2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season
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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	Status	Rounds
Fortec Motorsports	5	Alex Gill[1]	R	All
	6	Jehan Daruvala[2]	R	All
	7	Callan O'Keeffe[3]		1–5
	8	Luke Chudleigh[4]		1–2
	13	Zachary Claman DeMelo[5]	R	1–2
	31	Charlie Eastwood[6]		2
	36	Stefan Riener[7]		6–7
	62	Ferdinand Habsburg[8]	R	1–5
ART Junior Team[9]	9	Ukyo Sasahara[9]		All
	10	Darius Oskoui[9]	R	All
	33	Max Defourny[6]	R	2–7
Prizma Motorsport[3]	11	Pontus Fredricsson[10]	R	All
	12	Kevin Kleveros[11]		4–5
Josef Kaufmann Racing[3]	14	Louis Delétraz[12]		All
	15	Kevin Jörg[13]		All
	16	Nikita Mazepin[14]	R	All
	28	Dries Vanthoor[15]	R	All
Manor MP Motorsport[3]	17	Dennis Olsen[3]		1–2, 5
	18	Lasse Sørensen[3]		1
	19	Ignazio D'Agosto[16]		1–2
	46	Christopher Anthony[17]		5
AVF[18]	20	Josef Záruba[18]		All
	21	Henrique Chaves[18]		All
	22	Roy Geerts[18]		1
	23	Iñigo Bikuña[19]	R	1, 4–5
	31	Charlie Eastwood[20]		3–5
	39	Harrison Scott[6]		2, 5
	40	Bronislav Formánek[19]		1
	42	Nobuharu Matsushita[20]		3
	58	Denis Bulatov[21]	R	7
Fragus BR Motorsport[3]	24	Robin Hansson[10]		1–2
	25	Oliver Söderström[9]	R	1
Inter Europol	26	David Richert[22]		All
	29	Álex Palou[20]		3
	35	Bruno Baptista[17]		5
Mark Burdett Motorsport[9]	27	Rahul Raj Mayer[9]		1–4
	97	David Droux[21]	R	7
Strakka Racing[3]	31	Charlie Eastwood[3]		1
	32	Valentin Hasse-Clot[19]		1
	33	Max Defourny[23]	R	1
Koiranen GP[11]	34	Dan Ticktum[11]	R	4, 6
	35	Philip Hamprecht[11]		4
		Bruno Baptista[7]		6–7
	36	Stefan Riener[11]		4
	37	Bruno Baptista[11]		4
MGR Motorsport	45	Colin Noble[19]		All
	51	Ameya Vaidyanathan[7]		6
PositiOne Motorsport	49	Mikko Perttala[7]		6–7
	50	Harri Salminen[7]		6–7
TS Corse[11]	73	Pietro Peccenini[11]		4, 6
BM Racing Team[3]	96	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	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	11 April	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Ukyo Sasahara	ART Junior Team	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R2		12 April	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	23 May	Louis Delétraz	Ukyo Sasahara	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R2		24 May	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
3	R1	Red Bull Ring	6 June	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Kevin Jörg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		7 June	Kevin Jörg	Louis Delétraz	Kevin Jörg	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R3			Louis Delétraz	Kevin Jörg	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 July	Max Defourny	Max Defourny	Max Defourny	ART Junior Team	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R2		25 July	Louis Delétraz	Pontus Fredericsson	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen	1 August	Kevin Jörg	Kevin Jörg	Dries Vanthoor	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Gamma Racing Day
	R2		2 August	Louis Delétraz	Jehan Daruvala	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
6	R1	Nürburgring	19 September	Ukyo Sasahara	Louis Delétraz	Ukyo Sasahara	ART Junior Team	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R2		20 September	Louis Delétraz	Max Defourny	Max Defourny	ART Junior Team
7	R1	Hockenheimring	3 October	Louis Delétraz	Kevin Jörg	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing	ADAC GT Masters
	R2		4 October	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R3			Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	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 SIL RBR SPA ASS NÜR HOC Points 1 Louis Delétraz 14 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 5 1 2 10 1 1 1 378 2 Kevin Jörg 23 9 8 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 305 3 Ukyo Sasahara 1 2 2 4 10 18 6 5 5 2 3 1 8 2 4 3 296 4 Max Defourny 3 8 Ret 8 8 8 Ret 1 2 18 8 6 1 7 9 4 218 5 Jehan Daruvala 8 4 16 15 3 4 Ret 6 6 11 7 5 2 3 Ret 11 194.5 6 Dries Vanthoor 6 Ret 17 9 7 10 Ret 7 9 1 16 10 7 9 3 8 181 7 Callan O'Keeffe 5 21† 3 5 4 6 4 3 8 4 2 168.5 8 Alex Gill 16 5 10 11 5 3 9 13 4 Ret DNS 13 6 Ret 7 Ret 145.5 9 Darius Oskoui 4 Ret 5 10 Ret 11 11 9 7 7 9 12 Ret 8 Ret 9 143 10 Josef Záruba 15 13 12 7 12 7 12 19 14 16 14 9 12 10 6 Ret 133.5 11 Colin Noble 9 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 8 12 12 9 10 20 9 13 10 12 135.5 12 Nikita Mazepin 10 Ret 14 Ret 9 Ret 3 8 10 12 12 8 13 6 Ret 18 125.5 13 Henrique Chaves Ret 15 11 17 14 12 10 23 17 14 Ret 15 Ret 11 8 5 101 14 Dennis Olsen 7 6 4 2 8 6 98 15 Pontus Fredericsson Ret 18 21 22 13 13 15 16 16 15 13 11 15 Ret 11 14 79.5 16 Bartłomiej Mirecki 20 16 22 21 16 15 14 20 18 17 17 14 11 15 12 10 77.5 17 Charlie Eastwood 17 20† 13 14 11 5 7 11 22 21 15 76 18 Stefan Riener 10 13 4 4 16 17 6 73 19 Ferdinand Habsburg 25 Ret 18 16 6 16 5 Ret 23 13 11 62 20 Harrison Scott 6 6 6 5 61 21 Ignazio D'Agosto 2 Ret 7 13 46 22 Denis Bulatov 5 5 7 46 23 Dan Ticktum 15 11 7 5 41 24 Bruno Baptista 14 15 23† 18 Ret 14 14 Ret 13 35 25 David Richert 22 19 24 23 17 17 16 24 21 22 21 18 19 17 15 16 35 26 Valentin Hasse-Clot 13 3 28 27 Rahul Raj Mayer 18 Ret 23 20 15 14 13 WD WD 25 28 Harri Salminen 17 17 18 14 15 24 29 Lasse Sørensen 12 7 23 30 Zachary Claman DeMelo 11 12 20 19 22 31 Robin Hansson Ret 11 15 18 19 32 David Droux 12 13 Ret 17 33 Kevin Kleveros 17 Ret 10 22† 15 34 Mikko Perttala 19 20 19 16 17 14 35 Luke Chudleigh 26 10 19 Ret 13 36 Ameya Vaidyanathan 16 16 10 37 Roy Geerts 19 14 9 38 Iñigo Bikuña 24 17 21 19 19 19 9 39 Pietro Peccenini 22 20 DNS 18 3.5 40 Philip Hamprecht 18 DNS 3 41 Christopher Anthony 20 20 2 42 Bronislav Formánek 21 Ret 0 43 Oliver Söderström 27 Ret 0 Álex Palou Ret DNS DNS 0 Nobuharu Matsushita PO PO PO 0 Pos. Driver MNZ SIL RBR SPA ASS NÜR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) 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.^[27]

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

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External links

• Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship