The qualifying sessions on Saturday had been under dry conditions. Mikko Pakari had set the fastest times for both sessions and so earned a double pole (2:21.495 and 2:20.859).

On Sunday morning, it was time for the first race of the almost forty participants. Although there was a clean start, without any incidents, the first crash happened in the second sector of the track when Gustavo Lima, Jakub Smiechowski and Ignazio D’Agosto met in Les Combes. Because there were too many cars on track, the racecontrol deployed the safety car in order to safely clean the track of the vehicles. As this turned out to be more problematic than expected in first instance, the race had to be interrupted with a red flag.

At the restart, Pakari was again the fastest man, but Hill and Dennis of the Fortec NEC team quickly found a better pace. Both passed Pakari in the following lap. Meanwhile there was an interesting fight between Meindert van Buuren, Jeroen Slaghekke and Andrea Pizzitola in the places 13 until 15, leaving no room for mistakes. The second safety car was deployed after a spin of Lena Heun, who left her car at a ninety-degree angle on the middle of the track. As it caused a dangerous situation for the crowded field, safetycar caught the full grid until the car had been removed. After two laps, the race could be resumed.

Jake Dennis experienced what the tricky conditions on the renowned track can do; after shortly touching the grass, he hit the guardrail and scored his first blank result of the 2012 season. In his flight, he took Pakari off track as well, leaving second and third place to Alessio Picariello and Gabriel Casagrande.

The very last race of the 2012 season started with half an hour delay at 15.50 on the afternoon of Sunday the 14^th of October. Only four degrees Celsius and light rain set the conditions for the 20^th race of the season. After the whole field left at switching off the lights, Pakkari lost his lead to the Belgian Alessio Picariello for SL Formula Racing. Both cars were on slicks, but as the race progressed the rain tyre seemed to be the better choice. All cars that had chosen for that tyre were smoothly making their way to the front of the field, passing multiple cars each lap.

The Tony Kart drivers of KTR, Kanamaru and Colome, took control of the field in the third lap, giving the NEC a Japanese leader for the time in its existence. Rookie Sandro Lukovic, driving the Formula Renault for the first time on this track, put down an impressive performance by securing third position. Although the falling rain and low temperatures made the track very risky, the entire grid showed off their gained experience over the season. Just one yellow flag because of a spin in the busstop chicane, did not get in the way of a great ending of a spectacular NEC season.

The three winners of the Northern European Cup, Jake Dennis, Jordan King and Josh Hill receive a test in the Formula Renault 3.5 running in the World Series by Renault programme.

Result Race 1:

1. Hill in 8 laps, 49 minutes and 3.268 seconds, 2. Picariello +2.311, 3. Bonifacio +3.027, 4. Casagrande +4.690, 5. Engineer +5.020, 6. Kleveros +5.347, 7. Ringbom 5.782, 8. De Vries 5.976, 9. Meindert van Buuren +6. 359, 10. Andrea Pizzitola +7.776

Result Race 2:

1. Yu Kanamaru in 9 laps, 25 minutes and 8.387 seconds, 2. Victor Colome +4.541, 3. Sandro Lukovic +7.788, 4. Victor Bouveng +12.151, 5. Frank Suntjens +18.674, 6. Gustavo Lima +20.675, 7. Jake Dennis 33.352, 8. Alessio Picariello +46.040, 9. Steijn Schothorst +46.980, 10. Jakub Smiechowski +49.426,

Final standings Northern European Cup:

1. Jake Dennis with 376 points, 2. Jordan King 316, 3. Josh Hill 311, 4. Jeroen Slaghekke 241, 5. Steijn Schothorst 212, 6. Kevin Kleveros 196, 7. Shahaan Engineer 195, 8. Gabriel Casagrande 181, 9. Stoffel Vandoorne 176, 10. Nyck de Vries 176