Car race in Europe
The 2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup was the inaugural season of the Alpine Elf Europa Cup, the one-make sports car racing series organized by Alpine for Alpine A110 Cup cars. It began on 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 12 October, at Monza after six double-header meetings.
Team
Drivers
Class
Rounds
CMR-CCF
2
Vincent Beltoise
All
Milan Competition
3
Denis Gibaud[ N 1]
G
6
8
Nicolas Milan
All
9
Phillippe Bourgois
G
1–2
Jean-Marc Thévenot
G
3
Alessandro Sebasti Scalera
G
5
12
Marc Guillot
2–3, 5–6
15
Gaël Castelli
4–6
77
Thomas Padovani
All
Sten Pentus [ N 1]
5
Racing Technology
4
Mathieu Blaise
All
11
Sylvain Noël
G
All
110
Eric Helary [ N 2]
G G
1
Thierry Soave[ N 2]
G G
Paul Englert[ N 2]
G
2
Bernard Romain[ N 2]
G
3
Mathieu Sentis[ N 2]
G
Oliver Webb [ N 2]
G
4
Stéphane Lémeret[ N 2]
G G
5
Jaime Hernandez[ N 2]
G
6
Automeca-Super U
5
Stéphane Proux
1–2, 3, 5–6
Emmanuel Guigou
1–2
Automeca-RCC
7
Franc Rouxel
G
All
Team VRT
9
Marc de Fulgencio[ N 1]
J
6
Autosport GP
14
Marc Sevestre
G
1, 3, 5
Julien Neveu
2, 4, 6
17
Jean-Baptiste Mela
J
All
18
Pierre Macchi
G
1–2, 4, 6
Pierre Combot
3, 5–6
Team Duty Car
29
Alessandro Sebasti Scalera
G
1
Lucas Lasserre
2–3
Jean-Philippe Desplat[ N 1]
G
5
CMR-GRR
33
Grégory Romano
G
1–3, 5–6
Autosport GP-Patrick Roger
69
Laurent Hurgon
G
All
CMR
76
Pierre Sancinéna
All
Icon
Class
G
Gentlemen
J
Junior
G
Guest
Race calendar and results [ edit ]
A five-round calendar was revealed along with the announcement of the series on 26 October 2017.[ 1] The schedule consisted of 5 circuits for the first year of the series with all rounds supporting either the International GT Open or the FFSA GT Championship .
Round
Circuit
Date
Pole Position
Race Winner
Junior Winner
Gentlemen Winner
1
R1
Circuit Paul Ricard , Le Castellet
1 June
No. 76 CMR
No. 76 CMR
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Pierre Sancinéna
Pierre Sancinéna
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
R2
2 June
No. 76 CMR
No. 2 CMR-CFF
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Pierre Sancinéna
Vincent Beltoise
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
2
R1
Nürburgring
22 June
No. 76 CMR
No. 76 CMR
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger
Pierre Sancinéna
Pierre Sancinéna
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Laurent Hurgon
R2
23 June
No. 76 CMR
No. 76 CMR
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Pierre Sancinéna
Pierre Sancinéna
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
3
R1
Dijon-Prenois
14 July
No. 76 CMR
No. 76 CMR
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Pierre Sancinéna
Pierre Sancinéna
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
R2
15 July
No. 8 Milan Competition
No. 12 Milan Competition
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Nicolas Milan
Marc Guillot
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
4
R1
Silverstone Circuit
1 September
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Oliver Webb
Oliver Webb
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
R2
2 September
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Oliver Webb
Oliver Webb
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
5
R1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
22 September
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger
Stéphane Lémeret
Stéphane Lémeret
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Laurent Hurgon
R2
23 September
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 110 Racing Technology
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Stéphane Lémeret
Stéphane Lémeret
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
6
R1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
21 October
No. 8 Milan Competition
No. 8 Milan Competition
No. 9 Team VRT
No. 11 Racing Technology
Nicolas Milan
Nicolas Milan
Marc de Fulgencio
Sylvain Noël
R2
21 October
No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger
No. 8 Milan Competition
No. 17 Autosport GP
No. 11 Racing Technology
Laurent Hurgon
Nicolas Milan
Jean-Baptiste Mela
Sylvain Noël
Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top 20 drivers. If less than 75% of the race distance is completed then half points are awarded. If less than two laps are completed then no points are given.[ 2]
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th-20th
Points
20
15
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
Driver
LEC
NÜR
DIJ
SIL
SPA
CAT
1
Pierre Sancinéna
1
15
1
1
1
9
5
9
8
4
6
4
138
2
Nicolas Milan
2
2
3
3
11
7
8
5
5
7
1
1
137
3
Sylvain Noël
3
4
6
4
3
3
6
6
7
2
5
6
119
4
Jean-Baptiste Mela
4
3
15
5
Ret
2
4
7
4
6
9
5
101
5
Vincent Beltoise
10
1
16
6
5
5
2
3
6
8
Ret
14
99
6
Gaël Castelli
3
2
2
3
3
Ret
90
7
Marc Guillot
5
8
2
1
17
9
2
2
84
8
Laurent Hurgon
11
5
2
17
4
4
Ret
8
3
10
Ret
9
77
9
Julien Neveu
4
2
7
4
4
3
66
10
Thomas Padovani
5
6
11
13
8
11
10
Ret
9
10
7
39
11
Mathieu Blaise
16
10
7
10
9
12
9
10
11
12
8
10
33
12
Lucas Lasserre
17
9
7
6
17
13
Grégory Romano
8
13
12
14
14
15
14
14
11
12
16
14
Marc Sevestre
7
9
10
13
12
15
14
15
Franc Rouxel
13
14
14
15
16
17
12
11
15
16
12
16
13
16
Alessandro Sebasti Scalera
12
8
10
11
11
17
Pierre Combot
6
10
18
DNS
Ret
10
18
Pierre Macchi
9
12
13
12
11
12
Ret
10
19
Emmanuel Guigou
7
10
8
20
Phillippe Bourgois
15
11
9
11
8
21
Stéphane Proux
14
16
15
16
16
17
13
15
8
22
Jean-Marc Thévenot
12
14
2
Drivers ineligible to score points
Eric Helary
6
Thierry Soave
Ret
Paul Englert
8
7
Bernard Romain
13
Mathieu Sentis
8
Oliver Webb
1
1
Stéphane Lémeret
1
1
Jean-Philippe Desplat
13
13
Sten Pentus
5
Marc de Fulgencio
7
8
Jaime Hernandez
14
11
Denis Gibaud
Ret
13
Driver
LEC
NÜR
DIJ
SIL
SPA
CAT
^ a b c d Drivers who started their first race of the season at the penultimate or final rounds are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.
^ a b c d e f g h Guest drivers in the #110 Racing Technology entry are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.