While  the World Series by Renault teams tested at Paul Ricard, the development team in charge of the Formula Renault 3.5 and the Mégane Trophy finished their programme of 3 days of testing in Vallelunga (Italy).

Jonathan Cochet, the driver in charge of development of the Formula Renault 3.5, completed 1400 km. - the Frenchman recorded 1.01.008, which means that the new World Series was two seconds fastest than the former F3000.The development test focused on the validation of the final version of the engine and the tyre compound Michelin F505. The test also served to check different technical aspects of the car, specially the cooling system.

Race engineer Emmanuel Efnault also underlined the performance of the car and the easy adaptation of the car to this track: "We've found a good set-up for this track and the car has adapted to it in a perfect way."

Stéphane Ortelli was also on duty with the Mégane Trophy, and shared the drive of the all-new Series car with Belgian BelCar driver Vicent Radermecker. The car went through several checks on the aerodynamics,  tyres and  electronics, and as Jerôme Mortal reported, "it is ready to go to production".

Jerôme Mortal (RST Development Chief):

" The Mégane Trophy has completed 1500 km (a total of 3500 km. since the start). I asked Vincent Radermecker to test the car because he is one of the top European drivers in this type of cars. On the other hand, I'm quite satisfied with the lap time of the FR 3.5. We have proved that it's performance and reliability, after 3.700 km. ".