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World Series by Renault at Donington Park in 2005.

The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan, is a motorsport single-seater series.

It was founded as Open Fortuna by Nissan in 1998, and was mostly based in Spain, but visited other countries throughout its history, including France, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. The organization was handled by RPM Comunicacion. The series changed name a number of times, usually adopting the name of its main sponsor, but was also known by other common names such as the unofficial "Formula Nissan". In 2005, the series was integrated with Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, and became World Series by Renault.

In its early years, the series used chassis built by Coloni, with a 2.0 L Nissan SR20 engine. The series slotted in between Formula 3 and Formula 3000. In 2002, it adopted a new format, with chassis supplied by Dallara and the engine upgraded to the VQ30. The series also became more international, with more than half of the race calendar held outside Spain.

Renault started the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup in 2003, as a support series in Eurosport's Super Racing Weekends (ETCC and FIA GT Championship). The series ran with Tatuus chassis and a Nissan-sourced 3.5 L V6 engine.

In 2005, Renault left the Super Racing Weekend and started the World Series by Renault, organized by Renault Sport and RPM with Formula Renault 3.5, merging both the World Series by Nissan (whose engine contract had finished) and Renault V6 Eurocup. The Dallara chassis was retained, while the Renault V6 was improved to 425 PS. Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy functioned as support races to the main series.

Series Name & Champions

Formula Nissan & World Series
Year Series name Driver's Champion Team's Champion
1998 Open Fortuna by Nissan Vorlage:Flagicon Marc Gené
1999 Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan Vorlage:Flagicon Fernando Alonso
2000 Open Telefónica by Nissan Vorlage:Flagicon Antonio García
2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan Vorlage:Flagicon Franck Montagny
2002 Telefónica World Series Vorlage:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Vorlage:Flagicon Racing Engineering
2003 Superfund World Series Vorlage:Flagicon Franck Montagny Vorlage:Flagicon Gabord Competition
2004 World Series by Nissan Vorlage:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Vorlage:Flagicon Pons Racing
2005 World Series by Renault Vorlage:Flagicon Robert Kubica Vorlage:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi
2006 World Series by Renault Vorlage:Flagicon Alx Danielsson Vorlage:Flagicon Interwetten.com
2007 World Series by Renault Vorlage:Flagicon Álvaro Parente Vorlage:Flagicon Tech 1 Racing

Note: In dark-pink background, mainly Spanish-based series (also known as Formula Nissan) with 2.0 L engine. In light-pink background, international series with V6 engine.

Eurocup Formula Renault V6
Year Champion Team's Champion
2003 Vorlage:Flagicon José María López Vorlage:Flagicon Signature
2004 Vorlage:Flagicon Giorgio Mondini Vorlage:Flagicon Eurointernational

Notable Drivers

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