The 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the inaugural Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Oschersleben on 22 April and finished on 17 September at the Salzburgring, after sixteen races.
Motopark Academy driver Filipe Albuquerque won the NEC championship title, having won four races during the season. Runner-up Chris van der Drift amassed four race wins too. His JD Motorsport team-mate Xavier Maassen completed the top three with two wins.
Drivers and teams
Team |
No. |
Driver |
Rounds |
Racing Sweden |
1 |
Jesper Wulf Laursen |
7 |
5 |
Niklas Edling |
7 |
Team Aarthus Racing |
2 |
Steffen Møller |
7 |
6 |
Sam Whan |
7 |
15 |
Jens Renstrup |
7 |
MP Motorsport |
3 |
Oscar Wilkens |
All |
4 |
Helmert Jan van der Slik |
1, 3–4 |
5 |
Ricardo van der Ende |
6 |
van Amersfoort |
7 |
Dennis Swart |
All |
8 |
Gwendolyn Hertzberger |
All |
Motopark Academy |
10 |
Filipe Albuquerque |
1–5, 7–8 |
11 |
Nathan Antunes |
1–3 |
41 |
Sébastien Buemi |
3–4, 7–8 |
42 |
Oliver Oakes |
5 |
Motorsport Arena |
12 |
John Michael Edwards |
1–5, 7–8 |
14 |
Brendon Hartley |
1–5, 7–8 |
Kern Motorsport |
15 |
Yassine Benjamaa |
1 |
16 |
Patrick Kreuter |
1–5 |
Lukoil Racing |
17 |
Sergey Afanasyev |
1, 3–8 |
52 |
Sergey Chukanov |
1, 3–8 |
Huggare Racing |
18 |
Viktor Huggare |
6–7 |
Team SRTS |
22 |
Micke Ohlsson |
6–7 |
JD Motorsport |
24 |
Kasper Andersen |
1–2 |
25 |
Chris van der Drift |
1–5, 7–8 |
26 |
Xavier Maassen |
1–5, 7–8 |
Koiranen Bros. Motorsport |
27 |
Atte Mustonen |
1–5, 7 |
28 |
Tomi Limmonen |
1–5, 7 |
69 |
Mika Mäki |
7 |
99 |
Johnny Cecotto Jr. |
2–5 |
SL Formula Racing |
29 |
Frédéric Vervisch |
All |
31 |
Anton Nebylitskiy |
All |
AR Motorsport |
33 |
Dennis Retera |
6 |
34 |
Duarte Félix da Costa |
All |
35 |
Mervyn Kool |
All |
KEO Racing |
33 |
Daniel Ivarsson |
7 |
84 |
Alexander Haegermark |
7 |
MDR Motorsport |
37 |
Sten Pentus |
5 |
Astromega Racing |
38 |
Qinghua Ma |
3–5 |
Petrom District Racing |
39 |
Mihai Marinescu |
1–3, 5–8 |
Trakstar Racing AB |
43 |
Philip Forsman |
6–7 |
44 |
Christian Kronegård |
6–7 |
Race calendar and results
Standings
Race point system
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
9th |
10th |
12th |
13th |
14th |
15th |
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 |
Pos[1] |
Driver |
OSC
|
SPA
|
NÜR
|
ZAN
|
OSC
|
ASS
|
AND
|
SAL
|
Points |
1 |
Filipe Albuquerque |
7 |
1 |
6 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
312 |
2 |
Chris van der Drift |
1 |
10 |
3 |
10 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
267 |
3 |
Xavier Maassen |
2 |
3 |
18 |
1 |
13 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
5 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
252 |
4 |
Mervyn Kool |
6 |
11 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
11 |
19 |
4 |
Ret |
12 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
25 |
7 |
5 |
204 |
5 |
John Michael Edwards |
8 |
4 |
2 |
DNS |
3 |
7 |
9 |
Ret |
6 |
Ret |
|
|
4 |
1 |
6 |
14 |
184 |
6 |
Mihai Marinescu |
Ret |
6 |
12 |
Ret |
8 |
10 |
|
|
9 |
16 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
175 |
7 |
Sébastien Buemi |
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
26 |
1 |
2 |
172 |
8 |
Sergey Afanasyev |
5 |
2 |
|
|
15 |
Ret |
6 |
6 |
Ret |
4 |
Ret |
1 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
16 |
167 |
9 |
Frédéric Vervisch |
11 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
Ret |
21 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
17 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
15 |
152 |
10 |
Brendon Hartley |
12 |
Ret |
5 |
Ret |
4 |
4 |
10 |
Ret |
4 |
6 |
|
|
6 |
3 |
Ret |
7 |
151 |
11 |
Atte Mustonen |
4 |
5 |
7 |
14 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
|
|
149 |
12 |
Duarte Félix da Costa |
10 |
12 |
11 |
DNS |
7 |
9 |
13 |
9 |
11 |
7 |
Ret |
5 |
10 |
Ret |
Ret |
8 |
140 |
13 |
Anton Nebylitskiy |
14 |
18 |
15 |
Ret |
9 |
16 |
16 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
21 |
13 |
Ret |
11 |
116 |
14 |
Dennis Swart |
17 |
15 |
13 |
9 |
12 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
18 |
10 |
11 |
20 |
21 |
10 |
12 |
104 |
15 |
Oscar Wilkens |
13 |
13 |
Ret |
11 |
Ret |
Ret |
14 |
14 |
12 |
10 |
4 |
Ret |
13 |
14 |
Ret |
Ret |
96 |
16 |
Sergey Chukanov |
16 |
DNS |
|
|
17 |
15 |
Ret |
12 |
Ret |
9 |
5 |
8 |
Ret |
20 |
9 |
10 |
96 |
17 |
Johnny Cecotto Jr. |
|
|
4 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
Ret |
7 |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
92 |
18 |
Helmert Jan van der Slik |
9 |
7 |
|
|
5 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79 |
19 |
Kasper Andersen |
3 |
16* |
16 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
12 |
Ret |
9 |
77 |
20 |
Gwendolyn Hertzberger |
19 |
17 |
17 |
12 |
18 |
20 |
Ret |
17 |
18 |
19 |
Ret |
10 |
19 |
23 |
11 |
13 |
74 |
21 |
Patrick Kreuter |
15 |
14 |
10 |
8 |
19 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
Ret |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
22 |
Tomi Limmonen |
Ret |
9 |
Ret |
6 |
Ret |
19 |
Ret |
15 |
10 |
Ret |
|
|
14 |
Ret |
|
|
55 |
23 |
Ricardo van der Ende |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
54 |
24 |
Nathan Antunes |
Ret |
Ret |
8 |
5 |
Ret |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
25 |
Ron Marchal |
|
|
14 |
7 |
Ret |
18 |
12 |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
26 |
Qinghua Ma |
|
|
|
|
11 |
EX |
17 |
13 |
16 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
27 |
Oliver Oakes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 |
28 |
Philip Forsman[N 1] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
12 |
17 |
15 |
|
|
22 |
29 |
Viktor Huggare[N 1] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
13 |
22 |
18 |
|
|
20 |
30 |
Sten Pentus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
31 |
Christian Kronegård[N 1] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
14 |
16 |
16 |
|
|
17 |
32 |
Micke Ohlsson[N 1] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
9 |
12 |
9 |
|
|
12 |
33 |
Mika Mäki |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
11 |
|
|
12 |
34 |
Yassine Benjamaa |
18 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
Dennis Retera |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
0 |
The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing. |
|
Steffen Møller |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
10 |
|
|
– |
|
Daniel Ivarsson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
17 |
|
|
– |
|
Alexander Haegermark |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
19 |
|
|
– |
|
Jens Renstrup |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
22 |
|
|
– |
|
Sam Whan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
24 |
|
|
– |
|
Jesper Wulf Laursen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
Ret |
|
|
– |
|
Niklas Edling |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
|
|
– |
Pos |
Driver |
OSC
|
SPA
|
NÜR
|
ZAN
|
OSC
|
ASS
|
AND
|
SAL
|
Points |
- Notes
References
External links