Formula Renault Eurocup was a

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motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the

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as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015.

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offered a prize of €500,000 to the winner of the Eurocup until 2015. Following the 2020 season, the Formula Renault Eurocup merged with the

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due to

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History

The series was established in 1991, as the "Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault", before switching to the "Eurocup Formula Renault" name in 1993. In 2000, renamed to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 since 2005 used up to now, excludes the 2003 season named Formula Renault 2000 Masters. While a support series of the Formula Renault 3.5 many drivers stepped up to the senior category, for example the

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champion

Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born 13 June 1985) is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving a Acura ARX-05 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the FIA World Endurance Cham ...

, fourth-place finisher

Bertrand Baguette Bertrand Baguette (born 23 February 1986) is a Belgian professional racing driver. In 2013, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class and the FIA WEC LMP2 class title. In 2017, he won the final running of the Suzuka 1000km in Super GT. ...

and 13th-place finisher

Xavier Maassen Xavier Maassen (born 22 June 1980 in Heerlen) is a Dutch racing driver who previously competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Mad-Croc Racing. Recently, he has participated in the Blancpain Endurance Series for Prospeed Competition. He l ...

being the first to do so that on the full-time basis for the 2007 season.

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champion

Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley (born 10 November 1989) is a New Zealand professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing. He won the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, alongside his te ...

did not follow suit however, and instead moved firstly to

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. Meanwhile,

Charles Pic Charles Pic (; born 15 February 1990) is a retired professional racing driver who drove in Formula One for two full seasons in and , racing for Marussia F1 Team in the first season and then for Caterham in the second season. Early career Karti ...

and

Alexandre Marsoin Alexandre Marsoin (born March 25, 1989) is a professional racing driver from France. Career Formula Renault After an early career in karting, Marsoin made his racing debut in 2005 in the Formula Renault Campus France series, finishing the yea ...

joined FR 3.5 for the

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champion

Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Viktor Bottas (; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alfa Romeo, having previously driven for Mercedes from to and Williams from to . Bottas has scored race wins and podiums. H ...

moved to the

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, and only Anton Nebylitskiy who was placed 20th, made his debut in FR 3.5 in

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was the first season when the champion received money to graduate to FR 3.5 and

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used this opportunity. He was joined in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season by sixth-place finisher

Nathanaël Berthon Nathanaël Berthon (born 1 July 1989 in Romagnat) is a professional racing driver from France. Career Karting Berthon began his international karting career in 2006, with the highlights being a third-place finish in the Copa Campeones Trophy I ...

. Like Costa,

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champion

Kevin Korjus Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993) is an Estonian racing driver. Career Karting Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax Max Euro ...

and his rivals

Arthur Pic Arthur Pic (born October 5, 1991) is a French retired racing driver. He competed in the GP2 Series between 2014 and 2016. Career Karting Like most top-line drivers, Pic began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2005 French Junior Champ ...

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and

André Negrão André Negrão (born 17 June 1992, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian driver in the World Endurance Championship (WEC), world champion in the WEC's superseason 2018/2019 and twice winner in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2018 and 2019) in t ...

moved to FR 3.5 in

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champion

Robin Frijns Robin Frijns (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch motor racing driver. He is the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion, and the first driver to have won the series in his debut season since Robert Kubica in 2005. Frijns is currently competing in Fo ...

not only graduated to FR 3.5 in

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, he also became the first driver, who won both Eurocup and FR 3.5 Series consecutively. Other 2011 Eurocup graduates, who moved to FR 3.5 were

Will Stevens William Stevens (born 28 June 1991) is a British racing driver, who formerly competed in Formula One, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Toyota Racing Series and the British Formula Renault Championships. In Formula One, he made his debut at the 2 ...

and

Vittorio Ghirelli Vittorio Ghirelli (born 9 May 1994 in Fasano) is an Italian racing driver that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for PK Carsport in the Elite 2 division and the smart EQ fortwo e-cup, where he is currently the series' defending ...

champion

Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne (born 26 March 1992) is a Belgian professional racing driver who is currently racing for Dragon Racing in Formula E. He had previously competed in Formula One for McLaren from 2016 to 2018. He is currently a test driver of M ...

and his contender

Norman Nato Norman Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a French professional racing driver who is currently driving for Realteam Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Nato is known for finishing as the runner-up in the 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 season and the 2 ...

headed to FR 3.5 in

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and

Oliver Rowland Oliver Rowland (born 10 August 1992) is a British racing driver. He is currently competing full-time in Formula E driving for Mahindra Racing. He has previously competed for Manor Motorsport in the 2018 WEC season, and he was also previously t ...

, who fought till the last race for the 2013 Eurocup title, both graduated to FR 3.5 in

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. They was joined by

Luca Ghiotto Luca Ghiotto (born 24 February 1995) is an Italian racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS. Career Karting Born in Arzignano, Ghiotto entered karting in 2008, when he took the title in the KF3 class of th ...

Matthieu Vaxivière Matthieu Vaxivière (born 3 December 1994) is a French racing driver from Limoges, France. He was the 2011 French F4 champion. In 2012 he raced in the V de V Endurance Cup, French GT, and 2e Grand Prix Èlectrique. In addition, he was 14th in t ...

and

Roman Mavlanov Roman Mavlanov ( rus, Рома́н Мавла́нов, p=rɐˈman mɐvˈlanəv (born 5 July 1994) is a Russian racing driver. Career Karting Born in Moscow, Mavlanov began his racing career in karting at the age of 13 in the Russian cups, col ...

Nyck de Vries Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently serving as the reserve driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. He is confirmed to be driving full-time in Formula 1 at Scuderia ...

dominated the 2014 championship and moved to FR 3.5 in

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Egor Orudzhev Egor Alekseevich Orudzhev ( rus, Его́р Алексе́евич Ору́джев, p=ɪˈɡor ɐˈrudʐɨf, born 16 October 1995) is a Russian racing driver. Career Karting Born in Saint Petersburg, Orudzhev entered karting in 2006, when he fi ...

, Aurélien Panis and

Gustav Malja Gustav Malja (born 4 November 1995) is a Swedish racing driver. Career Karting Born in Malmö, Sweden, Malja began his karting career in Formula Micro in 2006, winning the Gunnar Nilsson Memorial trophy the following year. By 2009 he had pro ...

moved to Formula Renault 3.5 as well.

Car specifications

The chassis was built at

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's Dieppe plant, a Renault subsidiary. The aerodynamic kit was designed by

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. All Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 cars use the same specifications. * Chassis: FR2.0/13. Carbon-fibre bodywork * Engine: Renault F4R 832 – 4-cylinder – 16 valve – 1998cc. 210 bhp at 7,500rpm. 220Nm at 5,500rpm * Transmission: SADEV seven-speed sequential + reverse gear. XAP electric control gearshift, semi-automatic steering-wheel mounted * Front suspension: ZF Race Engineering single damper, two-way adjustable * Rear suspension: ZF Race Engineering double damper, two-way adjustable * Brakes: Four-piston calipers with 278 x 18 mm steel discs * Rims: Aluminium one-piece 9 x 13 (front) and 10 x 13 (rear) * Tyres: Michelin 20-54 x 13 (front) and 24-57 x 13 (rear) * Length/width/height: 4270 / 1740 / 950mm * Front and rear track: 1502 / 1440mm * Fuel tank: 50 litres * Unloaded weight: 506 kg

Champions

Prior Formula Renault Eurocup

Formula Renault Eurocup

Notes

References

External links

* {{FREC seasons Formula Renault 2.0 series Formula Renault 2.0 Renault Sport Series