2019 Formula Renault Eurocup

The 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.8 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2019 season was the 29th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport. The series visited nine circuits around the Europe, with one overseas round at Abu Dhabi.^[1]

2019 Formula Renault Eurocup

Drivers' Champion: Oscar Piastri
Teams' Champion: R-ace GP

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2018

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2020

The series used Formula Regional chassis for the first time and new 1.8-litre turbocharged engine.^[2] Hankook tyres were used for the first time replacing Michelin.^[1]

Teams and drivers

On 14 November 2018, a provisional entry list of ten teams was released.^[3] Fortec Motorsports left the series, while BhaiTech Racing, FA Racing by Drivex and M2 Competition have joined the series for the first time. In December 2018, Josef Kaufmann Racing announced it would be withdrawing from the championship.^[4]

Team No. Driver name Status Rounds R-ace GP[3] 1 Oscar Piastri[5][note 1] All 2 Caio Collet[8] R All 3 Aleksandr Smolyar[9] All 4 Grégoire Saucy[10][11] G 9–10 MP Motorsport[3] 11 Victor Martins[12] All 12 Lorenzo Colombo[13] All 15 Matteo Nannini[14][11] G 10 18 Amaury Cordeel[15] R All JD Motorsport[3] 25 Leonardo Lorandi[16] R All 27 Ugo de Wilde[17] R All 28 João Vieira[18] R 1–8 Arden[3] 31 Patrik Pasma[19] R All 32 Frank Bird[20] All 33 Sebastián Fernández[21][note 2] 1, 3–5, 9–10 Alex Quinn[22] R 6–8 M2 Competition[3][23] 41 Kush Maini[24] R All 42 Yves Baltas[25] 1–3 Callan O'Keeffe[26] 5 43 Esteban Muth[27] R 1 Lucas Alecco Roy[28] R 2–4, 7, 10 46 Patrick Schott[29] R 6–7 Kilian Meyer[30] G 8 Cem Bölükbaşı[10] G 9 Bhaitech[3] 51 Federico Malvestiti[31] R All 53 Petr Ptáček[32] R All FA Racing by Drivex[3] 61 Brad Benavides[33] R 1–8 64 Callan O'Keeffe[34] 1–4 Rui Andrade[35] 5 66 Patrick Schott[33] R 1–4 Franco Colapinto[35] R G 5, 8 Alex Karkosik[36] 6–7 GRS[37] 71 Alessio Deledda[18] R 1, 3–5, 9–10 72 Xavier Lloveras[38] All 73 Matthias Lüthen[11] G 10

Icon Status R Rookie G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 18 October 2018.^[39] The calendar was finalised on 11 December 2018 with introduction of the Yas Marina Circuit as first non-European venue in the Eurocup history. Red Bull Ring round was dropped from the calendar.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 April	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	R2		14 April
2	R1	Silverstone Circuit	11 May
	R2		12 May
3	R1	Circuit de Monaco	25 May	Monaco Grand Prix
	R2		26 May
4	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	1 June	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	R2		2 June
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	26 July
	R2		27 July
6	R1	Nürburgring	30 August	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe
	R2		1 September
7	R1	Hungaroring	7 September
	R2		8 September
8	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	28 September	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
	R2		29 September
9	R1	Hockenheimring	5 October	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	R2		6 October
10	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	25 October	TRD 86 Cup
	R2		26 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Monza	Lorenzo Colombo	Leonardo Lorandi	Ugo de Wilde	JD Motorsport	Ugo de Wilde
	R2		Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	R-ace GP	Kush Maini
2	R1	Silverstone	Oscar Piastri	Aleksandr Smolyar	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	João Vieira
	R2		Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	Caio Collet
3	R1	Monaco	Victor Martins	Oscar Piastri	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet
	R2		Aleksandr Smolyar	Victor Martins	Aleksandr Smolyar	R-ace GP	João Vieira
4	R1	Paul Ricard	Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet
	R2		Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet
5	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Victor Martins	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	Kush Maini
	R2		Leonardo Lorandi	Sebastián Fernández	Lorenzo Colombo	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet
6	R1	Nürburgring	Oscar Piastri	Aleksandr Smolyar	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	Patrik Pasma
	R2		Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	Alex Quinn
7	R1	Hungaroring	Victor Martins	Xavier Lloveras	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet
	R2		Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	Caio Collet
8	R1	Catalunya	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	Alex Quinn
	R2		Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	Petr Ptáček
9	R1	Hockenheim	Victor Martins	Oscar Piastri	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet
	R2		Victor Martins	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	R-ace GP	Caio Collet
10	R1	Yas Marina	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Oscar Piastri	R-ace GP	Kush Maini
	R2		Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	MP Motorsport	Caio Collet

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MNZ		SIL		MON		LEC		SPA		NÜR		HUN[note 3]		CAT		HOC		YMC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Oscar Piastri[note 1]	18	4	1	1	4	5	2	6	1	4	1	1	DNS	1	5	3	2	2	1	4	320
2	Victor Martins	4	2	10	3	1	2	3	3	2	5	5	DNS	1	3	1	1	1	5	2	1	312.5
3	Aleksandr Smolyar	20	1	Ret	2	2	1	4	2	9	6	3	4	2	2	2	5	Ret	1	4	6	255
4	Lorenzo Colombo	Ret	3	6	5	6	7	1	1	4	1	Ret	7	3	6	7	4	13	6	3	2	214.5
5	Caio Collet	12	7	5	4	3	4	5	4	8	2	6	3	4	4	4	7	3	3	8	3	207
6	Kush Maini	3	5	18	6	10	11	6	21	5	9	7	8	15	5	Ret	12	7	4	6	Ret	102
7	Ugo de Wilde	1	Ret	4	7	9	12	7	8	13	12	10	9	DNS	11	9	6	4	11	13	11	81
8	Petr Ptáček	9	12	3	15	11	Ret	Ret	20	7	14	11	5	16	7	6	2	10	9	11	13	70
9	Sebastián Fernández	6	10			Ret	Ret	9	5	3	8							6	15	5	7	68
10	Patrik Pasma	13	8	9	16	7	10	18	14	6	15	2	12	7	13	8	15	8	10	7	8	65
11	João Vieira	7	11	2	10	5	3	8	10	11	18	12	13	11	8	WD	WD					59
12	Alex Quinn											4	2	8	Ret	3	11					48
13	Leonardo Lorandi	2	6	7	11	Ret	8	16	11	Ret	7	16	Ret	10	12	10	9	14	13	15	16	45.5
14	Federico Malvestiti	5	13	12	19	14	18	13	17	15	3	15	Ret	13	14	17	8	11	7	14	14	36
15	Amaury Cordeel	17	9	13	13	Ret	13	Ret	7	14	21	8	11	5	Ret	12	13	15	8	9	9	27
16	Xavier Lloveras	21	Ret	17	12	Ret	6	12	9	10	17	9	6	9	Ret	13	17	12	14	Ret	10	24
17	Callan O'Keeffe	11	Ret	8	8	8	9	11	13	Ret	10											15
18	Frank Bird	8	14	15	20	13	15	10	12	17	11	13	10	6	Ret	15	16	9	16	17	15	14
19	Yves Baltas	10	Ret	11	9	16	17															3
20	Lucas Alecco Roy			16	14	Ret	Ret	17	16					12	9					16	17	2
21	Alex Karkosik											14	14	14	10							1
22	Patrick Schott	15	Ret	14	17	12	19	15	15			Ret	Ret	17	15							0
23	Brad Benavides	14	Ret	19	18	17	14	14	18	19	13	WD	WD	DNS	16	14	14					0
24	Alessio Deledda	16	Ret			15	16	19	19	18	19							DNS	Ret	18	18	0
25	Esteban Muth	19	15																			0
26	Rui Andrade									16	16											0
guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	Matteo Nannini																			10	5	—
—	Grégoire Saucy																	5	12	12	12	—
—	Franco Colapinto									12	20					11	10					—
—	Kilian Meyer															16	18					—
—	Cem Bölükbaşı																	16	Ret			—
—	Matthias Lüthen																			19	19	—
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
		MNZ		SIL		MON		LEC		SPA		NÜR		HUN		CAT		HOC		YMC

Teams' championship

Only two-best cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

Pos.	Team	MNZ		SIL		MON		LEC		SPA		NÜR		HUN[note 3]		CAT		HOC		YMC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	R-ace GP	12	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	3	637
		18	4	5	2	3	4	4	4	8	4	3	3	4	2	4	5	3	2	4	4
2	MP Motorsport	4	2	6	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	5	7	1	3	1	1	1	5	2	1	531
		17	3	10	5	6	7	3	3	4	5	8	11	3	6	7	4	13	6	3	2
3	Arden	6	8	9	16	7	10	9	5	3	8	2	2	6	7	3	11	6	10	5	7	189
		8	10	15	20	13	15	10	12	6	11	4	12	13	Ret	8	15	8	15	7	8
4	JD Motorsport	1	6	2	7	5	3	7	8	11	7	10	9	10	8	9	6	4	11	13	11	173.5
		2	11	4	10	9	8	8	10	13	12	12	13	11	11	10	9	14	13	15	16
5	M2 Competition	3	5	11	6	10	11	6	16	5	9	7	8	12	5	Ret	12	7	4	6	17	108
		10	15	16	9	16	17	17	21	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	15	9	16	18	16	Ret	16	Ret
6	Bhaitech	5	12	3	15	11	18	13	17	7	3	11	5	13	7	6	2	10	7	11	13	106
		9	13	12	19	14	Ret	Ret	20	15	14	15	Ret	16	14	17	8	11	9	14	14
7	GRS	16	Ret	17	12	15	6	12	9	10	17	9	6	9	Ret	13	17	12	14	18	10	24
		21	Ret			Ret	16	19	19	18	19							DNS	Ret	Ret	18
8	FA Racing by Drivex	11	Ret	8	8	8	9	11	13	16	13	14	14	14	10	14	14					15
		14	Ret	14	17	12	14	14	15	19	16	WD	WD	DNS	16	11	10
Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
		MNZ		SIL		MON		LEC		SPA		NÜR		HUN		CAT		HOC		YMC

Notes

1. Oscar Piastri is an Australian racing driver, despite being listed as Australian in entry list he raced under British racing license, with British flag raised above the podium and British anthem played after his wins.^[6][7]
2. Sebastián Fernández is a Venezuelan driver competing under a Spanish licence.
3. Race 1 was stopped after 3 laps due to weather. Half points were awarded to top 10 finishers.