The series was established in 1991 as the "Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault," before switching to the "Eurocup Formula Renault" name in 1993. In 2000, it was renamed to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, and from 2005 onwards, it was known as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, with the exception of the 2003 season, which was named Formula Renault 2000 Masters.
While a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5, many drivers stepped up to the senior category. For example, the 2006 champion Filipe Albuquerque, fourth-place finisher Bertrand Baguette, and 13th-place finisher Xavier Maassen were the first to do so on a full-time basis for the 2007 season. The 2007 champion Brendon Hartley did not follow suit, instead moving to the British Formula Three Championship. Meanwhile, Charles Pic and Alexandre Marsoin joined FR 3.5 for 2008. The 2008 champion Valtteri Bottas moved to the Formula 3 Euro Series, and only Anton Nebylitskiy, who was placed 20th, made his debut in FR 3.5 in 2009.
The 2009 season marked the first time the champion received prize money to graduate to FR 3.5, an opportunity utilized by champion Albert Costa. He was joined in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season by sixth-place finisher Nathanaël Berthon. Like Costa, 2010 champion Kevin Korjus and his rivals Arthur Pic, Daniël de Jong, and André Negrão moved to FR 3.5 in 2011. The 2011 champion Robin Frijns not only graduated to FR 3.5 in 2012, but he also became the first driver to win both the Eurocup and FR 3.5 Series consecutively. Other 2011 Eurocup graduates who moved to FR 3.5 were Will Stevens and Vittorio Ghirelli. The 2012 champion Stoffel Vandoorne and his contender Norman Nato headed to FR 3.5 in 2013. Pierre Gasly and Oliver Rowland, who fought until the last race for the 2013 Eurocup title, both graduated to FR 3.5 in 2014. They were joined by Luca Ghiotto, Matthieu Vaxivière, and Roman Mavlanov. Nyck de Vries dominated the 2014 championship and moved to FR 3.5 in 2015. Egor Orudzhev, Aurélien Panis, and Gustav Malja also moved to Formula Renault 3.5.
The chassis was built at Alpine's Dieppe plant, a Renault subsidiary. The aerodynamic kit was designed by Tatuus. All Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 cars used the same specifications.
Chassis: FR2.0/13. Carbon-fibre bodywork
Engine: Renault F4R 832 – 4-cylinder – 16 valve – 1998cc. 210 bhp at 7,500rpm. 220Nm at 5,500rpm
Transmission: SADEV seven-speed sequential + reverse gear. XAP electric control gearshift, semi-automatic steering-wheel mounted
Front suspension: ZF Race Engineering single damper, two-way adjustable
Rear suspension: ZF Race Engineering double damper, two-way adjustable
Brakes: Four-piston calipers with 278 x 18 mm steel discs
Rims: Aluminium one-piece 9 x 13 (front) and 10 x 13 (rear)
Tyres: Michelin 20-54 x 13 (front) and 24-57 x 13 (rear)
Length/width/height: 4270 / 1740 / 950mm
Front and rear track: 1502 / 1440mm
Fuel tank: 50 litres
Unloaded weight: 506 kg