WORLD SERIES BY RENAULT

The 'World Series by Renault', formerly the 'World Series by Nissan', is a motorsport single-seater series.
It was founded as ''Open Fortuna by Nissan'' in 1998, and was mostly based in Spain, but visited other countries throughout its history, including France, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. The organization was handled by RPM Comunicacion. The series changed name a number of times, usually adopting the name of its main sponsor, but was also known by other common names such as the unofficial "Formula Nissan". In 2005, the series was integrated with Eurocup Formula Renault V6, and became World Series by Renault.
In its early years, the series used chassis built by Coloni, with a 2.0 L Nissan SR20 engine. The series slotted in between Formula 3 and Formula 3000. In 2002, it adopted a new format, with chassis supplied by Dallara and the engine upgraded to the VQ30. The series also became more international, with more than half of the race calendar held outside Spain.
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-sourced 3.5 L V6 engine.
In 2005, Renault left the Super Racing Weekend and started the World Series by Renault, organized by Renault Sport and RPM, 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 2000 Eurocup and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy functioned as support races to the main series.

Contents

Series Name & Champions

Notable Drivers

TV broadcasters

Live broadcasters

Highlights-only broadcasters

External Links

Series Name & Champions

; Formula Nissan & World Series

Year	Series name	Champion
1998	Open Fortuna by Nissan	Marc Gené
1999	Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan	Fernando Alonso
2000	Open Telefónica by Nissan	Antonio García
2001	Open Telefónica by Nissan	Franck Montagny
2002	Telefónica World Series	Ricardo Zonta
2003	Superfund World Series	Franck Montagny
2004	World Series by Nissan	Heikki Kovalainen
2005	World Series by Renault	Robert Kubica
2006	World Series by Renault	Alx Danielsson
2007	World Series by Renault

Note: In dark-pink background, mainly Spanish-based series (also known as Formula Nissan) with 2.0 L engine. In light-pink background, international series with V6 engine.
; Eurocup Formula Renault V6

Year	Champion
2003	José María López
2004	Giorgio Mondini

Notable Drivers

; Formula One drivers in the future and/or past

★ Marc Gené (1998: Champion, 2003: 12th), compted in Formula One for Minardi and Williams.

★ Fernando Alonso (1999: Champion), compted in Formula One for Renault and Mclaren 2005 and 2006 Formula One, World Champion.
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★ Giorgio Pantano (1999: 21st), competed in Formula One for Jordan.

★ Franck Montagny (2001: Champion, 2002: 2nd, 2003: Champion}, competed in Formula One for Super-Aguri

★ Ricardo Zonta (2002: Champion) - 1997 FIA GT Champion, competed in Formula One for BAR, Jordan and BAR.

★ Justin Wilson (2002: 4th), competed in Formula One for Minardi and Jaguar

★ Narain Karthikeyan (2002: 9th, 2003: 4th, 2004: 6th), competed in Formula One for Jordan.

★ Heikki Kovalainen (2003: 2nd, 2004: Champion), competed in Formula One for Renault.
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★ Enrique Bernoldi (2003: 6th, 2004: 3rd), competed in Formula One for Arrows.

★ Stéphane Sarrazin (2003: 7th), competed in Formula One for Minardi.

★ Tiago Monteiro (2004: 2nd), competed in Formula One for Jordan and Midland/Spyker.

★ Robert Kubica (2005: Champion), competed in Formula One for BMW.
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★ Sebastian Vettel (2006: 15th, 2007: 1st after seven races -when withdrew-), competed in Formula One for BMW and Toro-Rosso.
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; Formula One test drivers

★ Tomas Scheckter (2001: 2nd) - Jaguar Racing (2001)

★ Bas Leinders (2002: 3rd, 2003: 3rd) - Minardi (2004)

★ James Rossiter (2006: 13th) - Super Aguri (2007)

★ Adrián Vallés (2004: 10th, 2005: 2nd)) - Spyker F1 (2007)

★ Giedo van der Garde (2007: 7th after nine races) - Spyker F1 (2007)

★ Fairuz Fauzy (2007: 9th after nine races) - Spyker F1 (2007)
; Formula Three Champions

★ Jonathan Cochet (2001: 9th, 2002: 13th) - French Championship (2000)

★ Ander Vilariño (2002: 8th, 2003: 8th, 2004: 12th) - Spanish Championship (2000 and 2001)

★ Ryo Fukuda (2004: 15th, 2006: 16th) - French Championship (2001)

★ Tristan Gommendy (2004: 5th, 2005: 4th, 2006: 19th) - French Championship (2002)

★ Ricardo Risatti (2007: no points after seven races) - Spanish Championship (2006)

★ Álvaro Parente (2007: current 2nd) - English Championship (2005)
; Champions in other categories

★ Andy Priaulx (2001: 18th) - 2004 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) Champion, 2005 and 2006 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) World Champion

★ Matteo Bobbi (2001: 11th, 2002: 6th) - 2003 FIA GT Champion

★ Filipe Albuquerque (2007: current 5th) - 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0.

TV broadcasters

Live broadcasters

Country	TV Network	Language
Argentina	Fox Latin America	Spanish
Belgium	BeTV	French
France	Sport+	French
Mexico	Fox Latin America	Spanish
Serbia	RTS	Serbian
Russia	SPORT VGTRK	Russian
Spain	TVE	Spanish

Highlights-only broadcasters

Country	TV Network	Language(s)
Singapore	ESPN Star	English, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin
United Kingdom	Sky Sports	English
The Netherlands	SBS 6	Dutch

External Links

★ Renault Sport: World Series by Renault