2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
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The 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season began on April 14, 2007 in Monza, Italy and finished in Barcelona, Spain on October 28, 2007 after 17 races.
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Regulation Changes [edit]
Technical [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
| Date | Location | Circuit | Fastest Driver | Team | Fastest Lap |
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| 2006 | |||||
| November 8 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Prema Powerteam | 1:17.074 | ||
| November 9 | Red Devil Team Comtec | 1:15.266 | |||
| November 22 | Vallelunga circuit | International DracoRacing | 1:23.042 | ||
| November 23 | Red Devil Team Comtec | 1:22.293 | |||
| November 29 | Circuit de Valencia | Red Devil Team Comtec | 1:22.926 | ||
| November 30 | Pons Racing | 1:21.954 | |||
| 2007 | |||||
| March 14 | Circuit de Catalunya | Prema Powerteam | 1:32.205 | ||
| March 15 | Epsilon Euskadi | 1:31.582 | |||
| March 27 | Nürburgring | International DracoRacing | 1:44.643 | ||
| March 28 | International DracoRacing | 1:44.145 | |||
| April 25 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | RC Motorsport | 1:25.248 | ||
| April 26 | Carlin Motorsport | 1:24.541 | |||
Driver Lineup [edit]
R = Series rookie for 2007
Race calendar [edit]
Eight rounds formed meetings of the 2007 World Series by Renault season, with an additional round supporting the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix.
Notes:
- The round originally scheduled to take place at Istanbul Park on June 23 and 24 was cancelled by series organisers on April 2.[38] The Estoril circuit in Portugal hosted the replacement round, taking place over the weekend of October 20 and 21.[39]
Season results [edit]
- Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
| Race | Qualifying | ||||||||||||
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| 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 35 and the maximum number for a team was 61.
Drivers' Championship [edit]
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- 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.
Teams' Championship [edit]
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References [edit]
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- ^ "Duran charged with Interwetten defence.". crash.net. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ^ "Champs Move Russian in to replace Iaconelli.". crash.net. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
- ^ "Pavlovic keeps seat to complete Draco line-up". crash.net. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "Draco confirm Barba for 07". crash.net. 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ a b "Comtec confirm 2007 line-up". autosport.com. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "van Lagen ends relationship with Comtec.". crash.net. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ^ "Aleshin re-signs with Carlin.". crash.net. 2006-12-04. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "Carlin confirm Vettel for 2007". autosport.com. 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "GP2 racer switches to replace Vettel". crash.net. 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ "Wickens to replace Ammermuller". autosport.com. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ "Clivio Piccione is the new RC Motorsport's driver for the Renault World Series 2007". rcmotorsport.com. 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2007-03-26.[dead link]
- ^ "RC win Bonanomi signature.". crash.net. 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ^ "Van der Garde joins Victory for '07". autosport.com. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "Victory completes line-up with Kimball.". crash.net. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "Valerio to replace Kimball at finale". autosport.com. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- ^ "Moreau secures KTR deal.". crash.net. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ^ "KTR snap up Baguette.". crash.net. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ^ "Prema priming Maassen for success.". crash.net. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ^ "Hanley secures Prema seat, targets title.". crash.net. 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- ^ "Fauzy to combine racing, testing.". crash.net. 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "Mann seals deal with Cram by P1.". crash.net. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ^ "Pons snare Spanish teenager.". crash.net. 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "Miguez switches to Eurointernational.". crash.net. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
- ^ "Van Lagen returns with Eurointernational.". crash.net. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ "Eurointernational enlist Theobald". crash.net. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
- ^ "Mondini back at Eurointernational". crash.net. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ "GP2 refugee Risatti secures final seat.". crash.net. 2007-04-09. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Razia takes Risatti's place at GD". crash.net. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ^ "Frederic Vervisch joins GD Racing in Formula Renault 3.5". italiaracing.net. 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
- ^ "di Sabatino switches to GD.". crash.net. 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
- ^ "Fortec sign Walker for 2007". autosport.com. 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "Philippe completes Fortec line-up.". crash.net. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "Buurman replaces Philippe for Nurburgring.". crash.net. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ^ "Esteban Guerrieri to enter WSR With Fortec at Magny-Cours". italiaracing.net. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ "Jousse commits to Tech 1.". crash.net. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
- ^ "Parente secures Tech 1 seat.". crash.net. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ "Turkish round cancelled". autosport.com. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ^ "Estoril confirmed for Istanbul replacement". crash.net. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
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