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The 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

The 2016 season was the 26th and final season Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport and the first season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six events.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
Josef Kaufmann Racing^[1]	1	Jehan Daruvala^[2]		All
	2	Lando Norris^[3]	R	All
	3	Robert Shwartzman^[4]	R	All
Fortec Motorsports^[1]	5	Vasily Romanov^[1]		1–4
	5	Aleksandr Vartanyan^[5]	R G	7
	6	Bruno Baptista^[1]		All
	7	Nikita Troitskiy^[6]	R G	1, 3, 5–7
	49	Frank Bird^[5]	R G	7
	62	Ferdinand Habsburg^[1]		All
Tech 1 Racing^[1]	9	Dorian Boccolacci^[7]		All
	10	Hugo de Sadeleer^[8]		All
	11	Sacha Fenestraz^[8]	R	All
	12	Gabriel Aubry^[8]	R	All
R-ace GP^[9]	14	Will Palmer^[10]	R	All
	16	Julien Falchero^[11]	R	All
	33	Max Defourny^[12]		All
	47	Marcus Armstrong^[5]	R G	7
JD Motorsport^[1]	17	Aleksey Korneev^[13]	R	All
	18	James Allen^[1]		All
	46	Finlay Hutchinson^[14]	R G	5
AVF by Adrián Vallés^[1]	21	Henrique Chaves^[1]		All
	22	Harrison Scott^[15]		All
	23	Nerses Isaakyan^[4]	R G	1
	23	Nikita Mazepin^[16]		2–3
	24	Petru Florescu^[16]	R	2–3
	42	Julia Pankiewicz^[4]	R G	1
	43	Nerses Isaakyan^[17]	R G	3
Cram Motorsport^[18]	30	Rodrigo Pflucker^[18]	R	1–2
	31	David Richert^[18]		1–3
	31	Antoni Ptak Jr.^[14]	G	5
Technorace^[4]	35	Alessandro Perullo^[4]	R	All
MGR Motorsport^[4]	38	David Porcelli^[4]	R	1–2
MGR Motorsport^[4]	38	Colin Noble	G	3
Mark Burdett Motorsport	44	Finlay Hutchinson^[19]	R G	4
GMMA Formula Racing^[14]	45	Ghislain Cordeel	R G	5–7
TS Corse	48	Alex Peroni^[20]	G	7

Icon	Status
R	Rookie
G	Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015, The championship will take the Formula Renault 3.5 Series spot in the Monaco Grand Prix schedule. Rounds at Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will return in the series' calendar. These rounds (as well as Spa) will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series.^[21] On 9 October 2015, was announced that Monza round will be included in the schedule. The round was supported by Clio Cup Italia.^[22]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	16 April	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	R-ace GP	Lando Norris
	R2		16 April	Max Defourny	Jehan Daruvala	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
	R3		17 April	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
2	R	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	29 May	Sacha Fenestraz^{[N 1]}	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	2 July	Dorian Boccolacci	Dorian Boccolacci	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
	R2		2 July	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Dorian Boccolacci	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz
	R3		3 July	Dorian Boccolacci	Dorian Boccolacci	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Lando Norris
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	16 July	Lando Norris	Dorian Boccolacci	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
4	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	17 July	Harrison Scott	Max Defourny	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Lando Norris
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 August	Harrison Scott	Lando Norris	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Lando Norris
5	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	28 August	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	24 September	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Hugo de Sadeleer	Tech 1 Racing	Lando Norris
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	25 September	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Dorian Boccolacci	Tech 1 Racing	Lando Norris
7	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril	22 October	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Will Palmer	R-ace GP	Will Palmer
7	R2	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril	23 October	Sacha Fenestraz	Will Palmer	Sacha Fenestraz	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz

^ Originally scored by Lando Norris, the Brit had all his times deleted due to a breach of the technical regulations. Ferdinand Habsburg would have inherited pole position, but he had to serve a 2-place grid penalty from the previous round.

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	ALC			MON	MNZ			RBR		LEC		SPA		EST		Pts
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
1	Lando Norris	2	1	1	16	1	7	2	1	3	2	1	3	2	16	2	253
2	Dorian Boccolacci	11	2	4	4	2	1	3	10	4	5	3	2	1	5	4	200
3	Max Defourny	1	4	2	3	8	2	4	2	2	4	2	11	15	Ret	3	188.5
4	Harrison Scott	4	3	3	8	3	13	1	4	1	1	9	14	5	6	8	172
5	Sacha Fenestraz	Ret	14	15	1	4	3	8	13	10	6	5	4	4	7	1	119.5
6	Hugo de Sadeleer	Ret	DNS	18	11	10	4	13	6	11	Ret	8	1	3	2	7	89
7	Will Palmer	13	6	20	9	6	Ret	7	Ret	6	3	10	Ret	9	1	22	76
8	Robert Shwartzman	5	8	9	12	5	6	6	11	Ret	7	11	Ret	14	3	6	75
9	Jehan Daruvala	3	5	13	15	7	Ret	Ret	5	7	Ret	7	9	Ret	10	11	62
10	Ferdinand Habsburg	10	7	12	2	Ret	10	12	3	8	8	6	7	11	Ret	12	57
11	Henrique Chaves	7	9	16	6	16	Ret	10	15	5	12	18	17	8	17	5	41
12	Gabriel Aubry	Ret	10	11	7	Ret	Ret	5	14	12	15	4	6	Ret	Ret	15	35
13	Julien Falchero	15	11	7	10	13	9	11	7	16	9	12	10	7	12	12	32.5
14	Bruno Baptista	6	12	6	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	9	13	Ret	14	15	12	8	9	28
15	Aleksey Korneev	9	15	8	18	9	Ret	9	8	9	11	13	12	13	13	19	22
16	Nikita Mazepin				5	12	8	Ret									11
17	James Allen	17	13	17	13	19	11	17	12	15	13	16	5	Ret	Ret	13	11
18	Vasily Romanov	14	Ret	10	19	11	14	Ret	16	14							2
19	Alessandro Perullo	Ret	DNS	DNS	21	17	12	14	Ret	Ret	14	21	16	10			2
20	Rodrigo Pflucker	16	16	19	14												0
21	Petru Florescu				17	15	17	15									0
22	David Porcelli	18	17	21	Ret												0
23	David Richert	20	18	22	20	18	19	19									0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Alex Peroni														4	18	0
	Nikita Troitskiy	8	Ret	5		22	5	Ret			Ret	17	8	6	11	16	0
	Marcus Armstrong														9	10	0
	Antoni Ptak Jr.										10	15					0
	Nerses Isaakyan	12	20	14		14	16	16									0
	Ghislain Cordeel										16	19	13	DNS	14	21	0
	Frank Bird														15	20	0
	Colin Noble					Ret	18	18									0
	Julia Pankiewicz	19	19	23													0
	Finlay Hutchinson								Ret	Ret	Ret	20					0
	Aleksandr Vartanyan														Ret	17	0
Pos	Driver	ALC			MON	MNZ			RBR		LEC		SPA		EST		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	334
2	Tech 1 Racing	319.5
3	R-ace GP	231.5
4	AVF by Adrián Vallés	211
5	Fortec Motorsports	79
6	JD Motorsport	33
7	Technorace	0
8	Cram Motorsport	0
9	MGR Motorsport	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "The pre-selected teams for the 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0". Renault Sport. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ "Daruvala announces Formula Renault 2.0 and Toyota programme for 2016". 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ "Lando Norris to compete in BRDC F4, Eurocup and NEC for 2016". 1 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "FR 20 Eurocup Entry list". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "RETURN TO ESTORIL FOR THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 FINALE!". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (18 December 2015). "Nikita Troitskiy joins Fortec for FR2.0 NEC campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ Gruz, David (11 February 2016). "Boccolacci moves to Eurocup FR2.0 with Tech 1 Racing". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Allen, Peter (16 December 2015). "Fenestraz and Aubry sign with Tech 1 for Formula Renault 2.0". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ "Renault Sport Series on Twitter". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (18 January 2016). "Will Palmer to do Formula Renault full-time with ART Junior Team". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (4 February 2016). "Julien Falchero becomes ART Junior Team's third 2016 signing". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (11 January 2016). "Max Defourny to continue in Formula Renault with ART Junior Team". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (6 February 2016). "Alexey Korneev to do full Formula Renault season with JD Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 returns to action at Circuit Paul Ricard". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (17 February 2016). "Scott and Oskoui lead AVF Formula Renault line-up". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "FR 20 Eurocup Monaco Entry list" (PDF). Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 RETURNS TO MONZA!". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "With us at new 2016 Race Season". Cram Motorsport. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ "THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 READY TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS!". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016. Finally, wild-card entry Finlay Hutchison (Mark Burdett Motorsport) will make his first appearance of the season.
^ Costa, Massimo (13 October 2016). "TS Corse a Estoril con Peroni". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (6 September 2015). "Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 to support Monaco Grand Prix". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ Costa, Massimo (9 October 2015). "Nel calendario 2016 entra Monza Dal 2018 nuovi motori e vetture". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

External links

Renault-Sport official website

[23] Originally scored by Lando Norris, the Brit had all his times deleted due to a breach of the technical regulations. Ferdinand Habsburg would have inherited pole position, but he had to serve a 2-place grid penalty from the previous round.

[Teams-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "The pre-selected teams for the 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0". Renault Sport. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

[Daruvala-2] "Daruvala announces Formula Renault 2.0 and Toyota programme for 2016". 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[Norris-3] "Lando Norris to compete in BRDC F4, Eurocup and NEC for 2016". 1 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[Aragon-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "FR 20 Eurocup Entry list". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Estoril-5] "RETURN TO ESTORIL FOR THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 FINALE!". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[6] Allen, Peter (18 December 2015). "Nikita Troitskiy joins Fortec for FR2.0 NEC campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

[7] Gruz, David (11 February 2016). "Boccolacci moves to Eurocup FR2.0 with Tech 1 Racing". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

[Tech_1-8] Allen, Peter (16 December 2015). "Fenestraz and Aubry sign with Tech 1 for Formula Renault 2.0". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

[9] "Renault Sport Series on Twitter". Retrieved 21 February 2016.

[10] Allen, Peter (18 January 2016). "Will Palmer to do Formula Renault full-time with ART Junior Team". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[11] Allen, Peter (4 February 2016). "Julien Falchero becomes ART Junior Team's third 2016 signing". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[12] Allen, Peter (11 January 2016). "Max Defourny to continue in Formula Renault with ART Junior Team". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[13] Allen, Peter (6 February 2016). "Alexey Korneev to do full Formula Renault season with JD Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[Le_Castellet-14] "The Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 returns to action at Circuit Paul Ricard". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[15] Allen, Peter (17 February 2016). "Scott and Oskoui lead AVF Formula Renault line-up". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[Monaco-16] "FR 20 Eurocup Monaco Entry list" (PDF). Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[17] "THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 RETURNS TO MONZA!". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[Cram-18] "With us at new 2016 Race Season". Cram Motorsport. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[19] "THE EUROCUP FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 READY TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS!". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016. Finally, wild-card entry Finlay Hutchison (Mark Burdett Motorsport) will make his first appearance of the season.

[20] Costa, Massimo (13 October 2016). "TS Corse a Estoril con Peroni". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[21] Allen, Peter (6 September 2015). "Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 to support Monaco Grand Prix". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[22] Costa, Massimo (9 October 2015). "Nel calendario 2016 entra Monza Dal 2018 nuovi motori e vetture". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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