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. Renault Sport 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 Formula Regional European Championship due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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many drivers stepped up to the senior category, for example the

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champion Filipe Albuquerque, fourth-place finisher Bertrand Baguette and 13th-place finisher Xavier Maassen being the first to do so that on the full-time basis for the 2007 season.

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champion Brendon Hartley did not follow suit however, and instead moved firstly to British Formula Three Championship. Meanwhile, Charles Pic and Alexandre Marsoin joined FR 3.5 for the

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champion Valtteri Bottas moved to the Formula 3 Euro Series, and only

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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 Albert Costa used this opportunity. He was joined in the

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by sixth-place finisher Nathanaël Berthon. Like Costa,

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champion Kevin Korjus and his rivals Arthur Pic, Daniël de Jong and André Negrão moved to FR 3.5 in

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champion Robin Frijns 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 and Vittorio Ghirelli.

champion Stoffel Vandoorne and his contender Norman Nato headed to FR 3.5 in

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. Pierre Gasly and Oliver Rowland, 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, Matthieu Vaxivière and Roman Mavlanov. Nyck de Vries dominated the 2014 championship and moved to FR 3.5 in

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. Egor Orudzhev,

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and Gustav Malja moved to Formula Renault 3.5 as well.

Car specifications

The chassis was built at Alpine's Dieppe plant, a Renault subsidiary. The aerodynamic kit was designed by Tatuus. 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

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