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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.

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
FIN Koiranen bros.	2	FIN Daniel Aho	All
3	NLD Bart Hylkema	All
44	FIN Toomas Heikkinen	8
DEU GU-Racing	5	DEU Maximilian Wissel	1–4
6	COL Carlos Gaitán Quinones	1–4
DNK KEO Racing	7	SWE Kevin Kleveros	All
8	USA Robert Siska	7
DEU Motopark Academy	10	DEU Tobias Hegewald	1–3, 5–8
11	FIN Valtteri Bottas	1–3, 5–8
12	DNK Johan Jokinen	All
13	PRT António Félix da Costa	All
14	BRA Vinicius Samarone	All
22	POL Kuba Giermaziak	1–3, 5–8
23	MEX Juan Pablo García	1–7
NLD AR Motorsport	15	NLD Kelvin Snoeks	All
16	NLD Thomas Knopper	All
17	ZAF Arnold Neveling	4–8
36	SWE Philip Forsman	7–8
CZE TL Motorsport	18	CZE Martin Tlusty	1–2, 4–5, 8
CZE Krenek Motorsport	19	CZE Adam Kout	7–8
28	CZE Jakub Knoll	All
29	FRA Laurent Stieger	2–4, 7
NLD Van Amersfoort Racing	20	NLD Stef Dusseldorp	All
21	NLD Nigel Melker	All
MEX MEX Motopark	23	MEX Juan Pablo García	8
NLD MP Motorsport	25	NLD Daniël de Jong	All
26	POL Mateusz Adamski	1–3, 5–8
27	NLD Nicky Catsburg	All
AUT Steiner Motorsport	30	AUT Bianca Steiner	1–2, 4, 8
FIN Kart Motorsport	FIN Jesse Laine	3
FIN P1 Motorsport	31	FIN Jesse Krohn	3
DEU SL Formula	32	DEU Marlene Dietrich	All
SWE Trakstar Racing	36	SWE Philip Forsman	1–6
37	SWE Daniel Ivarson	2, 4, 8
FIN Wikman	44	FIN Juha-Pekka Wikman	3
FIN Red Step Formula	45	FIN Ville Miilumäki	3
46	FIN Toomas Heikkinen	3
GBR Fortec Motorsport	50	GBR James Calado	6, 8
51	GBR Oliver Webb	6, 8
55	GBR Alexander Morgan	8
GBR Double M Racing	55	GBR Alexander Morgan	5, 7

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
DEU Hockenheimring	26 April	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy	Jim Clark Revival
27 April	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort	31 May	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy	Jubileum Races
1 June	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Tobias Hegewald	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
FIN Alastaro Circuit	14 June	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DNK Johan Jokinen	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy	Formula Renault 2.0 Finland
15 June	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 July	PRT António Félix da Costa	PRT António Félix da Costa	PRT António Félix da Costa	DEU Motopark Academy	FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
7 July	DNK Johan Jokinen	DNK Johan Jokinen	DNK Johan Jokinen	DEU Motopark Academy
NLD TT Circuit Assen	2 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy	Rizla Racing Day
3 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
BEL Circuit Zolder	9 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	NLD Stef Dusseldorp	NLD Van Amersfoort Racing	Masters of Formula 3
10 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Tobias Hegewald	DEU Motopark Academy
DEU Nürburgring	30 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy	World Series by Renault
31 August	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy
BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	4 October	DEU Tobias Hegewald	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy	Spa Racing Festival
5 October	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	FIN Valtteri Bottas	DEU Motopark Academy

Standings

Position		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th		7th		8th		9th		10th		9th		10th		11th	12th		13th		14th		15th		16th	17th		18th		19th		20th	Points		30		24		20		17		16		15		14		13		12		11		10		9		8		7		6		5		4		3		2		1

Points are awarded only based on position. There are 2 races by rounds, each 25 minutes.

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

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

References

"Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2008". Driver Database.

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