2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series

February 2020 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series 2011 2013 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.http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120324_alps_eng_2.html Russian Daniil Kvyat signs the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS season first race in Monza 24 March 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 14 April 2012 Kvyat, who set the second fastest time in qualifying, dominated in both races and left Monza with 53 of 54 possible points.http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120325_alps_eng.html Double for Kvyat: Koiranen Motorsport Russian driver seizes also Monza Race 2 25 March 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 14 April 2012 Drivers and teams Team No. Car number Driver name Rounds FIN Koiranen Motorsport 1 FIN Patrick Kujalahttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120131_alps_eng.html F.Renault 2.0 ALPS synonimous (sic) of quality with top team and drivers ready to roll in 2012 season 8 March 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 8 March 2012 28 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201128024024/http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120131_alps_eng.html dead All 2 FRA Esteban Ocon 1, 3–7 3 RUS Daniil Kvyat All 4 DEU Stefan Wackerbauer All 5 EST Hans Villemi 1, 5–7 6 BRA Gustavo Lima All 7 BRA Victor Franzonihttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120828_alps_eng.html New challenges for the fifth round of Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS scheduled for this weekend in Red Bull Ring 28 August 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 29 August 2012 1–3, 5–7 51 SAU Saud Al Faisal 4 ITA GSK Grand Prix 8 ITA Nicola De Valhttp://www.stopandgo.tv/news/campionati/f-renault/it/alps-i-gemelli-de-val-pronti-al-salto-con-gsk-motorsport.html I gemelli De Val pronti al salto con GSK Motorsport Twins De Val ready to jump with GSK Motorsport 24 December 2012 stopandgo.tv Stop&Go it 8 March 2012 All 9 ITA Stefano De Val All FRA ARTA Engineeringhttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120118_alps_eng.html "En plein" and new comers for F.Renault 2.0 ALPS ready to roll by the end of March 18 January 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 8 March 2012 10 AND Alex Loan All 29 FRA William Vermont All 30 FRA Léo Roussel All 31 FRA Paul Petithttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120302_alps_eng.html Team Arta Engineering back in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS announcing 2012 lineup 2 March 2012 Renaultsport Italia Renault Sport 8 March 2012 2 54 FRA Tristan Papavoine All LUX RC Formula 11 FRA Aurélien Panis 1–3, 5–7 36 FRA Norman Nato All 39 ITA Edolo Ghirellihttp://www.grandprixdepau.com/images/stories/grandprixdepau/PDF/2012/Engages/Entry_List_FR2_Alps_Provisional_PAU.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201127112654/http://www.grandprixdepau.com/images/stories/grandprixdepau/PDF/2012/Engages/Entry_List_FR2_Alps_Provisional_PAU.pdf dead 27 November 2020 PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 3 May 2012 Pau Grand Prix Peter Auto 7 May 2012 2–3 49 BEL Benjamin Bailly 4 FRA Tech 1 Racing 12 FRA Matthieu Vaxivière10 March 2012 Nuovi volti nella F.Renault 2.0 Alps: Al via anche il figlio di Panis La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS MediaGroup 36 http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/upload/renaultsport/20120310/La-Gazzetta-dello-Sport-20120310-pag-36.pdf 15 March 2012 it New faces in the Alps Formula Renault 2.0: Starts the son of Panis 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924090115/http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/upload/renaultsport/20120310/La-Gazzetta-dello-Sport-20120310-pag-36.pdf dead 1–3, 7 14 COL Óscar Tunjo 1, 3–7 15 RUS Roman Mavlanov All 80 BRA Felipe Fragahttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120229_alps_eng.html Brazilian Felipe Fraga to enter Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS with Tech1 Racing Team 29 February 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 8 March 2012 All 111 FRA Paul-Loup Chatinhttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120208_alps_eng.html Paul-Loup Chatin, Roman Mavlanov to race in F.Renault 2.0 ALPS with the title holders Tech1 Racing 8 February 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 8 March 2012 All ITA BVM Racing 19 CHE Michael Hechehttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20121002_alps_eng.html BVM re-joins F.Renault 2.0 ALPS with two rounds to go 2 October 2012 RenaultSportItalia Fast Lane Promotion 2 October 2012 6–7 ESP EPIC Racing 20 GBR Alexander Albonhttp://www.stopandgo.tv/news/campionati/f-renault/it/alps-il-boy-red-bull-alex-albon-firma-con-epic-per-alps-ed-eurocup.html 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 Benso Michele 9 January 2012 stopandgo.tv Stop&Go it 8 March 2012 All ITA Prema Powerteam 21 ITA Luca Ghiottohttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120919_alps_eng.html Prema re-joins F.Renault: 2 cars in the ALPS Series rounds of Mugello and Barcelona for Bonifacio and Ghiotto 19 September 2012 Renaultsport Italia Renault Sport 20 September 2012 6–7 22 BRA Bruno Bonifacio 6–7 AUT Interwetten.com Racing Team 23 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko All 24 GBR Melville McKee 1–2, 5 25 BRA Guilherme Silva All ITA Cram Competition 27 ITA Giorgio Rodahttp://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=37513&cat=12 Cram a Montmelò con Roda 3 October 2012 ItaliaRacing.net Inpagina it 3 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130125010449/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=37513&cat=12 25 January 2013 dead 7 ITA One Racing 28 AUT Thomas Jäger 1–2 32 POL Alex Bosakhttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120306_alps_eng.html Thomas Jäger and Alex Bosak are 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS Season One Racing drivers 6 March 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 8 March 2012 All ESP AV Formula 35 SMR Emanuele Zonzinihttp://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=37313&cat=12 Arriva il team AV di Valles con Zonzini 20 September 2012 ItaliaRacing.net Inpagina it 20 September 2012 Arrival of the new team AV by Valles with Zonzini https://web.archive.org/web/20130125010741/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=37313&cat=12 25 January 2013 dead 6–7 37 COL Tatiana Calderónhttp://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=37378&cat=12 AV anche con Calderon e Orudhzev 24 September 2012 ItaliaRacing.net Inpagina it 25 September 2012 AV even with Calderon and Orudzhev dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130125011105/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=37378&cat=12 25 January 2013 6–7 40 RUS Egor Orudzhev 6 41 RUS Denis Nagulinhttp://openracing.ru/news/5828 Денис Нагулин возвращается в класс Formula Renault 2.0 12 October 2012 OpenRacing.ru 12 October 2012 Denis Nagulin returns in Formula Renault 2.0 class 7 GBR Atech Reid GP 38 GBR Alessandro Latif 1, 4 39 ITA Edolo Ghirelli 1 GBR Fortec Motorsports 57 GBR Dan de Zillehttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20121012_alps_eng.html Team Fortec Motorsports in Barcelona F.Renault 2.0 ALPS venue with Daniel de Zille 12 October 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Fast Lane Promotion 12 October 2012 7 GBR Mark Burdett Motorsport 60 BRA Gabriel Casagrande 3–4, 6–7 ITA Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing 73 ITA Andrea Baiguera 1–4, 6–7 ITA Team Torino Motorsport 81 MEX Alejandro Abogadohttp://www.stopandgo.tv/news/campionati/f-renault/it/alps-alex-abogado-e-torino-motorsport-insieme-nella-season-2012.html Alex Abogado e Torino Motorsport insieme nella season 2012 Alex Abogado and Torino Motorsport together in 2012 season 10 November 2011 stopandgo.tv Stop&Go it 8 March 2012 All 82 MEX Luis Michael Dörrbeckerhttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120223_alps_eng.html Mexican Dörrbecker Team Torino Motorsport third driver 23 February 2012 Renaultsport Italia Renault Sport 8 March 2012 1–4 83 ITA Simone Iaquintahttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20120113_alps.html Simone Iaquinta is Team Torino Motorsport second driver 13 February 2012 Renaultsport Italia Renault Sport 8 March 2012 1–4, 6 85 RUS Alexey Chuklinhttp://www.renaultsportitalia.it/art/news_20121016_alps_eng.html A three drivers challenge in the last Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS venue in Barcelona 16 October 2012 Renaultsport Italia Renault Sport 16 October 2012 A further debut is the Russian Alexey Chuklin, racing for Team Torino Motorsport. 7 Race calendar and results The seven-event calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 22 November 2011.http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/upload/renaultsport/20120117/GUIDELINES-2012-FORMULA-RENAULT-20-ALPS-ENG-Jan-2012-1.pdf GUIDELINES 2012 – FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 ALPS – ENG – Jan 2012 7 November 2012 Renaultsport Italia Fast Lane Promotion 8 March 2012 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 Highest-placed driver eligible for the Junior championship 1 R1 ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza 24 March FRA Paul-Loup Chatin RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport COL Óscar Tunjo R2 25 March RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport FRA Esteban Ocon 2 R1 FRA Pau Circuit 12 May FRA Norman Nato1 FRA Norman Nato FRA Norman Nato LUX RC Formula BRA Felipe Fraga R2 13 May FRA Paul-Loup Chatin1 FRA Norman Nato FRA Paul-Loup Chatin FRA Tech 1 Racing FIN Patrick Kujala 3 R1 ITA Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 26 May FRA Norman Nato FRA Norman Nato FRA Norman Nato LUX RC Formula COL Óscar Tunjo R2 27 May FRA Norman Nato FRA Norman Nato FRA Norman Nato LUX RC Formula DEU Stefan Wackerbauer 4 R1 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 June FRA Norman Nato BRA Guilherme Silva RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport COL Óscar Tunjo R2 24 June COL Óscar Tunjo COL Óscar Tunjo COL Óscar Tunjo FRA Tech 1 Racing COL Óscar Tunjo 5 R1 AUT Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 1 September BRA Victor Franzoni FRA Esteban Ocon RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport FRA Esteban Ocon R2 2 September BRA Victor Franzoni RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport FRA Esteban Ocon 6 R1 ITA Mugello Circuit 6 October RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport FIN Patrick Kujala R2 7 October RUS Daniil Kvyat FRA Norman Nato RUS Daniil Kvyat FIN Koiranen Motorsport FIN Patrick Kujala 7 R1 ESP Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 21 October FRA Norman Nato FRA Paul-Loup Chatin FRA Norman Nato LUX RC Formula EST Hans Villemi R2 RUS Daniil Kvyat COL Óscar Tunjo COL Óscar Tunjo FRA Tech 1 Racing COL 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 MNZITA PAUFRA IMOITA SPABEL RBRAUT MUGITA CATESP Points 1 RUS Daniil Kvyat 1 1 7 Ret 4 Ret 1 10 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 217 2 FRA Norman Nato 5 4 1 2 1 1 23 2 10 6 2 2 1 Ret 214 3 FRA Paul-Loup Chatin 3 2 2 1 3 Ret 2 3 14 12 3 3 2 2 194 4 COL Óscar Tunjo 4 Ret 5 13 4 1 12 Ret 5 1 97 5 FRA William Vermont 16 3 16 4 2 2 13 8 2 7 10 12 10 10 93 6 FIN Patrick Kujala 17 13 5 5 12 Ret 5 Ret 6 5 5 5 12 5 78 7 FRA Esteban Ocon 8 5 7 4 25 7 3 3 11 DNS 69 8 BRA Guilherme Silva 7 6 Ret 7 13 7 3 5 9 10 8 Ret Ret Ret 59 9 BRA Felipe Fraga 24 Ret 3 Ret 11 Ret 6 4 15 9 12 13 15 3 52 10 GBR Melville McKee 2 Ret 6 13 8 2 48 11 BRA Victor Franzoni Ret 16 23 19 Ret 16 4 4 9 8 6 8 44 12 DEU Stefan Wackerbauer 15 25 8 24 Ret 3 9 6 7 14 7 14 Ret 20 41 13 ITA Simone Iaquinta 6 23 19 22 6 5 Ret Ret 4 10 39 14 FRA Matthieu Vaxivière Ret 12 4 3 Ret 14 18 9 29 15 RUS Roman Mavlanov 9 7 22 14 Ret 12 7 17 Ret 17 20 11 9 4 28 16 GBR Alexander Albon Ret Ret Ret 10 10 6 8 Ret 5 11 17 9 14 Ret 26 17 FRA Aurélien Panis Ret 10 10 6 8 Ret 11 15 11 7 7 11 26 18 EST Hans Villemi 14 8 18 13 13 15 4 6 24 19 ITA Luca Ghiotto 6 6 13 7 22 20 BRA Bruno Bonifacio Ret 4 8 Ret 16 21 FRA Léo Roussel 12 11 9 8 9 22 10 22 Ret 8 23 25 Ret DNS 13 22 AND Alex Loan 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 8 15 11 Ret 21 22 21 Ret DNS 4 23 AUT Thomas Jäger 10 9 14 23 3 24 FRA Tristan Papavoine Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 11 11 21 13 16 Ret 18 Ret DNS 2 25 MEX Luis Michael Dörrbecker 11 19 13 11 21 9 14 16 2 26 BRA Gabriel Casagrande Ret Ret Ret 9 18 Ret 25 12 2 27 ITA Stefano De Val 18 14 Ret DNS 15 10 12 12 21 Ret 15 27 19 23 1 28 ITA Edolo Ghirelli 13 15 12 20 14 Ret 0 29 BRA Gustavo Lima 25 17 17 12 19 15 19 Ret Ret 20 21 22 21 15 0 30 SMR Emanuele Zonzini 19 17 26 13 0 31 BEL Benjamin Bailly 17 13 0 32 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko 22 21 Ret 16 17 18 16 14 Ret 18 Ret 19 16 DNS 0 33 COL Tatiana Calderón 16 20 20 14 0 34 CHE Michael Heche 14 Ret 17 21 0 35 ITA Andrea Baiguera 19 DSQ 18 15 Ret 20 20 15 17 19 Ret Ret 28 17 0 36 ITA Nicola De Val 27 18 15 Ret 18 17 18 19 16 Ret Ret 16 23 18 0 37 RUS Denis Nagulin 21 16 0 38 FRA Paul Petit 24 17 0 39 POL Alex Bosak 26 22 21 18 20 19 Ret 20 19 Ret 25 23 29 24 0 40 SAU Saud Al Faisal 22 18 0 41 MEX Alejandro Abogado 23 20 20 21 Ret 21 21 Ret 20 22 24 24 27 Ret 0 42 ITA Giorgio Roda 24 19 0 43 GBR Alessandro Latif 20 24 24 Ret 0 44 RUS Alexey Chuklin Ret 22 0 45 RUS Egor Orudzhev Ret 26 0 Pos Driver MNZITA PAUFRA IMOITA SPABEL RBRAUT MUGITA CATESP Points Juniors' championship Pos Driver MNZITA PAUFRA IMOITA SPABEL RBRAUT MUGITA CATESP Points 1 FIN Patrick Kujala 17 13 5 5 12 Ret 5 Ret 6 5 5 5 12 5 191 2 COL Óscar Tunjo 4 Ret 5 13 4 1 12 Ret 5 1 161 3 FRA Esteban Ocon 8 5 7 4 25 7 3 3 11 DNS 154 4 BRA Felipe Fraga 24 Ret 3 Ret 11 Ret 6 4 15 9 12 13 15 3 128 5 DEU Stefan Wackerbauer 15 25 8 24 Ret 3 9 6 7 14 7 14 Ret 20 126 6 BRA Victor Franzoni Ret 16 23 19 Ret 16 4 4 9 8 6 8 120 7 FRA Léo Roussel 12 11 9 8 9 22 10 22 Ret 8 23 25 Ret DNS 106 8 GBR Alexander Albon Ret Ret Ret 10 10 6 8 Ret 5 11 17 9 14 Ret 101 9 EST Hans Villemi 14 8 18 13 13 15 4 6 91 10 BRA Gustavo Lima 25 17 17 12 19 15 19 Ret Ret 20 21 22 21 15 59 11 ITA Luca Ghiotto 6 6 13 7 54 12 AND Alex Loan 21 Ret DNS DNS 16 8 15 11 Ret 21 22 21 Ret DNS 42 13 BRA Gabriel Casagrande Ret Ret Ret 9 18 Ret 25 12 21 14 GBR Alessandro Latif 20 24 24 Ret 14 15 RUS Egor Orudzhev Ret 26 0 Pos Driver MNZITA PAUFRA IMOITA SPABEL RBRAUT MUGITA CATESP Points Teams' championship Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/upload/renaultsport/20120109/SPORTING-REGULATIONS-Formula-Renault-20-ALPS-ENG.pdf Sporting Regulations Renaultsport Italia Renault Sport 29 March 2012 9 January 2012 19 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131019093226/http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/upload/renaultsport/20120109/SPORTING-REGULATIONS-Formula-Renault-20-ALPS-ENG.pdf dead Pos Team Points 1 FRA Tech 1 Racing 318 2 FIN Koiranen Motorsport 312 3 LUX RC Formula 240 4 AUT Interwetten.com Racing Team 107 5 FRA ARTA Engineering 107 6 ITA Team Torino Motorsport 41 7 ITA Prema Powerteam 38 8 ESP EPIC Racing 26 9 ITA One Racing 3 10 GBR Mark Burdett Motorsport 2 11 ITA GSK Grand Prix 1 12 GBR Atech Reid GP 0 13 ITA Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing 0 14 ESP AV Formula 0 15 ITA BVM Racing 0 References 30em External links Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Renault Alps