2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup

The 2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup was the inaugural season of the Alpine Elf Europa Cup, the one-make sports car racing series organized by Alpine for Alpine A110 Cup cars. It began on 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 12 October, at Monza after six double-header meetings.

Entry List

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Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
France CMR-CCF 2 France Vincent Beltoise All
France Milan Competition 3 France Denis Gibaud[N 1] G 6
8 France Nicolas Milan All
9 Belgium Phillippe Bourgois G 1–2
France Jean-Marc Thévenot G 3
Italy Alessandro Sebasti Scalera G 5
12 France Marc Guillot 2–3, 5–6
15 France Gaël Castelli 4–6
77 Estonia Thomas Padovani All
Estonia Sten Pentus[N 1] 5
France Racing Technology 4 France Mathieu Blaise All
11 France Sylvain Noël G All
110 France Eric Helary[N 2] G G 1
France Thierry Soave[N 2] G G
Germany Paul Englert[N 2] G 2
France Bernard Romain[N 2] G 3
France Mathieu Sentis[N 2] G
United Kingdom Oliver Webb[N 2] G 4
Belgium Stéphane Lémeret[N 2] G G 5
Spain Jaime Hernandez[N 2] G 6
France Automeca-Super U 5 France Stéphane Proux 1–2, 3, 5–6
France Emmanuel Guigou 1–2
France Automeca-RCC 7 France Franc Rouxel G All
Spain Team VRT 9 Spain Marc de Fulgencio[N 1] J 6
France Autosport GP 14 France Marc Sevestre G 1, 3, 5
France Julien Neveu 2, 4, 6
17 France Jean-Baptiste Mela J All
18 France Pierre Macchi G 1–2, 4, 6
France Pierre Combot 3, 5–6
France Team Duty Car 29 Italy Alessandro Sebasti Scalera G 1
France Lucas Lasserre 2–3
France Jean-Philippe Desplat[N 1] G 5
France CMR-GRR 33 Monaco Grégory Romano G 1–3, 5–6
France Autosport GP-Patrick Roger 69 France Laurent Hurgon G All
France CMR 76 France Pierre Sancinéna All
Icon Class
G Gentlemen
J Junior
G Guest

Race calendar and results

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  • A five-round calendar was revealed along with the announcement of the series on 26 October 2017.[1] The schedule consisted of 5 circuits for the first year of the series with all rounds supporting either the International GT Open or the FFSA GT Championship.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Race Winner Junior Winner Gentlemen Winner
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 1 June France No. 76 CMR France No. 76 CMR France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Pierre Sancinéna France Pierre Sancinéna France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
R2 2 June France No. 76 CMR France No. 2 CMR-CFF France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Pierre Sancinéna France Vincent Beltoise France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
2 R1 Germany Nürburgring 22 June France No. 76 CMR France No. 76 CMR France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger
France Pierre Sancinéna France Pierre Sancinéna France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Laurent Hurgon
R2 23 June France No. 76 CMR France No. 76 CMR France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Pierre Sancinéna France Pierre Sancinéna France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
3 R1 France Dijon-Prenois 14 July France No. 76 CMR France No. 76 CMR France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Pierre Sancinéna France Pierre Sancinéna France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
R2 15 July France No. 8 Milan Competition France No. 12 Milan Competition France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Nicolas Milan France Marc Guillot France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
4 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 1 September France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
United Kingdom Oliver Webb United Kingdom Oliver Webb France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
R2 2 September France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
United Kingdom Oliver Webb United Kingdom Oliver Webb France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
5 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 22 September France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger
Belgium Stéphane Lémeret Belgium Stéphane Lémeret France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Laurent Hurgon
R2 23 September France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 110 Racing Technology France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
Belgium Stéphane Lémeret Belgium Stéphane Lémeret France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël
6 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21 October France No. 8 Milan Competition France No. 8 Milan Competition Spain No. 9 Team VRT France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Nicolas Milan France Nicolas Milan Spain Marc de Fulgencio France Sylvain Noël
R2 21 October France No. 69 Autosport GP-Patrick Roger France No. 8 Milan Competition France No. 17 Autosport GP France No. 11 Racing Technology
France Laurent Hurgon France Nicolas Milan France Jean-Baptiste Mela France Sylvain Noël

Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 20 drivers. If less than 75% of the race distance is completed then half points are awarded. If less than two laps are completed then no points are given.[2]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th-20th PP FL
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos. Driver LEC
France
NÜR
Germany
DIJ
France
SIL
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
CAT
Spain
 Pts. 
1 France Pierre Sancinéna 1 15 1 1 1 9 5 9 8 4 6 4 138
2 France Nicolas Milan 2 2 3 3 11 7 8 5 5 7 1 1 137
3 France Sylvain Noël 3 4 6 4 3 3 6 6 7 2 5 6 119
4 France Jean-Baptiste Mela 4 3 15 5 Ret 2 4 7 4 6 9 5 101
5 France Vincent Beltoise 10 1 16 6 5 5 2 3 6 8 Ret 14 99
6 France Gaël Castelli 3 2 2 3 3 Ret 90
7 France Marc Guillot 5 8 2 1 17 9 2 2 84
8 France Laurent Hurgon 11 5 2 17 4 4 Ret 8 3 10 Ret 9 77
9 France Julien Neveu 4 2 7 4 4 3 66
10 Estonia Thomas Padovani 5 6 11 13 8 11 10 Ret 9 10 7 39
11 France Mathieu Blaise 16 10 7 10 9 12 9 10 11 12 8 10 33
12 France Lucas Lasserre 17 9 7 6 17
13 Monaco Grégory Romano 8 13 12 14 14 15 14 14 11 12 16
14 France Marc Sevestre 7 9 10 13 12 15 14
15 France Franc Rouxel 13 14 14 15 16 17 12 11 15 16 12 16 13
16 Italy Alessandro Sebasti Scalera 12 8 10 11 11
17 France Pierre Combot 6 10 18 DNS Ret 10
18 France Pierre Macchi 9 12 13 12 11 12 Ret 10
19 France Emmanuel Guigou 7 10 8
20 Belgium Phillippe Bourgois 15 11 9 11 8
21 France Stéphane Proux 14 16 15 16 16 17 13 15 8
22 France Jean-Marc Thévenot 12 14 2
Drivers ineligible to score points
France Eric Helary 6
France Thierry Soave Ret
Germany Paul Englert 8 7
France Bernard Romain 13
France Mathieu Sentis 8
United Kingdom Oliver Webb 1 1
Belgium Stéphane Lémeret 1 1
France Jean-Philippe Desplat 13 13
Estonia Sten Pentus 5
Spain Marc de Fulgencio 7 8
Spain Jaime Hernandez 14 11
France Denis Gibaud Ret 13
Pos. Driver LEC
France
NÜR
Germany
DIJ
France
SIL
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
CAT
Spain
 Pts. 

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Drivers who started their first race of the season at the penultimate or final rounds are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Guest drivers in the #110 Racing Technology entry are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.
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References

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  1. ^ "Alpine unveils its new race car – the Alpine A110 Cup - Groupe Renault". group.renault.com. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  2. ^ "SPORTING REGULATION ALPINE EUROPA CUP". Alpine Elf Europa Cup. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06.