2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the third Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Hockenheim on 26 April and finished on 5 October at Spa, after sixteen races.

Valtteri Bottas during the championship
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
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Motopark Academy driver Valtteri Bottas won the NEC championship title, having won twelve races during the season, bringing the team their third successive drivers' championship title. His teammates António Félix da Costa and Tobias Hegewald, completed the top three, for the team's second consecutive championship title.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Driver name Rounds
Koiranen bros. 2 Daniel Aho All
3 Bart Hylkema All
44 Toomas Heikkinen 8
GU-Racing 5 Maximilian Wissel 1–4
6 Carlos Gaitán Quinones 1–4
KEO Racing 7 Kevin Kleveros All
8 Robert Siska 7
Motopark Academy 10 Tobias Hegewald 1–3, 5–8
11 Valtteri Bottas 1–3, 5–8
12 Johan Jokinen All
13 António Félix da Costa All
14 Vinicius Samarone All
22 Kuba Giermaziak 1–3, 5–8
23 Juan Pablo García 1–7
AR Motorsport 15 Kelvin Snoeks All
16 Thomas Knopper All
17 Arnold Neveling 4–8
36 Philip Forsman 7–8
TL Motorsport 18 Martin Tlusty 1–2, 4–5, 8
Krenek Motorsport 19 Adam Kout 7–8
28 Jakub Knoll All
29 Laurent Stieger 2–4, 7
Van Amersfoort Racing 20 Stef Dusseldorp All
21 Nigel Melker All
MEX Motopark 23 Juan Pablo García 8
MP Motorsport 25 Daniël de Jong All
26 Mateusz Adamski 1–3, 5–8
27 Nicky Catsburg All
Steiner Motorsport 30 Bianca Steiner 1–2, 4, 8
Kart Motorsport Jesse Laine 3
P1 Motorsport 31 Jesse Krohn 3
SL Formula 32 Marlene Dietrich All
Trakstar Racing 36 Philip Forsman 1–6
37 Daniel Ivarson 2, 4, 8
Wikman 44 Juha-Pekka Wikman 3
Red Step Formula 45 Ville Miilumäki 3
46 Toomas Heikkinen 3
Fortec Motorsport 50 James Calado 6, 8
51 Oliver Webb 6, 8
55 Alexander Morgan 8
Double M Racing 55 Alexander Morgan 5, 7

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Event
1 R1 Hockenheimring  Germany 26 April Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Jim Clark Revival
R2 27 April Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
2 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort  Netherlands 31 May Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Jubileum Races
R2 1 June Valtteri Bottas Tobias Hegewald Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
3 R1 Alastaro Circuit  Finland 14 June Valtteri Bottas Johan Jokinen Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Formula Renault 2.0 Finland
R2 15 June Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
4 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben  Germany 6 July António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
R2 7 July Johan Jokinen Johan Jokinen Johan Jokinen Motopark Academy
5 R1 TT Circuit Assen  Netherlands 2 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Rizla Racing Day
R2 3 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
6 R1 Circuit Zolder  Belgium 9 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Stef Dusseldorp Van Amersfoort Racing Masters of Formula 3
R2 10 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Tobias Hegewald Motopark Academy
7 R1 Nürburgring  Germany 30 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy World Series by Renault
R2 31 August Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy
8 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps  Belgium 4 October Tobias Hegewald Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy Spa Racing Festival
R2 5 October Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas Motopark Academy

Standings
Race point system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th9th10th12th13th14th15th17th18th19th20th
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Points are awarded only based on position. There are 2 races by rounds, each 25 minutes.

Pos[1] Driver HOC
 ZAN
 ALA
 OSC
 ASS
 ZOL
 NÜR
 SPA
 Points
1 Valtteri Bottas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 16† 1 1 1 1 365
2 António Félix da Costa 3 20 2 3 14 2 1 2 3 4 2 3 7 22 3 6 279
3 Tobias Hegewald 2 19† 9 2 2 3 10 3 3 1 3 2 2 16 260
4 Stef Dusseldorp 5 2 13 5 4 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 1 2 4 5 14 11 224
5 Johan Jokinen 6 3 4 4 20 4 3 1 Ret 18 6 5 5 3 15 9 224
6 Kuba Giermaziak 4 4 3 21 3 7 2 2 7 Ret 2 4 6 27† 206
7 Daniel Aho 13 7 Ret 16 Ret Ret 2 3 15 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 173
8 Nicky Catsburg Ret 5 5 18 5 11 Ret 13 4 22† 4 10 15 15 4 3 163
9 Kelvin Snoeks 10 10 7 8 11 Ret 7 10 7 12 17 13 16 16 13 14 140
10 Thomas Knopper 12 6 16 10 9 14 8 11 9 13 14 12 14 10 18 12 140
11 Bart Hylkema 11 9 15 14 7 Ret 5 7 11 9 16 4 10 Ret Ret 21 134
12 Nigel Melker DNS Ret 10 22 Ret 8 12 6 14 Ret 10 9 8 8 11 15 120
13 Daniël de Jong 20 12 20 13 17 12 6 8 8 16 15 6 9 14 Ret 20 118
14 Vinicius Samarone 16 Ret 11 9 Ret 10 10 5 12 15 18 Ret 12 7 12 22 115
15 Philip Forsman 9 8 12 Ret 16 15 11 21† Ret 10 Ret 8 17 12 10 18 106
16 Juan Pablo Garcia 7 21 8 6 21 6 13 7 9 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 104
17 Mateusz Adamski 22 11 23† 7 12 Ret 5 21 13 Ret 11 11 9 10 100
18 Max Wissel 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 5 4 4 93
19 Arnold Neveling 14 19 6 11 11 Ret 13 13 17 7 78
20 Kevin Kleveros 17 15 18 11 8 13 20 12 18 14 Ret 11 23 21 Ret DNS 74
21 Marlene Dietrich 15 16 Ret 15 13 17 17 16 19 17 19 14 19 17 25 25 59
22 Alexander Morgan Ret 5 24 Ret 7 2 54
23 Bianca Steiner 14 13 14 12 13 15 24 24 45
24 Carlos Gaitán Quinones 19 14 19 17 15 18 9 14 43
25 James Calado 5 15† DNS 5 38
26 Jakub Knoll 21† 18 17 19 Ret 19 18 18 16 19 20 Ret 18 18 23 26 31
27 Oliver Webb 12 Ret 5 4 25
28 Martin Tlusty 18 17 21 20 15 17 17 20 20 23 24
29 Adam Kout Ret 9 22 28† 12
30 Jesse Krohn 10 Ret 11
31 Toomas Heikkinen 18 16 19 19 10
32 Daniel Ivarson Ret DNS 16 20 21 17 6
33 Laurent Stieger 22 23 24 21 19 22† 21 20 3
34 Robert Siska 20 19 3
35 Ville Miilumäki 19 Ret 2
36 Jesse Laine 22 20 1
37 Juha-Pekka Wikman 23† Ret 0
Pos Driver HOC
 ZAN
 ALA
 OSC
 ASS
 ZOL
 NÜR
 SPA
 Points

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References
  1. "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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