Renault Eurocup
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The Renault Eurocup Mégane Trophy is a one-make racing
One-design
One-Design is a racing method where all vehicles or boats have identical or very similar designs or models. It is also known as Spec series. It is heavily used in sailboat racing. All competitors in a race are then judged based on a single start time...

 series created and managed by Renault Sport
Renault Sport
Renault Sport Technologies is the France motorsport division of Renault. Renault Sport was responsible for Renault's sports car racing entries during the 1970s, including their win at the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans race with the Renault Alpine A442.Actual Renault's Formula One team, Renault F1 in...

. The series has raced with the Renault Mégane Renault Sport since 2005 as part of the World Series by Renault
World Series by Renault
The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, is a motor racing series. The series consists of the flagship Formula Renault 3.5 Series , the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy...

. The Renault Eurocup has run with various models under differing names since 1976.

History

The Eurocup use a single Renault
Renault
Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...

 produced vehicle. The series use cars according to era and the championship name is so altered :
  • Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine (1976-1980)
  • Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo
    Renault 5 Turbo
    The Renault 5 Turbo or R5 Turbo is a high-performance hatchback automobile launched by the French manufacturer Renault at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1980...

     (1981-1984)
  • Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo (1985-1988)
  • Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo
    Renault 21
    The Renault 21 is a large family car produced by French automaker Renault between 1986 and 1994. It was also sold in North America through American Motors dealers as the Renault Medallion and the Eagle Medallion...

     (1989-1991)
  • Europa Cup Renault Clio
    Renault Clio
    The Renault Clio is a supermini car produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault. Originally launched in 1990, it is currently in its third generation...

     (1992-1995)
  • Renault Sport Spider
    Renault Spider
    The Renault Sport Spider is a roadster produced by the French automaker Renault Sport between 1995 and 1997.-Project:...

     Elf Trophy (1996-1998)
  • Renault Sport Clio Trophy (1999-2004)
  • Eurocup Mégane Trophy (2005-2008)
  • Eurocup Mégane Trophy Mk. II (2009-)

Scoring system

  • Here is the current scoring system for races in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy:
    Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
    Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • There was a point awarded for pole position up until prior to the start of the 2010 season.

Champions

SeasonSeries NameChampionTeam Champion
1976 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine   Yves Frémont
1977 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine   Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams.He started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup...

1978 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine   Wolfgang Schütz
1979-
1980
not held
1981 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo   Wolfgang Schütz
1982 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo   Joël Gouhier
1983 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo   Jan Lammers
Jan Lammers
Johannes "Jan" Lammers, , is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands. He participated in 41 Formula One Grand Prix races, debuting on January 21, 1979. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 and later participated in the race with his own team Racing for Holland...

  Renault Nederland
1984 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo   Jan Lammers
Jan Lammers
Johannes "Jan" Lammers, , is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands. He participated in 41 Formula One Grand Prix races, debuting on January 21, 1979. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 and later participated in the race with his own team Racing for Holland...

  Renault Nederland
1985 Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo   Oscar Larrauri
Oscar Larrauri
Oscar Rubén Larrauri is a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in 21 Formula One Grands Prix, all with the struggling EuroBrun team, debuting on April 3, 1988...

1986 Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo   Massimo Sigala
1987 Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo   Massimo Sigala
1988 Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo   Massimo Sigala
1989 Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo   Massimo Sigala
1990 Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo   Massimo Sigala
1991 not held
1992 Europa Cup Renault Clio   Bernard Castagne
1993 Europa Cup Renault Clio   Salvatore Pirro
1994 Europa Cup Renault Clio   Bernard Castagne
1995 Europa Cup Renault Clio   Marcel Kläy
1996 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy   Franck Lagorce
Franck Lagorce
Franck Lagorce is a racing driver driver from France. He participated in 2 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on November 6, 1994. He scored no championship points....

1997 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy   Tommy Rustad
Tommy Rustad
Tommy Rustad is a Norwegian auto racing driver. He currently drives in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. Tommy is the son of former wellknown Norwegian racer Ola Rustad.-Early Years:...

1998 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy   Andrea Belicchi
Andrea Belicchi
Andrea Belicchi is an Italian racing driver. He has competed in such series as Italian Formula 3000, Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, Porsche Supercup and the Le Mans Series. He was the GTS class champion in 2006's International GT Open along with Stefano Zonca...

1999 Renault Sport Clio Trophy   Jérôme Policand
Jérôme Policand
Jérôme Policand is a French racing driver.He drove in Le Mans Series Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in GT1 class for the Team Luc Alphand Aventures.-24 Hours of Le Mans results:-External links:*...

2000 Renault Sport Clio Trophy   Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni is an Italian auto racing driver. He is a married man with one son.-Early career:Like many racing drivers, Rangoni's first taste of racing was in karts, where he spent four years. He made his debut in circuit racing in the 1989 Italian Formula Alfa Boxer Championship, where he...

  Autotottoli
2001 Renault Sport Clio Trophy   Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni is an Italian auto racing driver. He is a married man with one son.-Early career:Like many racing drivers, Rangoni's first taste of racing was in karts, where he spent four years. He made his debut in circuit racing in the 1989 Italian Formula Alfa Boxer Championship, where he...

  Autotottoli
2002 Renault Sport Clio Trophy   Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni is an Italian auto racing driver. He is a married man with one son.-Early career:Like many racing drivers, Rangoni's first taste of racing was in karts, where he spent four years. He made his debut in circuit racing in the 1989 Italian Formula Alfa Boxer Championship, where he...

  Autotottoli
2003 Renault Sport Clio Trophy   Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni
Luca Rangoni is an Italian auto racing driver. He is a married man with one son.-Early career:Like many racing drivers, Rangoni's first taste of racing was in karts, where he spent four years. He made his debut in circuit racing in the 1989 Italian Formula Alfa Boxer Championship, where he...

  Autotottoli
2004 not held
2005 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Jan Heylen
Jan Heylen
Jan Heylen is a Belgian racing driver who most notably competed in the Champ Car World Series.-Early career and F3000:...

  Racing for Belgium
Azerti Motorsport
Azerti Motorsport is a Belgian motorsport team founded by former racer Wim Coekelbergs.-History:Racing for Belgium started racing in Belgian Clio Cup in 2003, but graduated to the Eurocup Mégane Trophy in 2005, taking the driver and teams titles with Jan Heylen...

2006 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Jaap van Lagen
Jaap van Lagen
Jaap van Lagen is a Dutch racing driver, who is a former competitor in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series and a former Eurocup Megane Trophy champion....

  Tech 1 Racing
2007 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Pedro Petiz
Pedro Petiz
Pedro Petiz is a Portuguese racing driver.He was the 2007 champion of the Renault Eurocup.Since 2009 he has raced in the Superleague Formula and has raced for Sporting CP in the 2009 season.-Superleague Formula:...

  Tech 1 Racing
2008 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Michaël Rossi
Michaël Rossi
-Career:After racing in karting, Rossi raced in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006 driving for both SG Formula and Hexis Racing. However he only scored one point in 11 races, placing him 21st in the standings....

  Tech 1 Racing
2009
2009 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
The 2009 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the fifth Eurocup Mégane Trophy season. The season began at Circuit de Catalunya on April 18 and finished at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on October 25, after seven rounds and fourteen races...

Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Mike Verschuur
Mike Verschuur
Mike Verschuur is a Dutch racing driver. He won the Eurocup Mégane Trophy series in 2009 and the Renault Clio Cup Netherlands in 2006. He has also competed in other such series as Porsche Supercup.He is openly gay ....

  TDS Racing
2010
2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
The 2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the sixth Eurocup Mégane Trophy season. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 1 and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on October 10, after seven rounds and fourteen scheduled races...

Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Nick Catsburg
Nick Catsburg
Nick Catsburg is a Dutch racing driver. He is currently racing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Exim Bank Team China.-Career:...

  TDS Racing
2011
2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
The 2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season will be the seventh season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a single make series that supports the World Series by Renault....

Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy   Stefano Comini   Oregon Team

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