2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

The 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the seventh season of the Renault–supported single–seater category. It was the final season for the current Dallara chassis with Renault Sport Technologies having confirmed a new car for the 2012 season.^[1]

2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Drivers' Champion: Robert Wickens
Teams' Champion: Carlin

Previous

2010

Next

2012

After featuring 12 teams during the 2010 season, following the late withdrawal of SG Formula,^[2] the grid expanded to 13 teams in 2011 with the addition of leading Formula Abarth and Italian Formula Three outfit BVM–Target.^[3]

Regulation changes

Sporting

• The points system for the 2011 season changed to reflect the system used by the FIA for World championships.^[1] The top ten drivers in each race received points as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1.

Teams and drivers

R = Series rookie for 2011

Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
Tech 1 Racing[4]	1	Kevin Korjus[5]	R	All
	2	Arthur Pic[5]	R	All
ISR[4]	3	Lewis Williamson[6]	R	1, 9
		Daniel Ricciardo[7]		2–8
	4	Nathanaël Berthon[8]		All
Carlin[4]	5	Jean-Éric Vergne[9]		All
	6	Robert Wickens[10]		All
Fortec Motorsports[4]	7	Alexander Rossi[11]	R	All
	8	César Ramos[12]	R	All
Comtec Racing[4]	9	Daniel McKenzie[13]	R	All
	10	Daniël de Jong[13]	R	All
EPIC Racing[14]	11	Sten Pentus[15]		All
	12	Albert Costa[16]		All
International DracoRacing[4]	15	Stéphane Richelmi[17]	R	All
	16	André Negrão[17]	R	1–8
		Adrien Tambay[18]	R	9
Pons Racing[4]	17	Oliver Webb[19]	R	All
	18	Dominic Storey[15]	R	1
		Jean-Karl Vernay[20]	R	2
		Filip Salaquarda[21]		3
		Adrien Tambay[22]	R	4
		Michael Herck[23]		5
		Marcos Martínez[24]		6
		Nick Yelloly[25]	R	7–9
Mofaz Racing[4]	19	Chris van der Drift[26]		1–4
		Fairuz Fauzy[23]		5–9
	20	Jake Rosenzweig[27]		All
KMP Racing[4]	21	Anton Nebylitskiy[28]		1–5, 7–9
		Mikhail Aleshin[29]		6
	22	Nelson Panciatici[30]		All
P1 Motorsport[4]	23	Walter Grubmüller[31]		1–5, 7–9
		Adam Carroll[32]	R	6
	24	Daniil Move[31]		All
BVM–Target[3]	25	Daniel Zampieri[16]		All
	26	Sergio Canamasas[16]		All
Gravity–Charouz Racing[4]	27	Jan Charouz[33]		All
	28	Brendon Hartley[33]		All

Driver changes

Changed teams

• International DracoRacing driver Nathanaël Berthon moved to ISR.
• Daniil Move returned to P1 Motorsport after a season with Junior Lotus Racing.
• After finishing as runner–up in the 2010 season, Daniel Ricciardo joined Czech team ISR Racing. Ricciardo began his season at Spa, as he missed the Aragón round due to reserve driver duties at the Chinese Grand Prix.^[34]
• Having contested the last six races of the 2010 season with Tech 1 Racing, Jean-Éric Vergne moved to Carlin, having won the British F3 title with the team.
• For his second season in the series, Nelson Panciatici moved to KMP Racing from Junior Lotus Racing.
• After driving for P1 Motorsport in 2010, Jan Charouz joined the newly formed Gravity–Charouz Racing team. He was joined by Brendon Hartley, who raced for Tech 1 Racing and P1 Motorsport the previous season.
• Jake Rosenzweig moved from the Carlin team to Mofaz Racing for his second season in the series.
• BVM–Target signed Pons Racing driver Daniel Zampieri and FHV Interwetten.com driver Sergio Canamasas to drive in their début season in the series.
• Sten Pentus switched from Fortec Motorsport to EPIC Racing.

Entering/Re–Entering FR3.5

• FIA Formula Two champion Dean Stoneman, who contested the final round of the 2010 season with Junior Lotus Racing, was set to compete with ISR Racing, but withdrew after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.
• Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Kevin Korjus and his Eurocup rival Arthur Pic moved into the series, competing for Tech 1 Racing.
• Italian Formula Three runner–up Stéphane Richelmi and 13th–placed Eurocup driver André Negrão joined International Draco Racing
• Alexander Rossi joined Fortec Motorsports, having competed in GP3 for ART Grand Prix as well as the Monaco Grand Prix–supporting round with ISR Racing in 2010. His teammate was Italian Formula Three champion César Ramos.
• Daniel McKenzie and Oliver Webb moved up to the series from British F3, and drove for Comtec Racing and Pons Racing respectively.
• After finishing ninth in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Daniël de Jong graduated to the series with Comtec Racing.
• Robert Wickens returned to Carlin, after runner-up placings in Formula Two in 2009 and GP3 in 2010. Wickens finished 12th with Carlin in the 2008 season.
• Formula Renault UK runner–up Lewis Williamson contested the first round of the championship in Aragón for ISR, replacing Daniel Ricciardo due to his Formula One reserve driver duties in China.
• Chris van der Drift returned to Formula Renault 3.5 from Superleague Formula, and drove the first four meetings for Mofaz Racing. His budget ran out after Monaco and was replaced by Fairuz Fauzy.
• After missing the 2010 racing season, Dominic Storey drove for Pons Racing in Aragón. For the second round at Spa-Francorchamps, he was replaced by Indy Lights champion Jean-Karl Vernay. After Filip Salaquarda took the seat for the third round, Adrien Tambay drove in Monaco and GP2 racer Michael Herck drove for the team at the Nürburgring. Marcos Martínez, who won four races for the team in 2009 will compete at the Hungaroring.
• Former GP2 and A1 Grand Prix driver Adam Carroll replaced the injured Walter Grubmüller at the Hungaroring.

Leaving FR3.5

• Reigning champion Mikhail Aleshin was due to graduate to the GP2 Series with the Carlin team, but had to withdraw from the series due to budgetary issues.^[35] He will instead compete in the German Formula Three Championship with STROMOS Artline.
• Stefano Coletti and Julián Leal also graduated to GP2, racing for Trident Racing and Rapax respectively.
• Filip Salaquarda, who drove for ISR Racing in 2010, moved to the Superleague Formula series. Prior to doing so, he contested the third event of Formula Renault 3.5 at Monza.
• After competing for KMP Racing in 2010, Víctor García switched to Indy Lights in the United States, driving for Team Moore Racing. Also moving to Indy Lights is Esteban Guerrieri, who competed for Sam Schmidt Motorsports having finished third for ISR Racing in 2010.
• Bruno Méndez returned to Formula Three in 2011, racing in the British championship for Hitech Racing.
• Greg Mansell moved into sportscar racing for 2011, joining the Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici team in the inaugural Blancpain Endurance Series.
• After two seasons with Pons Racing, Federico Leo moved to the FIA GT3 Championship with AF Corse, sharing a Ferrari 458 with Francesco Castellacci.
• Jon Lancaster, who drove for Fortec Motorsport in 2010, joined the FIA Formula Two Championship.

Team changes

• Italian team BVM–Target joined the grid as the 13th team, taking the slot vacated by SG Formula before the start of the 2010 season.
• Gravity–Charouz Racing, with technical support from DAMS, took over the FHV Interwetten.com team's entry.
• After undergoing a restructuring process during the off–season, Epsilon Euskadi became known as EPIC Racing.

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2011 season was announced on 11 October 2010, the day after the end of the 2010 season.^[1] Seven of the nine rounds formed meetings of the 2011 World Series by Renault season, with additional rounds in support of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy and the Monaco Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	16 April	Robert Wickens	Alexander Rossi	Alexander Rossi	Fortec Motorsports	Alexander Rossi
	R2		17 April	César Ramos	Kevin Korjus	Kevin Korjus	Tech 1 Racing	Kevin Korjus
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	30 April	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Carlin	Alexander Rossi
	R2		1 May	Jean-Éric Vergne	Robert Wickens	Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlin	Alexander Rossi
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	14 May	César Ramos	Robert Wickens	Kevin Korjus	Tech 1 Racing	Kevin Korjus
	R2		15 May	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlin	Alexander Rossi
4		Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	29 May	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	ISR	Kevin Korjus
5	R1	Nürburgring	18 June	Robert Wickens	Brendon Hartley	Robert Wickens	Carlin	Kevin Korjus
	R2		19 June	Robert Wickens	Sergio Canamasas	Kevin Korjus	Tech 1 Racing	Kevin Korjus
6	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	2 July	Jean-Éric Vergne	Jake Rosenzweig	Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlin	Alexander Rossi
	R2		3 July	Sergio Canamasas	Sergio Canamasas	Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlin	Adam Carroll
7	R1	Silverstone Circuit	20 August	Robert Wickens	Daniel Ricciardo	Robert Wickens	Carlin	Alexander Rossi
	R2		21 August	Robert Wickens	Jan Charouz	Robert Wickens	Carlin	Kevin Korjus
8	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	17 September	Jean-Éric Vergne	Brendon Hartley	Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlin	César Ramos
	R2		18 September	Jean-Éric Vergne	Robert Wickens	Alexander Rossi	Fortec Motorsports	Alexander Rossi
9	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	8 October	Robert Wickens	Jean-Éric Vergne	Robert Wickens	Carlin	Alexander Rossi
	R2		9 October	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	EPIC Racing	Nick Yelloly

Season results

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ALC SPA MNZ MON NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT Points 1 Robert Wickens 2 5 1 2 Ret Ret 2 1 2 5 7 1 1 2 19 1 Ret 241 2 Jean-Éric Vergne 6 7 2 1 2 1 12 Ret 4 1 1 12 4 1 3 2 Ret 232 3 Alexander Rossi 1 2 7 7 17 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 5 3 DSQ 16 1 4 7 156 4 Albert Costa 4 3 3 5 18 5 9 5 6 Ret 2 5 5 DSQ 7 Ret 1 151 5 Daniel Ricciardo 10 9 6 2 1 2 5 DNS 12 2 2 6 2 144 6 Kevin Korjus Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 3 1 6 23 8 8 9 18 11 Ret 120 7 Brendon Hartley 21 Ret 4 8 5 Ret 3 14 7 8 6 21 7 3 20 DNS 3 95 8 Sergio Canamasas 22 10 9 Ret Ret 8 21† 9 11 3 4 10 19 5 17 5 4 69 9 Nelson Panciatici 3 Ret 5 10 DNS 7 5 18 15 7 17 20† 17 10 11 7 Ret 55 10 Daniil Move 5 18 6 13 3 Ret 17 17 18 Ret 14 13 NC 7 Ret 3 14 54 11 César Ramos 23 4 13 Ret Ret 4 20† 4 8 10 24† Ret DSQ 8 9 Ret Ret 47 12 Chris van der Drift 8 13 11 3 4 6 8 43 13 Nathanaël Berthon 12 8 14 16 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 10 4 3 14 14 9 Ret 37 14 Nick Yelloly DSQ 14 Ret 5 6 2 36 15 Jake Rosenzweig 13 12 20 Ret 11 16 18 10 Ret Ret 15 11 6 4 4 19 Ret 33 16 Daniel Zampieri 9 21 18 4 Ret 17 14 7 9 12 9 Ret 13 13 8 12 Ret 28 17 Adam Carroll 4 3 27 18 Walter Grubmüller 7 16 12 6 8 13 13 12 DNS 9 11 12 Ret 13 8 24 19 Anton Nebylitskiy Ret 6 DNS 19 19 19 Ret 8 Ret 15 15 Ret 16 Ret 5 22 20 André Negrão 14 9 DNS 11 10 10 Ret 6 12 20 Ret Ret 16 15 6 20 21 Oliver Webb 11 17 Ret 18 9 11 Ret Ret 16 17 19 7 12 11 10 Ret 6 17 22 Fairuz Fauzy 11 3 13 16 Ret 18 21 15 15 11 15 23 Arthur Pic Ret 14 16 12 Ret 9 6 20 14 19 11 16 21 19 Ret 10 10 12 24 Sten Pentus 10 11 Ret 14 16 Ret 11 19 10 14 Ret 6 10 22 Ret 14 13 11 25 Jan Charouz 17 22 8 20 12 12 Ret 21 17 Ret 21 14 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret 10 26 Stéphane Richelmi 16 Ret 17 Ret 7 15 16 13 13 15 20 19 20 17 13 Ret Ret 6 27 Adrien Tambay 7 DNS Ret 6 28 Mikhail Aleshin 11 8 4 29 Daniël de Jong 19 15 Ret Ret 14 14 19 16 19 16 18 18 Ret 20 12 16 9 2 30 Daniel McKenzie 18 23 19 17 13 Ret 15 15 20 18 22 17 Ret 18 Ret 17 12 0 31 Marcos Martínez Ret 13 0 32 Jean-Karl Vernay 15 15 0 33 Lewis Williamson 15 20 18 Ret 0 34 Filip Salaquarda 15 18 0 35 Dominic Storey 20 19 0 36 Michael Herck Ret 21 0 Pos Driver ALC SPA MNZ MON NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT 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 † – Retired, but classified

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Car No. ALC SPA MNZ MON NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT Points 1 Carlin 5 6 7 2 1 2 1 12 Ret 4 1 1 12 4 1 3 2 Ret 473 6 2 5 1 2 Ret Ret 2 1 2 5 7 1 1 2 19 1 Ret 2 Fortec Motorsports 7 1 2 7 7 17 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 5 3 DSQ 16 1 4 7 203 8 23 4 13 Ret Ret 4 20† 4 8 10 24† Ret DSQ 8 9 Ret Ret 3 ISR 3 15 20 10 9 6 2 1 2 5 DNS 12 2 2 6 2 18 Ret 181 4 12 8 14 16 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 10 4 3 14 14 9 Ret 4 EPIC Racing 11 10 11 Ret 14 16 Ret 11 19 10 14 Ret 6 10 22 Ret 14 13 162 12 4 3 3 5 18 5 9 5 6 Ret 2 5 5 DSQ 7 Ret 1 5 Tech 1 Racing 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 3 1 6 23 8 8 9 18 11 Ret 132 2 Ret 14 16 12 Ret 9 6 20 14 19 11 16 21 19 Ret 10 10 6 P1 Motorsport 23 7 16 12 6 8 13 13 12 DNS 4 3 9 11 12 Ret 13 8 105 24 5 18 6 13 3 Ret 17 17 18 Ret 14 13 NC 7 Ret 3 14 7 Gravity–Charouz Racing 27 17 22 8 20 12 12 Ret 21 17 Ret 21 14 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret 105 28 21 Ret 4 8 5 Ret 3 14 7 8 6 21 7 3 20 DNS 3 8 BVM-Target 25 9 21 18 4 Ret 17 14 7 9 12 9 Ret 13 13 8 12 Ret 97 26 22 10 9 Ret Ret 8 21† 9 11 3 4 10 19 5 17 5 4 9 Mofaz Racing 19 8 13 11 3 4 6 8 11 3 13 16 Ret 18 21 15 15 11 91 20 13 12 20 Ret 11 16 18 10 Ret Ret 15 11 6 4 4 19 Ret 10 KMP Racing 21 Ret 6 DNS 19 19 19 Ret 8 Ret 11 8 15 15 Ret 16 Ret 5 81 22 3 Ret 5 10 DNS 7 5 18 15 7 17 20† 17 10 11 7 Ret 11 Pons Racing 17 11 17 Ret 18 9 11 Ret Ret 16 17 19 7 12 11 10 Ret 6 59 18 20 19 15 15 15 18 7 Ret 21 Ret 13 DSQ 14 Ret 5 6 2 12 International DracoRacing 15 16 Ret 17 Ret 7 15 16 13 13 15 20 19 20 17 13 Ret Ret 26 16 14 9 DNS 11 10 10 Ret 6 12 20 Ret Ret 16 15 6 DNS Ret 13 Comtec Racing 9 18 23 19 17 13 Ret 15 15 20 18 22 17 Ret 18 Ret 17 12 2 10 19 15 Ret Ret 14 14 19 16 19 16 18 18 Ret 20 12 16 9 Pos Team Car No. ALC SPA MNZ MON NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT 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)

• Polesitter for each race in bold. No points are awarded.
• Driver who recorded fastest lap denoted in italics. No points are awarded.
• Driver who retired but was classified denoted by †.