Christopher Zanella

PaddockScout assesses the drivers from another top quality season of Formula Renault 3.5, where Kevin Magnussen came out on top prior to securing his McLaren F1 drive.

Formula Renault 3.5’s newly-crowned champion Kevin Magnussen has maintained his streak of perfect qualifying performances as he took his fifth pole position in a row in fog-affected Sunday qualifying.

McLaren junior Kevin Magnussen remained unbeatable over Friday testing for the Formula Renault 3.5 Catalunya finale, as he narrowly beat Will Stevens to first in the closing stages of the race.

Formula Renault 3.5 championship leader Kevin Magnussen set the pace in first practice at Paul Ricard ahead of a weekend in which he can secure the title.

Danish duo Kevin Magnussen and Marco Sorensen were the men to beat in second practice for the Formula Renault 3.5 round at Spielberg.

Sergey Sirotkin started the Formula Renault 3.5 weekend at Spielberg in the best possible way after this week’s announcement linking him to a Formula 1 race seat next year with the quickest time in first practice.

After cruising to victory on Saturday, Stoffel Vandoorne was once again the performer of the session in Sunday qualifying, taking pole in the red-flagged event.

Kevin Magnussen converted his dominance over the rest of the Formula Renault 3.5 field at Motorland Aragon this weekend into a 20-second victory in Saturday’s race.

Kevin Magnussen continued his unbeaten ways in the second weekend of the Formula Renault 3.5 season at Motorland Aragon to claim pole position for race one.

Kevin Magnussen has stamped his authority coming into round two of World Series by Renault at Motorland Aragon, showing commandeering pace in the first practice session that saw him lead for the bigger part of the run and eventually come out with the quickest time.

The beginning of the season in three Formula Renault categories sees the young and inexperienced prevail as rookies score maiden poles and wins.

Antonio Felix da Costa converted pole position into victory in race two of the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Monza, finishing ahead of rivals Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne.

Stoffel Vandoorne exceeded expectations to score a comfortable win in his first race in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Monza.

Reigning Eurocup champion Stoffel Vandoorne put in a stunning qualifying lap in wet conditions to top the qualifying for race one of the Formula Renault 3.5 season opener at Monza.

Portuguese driver Antonio Felix da Costa continued to prove his title favourite status by emerging as the quickest man in the second practice session of the Formula Renault 3.5 season opener at Monza.

With the first round of the new Formula Renault 3.5 season taking place at Monza this weekend, PaddockScout previews another top quality grid.

Danish youngster Kevin Magnussen narrowly topped the first free practice session of the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season at Monza, beating Antonio Felix da Costa by just 0.15 seconds.

Briton Will Stevens set the quickest time of the final day of pre-season testing for Formula Renault 3.5 at Barcelona, topping the timesheets in the afternoon session after Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne reigned supreme in the morning.

Christopher Zanella will race in Formula Renault 3.5 this year after signing with the ISR team.

Stefano Coletti recorded the fastest time on day one of the second and final pre-season GP2 Series test at Barcelona.