2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

January 2024 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2005 2007 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. Car number Driver name Rounds SWE Racing Sweden 1 DNK Jesper Wulf Laursen 7 5 SWE Niklas Edling 7 DNK Team Aarthus Racing 2 DNK Steffen Møller 7 6 SWE Sam Whan 7 15 DNK Jens Renstrup 7 NLD MP Motorsport 3 NLD Oscar Wilkens All 4 NLD Helmert Jan van der Slik 1, 3–4 5 NLD Ricardo van der Ende 6 NLD van Amersfoort 7 NLD Dennis Swart All 8 NLD Gwendolyn Hertzberger All DEU Motopark Academy 10 PRT Filipe Albuquerque 1–5, 7–8 11 AUS Nathan Antunes 1–3 41 CHE Sébastien Buemi 3–4, 7–8 42 GBR Oliver Oakes 5 DEU Motorsport Arena 12 USA John Michael Edwards 1–5, 7–8 14 NZL Brendon Hartley 1–5, 7–8 DEU Kern Motorsport 15 MAR Yassine Benjamaa 1 16 DEU Patrick Kreuter 1–5 RUS Lukoil Racing 17 RUS Sergey Afanasyev 1, 3–8 52 UKR Sergey Chukanov 1, 3–8 SWE Huggare Racing 18 SWE Viktor Huggare 6–7 SWE Team SRTS 22 SWE Micke Ohlsson 6–7 ITA JD Motorsport 24 DNK Kasper Andersen 1–2 25 NZL Chris van der Drift 1–5, 7–8 26 NLD Xavier Maassen 1–5, 7–8 FIN Koiranen Bros. Motorsport 27 FIN Atte Mustonen 1–5, 7 28 FIN Tomi Limmonen 1–5, 7 69 FIN Mika Mäki 7 99 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. 2–5 DEU SL Formula Racing 29 BEL Frédéric Vervisch All 31 RUS Anton Nebylitskiy All NLD AR Motorsport 33 NLD Dennis Retera 6 34 PRT Duarte Félix da Costa All 35 NLD Mervyn Kool All DNK KEO Racing 33 SWE Daniel Ivarsson 7 84 SWE Alexander Haegermark 7 NLD MDR Motorsport 37 EST Sten Pentus 5 BEL Astromega Racing 38 CHN Qinghua Ma 3–5 ROU Petrom District Racing 39 ROU Mihai Marinescu 1–3, 5–8 SWE Trakstar Racing AB 43 SWE Philip Forsman 6–7 44 SWE Christian Kronegård 6–7 Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Event 1 R1 DEU Motopark Oschersleben 22 April DNK Kasper Andersen DNK Kasper Andersen NZL Chris van der Drift ITA JD Motorsport Beru Top 10 R2 23 April NZL Chris van der Drift DNK Kasper Andersen PRT Filipe Albuquerque DEU Motopark Academy 2 R1 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 13 May NLD Mervyn Kool FIN Atte Mustonen NLD Mervyn Kool NLD AR Motorsport 1000 km of Spa R2 14 May NZL Chris van der Drift NZL Chris van der Drift NLD Xavier Maassen ITA JD Motorsport 3 R1 DEU Nürburgring 27 May NZL Chris van der Drift CHE Sébastien Buemi CHE Sébastien Buemi DEU Motopark Academy Beru Top 10 R2 28 May NZL Chris van der Drift NZL Chris van der Drift NZL Chris van der Drift ITA JD Motorsport 4 R1 NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 June NZL Chris van der Drift NZL Chris van der Drift NZL Chris van der Drift ITA JD Motorsport Pinkster Races R2 4 June NZL Chris van der Drift NLD Mervyn Kool NZL Chris van der Drift ITA JD Motorsport 5 R1 DEU Motopark Oschersleben 1 July NLD Xavier Maassen NLD Xavier Maassen NLD Xavier Maassen ITA JD Motorsport FIA GT Oschersleben 500km R2 2 July PRT Filipe Albuquerque NZL Chris van der Drift PRT Filipe Albuquerque DEU Motopark Academy 6 R1 NLD TT Circuit Assen 15 July RUS Sergey Afanasyev BEL Frédéric Vervisch NLD Ricardo van der Ende NLD MP Motorsport Beru Top 10 R2 16 July RUS Sergey Afanasyev RUS Sergey Afanasyev RUS Sergey Afanasyev RUS Lukoil Racing 7 R1 SWE Anderstorp Raceway 12 August PRT Filipe Albuquerque PRT Duarte Félix da Costa PRT Filipe Albuquerque DEU Motopark Academy Swedish Touring Car Championship R2 13 August PRT Duarte Félix da Costa NZL Brendon Hartley USA John Michael Edwards DEU Motopark Academy 8 R1 AUT Salzburgring 16 September CHE Sébastien Buemi PRT Filipe Albuquerque CHE Sébastien Buemi DEU Motopark Academy Beru Top 10 R2 17 September ROU Mihai Marinescu CHE Sébastien Buemi PRT Filipe Albuquerque DEU Motopark Academy Standings +Race point systemPosition1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th14th15th16th17th18th19thPoints3024201716151413121110987654321 PosResults Northern European Cup Formula Renault 2.0 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20080415053959/http://www.necup.com/review06_results.htm 15 April 2008 necup.com Driver nameOSCDEUSPABELNÜRDEUZANNLDOSCDEUASSNLDANDSWESALAUT Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 161 PRT Filipe Albuquerque7161522432112213122 NZL Chris van der Drift1103101611152371242673 NLD Xavier Maassen23181135321558462524 NLD Mervyn Kool611141411194Ret1233725752045 USA John Michael Edwards842DNS379Ret6Ret416141846 ROU Mihai MarinescuRet612Ret8109162494331757 CHE Sébastien Buemi1325226121728 RUS Sergey Afanasyev5215Ret66Ret4Ret11565161679 BEL Frédéric Vervisch118913Ret2111101417678581515210 NZL Brendon Hartley12Ret5Ret4410Ret4663Ret715111 FIN Atte Mustonen457141065833RetRet14912 PRT Duarte Félix da Costa101211DNS79139117Ret510RetRet814013 RUS Anton Nebylitskiy141815Ret91616111513762113Ret1111614 NLD Dennis Swart171513912171818171810112021101210415 NLD Oscar Wilkens1313Ret11RetRet141412104Ret1314RetRet9616 UKR Sergey Chukanov16DNS1715Ret12Ret958Ret209109617 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr.43688Ret7Ret9218 NLD Helmert Jan van der Slik97512777919 DNK Kasper Andersen316*162Ret12Ret97720 NLD Gwendolyn Hertzberger191717121820Ret171819Ret10192311137421 DEU Patrick Kreuter151410819141516Ret146422 FIN Tomi LimmonenRet9Ret6Ret19Ret1510Ret14Ret5523 NLD Ricardo van der Ende125424 AUS Nathan AntunesRetRet85Ret133725 NLD Ron Marchal147Ret1812Ret3326 CHN Qinghua Ma11EX171316153327 GBR Oliver Oakes882628 SWE Philip ForsmanIneligible for points at Anderstorp.81217152229 SWE Viktor Huggare91322182030 EST Sten Pentus13111831 SWE Christian Kronegård111416161732 SWE Micke OhlssonRet91291233 FIN Mika MäkiRet111234 MAR Yassine Benjamaa18195 NLD Dennis ReteraRetRet0The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing. DNK Steffen Møller1110 – SWE Daniel Ivarsson1817 – SWE Alexander HaegermarkRet19 – DNK Jens Renstrup2422 – SWE Sam Whan2324 – DNK Jesper Wulf Laursen25Ret – SWE Niklas EdlingRetRet – Pos Driver nameOSCDEUSPABELNÜRDEUZANNLDOSCDEUASSNLDANDSWESALAUT Points Notes "N" References External links Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship NEC Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Renault NEC