The 2012 World Series by Renault was the eighth season of Renault Sport's series of events, with four different championships racing under one banner. Consisting of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, the Eurocup Mégane Trophy and Eurocup Clio, the World Series by Renault ran at seven different venues, where fans could get into the meetings for no cost whatsoever, such is the uniqueness of the series.
The series began on 5 Nay at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz, and finished on 21 October at the Circuit de Catalunya, just outside Barcelona. Round at Monza was dropped. While brand new Moscow Raceway was included in series' schedule, while Formula Renault 3.5 had two extra races on its own, in support of the and 6 Hours of Silverstone.
Race calendar Event in light blue is not part of the World Series, but is a championship round for the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Circuit Location Date Series Winning driver Winning team Ciudad del Motor de Aragón Alcañiz, Spain 5 May FR3.5 1 Nick Yelloly Comtec Racing FR2.0 1 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 1 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing 6 May FR3.5 2 Robin Frijns Fortec Motorsports FR2.0 2 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 2 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco 27 May FR3.5 3 Sam Bird ISR Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 June FR3.5 4 Marco Sørensen Lotus FR2.0 3 Norman Nato RC Formula EMT 3 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing EC 1 Marc Guillot Milan Competition 3 June FR3.5 5 Kevin Magnussen Carlin FR2.0 4 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 4 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing EC 2 Mike Verschuur Equipe Verschuur Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany 30 June FR3.5 6 Jules Bianchi Tech 1 Racing FR2.0 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing EMT 5 Albert Costa Oregon Team EC 3 Oscar Nogués Rangoni Motorsport 1 July FR3.5 7 Nick Yelloly Comtec Racing FR2.0 6 Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing EMT 6 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing EC 4 Marc Guillot Milan Competition Moscow Raceway Volokolamsk, Russia 14 July FR3.5 8 Robin Frijns Fortec Motorsports FR2.0 7 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 7 Fabien Thuner Oregon Team 15 July FR3.5 9 Arthur Pic DAMS FR2.0 8 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 8 Albert Costa Oregon Team Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 25 August FR3.5 10 Jules Bianchi Tech 1 Racing 26 August FR3.5 11 Sam Bird ISR Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary 15 September FR3.5 12 Robin Frijns Fortec Motorsports FR2.0 9 Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing EMT 9 Albert Costa Oregon Team 16 September FR3.5 13 António Félix da Costa Arden Caterham FR2.0 10 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 10 Albert Costa Oregon Team Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 29 September FR3.5 14 António Félix da Costa Arden Caterham FR2.0 11 Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing EMT 11 Albert Costa Oregon Team EC 5 Oscar Nogués Rangoni Motorsport 30 September FR3.5 15 Jules Bianchi Tech 1 Racing FR2.0 12 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport EMT 12 Albert Costa Oregon Team EC 6 Mike Verschuur Equipe Verschuur Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 20 October FR3.5 16 António Félix da Costa Arden Caterham FR2.0 13 Óscar Tunjo Tech 1 Racing EMT 13 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing EC 7 Oscar Nogués Rangoni Motorsport 21 October FR3.5 17 António Félix da Costa Arden Caterham FR2.0 14 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports EMT 14 Albert Costa Oregon Team EC 8 Christian Ricciarini Composit Motorsport Icon Championship FR3.5 Formula Renault 3.5 Series FR2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 EMT Eurocup Mégane Trophy EC Eurocup Clio
Championships
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Pos. Driver Team Points 1 Robin Frijns Fortec Motorsports 189 2 Jules Bianchi Tech 1 Racing 185 3 Sam Bird ISR 179 4 António Félix da Costa Arden Caterham 166 5 Nick Yelloly Comtec Racing 122
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Pos. Driver Team Points 1 Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing 244 2 Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport 234 3 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports 109 4 Norman Nato RC Formula 96 5 Nyck de Vries R-ace GP 78
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Pos. Driver Team Points 1 Albert Costa Oregon Team 251 2 Bas Schothorst TDS Racing 247 3 Kevin Gilardoni Oregon Team 160 4 Niccolò Nalio Oregon Team 153 5 Fabien Thuner Oregon Team 131
Eurocup Clio
Pos. Driver Team Points 1 Oscar Nogués Rangoni Motorsport 115 2 Marc Guillot Milan Competition 106 3 Mike Verschuur Equipe Verschuur 91 4 Rafael Villanueva Milan Competition 80 5 Christian Ricciarini Composit Motorsport 66
References
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External links
Official website of the World Series by Renault