2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season

2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season
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The 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season is the second year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the eleventh season of the former Swiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 24 March at Monza and will finish on 21 October at Barcelona after fourteen races held at seven meetings.

The second-year drivers shined in the opening weekend at Monza. The first pole position of the season was claimed by Tech 1's Paul-Loup Chatin, but in the first race he was passed by Red Bull-backed Koiranen's Daniil Kvyat and 2011 Junior champion Melville McKee.[1] Kvyat, who set the second fastest time in qualifying, dominated in both races and left Monza with 53 of 54 possible points.[2]

Drivers and teams

Team No. Driver Rounds
Finland Koiranen Motorsport 1 Finland Patrick Kujala[3] All
2 France Esteban Ocon[3] 1, 3–7
3 Russia Daniil Kvyat[3] All
4 Germany Stefan Wackerbauer[3] All
5 Estonia Hans Villemi[3] 1, 5–7
6 Brazil Gustavo Lima[3] All
7 Brazil Victor Franzoni[4] 1–3, 5–7
51 Saudi Arabia Saud Al Faisal 4
Italy GSK Grand Prix[5] 8 Italy Nicola De Val[6] All
9 Italy Stefano De Val[6] All
France ARTA Engineering[5] 10 Andorra Alex Loan[3] All
29 France William Vermont[3] All
30 France Leo Roussel[3] All
31 France Paul Petit[7] 2
54 France Tristan Papavoine[3] All
Luxembourg RC Formula[5] 11 France Aurélien Panis[3] 1–3, 5–7
36 France Norman Nato[3] All
39 Italy Edolo Ghirelli[8] 2–3
49 Belgium Benjamin Bailly 4
France Tech 1 Racing[5] 12 France Matthieu Vaxivière[9] 1–3, 7
14 Colombia Óscar Tunjo[9] 1, 3–7
15 Russia Roman Mavlanov[10] All
80 Brazil Felipe Fraga[11] All
111 France Paul-Loup Chatin[10] All
Italy BVM Racing 19 Switzerland Michael Heche[12] 6–7
Spain EPIC Racing[5] 20 United Kingdom Alexander Albon[13] All
Italy Prema Powerteam 21 Italy Luca Ghiotto[14] 6–7
22 Brazil Bruno Bonifacio[14] 6–7
Austria Interwetten.com Racing Team[5] 23 Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko[9] All
24 United Kingdom Melville McKee 1–2, 5
25 Brazil Guilherme Silva[9] All
Italy Cram Competition 27 Italy Giorgio Roda[15] 7
Italy One Racing[5] 28 Austria Thomas Jäger[16] 1–2
32 Poland Alex Bosak[16] All
Spain AV Formula 35 San Marino Emanuele Zonzini[17] 6–7
37 Colombia Tatiana Calderón[18] 6–7
40 Russia Egor Orudzhev[18] 6
41 Russia Denis Nagulin[19] 7
United Kingdom Atech Reid GP 38 United Kingdom Alessandro Latif[9] 1, 4
39 Italy Edolo Ghirelli[9] 1
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports 57 United Kingdom Dan de Zille[20] 7
United Kingdom Mark Burdett Motorsport 60 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande 3–4, 6–7
Italy Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing[5] 73 Italy Andrea Baiguera[3] 1–4, 6–7
Italy Team Torino Motorsport[5] 81 Mexico Alejandro Abogado[21] All
82 Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker[22] 1–4
83 Italy Simone Iaquinta[23] 1–4, 6
85 Russia Alexey Chuklin[24] 7

Race calendar and results

The seven-event calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 22 November 2011.[25] The series supported Italian Renault Clio Cup events at all Italian circuits in the schedule and on the Red Bull Ring with Pau Grand Prix, FIA Formula Two Championship round at Spa and World Series by Renault round at Barcelona.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Junior Winner
1 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 24 March France Paul-Loup Chatin Russia Daniil Kvyat Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport Colombia Óscar Tunjo
R2 25 March Russia Daniil Kvyat Russia Daniil Kvyat Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport France Esteban Ocon
2 R1 France Pau Circuit 12 May France Norman Nato1 France Norman Nato France Norman Nato Luxembourg RC Formula Brazil Felipe Fraga
R2 13 May France Paul-Loup Chatin1 France Norman Nato France Paul-Loup Chatin France Tech 1 Racing Finland Patrick Kujala
3 R1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 26 May France Norman Nato France Norman Nato France Norman Nato Luxembourg RC Formula Colombia Óscar Tunjo
R2 27 May France Norman Nato France Norman Nato France Norman Nato Luxembourg RC Formula Germany Stefan Wackerbauer
4 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 June France Norman Nato Brazil Guilherme Silva Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport Colombia Óscar Tunjo
R2 24 June Colombia Óscar Tunjo Colombia Óscar Tunjo Colombia Óscar Tunjo France Tech 1 Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo
5 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 1 September Brazil Victor Franzoni France Esteban Ocon Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport France Esteban Ocon
R2 2 September Brazil Victor Franzoni Russia Daniil Kvyat Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport France Esteban Ocon
6 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit 6 October Russia Daniil Kvyat Russia Daniil Kvyat Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport Finland Patrick Kujala
R2 7 October Russia Daniil Kvyat France Norman Nato Russia Daniil Kvyat Finland Koiranen Motorsport Finland Patrick Kujala
7 R1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 21 October France Norman Nato France Paul-Loup Chatin France Norman Nato Luxembourg RC Formula Estonia Hans Villemi
R2 Russia Daniil Kvyat Colombia Óscar Tunjo Colombia Óscar Tunjo France Tech 1 Racing Colombia Óscar Tunjo

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 PAU
France		 IMO
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 RBR
Austria		 MUG
Italy		 CAT
Spain		 Points
1 Russia Daniil Kvyat 1 1 7 Ret 4 Ret 1 10 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 217
2 France Norman Nato 5 4 1 2 1 1 23 2 10 6 2 2 1 Ret 214
3 France Paul-Loup Chatin 3 2 2 1 3 Ret 2 3 14 12 3 3 2 2 194
4 Colombia Óscar Tunjo 4 Ret 5 13 4 1 12 Ret 5 1 97
5 France William Vermont 16 3 16 4 2 2 13 8 2 7 10 12 10 10 93
6 Finland Patrick Kujala 17 13 5 5 12 Ret 5 Ret 6 5 5 5 12 5 78
7 France Esteban Ocon 8 5 7 4 25 7 3 3 11 DNS 69
8 Brazil Guilherme Silva 7 6 Ret 7 13 7 3 5 9 10 8 Ret Ret Ret 59
9 Brazil Felipe Fraga 24 Ret 3 Ret 11 Ret 6 4 15 9 12 13 15 3 52
10 United Kingdom Melville McKee 2 Ret 6 13 8 2 48
11 Brazil Victor Franzoni Ret 16 23 19 Ret 16 4 4 9 8 6 8 44
12 Germany Stefan Wackerbauer 15 25 8 24 Ret 3 9 6 7 14 7 14 Ret 20 41
13 Italy Simone Iaquinta 6 23 19 22 6 5 Ret Ret 4 10 39
14 France Matthieu Vaxivière Ret 12 4 3 Ret 14 18 9 29
15 Russia Roman Mavlanov 9 7 22 14 Ret 12 7 17 Ret 17 20 11 9 4 28
16 United Kingdom Alexander Albon Ret Ret Ret 10 10 6 8 Ret 5 11 17 9 14 Ret 26
17 France Aurélien Panis Ret 10 10 6 8 Ret 11 15 11 7 7 11 26
18 Estonia Hans Villemi 14 8 18 13 13 15 4 6 24
19 Italy Luca Ghiotto 6 6 13 7 22
20 Brazil Bruno Bonifacio Ret 4 8 Ret 16
21 France Leo Roussel 12 11 9 8 9 22 10 22 Ret 8 23 25 Ret DNS 13
22 Andorra Alex Loan 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 8 15 11 Ret 21 22 21 Ret DNS 4
23 Austria Thomas Jäger 10 9 14 23 3
24 France Tristan Papavoine Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 11 11 21 13 16 Ret 18 Ret DNS 2
25 Mexico Luis Michael Dörrbecker 11 19 13 11 21 9 14 16 2
26 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Ret Ret Ret 9 18 Ret 25 12 2
27 Italy Stefano De Val 18 14 Ret DNS 15 10 12 12 21 Ret 15 27 19 23 1
28 Italy Edolo Ghirelli 13 15 12 20 14 Ret 0
29 Brazil Gustavo Lima 25 17 17 12 19 15 19 Ret Ret 20 21 22 21 15 0
30 San Marino Emanuele Zonzini 19 17 26 13 0
31 Belgium Benjamin Bailly 17 13 0
32 Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko 22 21 Ret 16 17 18 16 14 Ret 18 Ret 19 16 DNS 0
33 Colombia Tatiana Calderón 16 20 20 14 0
34 Switzerland Michael Heche 14 Ret 17 21 0
35 Italy Andrea Baiguera 19 DSQ 18 15 Ret 20 20 15 17 19 Ret Ret 28 17 0
36 Italy Nicola De Val 27 18 15 Ret 18 17 18 19 16 Ret Ret 16 23 18 0
37 Russia Denis Nagulin 21 16 0
38 France Paul Petit 24 17 0
39 Poland Alex Bosak 26 22 21 18 20 19 Ret 20 19 Ret 25 23 29 24 0
40 Saudi Arabia Saud Al Faisal 22 18 0
41 Mexico Alejandro Abogado 23 20 20 21 Ret 21 21 Ret 20 22 24 24 27 Ret 0
42 Italy Giorgio Roda 24 19 0
43 United Kingdom Alessandro Latif 20 24 24 Ret 0
44 Russia Alexey Chuklin Ret 22 0
45 Russia Egor Orudzhev Ret 26 0
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 PAU
France		 IMO
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 RBR
Austria		 MUG
Italy		 CAT
Spain		 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Juniors' championship

Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 PAU
France		 IMO
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 RBR
Austria		 MUG
Italy		 CAT
Spain		 Points
1 Finland Patrick Kujala 17 13 5 5 12 Ret 5 Ret 6 5 5 5 12 5 191
2 Colombia Óscar Tunjo 4 Ret 5 13 4 1 12 Ret 5 1 161
3 France Esteban Ocon 8 5 7 4 25 7 3 3 11 DNS 154
4 Brazil Felipe Fraga 24 Ret 3 Ret 11 Ret 6 4 15 9 12 13 15 3 128
5 Germany Stefan Wackerbauer 15 25 8 24 Ret 3 9 6 7 14 7 14 Ret 20 126
6 Brazil Victor Franzoni Ret 16 23 19 Ret 16 4 4 9 8 6 8 120
7 France Leo Roussel 12 11 9 8 9 22 10 22 Ret 8 23 25 Ret DNS 106
8 United Kingdom Alexander Albon Ret Ret Ret 10 10 6 8 Ret 5 11 17 9 14 Ret 101
9 Estonia Hans Villemi 14 8 18 13 13 15 4 6 91
10 Brazil Gustavo Lima 25 17 17 12 19 15 19 Ret Ret 20 21 22 21 15 59
11 Italy Luca Ghiotto 6 6 13 7 54
12 Andorra Alex Loan 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 8 15 11 Ret 21 22 21 Ret DNS 42
13 Brazil Gabriel Casagrande Ret Ret Ret 9 18 Ret 25 12 21
14 United Kingdom Alessandro Latif 20 24 24 Ret 14
15 Russia Egor Orudzhev Ret 26 0
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 PAU
France		 IMO
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 RBR
Austria		 MUG
Italy		 CAT
Spain		 Points

Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.[26]

Pos Team Points
1 France Tech 1 Racing 318
2 Finland Koiranen Motorsport 312
3 Luxembourg RC Formula 240
4 Austria Interwetten.com Racing Team 107
5 France ARTA Engineering 107
6 Italy Team Torino Motorsport 41
7 Italy Prema Powerteam 38
8 Spain EPIC Racing 26
9 Italy One Racing 3
10 United Kingdom Mark Burdett Motorsport 2
11 Italy GSK Grand Prix 1
12 United Kingdom Atech Reid GP 0
13 Italy Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing 0
14 Spain AV Formula 0
15 Italy BVM Racing 0

References

  1. ↑ "Russian Daniil Kvyat signs the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS season first race in Monza". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 24 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Double for Kvyat: Koiranen Motorsport Russian driver seizes also Monza Race 2". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 25 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 "F.Renault 2.0 ALPS synonimous of quality with top team and drivers ready to roll in 2012 season". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "New challenges for the fifth round of Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS scheduled for this weekend in Red Bull Ring". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 ""En plein" and new comers for F.Renault 2.0 ALPS ready to roll by the end of March". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 18 January 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "I gemelli De Val pronti al salto con GSK Motorsport" [Twins De Val ready to jump with GSK Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). 24 December 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Team Arta Engineering back in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS announcing 2012 lineup". Renaultsport Italia (Renault Sport). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Pau Grand Prix. Peter Auto. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Nuovi volti nella F.Renault 2.0 Alps: Al via anche il figlio di Panis" [New faces in the Alps Formula Renault 2.0: Starts the son of Panis] (PDF). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian) (RCS MediaGroup). 10 March 2012. p. 36. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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  11. ↑ "Brazilian Felipe Fraga to enter Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS with Tech1 Racing Team". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "BVM re-joins F.Renault 2.0 ALPS with two rounds to go". RenaultSportItalia (Fast Lane Promotion). 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  13. ↑ Benso, Michele (9 January 2012). "Il boy Red Bull Alex Albon firma con Epic per Alps ed Eurocup!" [Red Bull boy Alex Albon confirmed for Epic in Alps and Eurocup]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Prema re-joins F.Renault: 2 cars in the ALPS Series rounds of Mugello and Barcelona for Bonifacio and Ghiotto". Renaultsport Italia (Renault Sport). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Cram a Montmelò con Roda". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 3 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Thomas Jäger and Alex Bosak are 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS Season One Racing drivers". Renaultsport Italia (Fast Lane Promotion). 6 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  17. ↑ "Arriva il team AV di Valles con Zonzini" [Arrival of the new team AV by Valles with Zonzini]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "AV anche con Calderon e Orudhzev" [AV even with Calderon and Orudzhev]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 24 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Денис Нагулин возвращается в класс Formula Renault 2.0" [Denis Nagulin returns in Formula Renault 2.0 class]. OpenRacing.ru. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "Team Fortec Motorsports in Barcelona F.Renault 2.0 ALPS venue with Daniel de Zille". Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (Fast Lane Promotion). 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  21. ↑ "Alex Abogado e Torino Motorsport insieme nella season 2012" [Alex Abogado and Torino Motorsport together in 2012 season]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). 10 November 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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  23. ↑ "Simone Iaquinta is Team Torino Motorsport second driver". Renaultsport Italia (Renault Sport). 13 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  24. ↑ "A three drivers challenge in the last Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS venue in Barcelona". Renaultsport Italia (Renault Sport). 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012. A further debut is the Russian Alexey Chuklin, racing for Team Torino Motorsport.
  25. ↑ "GUIDELINES 2012 – FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 ALPS – ENG – Jan 2012" (PDF). Renaultsport Italia. Fast Lane Promotion. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  26. ↑ "Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Renaultsport Italia. Renault Sport. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

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