The2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the twelfthEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began atCircuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 20 April and finished at theCircuito do Estoril on 19 October, after nine races.^[1]

Series veteranÉric Salignon scored four victories atMagny-Cours,Silverstone,Oschersleben andImola during the season, he took the championship at the wheel of hisGraff Racing-run car, giving team their first Eurocup championship. Swiss driverNeel Jani who competed withJenzer Motorsport was the only Salignon's rival championship title was not resolved until the final round, and Jani finished in series' standings just four points behind French driver, winning races atAnderstorp,Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps andCircuito do Estoril. Salignon's teammateNicolas Lapierre improved to third place.Cram Competition'sJosé María López won atJarama on way to his fourth place.Lewis Hamilton completed the top five, competing just four of the nine races, taking his first Eurocup win in the homeDonington Park race.^[2]

2002 Entry List[3]
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Graff Racing	1	Eric Salignon	All
	11	Frederic Barth	All
	12	Nicolas Lapierre	1–8
	21	Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	1–3
	68	Julien Joulian Falcini	6
Drumel Motorsport	2	Davide di Benedetto	1–2, 5–7
	34	Christian Montanari	1–2, 5–7
Colak Team	3	Marin Colak	1–2
Johns Racing Team	4	John Svensson	1–7, 9
	27	Paul Henry Fastre	1–5
	73	Jeremy Izzarelli	6
	75	Jürgen van Hover	6
MA-con Racing	5	Ross Zwolsman	1–2
	32	Hannes Lachinger	All
	49	Andre Nicastro	4–5
	78	Jos Menten	6–7
	82	Alexandros Margaritis	8–9
RP Motorsport	6	Marco Bonanomi	1–2, 6–7
	71	Giovanni Berton	6
	??	Toni Vilander	7
RC Motorsport	7	Robert Kubica	1–7, 9
	37	Carlos Pereira	1–5, 7, 9
	72	Fernando Rees	6–7, 9
	74	Paulo Bueno	1–2
ADM Junior Team	8	Gregory Franchi	1–7, 9
	22	Dennis van Lammern	1–3
	86	Marcello Thomaz	10
EuroInternational	9	John C. Antonio	3–9
ASM	10	Nicolas Armindo	1–3, 6
	20	Mike den Tandt	1–4, 6–7
	57	Alexandre Prémat	1–3, 6
	77	Simon Pagenaud	6
Cram Competition	14	Lourenco da Veiga	All
	35	Damien Pasini	All
	43	Roberto Streit	All
	58	José María López	3–7, 9
TCS	16	Emmanuel Piget	1–2
	44	Julien Piguet	1–2
Jenzer Motorsport	17	Bruno Spengler	1–3, 5–9
	18	Neel Jani	All
	19	Giorgio Mondini	All
	47	Esteban Guerrieri	4–6
	51	Richard Göransson	4
SL Formula Racing	23	Hendrick Vieth	All
	87	Damian Sawicki	9
JD Motorsport	24	Christian Klien	All
	25	Robert Schlünssen	All
FH Racing Team	28	Andreas Feichtner	1–2, 5–7
Margaritis Racing	30	Dennis Furchheim	10
Durango	33	Ferdinando Monfardini	All
	39	Stephen Simpson	All
Facondini Racing	36	Nicky Pastorelli	All
	54	Rodrigo Bernardes	1–5
Prema Powerteam	40	Franck Perera	1–4, 6–7, 9
	42	Alexander Storckenfeldt	1–4, 6–7, 9
TS2	41	Adam Smith	1–2
	55	Martyn Smith	1–2
Lohmann Motorsport	45	Thomas Westarp	All
KUG Motorsport	48	Giacomo Ricci	4–9
Motopark Oschersleben	52	Andreas Zuber	5
Den Blå Avis	56	Tom Keller	All
	57	Philip Andersen	All
Fortec Motorsport	59	Danny Watts	6
	60	Jamie Green	6
	85	Robin Rudholm	8
	86	Ryan Sharp	8
Rod Blow	61	Hayanari Shimoda	6
Pole Racing Service	63	David Laisis	6
	64	Yann Clairay	6–7
	65	Guillaume Moreau	6
Manor Motorsport	69	Lewis Hamilton	6–9
	70	Ernesto Viso	6–7
BVM Minardi Junior	76	Giacomo Piccini	6
AR Motorsport	83	Ferdinand Kool	8
	84	Charles Hall	8
Tomcat Racing	??	Olivier Tielemans	7

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 April	Robert Kubica	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	Graff Racing
2	Silverstone Circuit	4 May	Nicolas Lapierre	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	Graff Racing
3	Circuito del Jarama	1 June	Eric Salignon	Nicolas Lapierre	José María López	Cram Competition
4	Scandinavian Raceway	29 June	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Jenzer Motorsport
5	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	13 July	Eric Salignon	Nicolas Lapierre	Eric Salignon	Graff Racing
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3 August	Neel Jani	Hannes Lachinger	Neel Jani	Jenzer Motorsport
7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari,Imola	31 August	José María López	Lewis Hamilton	Eric Salignon	Graff Racing
8	Donington Park	5 October	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport
9	Circuito do Estoril	19 October	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Neel Jani	Jenzer Motorsport

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Pos Driver MAG SIL JAR AND OSC SPA IMO DON EST Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Éric Salignon 1 1 3 5 1 5 1 9 8 182 2 Neel Jani 8 3 10 1 2 1 6 4 1 178 3 Nicolas Lapierre 5 2 2 9 7 6 3 5 120 4 José María López 1 7 4 2 Ret 3 100 5 Lewis Hamilton 7 2 1 2 92 6 Christian Klien 4 Ret 9 4 5 DNS 5 2 7 92 7 Robert Kubica 2 4 13 3 10 Ret 27 4 80 8 Bruno Spengler 6 6 7 3 10 7 Ret 6 68 9 Roberto Streit 10 5 Ret 2 14 Ret 26 3 13 58 10 Alexandre Prémat 3 Ret 4 Ret 36 11 Mike den Tandt 7 10 11 23 3 Ret 30 12 Robert Schlünssen 17 7 5 11 8 Ret 12 21 28 26 13 Franck Perera 31 15 8 8 13 Ret 5 24 14 Hannes Lachinger 23 Ret 12 Ret 12 4 10 16 17 20 15 Hendrick Vieth Ret 13 19 21 6 16 22 7 Ret 18 16 Davide di Benedetto 34 11 Ret Ret 4 16 17 Giorgio Mondini 25 26 Ret 6 19 20 11 13 10 12 18 Tom Keller 30 14 6 Ret 21 DNS 24 23 Ret 10 19 Charles Hall 6 10 20 Nicolas Armindo 9 8 16 25 10 21 Carlos Pereira 16 9 24 Ret 13 8 20 10 22 Christian Montanari 19 Ret Ret 8 9 10 23 Damien Pasini 27 16 Ret 16 Ret 15 19 8 Ret 6 24 Andreas Feichtner 28 25 9 Ret Ret 4 25 Simon Pagenaud 9 4 26 Dennis Furchheim 9 4 27 Lourenco da Veiga 33 19 14 Ret 16 19 15 10 12 2 28 Esteban Guerrieri 10 11 DNS 2 Stephen Simpson 32 Ret 22 17 22 11 16 15 Ret 0 Alexander Storckenfeldt 24 20 17 12 DNS 14 11 0 Marco Bonanomi 11 ? Ret 13 0 Alexandros Margaritis 11 19 0 Ferdinando Monfardini 14 12 26 13 25 12 20 17 16 0 Philip Andersen 18 23 Ret Ret 15 14 Ret 12 27 0 Julien Piguet 12 17 0 Ross Zwolsman 13 ? 0 Nicky Pastorelli 36 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 14 14 0 Richard Göransson 14 0 Rodrigo Bernardes 35 21 15 15 24 0 Fernando Rees Ret 28 15 0 Paulo Bueno 15 22 0 Thomas Westarp ? Ret 20 Ret 23 17 Ret 24 22 0 Jos Menten 30 17 0 Giacomo Ricci 18 26 24 18 19 24 0 Frederic Barth 21 Ret 21 Ret 20 21 Ret 20 18 0 Gregory Franchi 22 18 Ret Ret 28 DNS Ret DNS 0 John Svensson ? 24 18 19 27 28 21 25 0 Andre Nicastro Ret 18 0 Ernesto Viso 18 Ret 0 Ferdinand Kool 18 0 Paul Henry Fastre ? 28 23 20 29 0 Emmanuel Piget 20 30 0 John C. Antonio 25 22 Ret DNS Ret Ret 21 0 Giovanni Berton 22 0 Robin Rudholm 22 0 Yann Clairay 27 23 0 Giacomo Piccini 23 0 Damian Sawicki 23 0 Olivier Tielemans 25 0 Bruce Lorgeré-Roux 26 ? Ret 0 Guillaume Moreau 26 0 Marcello Thomaz 26 0 Martyn Smith ? 27 0 Dennis van Lammern 29 29 Ret 0 Julien Joulian Falcini 29 0 Toni Vilander 29 0 Jürgen van Hover 31 0 Adam Smith ? Ret 0 Andreas Zuber Ret 0 Jamie Green Ret 0 David Laisis Ret 0 Hayanari Shimoda Ret 0 Danny Watts Ret 0 Ryan Sharp Ret 0 Jeremy Izzarelli DNS 0 Marin Colak ? ? 0 Pos Driver MAG SIL JAR AND OSC SPA IMO DON EST Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Pos	Team	Points
1	Graff Racing	302
2	Jenzer Motorsport	260
3	Cram Competition	164
4	JD Motorsport	118
5	Manor Motorsport	92
6	RC Motorsport	90
7	ASM	80
8	Drumel Motorsport	26
9	Prema Powerteam	24
10	MA-con Racing	20
11	SL Formula Racing	18
12	AR Motorsport	10
13	Den Blå Avis	10
14	FH Racing Team	4
15	Margaritis Racing	4

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