World Series By Renault - Notable Drivers

Notable Drivers

Formula One drivers in the future and/or past
  • Marc Gené (1998: Champion, 2003: 12th), competed in Formula One for Minardi and Williams.
  • Fernando Alonso (1999: Champion), competed in Formula One for Minardi, McLaren, now currently for Ferrari and was twice world champion with Renault.
  • Giorgio Pantano (1999: 21st), competed in Formula One for Jordan.
  • Franck Montagny (2001: Champion, 2002: 2nd, 2003: Champion), competed in Formula One for Super-Aguri.
  • Ricardo Zonta (2002: Champion) – 1997 FIA GT Champion, competed in Formula One for BAR, Jordan and Toyota.
  • Justin Wilson (2002: 4th), competed in Formula One for Minardi and Jaguar.
  • Narain Karthikeyan (2002: 9th, 2003: 4th, 2004: 6th), competed in Formula One for Jordan and Hispania Racing in 2011.
  • Heikki Kovalainen (2003: 2nd, 2004: Champion), competed in Formula One for Renault, McLaren and Lotus.
  • Enrique Bernoldi (2003: 6th, 2004: 3rd), competed in Formula One for Arrows.
  • Stéphane Sarrazin (2003: 7th), competed in Formula One for Minardi.
  • Tiago Monteiro (2004: 2nd), competed in Formula One for Jordan and Midland/Spyker.
  • Robert Kubica (2005: Champion), has competed in Formula One for BMW and Renault.
  • Markus Winkelhock (2005: 3rd), one-off Formula One drive for Spyker (Nurburgring 2007).
  • Sebastian Vettel (2006: 15th, 2007: 5th −1st after seven races, when withdrew to compete in F1-), competed in Formula One for BMW, Toro Rosso and Red Bull where became the youngest grand prix winner and Triple World Champion.
  • Jaime Alguersuari (2009: 6th) has competed in Formula One for Toro Rosso.
  • Kamui Kobayashi (2005:1st) has competed in Formula One for Toyota and Sauber.
  • Pastor Maldonado (2005: 25th; 2006: 3rd) currently competing in Formula One for Williams F1.
  • Karun Chandhok (2005: 29th) has competed in Formula One for Hispania Racing and Lotus.
  • Daniel Ricciardo (2010: 2nd; 2011: 5th) has competed in Formula One for Hispania Racing and Toro Rosso.
  • Jean-Éric Vergne (2010: 8th; 2011: 2nd) currently competing in Formula One for Toro Rosso.
Champions in other categories
  • Andy Priaulx (2001: 18th) – 2004 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) Champion, 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) World Champion
  • Matteo Bobbi (2001: 11th, 2002: 6th) – 2003 FIA GT Champion
  • Alex Lloyd - 2007 Indy Lights champion.
  • Simon Pagenaud - 2006 Atlantics Champion.
Other Notable Drivers
  • Will Power (2005: 7th) 2010, 2011 and 2012 IndyCar runner-up for Penske Racing.
  • Álvaro Parente (2006: 5th; 2007: 1st) GP2 Series winner, has driven and stood on the podium for Super Nova Racing, Ocean Racing Technology, Scuderia Coloni, and Racing Engineering
  • Giedo van der Garde (2007: 6th, 2008: 1st) GP2 Series winner
  • Esteban Guerrieri (2008: 8th, 2009: 19th, 2010: 3rd) 2011 and 2012 Indy Lights runner-up for Sam Schmidt Motorsports
  • Davide Valsecchi (2006: 10th, 2007: 16th) 2012 GP2 Series Champion. Current test driver for the Lotus F1 Team

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