2007 Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0

The 2007 Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 season was the last of the French Formula Renault championship as independent series. It was included in 2008 in the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup.^[1] The last round of the French championship was held out of France, in the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona as symbol of the series mutations that expand to Western Europe (Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium) in 2008.^[2]

Jules Bianchi would win the championship for SG Formula.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
SG Formula	1	Nelson Panciatici	1–3
	2	Charles Pic	All
	3	Jon Lancaster	2–7
	4	Alexandre Marsoin	All
	5	Edouard Texte	1–2, 4–5
	6	Jules Bianchi	All
Graff Racing	7	Gary Hirsch	All
	8	Kévin Estre	All
	9	Tristan Vautier	All
	10	Benjamin Lariche	All
	11	Bastien Borget	All
	16	Pierre Combot	6
Epsilon Support	12	Nelson Lukes	All
	14	Mathieu Arzeno	4–7
	27	Craig Dolby	All
	36	Sébastien Chardonnet	All
Pole Services	14	Mathieu Arzeno	1–3
	15	Nicolas Marroc	1–5, 7
	16	Pierre Combot	1–5, 7
	17	Kévin Van Heek	1
	19	Alexander Sims	2–3
	34	Stéphane Panepinto	4–5
TCS Racing	15	Nicolas Marroc	6
Manor Motorsport	19	Alexander Sims	4–5, 7
Manor Motorsport	22	Alex Morgan	5
Boutsen Energy Racing	20	Jonathan Hirschi	3
Boutsen Energy Racing	21	Maxime Martin	3
Fortec Motorsports	22	Alex Morgan	7
	35	Ryuji Yamamoto	5
	37	Riki Christodoulou	5, 7
	38	Duncan Tappy	5
	39	Paul Rees	7
Team Palmyr	23	Jean-Michel Ogier	1–3, 5–7
	24	Marc Cattaneo	All
	25	Jean-Marc Menahem	1–3, 5–7
	33	Philippe Hottinguer	5, 7
	40	David Zollinger	1
	40	Didier Colombat	2–6
Racing Team Trajectoire	26	Sylvain Milesi	1–4, 6–7
Racing Team Trajectoire	41	Pierre Giner	5
RBA Sport	28	Rodolphe Hauchard	1
RBA Sport	29	Stefan Romecki	1–6
CD Sport	31	Jean-Paul Coppens	1
Lycée D'Artagnan	32	Daniel Harout	1, 7

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Circuit Nogaro	April 8	Mathieu Arzeno	Mathieu Arzeno	Mathieu Arzeno	Pole Services
1	2	Circuit Nogaro	April 9	Mathieu Arzeno	Jules Bianchi	Mathieu Arzeno	Pole Services
2	3	Circuit de Lédenon	April 28	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	SG Formula
2	4	Circuit de Lédenon	April 29	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	SG Formula
3	5	Dijon-Prenois	May 12	Charles Pic	Alexandre Marsoin	Alexandre Marsoin	SG Formula
3	6	Dijon-Prenois	May 13	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	SG Formula
4	7	Circuit du Val de Vienne	July 7	Mathieu Arzeno	Jules Bianchi	Mathieu Arzeno	Epsilon Support
4	8	Circuit du Val de Vienne	July 8	Alexander Sims	Jules Bianchi	Alexandre Marsoin	SG Formula
5	9	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	September 23	Duncan Tappy	Jules Bianchi	Mathieu Arzeno	Epsilon Support
6	10	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	October 13	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	SG Formula
6	11	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	October 14	Jules Bianchi	Jon Lancaster	Jon Lancaster	SG Formula
7	12	Circuit de Catalunya	October 27	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	Jules Bianchi	SG Formula
7	13	Circuit de Catalunya	October 28	Jon Lancaster	Jon Lancaster	Jon Lancaster	SG Formula

Results and standings

Race point system
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

In each race 1 point for Fastest lap and 1 for Pole position.
Races : 2 race by rounds (first between 60 and 80 km, second between 20 and 30 minutes).

A Rookie (R) and Challenger Cup (C) classifications are also established for newcomers and young drivers.

Pos	Driver	NOG		LED		DIJ		VIE		MAG	MAG		CAT		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points
1	Jules Bianchi (R)	2	3	1	1	4	1	2	2	3	1	5	1	3	172
2	Mathieu Arzeno	1	1	2	Ret	9	5	1	3	1	4	4	5	5	123
3	Alexandre Marsoin	Ret	2	10	9	1	Ret	7	1	Ret	Ret	3	2	2	84
4	Charles Pic (R)	9	4	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	3	4	69
5	Tristan Vautier (R)	3	6	9	3	3	7	5	7	11	Ret	7	4	7	69
6	Jon Lancaster			8	21	8	17	10	5	7	2	1	DNS	1	64
7	Pierre Combot	5	Ret	Ret	13	2	6	3	10	6	6	11	8	10	52
8	Nelson Lukes (R)	Ret	9	3	2	11	3	6	6	24	Ret	10	Ret	14	45
9	Kévin Estre (R)	6	10	6	4	Ret	Ret	4	8	12	7	6	6	11	45
10	Sébastien Chardonnet	12	5	4	8	10	4	8	Ret	8	Ret	9	11	Ret	34
11	Craig Dolby	4	18	7	11	14	10	9	Ret	10	8	12	7	8	28
12	Bastien Borget (R)	8	21	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	11	12	9	5	8	13	11	21
13	Gary Hirsch (R)	15	23	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	9	4	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	19
14	Nelson Panciatici	7	7	Ret	6	5	Ret								19
15	Alexander Sims			5	7	12	8	Ret	18	Ret			14	6	19
16	Duncan Tappy									2					13
17	Edouard Texte (R)	16	11	Ret	DNS			Ret	4	Ret					8
18	Kevin Van Heek	10	8												4
19	Alex Morgan									5			10	9	3
20	Jonathan Hirschi					16	9								2
21	Riki Christodoulou									23			9	Ret	2
22	Benjamin Lariche (R)	19	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	20	10	18	Ret	16	1
23	Sylvain Milesi (C)	13	13	11	14	15	11	14	14		11	14	12	13	0
24	Nicolas Marroc	14	15	13	15	17	12	12	13	Ret	12	13	16	17	0
25	Stéphane Romecki (R)(C)	17	17	14	16	18	Ret	15	19	17	13	15			0
26	Stéphane Panepinto (R)(C)							Ret	15	13					0
27	Jean-Michel Ogier (R)(C)	Ret	22	16	17	19	14			14	Ret	16	18	22	0
28	Didier Colombat (R)(C)			17	20	21	Ret	16	16	21	14	DNS			0
29	David Zollinger (R)	18	14												0
30	Marc Cattaneo (R)(C)	20	25	18	18	20	15	17	15	16	16	19	20	18	0
31	Jean-Marc Menahem (R)(C)	22	24	15	19	22	18			18	15	17	17	19	0
32	Paul Rees												15	15	0
33	Pierre Giner									15					0
34	Daniel Harout	16	16										19	20	0
35	Maxime Martin (R)					23	16								0
36	Jean-Paul Coppens (R)	19	19												0
37	Philippe Hottinguer									19			21	21	0
38	Rodolphe Hauchard	21	20												0
39	Ryuji Yamamoto									22					0

References

^ Perspectives internationales Archived 2008-03-26 at the Wayback Machine renault-sport.fr (November 8, 2007)
^ Pour le plaisir et l’honneur! renault-sport.com (November 22, 2007)

[1] Perspectives internationales Archived 2008-03-26 at the Wayback Machine renault-sport.fr (November 8, 2007)

[2] Pour le plaisir et l’honneur! renault-sport.com (November 22, 2007)

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