The season that killed a once great single-seater category
In the latest in our series looking back on motorsport in the 2010s, we remember the championship that in its various guises, mainly supported by Renault, brought many famous names to Formula 1 and other major series, and how it died in 2017
There was a time at the start of the 2010s when the Formula Renault 3.5 series - or World Series by Renault - was considered the superior feeder series to Formula 1, compared to GP2.
Red Bull, for example, usually preferred to place its junior drivers in FR3.5. Current F1 racers Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz Jr were the most high-profile drivers to eschew the feeder category sitting on the F1 bill, while Jean-Eric Vergne and Jaime Alguersuari did the same on their paths to grand prix racing.
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