2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

The 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the twelfth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 20 April and finished at the Autódromo do Estoril on 19 October, after nine races.[1]

2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
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Series veteran Eric Salignon scored four victories at Magny-Cours, Silverstone, Oschersleben and Imola during the season, he took the championship at the wheel of his Graff Racing-run car, giving team their first Eurocup championship. Swiss driver Neel Jani who competed with Jenzer Motorsport was the only Salignon's rival championship title was not resolved until the final round, and Jani finished in series' standings just four points behind French driver, winning races at Anderstorp, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Autódromo do Estoril. Salignon's teammate Nicolas Lapierre improved to third place. Cram Competition's José María López won at Jarama on way to his fourth place. Lewis Hamilton completed the top five, competing just four of the nine races, taking his first Eurocup win in the home Donington Park race.[2]

Teams and drivers

2002 Entry List[3]
Team No. Driver name Rounds
Graff Racing 1 Eric Salignon All
11 Frederic Barth All
12 Nicolas Lapierre 1–8
21 Bruce Lorgeré-Roux 1–3
68 Julien Joulian Falcini 6
Drumel Motorsport 2 Davide di Benedetto 1–2, 5–7
34 Christian Montanari 1–2, 5–7
Colak Team 3 Marin Colak 1–2
Johns Racing Team 4 John Svensson 1–7, 9
27 Paul Henry Fastre 1–5
73 Jeremy Izzarelli 6
75 Jürgen van Hover 6
MA-con Racing 5 Ross Zwolsman 1–2
32 Hannes Lachinger All
49 Andre Nicastro 4–5
78 Jos Menten 6–7
82 Alexandros Margaritis 8–9
RP Motorsport 6 Marco Bonanomi 1–2, 6–7
71 Giovanni Berton 6
?? Toni Vilander 7
RC Motorsport 7 Robert Kubica 1–7, 9
37 Carlos Pereira 1–5, 7, 9
72 Fernando Rees 6–7, 9
74 Paulo Bueno 1–2
ADM Junior Team 8 Gregory Franchi 1–7,9
22 Dennis van Lammern 1–3
86 Marcello Thomaz 10
EuroInternational 9 John C. Antonio 3–9
ASM 10 Nicolas Armindo 1–3, 6
20 Mike den Tandt 1–4, 6–7
57 Alexandre Prémat 1–3, 6
77 Simon Pagenaud 6
Cram Competition 14 Lorenco da Veiga All
35 Damien Pasini All
43 Roberto Streit All
58 José María López 3–7, 9
TCS 16 Emmanuel Piget 1–2
44 Julien Piguet 1–2
Jenzer Motorsport 17 Bruno Spengler 1–3, 5–9
18 Neel Jani All
19 Giorgio Mondini All
47 Esteban Guerrieri 4–6
51 Richard Göransson 4
SL Formula Racing 23 Hendrick Vieth All
87 Damian Sawicki 9
JD Motorsport 24 Christian Klien All
25 Robert Schlünssen All
FH Racing Team 28 Andreas Feichtner 1–2, 5–7
Margaritis Racing 30 Dennis Furchheim 10
Durango 33 Ferdinando Monfardini All
39 Stephen Simpson All
Facondini Racing 36 Nicky Pastorelli All
54 Rodrigo Bernardes 1–5
Prema Powerteam 40 Franck Perera 1–4, 6–7, 9
42 Alexander Storckenfeldt 1–4, 6–7, 9
TS2 41 Adam Smith 1–2
55 Martyn Smith 1–2
Lohmann Motorsport 45 Thomas Westarp All
KUG Motorsport 48 Giacomo Ricci 4–9
Motopark Oschersleben 52 Andreas Zuber 5
Den Blå Avis 56 Tom Keller All
57 Philip Andersen All
Fortec Motorsport 59 Danny Watts 6
60 Jamie Green 6
85 Robin Rudholm 8
86 Ryan Sharp 8
Rod Blow 61 Hayanari Shimoda 6
Pole Racing Service 63 David Laisis 6
64 Yann Clairay 6–7
65 Guillaume Moreau 6
Manor Motorsport 69 Lewis Hamilton 6–9
70 Ernesto Viso 6–7
BVM Minardi Junior 76 Giacomo Piccini 6
AR Motorsport 83 Ferdinand Kool 8
84 Charles Hall 8
Tomcat Racing ?? Olivier Tielemans 7

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 20 April Robert Kubica Eric Salignon Eric Salignon Graff Racing
2 Silverstone Circuit 4 May Nicolas Lapierre Eric Salignon Eric Salignon Graff Racing
3 Circuito del Jarama 1 June Eric Salignon Nicolas Lapierre José María López Cram Competition
4 Scandinavian Raceway 29 June Neel Jani Neel Jani Neel Jani Jenzer Motorsport
5 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 13 July Eric Salignon Nicolas Lapierre Eric Salignon Graff Racing
6 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 August Neel Jani Hannes Lachinger Neel Jani Jenzer Motorsport
7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 31 August José María López Lewis Hamilton Eric Salignon Graff Racing
8 Donington Park 5 October Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport
9 Autódromo do Estoril 19 October Neel Jani Neel Jani Neel Jani Jenzer Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
Points 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 2 2
Pos Driver MAG
SIL
JAR
AND
OSC
SPA
IMO
DON
EST
Points
1 Eric Salignon 1 1 3 5 1 5 1 9 8 182
2 Neel Jani 8 3 10 1 2 1 6 4 1 178
3 Nicolas Lapierre 5 2 2 9 7 6 3 5 120
4 José María López 1 7 4 2 Ret 3 100
5 Lewis Hamilton 7 2 1 2 92
6 Christian Klien 4 Ret 9 4 5 DNS 5 2 7 92
7 Robert Kubica 2 4 13 3 10 Ret 27 4 80
8 Bruno Spengler 6 6 7 3 10 7 Ret 6 68
9 Roberto Streit 10 5 Ret 2 14 Ret 26 3 13 58
10 Alexandre Prémat 3 Ret 4 Ret 36
11 Mike den Tandt 7 10 11 23 3 Ret 30
12 Robert Schlünssen 17 7 5 11 8 Ret 12 21 28 26
13 Franck Perera 31 15 8 8 13 Ret 5 24
14 Hannes Lachinger 23 Ret 12 Ret 12 4 10 16 17 20
15 Hendrick Vieth Ret 13 19 21 6 16 22 7 Ret 18
16 Davide di Benedetto 34 11 Ret Ret 4 16
17 Giorgio Mondini 25 26 Ret 6 19 20 11 13 10 12
18 Tom Keller 30 14 6 Ret 21 DNS 24 23 Ret 10
19 Charles Hall 6 10
20 Nicolas Armindo 9 8 16 25 10
21 Carlos Pereira 16 9 24 Ret 13 8 20 10
22 Christian Montanari 19 Ret Ret 8 9 10
23 Damien Pasini 27 16 Ret 16 Ret 15 19 8 Ret 6
24 Andreas Feichtner 28 25 9 Ret Ret 4
25 Simon Pagenaud 9 4
26 Dennis Furchheim 9 4
27 Lorenco da Veiga 33 19 14 Ret 16 19 15 10 12 2
28 Esteban Guerrieri 10 11 DNS 2
Stephen Simpson 32 Ret 22 17 22 11 16 15 Ret 0
Alexander Storckenfeldt 24 20 17 12 DNS 14 11 0
Marco Bonanomi 11 ? Ret 13 0
Alexandros Margaritis 11 19 0
Ferdinando Monfardini 14 12 26 13 25 12 20 17 16 0
Philip Andersen 18 23 Ret Ret 15 14 Ret 12 27 0
Julien Piguet 12 17 0
Ross Zwolsman 13 ? 0
Nicky Pastorelli 36 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 14 14 0
Richard Göransson 14 0
Rodrigo Bernardes 35 21 15 15 24 0
Fernando Rees Ret 28 15 0
Paulo Bueno 15 22 0
Thomas Westarp ? Ret 20 Ret 23 17 Ret 24 22 0
Jos Menten 30 17 0
Giacomo Ricci 18 26 24 18 19 24 0
Frederic Barth 21 Ret 21 Ret 20 21 Ret 20 18 0
Gregory Franchi 22 18 Ret Ret 28 DNS Ret DNS 0
John Svensson ? 24 18 19 27 28 21 25 0
Andre Nicastro Ret 18 0
Ernesto Viso 18 Ret 0
Ferdinand Kool 18 0
Paul Henry Fastre ? 28 23 20 29 0
Emmanuel Piget 20 30 0
John C. Antonio 25 22 Ret DNS Ret Ret 21 0
Giovanni Berton 22 0
Robin Rudholm 22 0
Yann Clairay 27 23 0
Giacomo Piccini 23 0
Damian Sawicki 23 0
Olivier Tielemans 25 0
Bruce Lorgeré-Roux 26 ? Ret 0
Guillaume Moreau 26 0
Marcello Thomaz 26 0
Martyn Smith ? 27 0
Dennis van Lammern 29 29 Ret 0
Julien Joulian Falcini 29 0
Toni Vilander 29 0
Jürgen van Hover 31 0
Adam Smith ? Ret 0
Andreas Zuber Ret 0
Jamie Green Ret 0
David Laisis Ret 0
Hayanari Shimoda Ret 0
Danny Watts Ret 0
Ryan Sharp Ret 0
Jeremy Izzarelli DNS 0
Marin Colak ? ? 0
Pos Driver MAG
SIL
JAR
AND
OSC
SPA
IMO
DON
EST
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams

Pos Team Points
1 Graff Racing 302
2 Jenzer Motorsport 260
3 Cram Competition 164
4 JD Motorsport 118
5 Manor Motorsport 92
6 RC Motorsport 90
7 ASM 80
8 Drumel Motorsport 26
9 Prema Powerteam 24
10 MA-con Racing 20
11 SL Formula Racing 18
12 AR Motorsport 10
13 Den Blå Avis 10
14 FH Racing Team 4
15 Margaritis Racing 4

References

  1. "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Masters — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. "Point standings: Formula Renault Eurocup — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  3. "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

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