The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the third Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 26 April and finished on 5 October at Spa , after sixteen races.
Valtteri Bottas during the championship
Motopark Academy driver Valtteri Bottas won the NEC championship title, having won twelve races during the season, bringing the team their third successive drivers' championship title. His teammates António Félix da Costa and Tobias Hegewald , completed the top three, for the team's second consecutive championship title.
Drivers and teams
Team
Driver name
Rounds
Koiranen bros.
2
Daniel Aho
All
3
Bart Hylkema
All
44
Toomas Heikkinen
8
GU-Racing
5
Maximilian Wissel
1–4
6
Carlos Gaitán Quinones
1–4
KEO Racing
7
Kevin Kleveros
All
8
Robert Siska
7
Motopark Academy
10
Tobias Hegewald
1–3, 5–8
11
Valtteri Bottas
1–3, 5–8
12
Johan Jokinen
All
13
António Félix da Costa
All
14
Vinicius Samarone
All
22
Kuba Giermaziak
1–3, 5–8
23
Juan Pablo García
1–7
AR Motorsport
15
Kelvin Snoeks
All
16
Thomas Knopper
All
17
Arnold Neveling
4–8
36
Philip Forsman
7–8
TL Motorsport
18
Martin Tlusty
1–2, 4–5, 8
Krenek Motorsport
19
Adam Kout
7–8
28
Jakub Knoll
All
29
Laurent Stieger
2–4, 7
Van Amersfoort Racing
20
Stef Dusseldorp
All
21
Nigel Melker
All
MEX Motopark
23
Juan Pablo García
8
MP Motorsport
25
Daniël de Jong
All
26
Mateusz Adamski
1–3, 5–8
27
Nicky Catsburg
All
Steiner Motorsport
30
Bianca Steiner
1–2, 4, 8
Kart Motorsport
Jesse Laine
3
P1 Motorsport
31
Jesse Krohn
3
SL Formula
32
Marlene Dietrich
All
Trakstar Racing
36
Philip Forsman
1–6
37
Daniel Ivarson
2, 4, 8
Wikman
44
Juha-Pekka Wikman
3
Red Step Formula
45
Ville Miilumäki
3
46
Toomas Heikkinen
3
Fortec Motorsport
50
James Calado
6, 8
51
Oliver Webb
6, 8
55
Alexander Morgan
8
Double M Racing
55
Alexander Morgan
5, 7
Race calendar and results
Standings
Race point system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
9th
10th
12th
13th
14th
15th
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
Points are awarded only based on position. There are 2 races by rounds, each 25 minutes.
Pos[ 1]
Driver
HOC
ZAN
ALA
OSC
ASS
ZOL
NÜR
SPA
Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1
Valtteri Bottas
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ret
16 †
1
1
1
1
365
2
António Félix da Costa
3
20
2
3
14
2
1
2
3
4
2
3
7
22
3
6
279
3
Tobias Hegewald
2
19†
9
2
2
3
10
3
3
1
3
2
2
16
260
4
Stef Dusseldorp
5
2
13
5
4
9
Ret
9
Ret
6
1
2
4
5
14
11
224
5
Johan Jokinen
6
3
4
4
20
4
3
1
Ret
18
6
5
5
3
15
9
224
6
Kuba Giermaziak
4
4
3
21
3
7
2
2
7
Ret
2
4
6
27†
206
7
Daniel Aho
13
7
Ret
16
Ret
Ret
2
3
15
8
8
7
6
6
8
8
173
8
Nicky Catsburg
Ret
5
5
18
5
11
Ret
13
4
22†
4
10
15
15
4
3
163
9
Kelvin Snoeks
10
10
7
8
11
Ret
7
10
7
12
17
13
16
16
13
14
140
10
Thomas Knopper
12
6
16
10
9
14
8
11
9
13
14
12
14
10
18
12
140
11
Bart Hylkema
11
9
15
14
7
Ret
5
7
11
9
16
4
10
Ret
Ret
21
134
12
Nigel Melker
DNS
Ret
10
22
Ret
8
12
6
14
Ret
10
9
8
8
11
15
120
13
Daniël de Jong
20
12
20
13
17
12
6
8
8
16
15
6
9
14
Ret
20
118
14
Vinicius Samarone
16
Ret
11
9
Ret
10
10
5
12
15
18
Ret
12
7
12
22
115
15
Philip Forsman
9
8
12
Ret
16
15
11
21†
Ret
10
Ret
8
17
12
10
18
106
16
Juan Pablo Garcia
7
21
8
6
21
6
13
7
9
Ret
22
Ret
16
13
104
17
Mateusz Adamski
22
11
23†
7
12
Ret
5
21
13
Ret
11
11
9
10
100
18
Maximilian Wissel
8
Ret
6
Ret
6
5
4
4
93
19
Arnold Neveling
14
19
6
11
11
Ret
13
13
17
7
78
20
Kevin Kleveros
17
15
18
11
8
13
20
12
18
14
Ret
11
23
21
Ret
DNS
74
21
Marlene Dietrich
15
16
Ret
15
13
17
17
16
19
17
19
14
19
17
25
25
59
22
Alexander Morgan
Ret
5
24
Ret
7
2
54
23
Bianca Steiner
14
13
14
12
13
15
24
24
45
24
Carlos Gaitán Quinones
19
14
19
17
15
18
9
14
43
25
James Calado
5
15†
DNS
5
38
26
Jakub Knoll
21†
18
17
19
Ret
19
18
18
16
19
20
Ret
18
18
23
26
31
27
Oliver Webb
12
Ret
5
4
25
28
Martin Tlusty
18
17
21
20
15
17
17
20
20
23
24
29
Adam Kout
Ret
9
22
28†
12
30
Jesse Krohn
10
Ret
11
31
Toomas Heikkinen
18
16
19
19
10
32
Daniel Ivarson
Ret
DNS
16
20
21
17
6
33
Laurent Stieger
22
23
24
21
19
22†
21
20
3
34
Robert Siska
20
19
3
35
Ville Miilumäki
19
Ret
2
36
Jesse Laine
22
20
1
37
Juha-Pekka Wikman
23†
Ret
0
Pos
Driver
HOC
ZAN
ALA
OSC
ASS
ZOL
NÜR
SPA
Points
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
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