The 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

The 2016 season was the 26th and final season Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport and the first season as the main category of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 16 April and finished on 23 October at Autódromo do Estoril. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six events.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver name Status Rounds Josef Kaufmann Racing[1] 1 Jehan Daruvala[2] All 2 Lando Norris[3] R All 3 Robert Shwartzman[4] R All Fortec Motorsports[1] 5 Vasily Romanov[1] 1–4 Aleksandr Vartanyan[5] R G 7 6 Bruno Baptista[1] All 7 Nikita Troitskiy[6] R G 1, 3, 5–7 49 Frank Bird[5] R G 7 62 Ferdinand Habsburg[1] All Tech 1 Racing[1] 9 Dorian Boccolacci[7] All 10 Hugo de Sadeleer[8] All 11 Sacha Fenestraz[8] R All 12 Gabriel Aubry[8] R All R-ace GP[9] 14 Will Palmer[10] R All 16 Julien Falchero[11] R All 33 Max Defourny[12] All 47 Marcus Armstrong[5] R G 7 JD Motorsport[1] 17 Aleksey Korneev[13] R All 18 James Allen[1] All 46 Finlay Hutchinson[14] R G 5 AVF by Adrián Vallés[1] 21 Henrique Chaves[1] All 22 Harrison Scott[15] All 23 Nerses Isaakyan[4] R G 1 Nikita Mazepin[16] 2–3 24 Petru Florescu[16] R 2–3 42 Julia Pankiewicz[4] R G 1 43 Nerses Isaakyan[17] R G 3 Cram Motorsport[18] 30 Rodrigo Pflucker[18] R 1–2 31 David Richert[18] 1–3 Antoni Ptak Jr.[14] G 5 Technorace[4] 35 Alessandro Perullo[4] R All MGR Motorsport[4] 38 David Porcelli[4] R 1–2 Colin Noble G 3 Mark Burdett Motorsport 44 Finlay Hutchinson[19] R G 4 GMMA Formula Racing[14] 45 Ghislain Cordeel R G 5–7 TS Corse 48 Alex Peroni[20] G 7

Icon Status R Rookie G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 5 September 2015, The championship will take the Formula Renault 3.5 Series spot in the Monaco Grand Prix schedule. Rounds at Spielberg, Le Castellet and Estoril will return in the series' calendar. These rounds (as well as Spa) will be collaboration with European Le Mans Series.^[21] On 9 October 2015, was announced that Monza round will be included in the schedule. The round was supported by Clio Cup Italia.^[22]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	16 April	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	R-ace GP	Lando Norris
	R2			Max Defourny	Jehan Daruvala	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
	R3		17 April	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
2	R	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	29 May	Sacha Fenestraz[N 1]	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	2 July	Dorian Boccolacci	Dorian Boccolacci	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
	R2			Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Dorian Boccolacci	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz
	R3		3 July	Dorian Boccolacci	Dorian Boccolacci	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Lando Norris
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	16 July	Lando Norris	Dorian Boccolacci	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
	R2		17 July	Harrison Scott	Max Defourny	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Lando Norris
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 August	Harrison Scott	Lando Norris	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrián Vallés	Lando Norris
	R2		28 August	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Lando Norris
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	24 September	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Hugo de Sadeleer	Tech 1 Racing	Lando Norris
	R2		25 September	Max Defourny	Lando Norris	Dorian Boccolacci	Tech 1 Racing	Lando Norris
7	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril	22 October	Lando Norris	Max Defourny	Will Palmer	R-ace GP	Will Palmer
	R2		23 October	Sacha Fenestraz	Will Palmer	Sacha Fenestraz	Tech 1 Racing	Sacha Fenestraz

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ALC MON MNZ RBR LEC SPA EST Pts 1 Lando Norris 2 1 1 16 1 7 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 16 2 253 2 Dorian Boccolacci 11 2 4 4 2 1 3 10 4 5 3 2 1 5 4 200 3 Max Defourny 1 4 2 3 8 2 4 2 2 4 2 11 15 Ret 3 188.5 4 Harrison Scott 4 3 3 8 3 13 1 4 1 1 9 14 5 6 8 172 5 Sacha Fenestraz Ret 14 15 1 4 3 8 13 10 6 5 4 4 7 1 119.5 6 Hugo de Sadeleer Ret DNS 18 11 10 4 13 6 11 Ret 8 1 3 2 7 89 7 Will Palmer 13 6 20 9 6 Ret 7 Ret 6 3 10 Ret 9 1 22 76 8 Robert Shwartzman 5 8 9 12 5 6 6 11 Ret 7 11 Ret 14 3 6 75 9 Jehan Daruvala 3 5 13 15 7 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 7 9 Ret 10 11 62 10 Ferdinand Habsburg 10 7 12 2 Ret 10 12 3 8 8 6 7 11 Ret 12 57 11 Henrique Chaves 7 9 16 6 16 Ret 10 15 5 12 18 17 8 17 5 41 12 Gabriel Aubry Ret 10 11 7 Ret Ret 5 14 12 15 4 6 Ret Ret 15 35 13 Julien Falchero 15 11 7 10 13 9 11 7 16 9 12 10 7 12 12 32.5 14 Bruno Baptista 6 12 6 Ret Ret 15 Ret 9 13 Ret 14 15 12 8 9 28 15 Aleksey Korneev 9 15 8 18 9 Ret 9 8 9 11 13 12 13 13 19 22 16 Nikita Mazepin 5 12 8 Ret 11 17 James Allen 17 13 17 13 19 11 17 12 15 13 16 5 Ret Ret 13 11 18 Vasily Romanov 14 Ret 10 19 11 14 Ret 16 14 2 19 Alessandro Perullo Ret DNS DNS 21 17 12 14 Ret Ret 14 21 16 10 2 20 Rodrigo Pflucker 16 16 19 14 0 21 Petru Florescu 17 15 17 15 0 22 David Porcelli 18 17 21 Ret 0 23 David Richert 20 18 22 20 18 19 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Alex Peroni 4 18 0 Nikita Troitskiy 8 Ret 5 22 5 Ret Ret 17 8 6 11 16 0 Marcus Armstrong 9 10 0 Antoni Ptak Jr. 10 15 0 Nerses Isaakyan 12 20 14 14 16 16 0 Ghislain Cordeel 16 19 13 DNS 14 21 0 Frank Bird 15 20 0 Colin Noble Ret 18 18 0 Julia Pankiewicz 19 19 23 0 Finlay Hutchinson Ret Ret Ret 20 0 Aleksandr Vartanyan Ret 17 0 Pos Driver ALC MON MNZ RBR LEC SPA EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Rookie

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	334
2	Tech 1 Racing	319.5
3	R-ace GP	231.5
4	AVF by Adrián Vallés	211
5	Fortec Motorsports	79
6	JD Motorsport	33
7	Technorace	0
8	Cram Motorsport	0
9	MGR Motorsport	0