2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series

The 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series 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 name	Rounds
Koiranen Motorsport	1	Patrick Kujala^[3]	All
	2	Esteban Ocon^[3]	1, 3–7
	3	Daniil Kvyat^[3]	All
	4	Stefan Wackerbauer^[3]	All
	5	Hans Villemi^[3]	1, 5–7
	6	Gustavo Lima^[3]	All
	7	Victor Franzoni^[4]	1–3, 5–7
	51	Saud Al Faisal	4
GSK Grand Prix^[5]	8	Nicola De Val^[6]	All
GSK Grand Prix^[5]	9	Stefano De Val^[6]	All
ARTA Engineering^[5]	10	Alex Loan^[3]	All
	29	William Vermont^[3]	All
	30	Léo Roussel^[3]	All
	31	Paul Petit^[7]	2
	54	Tristan Papavoine^[3]	All
RC Formula^[5]	11	Aurélien Panis^[3]	1–3, 5–7
	36	Norman Nato^[3]	All
	39	Edolo Ghirelli^[8]	2–3
	49	Benjamin Bailly	4
Tech 1 Racing^[5]	12	Matthieu Vaxivière^[9]	1–3, 7
	14	Óscar Tunjo^[9]	1, 3–7
	15	Roman Mavlanov^[10]	All
	80	Felipe Fraga^[11]	All
	111	Paul-Loup Chatin^[10]	All
BVM Racing	19	Michael Heche^[12]	6–7
EPIC Racing^[5]	20	Alexander Albon^[13]	All
Prema Powerteam	21	Luca Ghiotto^[14]	6–7
Prema Powerteam	22	Bruno Bonifacio^[14]	6–7
Interwetten.com Racing Team^[5]	23	Konstantin Tereshchenko^[9]	All
	24	Melville McKee	1–2, 5
	25	Guilherme Silva^[9]	All
Cram Competition	27	Giorgio Roda^[15]	7
One Racing^[5]	28	Thomas Jäger^[16]	1–2
One Racing^[5]	32	Alex Bosak^[16]	All
AV Formula	35	Emanuele Zonzini^[17]	6–7
	37	Tatiana Calderón^[18]	6–7
	40	Egor Orudzhev^[18]	6
	41	Denis Nagulin^[19]	7
Atech Reid GP	38	Alessandro Latif^[9]	1, 4
Atech Reid GP	39	Edolo Ghirelli^[9]	1
Fortec Motorsports	57	Dan de Zille^[20]	7
Mark Burdett Motorsport	60	Gabriel Casagrande	3–4, 6–7
Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing^[5]	73	Andrea Baiguera^[3]	1–4, 6–7
Team Torino Motorsport^[5]	81	Alejandro Abogado^[21]	All
	82	Luis Michael Dörrbecker^[22]	1–4
	83	Simone Iaquinta^[23]	1–4, 6
	85	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	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	24 March	Paul-Loup Chatin	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Óscar Tunjo
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 March	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Esteban Ocon
2	R1	Pau Circuit	12 May	Norman Nato¹	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	RC Formula	Felipe Fraga
2	R2	Pau Circuit	13 May	Paul-Loup Chatin¹	Norman Nato	Paul-Loup Chatin	Tech 1 Racing	Patrick Kujala
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	26 May	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	RC Formula	Óscar Tunjo
3	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27 May	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	RC Formula	Stefan Wackerbauer
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 June	Norman Nato	Guilherme Silva	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Óscar Tunjo
4	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 June	Óscar Tunjo	Óscar Tunjo	Óscar Tunjo	Tech 1 Racing	Óscar Tunjo
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	1 September	Victor Franzoni	Esteban Ocon	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Esteban Ocon
5	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 September	Victor Franzoni	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Esteban Ocon
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	6 October	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Patrick Kujala
6	R2	Mugello Circuit	7 October	Daniil Kvyat	Norman Nato	Daniil Kvyat	Koiranen Motorsport	Patrick Kujala
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	21 October	Norman Nato	Paul-Loup Chatin	Norman Nato	RC Formula	Hans Villemi
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	21 October	Daniil Kvyat	Óscar Tunjo	Óscar Tunjo	Tech 1 Racing	Óscar Tunjo

¹ In the qualifying session at Pau, drivers were divided in two groups. Paul-Loup Chatin and Norman Nato both scored an additional point for the fastest time in each of the split qualifying groups.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ		PAU		IMO		SPA		RBR		MUG		CAT		Points
1	Daniil Kvyat	1	1	7	Ret	4	Ret	1	10	1	1	1	1	3	Ret	217
2	Norman Nato	5	4	1	2	1	1	23	2	10	6	2	2	1	Ret	214
3	Paul-Loup Chatin	3	2	2	1	3	Ret	2	3	14	12	3	3	2	2	194
4	Óscar Tunjo	4	Ret			5	13	4	1	12	Ret			5	1	97
5	William Vermont	16	3	16	4	2	2	13	8	2	7	10	12	10	10	93
6	Patrick Kujala	17	13	5	5	12	Ret	5	Ret	6	5	5	5	12	5	78
7	Esteban Ocon	8	5			7	4	25	7	3	3			11	DNS	69
8	Guilherme Silva	7	6	Ret	7	13	7	3	5	9	10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	59
9	Felipe Fraga	24	Ret	3	Ret	11	Ret	6	4	15	9	12	13	15	3	52
10	Melville McKee	2	Ret	6	13					8	2					48
11	Victor Franzoni	Ret	16	23	19	Ret	16			4	4	9	8	6	8	44
12	Stefan Wackerbauer	15	25	8	24	Ret	3	9	6	7	14	7	14	Ret	20	41
13	Simone Iaquinta	6	23	19	22	6	5	Ret	Ret			4	10			39
14	Matthieu Vaxivière	Ret	12	4	3	Ret	14							18	9	29
15	Roman Mavlanov	9	7	22	14	Ret	12	7	17	Ret	17	20	11	9	4	28
16	Alexander Albon	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	6	8	Ret	5	11	17	9	14	Ret	26
17	Aurélien Panis	Ret	10	10	6	8	Ret			11	15	11	7	7	11	26
18	Hans Villemi	14	8							18	13	13	15	4	6	24
19	Luca Ghiotto											6	6	13	7	22
20	Bruno Bonifacio											Ret	4	8	Ret	16
21	Léo Roussel	12	11	9	8	9	22	10	22	Ret	8	23	25	Ret	DNS	13
22	Alex Loan	21	Ret	DNS	DNS	16	8	15	11	Ret	21	22	21	Ret	DNS	4
23	Thomas Jäger	10	9	14	23											3
24	Tristan Papavoine	Ret	Ret	11	9	Ret	11	11	21	13	16	Ret	18	Ret	DNS	2
25	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	11	19	13	11	21	9	14	16							2
26	Gabriel Casagrande					Ret	Ret	Ret	9			18	Ret	25	12	2
27	Stefano De Val	18	14	Ret	DNS	15	10	12	12	21	Ret	15	27	19	23	1
28	Edolo Ghirelli	13	15	12	20	14	Ret									0
29	Gustavo Lima	25	17	17	12	19	15	19	Ret	Ret	20	21	22	21	15	0
30	Emanuele Zonzini											19	17	26	13	0
31	Benjamin Bailly							17	13							0
32	Konstantin Tereshchenko	22	21	Ret	16	17	18	16	14	Ret	18	Ret	19	16	DNS	0
33	Tatiana Calderón											16	20	20	14	0
34	Michael Heche											14	Ret	17	21	0
35	Andrea Baiguera	19	DSQ	18	15	Ret	20	20	15	17	19	Ret	Ret	28	17	0
36	Nicola De Val	27	18	15	Ret	18	17	18	19	16	Ret	Ret	16	23	18	0
37	Denis Nagulin													21	16	0
38	Paul Petit			24	17											0
39	Alex Bosak	26	22	21	18	20	19	Ret	20	19	Ret	25	23	29	24	0
40	Saud Al Faisal							22	18							0
41	Alejandro Abogado	23	20	20	21	Ret	21	21	Ret	20	22	24	24	27	Ret	0
42	Giorgio Roda													24	19	0
43	Alessandro Latif	20	24					24	Ret							0
44	Alexey Chuklin													Ret	22	0
45	Egor Orudzhev											Ret	26			0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		PAU		IMO		SPA		RBR		MUG		CAT		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Juniors' championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ		PAU		IMO		SPA		RBR		MUG		CAT		Points
1	Patrick Kujala	17	13	5	5	12	Ret	5	Ret	6	5	5	5	12	5	191
2	Óscar Tunjo	4	Ret			5	13	4	1	12	Ret			5	1	161
3	Esteban Ocon	8	5			7	4	25	7	3	3			11	DNS	154
4	Felipe Fraga	24	Ret	3	Ret	11	Ret	6	4	15	9	12	13	15	3	128
5	Stefan Wackerbauer	15	25	8	24	Ret	3	9	6	7	14	7	14	Ret	20	126
6	Victor Franzoni	Ret	16	23	19	Ret	16			4	4	9	8	6	8	120
7	Léo Roussel	12	11	9	8	9	22	10	22	Ret	8	23	25	Ret	DNS	106
8	Alexander Albon	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	6	8	Ret	5	11	17	9	14	Ret	101
9	Hans Villemi	14	8							18	13	13	15	4	6	91
10	Gustavo Lima	25	17	17	12	19	15	19	Ret	Ret	20	21	22	21	15	59
11	Luca Ghiotto											6	6	13	7	54
12	Alex Loan	21	Ret	DNS	DNS	16	8	15	11	Ret	21	22	21	Ret	DNS	42
13	Gabriel Casagrande					Ret	Ret	Ret	9			18	Ret	25	12	21
14	Alessandro Latif	20	24					24	Ret							14
15	Egor Orudzhev											Ret	26			0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		PAU		IMO		SPA		RBR		MUG		CAT		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	Tech 1 Racing	318
2	Koiranen Motorsport	312
3	RC Formula	240
4	Interwetten.com Racing Team	107
5	ARTA Engineering	107
6	Team Torino Motorsport	41
7	Prema Powerteam	38
8	EPIC Racing	26
9	One Racing	3
10	Mark Burdett Motorsport	2
11	GSK Grand Prix	1
12	Atech Reid GP	0
13	Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing	0
14	AV Formula	0
15	BVM Racing	0

References

External links

Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship

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