2017 Formula Renault Northern European Cup

Drivers' Champion: Michaël Benyahia
Teams' Champion: R-ace GP

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The 2017 Formula Renault Northern European Cup is the twelfth Formula Renault Northern European Cup season, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Europe.

## Drivers and teams

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* For the Spa event, some drivers used different numbers in line with Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 regulations; each driver's Spa race number is displayed in tooltips.

Team  | No. | Driver name  | Rounds

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R-ace GP | 1 |  Charles Milesi[1] | All
2 |  Théo Coicaud[1] | All
3 |  Michaël Benyahia[1] | All
4 |  Gilles Magnus[2] | All
8  |  Will Palmer[3] | 4
9  |  Max Defourny[3] | 4
10  |  Robert Shwartzman[3] | 4
12  |  Raúl Guzmán[3] | 4
43  |  Logan Sargeant[4] | 5
Tech 1 Racing | 5  |  Thomas Maxwell[5] | 1, 3–4
6  |  Thomas Neubauer[5] | 1, 3–5
7  |  Max Fewtrell[5] | 1, 4
14 |  Gabriel Aubry[5] | 1, 3–5
Josef Kaufmann Racing | 11  |  Sacha Fenestraz[6] | 3–5
41 |  Yifei Ye[6] | 3–5
42 |  Luis Leeds[6] | 3–4
James Pull[4] | 5
AVF by Adrián Vallés | 13  |  Henrique Chaves[3] | 4
14  |  Xavier Lloveras[3] | 4
15  |  Axel Matus[3] | 4
16  |  Thomas Randle[3] | 4
Arden Motorsport | 15  |  James Pull[6] | 3
33  |  Dan Ticktum[6] | 3–4
34  |  Ghislain Cordeel[3] | 4
Aleksandr Vartanyan[4] | 5
81  |  Oscar Piastri[4] | 5
93  |  Zane Goddard[3] | 4
Fortec Motorsport | 17  |  Alex Peroni[3] | 4
18  |  Aleksey Korneev[3] | 4
19  |  Frank Bird[5] | 1, 4
20  |  Najiy Razak[3] | 4
51  |  Chia Wing Hoong[5] | 1
JD Motorsport | 21  |  Sun Yueyang[5] | 1, 3–4
22  |  Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[5] | 1, 3–4
23  |  Aleksandr Vartanyan[3] | 4
Burdett Motorsport  | 25  |  Julia Pankiewicz[5] | 1, 4
26  |  Presley Martono[5] | 1, 4
MP Motorsport | 29  |  Richard Verschoor[7] | 2, 4–5
30  |  Jarno Opmeer[7] | 2, 4–5
31  |  Neil Verhagen[7] | 2, 4
Anders Motorsport  | 48  |  Andreas Estner[4] | 5
BM Racing Team  | 96  |  Bartłomiej Mirecki[8] | All

## Calendar

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The provisional calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 2 December 2016.[9] On 28 December 2016 was confirmed that Circuit Paul Ricard will host the seventh venue for the season.[10]

A revision of the calendar reduced the number of rounds to five and amended the clashes between the series and the Eurocup series.[11] At Spa NEC drivers joined Eurocup drivers on the grid, but the Eurocup drivers were ineligible to score points, and despite that on track races 1 & 3 were won by Sacha Fenestraz and race 2 by Gabriel Aubry they didn't receive NEC trophies.[12]

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Pole Position  | Fastest Lap  | Winning Driver  | Winning Team  | Supporting

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1  | R1  |  Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 24 June  |  Gabriel Aubry |  Gabriel Aubry |  Gabriel Aubry |  Tech 1 Racing | Clio Cup Italia
R2  | 25 June  |  Gabriel Aubry |  Max Fewtrell |  Gabriel Aubry |  Tech 1 Racing
2  | R1  |  TT Circuit Assen | 5 August  |  Gilles Magnus |  Gilles Magnus |  Neil Verhagen |  MP Motorsport | Gamma Racing Days
R2  | 6 August  |  Gilles Magnus |  Gilles Magnus |  Richard Verschoor |  MP Motorsport
3  | R1  |  Nürburgring, Nürburg | 16 September  |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Josef Kaufmann Racing | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
R2  | 17 September  |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Josef Kaufmann Racing
4  | R1  |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 23 September |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Michaël Benyahia |  Gilles Magnus[N 1] |  R-ace GP | European Le Mans Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
R2  |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Max Defourny |  Charles Milesi[N 2] |  R-ace GP
R3  | 24 September  |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Sacha Fenestraz |  Gilles Magnus[N 1] |  R-ace GP
5  | R1  |  Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 7 October  |  Yifei Ye |  Yifei Ye |  Yifei Ye |  Josef Kaufmann Racing | Deutsche Tourenwagen Classics
R2  |  Yifei Ye |  Yifei Ye |  Yifei Ye |  Josef Kaufmann Racing

## Championship standings

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Points system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers.

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th |  11th |  12th |  13th |  14th |  15th |  16th |  17th |  18th |  19th |  20th

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Points  | 30  | 24  | 20  | 17  | 16  | 15  | 14  | 13  | 12  | 11  | 10  | 9  | 8  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1

### Drivers' championship

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| Pos. | Driver  | MNZ
| ASS
| NÜR
| SPA
| HOC
| Points

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11
1  |  Michaël Benyahia | Ret  | 3  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 5  | 27 | 24  | 23  | 9  | 9  | 163
2  |  Gilles Magnus | 5  | 4  | 7 | 2 | 8  | 6  | 14  | Ret  | 18  | 15  | 10  | 161
3  |  Bartłomiej Mirecki  | 3  | 11  | 6  | 5  | 11  | 11  | 30  | 30  | 26  | 11  | 6  | 151
4  |  Théo Coicaud  | 10  | 9  | 8  | 7  | 13  | 12  | 28  | 31  | 25  | 12  | 13  | 129.5
5  |  Gabriel Aubry | 1 | 1 |  |  | 5  | 2  | 6  | 1  | 4  | 6  | Ret  | 115
6  |  Sacha Fenestraz |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2  | 2  | 108
7  |  Charles Milesi | Ret  | 8  | 3  | Ret  | DSQ  | 7  | 23  | 20  | Ret  | 13  | 12  | 106
8  |  Yifei Ye |  |  |  |  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 7  | 8  | 1 | 1 | 104
9  |  Richard Verschoor |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  | 7  | 12  | Ret  | 3  | 5  | 90
10  |  Jarno Opmeer |  |  | 4  | 3  |  |  | 11  | 10  | 6  | 7  | 4  | 68
11  |  Thomas Neubauer | 6  | Ret  |  |  | 9  | Ret  | 25  | 33  | 29  | 14  | 11  | 52
12  |  Max Fewtrell | 2  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 5  | 4  | 9  |  |  | 48
13  |  James Pull |  |  |  |  | 10  | 9  |  |  |  | 10  | 7  | 48
14  |  Neil Verhagen |  |  | 1  | 4  |  |  | 8  | 8  | 5  |  |  | 47
15  |  Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | Ret  | 6  |  |  | 6  | 4  | 26  | 22  | 24  |  |  | 47
16  |  Aleksandr Vartanyan  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22  | 19  | 10  | 5  | 3  | 36
17  |  Thomas Maxwell  | Ret  | 5  |  |  | 14  | 8  | 13  | 13  | 12  |  |  | 36
18  |  Sun Yueyang | 4  | Ret  |  |  | 12  | 14  | 34  | 26  | Ret  |  |  | 33
19  |  Luis Leeds |  |  |  |  | 4  | 10  | 29  | 23  | Ret  |  |  | 28
20  |  Frank Bird | 9  | 7  |  |  |  |  | 32  | 27  | 20  |  |  | 26
21  |  Oscar Piastri |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 8  | 26
22  |  Julia Pankiewicz  | 7  | 10  |  |  |  |  | 31  | 29  | 28  |  |  | 25
23  |  Logan Sargeant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 14  | 24
24  |  Chia Wing Hoong  | 8  | 12  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
25  |  Presley Martono  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  |  |  | 20  | 17  | 17  |  |  | 0
|  Andreas Estner |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | WD  | WD  | 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
|  Max Defourny |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 2 | 3  |  |  |
|  Will Palmer |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 6  | 2  |  |  |
|  Robert Shwartzman |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 25  | Ret  |  |  |
|  Dan Ticktum |  |  |  |  | 3  | 13  | 18  | 11  | 7  |  |  |
|  Thomas Randle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 5  | 11  |  |  |
|  Henrique Chaves |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  | 9  | 14  |  |  |
|  Zane Goddard |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24  | 18  | 13  |  |  |
|  Axel Matus |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  | 14  | 19  |  |  |
|  Alex Peroni |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | 16  | 15  |  |  |
|  Aleksey Korneev |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  | 15  | 21  |  |  |
|  Raúl Guzmán |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16  | 32  | 16  |  |  |
|  Xavier Lloveras  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21  | 21  | 22  |  |  |
|  Najiy Razak  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33  | 28  | 27  |  |  |
Pos. | Driver  | MNZ
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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points finish
Blue | Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired (Ret)
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ)
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
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

### Teams' championship

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Pos  | Team  | Points

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1  |  R-ace GP | 348
2  |  Josef Kaufmann Racing | 204
3  |  MP Motorsport | 174
4  |  Tech 1 Racing | 170
5  |  BM Racing Team  | 87
6  |  JD Motorsport | 40
7  |  Arden Motorsport | 80
8  |  Fortec Motorsports | 12
9  |  Burdett Motorsport  | 7
NC  |  Anders Motorsport  | 0
Teams ineligible for points
NC  |  AVF by Adrián Vallés | 0

## Footnotes

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1. ^ a b Sacha Fenestraz won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't a Northern European Cup regular.
2. ^ Gabriel Aubry won the race, but he wasn't eligible to claim winning trophy at Spa because he wasn't a Northern European Cup regular.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Max Defourny to stay in Eurocup Formula Renault with R-ace GP". Paddock Scout. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
2. ^ "Gilles Magnus joins R-ace GP in FR2.0 NEC". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "THE FIRST TITLES COULD BE DECIDED AT SPA?". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
4. ^ a b c d e "PREVIEW: FR NEC TITLE FIGHT FINELY POISED AHEAD OF HOCKENHEIM FINALE". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Provisional Entry-list" (PDF). necup.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
6. ^ a b c d e Noor, Tania (13 September 2017). "FR NEC RESUMES AT WORLD-FAMOUS NURBURGRING". necup.com. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
7. ^ a b c "Formule Renault 2.0 NEC: MP Motorsport neemt deel aan de NEC op TT Circuit Assen". autosport.nl (in Dutch). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
8. ^ Noor, Tania (2 March 2017). "ENTRIES STACKING UP FOR FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 NEC". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
9. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC — Timeline". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
10. ^ Evers, Jurgen (28 December 2016). "PAUL-RICARD TO HOST THE 7TH VENUE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP". Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
11. ^ "NEC presents an amended 2017 programme and calendar". Renault Sport. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
12. ^ Noor, Tania (20 September 2017). "FORMULA RENAULT NEC SET FOR SPA TRIPLE-HEADER". Formula Renault Northern European Cup. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

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