lorenzo Colombo 13 Ret 7 11 2 5 6 4 9 5 14 9 WD WD 3 11 5 1 1 1 170 6 David Vidales 1 1 3 8 2 3 3 4 11 4 10 16 Ret Ret 6 7 6 9 169 7 Grégoire Saucy 11 8 14 13 4 3 4 6 10 8 4 Ret 11 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 15 95.5 8 William Alatalo Ret 5 3 2 5 Ret 9 8 11 10 12 8 9 9 8 9 7 9 11 7 92 9 Ugo de Wilde 8 Ret 8 8 12 12 7 7 12 13 3 Ret 3 2 9 5 Ret 8 8 11 85.5 10 Hadrien David 7 6 9 12 14 7 Ret 13 16 11 5 6 8 14 6 3 10 Ret 9 Ret 71 11 Paul Aron Ret 12 Ret 6 11 2 10 12 7 17 8 12 Ret DNS Ret 8 9 5 10 17 54 12 Tijmen van der Helm 4 9 12 9 10 13 DNS DNS 13 7 10 7 12 7 12 14 8 13 16 14 45 13 Michael Belov 5 4 10 Ret 11 10 14 6 15 6 40 14 Petr Ptáček 9 14 Ret Ret 8 11 8 Ret 4 6 15 Ret 13 13 10 6 Ret 12 17 12 39 15 Amaury Cordeel 6 Ret 11 10 9 10 Ret 9 5 DNS 13 13 6 10 14 13 12 11 13 10 33 16 László Tóth 15 7 16 16 16 14 11 11 18 16 16 10 15 8 Ret 15 11 14 19 16 14 17 Reshad de Gerus 14 13 15 15 15 Ret 12 Ret 15 14 17 11 14 15 7 12 15 10 12 Ret 8 18 Roman Staněk 14 9 2 19 Joey Alders Ret 10 13 17 1 20 Vicky Piria 17 15 Ret 10 1 21 Nicola Marinangeli 12 11 17 14 17 15 18 Ret 16 11 13 Ret 13 15 18 13 1 22 Johnathan Hoggard Ret 18† 0 guest drivers ineligible to score points  — Kas Haverkort 9 5 5 5  —  — Elias Seppänen 14 8  —  — Abbi Pulling 15 16  — Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points MNZ IMO NÜR MAG ZAN CAT SPA IMO HOC LEC

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Notes:

• ‡ – Half points were awarded for race 1, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' championship

For teams entering more than two cars only the two best-finishing cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

Pos.	Team	MNZ		IMO		NÜR		MAG		ZAN		CAT		SPA^‡		IMO		HOC		LEC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	ART Grand Prix	10	2	4	4	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	5	1	2	2	4	2	471.5
		11	8	14	6	4	2	4	6	7	8	4	12	11	4	Ret	7	9	5	7	15
2	R-ace GP	3	1	2	5	6	4	1	2	2	1	2	2	7	6	1	10	1	6	2	4	351
		9	14	Ret	18†	8	11	8	Ret	4	6	15	Ret	13	13	11	Ret	14	Ret	15	6
3	MP Motorsport	1	3	6	7	7	6	13	13	6	3	5	3	1	12	4	2	4	3	3	3	286.5
		7	6	9	12	14	7	Ret	Ret	14	9	6	6	8	14	6	3	10	12	9	12
4	Arden Motorsport	2	13	5	3	12	9	5	5	8	12	3	11	3	1	2	4	3	4	5	5	273.5
		8	Ret	8	8	13	12	7	7	12	13	7	Ret	4	2	7	5	15	8	8	11
5	JD Motorsport	Ret	5	1	1	3	8	2	3	3	4	11	4	9	9	8	9	6	7	6	7	261
				3	2	5	Ret	9	8	11	10	12	8	10	16	Ret	Ret	7	9	11	9
6	Bhaitech Racing	12	7	7	11	2	5	6	4	9	5	14	9	15	8	3	11	5	1	1	1	186
		13	11	16	14	16	14	11	10	17	15	16	10	16	11	13	15	11	14	18	13
7	FA Racing	4	9	11	9	9	10	Ret	9	5	7	10	7	6	7	12	13	8	11	13	10	78
		6	Ret	12	10	10	13	DNS	DNS	13	DNS	13	13	12	10	14	14	12	13	16	14
8	M2 Competition	5	4	10	Ret																	23
Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
		MNZ		IMO		NÜR		MAG		ZAN		CAT		SPA		IMO		HOC		LEC

Notes:

• ‡ – Half points were awarded for race 1, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

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External links

• Official website