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

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Sporting

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  • 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

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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 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
R2 1 May   Nicolas Milan   Philippe Maurin   Nicolas Milan   Milan Competition
2 R1 Nürburgring   Germany 18 June   Giancarlo Lenzotti   Giancarlo Lenzotti   Nicolas Milan   Milan Competition
R2 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
R2 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
R2 9 October   Nicolas Milan   Philippe Maurin   Nicolas Milan   Milan Competition

Championship standings

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  • 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

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Pos Driver SPA
 
NÜR
 
LEC
 
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
 
NÜR
 
LEC
 
CAT
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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