Renault Sport Technologies Tél. : +33 (0)1 76 82 82 00 Z.A. Courtaboeuf Fax. : 33 (0)1 76 82 83 75 14, avenue des Tropiques Internet : www.renault- 91 978 Courtaboeuf Cedex - France sport.com Script World Series by Renault 2011 Season preview 28’22” 00:00 Opening Credits 00:20 Introduction Various shots Action/Atmosphere The World Series by Renault: a dream come true since 2005. A magical concept that brings together 4 international championships on one circuit, and much more ... Where motorsport’s aspiring future champions come to showcase their talent.. A world of sportsmanship and discovery awaits you ... 00:37 GFX 2011 Season Calendar The World Series by Renault : 9 racing week-end throughout Europe from Motorland Aragon, where the season opens to Barcelona for the final via legendary circuits such as Spa Francorchamps, Monza, Monaco , Nurburgring, Hungaroring, Silverstone and, new this year, the Paul Ricard at Le Castellet. 00:58 Various Shots Action Formula Renault 3.5 or 2.0, Eurocup Mégane Trophy and Eurocup Clio: 4 championships at the highest-level, each with different characteristics that keep spectators constantly in suspense. 01:07 ITW Emmanuel Esnault – Renault Sport Technologies Sporting Manager (in French) We will have around 130 Renault Sport cars on each event of the season, divided in the four categories, which makes things very promising for this 2011 season… 01:18 Action Shots Highlights Formula Renault 3.5 !!!!! (Off ITW Emmanuel Esnault – Renault Sport (in French) Formula Renault 3.5 series , with 26 cars at the start and more than 13 different nationalities. We kept the same basis : one qualifying for each race, the points system is the same as Formula 1. We will have 7 World Series Meetings plus Monaco during the Grand-Prix and Monza together with WTCC… Renault Sport Technologies Tél. : +33 (0)1 76 82 82 00 Z.A. Courtaboeuf Fax. : 33 (0)1 76 82 83 75 14, avenue des Tropiques Internet : www.renault- 91 978 Courtaboeuf Cedex - France sport.com 01:49 Action Shots Formula Renault 2.0 !!!!! (Off ITW Emmanuel Esnault – Renault Sport (in French) Formula Renault 2.0, with a big improvement because we will have 38 cars on the starting grid instead of 23 in the last season…38 is the maximum we can accept on the circuits at the moment… 02:04 Action Shots Eurocup Megane Trophy !!!!! (Off ITW Emmanuel Esnault – Renault Sport (in French) The Megane Trophy Eurocup, will be quite the same as last year, with a mix of professional and amateur drivers. We kept the Gentlemen classification, and the possibility to have two drivers on the same car… 02:19 Action Shots Eurocup Clio !!!!! (Off ITW Emmanuel Esnault – Renault Sport (in French) The main novelty this year is the Eurocup Clio, we wanted to organize it on 4 week- ends only, and the winner will be integrated in the 2011 Champions Team for next season… 02:31 Atmosphere / Paddock Animations shots Above all, the World Series by Renault is an audience success : more than 500 thousand people joined us during the 2010 season, to enjoy a family event, in a friendly and fantastic paddock atmosphere. 02:49 On track animations shots Car Ballet, acrobatics on 4 wheels, Renault Heritage, Formula 1 exhibitions. Speed, talent, passion ... In 2011, for the seventh year the World Series by Renault will surprise you once again ... 03:13 Jingle Formula Renault 2.0 Focus 2010 Formula 2.0 Champion : Kevin Korjus 03:18 Action/Atmosphere shots Kevin Korjus #28 Koiranen Bros Motorsport Lest season, Estonian driver Kevin Korjus tied up the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 driver’s championship at the last leg in Silverstone. Driving for the Finnish Koiranen Bros Motorsport team. Korjus lead the driver’s standings from the start of the season with two wins in succession at the opening event in Motorland, Spain. Renault Sport Technologies Tél. : +33 (0)1 76 82 82 00 Z.A. Courtaboeuf Fax. : 33 (0)1 76 82 83 75 14, avenue des Tropiques Internet : www.renault- 91 978 Courtaboeuf Cedex - France sport.com 03:35 ITW: #28 Kevin KORJUS (EST) Koiranen Bros Motorsport (in English) “It felt amazing, it was the first race in Aragon (Motorland) and the first race of the year, so it felt very good that you are now championship leader and that you have got your first win. So it was excellent!” 03:47 Action/Atmosphere shots Kevin Korjus #28 Koiranen Bros n Motorsport Kevin had quite an impressive progression through the season, since he started in a very unusual way… As everybody was already planning the season, he was still struggling to finalize his contracts for 2010. And the decision to enter the Formula Renault 2.0 was taken at the very last moment… 04:12 ITW: #28 Kevin KORJUS (EST) Koiranen Bros Motorsport (in English) Actually the preparation wasn’t good at all because we had the information that we were going to race in this series at the end of February/beginning of March… So the other guys were testing already at these times… 04:31 Action/Atmosphere shots Kevin Korjus #28 Koiranen Bros Motorsport Despite this bad start, Kevin showed he had a strong personality and a very solid nervous and mental aptitude. He proved it again during the season, as for winning the drivers championship meant that he was prepared to give up a race victory rather than risking all of his points. 04:49 ITW: #28 Kevin KORJUS (EST) Koiranen Bros Motorsport (in English) “Of course the team made good job, no mistakes and maybe that I didn’t risk too much in some situations where I could have won the race, but better to make sure of 2nd to score points and maybe that helped a lot.” 05:05 Action/Atmosphere shots Kevin Korjus #28 Koiranen Bros Motorsport For 2011 Kevin managed to step up to Formula Renault 3.5 and will be one of the most talented rookies this season… Renault Sport Technologies Tél. : +33 (0)1 76 82 82 00 Z.A. Courtaboeuf Fax. : 33 (0)1 76 82 83 75 14, avenue des Tropiques Internet : www.renault- 91 978 Courtaboeuf Cedex - France sport.com Highlights Formula Renault 2.0 / Season 2010 05:09 Family picture of 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 drivers The series had a new look for 2010, with the introduction of the Barazi-Epsilon chassis to replace the original Tatuus chassis, which had been the mainstay of Formula Renault 2.0 during the 2000s. 05:26 Both season-opening races at Motorland Aragón were won by Eurocup debutant Kevin Korjus, whom had moved up from the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Korjus left Spain with a 12-point championship lead. 05:34 Arthur Pic took his first Eurocup win at Spa, but Korjus finished second in order to extend his championship lead over Luciano Bacheta. And he extended this further, with his third win of the season in race 2. 05:43 Pic dominated at Brno winning both races from pole position, as Korjus finished off the podium in both races, losing eight points to Bacheta who finished third in each race. 05:53 Korjus returned to form at Magny-Cours taking his fourth win as well as a third place finish. Giovanni Venturini claimed the other race win, for his only victory of the season. 06:01 Pic and Bacheta shared the wins at the Hungaroring with Pic moving into second place behind Korjus in the overall classification. 06:12 Action shots + GFX 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Classification The battle for second position still on till the end of the season, Korjus took profit of the situation to secure his title in the last meetings, finishing 2010 with a 60 points advantage on his main opponents. Arthur Pic and Luciano Bachetto finishing the year in second and 3 rd place… 06:36 Jingle Formula Renault 2.0 Renault Sport Technologies Tél. : +33 (0)1 76 82 82 00 Z.A. Courtaboeuf Fax. : 33 (0)1 76 82 83 75 14, avenue des Tropiques Internet : www.renault- 91 978 Courtaboeuf Cedex - France sport.com Presentation Formula Renault 2.0 2011 06:40 Atmosphere / Action Shots / General overview Kevin Korjus the 2010 Champion is now a rookie in the Formula Renault 3.5 entry list. So the game is more than ever open for the title. With some names flashing on the list. Even if a lot of drivers are new comers as usually in 2.0, some others are already well known in the field and appear to be the rising stars at the start of this 2011 season. 06:55 Atmosphere /Action Shots / Carlos Sainz Junior #5 Koiranen Bros Motorsport Carlos Sainz Junior is one of them, after racing as a guest last season, he impressed a lot the international observers winning the very prestigious and risky Macao Grand- Prix behind the wheel of a Formula 3 car. 07:05 ITW #5 Carlos Sainz Junior (ESP) Koiranen Bros Motorsport (in Spanish) I think that Formula Renault is the first step for becoming a real driver, more experienced an mature. These are real races, with one qualifying session for each race, meaning that you have to be good all the time. We have 7 races in the championship, so we also have to be consistent. That will make us stronger at the end of the year… I came here for learning a lot first of all, with a lot of humility because it will be very difficult… But also very motivated… 07:38 Action Shots # 4 Miki WECKSTROM (FIN) Tech1 Racing Finishing 15 th in the championship in 2010, Fin Miki Weckestrom is also one of the most experienced drivers this season and even if he was not 100% satisfied after his test days at Motorland Aragon Circuit.