Protyre Formula Renault Championship
Category | Formula Renault 2.0 Open Wheel Racing |
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Country or region | United Kingdom |
Inaugural season | 1995 |
Drivers | 39 |
Teams | 15 |
Constructors | Tatuus |
Engine suppliers | Renault |
Tyre suppliers | Michelin by Protyre |
Drivers' champion | Scott Malvern |
Official website | Formula Renault BARC |
Current season |
The current championship, organized by the British Automobile Racing Club, began in 1995 as a rival to the Renault Sport UK championship. The series was named Formula Renault BARC Championship to distinguish itself from the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship. Most of the regulations relating to the cars are the same as the UK series, but the cars have fixed gear ratios, an intake restrictor to limit engine wear, and are limited to one new set of tyres per outing. The championship currently uses the older Formula Renault Tatuus chassis first introduced to Formula Renault racing in 2000 and updated in 2007, which makes the championship a viable prospect to drivers with lower levels of budget and funding. With the collapse of the Renault Sport championship in early 2012, the BARC Championship became the prominent Formula Renault Championship in the United Kingdom and from 2013, took the name Protyre Formula Renault Championship, dropping the BARC tag after its growth into one of the leading national single seater championships in Great Britain.
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