The 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup is a multi-event

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championship for

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, formula racing cars held across

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. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2018 season is the 28th

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season organized by the

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and the third season as the main category of the

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. The series will visit ten circuits around the Europe, including Monaco.

Teams and drivers

In 2018 the series was scheduled to feature the same nine teams as in previous year. But

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wasn't able to appear on the grid.

Driver changes

French F4 Championship French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates ...

champion Arthur Rougier and

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driver Vladimiros Tziortzis joined

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driver

Jordan Cane Jordan Cane (born 23 May 2001) is a British former racing driver from West Sussex, England. Making his racing debut in the United States in 2015, Jordan was the youngest active Formula Car racer and was the youngest to score a point in the F16 ...

was expected to make his Eurocup debut with Fortec but later he aborted this plan. While

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made his switch to Fortec from

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left the team to join 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. *

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driver Eliseo Martínez and French F4 Championship driver Christian Muñoz joined AVF by Adrián Vallés.

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moved to the

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. Gregoire Saucy and

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left the team. *

Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver set to compete for Van Amersfoort Racing in the Formula 2 Championship. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to Charouz Racing System, aft ...

, who raced with

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switched to

Josef Kaufmann Racing Josef Kaufmann Racing is a motorsport team from Germany. It mainly operates in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 as well as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. The team was founded in 1982. History In 1982, Josef Kaufmann Racing was founded ...

and was joined by karting champion and

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race winner

Clément Novalak Clément Novalak (born 23 December 2000) is a French- Swiss racing driver set to race for Trident in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, having previously drove for MP Motorsport. He previously raced in the FIA Formula Three Championship for Car ...

. *

Aleksandr Smolyar Alexander Alexandrovich Smolyar ( rus, Александр Александрович Смоляр; born 19 July 2001) is a Russians, Russian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. Racing ca ...

made his racing debut with

Tech 1 Racing Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy. Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pro ...

. He was joined by former Fortec Motorsports and MP Motorsport drivers Frank Bird and

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respectively.

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graduated to the

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, leaving his Tech 1 seat vacant. *

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runner-up

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made his Eurocup debut with

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. He was joined by Aleksandr Vartanyan, who made his switch from

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, and 2017 CIK-FIA European OK karting champion

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. *

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graduated from Spanish F4 Championship and

as champion in both championships with

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switched to

for his second Eurocup campaign after leaving

s. They were joined by

Max Defourny Max Defourny (born 9 October 1998) is a Belgian-born professional racing driver based in Luxembourg, currently competing in Formula Renault 2.0. Career Karting Born in Liège, Defourny began karting in 2009 at the age of eleven and took his ...

, who raced two seasons with R-ace GP. *

runner-up

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joined

. He was joined by former

driver

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. Charles Milesi, who raced with R-ace GP in the 2017 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and in the four rounds of the Eurocup made his full-time switch to the series.

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moved from ADAC Formula 4 Championship to R-ace GP. *

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driver

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raced with

. Thomas Maxwell and Najiy Razak switched from Tech 1 and Fortec respectively to join JD Motorsport.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 25 September 2017. The series will return to

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in its schedule. While

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will be not present in the 2018 calendar. On 29 October the calendar was slightly altered, but featured the same ten circuits.

Results

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

Only two-best cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

Footnotes

References

External links

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Eurocup

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