2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

2015 champion, Louis Deletraz

The 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the tenth 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
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 5 United Kingdom Alex Gill[1] R All
6 India Jehan Daruvala[2] R All
7 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe[3] 1–5
8 Canada Luke Chudleigh[4] 1–2
13 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo[5] R 1–2
31 Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood[6] 2
36 Austria Stefan Riener[7] 6–7
62 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[8] R 1–5
France ART Junior Team[9] 9 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[9] All
10 Switzerland Darius Oskoui[9] R All
33 Belgium Max Defourny[6] R 2–7
Sweden Prizma Motorsport[3] 11 Sweden Pontus Fredricsson[10] R All
12 Sweden Kevin Kleveros[11] 4–5
Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing[3] 14 Switzerland Louis Delétraz[12] All
15 Switzerland Kevin Jörg[13] All
16 Russia Nikita Mazepin[14] R All
28 Belgium Dries Vanthoor[15] R All
Netherlands Manor MP Motorsport[3] 17 Norway Dennis Olsen[3] 1–2, 5
18 Denmark Lasse Sørensen[3] 1
19 Italy Ignazio D'Agosto[16] 1–2
46 Australia Christopher Anthony[17] 5
Spain AVF[18] 20 Czech Republic Josef Záruba[18] All
21 Portugal Henrique Chaves[18] All
22 Netherlands Roy Geerts[18] 1
23 Spain Iñigo Bikuña[19] R 1, 4–5
31 Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood[20] 3–5
39 United Kingdom Harrison Scott[6] 2, 5
40 Czech Republic Bronislav Formánek[19] 1
42 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[20] 3
58 Russia Denis Bulatov[21] R 7
Sweden Fragus BR Motorsport[3] 24 Sweden Robin Hansson[10] 1–2
25 Sweden Oliver Söderström[9] R 1
Poland Inter Europol 26 Canada David Richert[22] All
29 Spain Álex Palou[20] 3
35 Brazil Bruno Baptista[17] 5
United Kingdom Mark Burdett Motorsport[9] 27 Malaysia Rahul Raj Mayer[9] 1–4
97 Switzerland David Droux[21] R 7
United Kingdom Strakka Racing[3] 31 Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood[3] 1
32 France Valentin Hasse-Clot[19] 1
33 Belgium Max Defourny[23] R 1
Finland Koiranen GP[11] 34 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum[11] R 4, 6
35 Germany Philip Hamprecht[11] 4
Brazil Bruno Baptista[7] 6–7
36 Austria Stefan Riener[11] 4
37 Brazil Bruno Baptista[11] 4
United Kingdom MGR Motorsport 45 United Kingdom Colin Noble[19] All
51 India Ameya Vaidyanathan[7] 6
Finland PositiOne Motorsport 49 Finland Mikko Perttala[7] 6–7
50 Finland Harri Salminen[7] 6–7
Italy TS Corse[11] 73 Italy Pietro Peccenini[11] 4, 6
Poland BM Racing Team[3] 96 Poland Bartłomiej Mirecki[24] All

Race calendar and results

The seven-event provisional calendar for the 2015 season was released on 19 November 2014.[25]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Event
1 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 April Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Japan Ukyo Sasahara France ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 12 April Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
2 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 23 May Switzerland Louis Delétraz Japan Ukyo Sasahara Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 24 May Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
3 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring 6 June Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Kevin Jörg Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing ADAC GT Masters
R2 7 June Switzerland Kevin Jörg Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Kevin Jörg Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
R3 Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Kevin Jörg Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
4 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 July Belgium Max Defourny Belgium Max Defourny Belgium Max Defourny France ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 25 July Switzerland Louis Delétraz Sweden Pontus Fredricsson Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
5 R1 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 1 August Switzerland Kevin Jörg Switzerland Kevin Jörg Belgium Dries Vanthoor Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing Gamma Racing Day
R2 2 August Switzerland Louis Delétraz India Jehan Daruvala Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
6 R1 Germany Nürburgring 19 September Japan Ukyo Sasahara Switzerland Louis Delétraz Japan Ukyo Sasahara France ART Junior Team Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 20 September Switzerland Louis Delétraz Belgium Max Defourny Belgium Max Defourny France ART Junior Team
7 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 3 October Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Kevin Jörg Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing ADAC GT Masters
R2 4 October Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
R3 Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Switzerland Louis Delétraz Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing

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

The second race at Spa-Francorchamps was red-flagged after four laps of the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.[26]

Pos. Driver MNZ
Italy 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		SPA
Belgium 		ASS
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Switzerland Louis Delétraz 14 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 5 1 2 10 1 1 1 378
2 Switzerland Kevin Jörg 23 9 8 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 305
3 Japan Ukyo Sasahara 1 2 2 4 10 18 6 5 5 2 3 1 8 2 4 3 296
4 Belgium Max Defourny 3 8 Ret 8 8 8 Ret 1 2 18 8 6 1 7 9 4 218
5 India Jehan Daruvala 8 4 16 15 3 4 Ret 6 6 11 7 5 2 3 Ret 11 194.5
6 Belgium Dries Vanthoor 6 Ret 17 9 7 10 Ret 7 9 1 16 10 7 9 3 8 181
7 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe 5 21† 3 5 4 6 4 3 8 4 2 168.5
8 United Kingdom Alex Gill 16 5 10 11 5 3 9 13 4 Ret DNS 13 6 Ret 7 Ret 145.5
9 Switzerland Darius Oskoui 4 Ret 5 10 Ret 11 11 9 7 7 9 12 Ret 8 Ret 9 143
10 Czech Republic Josef Záruba 15 13 12 7 12 7 12 19 14 16 14 9 12 10 6 Ret 133.5
11 United Kingdom Colin Noble 9 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 8 12 12 9 10 20 9 13 10 12 135.5
12 Russia Nikita Mazepin 10 Ret 14 Ret 9 Ret 3 8 10 12 12 8 13 6 Ret 18 125.5
13 Portugal Henrique Chaves Ret 15 11 17 14 12 10 23 17 14 Ret 15 Ret 11 8 5 101
14 Norway Dennis Olsen 7 6 4 2 8 6 98
15 Sweden Pontus Fredricsson Ret 18 21 22 13 13 15 16 16 15 13 11 15 Ret 11 14 79.5
16 Poland Bartłomiej Mirecki 20 16 22 21 16 15 14 20 18 17 17 14 11 15 12 10 77.5
17 Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood 17 20† 13 14 11 5 7 11 22 21 15 76
18 Austria Stefan Riener 10 13 4 4 16 17 6 73
19 Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 25 Ret 18 16 6 16 5 Ret 23 13 11 62
20 United Kingdom Harrison Scott 6 6 6 5 61
21 Italy Ignazio D'Agosto 2 Ret 7 13 46
22 Russia Denis Bulatov 5 5 7 46
23 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum 15 11 7 5 41
24 Brazil Bruno Baptista 14 15 23† 18 Ret 14 14 Ret 13 35
25 Canada David Richert 22 19 24 23 17 17 16 24 21 22 21 18 19 17 15 16 35
26 France Valentin Hasse-Clot 13 3 28
27 Malaysia Rahul Raj Mayer 18 Ret 23 20 15 14 13 WD WD 25
28 Finland Harri Salminen 17 17 18 14 15 24
29 Denmark Lasse Sørensen 12 7 23
30 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo 11 12 20 19 22
31 Sweden Robin Hansson Ret 11 15 18 19
32 Switzerland David Droux 12 13 Ret 17
33 Sweden Kevin Kleveros 17 Ret 10 22† 15
34 Finland Mikko Perttala 19 20 19 16 17 14
35 Canada Luke Chudleigh 26 10 19 Ret 13
36 India Ameya Vaidyanathan 16 16 10
37 Netherlands Roy Geerts 19 14 9
38 Spain Iñigo Bikuña 24 17 21 19 19 19 9
39 Italy Pietro Peccenini 22 20 DNS 18 3.5
40 Germany Philip Hamprecht 18 DNS 3
41 Australia Christopher Anthony 20 20 2
42 Czech Republic Bronislav Formánek 21 Ret 0
43 Sweden Oliver Söderström 27 Ret 0
Spain Álex Palou Ret DNS DNS 0
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita PO PO PO 0
Pos. Driver MNZ
Italy 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		SPA
Belgium 		ASS
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		Points
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

Rookie

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

The second race at Spa-Francorchamps was red-flagged after four laps of the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.[26]

Pos. Driver MNZ
Italy 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		SPA
Belgium 		ASS
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		Points
1 Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 428
2 France ART Junior Team 1 2 2 4 8 8 6 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 301
3 United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 6 4 2 4 2 3 7 6 285.5
4 Spain AVF 15 13 6 6 11 5 7 11 14 6 5 9 12 5 5 5 197.5
5 United Kingdom MGR Motorsport 9 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 8 12 12 9 10 16 9 13 10 12 139.5
6 Netherlands Manor MP Motorsport 2 6 4 2 8 6 108
7 Sweden Prizma Motorsport Ret 18 21 22 13 13 15 16 16 10 13 11 15 Ret 11 14 84.5
8 Poland BM Racing 20 16 22 21 16 15 14 20 18 17 17 14 11 15 12 10 77.5
9 Finland Koiranen GP 14 11 7 5 14 Ret 13 61
10 United Kingdom Mark Burdett Motorsport 18 Ret 23 20 15 14 13 WD WD 12 13 Ret 42
11 United Kingdom Strakka Racing 3 3 40
12 Poland Inter Europol Competition 22 19 24 23 17 17 16 24 21 22 18 18 19 17 15 16 38
13 Finland PositiOne Motorsport 17 17 18 14 15 24
14 Sweden Fragus BR Motorsport 27 11 15 18 19
15 Italy TS Corse 22 20 DNS 18 3.5
Pos. Driver MNZ
Italy 		SIL
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		SPA
Belgium 		ASS
Netherlands 		NÜR
Germany 		HOC
Germany 		Points

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