2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Company type	Racing series
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Europe
Area served	Northern Europe
Products	Formula Renault 2.0 racing events

The 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup represented the series' seventh iteration. The season kicked off at Hockenheimring on 21 April and wrapped up on 14 October at Spa, encompassing a total of 20 races distributed over eight meetings.

Drivers and teams

With the discontinuation of the Formula Renault UK championship in 2012, British team Fortec Motorsports joined the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC grid, enlisting drivers such as refugee Josh Hill and the reigning Intersteps champion Jake Dennis. Concurrently, Manor Competition participated with driver Jordan King.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Inter Europol Competition	2	Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jakub Śmiechowski	Entire season
	3	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Remi Kirchdörffer	Entire season
	4	Lena Heun	Rounds 1–8
Josef Kaufmann Racing	5	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pieter Schothorst	Rounds 1–2, 4–5
	6	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Riberas	Rounds 1–2, 5
	7	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Stoffel Vandoorne	Rounds 1–2, 5
SL Formula Racing	8	Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall David Freiburghaus	Rounds 1–6
	9	Robert Siska	Rounds 1–2, 5–6
	41	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alessio Picariello	Rounds 3–4, 6, 8
Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Van Amersfoort Racing	10	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roman Beregech	Entire season
	11	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jeroen Slaghekke	Entire season
Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall PositionOne Motorsport	14	Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Leopold Ringbom	Entire season
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Keerbergs Transport Racing	16	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Victor Colomé	Entire season
	17	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Yu Kanamaru	Entire season
	18	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Ignazio D'Agosto	Entire season
20	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Frank Suntjens	Entire season
23	Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Sandy Stuvik	Entire season
24	Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Victor Bouveng	Rounds 1–3,5–8
26	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nyck de Vries	Rounds 1–2,4–5,8
27	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pierre Gasly	Rounds 1–2,5
28	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andrea Pizzitola	Rounds 1–2,4–5,8
30	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Raoul Owens	Round 8 only
31	Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Kevin Kleveros	Round 1 only
32	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jordan King	Full season
33	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Meindert van Buuren	Full season
34	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Steijn Schothorst	Full season
35	Template:Country data THATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tanart Sathienthirakul	Full season
36	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexey Chuklin	Rounds 1–3,5–6

(Note: The table is abbreviated here for clarity but includes all principal entries.)

Race calendar and results

The initial schedule for the eight-event series in the 2012 campaign was revealed on 22 November 2011. Subsequently, the Spa round was rescheduled to serve as the finale.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team	Event Name
1	R1	Hockenheimring	21 April	"""" Stoffel Vandoorne	"""" Stoffel Vandoorne	"""" Stoffel Vandoorne	"""" Josef Kaufmann Racing	"Preis der Stadt Stuttgart"
	R2		"22 April"	"""" Stoffel Vandoorne"	"""" Stoffel Vandoorne"	"""" Jake Dennis"	"""" Fortec Motorsport"
	R3		"22 April"	"""" Jeroen Slaghekke"	"""" Nyck de Vries"	"""" Stoffel Vandoorne"	"""" Josef Kaufmann Racing"
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Drivers' Championship

• Points were allocated to the top twenty finishers in each race on a scale of: 30 for first place, followed by 24 for second, then descending through: 20,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2 and finally one point for twentieth position.

rowspan=2 width=30px align=center scope=row Pos. rowspan=2 width=150px align=center scope=row Driver name colspan=3 width=75px align=center HOC colspan=2 width=50px align=center NÜR colspan=3 width=75px align=center OSC colspan=2 width=50px align=center ASS colspan=2 width=50px align=center RBR colspan=3 width=75px align=center MST colspan=3 width=75px align=center ZAN colspan=2 width=50px align=center SPA rowspan=2 width=60px align=center Total Points 1 \nJake Dennis (GBR) \n3 \n1 \n2 \n12 \n7 \n3 \n4 \n1 \n1 \n3 \n4 \n2 \n3 \n7 \n4 \n3 \n3 \n5 \nRetired \n7 \n376 2 \nJordan King (GBR) ... [Table continues with similar formatting for other competitors]

Bold indicates Pole Position
Italic signifies Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	HOC			NÜR		OSC			ASS Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall		RBR Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall		MST Template:Country data CZETemplate:Namespace detect showall			ZAN Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall			SPA Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall		Points
1	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Fortec Motorsport	3	1	2	6	4	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	6	4	1	2	2	1	7	471
2	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manor Motorsport / MP Motorsport	2	5	5	2	5	2	2	3	6	2	9	7	2	3	1	4	1	1	9	9	404