Formula Renault are classes of formula racing popular in Europe and elsewhere. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing , it was founded in 1971, and was a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to higher formulas.
36-466: Van Diemen International, Ltd. was a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton , Norfolk , United Kingdom. The company had a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of motorsport for over 20 years and led it to becoming the largest manufacturer of bespoke racing cars in
72-632: A Limited Slip Differential and Twin-Plate. The clutch is hydraulic. It also uses Elf Transmission LS. The brakes are four-pot calipers, with ventilated discs and Ferodo (type DS4003) pads. They include cockpit-adjustable bias front-to-rear. Manufactured by Barazi-Epsilon EB01 A Main changes to the previous models are: Two sorts of Formula Renault 2.0 championships exist. Regular championships and Winter Series, an off-season championship held usually between November and February with few races. In 2005, all series names were replaced from Formula Renault 2000 to Formula Renault 2.0 . An Uruguyan 2.0L series
108-729: A Van Diemen. Throughout the 1990s Van Diemen began to dominate the Formula Ford market. Throughout the decade the constructor won the British Formula Ford championship five times and the Festival seven times. Jason Plato won the first Formula Renault Eurocup driving for the Duckhams Van Diemen factory team. Bobby Verdon-Roe won the British Formula Renault in 1991 in a customer entered Van Diemen. The 1991 season marked
144-482: A double piscina . The west tower is 14th-century, as is the bowl of the baptismal font . In the 15th century the nave was rebuilt and the north aisle and south porch were built. The north porch was added in the 19th century. The church was restored in 1852, when the nave and chancel roofs were rebuilt and a Gothic Revival chancel screen was installed. All Saints' is a Grade I listed building . Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit , formerly RAF Snetterton Heath ,
180-575: A parish population of 201 people living in 74 households. The parish is in Breckland District . The earliest known surviving record of the place-name is in the Domesday Book of 1086, which records it as Snentretuna . It is derived from Old English , meaning "Snytra's enclosure". The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of All Saints is the 13th-century chancel , which has
216-589: Is also held (José Pedro Passadores 2003 champion). A majority of Formula Renault champions have gone onto lead successful careers in motor racing, most notably Alain Prost who won the Formula One World Championship four times in his career. Other drivers include Didier Pironi , Kimi Räikkönen , Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton all of whom have gone onto win Grands Prix. This Formula Renault series
252-537: Is partly in the parish and partly in the adjoining civil parish of Quidenham . This Norfolk location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Formula Renault Renault now backs the French F4 Championship and Formula Regional European Championship . The World Series by Renault once included Formula Renault 3.5 before becoming World Series Formula V8 3.5 in 2016, then folding in 2017. The most senior "Formula Renault"
288-595: The 1992 Masters of Formula 3 where he finished thirteenth. The Honda powered cars entered in the Japanese F3 and French F3 had little success entering only a few races. After this disappointing season Van Diemen did not return to Formula 3. With the demise of Formula Ford 2000, Van Diemen began to export its cars to the United States. 1992 was a successful year for Van Diemen in the American F2000 series. Greg Ray won
324-510: The 2009 Formula One season using the car in the infancy of their careers. For the 2010 season, a new car developed by Barazi-Epsilon , will be used in most major championships, with the old car still being used in minor championships such as Formula Renault BARC in the UK. The chassis is a carbon fiber cell designed and developed by Tatuus and Renault Sport . It also incorporates a FIA -approved roll hoop and lateral driver's head protection. This
360-551: The SCCA F2000 championship. Back in Europe James Matthews , driving for Manor Motorsport , won the 1994 Formula Renault Eurocup in a Van Diemen. Van Diemen cars won the first two official USF2000 championships in 1995 and 1996 with Jeret Schroeder and Steve Knapp . Van Diemen dominated the series winning all drivers and constructors titles until the series folded after the 2006 season. Many aspiring drivers won races with
396-558: The BRDC Formula Ford 1600. In 1985 eight Van Diemens filled the top ten at the Formula Ford Festival. Jonathan Bancroft was the best placed driver finishing second. The race was won by Johnny Herbert driving a Quest-Ivey FF85. Halfway through the eighties Reynard chassis started to dominate the Formula Ford 2000. Van Diemen shifted its focust toward Formula Renault , also a 2-litre engine formula. The Formula Ford Festival
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#1732837634360432-595: The BRSCC and RAC Formula Ford 1600 championships, driving Van Diemen chassis. After winning these two championships he graduated into Formula Ford 2000, again driving Van Diemens. In 1982 Senna won both the British and European Formula Ford 2000 championships. The following year fellow Brazilian Maurício Gugelmin finished second in the British Formula Ford 2000 driving a Van Diemen. In the same year Maurizio Sandro Sala won
468-427: The British Formula Ford championship in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2002, Van Diemen International was bought by Don Panoz and became part of his Élan Motorsport Technologies group out of Braselton, Georgia . As of 2002 the factory team ceased to exist. Tom Kimber-Smith and Valle Mäkelä won the British Formula Ford title, in customer entries, in 2002 and 2003. 2003 would be the last time a Van Diemen chassis would win
504-586: The British brand like Buddy Rice and Dan Wheldon . The constructor continued to win in the British Formula Renault winning the title again in 1995 with Guy Smith . The following seasons the Van Diemen chassis became less successful in Formula Renault. Competition from Mygale , Tatuus and other smaller chassis manufacturers prevented Van Diemen from being competitive in the Eurocup. The cars remained competitive in
540-501: The British championship fighting for the title against factory entered Tatuus chassis. 1998 marked the final year for Van Diemen in Formula Renault with Tim Mullen and Vítor Meira finishing third and fourth in customer entered cars. As of 1998 Van Diemen was contracted to build all the cars for the Formula Palmer Audi championship which ran until 2010. Factory drivers Robert Dahlgren , James Courtney and Westley Barber won
576-556: The DP04. When the Star Mazda championship announced a new car they contracted Élan Van Diemen to design and built it, the car was introduced in 2004. The IMSA Lites championship started in 2006, this class comprised three subclasses, L1, L2 and L3. The L1 class uses a Élan Van Diemen built DP02 with a Mazda engine. Short lived L3 class used the DP04 Van Diemen designed before. The cars for
612-612: The Formula 3 market. This was the first composite chassis baring the Van Diemen name, it was built by Precision Composites . The car raced in the Japanese F3 , German F3 and the French F3 championships. Franc ten Wolde raced in five races of the German F3 in a Mugen powered RF92 entered by Dutch racing team Nomag Racing . Ten Wolde finished once, in eleventh place. Nomag entered Ten Wolde in
648-599: The L2 class were not Van Diemen built but a West WX10 and later WR1000. Van Diemen designed its last Formula Ford car in 2008. Some teams updated the chassis to make their own Formula Ford cars like Fluid Motorsport . The USF2000 was revived for the 2010 season as spec racing series. Élan Van Diemen was contracted to build all the cars for the Mazda powered championship. But by now the Van Diemen activities have been fully incorporated into Élan Motorsport Technologies. Every new car will bear
684-622: The Scottish Formula Ford Championship in 1974 in a Van Diemen RF74. Chico Serra won the BRSCC championship in 1977 driving a Van Diemen. Serra went on to win the Formula Ford Festival that season, beating two Royale's . The British car maker took over Group Racing Developments , a producer of Formula 3 chassis, at the end of 1975. A Van Diemen VG376 was entered in the British Formula 3 in 1976 and 1977. The car
720-464: The debut of the Formula Vauxhall Junior spec racing series. Because of Van Diemens success in the Formula Ford, the marque was contracted to build all Formula Vauxhall Junior cars for the 1991 season. This racing car did not use aerodynamic features like wings, but used slick tires. The first championship was won by future IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti . For 1992 Van Diemen re-entered
756-403: The engine, bellhousing, gearbox, brakes, wheels and ECU. Chassis were steel space frame with fibreglass bodies. Manufacturers included Mygale , Martini , Swift, Tatuus, and Ermolli. The car was last used in 1999. The Formula Renault 2000 had a Tatuus-made chassis running 2.0 L Renault Clio engines attached to a Sadev gearbox. The engine originally had a maximum output of 185 hp, and
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#1732837634360792-711: The introduction of the LATAM Challenge Series , run in Latin America . The Austria Formel Renault Cup has been held since 2007 in Central Europe . This series is held and organised with the Austria Formula 3 Cup and use the 2.0L Renault formulas. The Formule Renault 2.0 North European Zone was also introduced in 2008. 2008 was the first, and ultimately last, season of the Formula Asia 2.0 . Its aim
828-541: The island of Tasmania , Australia, which was formerly known as Van Diemen's Land and is where Ambrose was born and lived before moving to the UK to co-found the company. The first car produced was the Van Diemen FA73. In 1973 Derek Lawrence won the BRDC Formula Ford 1600 championship in a FA73. The BRSCC Formula Ford was also won by a FA73. This car was driven by Donald MacLeod . South African Kenny Gray won
864-592: The overall British Formula Ford title. With the takeover by Élan, Van Diemen became more active in the United States. The Van Diemen FR02 used in Formula Ireland and Formula X between 2001 and 2004 was introduced in the United States. The SCCA formed the Formula SCCA class which solely uses this chassis. This later developed in the Formula Enterprises. Van Diemen also built a sports racer version of this car,
900-575: The series became the World Series Formula V8 3.5 , which folded in 2017. Formula V6 Asia started in 2006 in Asia and ran at Asian Festival of Speed Weekends ( Touring Car , Formula BMW and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia ). The old Eurocup and current Asian formulas use Tatuus chassis, while the World Series uses Dallara cars. Michelin is the tyre supplier. A Pan Am Formula Renault V6 series
936-411: The standings. Jonathan Palmer , also driving Van Diemen, was third in the standings. Moreno went on to win the Formula Ford Festival followed by Tommy Byrne , also driving a Van Diemen. Byrne had a very successful 1981 season winning the Festival, European and British Formula Ford 2000 championships, all driving cars made by the British car maker. Ayrton Senna made his European racing debut in 1981 in
972-541: The world. As well as Formula Ford, Van Diemen built cars for Formula Ford 2000 , Sports 2000 and Star Mazda series. The company's purpose-built manufacturing facility was located on the grounds of Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit , allowing racing teams to test the cars right off the production line. Van Diemen was founded in 1973 by Ross Ambrose and Ralph Firman Sr ., whose children Marcos Ambrose , Ralph Firman Jr. and Natasha Firman have since gone on to have successful racing careers. The company's name comes from
1008-559: The Élan name instead of Van Diemen, so the highly successful marque will gradually disappear. After the demise of Van Diemen Ralph Firman Sr. founded a new race car constructor: Ralph Firman Racing . Snetterton Snetterton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk , England. The village is about 9 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Thetford and 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Norwich . The civil parish has an area of 8.94 km (3.45 sq mi). The 2011 Census recorded
1044-547: Was a GRD 375 with updated aerodynamics. Jac Nellemann scored the best result for the car at Circuit Zolder scoring a fourth-place finish. The car manufacturer would return to Formula 3 in 1992. 1977 marked the start of a long time relationship with Duckhams Oil which sponsored the factory team until 2002. Van Diemen swept the BRSCC Formula Ford 1600 championship in 1980. Brazilian drivers Roberto Moreno and Raul Boesel won 13 out of 14 races and finished one and two in
1080-454: Was introduced in 2000 and updated with new bodywork in 2004 and 2007. Both the chassis and engine are of an FIA-approved "impact break-away" design. The engine is a sealed, 16-valve, 4-cylinder Renault Sport type F4R FRS with Orbisoud race exhaust system and catalytic converter, built and developed by Renault Sport . Formula Renault uses a Sadev 6-speed, sequential gearbox with mechanical control featuring three specified sets of ratios using
1116-639: Was introduced into the UK in 1989 and even after the 1721 cc cars had been replaced at the top level a club-level series for them continued in parallel with the more ambitious 2.0 series. This is seen as one of the key steps in a driver's career before Formula Three . The most notable recent graduate of the formula is Kimi Räikkönen , who moved straight into Formula One after winning the British Formula Renault championship. The Formula Renault 95 used multiple chassis, production 2.0-litre 8V 165 hp engines and Hewland five-speed manual gearboxes. Manufacturers were able to build cars around spec components such as
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1152-495: Was open to drivers between 14 and 21 years that have raced before in karting series. The cars use K4M 1598cc Renault engines. Argentina organises several Formula Renault championships different from its official 2.0L series: In 2008, the Formula 2000 Light was created. The series is held in Italy with Tatuus 's Formula Renault or Formula Three chassis. The same year also saw
1188-411: Was planned to take place in 2005 but it never occurred. Formula Renault 2.0 descended from Formula France created in 1968. Its predecessors used 1.3L (1968–1971), 1.6L (1972–1981), 1.6L turbo (1982–1988) and later 1,721 cc (1989–1994), then 2l 8V (1995–1999) engines in single-seater chassis. The series evolved in 2000 into a 2L 16V series using one-make cars from Italian manufacturer Tatuus . The series
1224-526: Was the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup started by Renault to run as part of Eurosport's Super Racing Weekends ( ETCC and FIA GT Championship ). Only two seasons were run between 2003 and 2004 before Renault left Super Racing Weekends and merged the series with the similar World Series by Nissan to create the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault in 2005 . In 2016
1260-403: Was upgraded to 210 hp in 2006. They are capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 mph (160 km/h) in 4.85 seconds and braking from 125 mph (200 km/h) to a stop in 4.60 seconds. The Tatuus Formula Renault car is the most successful single seater ever, with 10 years of service and nearly 1000 sold. The car has produced many current Formula One stars, with 11 of the 25 drivers in
1296-412: Was won four consecutive times from 1986 thru 1989 by Van Diemen chassis. Roland Ratzenberger (1986) and Vincenzo Sospiri (1988) won the race in customer entries. The factory team won the race in 1987 and 1989 with Eddie Irvine and Niko Palhares . The British constructor made its debut in the Formula Renault in 1989. Neil Riddiford won the first British Formula Renault championship in 1989, driving
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