2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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The Drivers' Championship was won by Portuguese driver Álvaro Parente.

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.

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 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:

• The length of the first race at each event 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 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

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 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

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)

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