The Renault Eurocup Mégane Trophy was a one-make racing series created and managed by Renault Sport. The series has raced with the Renault Mégane Renault Sport since 2005 as part of the World Series by Renault. The Renault Eurocup has run with various models under differing names since 1976.
History The Eurocup use a single Renault 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 (1981–1984) Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo (1985–1988) Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo (1989–1991) Europa Cup Renault Clio (1992–1995) Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy (1996–1998) Renault Sport Clio Trophy (1999–2004) Eurocup Mégane Trophy (2005–2008) Eurocup Mégane Trophy Mk. II (2009–2013)
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 ChampionSecondary Class Champion 1976 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine Yves Frémont 1977 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine Mauro Baldi 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 Renault Nederland 1984 Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo Jan Lammers Renault Nederland 1985 Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo Oscar Larrauri 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 1997 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Tommy Rustad 1998 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Andrea Belicchi 1999 Renault Sport Clio Trophy Jérôme Policand 2000 Renault Sport Clio Trophy Luca Rangoni Autotottoli 2001 Renault Sport Clio Trophy Luca Rangoni Autotottoli 2002 Renault Sport Clio Trophy Luca Rangoni Autotottoli 2003 Renault Sport Clio Trophy Luca Rangoni Autotottoli 2004 not held 2005 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Jan Heylen Racing for Belgium Sébastien Dhouailly (Junior) 2006 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Jaap van Lagen Tech 1 Racing Matthieu Lahaye (Junior) 2007 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Pedro Petiz Tech 1 Racing Pedro Petiz (Junior) 2008 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Michaël Rossi Tech 1 Racing Jean-Philippe Madonia (Gentleman) 2009 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Mike Verschuur TDS Racing Jean-Philippe Madonia (Gentleman) 2010 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Nick Catsburg TDS Racing Jean-Philippe Madonia (Gentleman) 2011 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Stefano Comini Oregon Team David Dermont (Gentleman) 2012 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Albert Costa Oregon Team Jean-Charles Miginiac (Gentleman) 2013 Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy Mirko Bortolotti Oregon Team Jeroen Schothorst (Gentleman)
See also Renault Clio Cup Dacia Logan Cup Sports Renault
References
DriverDatabase driverdb.com Cup Racers renaultoloog.nl
External links World Series by Renault: Megane Trophy official website World Series by Renault - Eurocup Megane Trophy official website 2