2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
Company type	Racing series
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Europe, Various
Area served	Europe
Key people	Matt Parry (2013 champion)
Products	Open-wheel racing events
Parent	Renault Sport
Website	www.renaultsport.com/Formula-Renault-2-0-NEC.html

The 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup represented the eighth iteration of this open-wheel racing series, designed to develop young driving talent across Europe. The championship spanned from 7 April at Hockenheimring through to 14 October at Zandvoort, encompassing sixteen races held over seven separate meetings.

The championship crown was claimed by Fortec Motorsport competitor Matt Parry, who achieved five race wins during the season. His teammate, Jack Aitken, secured second place overall with five podium finishes, while Dennis Olsen completed the top three, having stood on the podium three times. Additional race victories were earned by guest participants including Oliver Rowland, Steijn Schothorst, Andrea Pizzitola, Esteban Ocon, Óscar Tunjo, and Jake Dennis.

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing	1	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Steijn Schothorst	1, 5–7
	2	Template:Country data SWE Template:Namespace detect showall Gustav Malja	1–2, 6
	3	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall Óscar Tunjo	2, 4, 6
	4	Template:Country data NOR Template:Namespace detect showall Dennis Olsen	All
	5	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Louis Delétraz	All
Template:Country data POL Template:Namespace detect showall Inter Europol Competition	6	Template:Country data POL Template:Namespace detect showall Jakub Śmiechowski	All
	45	Germany Max Biedermann	6–7
Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Fortec Motorsports	7	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jake Dennis	1–2
	8	Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Mikko Pakkari	1–2, 5
	9	Template:Country data ARE Template:Namespace detect showall Ed Jones	1–2
	28	Template:Country data IND Template:Namespace detect showall Shahaan Engineer	1–2
	29	Template:Country data IDN Template:Namespace detect showall Philo Paz Armand	All
	30	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	All
	31	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jack Aitken	All
	52	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Sam MacLeod	4–6

Race calendar and results

The schedule for the seven-event season of 2013 was made public on 2 November 2012.

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Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Germany Hockenheimring	6 April	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Esteban Ocon	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Esteban Ocon	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall R-ace GP#ART Junior Team│ART Junior Team	Preis der Stadt Stuttgart
	R2		7 April	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Esteban Ocon	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jake Dennis	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Fortec Motorsports
	R3		7 April	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Andrea Pizzitola	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Andrea Pizzitola	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Andrea Pizzitola	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall R-ace GP#ART Junior Team│ART Junior Team
2	R1	Germany Nürburgring	21 April	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall Óscar Tunjo	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Fortec Motorsports	Automobilclub von Deutschland#AvD_100_Miles│AvD 100 Miles
2	R2	Germany Nürburgring	21 April	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Esteban Ocon	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Fortec Motorsports	Automobilclub von Deutschland#AvD_100_Miles│AvD 100 Miles
3	R1	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Silverstone Circuit	1 June	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jack Aitken	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Fortec Motorsports	'2013 Blancpain Endurance Series season#Silverstone_1000_km│2013 Blancpain Endurance Series season'
3	R2		2 June	{{flagicon GBR}} Jack Aitken	{{flagicon GBR}} Jack Aitken	{{flagicon GBR}} Matt Parry	{{flagicon GBR}} Fortec Motorsports
R1	rowspan=2 nowrap="" \| {{flagicon BEL}} Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 July	{{flagicon COL}} Óscar Tunjo	{{flagicon COL}} Óscar Tunjo	{{flagicon COL}} Óscar Tunjo	{{flagicon DEU}} Josef Kaufmann Racing	rowspan=2\|'Spa_24_Hours#2013_Spa_24_Hours│Spa_24_Hours'
27 July	{{flagicon COL}} Óscar Tunjo	{{flagicon GBR}} Matt Parry	{{flagicon GBR}} Matt Parry	{{flagicon GBR}} Fortec Motorsports
R1	rowspan=2 \| {{flagicon NLD}} TT Circuit Assen	3 August	nowrap="" \| {{flagicon NLD}} Steijn Schothorst	nowrap="" \| {{flagicon NLD}} Steijn Schothorst	nowrap="" \| {{flagicon NLD}} Steijn Schothorst	nowrap="" \| {{flagicon DEU}} Josef Kaufmann Racing	rowspan=2\|'Gamma Racing Day'
4 August	{{flagicon NLD}} Steijn Schothorst	{{flagicon NLD}} Steijn Schothorst	{{flagikon NLD}} Steijn Schothorst	{{flagikon DEU}} Josef Kaufmann Racing
R1	rowspan=3 \| {{flaggon CZE}} Autodrom Most	31 August	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon NLD}} Manor Motorsport#MP_Motorsport│Manor MP Motorsport	rowspan=3\|'ADAC Truck Grand Prix'
R3	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_France.svg/20px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" alt="France" />	Andrea Pizzitola	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_United_Kingdom.svg/20px-Flag_of_United_Kingdom.svg.png" alt="United Kingdom" />	Alexander Albon	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" alt="Netherlands" />	Steijn Schothorst	<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/20px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" alt="Germany" />	Josef Kaufmann Racing
rowspan=3 \| {{flaggon NLD}} Circuit Park Zandvoort	12 October	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon NLD}} Manor Motorsport#MP_Motorsport│Manor MP Motorsport	rowspan=3\|'Formido Finaleraces'
13 October	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon GBR}} Oliver Rowland	{{flaggon NLD}} Manor Motorsport#MP_Motorsport│Manor MP Motorsport
{{flaggon NOR}} Dennis Olsen	Race cancelled due to rain.

Championship standings

Points for the championship were distributed to the top 20 finishers in each race following this scale: 30, 24, 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Position	Competitor	HOC Germany			NÜR Germany		SIL Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall		SPA Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall		ASS Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall		MST Template:Country data CZE Template:Namespace detect showall			ZAN Template:Country data NLD 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	Race 17	Total Points
1	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Parry	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	2	Retired	23	26	4	Retired		289
2	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jack Aitken	5	Retired	22	8	9	2	2	3	20	2	4	4	3	12	5	4		230
3	Template:Country data NOR Template:Namespace detect showall Dennis Olsen	11	16	11	7	12	3	4	12	7	3	3	10	6	10	6	style = "background: #DFFFDF"	5		"211"
4	align=left Template:Country data "GBR"Template:Namespace detect showall Oliver Rowland											style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\| 1 style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\| 1 style =" background :#FFDF9F; "\|3 style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\| 1 style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\| 1		208
5	align=left Template:Country data "NLD"Template:Namespace detect showall Steijn Schothorst								style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\| 1 style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\| 1 style =" background :#DFFFDF; "\|5 style =" background :#DFFFDF; "\|4 style =" background :#FFFFBF; font-weight:bold; "\|1 style =" background :#DFDFDF; "\|2 style =" background :#DFFFDF; "\|6		202

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

External links

Official site for the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series