2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup was the first season for the WEC series. It absorbed the French Formula Renault championship that offers a reward for the best French driver and rookie driver. It also has the Challenger Cup which is for drivers using cars that run with the 2004 aerodynamic kit.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver name Rounds
Epsilon Euskadi 1 Jake Rosenzweig All
2 Pablo Montilla All
3 Richard Campollo All
7 Albert Costa All
8 Roberto Merhi All
62 Pedro Bianchini 6
SG Formula 4 Ramez Azzam 1-3, 5–8
5 Anton Nebylitskiy All
6 Jean-Éric Vergne All
12 Daniel Ricciardo All
14 Andrea Caldarelli All
15 Miki Monrás 6-8
33 Tristan Vautier 3-8
Pole Services 10 Benjamin Lariche All
11 Antony Tardieu All
16 Maxime Jousse All
Araujo Competicao 17 Gonçalo Araújo 1
18 Hugo Mesquita 1
19 Luís Santos 1
Boutsen Energy Racing 20 Benjamin Bailly 1
21 Nathanaël Berthon All
68 Dominic Storey 5
TCS Racing 22 Julien Abelli All
34 Mathieu Arzeno 3-4, 7
45 Nicolas Marroc 1-4
Team Palmyr 23 Didier Colombat 1-4, 6–8
24 Jean-Michel Ogier 1-4, 6–8
25 Jean-Marc Menahem 1-2, 4, 6, 8
27 Max Lefèvre 1-4, 6–8
28 David Zollinger 1-2, 4, 8
50 Gérard Tonelli 3
Racing Team Trajectoire 26 Sylvain Milesi 1-3
Epsilon Sport 29 Bastien Borget All
33 Tristan Vautier 1-2
34 Mathieu Arzeno 3-4, 7
35 Stéphane Richelmi 1-4
51 André Negrão 7-8
iQuick 30 Mikel Otegi All
31 Himar Acosta 3
32 Marcelo Conchado 1
Amiter Galuppo Sport 3, 7
Hitech Junior Team 36 Richard Singleton 3, 6–7
37 Miki Monrás 1-5
38 Luciano Bacheta 1, 6–7
39 Juan Jacobo 7
40 Ashley Walsh All
Fortec Motorsports 41 Dean Smith 6, 8
42 Daniel McKenzie All
43 Gabriel Dias 1-6
54 Thomas Hylkema 6
58 Fredrik Blomstedt 6
Rodrive Competicoes 46 Pol Rosell 3, 5, 8
Manor Motorsport 52 Alexander Sims 6
56 Henry Surtees 6
MP Motorsport 53 Daniël de Jong 6
Jenzer Motorsport 77 Nico Müller 8
Lycée D'Artagnan 132 Daniel Harout 1
327 Laurent Lamolinairie 1

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Circuit Nogaro March 23 Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
2 March 24 Daniel Ricciardo Andrea Caldarelli Andrea Caldarelli SG Formula
2 3 Dijon-Prenois May 10 Roberto Merhi Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
4 May 11 Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
3 5 Circuit de Valencia June 21 Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
6 June 22 Daniel Ricciardo Roberto Merhi Benjamin Lariche Pole Services
4 7 Circuit de la Sarthe September 7 Daniel Ricciardo Roberto Merhi Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
5 8 Autódromo do Estoril September 27 Albert Costa Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
9 September 28 Daniel Ricciardo Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Epsilon Euskadi
5 10 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps October 4 Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Epsilon Euskadi
11 October 5 Daniel Ricciardo Roberto Merhi Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
6 12 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours October 11 Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Epsilon Euskadi
13 October 12 Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Andrea Caldarelli SG Formula
7 14 Circuit de Catalunya October 18 Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo SG Formula
15 October 19 Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo Andrea Caldarelli SG Formula

Results and standings

Race point system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

1 point is given to every pole position holder. 1 point is also given to the fastest driver in each lap. There are 2 race rounds. The first is between 60 kilometres (37 mi) and 80 kilometres (50 mi). The second race is between 20 and 30 minutes.

In Round 6 of the Valencia race, Daniel Ricciardo, Andrea Caldarelli and Jean-Éric Vergne were disqualified for technical regulation non-conformity in their SG Formula's rear wings.[1] Benjamin Lariche, who came in 3rd, was declared the race winner instead.

Drivers

Pos[2][3] Driver
NOG
DIJ
VAL
LEM
EST
SPA
MAG
CAT 		Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 Daniel Ricciardo 1 5 1 1 1 DSQ 1 1 2 2 1 6 4 1 2 192
2 Roberto Merhi 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 184
3 Andrea Caldarelli 2 1 4 4 3 DSQ 8 Ret 9 3 3 4 1 2 1 129
4 Jean-Éric Vergne Ret 9 5 5 4 DSQ 2 2 5 4 4 3 7 4 7 95
5 Albert Costa 8 6 3 10 6 2 Ret 17 4 11 8 2 2 Ret 5 85
6 Tristan Vautier 4 3 14 7 11 12 6 4 3 10 5 5 5 5 6 79
7 Anton Nebylitskiy 10 8 6 3 5 7 12 8 21 24 18 DNS 9 9 9 41
8 Miki Monrás 15 11 11 Ret 19 3 Ret 6 19 5 9 19 11 7 17 30
9 Jake Rosenzweig 9 Ret 8 9 12 14 24 5 6 13 10 8 12 8 13 30
10 Benjamin Lariche 14 19 22 Ret Ret 1 13 14 8 15 19 Ret Ret 24 20 18
11 Richard Campollo Ret 4 10 12 7 Ret 21 15 Ret 21 15 DNS Ret 10 12 16
12 Bastien Borget 6 28 DNS 21 Ret 10 22 16 Ret 32 21 10 6 12 11 14
13 Julien Abelli DNS 7 13 13 9 11 5 Ret 11 Ret 16 13 10 13 18 14
14 Gabriel Dias 22 29 15 8 8 6 26 9 14 18 DNS 13
15 Mathieu Arzeno Ret Ret 4 7 Ret 12
16 Stéphane Richelmi 5 10 16 11 17 8 17 10
17 Antony Tardieu 17 12 12 6 13 16 25 Ret 12 23 11 20 15 Ret 10 10
18 Nathanaël Berthon 23 13 21 14 Ret 13 9 10 10 7 Ret 23 Ret 14 15 9
19 Ashley Walsh 12 17 19 15 21 23 7 18 7 17 22 15 16 Ret 25 8
20 Himar Acosta 16 5 6
21 Maxime Jousse 11 Ret 7 17 22 17 16 Ret DNS Ret 14 14 13 19 21 5
22 Ramez Azzam 19 Ret 9 Ret 15 24 11 16 20 23 18 8 15 19 5
23 Daniel McKenzie 16 15 20 20 24 18 20 7 17 16 20 17 17 16 16 4
24 Richard Singleton 10 9 14 17 12 Ret 4
25 Miguel Otegui 7 Ret Ret 18 18 Ret 23 13 15 25 Ret 16 19 25 22 4
26 Luciano Bacheta 13 14 31 Ret 9 14 2
27 Nicolas Marroc 18 Ret 17 16 14 Ret 10 1
28 Pablo Montilla 20 21 18 19 20 15 Ret 12 13 19 Ret 11 Ret 11 14 1
29 David Zollinger 24 16 24 25 11 18 23 0
30 Jean-Michel Ogier 27 23 27 24 28 21 14 29 DNS 24 21 23 28 0
31 Max Lefèvre 26 27 26 22 25 22 15 27 Ret 25 22 20 29 0
32 Gonçalo Araújo 21 18 0
33 Jean-Marc Menahem 31 24 Ret Ret 18 28 Ret 21 27 0
34 Pol Rosell Ret DNS Ret 18 DSQ 26 0
35 Didier Colombat 28 22 25 23 27 20 19 30 Ret 26 20 22 30 0
36 Sylvain Milesi 30 Ret 23 Ret 23 19 0
37 Dominic Storey Ret 20 0
38 Benjamin Bailly 25 20 0
39 Luís Santos 25 Ret 0
40 Marcello Conchado 29 25 Ret Ret DNS DNS 0
41 Hugo Filipe Mesquita 32 26 0
42 Gérard Tonelli 26 35 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Nico Müller Ret 4
Henry Surtees 6 12
Dean Smith 8 6 6 8
Daniël de Jong 22 7
Alexander Sims 9 Ret
Fredrik Blomstedt 12 13
André Negrão DNS Ret 17 24
Juan Jacobo 22 18
Thomas Hylkema 25 Ret
Pedro Bianchini Ret Ret

Teams

Pos Team Points
1 SG Formula 320
2 Epsilon Euskadi 268
3 Epsilon Sport 46
4 Pole Services 28
5 Hitech Junior Team 24
6 TCS Racing 18
7 Fortec Motorsport 17
8 iQuick-Valencia 10
9 Boutsen Energy Racing 9
NC Team Palmyr 0
NC Racing Team Trajectoire 0
NC Araújo Competição 0
NC Rodrive Competições 0
NC Manor Motorsport  –
NC MP Motorsport  –

French Formula Renault championship

Pos Driver Points
1 Jean-Éric Vergne 119
2 Tristan Vautier 107
3 Antony Tardieu 63
4 Julien Abelli 59
5 Maxime Jousse 45
6 Nathanaël Berthon 44
7 Bastien Borget 39
8 Benjamin Lariche 31
9 Mathieu Arzeno 23
10 Nicolas Marroc 20
11 Max Lefèvre 15
12 David Zollinger 13
13 Jean-Michel Ogier 13
14 Didier Colombat 11
15 Jean-Marc Menahem 5
16 Sylvain Milesi 2
17 Gérard Tonelli 0

Rookies championship

Pos Driver Points
1 Jean-Éric Vergne 177
2 Tristan Vautier 154
3 Jake Rosenzweig 104
4 Miki Monrás 80
5 Julien Abelli 73
6 Richard Campollo 61
7 Antony Tardieu 52
8 Nathanaël Berthon 52
9 Maxime Jousse 43
10 Gabriel Dias 41
11 Ashley Walsh 37
12 Ramez Azzam 36
13 Daniel McKenzie 35
14 Miguel Otegui 27
15 Luciano Bacheta 19
16 Max Lefèvre 8

Challenger Cup

Pos Driver Points
1 Max Lefèvre 150
2 Didier Colombat 134
3 Jean-Michel Ogier 131
4 David Zollinger 98
5 Jean-Marc Menahem 66
6 Gérard Tonelli 20

References

  1. ^ Le gros lot pour Lariche Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine frwec.com (June 22, 2008)
  2. ^ WEC 2.0 Classements Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine frwec.com
  3. ^ WEC 2.0 Resultas Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine frwec.com
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