2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
# 2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the seventeenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 21 April and finished at Barcelona on 28 October, after fourteen rounds.

The title was claimed by Epsilon RedBull driver Brendon Hartley with a round to spare. Hartley took four race wins during the season, two of which coming in the opening round at Zolder. He also took four further podium finishes en route to a 32-point championship win over Jon Lancaster. SG Formula's driver eventually ended the season also with four victories in two final rounds at Estoril and Barcelona.

Lancaster's teammate Charles Pic finished in third position, taking victory at the Nürburgring. He finished 17 points clear of Epsilon Euskadi's Stefano Coletti, who took win at the Hungaroring. Other victories were taken by Prema Powerteam's Henkie Waldschmidt at the Nürburgring and guest driver Mathieu Arzeno, who won both Magny-Cours races.

## Teams and drivers

* Guest entries are listed in italics.

2007 Entry List :

| Team | No. | Driver name | Class | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| SG Formula | 1 | Nelson Panciatici | | 1-3 |
| SG Formula | 1 | Edouard Texte | | 5 |
| SG Formula | 1 | Fabio Onidi | | 6-7 |
| SG Formula | 2 | Charles Pic | J | All |
| SG Drivers Project | 3 | Jon Lancaster | | All |
| SG Drivers Project | 4 | Alexandre Marsoin | J | All |
| SG Drivers Project | 43 | Jules Bianchi | J | 2–3, 7 |
| SG Drivers Project | 52 | Anton Nebylitskiy | J | All |
| Motopark Academy | 5 | Oliver Oakes | | All |
| Motopark Academy | 6 | Frank Kechele | | All |
| Motorsport Arena | 7 | Fabio Onidi | | 1-5 |
| Motorsport Arena | 7 | Tiago Petiz | | 6 |
| Motorsport Arena | 7 | Jakub Giermaziak | | 7 |
| Motorsport Arena | 8 | Tobias Hegewald | J | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 9 | Oliver Turvey | | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 10 | Roberto Merhi | J | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 11 | Fabio Leimer | J | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 12 | Miquel Julià Perello | | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 14 | Pablo Montilla | J | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 15 | Stefano Coletti | J | All |
| Epsilon RedBull | 16 | Mika Mäki | | All |
| Epsilon RedBull | 18 | Brendon Hartley | J | All |
| Epsilon RedBull | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | J | All |
| Cram Competition | 20 | Nicola Zonzini | J | 2–3, 7 |
| Cram Competition | 20 | Sergio Campana | | 5 |
| Cram Competition | 21 | Daniel Zampieri | J | All |
| Cram Competition | 22 | Giovanni Nava | J | 1-2 |
| Cram Competition | 22 | Frederico Muggia | | 4 |
| Cram Competition | 22 | Pierre Combot | J | 5, 7 |
| Prema Powerteam | 23 | Andrea Caldarelli | J | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 24 | Martin Plowman | | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 25 | Henkie Waldschmidt | | All |
| BVM Minardi Team | 26 | Felipe Rachid Lapenna | | 1-3 |
| BVM Minardi Team | 26 | César Ramos | J | 4-6 |
| BVM Minardi Team | 27 | Markus Niemelä | | 1-3 |
| BVM Minardi Team | 27 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | J | 4-7 |
| BVM Minardi Team | 44 | Simeon Ivanov | J | 2–3, 7 |
| District Racing | 28 | Aleix Alcaraz | J | All |
| District Racing | 29 | Mihai Marinescu | J | All |
| Omicron Racing | 30 | Facundo Crovo | | 1–2, 4-5 |
| Omicron Racing | 30 | Jaime Pintanez | | 6 |
| Omicron Racing | 31 | Francesc Moreno | J | All |
| Omicron Racing | 32 | Tiago Petiz | | 1-5 |
| Omicron Racing | 32 | Pascal Kochem | | 6-7 |
| Boutsen Energy Racing | 33 | Stéphane Richelmi | J | All |
| Boutsen Energy Racing | 34 | Jonathan Hirschi | | 1-2 |
| Boutsen Energy Racing | 34 | Pierre Combot | | 3 |
| Boutsen Energy Racing | 34 | Nelson Panciatici | | 4-7 |
| Boutsen Energy Racing | 48 | Nelson Lukes | | 5 |
| SL Formula Racing | 35 | Anton Nebylitskiy | J | 1-5 |
| SL Formula Racing | 36 | Pedro Nunes | | 1-5 |
| SL Formula Racing | 41 | Natalia Kowalska | J | 2 |
| SL Formula Racing | 42 | David Sigachev | J | 2 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 37 | Alexander Khateeb | | 1-2 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 37 | Jimmy Auby | | 3 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 37 | Khalil Beschir | | 4 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 42 | Joe Ghanem | J | 1-4 |
| Graff Racing | 39 | Tristan Vautier | J | 1–2, 5 |
| Graff Racing | 40 | Gary Hirsch | | 1–2, 5 |
| Steiner Motorsport | 45 | Bianca Steiner | J | 3 |
| TCS Racing | 46 | Nicolas Marroc | | 5, 7 |
| Epsilon Sport Team | 49 | Mathieu Arzeno | | 5, 7 |
| RP Motorsport | 50 | Patrick Kronenberger | J | 6-7 |
| RP Motorsport | 51 | Daniel Ricciardo | | 6-7 |
| Icon | Class |
| J | Junior Class |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Zolder | 21 April | Brendon Hartley | Brendon Hartley | Brendon Hartley | Epsilon RedBull |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Zolder | 22 April | | Brendon Hartley | Brendon Hartley | Epsilon RedBull |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | 5 May | Charles Pic | Oliver Oakes | Henkie Waldschmidt | Prema Powerteam |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | 6 May | | Charles Pic | Charles Pic | SG Formula |
| 3 | R1 | Hungaroring | 14 July | Jules Bianchi | Brendon Hartley | Brendon Hartley | Epsilon RedBull |
| 3 | R2 | Hungaroring | 15 July | | Jules Bianchi | Stefano Coletti | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 4 | R1 | Donington Park | 8 September | Jon Lancaster | Fabio Leimer | Jon Lancaster | SG Formula |
| 4 | R2 | Donington Park | 9 September | | Frank Kechele | Brendon Hartley | Epsilon RedBull |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 22 September | Brendon Hartley | Stefano Coletti | Mathieu Arzeno | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 23 September | | Brendon Hartley | Mathieu Arzeno | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 6 | R1 | Autódromo do Estoril | 20 October | Jon Lancaster | Jon Lancaster | Jon Lancaster | SG Formula |
| 6 | R2 | Autódromo do Estoril | 21 October | | Jon Lancaster | Jon Lancaster | SG Formula |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | 27 October | Brendon Hartley | Jon Lancaster | Jon Lancaster | SG Formula |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona | 28 October | | Jon Lancaster | Jon Lancaster | SG Formula |

## Championship standings

### Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP* |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

* - only awarded to race one polesitters

| Pos | Driver | ZOL | ZOL | NÜR | NÜR | HUN | HUN | DON | DON | MAG | MAG | EST | EST | CAT | CAT | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brendon Hartley J | 1 | 1 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 134 |
| 2 | Jon Lancaster | Ret | 26 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 102 |
| 3 | Charles Pic J | 10 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 88 |
| 4 | Stefano Coletti J | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 27† | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | 71 |
| 5 | Jaime Alguersuari J | 4 | 23 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27† | 2 | 2 | 67 |
| 6 | Frank Kechele | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 67 |
| 7 | Henkie Waldschmidt | DSQ | 2 | 1 | DSQ | 7 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 52 |
| 8 | Oliver Turvey | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | DNS | 51 |
| 9 | Mika Mäki | Ret | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 46 |
| 10 | Nelson Panciatici | 3 | Ret | 9 | 14 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 44 |
| 11 | Mihai Marinescu J | 16 | NC | 5 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31† | DSQ | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 12 | Oliver Oakes | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 32 |
| 13 | Tobias Hegewald J | 9 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 25 |
| 14 | Alexandre Marsoin J | Ret | 11 | 27† | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 15 | Tristan Vautier J | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | | | | | 13 | Ret | | | | | 22 |
| 16 | Markus Niemelä | 5 | 9 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 2 | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 17 | Fabio Leimer J | 18 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 28† | 16 | 24 | 21 | 32 | 17 |
| 18 | Roberto Merhi J | 13 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 21 | 15 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 16 |
| 19 | Aleix Alcaraz J | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 7 |
| 20 | Fabio Onidi | 23 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 22 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 6 |
| 21 | Jules Bianchi J | | | NC | Ret | Ret | 30 | | | | | | | Ret | 9 | 4 |
| 22 | Daniel Zampieri J | 14 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 23 | 21 | 34 | 15 | 4 |
| 23 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs J | | | | | | | Ret | 9 | Ret | 30† | 20 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 3 |
| 24 | Andrea Caldarelli J | 28† | 14 | Ret | 21 | 9 | 33 | Ret | 20 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 2 |
| 25 | Federico Muggia | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 26 | Martin Plowman | 29† | Ret | 31 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 1 |
| 27 | Pierre Combot $^1$ J | | | | | 13 | 13 | | | 9 | 11 | | | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Anton Nebylitskiy $^2$ J | 12 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 20 | 23 | 27 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 29 | 17 | 22 | 33† | 0 |
| 29 | Felipe Lapenna | Ret | 25 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Miquel Julià Perello | 19 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 21 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | Gary Hirsch | 26 | 22 | 18 | 17 | | | | | 14 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Jonathan Hirschi | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Tiago Petiz | 17 | 20 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 24 | Ret | 15 | 30 | 16 | Ret | 22 | | | 0 |
| 33 | Nicola Zonzini J | | | 15 | 23 | 28 | 21 | | | | | | | 28 | 27 | 0 |
| 34 | Facundo Crovo | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | | | 20 | 21 | Ret | 26 | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | César Ramos J | | | | | | | Ret | 24† | 24 | 31† | 18 | 18 | | | 0 |
| 36 | Stéphane Richelmi J | 20 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 25 | Ret | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| 37 | Pascal Kochem | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 29† | 20 | 18 | 0 |
| 38 | Pedro Nunes | 24 | Ret | 24 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Giovanni Nava J | 22 | 19 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Pablo Montilla J | 21 | 29 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 25 | Ret | 26 | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| 41 | David Sigachev J | | | 21 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Joe Ghanem J | 27 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Francesc Moreno J | 25 | 24 | 29 | 29 | Ret | 27 | 22 | Ret | 33† | 24 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 44 | Alexander Khateeb | Ret | Ret | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Bianca Steiner J | | | | | 23 | 32 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Natalia Kowalska J | | | 25 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Simeon Ivanov J | | | 30 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 26 | 31 | 0 |
| 48 | Khalil Beschir | | | | | | | 26 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 49 | Jimmy Auby | | | | | 27 | 31 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jaime Pintanez | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing. |||||||||||||||||
| | Mathieu Arzeno | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | Ret | Ret | - |
| | Daniel Ricciardo | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 15 | 33 | Ret | - |
| | Sergio Campana | | | | | | | | | 25 | 18 | | | | | - |
| | Nelson Lukes | | | | | | | | | 19 | Ret | | | | | - |
| | Edouard Texte | | | | | | | | | 23 | 22 | | | | | - |
| | Patrick Kronenberger J | | | | | | | | | | | 28† | 25 | 25 | 25 | - |
| | Jakub Giermaziak | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 26 | - |
| | Nicolas Marroc | | | | | | | | | 28 | Ret | | | 30 | 30 | - |
| Pos | Driver | ZOL | ZOL | NÜR | NÜR | HUN | HUN | DON | DON | MAG | MAG | EST | EST | CAT | CAT | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

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

* $^1$ Pierre Combot raced as guest driver with Cram Competition in rounds Magny Cours and Barcelona.
* $^2$ Anton Nebylitskiy raced as guest driver with SG Formula at Estoril and Barcelona.

### Teams

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Epsilon RedBull | 201 |
| 2 | SG Drivers Project | 127 |
| 3 | SG Formula | 112 |
| 4 | Motopark Academy | 99 |
| 5 | Epsilon Euskadi | 71 |
| 6 | Prema Powerteam | 54 |
| 7 | Jenzer Motorsport | 53 |
| 8 | District Racing | 44 |
| 9 | Motorsport Arena | 31 |
| 10 | BVM Minardi Team | 23 |
| 11 | Graff Racing | 22 |
| 12 | Boutsen Energy Racing | 22 |
| 13 | Cram Competition | 6 |
| | Carlin Motorsport | 0 |
| | Omicron Racing | 0 |
| | SL Formula Racing | 0 |
| | Steiner Motorsport | 0 |
