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 name	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

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Event
1	R1	Motopark Oschersleben	22 April	Kasper Andersen	Kasper Andersen	Chris van der Drift	JD Motorsport	Beru Top 10
	R2		23 April	Chris van der Drift	Kasper Andersen	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	13 May	Mervyn Kool	Atte Mustonen	Mervyn Kool	AR Motorsport	1000 km of Spa
	R2		14 May	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Xavier Maassen	JD Motorsport
3	R1	Nürburgring	27 May	Chris van der Drift	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Motopark Academy	Beru Top 10
	R2		28 May	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	JD Motorsport
4	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	3 June	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	JD Motorsport	Pinkster Races
	R2		4 June	Chris van der Drift	Mervyn Kool	Chris van der Drift	JD Motorsport
5	R1	Motopark Oschersleben	1 July	Xavier Maassen	Xavier Maassen	Xavier Maassen	JD Motorsport	FIA GT Oschersleben 500km
	R2		2 July	Filipe Albuquerque	Chris van der Drift	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy
6	R1	TT Circuit Assen	15 July	Sergey Afanasyev	Frédéric Vervisch	Ricardo van der Ende	MP Motorsport	Beru Top 10
	R2		16 July	Sergey Afanasyev	Sergey Afanasyev	Sergey Afanasyev	Lukoil Racing
7	R1	Anderstorp Raceway	12 August	Filipe Albuquerque	Duarte Félix da Costa	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy	Swedish Touring Car Championship
	R2		13 August	Duarte Félix da Costa	Brendon Hartley	John Michael Edwards	Motopark Academy
8	R1	Salzburgring	16 September	Sébastien Buemi	Filipe Albuquerque	Sébastien Buemi	Motopark Academy	Beru Top 10
	R2		17 September	Mihai Marinescu	Sébastien Buemi	Filipe Albuquerque	Motopark Academy

Standings

Pos[1]	Driver name	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 name	OSC		SPA		NÜR		ZAN		OSC		ASS		AND		SAL		Points

Notes

References

External links

• Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship