2020 Alpine Elf Europa Cup

The 2020 Alpine Elf Europa Cup was the third 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 22 August at Nogaro and concluded on 1 November at Portimão, after 1 triple-header and 3 double-header meetings.

Entry List[edit]

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Racing Technology	3	Gosia Rdest		All
	9	Phillippe Bourgois	G	All
	11	Pierre Sancinéna		1
	76	Pierre Sancinéna		2–4
	110^{[N 1]}	Thomas Laurent	G	1
		André Negrao	G	1
		Arthur Leclerc	G	2
		Julien Febreau	G G	3
		Philippe Quetaud	G G	3–4
Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	5	Stéphane Proux	G	All
	6	Stéphane Auriacombe	G	2–3
	7	Franc Rouxel	G	All
	21	Marc Guillot		All
	26	Frédéric Croullet^{[N 2]}	G	3
	29	Mateo Herrero	J	All
	31	Louis Méric	J	1–2
Tierce Racing	6	Stéphane Auriacombe	G	1
Autosport GP	17	Jean-Baptiste Mela	J	All
	18	Pierre Macchi	G	All
	44	Lilou Wadoux	J	All
	69	Laurent Hurgon		All
	97	Léo Boulay	J	3
	98	Edwin Traynard	J	All
Mirage Racing	38	Yves Lemaître	G	1–3
Race Cars Consulting	41	Anthony Fournier	G	All
Race Cars Consulting	77	Franck Labescat^{[N 2]}	G	4
Entry Lists: ^[1]^[2]

Icon	Class
G	Gentlemen
J	Junior
G	Guest

Race calendar and results[edit]

The 2020 calendar was released at the end of season awards ceremony for the 2019 season.^[3] The series will be traveling to Misano and Portimão for the first time with the latter also becoming the new season finale. The rounds at Hockenheimring and Silverstone have been dropped while Barcelona, and Le Castellet have new dates. On 10 March 2020, the French government banned gatherings of more than 1000 people in response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[4] As a result, the Nogaro round has been moved to July.^[5] On 27 April 2020, the final calendar was released consisting of four rounds, down from the planned six, and a dramatically changed schedule primarily focused around France with the exception of the final round at Portimão.^[6] With this new schedule, the series traveled to Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours for the first time. The series also utilized a three race format for some rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Race Winner	Junior Winner	Gentlemen Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	22 August	No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 9 Racing Technology	FFSA GT Championship French F4 Championship French Renault Clio Cup Peugeot 308 Racing Cup
	R1		22 August	Mateo Herrero	Mateo Herrero	Mateo Herrero	Phillippe Bourgois
	R2		23 August	No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 9 Racing Technology
	R2			Mateo Herrero	Mateo Herrero	Mateo Herrero	Phillippe Bourgois
	R3			No. 29 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 98 Autosport GP	No. 98 Autosport GP	No. 6 Tierce Racing
	R3			Mateo Herrero	Edwin Traynard	Edwin Traynard	Stéphane Auriacombe
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	12 September	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 9 Racing Technology	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup French F4 Championship French Renault Clio Cup Formula Renault Eurocup
	R1		12 September	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Phillippe Bourgois
	R2		13 September	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 6 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition
	R2		13 September	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Stéphane Auriacombe
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	3 October	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 9 Racing Technology	FFSA GT Championship French F4 Championship French Renault Clio Cup Peugeot 308 Racing Cup
	R1		3 October	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Phillippe Bourgois
	R2		4 October	No. 69 Autosport GP	No. 69 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 5 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition
	R2			Laurent Hurgon	Laurent Hurgon	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Stéphane Proux
	R3			No. 69 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 41 Race Cars Consulting
	R3			Laurent Hurgon	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Anthony Fournier
4	R1	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	31 October	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 77 Race Cars Consulting	European Le Mans Series Michelin Le Mans Cup
	R1		31 October	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Franck Labescat
	R2		1 November	No. 76 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 76 Herrero Racing by Milan Competition	No. 17 Autosport GP	No. 77 Race Cars Consulting
	R2		1 November	Pierre Sancinéna	Pierre Sancinéna	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Franck Labescat

Championship Standings[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

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.^[7]

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	NOG			MAG		LEC			PRT†		Pts.
1	Jean-Baptiste Mela	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	166
2	Laurent Hurgon	4	3	6	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	129
3	Pierre Sancinéna	2	4	5	3	3	5	4	3	5	1	113
4	Mateo Herrero	1	1	3	5	Ret	3	3	13	13	DNS	89.5
5	Marc Guillot	5	5	4	6	6	4	9	5	8	2	76.5
6	Edwin Traynard	6	11	1	Ret	5	11	7	4	2	5	68.5
7	Lilou Wadoux	7	6	8	4	4	7	5	7	4	7	65
8	Gosia Rdest	8	7	10	8	Ret	6	6	6	6	6	43
9	Phillippe Bourgois	10	9	13	9	13	9	14	10	10	9	24
11	Anthony Fournier	11	10	12	12	Ret	10	15	8	12	11	18
10	Louis Méric	12	Ret	9	7	7						15
12	Stéphane Proux	15	14	17	10	10	15	10	Ret	11	12	13.5
13	Stéphane Auriacombe	DNS	Ret	11	11	8	12	Ret	9			11
14	Yves Lemaître	14	13	15	13	9	13	11	11			10
15	Léo Boulay						8	8	14			9
16	Pierre Macchi	Ret	15	14	15	12	16	12	Ret	14	13	7.5
17	Franc Rouxel	13	12	16	14	11	DNS	WD	WD	15	14	6.5
Drivers ineligible to score points
	Franck Labescat									7	8
	André Negrao	9		7
	Thomas Laurent		8
	Philippe Quetaud							Ret		9	10
	Frédéric Croullet						14	13	12
	Arthur Leclerc				Ret	DNS
	Julien Febreau						Ret
Pos.	Driver	NOG			MAG		LEC			PRT		Pts.

†Half points were awarded for the first race at Portimão because the race had to be red-flagged due to an accident and so completed less than 75% of the scheduled distance.

Notes[edit]

^ Guest drivers in the #110 Racing Technology entry are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.
^ ^a ^b Drivers who started their first race of the season at the final or penultimate rounds are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers".

External links[edit]

Official website

References[edit]

^ "Liste des engagés". Alpine Elf Europa Cup. August 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23.
^ "Essais libres 1 Classement". September 11, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23.
^ "The Alpine Elf Europa Cup looks ahead to 2020!". www.alpineelfeuropacup.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
^ "France bans gatherings of more than 1,000 people to contain coronavirus". France 24. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
^ "Start of the 2020 Alpine Elf Europa Cup season postponed". www.alpineelfeuropacup.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
^ "The Alpine Elf Europa Cup adjusts its 2020 calendar". www.alpineelfeuropacup.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
^ "SPORTING REGULATION ALPINE EUROPA CUP". Alpine Elf Europa Cup. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06.

[GuestDriverPoints-1] Guest drivers in the #110 Racing Technology entry are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers.

[FinalTwoRacesPoints-2] Drivers who started their first race of the season at the final or penultimate rounds are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers".

[3] "Liste des engagés". Alpine Elf Europa Cup. August 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23.

[4] "Essais libres 1 Classement". September 11, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23.

[5] "The Alpine Elf Europa Cup looks ahead to 2020!". www.alpineelfeuropacup.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.

[6] "France bans gatherings of more than 1,000 people to contain coronavirus". France 24. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

[7] "Start of the 2020 Alpine Elf Europa Cup season postponed". www.alpineelfeuropacup.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

[8] "The Alpine Elf Europa Cup adjusts its 2020 calendar". www.alpineelfeuropacup.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

[9] "SPORTING REGULATION ALPINE EUROPA CUP". Alpine Elf Europa Cup. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06.

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