2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

The 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the third Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. began on 14 April 2007 in Monza, Italy and finished in Barcelona, Spain on 28 October 2007 after 17 races.

2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Previous: 2006 Next: 2008
The Drivers' Championship was won by Portuguese driver Álvaro Parente.

Regulation Changes

Technical

New to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2007 season was a 'push to pass' system, similar to the one that was used in the Champ Car World Series. In a bid to promote more overtaking, drivers were now be able to boost their power for up to 60 seconds per race.

The cars also featured modifications to the gearbox, shock absorbers, rear anti-roll bar and steering system.[1]

Sporting

A number of new rules were introduced for 2007 in order to improve the racing and to create more excitement:

  • Firstly, the length of the first race at each meeting was extended, meaning that both races would now last for approximately 45 minutes (except Monaco, where there was only one race).
  • The grid for Race one was still be decided by a 20-minute Qualifying session, but the grid for Race two was now determined by the finishing order of the first race, with the top 10 positions reversed.
  • Points were also awarded to the top 3 drivers in each qualifying group for Race one. The 30 drivers were split into two groups of 15 for the 20-minute session, with the fastest driver in each group receiving 4 points, the second fastest 2 with 1 point awarded to the third fastest.

Pre-Season Testing Results
Date Location Circuit Fastest Driver Team Fastest Lap
2006
8 November Le Castellet, France Circuit Paul Ricard Marco Bonanomi Prema Powerteam 1:17.074
9 November Ben Hanley Red Devil Team Comtec 1:15.266
22 November Vallelunga, Italy Vallelunga circuit Álvaro Barba International DracoRacing 1:23.042
23 November Marco Bonanomi Red Devil Team Comtec 1:22.293
29 November Valencia, Spain Circuit de Valencia Álvaro Barba Red Devil Team Comtec 1:22.926
30 November Miguel Molina Pons Racing 1:21.954
2007
14 March Barcelona, Spain Circuit de Catalunya Ben Hanley Prema Powerteam 1:32.205
15 March Davide Valsecchi Epsilon Euskadi 1:31.582
27 March Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring Álvaro Barba International DracoRacing 1:44.643
28 March Álvaro Barba International DracoRacing 1:44.145
25 April Magny-Cours, France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Clivio Piccione RC Motorsport 1:25.248
26 April Sebastian Vettel Carlin Motorsport 1:24.541

Teams and drivers

R = Series rookie for 2007

Team No. Driver name Status Races
Interwetten.com 1 Salvador Durán[2] R All
2 Daniil Move[3] R All
International DracoRacing 3 Miloš Pavlović[4] All
4 Álvaro Barba[5] All
Red Devil Team Comtec 5 Jaap Van Lagen[6] 1
Michael Herck[7] R 2-9
6 Alejandro Núñez[6] R All
Carlin Motorsport 7 Mikhail Aleshin[8] All
8 Sebastian Vettel[9] 1-4
Michael Ammermüller[10] R 5-6
Robert Wickens[11] R 7-9
RC Motorsport 9 Clivio Piccione[12] R All
10 Marco Bonanomi[13] All
Victory Engineering 11 Giedo van der Garde[14] R All
12 Charlie Kimball[15] R 1-6
Alberto Valério[16] 8
KTR 14 Guillaume Moreau[17] R All
15 Bertrand Baguette[18] R All
Prema Powerteam 16 Xavier Maassen[19] R All
18 Ben Hanley[20] All
Cram Competition 19 Fairuz Fauzy[21] R All
20 Pippa Mann[22] R All
Epsilon Euskadi 21 Filipe Albuquerque R All
22 Davide Valsecchi All
Pons Racing 23 Miguel Molina[23] All
24 Carlos Iaconelli All
Eurointernational 25 Celso Míguez[24] 1-3
Jaap Van Lagen[25] 4-5
Julian Theobald[26] R 6-8
26 Alessandro Ciompi R 1-6
Johannes Theobald R 7
Giorgio Mondini[27] 8
GD Racing 27 Ricardo Risatti[28] R 1-5
Luiz Razia[29] R 6-7
Frédéric Vervisch[30] 8-9
28 Pasquale Di Sabatino[31] All
Fortec Motorsport 29 James Walker[32] R All
30 Richard Philippe[33] R 1, 3-5, 8-9
Yelmer Buurman[34] R 2, 6
Esteban Guerrieri[35] R 7
Tech 1 Racing 31 Julien Jousse[36] R All
32 Álvaro Parente[37] All

Race calendar and results

Eight rounds formed meetings of the 2007 World Series by Renault season, with an additional round supporting the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 14 April Mikhail Aleshin Julien Jousse Mikhail Aleshin Carlin Motorsport Filipe Albuquerque
R2 15 April Giedo van der Garde Salvador Durán Interwetten.com Salvador Durán
2 R1 Nürburgring 5 May Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel Carlin Motorsport Filipe Albuquerque
R2 6 May Miloš Pavlović Davide Valsecchi Epsilon Euskadi Filipe Albuquerque
3 Circuit de Monaco 27 May Álvaro Parente Álvaro Barba Álvaro Parente Tech 1 Racing Salvador Durán
4 R1 Hungaroring 14 July Guillaume Moreau Ben Hanley Filipe Albuquerque Epsilon Euskadi Filipe Albuquerque
R2 15 July Marco Bonanomi Alejandro Núñez Red Devil Team Comtec Alejandro Núñez
5 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 18 August Fairuz Fauzy Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente Tech 1 Racing Fairuz Fauzy
R2 19 August Clivio Piccione Miloš Pavlović International Draco Racing Salvador Durán
6 R1 Donington Park 8 September Álvaro Parente Álvaro Barba Álvaro Barba International Draco Racing Julien Jousse
R2 9 September Miloš Pavlović James Walker Fortec Motorsport Guillaume Moreau
7 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 22 September Clivio Piccione Ben Hanley Ben Hanley Prema Powerteam Clivio Piccione
R2 23 September Filipe Albuquerque Guillaume Moreau KTR Guillaume Moreau
8 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 20 October Julien Jousse Miguel Molina Miguel Molina Pons Racing Julien Jousse
R2 21 October Ben Hanley Miloš Pavlović International Draco Racing Clivio Piccione
9 R1 Circuit de Catalunya 27 October Salvador Durán Álvaro Barba Miguel Molina Pons Racing Salvador Durán
R2 28 October Álvaro Barba Ben Hanley Prema Powerteam Bertrand Baguette

Notes:

  • The round originally scheduled to take place at Istanbul Park on 23 June and 24 was cancelled by series organisers on 2 April.[38] The Estoril circuit in Portugal hosted the replacement round, taking place over the weekend of 20 October and 21.[39]

Season results
  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Race Qualifying
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  PP 2nd 3rd
Feature 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 4 2 1
Sprint 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition, two points were awarded for the fastest lap in each race.

The maximum number of points a driver could earn each weekend (except Monaco) was 31 and the maximum number for a team was 55.

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 NÜR
FEA
 NÜR
SPR
 MON
FEA
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 DON
FEA
 DON
SPR
 MAG
FEA
 MAG
SPR
 EST
FEA
 EST
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 Points
1 Álvaro Parente 2 4 3 10 1 Ret Ret 1 6 4 Ret 6 4 6 7 3 6 129
2 Ben Hanley Ret 9 2 7 6 3 4 3 2 16 Ret 1 14 Ret 23 9 1 102
3 Miloš Pavlović 6 2 15 24 4 7 2 7 1 11 NC 4 Ret 9 1 4 4 96
4 Filipe Albuquerque 4 6 5 2 11 1 8 12 4 15 6 Ret 25 5 5 13 5 81
5 Sebastian Vettel 5 3 1 6 2 4 3 74
6 Giedo van der Garde 19† 12 7 19 5 6 6 6 5 21 12 5 6 4 4 6 DNS 67
7 Miguel Molina 8 Ret 10 3 13 20 15 DNS 11 12 11 8 2 1 Ret 1 15 66
8 Salvador Durán 9 1 Ret 26 3 16 Ret 4 3 17 8 Ret 22 19 17 2 7 64
9 Álvaro Barba Ret Ret 4 5 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 1 Ret 12 11 3 6 18 Ret 64
10 Julien Jousse 16 7 19 Ret 16 5 7 21 14 2 7 9 3 2 9 19 19 62
11 Fairuz Fauzy 12 10 Ret 22 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 3 12 8 51
12 Mikhail Aleshin 1 19† Ret 15 7 9 20 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 5 13 44
13 Marco Bonanomi 3 18 6 Ret 10 DNQ Ret 9 Ret 7 3 Ret 24 11 8 20 Ret 44
14 Guillaume Moreau Ret Ret 9 4 9 17 9 Ret Ret 8 2 10 1 23 12 Ret Ret 43
15 Clivio Piccione Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 11 5 19† 15 Ret Ret 3 7 10 2 17 22 42
16 Davide Valsecchi Ret Ret 8 1 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 13 21 2 8 13 11 11 9 37
17 Bertrand Baguette 18 Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 17 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 8 2 34
18 Alejandro Núñez Ret 13 13 11 Ret 8 1 11 8 14 9 13 9 Ret 22 10 3 31
19 James Walker NC 14 24 18 14 12 10 20 Ret 10 1 Ret 18 7 20 15 10 19
20 Yelmer Buurman 14 9 5 4 15
21 Carlos Iaconelli 13 Ret 17 13 15 Ret 12 8 Ret 24† 20† 7 5 17 Ret 14 21 13
22 Michael Ammermüller 10 DNS 6 5 Ret 15 12
23 Celso Míguez 7 5 25 Ret 20† 10
24 Charlie Kimball Ret 8 16 8 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 7
25 Robert Wickens 12 10 7 11 6
26 Pasquale Di Sabatino Ret Ret 20 14 18 13 11 Ret 9 19 15 11 12 15 21 16 Ret 2
27 Pippa Mann 10 15 23 25† DNQ 15 Ret 17 13 20 Ret Ret Ret 24 15 Ret Ret 1
28 Jaap Van Lagen 11 11 Ret Ret DNS DNS 0
29 Daniil Move 15 16 12 12 DNQ 21 19 16 16 22 17 14† 19 21 18 22 14 0
30 Frédéric Vervisch 14 Ret 21 12 0
31 Michael Herck 21 20 DNQ Ret 18 Ret 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 16 24 16 0
32 Xavier Maassen Ret 17 22 17 17 14 13 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 22 Ret 23 17 0
33 Richard Philippe 17 Ret DNQ 18 14 Ret Ret 18 13 Ret 20 0
34 Alessandro Ciompi 14 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret DNS 15 18 18 19 Ret 16 0
35 Ricardo Risatti Ret 20 18 16 Ret 19 16 18 Ret 0
36 Julian Theobald 23 18 Ret 23 26 Ret 25 18 0
37 Johannes Theobald 25 19 0
38 Luiz Razia Ret Ret Ret 20 0
39 Esteban Guerrieri Ret 21 0
40 Giorgio Mondini 26 Ret 0
 — Alberto Valerio Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 NÜR
FEA
 NÜR
SPR
 MON
FEA
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 DON
FEA
 DON
SPR
 MAG
FEA
 MAG
SPR
 EST
FEA
 EST
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Polesitter for feature race in bold
  • Driver in italics has been awarded two points for fastest lap
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
  • R – Rookie Cup

Teams' Championship
Pos Team Car
No.		 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 NÜR
FEA
 NÜR
SPR
 MON
FEA
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 DON
FEA
 DON
SPR
 MAG
FEA
 MAG
SPR
 EST
FEA
 EST
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 Points
1 Tech 1 Racing 31 16 7 19 Ret 16 5 7 21 14 2 7 9 3 2 9 19 19 191
32 2 4 3 10 1 Ret Ret 1 6 4 Ret 6 4 6 7 3 6
2 International DracoRacing 3 6 2 15 24 4 7 2 7 1 11 NC 4 Ret 9 1 4 4 160
4 Ret Ret 4 5 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 1 Ret 12 11 3 6 18 Ret
3 Carlin Motorsport 7 1 19† Ret 15 7 9 20 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 5 13 136
8 5 3 1 6 2 4 3 10 DNS 6 5 Ret 15 12 10 7 11
4 Epsilon Euskadi 21 4 6 5 2 11 1 8 12 4 15 6 Ret 25 5 5 13 5 118
22 Ret Ret 8 1 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 13 21 2 8 13 11 11 9
5 Prema Powerteam 16 Ret 17 22 17 17 14 13 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 22 Ret 23 17 102
18 Ret 9 2 7 6 3 4 3 2 16 Ret 1 14 Ret 23 9 1
6 RC Motorsport 9 Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 11 5 19† 15 Ret Ret 3 7 10 2 17 22 86
10 3 18 6 Ret 10 DNQ Ret 9 Ret 7 3 Ret 24 11 8 20 Ret
7 Pons Racing 23 8 Ret 10 3 13 20 15 Ret 11 12 11 8 2 1 Ret 1 15 79
24 13 Ret 17 13 15 Ret 12 8 Ret 24† 20† 7 5 17 Ret 14 21
8 KTR 14 Ret Ret 9 4 9 17 9 Ret Ret 8 2 10 1 23 12 Ret Ret 77
15 18 Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 17 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 8 2
9 Victory Engineering 11 19† 12 7 19 5 6 6 6 5 21 12 5 6 4 4 6 Ret 74
12 Ret 8 16 8 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 Ret Ret
10 Interwetten.com 1 9 1 Ret 26 3 16 Ret 4 3 17 8 Ret 22 19 17 2 7 64
2 15 16 12 12 DNQ 21 19 16 16 22 17 14† 19 21 18 22 14
11 Cram Competition 19 12 10 Ret 22 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 3 12 8 52
20 10 15 23 25† DNQ 15 Ret 17 13 20 Ret Ret Ret 24 15 Ret Ret
12 Fortec Motorsport 29 NC 14 24 18 14 12 10 20 Ret 10 1 Ret 18 7 20 15 10 34
30 17 Ret 14 9 DNQ 18 14 Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 21 18 13 Ret 20
13 Red Devil Team Comtec 5 11 11 21 20 DNQ Ret 18 Ret 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 16 24 16 31
6 Ret 13 13 11 Ret 8 1 11 8 14 9 13 9 Ret 22 10 3
14 EuroInternational 25 7 5 25 Ret 20† Ret Ret DNS DNS 23 18 Ret 23 26 Ret 25 18 10
26 14 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret DNS 15 18 18 19 Ret 16 25 19 26 Ret
15 GD Racing 27 Ret 20 18 16 Ret 19 16 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 14 Ret 21 12 2
28 Ret Ret 20 14 18 13 11 Ret 9 19 15 11 12 15 21 16 Ret
Pos Team Car
No.		 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 NÜR
FEA
 NÜR
SPR
 MON
FEA
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 DON
FEA
 DON
SPR
 MAG
FEA
 MAG
SPR
 EST
FEA
 EST
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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