# 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

The 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the eighth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. The trio of Epsilon Red Bull Team drivers would dominate the season between them with Mika Mäki winning over Jaime Alguersuari and Brendon Hartley.
César Ramos would win the winter series driving for BVM Minardi Team.

## Drivers and Teams

2007 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| RP Motorsport | 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | All |
| RP Motorsport | 37 | Federico Leo | All |
| RP Motorsport | 55 | Patrick Kronenberger | All |
| Viola Formula Racing | 3 | Valerio Prandi | All |
| Viola Formula Racing | 5 | Bruno Orioli | 2–3 |
| BVM Minardi Team | 4 | César Ramos | All |
| BVM Minardi Team | 6 | Simeon Ivanov | All |
| BVM Minardi Team | 26 | Felipe Lapenna | 1–5 |
| W&D Racing Team | 7 | Paolo Meloni | All |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 8 | Riccardo Cinti | All |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 21 | Niki Sebastiani | 1–2 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 22 | Craig Dolby | 3 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 33 | Marco Betti | All |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 35 | Christian de Francesch | 1–2, 4–7 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 40 | Federico Muggia | 5–6 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 80 | Luca Persiani | 7 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 81 | Stefano Bizzarri | 1–5 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 9 | Oliver Turvey | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 10 | Roberto Merhi | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 11 | Fabio Leimer | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 69 | Pål Varhaug | 6 |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 12 | Miquel Julià | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 14 | Pablo Montilla | All |
| Epsilon Euskadi | 15 | Stefano Coletti | All |
| Epsilon Red Bull Team | 16 | Mika Mäki | All |
| Epsilon Red Bull Team | 18 | Brendon Hartley | All |
| Epsilon Red Bull Team | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | All |
| Thierry Boutsen Racing | 20 | Stéphane Richelmi | 3 |
| Prema Powerteam | 23 | Andrea Caldarelli | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 24 | Martin Plowman | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 25 | Henkie Waldschmidt | All |
| CO2 Motorsport | 27 | Michele Faccin | All |
| CO2 Motorsport | 59 | Daniel Mancinelli | All |
| CO2 Motorsport | 60 | Matei Mihaescu | 6–7 |
| Petrom District Racing AP | 28 | Aleix Alcaraz | 1–6 |
| Petrom District Racing AP | 29 | Mihai Marinescu | All |
| Steiner Motorsport | 30 | Bianca Steiner | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Tomcat Racing | 31 | Andrea Roda | All |
| Tomcat Racing | 32 | Gianluca Colombo | All |
| Facondini Racing | 34 | Giammarco D'Alelio | 1–4 |
| Facondini Racing | 81 | Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri | 6 |
| Facondini Racing | 81 | Stefano Bizzarri | 7 |
| Team Dueppì | 35 | Christian de Francesch | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Team Dueppì | 47 | Filippo Ponti | 6–7 |
| Speed Lover | 36 | Frank Suntjens | 3 |
| AP Motorsport | 38 | Patrick Reiterer | All |
| AP Motorsport | 39 | Alessia Belometti | 4–5, 7 |
| Cram Competition | 43 | Sergio Campana | All |
| Cram Competition | 44 | Daniel Zampieri | All |
| Cram Competition | 45 | Giovanni Nava | 1–6 |
| Cram Competition | 46 | Nicola Zonzini | All |
| Cram Competition | 49 | Andrea Pellizzato | 7 |

## Calendar

| Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | March 31 | Henkie Waldschmidt | Henkie Waldschmidt | Henkie Waldschmidt | Prema Powerteam |
| 1 | R2 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | April 1 | Henkie Waldschmidt | Henkie Waldschmidt | Henkie Waldschmidt | Prema Powerteam |
| 2 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | May 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Brendon Hartley | Mika Mäki | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 2 | R2 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | May 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Henkie Waldschmidt | Jaime Alguersuari | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | June 15 | Henkie Waldschmidt | Jaime Alguersuari | Roberto Merhi | Jenzer Motorsport |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | June 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Brendon Hartley | Jaime Alguersuari | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | June 30 | Mika Mäki | Mika Mäki | Mika Mäki | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | July 1 | Henkie Waldschmidt | Jaime Alguersuari | Jaime Alguersuari | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 5 | R1 | Misano World Circuit | July 21 | Stefano Coletti | Brendon Hartley | Stefano Coletti | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 5 | R2 | Misano World Circuit | July 22 | Oliver Turvey | Brendon Hartley | Stefano Coletti | Epsilon Euskadi |
| 6 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | September 15 | Mika Mäki | Mika Mäki | Mika Mäki | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 6 | R2 | Mugello Circuit | September 16 | Brendon Hartley | Mika Mäki | Mika Mäki | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 7 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | October 13 | Mika Mäki | Brendon Hartley | Mika Mäki | Epsilon Red Bull Team |
| 7 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | October 14 | Mihai Marinescu | Daniel Zampieri | Brendon Hartley | Epsilon Red Bull Team |

## Championship standings

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 32 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

### Drivers

| Pos | Driver | VLL1 | VLL1 | VLL2 | VLL2 | SPA | SPA | VAL | VAL | MIS | MIS | MUG | MUG | MNZ | MNZ | Points |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points |
| 1 | Mika Mäki | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 274 |
| 2 | Jaime Alguersuari | 12 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 266 |
| 3 | Brendon Hartley | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 8 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 1 | 236 |
| 4 | Roberto Merhi | 5 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 2 | 5 | 232 |
| 5 | Mihai Marinescu | 2 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 7 | DNS | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 206 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | 6 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 196 |
| 7 | Martin Plowman | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 184 |
| 8 | Henkie Waldschmidt | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 184 |
| 9 | Oliver Turvey | 14 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 23 | 176 |
| 10 | Stefano Coletti | 21 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 16 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 164 |
| 11 | Fabio Leimer | Ret | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 161 |
| 12 | Andrea Caldarelli | 9 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 2 | 14 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 150 |
| 13 | Felipe Lapenna | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | | | 134 |
| 14 | César Ramos | 8 | 28 | Ret | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 5 | Ret | 18 | 10 | 3 | 106 |
| 15 | Daniel Zampieri | 15 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 80 |
| 16 | Daniel Mancinelli | 20 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | 78 |
| 17 | Aleix Alcaraz | 16 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 20 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | | | 61 |
| 18 | Riccardo Cinti | 16 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 28 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | 34 |
| 19 | Patrick Kronenberger | 18 | 16 | 33 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 16 | Ret | 31 |
| 20 | Michele Faccin | 33 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 29 |
| 21 | Simeon Ivanov | 10 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 21 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 27 |
| 22 | Federico Muggia | | | | | | | | | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | 24 |
| 23 | Niki Sebastiani | 17 | 29 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 24 | Christian de Francesch | 25 | 20 | 25 | 26 | | | Ret | 23 | Ret | 25 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 10 |
| 25 | Valerio Prandi | Ret | 17 | 21 | 19 | 29 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 30 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| 26 | Filippo Ponti | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 6 |
| 27 | Patrick Reiterer | Ret | Ret | Ret | 27 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 20 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 23 | 18 | 5 |
| 28 | Glauco Junior Solieri | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | | | 4 |
| 29 | Matei Mihaescu | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 25 | 25 | 13 | 4 |
| 30 | Miquel Julià Perello | 29 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 3 |
| 31 | Paolo Meloni | 22 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 22 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 32 | Ret | 14 | 2 |
| 32 | Marco Betti | 34 | 21 | 30 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 28 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 1 |
| 33 | Sergio Campana | 26 | Ret | 19 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 25 | Ret | 21 | 18 | Ret | 19 | 15 | Ret | 1 |
| 34 | Bianca Steiner | 27 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 20 | Ret | | | 24 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 22 | 20 | 1 |
| 35 | Nicola Zonzini | 24 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 24 | Ret | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | Giovanni Nava | 23 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 23 | 27 | 29 | | | 0 |
| 37 | Federico Leo | 19 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 21 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 0 |
| 38 | Stéphane Richelmi | | | | | 24 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Stefano Bizzarri | 28 | 22 | 22 | Ret | 30 | 24 | 20 | Ret | 26 | 20 | | | 24 | Ret | 0 |
| 40 | Gianluca Colombo | 30 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 32 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 23 | 27 | 23 | Ret | 20 | 21 | 0 |
| 41 | Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 21 | | | 0 |
| 42 | Bruno Orioli | | | 23 | 29 | 21 | 27 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Giammarco D'Alelio | Ret | Ret | 28 | 22 | 33 | Ret | 22 | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Craig Dolby | | | | | 23 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Andrea Roda | 31 | Ret | 31 | 24 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 26 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| 46 | Pablo Montilla | 32 | 25 | 32 | 23 | Ret | 26 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 26 | Ret | 28 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 47 | Pål Varhaug | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 27 | | | 0 |
| 48 | Alessia Belometti | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 25 | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 49 | Luca Persiani | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | Ret | 0 |
| 50 | Frank Suntjens | | | | | 28 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Andrea Pellizzato | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | DNS | 0 |

## Winter Series

César Ramos achieved the perfect Winter Series with 4 wins, 4 Pole positions and 4 fastest laps.
* The same point system is used with 2 points for Fasted lap and 2 points for Pole position.
| Pos | Driver | Team | VAL Nov 10–11 | VAL Nov 10–11 | VAL Nov 17–18 | VAL Nov 17–18 | Points |
| Pos | Driver | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| 1 | César Ramos | BVM Minardi Team | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 144 |
| 2 | Daniel Zampieri | Cram Competition | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 86 |
| 3 | Fabio Onidi | RP Motorsport | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 86 |
| 4 | Riccardo Cinti | Riccardo Cinti | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 80 |
| 5 | Niki Sebastiani | It Loox Racing | 2 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 70 |
| 6 | Federico Rossi | CO2 Motorsport | | | 2 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Genís Olivé | Cram Competition | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Salvatore Cicatelli | Viola Formula Racing | Ret | 10 | 4 | 9 | 44 |
| 9 | Valentino Sebastiani | It Loox Racing | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 40 |
| 10 | Roberto Merhi | BVM Minardi Team | 8 | 3 | | | 38 |
| 11 | Stefano Bizzarri | RP Motorsport | 9 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 38 |
| 12 | Mirko Bortolotti | Tomcat Racing | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 13 | Miki Monrás | Cram Competition | 13 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 14 | Nicola Zonzini | Cram Competition | 7 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 15 | Simeon Ivanov | BVM Minardi Team | 11 | 7 | | | 24 |
| 16 | Alberto Cola | AP Motorsport | 17 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 19 |
| 17 | Andrea Roda | Tomcat Racing | 15 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 9 |
| 18 | Alessia Belometti | AP Motorsport | 16 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 8 |
| 19 | Stefano Comini | CO2 Motorsport | | | 12 | 16 | 6 |
| 20 | Andrea Borio | Facondini Racing | 14 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 3 |