2012 Formula Renault seasons explained

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

Formula Renault 3.5L

See main article: 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Formula Renault 2.0L

2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup season

See main article: 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season.

2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season

See main article: 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season.

2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season

See main article: 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season.

2012 Formula Renault BARC season

See main article: 2012 Formula Renault BARC 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[1]		Driver	Team	Monza 25 March		Imola 27 May		Misano 22 July		Red Bull Ring 2 September		Vallelunga 23 September		Mugello 7 October		Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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[2] [3]		Driver	Team	Zhuhai 17–18 March		Zhuhai 16–17 June		Zhuhai 15–16 September		Zhuhai 8–9 December		Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
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	Individual			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		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

Formula Renault 1.6L

2012 French F4 Championship season

See main article: 2012 French F4 Championship season.

Other Formulas powered by Renault championships

2012 GP2 Series seasons

See main article: 2012 GP2 Series season. The GP2 Series is powered by 4 litre Renault V8 engines and Pirelli tyres with a Dallara chassis.

2012 GP3 Series seasons

See main article: 2012 GP3 Series season.

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[4]	Driver	Team	Hockenheim 30–31 March		Red Bull Ring 19–20 May		Lausitzring 22–23 June		Most 4–5 August		Dijon 8–9 September		Lausitzring 29–30 September		Hockenheim 14–15 October		Points
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
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.^{[5] [6]}

• 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.

valign=middle	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		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

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: CLASSIFICA GENERALE. Fast Lane Promotion. Renault Sport Italia. Italian. 8 May 2012.
2. http://www.frdsports.com/en/a_renault/result.htm AFR 2012 results
3. http://www.frdsports.com/en/a_renault/2012classification-International.htm 2012 AFR Points Table
4. http://austriaf3cup.com/documents/AustriaFormel3Punktestand2012.pdf Austria Formel 3 Punktestand 2012
5. Web site: Fórmula Renault 2,0 Argentina 2012 standings. driverdb. 15 May 2021.
6. Web site: TEMPORADAS ANTERIORES 2012. formulas-argentinas.com.ar. 15 May 2021.