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The 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. This season will be the 23rd British Formula Renault Championship.
The season began at Brands Hatch on 3 April and ended on 16 October at Silverstone, after twenty rounds held in England. From the World Series meeting at Silverstone, the series was sponsored by Certina Kurth Frères and presented as the CERTINA Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship. [1]
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The series will support the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds except Knockhill, as Formula Renault forms part of the World Series by Renault meeting two weeks earlier, at Silverstone. All races were held in United Kingdom.
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| Pos | Entrant | BHI | DON | THR | OUL | CRO | SNE | SIL | ROC | BHGP | SIL | Pts | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Fortec Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1119 |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Atech Reid GP | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 842 |
| 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Manor Competition | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 691 |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 502 |
| 7 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fortec Competition | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 48 | ||||||||
| 10 | 10 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Antel Motorsport | 13 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Protyre Formula Renault UK Finals Series will be the 14th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the first season under the new name of the Formula Renault UK Finals Series. The series will commence at Snetterton on 5–6 November and end at Rockingham on 12 November, after six races at three rounds held in England. [17]
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| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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| 1 | R1 | Snetterton, Norfolk | 5 November |  Josh Hill | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Competition |
| R2 | Josh Hill |  Daniil Kvyat | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Competition | |||
| 2 | R3 | Snetterton, Norfolk | 6 November | Josh Hill | Oliver Rowland | Josh Hill | Fortec Motorsports |
| R4 | Josh Hill | Josh Hill | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Competition | |||
| 3 | R5 | Rockingham, Northamptonshire | 12 November | Josh Hill | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Competition |
| R6 | Josh Hill | Josh Hill | Josh Hill | Fortec Motorsports | |||
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