Brazilian driver
Felipe Nasr dominated the series, winning seven races and recording 16 top three finishes over the first eight rounds of the series, putting him 123 points ahead of Nasr's
Carlin Motorsport teammate, Danish driver
Kevin Magnussen, giving him an unassailable lead in the championship with two rounds still in hand.[1]
Regulation changes
A number of changes were announced for the season, with pit-stops set to be introduced in the third race of each round,[2] but this plan was later abandoned in July 2011.[3] The championship's class system – Championship and National – was also renamed to the International and Rookie Championships. The Rookie winner will receive a fully paid entry to the 2012 International Championship.[2]
Pietro Fantin moved into the series from Formula Three Sudamericana. He will compete for Hitech Racing, the team he raced for in three meetings in 2010 when he was competing in the Invitation Class. He was joined by
Formula Renault UK race-winner
Riki Christodoulou, who returned to the championship after a season's absence, and
Bruno Méndez, who competed in
Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010.
After contesting a part season in Formula Renault 3.5 for
Tech 1 Racing outside of commitments in British F3, 2010 champion
Jean-Éric Vergne moved into the series full-time with Carlin. Third-placed
Oliver Webb and ninth-placed
Daniel McKenzie also moved into the series for
Pons Racing and
Comtec Racing respectively.
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2010,[5] before this was altered again on 26 November 2010.[6] The Nürburgring meeting was moved from September to July on 4 February 2011.[7] The first and third races at the Spa-Francorchamps round were also points-scoring for the
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.