2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Explained

The 2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the eighth season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.

Driver lineup

Team Driver Status Rounds Oregon Team 1 Nicolas Milan[1] 1–3 Roberto Moreno[2] 4 Marguerite Laffite[3] 5–7 2 Enrico Bettera 1–4, 6 "Navajo" 5–6 Omar Mambretti 5 3 Kevin Gilardoni All 4 Fabien Thuner All 8 Niccolò Nalio All 14 Albert Costa All Torino Motorsport 2 "Navajo" 7 Andrea Boffo TDS Racing 5 Jeroen Schothorst All 6 Bas Schothorst All 7 Wim Beelen 1–2, 6–7 Tom Coronel[4] 3–4 Tim Coronel 5 12 Kelvin Snoeks All Team Lompech Sport 9 Jean-Charles Miginiac All 10 David Dermont 1–2 Thibault Bossy 3, 6–7 Stefano Comini 4–5 PujolaRacing 11 Toni Forne 1, 6–7 Bruce Lorgère-Roux[5] 2–3 Equipe Verschuur 15 Richard Kressner[6] 6 AFK Motorsport 23 Oliver Freymuth 1–3, 5–7 Algarve Pro Racing Team 24 Michael Munemann 1–3, 5–7 25 Rembert Berg 3 Jakub Knoll 6

Driver changes

Changed teams

• Fabien Thuner switched from Boutsen Energy Racing to Oregon Team.
• David Dermont moved to Team Lompech Sport.
• Bas Schothorst and Jeroen Schothorst both moved to TDS Racing.

Entering Eurocup Mégane Trophy

• Eurocup Clio champion Nicolas Milan, Formula Renault Alps driver Kevin Gilardoni and Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Albert Costa debuted with Oregon Team.
• FIA Formula Two Championship driver Kelvin Snoeks entered the championship for TDS Racing.

Team changes

• Boutsen Energy Racing, Equipe Verschuur, Brixia Horse Power and Blue Jumeirah Team have all left the Eurocup Mégane Trophy.

Mid-season changes

• Rembert Berg debuted in the series, joining Michael Munemann in the Algarve Pro Racing Team.
• Tom Coronel made his debut in the series, replacing Wim Beelen from the Nürburgring round onwards.
• David Dermont was replaced by Thibault Bossy at Nürburgring. Defending series champion Stefano Comini replaced Bossy for the Moscow round.
• Bruce Lorgère-Roux replaced Toni Forne after the opening round at Alcañiz.
• Roberto Moreno made his debut in the series, replacing Nicolas Milan at the Moscow event.

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 10 October 2011, the day after the end of the 2011 season.^[7] Silverstone Circuit was dropped from the calendar in favour of a round at the new Moscow Raceway in Russia. All seven rounds will form meetings of the 2012 World Series by Renault season.

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz		5 May	Albert Costa	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
	R2			6 May	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		2 June	Niccolò Nalio	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
	R2			3 June	Niccolò Nalio	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
3	R1	Nürburgring		30 June	Albert Costa	Fabien Thuner	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
	R2			1 July	Albert Costa	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
4	R1	Moscow Raceway		14 July	Albert Costa	Niccolò Nalio	Fabien Thuner	Oregon Team
	R2			15 July	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród		15 September	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
	R2			16 September	Kevin Gilardoni	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet		29 September	Bas Schothorst	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
	R2			30 September	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló		20 October	Kevin Gilardoni	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
	R2			21 October	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ALC SPA NÜR MSC HUN LEC CAT Points 1 Albert Costa 2 3 Ret 3 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 251 2 Bas Schothorst 1 1 1 1 3 1 6 5 5 4 4 2 1 4 247 3 Kevin Gilardoni 7 4 2 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 5 4 DSQ 2 160 4 Niccolò Nalio 3 2 DNS 2 4 12 3 2 4 Ret 3 3 Ret 3 153 5 Fabien Thuner 4 5 8 14 2 Ret 1 Ret 6 2 2 5 6 Ret 131 6 Kelvin Snoeks 6 8 3 7 8 10 7 6 7 DNS 7 6 Ret 5 82 7 Jean-Charles Miginiac 9 6 4 11 9 4 8 7 Ret 6 13 11 5 9 69 8 Thibault Bossy 11 3 9 8 3 6 46 9 Nicolas Milan 8 12 5 4 7 6 40 10 Jeroen Schothorst Ret Ret DSQ 13 10 7 9 10 9 7 10 10 7 7 37 11 Stefano Comini 2 Ret 2 Ret 36 12 Toni Forne 5 7 17 Ret 4 Ret 28 13 Wim Beelen Ret Ret DSQ 8 12 Ret 2 8 26 14 Bruce Lorgère-Roux 6 DNS 6 9 18 15 Michael Munemann 12 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 8 8 DSQ Ret DNS 16 16 Tom Coronel Ret 13 Ret 3 15 17 Oliver Freymuth 10 10 7 10 12 8 NC Ret 16 NC Ret 10 14 18 David Dermont Ret Ret DSQ 6 8 19 Richard Kressner 6 Ret 8 20 Roberto Moreno Ret 8 4 21 Jakub Knoll 11 9 4 22 Enrico Bettera 11 11 DSQ 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 15 2 23 Rembert Berg 13 11 0 "Old Navajo" DSQ Ret DSQ 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Tim Coronel 8 5 0 Marguerite Laffite Ret Ret 14 7 8 12 0 Omar Mambretti 9 0 Andrea Boffo 11 0 Pos Driver ALC SPA NÜR MSC HUN LEC CAT Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Renault-Sport official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1. 4 May 2012. Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 13 July 2012.
2. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1. 13 July 2012. Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 13 July 2012.
3. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1. 14 September 2012. Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 14 September 2012.
4. Web site: COLLECTIVE TEST 1. 29 June 2012. Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 13 July 2012.
5. News: COLLECTIVE TEST 1. 1 June 2012. Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 13 July 2012.
6. News: COLLECTIVE TEST 1. 28 September 2012. Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 28 September 2012.
7. News: Russia included on 2012 World Series calendar. 10 October 2011. GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 10 October 2011.