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2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

Motor racing competition

The 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the twelfth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 20 April and finished at the Circuito do Estoril on 19 October, after nine races.

Series veteran Éric Salignon scored four victories at Magny-Cours, Silverstone, Oschersleben and Imola during the season, he took the championship at the wheel of his Graff Racing-run car, giving team their first Eurocup championship. Swiss driver Neel Jani who competed with Jenzer Motorsport was the only Salignon's rival championship title was not resolved until the final round, and Jani finished in series' standings just four points behind French driver, winning races at Anderstorp, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Circuito do Estoril. Salignon's teammate Nicolas Lapierre improved to third place. Cram Competition's José María López won at Jarama on way to his fourth place. Lewis Hamilton completed the top five, competing just four of the nine races, taking his first Eurocup win in the home Donington Park race.

Teams and drivers

2002 Entry List	Team	No.	Driver name
FRA Graff Racing	1	FRA Eric Salignon	All
11	CHE Frederic Barth	All
12	FRA Nicolas Lapierre	1–8
21	FRA Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	1–3
68	FRA Julien Joulian Falcini	6
ITA Drumel Motorsport	2	ITA Davide di Benedetto	1–2, 5–7
34	SMR Christian Montanari	1–2, 5–7
HRV Colak Team	3	HRV Marin Colak	1–2
BEL Johns Racing Team	4	BEL John Svensson	1–7, 9
27	BEL Paul Henry Fastre	1–5
73	BEL Jeremy Izzarelli	6
75	BEL Jürgen van Hover	6
DEU MA-con Racing	5	NLD Ross Zwolsman	1–2
32	AUT Hannes Lachinger	All
49	BRA Andre Nicastro	4–5
78	NLD Jos Menten	6–7
82	GRC Alexandros Margaritis	8–9
ITA RP Motorsport	6	ITA Marco Bonanomi	1–2, 6–7
71	ITA Giovanni Berton	6
??	FIN Toni Vilander	7
ITA RC Motorsport	7	POL Robert Kubica	1–7, 9
37	BRA Carlos Pereira	1–5, 7, 9
72	BRA Fernando Rees	6–7, 9
74	BRA Paulo Bueno	1–2
ITA ADM Junior Team	8	BEL Gregory Franchi	1–7, 9
22	BEL Dennis van Lammern	1–3
86	BRA Marcello Thomaz	10
USA EuroInternational	9	USA John C. Antonio	3–9
FRA ASM	10	PRT Nicolas Armindo	1–3, 6
20	BEL Mike den Tandt	1–4, 6–7
57	FRA Alexandre Prémat	1–3, 6
77	FRA Simon Pagenaud	6
ITA Cram Competition	14	PRT Lourenco da Veiga	All
35	FRA Damien Pasini	All
43	BRA Roberto Streit	All
58	ARG José María López	3–7, 9
FRA TCS	16	FRA Emmanuel Piget	1–2
44	FRA Julien Piguet	1–2
CHE Jenzer Motorsport	17	CAN Bruno Spengler	1–3, 5–9
18	CHE Neel Jani	All
19	ITA Giorgio Mondini	All
47	ARG Esteban Guerrieri	4–6
51	SWE Richard Göransson	4
DEU SL Formula Racing	23	DEU Hendrick Vieth	All
87	POL Damian Sawicki	9
ITA JD Motorsport	24	AUT Christian Klien	All
25	DNK Robert Schlünssen	All
DEU FH Racing Team	28	DEU Andreas Feichtner	1–2, 5–7
GRC Margaritis Racing	30	DEU Dennis Furchheim	10
ITA Durango	33	ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	All
39	ZAF Stephen Simpson	All
ITA Facondini Racing	36	NLD Nicky Pastorelli	All
54	BRA Rodrigo Bernardes	1–5
ITA Prema Powerteam	40	FRA Franck Perera	1–4, 6–7, 9
42	SWE Alexander Storckenfeldt	1–4, 6–7, 9
GBR TS2	41	GBR Adam Smith	1–2
55	GBR Martyn Smith	1–2
DEU Lohmann Motorsport	45	DEU Thomas Westarp	All
DEU KUG Motorsport	48	ITA Giacomo Ricci	4–9
DEU Motopark Oschersleben	52	AUT Andreas Zuber	5
DNK Den Blå Avis	56	LUX Tom Keller	All
57	DNK Philip Andersen	All
GBR Fortec Motorsport	59	GBR Danny Watts	6
60	GBR Jamie Green	6
85	SWE Robin Rudholm	8
86	GBR Ryan Sharp	8
JPN Rod Blow	61	JPN Hayanari Shimoda	6
FRA Pole Racing Service	63	FRA David Laisis	6
64	FRA Yann Clairay	6–7
65	FRA Guillaume Moreau	6
GBR Manor Motorsport	69	GBR Lewis Hamilton	6–9
70	VEN Ernesto Viso	6–7
ITA BVM Minardi Junior	76	ITA Giacomo Piccini	6
NLD AR Motorsport	83	NLD Ferdinand Kool	8
84	GBR Charles Hall	8
ITA Tomcat Racing	??	NLD Olivier Tielemans	7

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	1	2
FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 April	POL Robert Kubica	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Graff Racing
GBR Silverstone Circuit	4 May	FRA Nicolas Lapierre	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Graff Racing
ESP Circuito del Jarama	1 June	FRA Eric Salignon	nowrap	FRA Nicolas Lapierre	nowrap	ARG José María López	nowrap	ITA Cram Competition
SWE Scandinavian Raceway	29 June	CHE Neel Jani	CHE Neel Jani	CHE Neel Jani	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	13 July	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Nicolas Lapierre	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Graff Racing
BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 August	CHE Neel Jani	nowrap	AUT Hannes Lachinger	CHE Neel Jani	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
nowrap	ITA Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	31 August	nowrap	ARG José María López	GBR Lewis Hamilton	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Graff Racing
GBR Donington Park	5 October	GBR Lewis Hamilton	GBR Lewis Hamilton	GBR Lewis Hamilton	GBR Manor Motorsport
PRT Circuito do Estoril	nowrap	19 October	CHE Neel Jani	CHE Neel Jani	CHE Neel Jani	nowrap	CHE Jenzer Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL	Points
30	24	20	16	12	10	8	6	4	2	2	2

Pos	Driver	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	JAR
ESP	AND
SWE	OSC
DEU	SPA
BEL	IMO
ITA	DON
GBR	EST
PRT	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	182	2	178	3	120	4	100	5	92	6	92	7	80	8	68	9	58	10	36	11	30	12	26	13	24	14	20	15	18	16	16	17	12	18	10	19	10	20	10	21	10	22	10	23	6	24	4	25	4	26	4	27	2	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Driver	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	JAR
ESP	AND
SWE	OSC
DEU	SPA
BEL	IMO
ITA	DON
GBR	EST
PRT	Points
FRA Éric Salignon	1	1	3	5	1	5	1	9	8
CHE Neel Jani	8	3	10	1	2	1	6	4	1
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	5	2	2	9	7	6	3	5
ARG José María López			1	7	4	2	Ret		3
GBR Lewis Hamilton						7	2	1	2
AUT Christian Klien	4	Ret	9	4	5	DNS	5	2	7
POL Robert Kubica	2	4	13	3	10	Ret	27		4
CAN Bruno Spengler	6	6	7		3	10	7	Ret	6
BRA Roberto Streit	10	5	Ret	2	14	Ret	26	3	13
FRA Alexandre Prémat	3	Ret	4			Ret
BEL Mike den Tandt	7	10	11	23		3	Ret
DNK Robert Schlünssen	17	7	5	11	8	Ret	12	21	28
FRA Franck Perera	31	15	8	8		13	Ret		5
AUT Hannes Lachinger	23	Ret	12	Ret	12	4	10	16	17
DEU Hendrick Vieth	Ret	13	19	21	6	16	22	7	Ret
ITA Davide di Benedetto	34	11			Ret	Ret	4
ITA Giorgio Mondini	25	26	Ret	6	19	20	11	13	10
LUX Tom Keller	30	14	6	Ret	21	DNS	24	23	Ret
GBR Charles Hall								6
PRT Nicolas Armindo	9	8	16			25
BRA Carlos Pereira	16	9	24	Ret	13		8		20
SMR Christian Montanari	19	Ret			Ret	8	9
FRA Damien Pasini	27	16	Ret	16	Ret	15	19	8	Ret
DEU Andreas Feichtner	28	25			9	Ret	Ret
FRA Simon Pagenaud						9
DEU Dennis Furchheim									9
PRT Lourenco da Veiga	33	19	14	Ret	16	19	15	10	12
ARG Esteban Guerrieri				10	11	DNS
ZAF Stephen Simpson	32	Ret	22	17	22	11	16	15	Ret
SWE Alexander Storckenfeldt	24	20	17	12		DNS	14		11
ITA Marco Bonanomi	11	?				Ret	13
GRC Alexandros Margaritis								11	19
ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	14	12	26	13	25	12	20	17	16
DNK Philip Andersen	18	23	Ret	Ret	15	14	Ret	12	27
FRA Julien Piguet	12	17
NLD Ross Zwolsman	13	?
NLD Nicky Pastorelli	36	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	14	14
SWE Richard Göransson				14
BRA Rodrigo Bernardes	35	21	15	15	24
BRA Fernando Rees						Ret	28		15
BRA Paulo Bueno	15	22
DEU Thomas Westarp	?	Ret	20	Ret	23	17	Ret	24	22
NLD Jos Menten						30	17
ITA Giacomo Ricci				18	26	24	18	19	24
CHE Frederic Barth	21	Ret	21	Ret	20	21	Ret	20	18
BEL Gregory Franchi	22	18	Ret	Ret	28	DNS	Ret		DNS
BEL John Svensson	?	24	18	19	27	28	21		25
BRA Andre Nicastro				Ret	18
VEN Ernesto Viso						18	Ret
NLD Ferdinand Kool								18
BEL Paul Henry Fastre	?	28	23	20	29
FRA Emmanuel Piget	20	30
USA John C. Antonio			25	22	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	21
ITA Giovanni Berton						22
SWE Robin Rudholm								22
FRA Yann Clairay						27	23
ITA Giacomo Piccini						23
POL Damian Sawicki									23
NLD Olivier Tielemans							25
FRA Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	26	?	Ret
FRA Guillaume Moreau						26
BRA Marcello Thomaz									26
GBR Martyn Smith	?	27
BEL Dennis van Lammern	29	29	Ret
FRA Julien Joulian Falcini						29
FIN Toni Vilander							29
BEL Jürgen van Hover						31
GBR Adam Smith	?	Ret
AUT Andreas Zuber					Ret
GBR Jamie Green						Ret
FRA David Laisis						Ret
JPN Hayanari Shimoda						Ret
GBR Danny Watts						Ret
GBR Ryan Sharp								Ret
BEL Jeremy Izzarelli						DNS
HRV Marin Colak	?	?

Bold – Pole

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Teams

Pos	Team	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
FRA Graff Racing	302
CHE Jenzer Motorsport	260
ITA Cram Competition	164
ITA JD Motorsport	118
GBR Manor Motorsport	92
ITA RC Motorsport	90
FRA ASM	80
ITA Drumel Motorsport	26
ITA Prema Powerteam	24
DEU MA-con Racing	20
DEU SL Formula Racing	18
NLD AR Motorsport	10
DNK Den Blå Avis	10
DEU FH Racing Team	4
GRC Margaritis Racing	4

References

"Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Masters — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine.
"Point standings: Formula Renault Eurocup — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine.
"Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine.

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