RSS Share 11/12/2006
Renault Sport UK Race Calendar Finalised

Rockingham Motor Speedway is the final circuit to be added to the 2007 race calendar for the Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship and ELF Renault Clio Cup. As the second race meeting of the season, following the curtain-raiser at Brands Hatch, rounds three and four of both championships will be held at the Northamptonshire venue on 21st/22nd April. The circuit configuration to be used has not yet been decided.

The visit will mark the return of Formula Renault UK and Clio Cup to the circuit for the first time since 2003. The track holds special interest as the venue where Lewis Hamilton made his car racing debut at the age of 16 in the 2001 Formula Renault UK Winter Championship. Lewis, the latest driver to join a Formula One team after starting his career in Formula Renault UK, dominated the 2003 Formula Renault UK Championship race at the same venue, winning by almost eight seconds.

All venues have now been announced for the 2007 season, although official confirmation is still awaited as to which circuit configuration will be used at Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and the BTCC-supporting races at Donington Park. Races in support of the World Series by Renault, the biggest meeting of the year, will be held on the Grand Prix circuit.

2007 Provisional Race Calendar

31st March / 1st April 2007    Brands Hatch
21st / 22nd April 2007     Rockingham
5th / 6th May 2007     Thruxton
2nd / 3rd June 2007     Croft
23rd / 24th June 2007     Oulton Park
14th / 15th July 2007     Donington Park
28th / 29th July 2007     Snetterton
18th / 19th August 2007    Brands Hatch
8th / 9th September 2007 *    Donington Park (Grand Prix) *
13th / 14th October 2007    Thruxton