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2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

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Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
Company typeMotorsport championship
IndustryAuto racing
Founded2006
Area served
Northern Europe
ParentRenault Sport
Websitewww.necup.com

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup marked the third iteration of the championship, commencing on 26 April at Hockenheim and concluding on 5 October at Spa, with a total of sixteen races held throughout the season.

Dominating the competition, Motopark Academy driver Valtteri Bottas achieved twelve victories, earning the team's third successive drivers' championship title. His teammates, António Félix da Costa and Tobias Hegewald, secured the second and third positions respectively, contributing to Motopark's retention of the team championship for the second consecutive year.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Driver name Participation
Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Koiranen brothers 2 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Aho Full season
3 Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bart Hylkema Full season
44 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Toomas Heikkinen Partial (8 rounds)
Germany GU-Racing 5 Germany Maximilian Wissel Rounds 1–4
6 Template:Country data COLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Carlos Gaitán Quinones Rounds 1–4
Template:Country data DNKTemplate:Namespace detect showall KEO Racing 7 Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Kevin Kleveros Entire season
8 United States Robert Siska Round 7 only
Germany Motopark Academy 10 Germany Tobias Hegewald Rounds 1–3, 5–8
11 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Rounds 1–3, 5–8
12 Template:Country data DNKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Johan Jokinen Full season
13 Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa Full season
14 Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Vinicius Samarone Full season
22 Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kuba Giermaziak Rounds 1–3, 5–8
23 Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall Juan Pablo García Rounds 1–7
Team No. Driver name Participation
AR Motorsport 15 Kelvin Snoeks Entire season
16 Thomas Knopper Entire season
17 Arnold Neveling Rounds 4–8
36 Philip Forsman Rounds 7–8
TL Motorsport 18 Martin Tlusty Rounds 1–2,4–5,8
Krenek Motorsport 19 Adam Kout Rounds 7–8
28 Jakub Knoll Full season
29 Laurent Stieger Rounds 2–4,7
Van Amersfoort Racing 20 Stef Dusseldorp Full season
21 Nigel Melker Full season
Motopark Academy (MEX Motopark) 23 Juan Pablo García Round 8 only
MP Motorsport 25 Daniël de Jong Entire season
26 Mateusz Adamski Rounds 1–3,5–8
27

  │ {{flagicon │NLD │Nicky Catsburg │Full season │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │-   |-   │{{flagicon │AUT │Steiner Motorsport │30 │Bianca Steiner │Rounds 1–2,4,8 │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │-   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   |-   │{{flagicon │FIN │Kart Motorsport │30 │Jesse Laine │Round 3 only │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │- │-   |-   │{{flagicon │FIN │P1 Motorsport │31 │Jesse Krohn │Round 3 only |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   |-   }|

Team No. Driver name Participation
Template:Flagicon DEU SL Formula 32 Template:Flagicon DEU Marlene Dietrich Entire season
rowspan=2 Template:Flagicon SWE Trakstar Racing 36 Template:Flagicon SWE Philip Forsman Rounds 1–6
37 Template:Flagicon SWE Daniel Ivarson Rounds 2,4,8
Template:Flagicon FIN Wikman 44 Template:Flagicon FIN Juha-Pekka Wikman Round 3
rowspan=2 Template:Flagicon FIN Red Step Formula 45 Template:Flagicon FIN Ville Miilumäki Round 3
46 Template:Flagicon FIN Toomas Heikkinen Round 3
rowspan=3 Template:Flagicon GBR Fortec Motorsport 50 Template:Flagicon GBR James Calado Rounds 6,8
51 Template:Flagicon GBR Oliver Webb Rounds 6,8
55 Template:Flagicon GBR Alexander Morgan Round 8
Template:Flagicon GBR Double M Racing 55 Template:Flagicon GBR Alexander Morgan Rounds 5,7


Race schedule and outcomes

  31 August   Template:Flagicon FINValtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon FINValtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon FINValtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon DEUMotopark Academy 7 R1 Template:Flagicon BELCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 October Template:Flagicon DEUTobias HegewaldTemplate:Flagicon FINValtteri BottasTemplate:Flagicon FINValtteri BottasTemplate:Flagicon DEUMotopark AcademySpa Racing Festival - R2 5 October Template:Flagicon FINValtteri BottasTemplate:Flagicon FINValtteri BottasTemplate:Flagicon FINValtteri BottasTemplate:Flagicon DEUMotopark Academy }

Championship standings

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team Event
1 R1 Hockenheimring 26 April Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Jim Clark Revival
R2 27 April Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
2 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 31 May Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Jubileum Races
R2 1 June Valtteri Bottas Tobias Hegewald Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
3 R1 Alastaro Circuit 14 June Valtteri Bottas Johan Jokinen Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Formula Renault 2.0 Finland
R2 15 June Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
4 R1 6 July Motopark Academy FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
R2 7 July Johan Jokinen Johan Jokinen Johan Jokinen Motopark Academy
R1 TT Circuit Assen 2 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Rizla Racing Day
3 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
R1 Circuit Zolder 9 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Stef Dusseldorp minors Masters of Formula 3
10 August Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Valtteri Bottas Germany Tobias Hegewald Germany Motopark Academy
R1 Template:Flagicon DEUNürburgring

  30 August   Template:Flagicon FINValtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon FINValtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon FINValtteri Bottas   Template:Flagicon DEUMotopark Academy   2008 World Series by Renault season#World Series by Renault World Series by Renault

Points distribution per finishing position
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Points 30 24 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Points are allocated according to finishing order. Each round consists of two races lasting 25 minutes each.

Pos Driver HOC
DEU 		ZAN
NLD 		ALA
FIN 		OSC
DEU 		ASS
NLD 		ZOL
BEL 		NÜR
DEU 		SPA
BEL 		Total Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
align=left|Valtteri Bottas (FIN) '1' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |

style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' | style="background:#EFCFFF;"|'Ret' | style="background:#DFFFDF;"|'16'† | style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' | '1' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' |

365

align=left|António Félix da Costa (PRT)

'20' | '2' | '3' | '14' | '2' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '2' | '3' | '7' | '22' | '3' | '6'

279

align=left|Tobias Hegewald (DEU)

19† | 9 | '2' | '2' | '3' |

10 | 3 | 3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1' | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 ! 260

align=left|Stef Dusseldorp (NLD)

'2' | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | Retired (Ret)| 9| Retired (Ret)| 6| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'1'| 2| 4| 5| 14| 11 ! 224

align=left|Johan Jokinen (DNK) 
'3'
'4' '4'

† — Competitors classified despite not completing the race, having covered more than 90% of the distance.

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