The 2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 21st Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season commenced on 16 April at Alcañiz and ended on 9 October in Barcelona. The season features seven double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 30 minutes. All races were part of the World Series by Renault.
Josef Kaufmann Racing's Robin Frijns who is also the last Formula BMW Europe champion won five races on his way to the championship by a 45-point margin over another former Formula BMW driver Carlos Sainz Jr., who won the opening race on Ciudad del Motor de Aragón and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Frijns finished in the top five in every race. The same point margin was between Sainz and his third placed teammate Daniil Kvyat, who also won two races on Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Nürburgring. Other wins were scored by Will Stevens, Alex Riberas, Javier Tarancón and FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers Timmy Hansen and Paul-Loup Chatin.
Regulation changes
Sporting The points system for the 2011 season changed to reflect the system used by the FIA for the World championships. The top ten drivers in each race were awarded points as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1. The series adopted a format introduced in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with one qualifying and race each day.
Teams and drivers At Spa, competitors from the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup joined the Eurocup runners in each of the sessions to be held, running as guest drivers ineligible for points. These entries are listed in italics.
Team Driver name Class Rounds Tech 1 Racing 1 Javier Tarancón All 2 Paul-Loup Chatin All 3 Grégoire Demoustier 1–2 Mitchell Gilbert 7 4 Miki Weckström All Koiranen Motorsport 5 Carlos Sainz Jr. All 6 Daniil Kvyat All 7 Joni Wiman 1–4 Hans Villemi 5–7 8 John Bryant-Meisner All 70 Hans Villemi 3 Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team 9 Timmy Hansen All 10 Thomas Jäger 1–2 Christof von Grünigen 3 Gustavo Menezes 4–5, 7 11 2 João Jardim 1 Sandy Stuvik 5–7 78 Cristiano Marcellan 7 EPIC Racing 14 Alex Riberas All 15 Florian Le Roux 1–2, 4–7 16 Stefano Colombo 6 17 Thomas Jäger 3–4 MP Motorsport 18 Kevin Kleveros 1–4, 6–7 19 Johannes Moor All 20 Karl-Oscar Liiv All Alexey Chuklin 2, 5, 7 Krenek Motorsport 21 Richard Gonda All Cram Competition 22 Henrique Martins All 23 Denis Nagulin All 77 Giorgio Roda 7 One Racing 24 Vittorio Ghirelli All 25 Edolo Ghirelli All Boetti Racing Team 26 Roman Mavlanov All Fortec Motorsport 27 Félix Serrallés All 28 Will Stevens All 29 Fahmi Ilyas 2 Mitchell Gilbert 4 Ed Jones 5–7 72 Alex Lynn 4–5 73 Mitchell Gilbert 5 R-ace GP 30 Côme Ledogar All 31 Pieter Schothorst All 32 Norman Nato All Josef Kaufmann Racing 33 Mathieu Jaminet All 34 Robin Frijns All 35 Óscar Andrés Tunjo All KTR 36 Stoffel Vandoorne All 37 Liroy Stuart 1–2 Jack Hawksworth 4 Meindert van Buuren 5–7 KEO Racing 38 Sandy Stuvik 1–4 Johan Jokinen 7 39 Dear Schilling 1 Ronnie Lundströmer 3–5 ARTA Engineering 40 Yann Zimmer All 71 Melville McKee 3, 5–6 Van Amersfoort Racing 74 Dennis van de Laar 5 110 Meindert van Buuren 2 111 Dennis van de Laar 2 Torino Motorsport 75 Kevin Gilardoni 6 SL Formula Racing 114 Alessio Picariello 2 115 Sebastian von Gartzen 2 Speedlover 120 Frank Suntjens 2 124 Rafael Danieli 2 P1 Motorsport 121 Harri Salminen 2 Koiranen Junior 122 Hans Villemi 2 Inter Europol Competition 125 Jakub Śmiechowski 2 Trackstar 144 Victor Bouveng 2 Icon Class Junior Class
Driver changes Changed teams
After driving for Epsilon Euskadi in his rookie season, Javier Tarancón switched to Tech 1 Racing. Miki Weckström moved from Koiranen Bros. Motorsport his team-mate.
Entering/Re-Entering Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Josef Kaufmann Racing signed Formula BMW Europe champion Robin Frijns, F4 Eurocup 1.6 third-placed Mathieu Jaminet and Formula BMW Pacific runner-up Óscar Andrés Tunjo. KTR have signed F4 Eurocup 1.6 champion Stoffel Vandoorne and Liroy Stuart to compete for the team. Red Bull Junior Team's drivers Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr. will move into the championship, having raced in Formula BMW Europe for EuroInternational. They will drive for defending drivers' champions Koiranen Bros. Motorsport. Joni Wiman will move up from ADAC Formel Masters and John Bryant Meisner from Formula Renault NEZ to complete Koiranen's four-car team. Timmy Hansen and Côme Ledogar will also move from Formula BMW Europe to compete for Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team and R-ace GP respectively. Formula Renault UK driver Will Stevens will rejoin Fortec Motorsport, having competed at the Hungaroring in 2010 with Manor Competition. He will be joined by Skip Barber National Championship driver Félix Serrallés, with Fahmi Ilyas joining the team at Spa for the experience ahead of the British F3 round later in the season. Paul-Loup Chatin and Grégoire Demoustier moved from the F4 Eurocup and French GT Championship respectively to drive for Tech 1 Racing. Thomas Jäger will compete in formulae cars for the first time, competing for the Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team. Gustavo Menezes joined the team from Star Mazda at the Spa round. After Russian ice racing and two seasons in Finnish Legends Trophy, Denis Nagulin will join Cram Competition. Pieter Schothorst stepped up from Formula Ford Duratec Benelux to race for R-ace GP. Asian Formula Renault champion Sandy Stuvik moved to Europe to compete for KEO Racing.
Race calendar and results The calendar for the 2011 season was announced on 11 October 2010, the day after the end of the 2010 season. All seven rounds will form meetings of the 2011 World Series by Renault season. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 16 April Will Stevens Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. Koiranen Motorsport R2 17 April Will Stevens Côme Ledogar Will Stevens Fortec Motorsport 2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 30 April Robin Frijns Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. Koiranen Motorsport R2 1 May Carlos Sainz Jr. Javier Tarancón Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport 3 R1 Nürburgring 18 June Will Stevens Carlos Sainz Jr. Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing R2 19 June Daniil Kvyat Carlos Sainz Jr. Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport 4 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 2 July Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing R2 3 July Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Timmy Hansen Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team 5 R1 Silverstone Circuit 20 August Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Jr. Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing R2 21 August Alex Lynn Miki Weckström Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing 6 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 17 September Paul-Loup Chatin Alex Riberas Paul-Loup Chatin Tech 1 Racing R2 18 September Carlos Sainz Jr. Daniil Kvyat Robin Frijns Josef Kaufmann Racing 7 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló 8 October Carlos Sainz Jr. Daniil Kvyat Javier Tarancón Tech 1 Racing R2 9 October Alex Riberas Javier Tarancón Alex Riberas EPIC Racing
Championship standings Points for both championships are awarded as follows: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver ARA SPA NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT Points1234567891011121314 1 Robin Frijns 2 3 3 5 1 5 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 5 245 2 Carlos Sainz Jr. 1 2 1 3 2 2 8 14 27 6 3 2 2 2 200 3 Daniil Kvyat Ret 5 4 1 7 1 3 11 8 5 2 3 3 Ret 155 4 Will Stevens Ret 1 2 2 4 10 10 13 3 8 5 12 7 7 116 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Ret Ret 15 Ret 20 7 4 3 4 4 6 5 5 6 93 6 Alex Riberas 3 Ret 8 8 16 8 Ret 4 2 31 31 30 30 1 82 7 Timmy Hansen Ret 4 36 16 6 3 7 1 6 11 8 DSQ 17 8 82 8 Javier Tarancón Ret 6 10 7 9 Ret 5 5 14 Ret 10 9 1 4 78 9 Paul-Loup Chatin Ret 9 11 9 8 9 29 6 5 3 1 8 13 9 75 10 Óscar Andrés Tunjo 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 2 7 7 13 9 7 29 29 58 11 Norman Nato DSQ 8 Ret Ret 3 Ret 13 8 Ret 9 7 4 Ret 3 58 12 Félix Serrallés 7 Ret 7 6 18 6 30 9 15 7 32 10 8 15 41 13 Yann Zimmer 15 13 6 4 32 16 14 12 Ret 14 18 14 6 14 28 14 Alex Lynn 6 20 Ret 2 26 15 John Bryant-Meisner 6 24 34 14 23 Ret 21 21 29 18 20 6 16 13 16 16 Mathieu Jaminet 4 17 Ret 22 29 Ret 15 27 9 Ret 16 21 10 25 15 17 Karl-Oscar Liiv Ret 14 13 Ret 14 4 22 23 11 16 12 Ret 12 11 12 18 Miki Weckström 18 11 5 35 22 21 Ret 10 12 12 15 13 Ret 16 11 19 Côme Ledogar 17 7 Ret 10 11 Ret 9 22 18 21 13 18 Ret 12 9 20 Henrique Martins 9 10 16 12 Ret 11 12 29 Ret 19 11 17 9 Ret 5 21 Liroy Stuart 8 15 17 30 4 22 Kevin Kleveros 10 Ret 12 11 13 Ret Ret 18 14 19 19 18 1 23 Vittorio Ghirelli 12 16 Ret 20 12 Ret 17 16 17 10 30 31 15 21 1 24 Pieter Schothorst Ret 12 Ret 24 10 14 16 17 Ret 23 22 15 20 20 1 25 Melville McKee 30 Ret 10 15 24 22 1 26 Hans Villemi 26 25 19 17 26 Ret 21 20 Ret 10 1 27 Johannes Moor Ret Ret Ret 26 17 12 11 15 28 17 19 Ret 14 17 0 28 Sandy Stuvik 11 18 25 13 26 Ret 20 Ret 19 22 23 Ret 24 26 0 29 Edolo Ghirelli 13 19 Ret 23 Ret 19 24 25 30 Ret Ret 11 Ret 23 0 30 Mitchell Gilbert 19 24 13 24 11 19 0 31 Christof von Grünigen 21 13 0 32 Joni Wiman Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 0 33 Dear Schilling 14 23 0 34 Thomas Jäger 16 Ret 19 15 24 Ret 18 19 0 35 Roman Mavlanov 20 21 DNS Ret 25 15 28 Ret Ret 26 Ret 23 21 33 0 36 Dennis van de Laar 18 18 16 Ret 0 37 Gustavo Menezes 32 19 27 Ret 22 20 18 22 0 38 Richard Gonda 19 Ret 29 31 28 18 25 26 25 28 29 28 28 30 0 39 Meindert van Buuren 20 Ret 21 27 25 26 25 32 0 40 Ronnie Lundströmer 27 20 23 Ret 23 Ret 0 41 Grégoire Demoustier Ret 20 31 DNS 0 42 Denis Nagulin 21 22 28 Ret 31 Ret 26 28 Ret 30 26 27 27 Ret 0 43 Fahmi Ilyas 33 21 0 44 Florian Le Roux 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 29 27 29 Ret 31 0 45 Aleksey Chuklin 35 27 24 32 23 27 0 Jack Hawksworth DNS DNS 0 João Jardim EX EX 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Alessio Picariello 9 36 0 Ed Jones 20 25 17 16 Ret Ret 0 Jakub Śmiechowski 22 17 0 Frank Suntjens 21 28 0 Cristiano Marcellan 22 24 0 Sebastian von Gartzen 23 29 0 Stefano Colombo 28 24 0 Rafael Danieli 24 34 0 Kevin Gilardoni Ret 25 0 Giorgio Roda 26 28 0 Victor Bouveng 27 33 0 Harri Salminen 30 32 0 Johan Jokinen Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ARA SPA NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Teams' Championship Pos Team ARA SPA NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT Points 1 Koiranen Motorsport 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 11 8 5 2 2 2 2 355 Ret 5 4 3 7 2 8 14 26 6 3 3 3 13 2 Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 3 3 5 1 5 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 5 303 5 17 Ret 22 5 Ret 2 7 7 13 9 7 29 25 3 Fortec Motorsport 7 1 2 2 4 6 6 13 3 2 5 10 7 7 175 Ret Ret 7 6 18 10 10 20 13 8 17 12 8 15 4 Tech 1 Racing 18 6 5 7 9 21 5 5 5 3 1 8 1 4 152 Ret 11 10 35 22 Ret 29 6 12 12 10 9 Ret 9 5 KTR 8 15 15 30 20 7 4 3 4 4 6 5 5 6 97 Ret Ret 17 Ret DNS DNS 21 27 25 26 25 32 6 EPIC Racing 3 Ret 8 8 16 8 18 4 2 29 27 24 30 1 82 22 Ret Ret Ret 24 Ret Ret 19 Ret 31 28 29 Ret 31 7 Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team 16 4 19 15 6 3 7 1 6 11 8 Ret 17 8 82 Ret Ret 36 16 21 13 27 Ret 19 20 23 DSQ 18 22 8 R-ace GP 17 7 Ret 10 3 14 9 8 18 9 7 4 20 3 67 Ret 8 Ret 24 11 Ret 13 22 Ret 21 13 15 Ret 12 9 ARTA Engineering 15 13 6 4 31 16 14 12 10 14 18 14 6 14 29 32 Ret Ret 15 24 22 10 MP Motorsport 10 14 12 11 13 4 22 15 11 16 12 19 12 11 13 Ret Ret 13 26 14 12 Ret 18 24 17 14 Ret 14 17 11 Cram Competition 9 10 16 12 31 11 12 28 Ret 19 11 17 9 28 5 21 22 28 Ret Ret Ret 26 29 Ret 30 26 27 26 Ret 12 ONE Racing 12 16 Ret 20 12 19 17 16 17 10 30 11 15 21 1 13 19 Ret 23 Ret Ret 24 25 30 Ret Ret 31 Ret 23 13 KEO Racing 11 18 25 13 26 20 20 Ret 23 Ret Ret Ret 0 14 23 27 Ret 23 Ret 14 Boetti Racing Team 20 21 DNS Ret 25 15 28 Ret Ret 26 Ret 23 21 33 0 15 Van Amersfoort Racing 18 18 16 Ret 0 20 Ret 16 Krenek Motorsport 19 Ret 29 31 28 18 25 26 25 28 29 28 28 30 0 17 Torino Motorsport Ret 26 0 Guest teams ineligible for points SL Formula Racing 9 36 0 23 29 Inter Europol Competition 22 17 0 Speedlover 21 28 0 24 34 Koiranen Junior 26 25 0 Trackstar 27 33 0 P1 Motorsport 30 32 0 Pos Team ARA SPA NÜR HUN SIL LEC CAT Points
References
External links Renault-Sport official website