# 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. Kvyat, who set the second fastest time in qualifying, dominated in both races and left Monza with 53 of 54 possible points.

## Drivers and teams

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

## Race calendar and results

The seven-event calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 22 November 2011. 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 | 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 Nato$^1$ | Norman Nato | Norman Nato | RC Formula | Felipe Fraga |
| 2 | R2 | Pau Circuit | 13 May | Paul-Loup Chatin$^1$ | 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 | MNZ | PAU | PAU | IMO | IMO | SPA | SPA | RBR | RBR | MUG | MUG | CAT | 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 | MNZ | PAU | PAU | IMO | IMO | SPA | SPA | RBR | RBR | MUG | MUG | CAT | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Juniors' championship

| Pos | Driver | MNZ | MNZ | PAU | PAU | IMO | IMO | SPA | SPA | RBR | RBR | MUG | MUG | CAT | 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 | MNZ | PAU | PAU | IMO | IMO | SPA | SPA | RBR | RBR | MUG | MUG | CAT | 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.
| 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 |