Northern Europe and German Formula Renault 2000: Overview of seasons

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The Formula Renault Northern European Cup ("NEC") was held from 2006 to 2018 with Formula Renault 2.0 race cars.
The NEC was created as a successor series of the German and Dutch Formula Renault.
A planned sequel under the name "Formel NEC" for 2019 was canceled because of too few participants.

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

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The Formula Renault NEC 2018 was the thirteenth season of the Northern European Formula Renault Cup.

As a new highlight, two races were added to the calendar as part of the Pau Grand Prix. In addition to two more races in Monza, the other events took place as combined races with the Eurocup. In these races, only the NEC pilots were entitled to points, all others received no points as guest drivers.
Overall, the calendar consisted of 12 races.

Doureid Ghattas won the 2018 season as one of only four NEC pilots.
Regardless of the guest driver status, Logan Sargeant NEC would have been the NEC winner.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.266Doureid Ghattas Germany
2.224Phil C. Hill Germany
3.216Gabriel Gandulia Argentina
Formula Renault Northern European Cup

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The Formula Renault NEC 2017 was the twelfth season of the Northern European Formula Renault Cup (now without the suffix 2.0).

Due to the extension of the calendar of the Formula Renault Eurocup, the NEC calendar has been reduced. This should give the Eurocup teams the opportunity to compete in the NEC races as well.
In addition to Monza, Assen, Nürburgring and Hockenheim, three races were held in Spa together with the Eurocup. In these races, only the NEC pilots were entitled to points, all others received no points as guest drivers.

Thus, Michael Benyahia won as one of only 5 NEC pilots the 2017 season.
Regardless of the guest driver status, Sacha Fenestraz NEC would have been the winner.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.163Michael Benyahia Morocco
2.161Gilles Magnus Belgium
3.151Bartek Mirecki Poland
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

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The Formula Renault NEC 2016 was the eleventh season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.

The calendar consisted again of 7 race weekends, with the Red Bull Ring being replaced by the Hungaroring. Except for the final weekend, two races were held at each weekend, a total of 15 races.

Lando Norris won the 2016 NEC season ahead of Max Defourny and Dorian Boccolacci.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.326Lando Norris Great Britain
2.285Max Defourny Belgium
3.226Dorian Boccolacci France

The Formula Renault NEC 2015 was the tenth season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.

The calendar again consisted of 7 race weekends, with the Red Bull Ring added replacing the Autodrome Most. A total of 17 races were held again.

The 2015 season was dominated by Louis Delétraz. Second was Kevin Jörg ahead of Ukyo Sasahara.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.378Louis Delétraz Switzerland
2.305Kevin Jörg Switzerland
3.296Ukyo Sasahara Japan

The Formula Renault NEC 2014 was the ninth season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.

The calendar had again 7 race weekends, while Zandvoort was replaced by Monza as a new venue. A total of 17 races were held, with two canceled due to weather.

Ben Barnicoat was the winner of the NEC 2014, Louis Delétraz finished second ahead of Seb Morris.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.258Benjamin Barnicoat Great Britain
2.242Louis Delétraz Switzerland
3.224Sebastian Morris Great Britain

The Formula Renault NEC 2013 was the eighth season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
The calendar has been shortened to 7 race weekends. With Silverstone a new venue was added while Oschersleben and the Red Bull Ring fell away. A total of 17 races were held.

As in the Formula Renault Eurocup, new vehicles from Tatuus were used from 2013 onwards.

Matt Parry was the winner of the NEC 2013, Jack Aitken was second, followed by Dennis Olsen.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.289Matthew Parry Great Britain
2.230Jack Aitken Great Britain
3.211Dennis Olsen Norway

The Formula Renault NEC 2012 was the seventh season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
Again races were held on 8 weekends, instead of the races in Monza the Red Bull Ring at Zeltweg was included in the calendar. A total of 20 races were held again.

Jake Dennis won the NEC 2012 ahead of Jordan King and Josh Hill.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.376Jake Dennis Great Britain
2.316Jordan King Great Britain
3.312Joshua Hill Great Britain

The Formula Renault NEC 2011 was the sixth season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
There were again races on 8 weekends, Monza came new in the calendar instead of the races in Brno. There were two or three races per weekend, a total of 20 races.

The class for older vehicles introduced in the previous year was discontinued, the field was now racing with the new Formula Renault vehicles from Barazi-Epsilon.

Carlos Sainz Jr. was winner of the NEC 2011, ahead of Daniil Kvyat and Stoffel Vandoorne.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.489Carlos jr. Sainz Spain
2.441Daniil Kvyat Russia
3.328Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium

The Formula Renault NEC 2010 was the fifth season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
Again races were held on 8 weekends, Brno was added to the calendar instead of the races in Finland. For the first time, three races were held instead of the previous two races per weekend, bringing the total number of races to 20.

As in the Formula Renault Eurocup, a new race car was introduced by Barazi-Epsilon. However, the old Tatuus models continued to compete in the newly created FR2000 class.

Ludwig Ghidi won the overall ranking of the NEC 2010, Dear Schilling in the FR2000 class.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.368Ludwig Ghidi Belgium
2.340Mikkel Mac Denmark
3.304Jeroen Mul Netherlands
Class B:
Pos Points Driver Nation
1.371Dear Schilling Denmark
2.356Johann Ledermair Austria
3.332Daniel Schilling Denmark

The Formula Renault NEC 2009 was the fourth season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
There were again 16 races on 8 weekends. The Autodrom Most replaced Zolder as a race venue.

Antonio Felix da Costa dominated the 2009 season, ahead of Kevin Magnussen and Marco Sørensen.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.361Antonio Felix da Costa Portugal
2.278Kevin Magnussen Denmark
3.232Marco Sørensen Denmark

The Formula Renault NEC 2008 was the third season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
16 races were held on 8 weekends, for the first time in Finland at the Alastaro Circuit.

Valtteri Bottas dominated the season despite not being present at a race weekend. Second was Antonio Felix da Costa before Tobias Hegewald.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.365Valtteri Bottas Finland
2.280Antonio Felix da Costa Portugal
3.260Tobias Hegewald Germany

The Formula Renault NEC 2007 was the second season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup.
There were again 16 races on 8 weekends, races in Zolder and Hockenheim replaced those in Anderstorp and Salzburg.

Frank Kechele won the Cup 2007 ahead of Tobias Hegewald, without competing in the final race weekend. Third was Valtteri Bottas.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.376Frank Kechele Germany
2.297Tobias Hegewald Germany
3.279Valtteri Bottas Finland

2006 was the first season of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup, created by the merger of the German and Dutch Formula Renault.
There were 16 races on 8 race weekends, the races took place in Germany (Oschersleben, Nürburgring), the Netherlands (Zandvoort, Assen), Belgium (Spa), Sweden (Anderstorp) and Austria (Salzburg).
Filipe Albuquerque won the 2006 NEC Cup ahead of Chris van der Drift and Xavier Maassen.

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.312Filipe Miguel Albuquerque Portugal
2.267Chris van der Drift New ZealandNetherlands
3.252Xavier Maassen Netherlands

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.309Pekka Saarinen Finland
2.274Michael Aleshin Russia
3.273Filipe Miguel Albuquerque Portugal

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.293Scott Speed USA
2.284Colin Fleming USA
3.238Michael Ammermüller Germany

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.300Ryan Sharp Great Britain
2.257Hendrick Vieth Germany
3.242Robert Schlünssen Denmark

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.278Christian Klien Austria
2.254Bruno Spengler Canada
3.222Esteban Guerrieri Argentina

Pos Points Driver Nation
1.164Charles Zwolsman Netherlands
2.145Marcel Lasée Germany
3.139Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy