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World Series by Renault
WSbR Logo.jpg
Category Formula Renault 3.5
Country or region Europe
Inaugural season 1998
Constructors Dallara
Engine suppliers Renault
Drivers' champion Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Teams' champion Portugal International DracoRacing
Official website worldseriesbyrenault.com
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan, is a motorsport single-seater series.

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[edit] History

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 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, 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 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 with Formula Renault 3.5, 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.

[edit] Champions

Season Series Name Champion Team Champion
1998 Open Fortuna by Nissan Spain Marc Gené Spain Campos Motorsport
1999 Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan Spain Fernando Alonso Spain Campos Motorsport
2000 Open Telefónica by Nissan Spain Antonio García Spain Campos Motorsport
2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan France Franck Montagny Italy Vergani Racing
2002 Telefónica World Series Brazil Ricardo Zonta Spain Racing Engineering
2003 Superfund World Series France Franck Montagny France Gabord Competition
2004 World Series by Nissan Finland Heikki Kovalainen Spain Pons Racing
2005 World Series by Renault Poland Robert Kubica Spain Epsilon Euskadi
2006 World Series by Renault Sweden Alx Danielsson Austria Interwetten.com
2007 World Series by Renault Portugal Álvaro Parente France Tech 1 Racing
2008 World Series by Renault Netherlands Giedo van der Garde France Tech 1 Racing
2009 World Series by Renault Belgium Bertrand Baguette Portugal International DracoRacing

NOTE - 1998-2001, mainly Spanish-based series (also known as Formula Nissan) with 2.0 L engine. 2002-2004, international series with V6 engine.

World Series Lights
Season Champion Team Champion
2002 Italy Matteo Bobbi Spain Meycom Racing
2003 Argentina Juan Cruz Alvares Spain Meycom Racing
2004 Serbia Miloš Pavlović Italy Vergani Racing
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Season Champion Team Champion
2003 Argentina José María López France ARTA-Signature
2004 Switzerland Giorgio Mondini Italy EuroInternational

[edit] Notable Drivers

Formula One drivers in the future and/or past

The * denotes drivers still active in Formula One as of May 13th 2009.

Formula One test drivers
Formula Three Champions
Champions in other categories

[edit] TV broadcasters

World Series by Renault at Donington Park in 2007.

[edit] Live broadcasters

Country TV Network Language
Argentina Argentina SPEED Channel Latin America Spanish
Belgium Belgium BeTV French
Brazil Brazil Multisports Portuguese
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Bosnian
France France Sport+ French
Mexico Mexico SPEED Channel Latin America Spanish
Portugal Portugal Eurosport Portuguese
Serbia Serbia RTS Serbian
Russia Russia Eurosport Russian
Spain Spain TV3 Catalan
United Kingdom United Kingdom British Eurosport English

[edit] Highlights-only broadcasters

Country TV Network Language(s)
Singapore Singapore ESPN Star English, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin
United Kingdom United Kingdom Sky Sports English
Netherlands The Netherlands RTL 7 Dutch
Brazil Brazil Speed Portuguese
European Union Europe MotorsTV English

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