2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

The 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the third Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. It 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.

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

= Series rookie for 2007

Team Driver name Status Races Interwetten.com 1 Salvador Durán All 2 Daniil Move All International DracoRacing 3 Miloš Pavlović All 4 Álvaro Barba All Red Devil Team Comtec 5 Jaap Van Lagen 1 Michael Herck 2-9 6 Alejandro Núñez All Carlin Motorsport 7 Mikhail Aleshin All 8 Sebastian Vettel 1-4 Michael Ammermüller 5-6 Robert Wickens 7-9 RC Motorsport 9 Clivio Piccione All 10 Marco Bonanomi All Victory Engineering 11 Giedo van der Garde All 12 Charlie Kimball 1-6 Alberto Valério 8 KTR 14 Guillaume Moreau All 15 Bertrand Baguette All Prema Powerteam 16 Xavier Maassen All 18 Ben Hanley All Cram Competition 19 Fairuz Fauzy All 20 Pippa Mann All Epsilon Euskadi Redbull 21 Filipe Albuquerque All 22 Davide Valsecchi All Pons Racing 23 Miguel Molina All 24 Carlos Iaconelli All Eurointernational 25 Celso Míguez 1-3 Jaap Van Lagen 4-5 Julian Theobald 6-8 26 Alessandro Ciompi 1-6 Johannes Theobald 7 Giorgio Mondini 8 GD Racing 27 Ricardo Risatti 1-5 Luiz Razia 6-7 Frédéric Vervisch 8-9 28 Pasquale Di Sabatino All Fortec Motorsport 29 James Walker All 30 Richard Philippe 1, 3-5, 8-9 Yelmer Buurman 2, 6 Esteban Guerrieri 7 Tech 1 Racing 31 Julien Jousse All 32 Álvaro Parente 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 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 14 April Mikhail Aleshin Julien Jousse Mikhail Aleshin Carlin Motorsport R2 15 April 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 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 Ben Hanley Epsilon Euskadi Filipe Albuquerque R2 15 July Marco Bonanomi Alejandro Núñez Red Devil Team Comtec Alejandro Núñez5 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 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 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. The Estoril circuit in Portugal hosted the replacement round, taking place over the weekend of 20 October and 21.

Season results

Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

RaceQualifying Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th PP 2nd 3rdFeature 15 12 108654321421Sprint 12 10 87654321

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 PosDriverMNZFEA MNZSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MONFEA HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR DONFEA DONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR ESTFEA ESTSPR CATFEA CATSPR 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 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 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 15DNS 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 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 RetDNS 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 0PosDriverMNZFEA MNZSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MONFEA HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR DONFEA DONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR ESTFEA ESTSPR CATFEA CATSPR Points

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.  – Rookie Cup

Teams' Championship PosTeamCarNo.MNZFEA MNZSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MONFEA HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR DONFEA DONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR ESTFEA ESTSPR CATFEA CATSPR Points1 Tech 1 Racing31 16 7 19 Ret 16 5 7 21 14 2 7 9 3 2 9 19 19 19132 2 4 3 10 1 Ret Ret 1 6 4 Ret 6 4 6 7 3 623 6 2 15 24 4 7 2 7 1 11 NC 4 Ret 9 1 4 4 1604 Ret Ret 4 5 19 Ret Ret Ret 17 1 Ret 12 11 3 6 18 Ret3 Carlin Motorsport7 1 19† Ret 15 7 9 20 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 5 13 1368 5 3 1 6 2 4 3 10 DNS 6 5 Ret 15 12 10 7 114 Epsilon Euskadi21 4 6 5 2 11 1 8 12 4 15 6 Ret 25 5 5 13 5 11822 Ret Ret 8 1 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 13 21 2 8 13 11 11 95 Prema Powerteam16 Ret 17 22 17 17 14 13 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 22 Ret 23 17 10218 Ret 9 2 7 6 3 4 3 2 16 Ret 1 14 Ret 23 9 16 RC Motorsport9 Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 11 5 19† 15 Ret Ret 3 7 10 2 17 22 8610 3 18 6 Ret 10 DNQ Ret 9 Ret 7 3 Ret 24 11 8 20 Ret7 Pons Racing23 8 Ret 10 3 13 20 15 Ret 11 12 11 8 2 1 Ret 1 15 7924 13 Ret 17 13 15 Ret 12 8 Ret 24† 20† 7 5 17 Ret 14 218 KTR14 Ret Ret 9 4 9 17 9 Ret Ret 8 2 10 1 23 12 Ret Ret 7715 18 Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 17 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 13 20 Ret 8 29 Victory Engineering11 19† 12 7 19 5 6 6 6 5 21 12 5 6 4 4 6 Ret 7412 Ret 8 16 8 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 Ret Ret10 Interwetten.com1 9 1 Ret 26 3 16 Ret 4 3 17 8 Ret 22 19 17 2 7 642 15 16 12 12 DNQ 21 19 16 16 22 17 14† 19 21 18 22 1411 Cram Competition19 12 10 Ret 22 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 3 12 8 5220 10 15 23 25† DNQ 15 Ret 17 13 20 Ret Ret Ret 24 15 Ret Ret12 Fortec Motorsport29 NC 14 24 18 14 12 10 20 Ret 10 1 Ret 18 7 20 15 10 3430 17 Ret 14 9 DNQ 18 14 Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 21 18 13 Ret 2013 Red Devil Team Comtec5 11 11 21 20 DNQ Ret 18 Ret 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 16 24 16 316 Ret 13 13 11 Ret 8 1 11 8 14 9 13 9 Ret 22 10 314 EuroInternational25 7 5 25 Ret 20† Ret Ret DNS DNS 23 18 Ret 23 26 Ret 25 18 1026 14 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret DNS 15 18 18 19 Ret 16 25 19 26 Ret15 GD Racing27 Ret 20 18 16 Ret 19 16 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 14 Ret 21 12 228 Ret Ret 20 14 18 13 11 Ret 9 19 15 11 12 15 21 16 RetPosTeamCarNo.MNZFEA MNZSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MONFEA HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR DONFEA DONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR ESTFEA ESTSPR CATFEA CATSPR Points

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