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 Driver name Rounds Koiranen Motorsport 1 Patrick Kujala All 2 Esteban Ocon 1, 3–7 3 Daniil Kvyat All 4 Stefan Wackerbauer All 5 Hans Villemi 1, 5–7 6 Gustavo Lima All 7 Victor Franzoni 1–3, 5–7 51 Saud Al Faisal 4 GSK Grand Prix 8 Nicola De Val All 9 Stefano De Val All ARTA Engineering 10 Alex Loan All 29 William Vermont All 30 Léo Roussel All 31 Paul Petit 2 54 Tristan Papavoine All RC Formula 11 Aurélien Panis 1–3, 5–7 36 Norman Nato All 39 Edolo Ghirelli 2–3 49 Benjamin Bailly 4 Tech 1 Racing 12 Matthieu Vaxivière 1–3, 7 14 Óscar Tunjo 1, 3–7 15 Roman Mavlanov All 80 Felipe Fraga All 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 22 Bruno Bonifacio 6–7 Interwetten.com Racing Team 23 Konstantin Tereshchenko All 24 Melville McKee 1–2, 5 25 Guilherme Silva All Cram Competition 27 Giorgio Roda 7 One Racing 28 Thomas Jäger 1–2 32 Alex Bosak All AV Formula 35 Emanuele Zonzini 6–7 37 Tatiana Calderón 6–7 40 Egor Orudzhev 6 41 Denis Nagulin 7 Atech Reid GP 38 Alessandro Latif 1, 4 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 82 Luis Michael Dörrbecker 1–4 83 Simone Iaquinta 1–4, 6 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 Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 24 March Paul-Loup Chatin Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport Óscar Tunjo R2 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 R2 13 May Norman Nato Tech 1 Racing Patrick Kujala 3 R1 26 May Norman Nato Norman Nato Norman Nato RC Formula Óscar Tunjo R2 27 May Norman Nato Norman Nato Norman Nato RC Formula 4 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 June Norman Nato Guilherme Silva Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport Óscar Tunjo R2 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 Esteban Ocon R2 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 R2 7 October Daniil Kvyat Norman Nato Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport Patrick Kujala 7 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 21 October Norman Nato Norman Nato RC Formula Hans Villemi R2 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

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. 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