2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the seventeenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 21 April and finished at Barcelona on 28 October, after fourteen rounds.[1]

2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
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New Zealand's Brendon Hartley won the drivers title.

The title was claimed by Epsilon RedBull driver Brendon Hartley with a round to spare.[2] Hartley took four race wins during the season, two of which coming in the opening round at Zolder. He also took four further podium finishes en route to a 32-point championship win over Jon Lancaster. SG Formula's driver eventually ended the season also with four victories in two final rounds at Estoril and Barcelona.

Lancaster's teammate Charles Pic finished in third position, taking victory at the Nürburgring.[3] He finished 17 points clear of Epsilon Euskadi's Stefano Coletti, who took win at the Hungaroring.[4] Other victories were taken by Prema Powerteam's Henkie Waldschmidt at the Nürburgring and guest driver Mathieu Arzeno, who won both Magny-Cours races.

Teams and drivers
  • Guest entries are listed in italics.
2007 Entry List[5]
Team No. Driver name Class Rounds
SG Formula 1 Nelson Panciatici 1-3
Edouard Texte 5
Fabio Onidi 6-7
2 Charles Pic J All
SG Drivers Project 3 Jon Lancaster All
4 Alexandre Marsoin J All
43 Jules Bianchi J 2–3, 7
52 Anton Nebylitskiy J All
Motopark Academy 5 Oliver Oakes All
6 Frank Kechele All
Motorsport Arena 7 Fabio Onidi 1-5
Tiago Petiz 6
Jakub Giermaziak 7
8 Tobias Hegewald J All
Jenzer Motorsport 9 Oliver Turvey All
10 Roberto Merhi J All
11 Fabio Leimer J All
Epsilon Euskadi 12 Miquel Julià Perello All
14 Pablo Montilla J All
15 Stefano Coletti J All
Epsilon RedBull 16 Mika Mäki All
18 Brendon Hartley J All
19 Jaime Alguersuari J All
Cram Competition 20 Nicola Zonzini J 2–3, 7
Sergio Campana 5
21 Daniel Zampieri J All
22 Giovanni Nava J 1-2
Frederico Muggia 4
Pierre Combot J 5, 7
Prema Powerteam 23 Andrea Caldarelli J All
24 Martin Plowman All
25 Henkie Waldschmidt All
BVM Minardi Team 26 Felipe Rachid Lapenna 1-3
César Ramos J 4-6
27 Markus Niemelä 1-3
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs J 4-7
44 Simeon Ivanov J 2–3, 7
District Racing 28 Aleix Alcaraz J All
29 Mihai Marinescu J All
Omicron Racing 30 Facundo Crovo 1–2, 4-5
Jaime Pintanez 6
31 Francesc Moreno J All
32 Tiago Petiz 1-5
Pascal Kochem 6-7
Boutsen Energy Racing 33 Stéphane Richelmi J All
34 Jonathan Hirschi 1-2
Pierre Combot 3
Nelson Panciatici 4-7
48 Nelson Lukes 5
SL Formula Racing 35 Anton Nebylitskiy J 1-5
36 Pedro Nunes 1-5
41 Natalia Kowalska J 2
42 David Sigachev J 2
Carlin Motorsport 37 Alexander Khateeb 1-2
Jimmy Auby 3
Khalil Beschir 4
42 Joe Ghanem J 1-4
Graff Racing 39 Tristan Vautier J 1–2, 5
40 Gary Hirsch 1–2, 5
Steiner Motorsport 45 Bianca Steiner J 3
TCS Racing 46 Nicolas Marroc 5, 7
Epsilon Sport Team 49 Mathieu Arzeno 5, 7
RP Motorsport 50 Patrick Kronenberger J 6-7
51 Daniel Ricciardo 6-7
Icon Class
J Junior Class

Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Circuit Zolder 21 April Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley Epsilon RedBull
R2 22 April Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley Epsilon RedBull
2 R1 Nürburgring 5 May Charles Pic Oliver Oakes Henkie Waldschmidt Prema Powerteam
R2 6 May Charles Pic Charles Pic SG Formula
3 R1 Hungaroring 14 July Jules Bianchi Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley Epsilon RedBull
R2 15 July Jules Bianchi Stefano Coletti Epsilon Euskadi
4 R1 Donington Park 8 September Jon Lancaster Fabio Leimer Jon Lancaster SG Formula
R2 9 September Frank Kechele Brendon Hartley Epsilon RedBull
5 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 22 September Brendon Hartley Stefano Coletti Mathieu Arzeno Epsilon Euskadi
R2 23 September Brendon Hartley Mathieu Arzeno Epsilon Euskadi
6 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 20 October Jon Lancaster Jon Lancaster Jon Lancaster SG Formula
R2 21 October Jon Lancaster Jon Lancaster SG Formula
7 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 27 October Brendon Hartley Jon Lancaster Jon Lancaster SG Formula
R2 28 October Jon Lancaster Jon Lancaster SG Formula

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP*
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

* - only awarded to race one polesitters

Pos Driver ZOL
 NÜR
 HUN
 DON
 MAG
 EST
 CAT
 Points
1 Brendon Hartley J 1 1 Ret 8 1 5 2 1 Ret 3 3 3 4 5 134
2 Jon Lancaster Ret 26 Ret 11 2 25 1 4 11 13 1 1 1 1 102
3 Charles Pic J 10 28 2 1 6 Ret 10 Ret 2 10 2 8 3 3 88
4 Stefano Coletti J Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 3 2 4 27† Ret 7 6 4 71
5 Jaime Alguersuari J 4 23 10 9 Ret 4 5 Ret 6 6 5 27† 2 2 67
6 Frank Kechele 8 6 4 4 4 6 6 16 3 29 7 10 7 8 67
7 Henkie Waldschmidt DSQ 2 1 DSQ 7 10 14 Ret 17 8 4 4 15 12 52
8 Oliver Turvey 6 4 7 3 5 9 18 12 7 4 11 13 10 DNS 51
9 Mika Mäki Ret 13 3 2 10 Ret 13 5 15 20 6 2 32 6 46
10 Nelson Panciatici 3 Ret 9 14 Ret 3 8 3 Ret 7 10 11 8 Ret 44
11 Mihai Marinescu J 16 NC 5 Ret 3 8 9 8 31† DSQ 8 5 9 10 37
12 Oliver Oakes 7 7 6 10 11 16 11 7 8 5 14 14 17 17 32
13 Tobias Hegewald J 9 16 8 6 15 17 15 14 21 2 22 20 13 22 25
14 Alexandre Marsoin J Ret 11 27† 18 16 11 4 6 20 17 13 6 5 11 25
15 Tristan Vautier J 2 3 19 19 13 Ret 22
16 Markus Niemelä 5 9 23 Ret Ret 2 20
17 Fabio Leimer J 18 12 12 7 19 19 7 Ret 5 28† 16 24 21 32 17
18 Roberto Merhi J 13 10 Ret 5 21 15 16 Ret 16 9 9 28 11 6 16
19 Aleix Alcaraz J 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 7 19 17 12 23 15 9 16 13 7
20 Fabio Onidi 23 8 13 Ret 8 12 12 Ret 22 14 12 12 18 21 6
21 Jules Bianchi J NC Ret Ret 30 Ret 9 4
22 Daniel Zampieri J 14 14 11 Ret 17 22 24 11 10 Ret 23 21 34 15 4
23 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs J Ret 9 Ret 30† 20 19 27 20 3
24 Andrea Caldarelli J 28† 14 Ret 21 9 33 Ret 20 29 15 27 23 23 24 2
25 Federico Muggia Ret 10 2
26 Martin Plowman 29† Ret 31 13 18 20 17 Ret 18 12 19 16 12 19 1
27 Pierre Combot 1 J 13 13 9 11 19 14 0
28 Anton Nebylitskiy 2 J 12 17 14 Ret 20 23 27 13 Ret Ret 29 17 22 33† 0
29 Felipe Lapenna Ret 25 Ret 12 14 14 0
30 Miquel Julià Perello 19 27 17 25 24 26 21 18 26 21 21 Ret 14 16 0
31 Gary Hirsch 26 22 18 17 14 Ret 0
32 Jonathan Hirschi 15 18 20 15 0
31 Tiago Petiz 17 20 16 Ret Ret 24 Ret 15 30 16 Ret 22 0
33 Nicola Zonzini J 15 23 28 21 28 27 0
34 Facundo Crovo Ret Ret Ret 16 20 21 Ret 26 0
35 César Ramos J Ret 24† 24 31† 18 18 0
36 Stéphane Richelmi J 20 21 28 20 26 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 25 Ret 24 23 0
37 Pascal Kochem 24 29† 20 18 0
38 Pedro Nunes 24 Ret 24 28 29 29 23 19 27 19 0
39 Giovanni Nava J 22 19 Ret Ret 0
40 Pablo Montilla J 21 29 22 27 25 28 25 23 32 25 Ret 26 31 28 0
41 David Sigachev J 21 26 0
42 Joe Ghanem J 27 30 26 24 22 Ret Ret 22 0
43 Francesc Moreno J 25 24 29 29 Ret 27 22 Ret 33† 24 26 30 29 29 0
44 Alexander Khateeb Ret Ret Ret 22 0
45 Bianca Steiner J 23 32 0
46 Natalia Kowalska J 25 Ret 0
47 Simeon Ivanov J 30 Ret Ret Ret 26 31 0
48 Khalil Beschir 26 Ret 0
49 Jimmy Auby 27 31 0
Jaime Pintanez DNQ DNQ 0
The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing.
Mathieu Arzeno 1 1 Ret Ret -
Daniel Ricciardo 17 15 33 Ret -
Sergio Campana 25 18 -
Nelson Lukes 19 Ret -
Edouard Texte 23 22 -
Patrick Kronenberger J 28† 25 25 25 -
Jakub Giermaziak Ret 26 -
Nicolas Marroc 28 Ret 30 30 -
Pos Driver ZOL
 NÜR
 HUN
 DON
 MAG
 EST
 CAT
 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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

  • 1 Pierre Combot raced as guest driver with Cram Competition in rounds Magny Cours and Barcelona.
  • 2 Anton Nebylitskiy raced as guest driver with SG Formula at Estoril and Barcelona.

Teams
Pos Team Points
1 Epsilon RedBull 201
2 SG Drivers Project 127
3 SG Formula 112
4 Motopark Academy 99
5 Epsilon Euskadi 71
6 Prema Powerteam 54
7 Jenzer Motorsport 53
8 District Racing 44
9 Motorsport Arena 31
10 BVM Minardi Team 23
11 Graff Racing 22
12 Boutsen Energy Racing 22
13 Cram Competition 6
Carlin Motorsport 0
Omicron Racing 0
SL Formula Racing 0
Steiner Motorsport 0

References
  1. "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2007". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. "FRENAULT: EU 2.0: Series Estoril race two report". motorsport.com. 23 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. "FRENAULT: EU 2.0: Nurburgring race two notes". motorsport.com. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  4. "FRENAULT: EU 2.0: Hungaroring race two report". motorsport.com. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  5. "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2007". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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