With the tenth season of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series rapidly approaching, let us look at the venues the cars will race at this year, how the series allocates its points in each race over each weekend, and finally who is driving for who in 2014.
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Race Schedule
The calendar has changed a little from 2013, with the round in Austria leaving the series to be replaced by a round at the Nurburgring in Germany, while the season ending race has moved from one Spanish circuit to another, from the Circuit de Catalunya to the Circuito de Jerez.
There are nine rounds in total in 2014, all consisting of two races, apart from the Monaco round when their will be only one race as the series supports the Formula 1 series for the event – the one and only time the two series race on the same weekend all season. There are also separate qualifying sessions for each race on the morning of the race.
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ROUND |
CIRCUIT |
COUNTRY |
DATE |
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| 1 |
Race 1 |
Autodromo Nazionale Monza |
Italy |
12 April |
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Race 2 |
13 April |
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| 2 |
Race 1 |
Ciudad del Motor de Aragon |
Spain |
26 April |
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Race 2 |
27 April |
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| 3 |
Race 1 |
Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo |
Monaco |
25 May |
| 4 |
Race 1 |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
Belgium |
31 May |
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Race 2 |
01 June |
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| 5 |
Race 1 |
Moscow Raceway |
Russia |
28 June |
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Race 2 |
29 June |
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| 6 |
Race 1 |
Nurburgring |
Germany |
12 July |
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Race 2 |
13 July |
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| 7 |
Race 1 |
Hungaroring, Budapest |
Hungary |
13 September |
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Race 2 |
14 September |
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| 8 |
Race 1 |
Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet |
France |
27 September |
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Race 2 |
28 September |
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| 9 |
Race 1 |
Circuito de Jerez |
Spain |
18 October |
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Race 2 |
19 October |
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2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Points Allocations
All races over the year follow the Formula 1-style scoring system, and both the Saturday and Sunday races score the same. There are no points awarded for either pole position or fastest lap.
Race Points: 1st – 25 Points; 2nd – 18 Points; 3rd – 15 Points; 4th – 12 Points; 5th – 10 Points; 6th – 8 Points; 7th – 6 Points; 8th – 4 Points; 9th – 2 Points; 10th – 1 Point.
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Entry List
All the teams that competed in the 2013 championship have been confirmed to return for 2014, though at present the participation of the Carlin is in doubt. Only one driver currently confirmed for 2014 has previously won a Formula Renault 3.5 series race, which is Marco Sorensen. There are still four seats available plus the two Carlin seats which as we talk about the entry list, the team have announced they will be absent for at least the first round in Monza due to a shortage in funding. They hope to race from round two onwards.
The top three drivers from 2013 have departed the series; Kevin Magnussen has joined the McLaren F1 team, Stoffel Vandoorne has joined the ART Grand Prix team in the GP2 series, while Antonio Felix da Costa has joined BMW in the German DTM series. Fifth placed from 2013 Nico Muller has also joined the DTM series with Audi.
| NO. | DRIVER | NAT | TEAM |
| 1 | Carlos Sainz Jr | ESP | DAMS |
| 2 | Norman Nato | FRA | |
| 3 | Sergey Sirotkin | RUS | Fortec Motorsports |
| 4 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | |
| 5 | Pietro Fantin | BRZ | International Draco Racing |
| 6 | Luca Ghiotto | ITA | |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Arden Motorsport |
| 8 | William Buller | GBR | |
| 9 | TBA | Tech 1 Racing | |
| 10 | Marco Sorensen | DEN | |
| 11 | Will Stevens | GBR | Strakka Racing |
| 12 | Matias Lainé | FIN | |
| 15 | Marlon Stockinger | PHI | Lotus |
| 16 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | FRA | |
| 17 | Jazeman Jaafar | MAL | ISR |
| 18 | TBA | ||
| 19 | Beitske Visser | NED | AV Formula |
| 20 | Zoel Amberg | SWI | |
| 21 | Roman Mavlanov | RUS | Zeta Corse |
| 22 | Roberto Merhi | ESP | |
| 23 | TBA | Carlin | |
| 24 | TBA | ||
| 25 | TBA | Pons Racing | |
| 26 | Meindert van Buuren | NED | |
| 27 | Nikolay Martsenko | RUS | Comtec Racing |
| 28 | TBA |
