2007 champion Brendon Hartley did not follow suit however, and instead moved firstly to British Formula Three Championship.

2008 champion Valtteri Bottas moved to the Formula 3 Euro Series, and only Anton Nebylitskiy who was placed 20th, made his debut in FR 3.5 in 2009.

2009 was the first season when the champion received money to graduate to FR 3.5 and Albert Costa used this opportunity.

Like Costa, 2010 champion Kevin Korjus and his rivals Arthur Pic, Daniël de Jong and André Negrão moved to FR 3.5 in 2011.

Pierre Gasly and Oliver Rowland, who fought till the last race for the 2013 Eurocup title, both graduated to FR 3.5 in 2014.