# 2012 Formula Renault seasons

This article describes all the 2012 seasons of Formula Renault series across the world.

## Formula Renault 2.0L
### 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup season
### 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season

* Point system : 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. In each race 1 point for Fastest lap and 1 for Pole position in race 1.
* Races : 2 race by rounds length of 25 minutes each.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Monza 25 March | Monza 25 March | Imola 27 May | Imola 27 May | Misano 22 July | Misano 22 July | Red Bull Ring 2 September | Red Bull Ring 2 September | Vallelunga 23 September | Vallelunga 23 September | Mugello 7 October | Mugello 7 October | Points |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Kevin Gilardoni | GSK Grand Prix | 1 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 259 |
| 2 | 14 | Kristijan Habulin | Kreator Racing | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 5 | 149 |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Capitanio | Team Torino Motorsport | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 121 |
| 4 | 58 | Dario Orsini | GSK Grand Prix | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 120 |
| 5 | 55 | Luca Defendi | Team Torino Motorsport | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 93 |
| 6 | 53 | Lorenzo Paggi | Team Torino Motorsport | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 82 |
| 7 | 21 | Francesco Bracotti | Green Goblin by Facondini | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 80 |
| 8 | 8 | Giacomo Pollini | Green Goblin by Facondini | | | | | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | DNS | DNS | 71 |
| 9 | 26 | Mirko Barletta | FTF Competizioni | Ret | 3 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 6 | | | 5 | 3 | | | 67 |
| 10 | 73 | Pietro Peccenini | TS Corse | 3 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 47 |
| 11 | 25 | Nicolò Rocca | GSK Grand Prix | Ret | 4 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 12 | 51 | Matteo Pollini | GSK Grand prix | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | | | 25 |
| 13 | 96 | Matteo Cairoli | GSK Grand Prix | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | 24 | Francesco Frisone | FTF Competizioni | | | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 15 | 10 | Simone Gatto | TS Corse | | | | | 6 | Ret | | | | | | | 8 |
| 16 | 5 | Lorenzo Riela | MLS Motorsport | 7 | Ret | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 17 | 6 | Marcus Ebner | TS Corse | | | | | 7 | 13 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | Baldassarre Curatolo | TS Corse | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 19 | 12 | Daniele Cazzaniga | FTF Competizioni | | | 12 | DNS | 10 | 10 | | | 9 | 10 | | | 5 |
| 20 | 15 | Ivan Taranov | Green Goblin by Facondini | | | | | | | Ret | 9 | | | | | 2 |
| 21 | 120 | Marco Tulio Souza | Team Torino Motorsport | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 22 | 3 | Federico Gibbin | Viola Formula Racing | Ret | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| | 28 | Federico Porri | Keks Motorsport | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |

### 2012 Asian Formula Renault Challenge season

* Point system : 30, 24, 20, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for 14th. No points for Fastest lap or Pole position. Drivers, that start their season at round 5 or later, don't receive any points for the final standing. The team point attribution is different from the driver point system : 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
* Races : 2 races by rounds.
* All races were held in China.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Zhuhai 17–18 March | Zhuhai 17–18 March | Zhuhai 16–17 June | Zhuhai 16–17 June | Zhuhai 15–16 September | Zhuhai 15–16 September | Zhuhai 8–9 December | Zhuhai 8–9 December | Points |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points |
| 1 | 23 | Yosuke Yamazaki | Buzz Racing | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 168 |
| 2 | 22 | Satoshi Kosugi | Buzz Racing | | | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 149 |
| 3 | 95 | Shaun Thong | FRD Racing Team | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 136 |
| 4 | 24 | Shigetomo Shimono | Hopewill Buzz Racing | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 120 |
| 5 | 3 | Li Zhi Cong | Asia Racing Team | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | | | | 89 |
| 6 | 7 | Im Che Won | KIM's Racing | | | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 5 | 52 |
| 7 | 8 | Jimmy Chan | FRD Racing Team | Ret | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | | | 46 |
| 8 | 18 | Roy Chiu | PTRS Racing Team | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 44 |
| 9 | 25 | Gaku Ishiyama | Hopewill Buzz Racing | | | Ret | 10 | 4 | 5 | | | 37 |
| 10 | 11 | Jason Kang | KRC Racing | | | | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 37 |
| 11 | 10 | Pete Olson | Champ Motorsport | | | 10 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 12 | 55 | Kei Yamaura | Hopewill Buzz Racing | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| 13 | 2 | Yang Xi | Asia Racing Team | | | 8 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 14 | 61 | Leo Ye | Privateer | | | 4 | 8 | | | | | 26 |
| 15 | 15 | Alexandra Asmasoebrata | PS Racing | | | 7 | 7 | | | Ret | 13 | 24 |
| 16 | 91 | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 17 | 77 | Zhang Yi Chun | PS Racing | | | | | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 18 |
| 18 | 6 | Jacky Chan | FRD Racing Team | Ret | 4 | | | | | | | 17 |
| 19 | 96 | Ben Li | Champ Motorsport | | | | | | | 12 | 8 | 12 |
| 20 | 13 | Hermes Lai | FRD Racing Team | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| | 21 | Guille Pintanel | Asia Racing Team | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Buzz Racing | 60 |
| 2 | FRD Racing Team | 54 |
| 3 | Hopewill Buzz Racing | 46 |
| 4 | Asia Racing Team | 34 |
| 5 | Champ Motorsport | 20 |
| 6 | PS Racing | 17 |
| 7 | KIM'S RACING | 16 |
| 8 | PTRS Racing Team | 14 |
| 9 | KRC Racing | 13 |

## Other Formulas powered by Renault championships
### 2012 GP2 Series seasons

The GP2 Series is powered by 4 litre Renault V8 engines and Pirelli tyres with a Dallara chassis.

### 2012 Austria Formel Renault Cup season

The season will be probably held on 14 rounds in 7 venues in Czech Republic, Germany, France and Austria. The races occur with other categories: Austria Formula 3 Cup, Formelfrei and Formula 3,5L like (Renault 3,5L from World Series, Lola Cosworth). This section presents only the Austrian Formula Renault 2.0L classification.
* Point system : 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 for 10th. No points for Fastest lap or Pole position.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Hockenheim 30–31 March | Hockenheim 30–31 March | Red Bull Ring 19–20 May | Red Bull Ring 19–20 May | Lausitzring 22–23 June | Lausitzring 22–23 June | Most 4–5 August | Most 4–5 August | Dijon 8–9 September | Dijon 8–9 September | Lausitzring 29–30 September | Lausitzring 29–30 September | Hockenheim 14–15 October | Hockenheim 14–15 October | Points |
| Pos | Driver | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points |
| 1 | Thomas Amweg | Equipe Bernoise | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 199 |
| 2 | Manuel Amweg | Equipe Bernoise | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | 3 | 2 | 175 |
| 3 | Marcus Lukas Kiisa | Scuderia Nordica | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 150 |
| 4 | Kurt Böhlen | Böhlen Motorsport | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | 1 | 3 | | | 2 | 4 | 124 |
| 5 | Karl Gustav Annus | Scuderia Nordica | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | | | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 77 |
| 6 | Toomas Annus | Scuderia Nordica | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 5 | | | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 71 |
| 7 | Hubertus Carlos-Vier | Equipe Bernoise | | | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | 70 |
| 8 | Frank Altmeyer | Gregory Striebig | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 9 | Bernd Passler | PALU – Racing | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 18 |
| 10 | Bernd Suckow | Bernd Suckow | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 11 | Peter Grasser | Lammel Motorsport | | | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 12 | Gerd Lukas | PALU – Racing | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 13 | Dr. Ulrich Drechsler | Dr. Ulrich Drechsler | | | | | | | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 |
| 14 | Rene`Reinert | Rene`Reinert | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 15 | Frank Nowak | Frank Nowak | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |

### 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Argentina season

All cars use Tito 02 chassis, all races were held in Argentina.
* Point system : 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 for 10th. 1 point for Pole position. 1 extra point in each race for regularly qualified drivers.
| Pos | Driver | Team | OCA 11 Mar | ROS 22 Apr | ZON 20 May | GRN 10 Jun | OBE 29 Jul | RAF 12 Aug | SAN 9 Sept | RIC 30 Sept | SFE 14 Oct | SAL 4 Nov | SLU 24-25 Nov | SLU 24-25 Nov | Points |
| 1 | Carlos Javier Merlo | Corsa Racing | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | ? | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 158.5 |
| 2 | Julián Santero | Castro Racing (?), Werner Racing (?) | 7 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ? | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| 3 | Gianfranco Collino | Litoral Group | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | | 123 |
| 4 | Marcos Muchiut | Werner Competición | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 14 | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 86 |
| 5 | Manuel Nicolas Luque | Litoral Group | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 12 | ? | ? | 5 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 75 |
| 6 | Mario Gerbaldo | Litoral Group | 23 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | 10 | | 6 | 20 | 4 | 72.5 |
| 7 | Nicolás Cotignola | Schick Racing | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | | ? | 23 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 68.5 |
| 8 | Roberto Arato | JLS Motorsport | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | ? | ? | 9 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 55 |
| 9 | Matías Galetto | JLS Motorsport | 9 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ? | 18 | | | | | 53 |
| 10 | Matias Daniel Vidal | Werner Competición | 2 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 21 | | ? | 11 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 50 |
| 11 | Emmanuel Cáceres | Caceres Competición | 5 | 5 | 20 | | 23 | ? | ? | 6 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 38 |
| 12 | Miguel Calamari | Werner Competición | 21 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 2 | ? | 22 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 36.5 |
| 13 | Amadis Farina | Bouvier Racing | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | ? | ? | 13 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 26.5 |
| 14 | Juan José Gárriz | Satorra Competición | 24 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 24 | ? | ? | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 |
| 15 | Marcelo Ciarrocchi | Croizet Racing | | | | | | | | 7 | | 18 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 16 | Luciano Farroni | Satorra Competición | 26 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 13 | ? | ? | 16 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 20.5 |
| 17 | Juan David Lopez | JLS Motorsport | 20 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 11 | ? | ? | 29 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 20 |
| 18 | Felipe Schmauk | Litoral Group | 14 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 17 | ? | ? | 12 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 16 |
| 19 | Francisco Cammarota | Schick Racing | 12 | 7 | | | 16 | ? | ? | 24 | 13 | 13 | | | 15 |
| 20 | Guillermo Rey | Castro Racing | 25 | 8 | | | 18 | ? | ? | 25 | 18 | | 9 | 17 | 15 |
| 21 | Franco Geminiani | Gabriel Werner Competicion | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 19 | ? | ? | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 15 |
| 22 | Fernando Ayala | Croizet Racing | 18 | 9 | | | 22 | | ? | 20 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 12 |
| 23 | Alejandro Wagner | Gabriel Werner Competición | 16 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 15 | ? | ? | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 12 |
| 24 | Nicolás Dominici | Osdom Racing | 19 | 10 | 18 | | | ? | | 26 | | | 25 | 19 | 10 |
| 25 | Bruno Etman | Litoral Group | 13 | 17 | | 10 | 9 | ? | | | | | | | 8 |
| 26 | Manuel Mallo | JLS Motorsport | 10 | 24 | 22 | | 25 | | | 21 | | | 16 | 20 | 7 |
| 27 | Santiago Piovano | Litoral Group | | | | 18 | 20 | ? | ? | 30 | 21 | 22 | | | 7 |
| 28 | Sebastian Valenzuela | Basco Racing Team | | 18 | 13 | | | ? | ? | | | | 22 | 21 | 6 |
| 29 | Federico Cavagnero | Castro Racing | | | | | | | | 15 | 14 | | 23 | 11 | 4 |
| 30 | José Luis Riffo | Litoral Group | | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | 2 |
| 31 | Nicolás Bonfiglio | Caceres Competición | | | | | | | ? | 27 | | | | | 1 |
| 32 | Nicolás Meichtri | HRC Pro Team | | | | | | | | 28 | | | | | 1 |
| 33 | Lucas Herasimchuk | Croizet Racing | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |