The 2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 21st Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season commenced on 16 April at

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and ended on 9 October at

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. The season features seven double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 30 minutes. All races were part of the

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. Josef Kaufmann Racing's

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who is also 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. Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro (; born 1 September 1994), otherwise known as Carlos Sainz Jr. or simply Carlos Sainz, is a Formula One drivers from Spain, Spanish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He is th ...

, who won 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 Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat ( rus, Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят, p=dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014– ...

, who also won two races on Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Nürburgring. Other wins were scored by

Will Stevens William Stevens (born 28 June 1991) is a British racing driver, who formerly competed in Formula One, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Toyota Racing Series and the British Formula Renault Championships. In Formula One, he made his debut at the 2 ...

, Alex Riberas,

Javier Tarancón Javier Tarancón (born 23 November 1991) is a Spanish racing driver who has raced in karting, Formula BMW and Formula Renault. His career began in 2000 at the age of 8. Career Karting In 2000, Tarancón finished 10th in the Catalonia Karting ...

and

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drivers

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and

Paul-Loup Chatin Paul-Loup Chatin (born 19 October 1991) is a professional racing driver from France who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with IDEC Sport. He won the European Le Mans Series LMP2 class title in 2014 and 2019. Career Karting Bor ...

Regulation changes

Sporting

* The points system for the 2011 season changed to reflect the system used by the

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for 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

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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''.

Driver changes

; Changed teams * After driving for

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in his rookie season,

switched to

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. 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

, F4 Eurocup 1.6 third-placed Mathieu Jaminet and

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runner-up Óscar Andrés Tunjo. * KTR have signed F4 Eurocup 1.6 champion

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and Liroy Stuart to compete for the team. *

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's drivers

and

will move into the championship, having raced in Formula BMW Europe for

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. They will drive for defending drivers' champions Koiranen Bros. Motorsport.

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will move up from

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and John Bryant Meisner from Formula Renault NEZ to complete Koiranen's four-car team. *

and

Côme Ledogar Côme Ledogar (born 23 May 1991) is a professional racing driver from France. He is best known for winning the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup overall title in 2016, with Robert Bell and Shane van Gisbergen, and for winning the 2021 24 Hours ...

will also move from Formula BMW Europe to compete for Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team and

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respectively. *

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driver

will rejoin

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, having competed at the

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in 2010 with

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. He will be joined by Skip Barber National Championship driver

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, with Fahmi Ilyas joining the team at Spa for experience ahead of the

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round later in the season. *

and

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moved from the F4 Eurocup and

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respectively to drive for

. *

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will compete in formulae cars for the first time, competing for the Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team.

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joined the team from

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at the Spa round. * After Russian

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and two seasons in Finnish

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, Denis Nagulin will join Cram Competition. * Pieter Schothorst stepped up from Formula Ford Duratec Benelux to race for

. * Asian Formula Renault champion

Sandy Stuvik Sandy Nicholas Stuvik ( th, แซนดี้ นิโคลัส สตูวิค; born 11 April 1995), also referred to as Sandy Kraokaew Stuvik, is a Thai racing driver. Career Karting Born in Phuket to a Norwegian father, Martin 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.

Championship standings

* Points for both championships are awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Teams' Championship

References

External links

Renault-Sport official website
{{World Series by Renault seasons Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup

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