2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Regulation changes

Sporting

• The points system for the 2011 season changed to reflect the system used by the FIA for World championships. The top ten drivers in each race received points as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1.

  Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Status	Rounds
Tech 1 Racing	1	Kevin Korjus		All
Tech 1 Racing	2	Arthur Pic		All
ISR	3	Lewis Williamson		1, 9
ISR	3	Daniel Ricciardo		2–8
ISR	4	Nathanaël Berthon		All
Carlin	5	Jean-Éric Vergne		All
Carlin	6	Robert Wickens		All
Fortec Motorsports	7	Alexander Rossi		All
Fortec Motorsports	8	César Ramos		All
Comtec Racing	9	Daniel McKenzie		All
Comtec Racing	10	Daniël de Jong		All
EPIC Racing	11	Sten Pentus		All
EPIC Racing	12	Albert Costa		All
International DracoRacing	15	Stéphane Richelmi		All
International DracoRacing	16	André Negrão		1–8
International DracoRacing	16	Adrien Tambay		9
Pons Racing	17	Oliver Webb		All
Pons Racing	18	Dominic Storey		1
Pons Racing	18	Jean-Karl Vernay		2
Pons Racing	18	Filip Salaquarda		3
Pons Racing	18	Adrien Tambay		4
Pons Racing	18	Michael Herck		5
Pons Racing	18	Marcos Martínez		6
Pons Racing	18	Nick Yelloly		7–9
Mofaz Racing	19	Chris van der Drift		1–4
Mofaz Racing	19	Fairuz Fauzy		5–9
Mofaz Racing	20	Jake Rosenzweig		All
KMP Racing	21	Anton Nebylitskiy		1–5, 7–9
KMP Racing	21	Mikhail Aleshin		6
KMP Racing	22	Nelson Panciatici		All
P1 Motorsport	23	Walter Grubmüller		1–5, 7–9
P1 Motorsport	23	Adam Carroll		6
P1 Motorsport	24	Daniil Move		All
BVM–Target	25	Daniel Zampieri		All
BVM–Target	26	Sergio Canamasas		All
Gravity–Charouz Racing	27	Jan Charouz		All
Gravity–Charouz Racing	28	Brendon Hartley		All

Driver changes

• International DracoRacing driver Nathanaël Berthon moved to ISR.
• Daniil Move returned to P1 Motorsport after a season with Junior Lotus Racing.
• After finishing as runner–up in the 2010 season, Daniel Ricciardo joined Czech team ISR Racing. Ricciardo began his season at Spa, as he missed the Aragón round due to reserve driver duties at the.
• Having contested the last six races of the 2010 season with Tech 1 Racing, Jean-Éric Vergne moved to Carlin, having won the British F3 title with the team.
• For his second season in the series, Nelson Panciatici moved to KMP Racing from Junior Lotus Racing.
• After driving for P1 Motorsport in 2010, Jan Charouz joined the newly formed Gravity–Charouz Racing team. He was joined by Brendon Hartley, who raced for Tech 1 Racing and P1 Motorsport the previous season.
• Jake Rosenzweig moved from the Carlin team to Mofaz Racing for his second season in the series.
• BVM–Target signed Pons Racing driver Daniel Zampieri and FHV Interwetten.com driver Sergio Canamasas to drive in their début season in the series.
• Sten Pentus switched from Fortec Motorsport to EPIC Racing.

• FIA Formula Two champion Dean Stoneman, who contested the final round of the 2010 season with Junior Lotus Racing, was set to compete with ISR Racing, but withdrew after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.
• Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion Kevin Korjus and his Eurocup rival Arthur Pic moved into the series, competing for Tech 1 Racing.
• Italian Formula Three runner–up Stéphane Richelmi and 13th–placed Eurocup driver André Negrão joined International Draco Racing
• Alexander Rossi joined Fortec Motorsports, having competed in GP3 for ART Grand Prix as well as the –supporting round with ISR Racing in 2010. His teammate was Italian Formula Three champion César Ramos.
• Daniel McKenzie and Oliver Webb moved up to the series from British F3, and drove for Comtec Racing and Pons Racing respectively.
• After finishing ninth in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Daniël de Jong graduated to the series with Comtec Racing.
• Robert Wickens returned to Carlin, after runner-up placings in Formula Two in 2009 and GP3 in 2010. Wickens finished 12th with Carlin in the 2008 season.
• Formula Renault UK runner–up Lewis Williamson contested the first round of the championship in Aragón for ISR, replacing Daniel Ricciardo due to his Formula One reserve driver duties in China.
• Chris van der Drift returned to Formula Renault 3.5 from Superleague Formula, and drove the first four meetings for Mofaz Racing. His budget ran out after Monaco and was replaced by Fairuz Fauzy.
• After missing the 2010 racing season, Dominic Storey drove for Pons Racing in Aragón. For the second round at Spa-Francorchamps, he was replaced by Indy Lights champion Jean-Karl Vernay. After Filip Salaquarda took the seat for the third round, Adrien Tambay drove in Monaco and GP2 racer Michael Herck drove for the team at the Nürburgring. Marcos Martínez, who won four races for the team in 2009 will compete at the Hungaroring.
• Former GP2 and A1 Grand Prix driver Adam Carroll replaced the injured Walter Grubmüller at the Hungaroring.

• Reigning champion Mikhail Aleshin was due to graduate to the GP2 Series with the Carlin team, but had to withdraw from the series due to budgetary issues. He will instead compete in the German Formula Three Championship with STROMOS Artline.
• Stefano Coletti and Julián Leal also graduated to GP2, racing for Trident Racing and Rapax respectively.
• Filip Salaquarda, who drove for ISR Racing in 2010, moved to the Superleague Formula series. Prior to doing so, he contested the third event of Formula Renault 3.5 at Monza.
• After competing for KMP Racing in 2010, Víctor García switched to Indy Lights in the United States, driving for Team Moore Racing. Also moving to Indy Lights is Esteban Guerrieri, who competed for Sam Schmidt Motorsports having finished third for ISR Racing in 2010.
• Bruno Méndez returned to Formula Three in 2011, racing in the British championship for Hitech Racing.
• Greg Mansell moved into sportscar racing for 2011, joining the Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici team in the inaugural Blancpain Endurance Series.
• After two seasons with Pons Racing, Federico Leo moved to the FIA GT3 Championship with AF Corse, sharing a Ferrari 458 with Francesco Castellacci.
• Jon Lancaster, who drove for Fortec Motorsport in 2010, joined the FIA Formula Two Championship.

  Team changes

• Italian team BVM–Target joined the grid as the 13th team, taking the slot vacated by SG Formula before the start of the 2010 season.
• Gravity–Charouz Racing, with technical support from DAMS, took over the FHV Interwetten.com team's entry.
• After undergoing a restructuring process during the off–season, Epsilon Euskadi became known as EPIC Racing.

  Race calendar and results

Season results

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Teams' Championship

• Polesitter for each race in bold. No points are awarded.
• Driver who recorded fastest lap denoted in italics. No points are awarded.
• Driver who retired but was classified denoted by †.