2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
Company type	Motorsport racing series
Industry	Auto racing
Founded	2006
Area served	Northern Europe
Key people	António Félix da Costa (2009 drivers' champion)
Website	www.necup.com

The 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup represented the series' fourth installment. The championship kicked off at Zandvoort on 12 April and wrapped up on 4 October at Spa, featuring a total of sixteen contests.

Driving for Motopark Academy, António Félix da Costa clinched the title by winning nine races, securing the team's fourth consecutive drivers' championship. His fellow teammates, Danish racers Kevin Magnussen and Marco Sørensen, completed the podium places, resulting in Motopark's third successive clean sweep of the top three positions.

Drivers and teams

2009 Competitor Roster
Team	No.	Driver	Participation
Germany Motopark Academy	3	Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Luís Felipe Derani	Full season
	4	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Bart Hylkema	Full season
	5	Template:Country data SWE Template:Namespace detect showall Jimmy Eriksson	Full season
	6	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa	Rounds 1–2, 4–8
	7	Template:Country data DNK Template:Namespace detect showall Marco Sørensen	Rounds 1–2, 4–8
	8	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall Juan Jacobo	Rounds 1–2
	9	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rounds 1–2, 4–8
	10	Template:Country data DNK Template:Namespace detect showall Kevin Magnussen	Rounds 1–2, 4–8
	48	Template:Country data POL Template:Namespace detect showall Kuba Giermaziak	Rounds 4–8
Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Koiranen GP	11	Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Jukka Honkavuori	Round 3 only
	16	Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Daniel Aho	Entire season
	17	Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Toomas Heikkinen	Entire season
	18	Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Jesse Laine	Entire season
Germany Jedi-Racing Team	12	Germany Julian Eisenreich	Full participation
Germany Brinkmann	14	Template:Flagicon DEU Dominik Brinkmann	Rounds 1–2, and 4
Template:Flagicon NLD Van Amersfoort Racing	19	Template:Flagicon NLD Mathijs Harkema	Selected events

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team	Event Name
1	R1	Template:Flagicon NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort	12 April	Template:Flagicon GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa	Template:Flagicon GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy	Easter Races
1	R2	Template:Flagicon NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort	13 April	—	Template:Flagicon GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa	Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy	Easter Races
2	R1	Template:Flagicon DEU Hockenheimring	25 April	Template:Flagicon DNK Kevin Magnussen	Template:Flagicon DNK Kevin Magnussen	Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa	Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy	Hockenheim Historic
2	R2	Template:Flagicon DEU Hockenheimring	26 April	—	Template:Flagicon DNK Marco Sørensen	Template:Flagicon COL Juan Jacobo	Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy	Hockenheim Historic
3	R1	Template:Flagicon FIN Alastaro Circuit	13 June	Template:Flagicon SWE Jimmy Eriksson	Template:Flagicon SWE Jimmy Eriksson	Template:Flagicon SWE Jimmy Eriksson	Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy	''Formula Renault 2.0 Finland''
3	R2	Template:Flagicon FIN Alastaro Circuit	14 June		Template:Flagicon BRA Pipo Derani	Template:Flagicon FIN Daniel Aho	Template:Flagicon FIN Koiranen GP	''Formula Renault 2.0 Finland''
4	R1	{{nowrap│Template:Flagicon DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben}}	20 June │{{nowrap│Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa}} │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy │rowspan=2\|'2009 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours'
4	R2 │21 June │— │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy
rowspan=2│5	R1 │rowspan=2│ Template:Flagicon NLD TT Circuit Assen │8 August │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy │rowspan=2\|'Rizla Racing Day'
R2 │9 August │— │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy
rowspan=2│6	R1 │rowspan=2│ Template:Flagicon CZE Autodrom Most │29 August │Template:Flagicon CZE Adam Kout │Template:Flagicon GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs │Template:Flagicon CZE Adam Kout │Template:Flagicon CZE Krenek Motorsport │rowspan=2\|'Truck GP'
R2 │30 August │— │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon PRT António Félix da Costa │Template:Flagicon DEU Motopark Academy
rowspan=2│7	R1 │rowspan=2│ Template:Flagicon DEU Nürburgring │19 September │Template:Flagicon DNK Kevin Magnussen │Template:Flagicon DNK Kevin Magnussen │Template:Flagicon DNK Kevin Magnussen │Template:Flagikon DEU Motopark Academy	rowspan=2\|'2009 World Series by Renault season#World Series by Renault World Series by Renault'''
R2	20 September	—	{{ flag icon PRT António Félix da Costa	{{ flag icon DEU Motopark Academy
row span = 2	R1	row span = 2	{{ flag icon BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 October	{{ flag icon PRT António Félix da Costa	{{ flag icon PRT António Félix da Costa	{{ flag icon PRT António Félix da Costa	{{ flag icon DEU Motopark Academy	row span = 2 'Spa Racing Festival'
R2	4 October	—	{{ flag icon DNK Kevin Magnussen	{{ flag icon DNK Marco Sørensen	{{ flag icon DEU Motopark Academy

Standings

Points allocation: 30, 24, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point for the twentieth position. Final rankings were determined by the best 14 results per driver.

... (remaining drivers omitted for brevity)

Position	Competitor	ZAN Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall		HOC Germany		ALA Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall		OSC Germany		ASS Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall		MST Template:Country data CZE Template:Namespace detect showall		NÜR Germany		SPA Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall		Total Points
Position	Competitor	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12	Race 13	Race 14	Race 15	Race 16	Total Points
1	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa	2	1	1	6			'1'	1	'1'	1	8	'1'	6	'1'	'1'	2	361
2	Template:Country data DNK Template:Namespace detect showall Kevin Magnussen	3	2	'3'	Retired			2	'3'	3	3	'3'	'3'	'1'	5	2	3	278
3	Template:Country data DNK Template:Namespace detect showall Marco Sørensen	6	3	4	4			7	2	2	6	7	2	19	Retired	5	1	232
4	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	'1'	'17'	'2'	'15'			'3'	'10'	'5'	'5'	'5'	'7'	'7'	'2'	'4'	'4'	229
5	Template:Country data EST Template:Namespace detect showall Kevin Korjus	'11'	'8'	'9'	'8'	'4'	'6'	'6'	'9'	'9'	'7'	" style=' background: # DF DF DF;'\|"2"\|					" style=' background: # D F F D F;'7"! 201
6	Template:Country data "FIN"Template:Namespace detect showall Daniel Aho																	"198"
7	Template:Country data "BRA"Template:Namespace detect showall Pipo Derani																	"192"

External links

Official Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship website