If the legitimacy of the World Series by Renault needs any more proof, then consider this; twelve of the top fifteen in the championship all hail from different nations.
And as the season heads to Misano, Italy for rounds six and seven of the championship, there seems to be no clear indication as to which flag will be atop of the podium by the end of the season either, following five races that have yielded four different winners and a championship table that sees just 11 points covering the first six places.
Furthermore, a total of 26 drivers have now scored points in just five races, making this championship arguably one of the most open currently around.
Despite failing to qualify for the Monaco round of the championship, Borja Garcia bounced back in Istanbul, the Spaniard using his GP2 experience of the Turkish circuit to claim a second place and move into the lead of the championship.
Not that Garcia came away from Turkey without controversy, having been disqualified mid-way through the second race following a collision with Pastor Maldonado at the start of the event.
The result prevented Garcia from extending his lead further, but he is still a slender two points ahead of Monaco victor Maldonado, the Venezuelan only claiming a ninth place, despite showing race winning pace over the weekend. Eric Salignon’s points tally also remained stagnant after failing to score points in Turkey, making his double-win at Zolder seem like a distant and seemingly one-off memory.
The big winner from Turkey however was reigning British Formula Champion Alvaro Parente, who has shot up the leader board to move within four points of the championship lead, when a third place and win for the Victory Engineering squad boosted his points tally by 25.
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