Formula Renault 3.5: Runners and riders
With outgoing champion Bertrand Baguette forging a tentative career in the IRL, and last season's front runners Jaime Alguersuari and Fairuz Fauzy breaking into Formula 1, Peter Mills charts the prospects of this year's Formula Renault 3.5 hopefuls ahead of the 2010 opener
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#1 Nathanael Berthon (F)
Age: 20
2009: 6th in Formula Renault Eurocup, 3rd in Formula Renault West European Cup
Berthon assumes outgoing champion Bertrand Baguette's vacated seat, having turned down GP3 overtures from ART to do so. A front runner, if not standout, in Formula Renault 2.0 last year, he has exceeded expectations by setting a number of fastest times in testing.
After the confines of his Tatuus 2.0 car, the rangy Romagnat driver has expressed satisfaction with the spacious FR3.5 Dallara cockpit. Berthon will divide time between racing activities in Italy and a business studies course in France.
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