The Renault Sport Series (formerly known as World Series by Renault) was a motor racing series. The series latterly consisted of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and used to contain the Renault Sport Trophy and the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. The F4 Eurocup 1.6 was made part of the World Series in 2010, but was then folded for 2011. The flagship for the Renault Sport Series from its beginning to 2015 was the Formula Renault 3.5 Series (often referred to as simply World Series by Renault or simply WSR). It became the Formula V8 3.5 in 2016, when Renault Sport retired its backing. In 2020 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 folded into the Formula Regional European Championship.
History Renault started the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup in 2003, as a support series in Eurosport's Super Racing Weekends (ETCC and FIA GT Championship). The series ran with Tatuus chassis and a Nissan 3.5 L V6 engine.
In 2005, Renault left the Super Racing Weekend and started the World Series by Renault and the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, merging both the World Series by Nissan (whose engine contract had finished) and Renault V6 Eurocup. The Dallara chassis was retained, while the Renault V6 was improved to 425 PS. Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy also joined the series in 2005 to support the main FR3.5 series.
At the end of July 2015, Renault Sport announced it would be withdrawing its backing to the Formula Renault 3.5 from 2016 onwards, handing the control of the series to co-organiser RPM. However, Renault Sport also said it would continue the Renault Sport Series with the Renault Sport Trophy and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup.
Champions Former series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SeasonChampionTeam Champion 2005 Kamui Kobayashi SG Formula 2006 Filipe Albuquerque JD Motorsport 2007 Brendon Hartley Epsilon RedBull 2008 Valtteri Bottas SG Formula 2009 Albert Costa Epsilon Euskadi 2010 Kevin Korjus Tech 1 Racing 2011 Robin Frijns Koiranen Motorsport 2012 Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing 2013 Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing 2014 Nyck de Vries Koiranen GP 2015 Jack Aitken Josef Kaufmann Racing 2016 Lando Norris Josef Kaufmann Racing 2017 Sacha Fenestraz R-ace GP 2018 Max Fewtrell R-ace GP 2019 Oscar Piastri R-ace GP2020 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix
Formula Renault 3.5 Series SeasonChampionTeam Champion 2005 Robert Kubica Epsilon Euskadi 2006 Alx Danielsson Interwetten.com 2007 Álvaro Parente Tech 1 Racing 2008 Tech 1 Racing 2009 Bertrand Baguette 2010 Mikhail Aleshin Tech 1 Racing 2011 Robert Wickens Carlin 2012 Robin Frijns Tech 1 Racing 2013 Kevin Magnussen DAMS 2014 Carlos Sainz Jr. DAMS 2015 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports
Eurocup Mégane Trophy SeasonChampionTeam Champion 2005 Jan Heylen 2006 Tech 1 Racing 2007 Pedro Petiz Tech 1 Racing 2008 Michaël Rossi Tech 1 Racing 2009 Mike Verschuur TDS Racing 2010 Nick Catsburg TDS Racing 2011 Stefano Comini Oregon Team 2012 Albert Costa Oregon Team 2013 Mirko Bortolotti Oregon Team
F4 Eurocup 1.6 SeasonChampion 2010
Eurocup Clio SeasonChampion 2011 Nicolas Milan 2012 2013 Josh Files 2014 Oscar Nogués
Renault Sport Trophy SeasonEndurance ChampionElite/Pro ChampionPrestige/Am ChampionTeam Champion 2015 Andrea Pizzitola Oregon Team 2016 Fabian Schiller
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External links
World Series by Renault (new website) Renault Sport Series