Country Europe Constructors Renault Constructor Renault | Inaugural season 2015 Last Teams' champion Team Marc VDS EG 0,0 Folded 2016 | |
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Category One-make racing by Renault Last Drivers' champion En: Markus Palttala
En: Fabian Schiller
Pro: Pieter Schothorst
AM: Fabian Schiller | ||
Renault sport trophy race 1 spa 2016
The Renault Sport Trophy is a one-make racing series created and managed by Renault Sport. The series has raced with the Renault Sport R.S. 01 in 2015 and 2016 as part of the Renault Sport Series (formerly World Series by Renault).
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Renault sport trophy race 3 spa 2016
Development
In 2014, Renault announced its intention to create a new one-make sports car championship. The company unveiled the racecar for the series, called Renault Sport RS 01, at the 2014 Moscow Motor Show. The RS 01, developed by Renault Sport, has a Gibson Technology-tuned 3.8-litre V6 twin-turbo engine supplied by Renault Sport's Japanese partner Nismo and a chassis built by Dallara. It was announced that the championship would use a professional-gentleman drivers combination. The first season was held in 2015. The second and the last season was held in 2016, as a support event for 2016 European Le Mans Series.
Drivers and race format
The car is driven by a professional-gentleman driver combination. Professional drivers compete for the Elite (or PRO) class championship and gentlemen for the Prestige (or AM) class. As of 2016, the race weekend consists of one 60-minute/90-minute (plus one lap) race called "endurance", where the two drivers of each car participate, and two 25-minute races (one for the Elite-class driver and other for the Prestige-class driver). There are separate qualifying sessions for Elite and Prestige to determine the grid order in the short races, and the endurance grid order is determined by a system that uses a mix of Elite and Prestige qualifying results.
Awards
As of 2016 the Renault Sport Trophy Elite-class champion is given a development programme and the chance to participate at a Nismo's Super GT test. If he is not chosen to compete in Super GT, he receives a 200,000 € award. The Prestige-class driver can opt between a 140,000 € award to step up into the Elite class or a LMP2 entry at the Le Mans 24 Hours.