A podium came in just his third race, but it was in the second half of the season where he really showed improvements and rose to eighth in the points. Hadrien David MP Motorsport For David to win a race this year it would be quite the feat, but with MP Motorsport’s proven pace and the wealth of experience and resources at hand through Renault he should end 2020 in a fighting position for 2021. Yet in 2018, when both drivers signed extensions, they did so in mid-July within one day of each other. Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who recently tied Michael Schumacher’s all-time wins record with his 91st career victory, is on pace to winning a record-tying seventh world title this season. More than that, Aron may well be one of the leading drivers at Zandvoort due to his ADAC F4 experience there. 1st in pre-season testing (100.000%)   2019: 5th in FR Eurocup. As this feature went to press, it was confirmed that Kush Maini has had to drop out of his R-ace GP drive due to budget problems. B-M Racing’s Rory Smith wins the 2020 Formula Ford Festival, Hunter McElrea ends Indy Pro 2000 season with Pabst’s first win, Frederick dominates final Donington BRDC British F3 race, Tom McArthur beats modern cars in FFord Festival Last Chance Race, Nazim Azman scores fourth reversed grid BRDC British F3 win. The Estonian, a winner in ADAC and Italian F4 last year, has no competitive mileage in F3-level machinery but had an encouraging pre-season with ART Grand Prix that suggests he could be a frequent podium threat and is most likely to be the series’ rookie champion. Despite only making it onto the second step of the podium once, while Colombo took three wins, Caio Collet very nearly beat the Italian to fourth in the points last year. His pre-season looked very tidy, and it will be no surprise if he’s another who is rapid straight out of the box and able to keep that rhythm going through an intense season. If he doesn’t go one better in 2020, where does he go? 3rd in pre-season testing (100.313%)   2019-20: 11th in Asian F3   2019: 4th in Italian F4, 8th in ADAC F4. The championship features drivers competing in 1.8 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. He competed for Renault from 2003 through 2006 and then again in 2008 and 2009. Arden has signed Alex Quinn to substitute for travel-restricted Jackson Walls for rounds one and two, and he should definitely be scoring a lot of points after taking podiums in a mid-season debut on unknown tracks last year. Menu Back Back; Home; Actualité; Présentation; Saison; Pilotes et équipes He was also the quickest driver outside of the two French teams ART and R-ace, and M2 being able to focus all of its efforts on just his car could well be an advantage. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. The 18-year-old won the Formula Academy Finland title in 2018 in his second season of F4, then contested dual campaigns in Germany and Italy last year. The 2020 season is the 30th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport. 10th in pre-season testing (101.036%)   2019: 7th in FR Eurocup. The series will visit nine circuits around Europe. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Formula 1 (Photo by JENNIFER LORENZINI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images). Ugo de Wilde Arden Featuring a spec chassis, 210 bhp Renault F4R engine and budget caps, Formula Renault places a premium on driver ability and has proven to be a popular national series in … We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like. The Brazilian certainly got stronger as the 2019 season went on, in all areas of his driving, and will probably be Martins’ closest opponent when it comes to qualifying this year. [4], The provisional calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 11 September 2019. It may have only been Formula Renault in name last year, as it gave up its own category of single-seaters to join the growing number of regional Formula 3 series, but the Eurocup was as competitive as ever and is still a very attractive championship with a Renault Formula 1 junior role and (a likely) FIA F3 Championship drive in 2021 as reward for the champion. The series was one of the quickest to respond to calendar disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and has a 10-round schedule that will visit seven countries and has already guaranteed several in-season tests too. Neither driver or team looks fastest on one-lap pace, which is unsurprising, but stint data from pre-season paints a picture where Bhaitech could be one of the teams to beat in races. While he wasn’t showing off on race runs at Valencia in testing, Martins is a driver who won two races in a stacked field as a rookie and claimed six wins at five different circuits last year. Mikhael Belov M2 Competition The last drivers to reach F1 under Mercedes’ patronage made winning starts to their time in F3. Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. Petr Ptacek R-ace GP Manor Competition has three cars entered for this season, but the revived British team only has two drivers signed. Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on All Racing and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. Sometimes as young as 16, the drivers in the Formula Renault Eurocup field are confronted with an extremely competitive environment in which they will learn the (...) Menu Back Home One other factor that may support Belov’s hopes: he looks like one of the best of the field in wet conditions. Piastri was the strongest qualifier on the grid in 2019, taking nine poles with MP Motorsport, and his one-lap pace looks like it’s going to be as formidable as ever based off the returning ART Grand Prix team’s testing form. Another third-year driver with eyes on nothing less than the title,  Lorenzo Colombo was firmly shaded by his MP team-mate Martins for much of last season. It’s not just drivers chasing Renault’s support that have signed up to race in the Eurocup, with F1 juniors from Mercedes-Benz and Sauber and a whole team bearing Fernando Alonso’s colours. Sites sport automobile du groupe Renault. While clearly a joke regardless, it is also worth pointing out that Renault already have both of their drivers picked out for 2021 anyway.