# 2011 Eurocup Clio

The 2011 Eurocup Clio season was the inaugural season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault, the series uses Renault Clio RS 197's. It replaced the French F4 Championship which ran for one season in 2010.
Frenchman Nicolas Milan won the first season with ease by taking five wins and appearing on the podium in second for the other 3 races, comfortably ahead of Dutchman Mike Verschuur by 72 points, who in turn was ahead of third place Massimiliano Pedalà by 51 points.
The series featured several different teams; however, there was no championship for teams.

## Regulations
### Sporting

* The points system for the first season were made to reflect the system used by the FIA for World championships. The top ten drivers in each race were awarded points as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1.

## Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2011 season was announced on 11 October 2010, the day after the end of the 2010 season. All of the four rounds formed meetings of the 2011 World Series by Renault season.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | 30 April | Nicolas Milan | Nicolas Milan | Nicolas Milan | Milan Competition |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | 1 May | Nicolas Milan | Philippe Maurin | Nicolas Milan | Milan Competition |
| 2 | R1 | Nürburgring | Germany | 18 June | Giancarlo Lenzotti | Giancarlo Lenzotti | Nicolas Milan | Milan Competition |
| 2 | R2 | Nürburgring | Germany | 19 June | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | Robert van den Berg | Mike Verschuur | Equipe Verschuur |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | France | 17 September | Nicolas Milan | Massimiliano Pedalà | Massimiliano Pedalà | Rangoni Motorsport |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | France | 18 September | Nicolas Milan | Massimiliano Pedalà | Nicolas Milan | Milan Competition |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló | Spain | 8 October | Mike Verschuur | Azor Dueñas | Azor Dueñas | Milan Competition |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló | Spain | 9 October | Nicolas Milan | Philippe Maurin | Nicolas Milan | Milan Competition |

## Championship standings

* Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | LEC | LEC | CAT | CAT | Points |
| 1 | Nicolas Milan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 186 |
| 2 | Mike Verschuur | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 114 |
| 3 | Massimiliano Pedalà | 5 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 63 |
| 4 | Simone Di Luca | Ret | 3 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 62 |
| 5 | Marc Thomas Guillot | 2 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 59 |
| 6 | Jordi Palomeras Ventós | 17 | Ret | 31 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Robert van den Berg | 9 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 42 |
| 8 | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | 3 | 5 | Ret | 29 | | | Ret | 6 | 35 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Lenzotti | 16 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 32 |
| 10 | Sheila Verschuur | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | | | 25 |
| 11 | Philippe Maurin | Ret | 10 | Ret | 27 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 23 |
| 12 | Cristian Ricciarini | 18 | Ret | 7 | 3 | | | | | 21 |
| 13 | Thibault Bossy | 6 | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 13 | | | 18 |
| 14 | Frédéric Yerly | 13 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 17 |
| 15 | Marcos de Diego Bravo | 12 | 12 | | | 14 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 16 |
| 16 | Salvatore Arcarese | 24 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 5 | Ret | 15 | 10 |
| 17 | Rene Steenmetz | 20 | 14 | 25 | 28 | Ret | 22 | 17 | 7 | 8 |
| 18 | Santiago Navarro Freixas | Ret | 21 | 22 | Ret | 25 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| 19 | Jose Joao Magalhaes | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 19 | Ret | 6 |
| 20 | Ronald Morien | 8 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 13 | Ret | | | 6 |
| 21 | Manuel Zumstein | 15 | 16 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| 22 | Stephan Polderman | 11 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 4 |
| 23 | Alessandro Sebasti Scalera | Ret | 33 | 9 | 23 | | | | | 2 |
| 24 | Frédéric O'Neill | Ret | 28 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 19 | Ret | 10 | 2 |
| 25 | Max Braams | 29 | 15 | 28 | 10 | Ret | 24 | | | 1 |
| 26 | Ruud Steenmetz | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 12 | 14 | 1 |
| 27 | Thomas Fjordbach | 27 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| 28 | Raquel Morera Ibañez | 25 | Ret | 19 | 20 | 27 | 26 | Ret | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | Björn Cornelissen | Ret | 27 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 20 | Ret | 20 | 0 |
| 30 | Luciano Gioia | 22 | 26 | 12 | 16 | | | Ret | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | Stefano Zanini | 26 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 17 | | | 0 |
| 32 | Niels Kool | 21 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 21 | 0 |
| 33 | Daniele Pasquali | 28 | 29 | 26 | 26 | Ret | 30 | 21 | 23 | 0 |
| 34 | Saetta McQueen | 30 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 27 | Ret | 24 | 0 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||
| | Azor Dueñas | | | | | | | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | Yoann Baziret | | | | | 3 | 6 | | | 0 |
| | Eoin Murray | | | | | | | 4 | Ret | 0 |
| | Jean Philippe Lamic | 19 | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sebastiano Ciato | | | 23 | Ret | | | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| | Michaël Novalak | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Willy Welles | | | 18 | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| | Dennis de Borst | | | | | | | 22 | 25 | 0 |
| | Giuseppe Termine | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Marc Thevenot | | | | | 22 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Enrico Dell'Onte | Ret | 30 | | | 23 | 25 | | | 0 |
| | Jose Manuel De Los Milagros | 23 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Marc Corde | | | | | 24 | 29 | | | 0 |
| | Guy Frey | | | Ret | 24 | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | SPA | SPA | NÜR | NÜR | LEC | LEC | CAT | CAT | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |