The first round of the Winter Series was a fresh start for the Apotex Scorpio Motorsport team, coming off the back their 3rd place finish in the 2007 Team Championship. Two new drivers, Sho Hanawa and Kieren Clark joined the team following their first year driving Formula Renault machines. Sho competed in the full British Formula Renault championship with a rival team gaining a best result of 8th at Donington Park, eventually finishing 15th in the championship. Kieren competed in several rounds of the Formula Renault BARC championship gaining a best result of 4th at Snetterton.

The single qualifying session at the first Winter Series round meant each driver would have to set two fast times to optimise their position for both Rounds 1 and 2. Sho made the best of the session beating his best ever qualifying result to put him self 4th and 5th on the grid for the two races. Kieren showed good form in his first full championship event to place himself a respectable 10th and 12th from a field of 32 cars.

Cold conditions for both races saw each driver struggle on the first lap of both races. Kieren showed excellent race craft to avoid the inevitable incidents in the midfield and brought the car home 12th for Round 1 but struggled for pace in Round 2 eventually finishing 17th. Sho’s qualifying performance meant he had to race hard from the word go in both races. Keeping championship favourites behind him for the entire race, Sho impressed with his best results yet in the full championship eventually finishing 7th and 8th.

The final two rounds of the 2007 Formula Renault Winter Series take place at Croft on the 10th November.