2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Explained

The 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the eighth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. The trio of Epsilon Red Bull Team drivers would dominate the season between them with Mika Maki winning over Jaime Alguersuari and Brendon Hartley.

César Ramos would win the winter series driving for BVM Minardi Team.

Drivers and Teams

2007 Entry List^[1]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
RP Motorsport	2	nowrap	Daniel Ricciardo	All
37	nowrap	Federico Leo	All
55	nowrap	Patrick Kronenberger	All
Viola Formula Racing	3	nowrap	Valerio Prandi	All
5	nowrap	Bruno Orioli	2–3
BVM Minardi Team	4	nowrap	César Ramos	All
6	nowrap	Simeon Ivanov	All
26	nowrap	Felipe Lapenna	1–5
nowrap	W&D Racing Team	7	nowrap	Paolo Meloni	All
IT Loox Racing Car	8	nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	All
21	nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	1–2
22	nowrap	Craig Dolby	3
33	nowrap	Marco Betti	All
35	nowrap	Christian de Francesch	1–2, 4–7
40	nowrap	Federico Muggia	5–6
80	nowrap	Luca Persiani	7
81	nowrap	Stefano Bizzarri	1–5
Jenzer Motorsport	9	nowrap	Oliver Turvey	All
10	nowrap	Roberto Merhi	All
11	nowrap	Fabio Leimer	All
69	nowrap	Pål Varhaug	6
Epsilon Euskadi	12	nowrap	Miquel Julià	All
14	nowrap	Pablo Montilla	All
15	nowrap	Stefano Coletti	All
Epsilon Red Bull Team	16	nowrap	Mika Mäki	All
18	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	All
19	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	All
nowrap	Thierry Boutsen Racing	20	nowrap	Stéphane Richelmi	3
Prema Powerteam	23	nowrap	Andrea Caldarelli	All
24	nowrap	Martin Plowman	All
25	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	All
CO2 Motorsport	27	nowrap	Michele Faccin	All
59	nowrap	Daniel Mancinelli	All
60	nowrap	Matei Mihaescu	6–7
Petrom District Racing AP	28	nowrap	Aleix Alcaraz	1–6
29	nowrap	Mihai Marinescu	All
nowrap	Steiner Motorsport	30	nowrap	Bianca Steiner	1–3, 5–7
Tomcat Racing	31	nowrap	Andrea Roda	All
32	nowrap	Gianluca Colombo	All
Facondini Racing	34	nowrap	Giammarco D'Alelio	1–4
align=center rowspan=2	81	nowrap	Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri	6
nowrap	Stefano Bizzarri	7
Team Dueppì	35	nowrap	Christian de Francesch	1–2, 4–7
47	nowrap	Filippo Ponti	6–7
Speed Lover	36	nowrap	Frank Suntjens	3
AP Motorsport	38	nowrap	Patrick Reiterer	All
39	nowrap	Alessia Belometti	4–5, 7
Cram Competition	43	nowrap	Sergio Campana	All
44	nowrap	Daniel Zampieri	All
45	nowrap	Giovanni Nava	1–6
46	nowrap	Nicola Zonzini	All
49	nowrap	Andrea Pellizzato	7

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap	March 31	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
	R2	nowrap	April 1	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap	May 12	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
	R2	nowrap	May 13	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
3	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	nowrap	June 15	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap	Roberto Merhi	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2	nowrap	June 16	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
4	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	nowrap	June 30	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
	R2	nowrap	July 1	nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	nowrap		nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	nowrap
5	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Misano World Circuit	nowrap	July 21	nowrap	Stefano Coletti	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Stefano Coletti	nowrap	Epsilon Euskadi
	R2	nowrap	July 22	nowrap	Oliver Turvey	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Stefano Coletti	nowrap	Epsilon Euskadi
6	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Mugello Circuit	nowrap	September 15	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
	R2	nowrap	September 16	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
7	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	October 13	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Mika Mäki	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team
	R2	nowrap	October 14	nowrap	Mihai Marinescu	nowrap	Daniel Zampieri	nowrap	Brendon Hartley	nowrap	Epsilon Red Bull Team

Championship standings

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:

!Position!1st!2nd!3rd!4th!5th!6th!7th!8th!9th!10th!11th!12th!13th!14th!15th

Points

32

28

24

22

20

18

16

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

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In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

Drivers

Pos^[2]	Driver	VLL1		VLL2		SPA		VAL		MIS		MUG		MNZ		Points
		width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7		width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	10	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14
1	align=left nowrap	Mika Mäki	11	12	1	3	Ret	4	1	3	6	29	1	1	1	Ret	274
2	align=left nowrap	Jaime Alguersuari	12	5	Ret	1	18	1	2	1	10	Ret	3	3	6	2	266
3	align=left nowrap	Brendon Hartley	4	3	2	Ret	2	28	9	9	30	8	Ret	2	4	1	236
4	align=left nowrap	Roberto Merhi	5	14	10	5	1	5	8	5	4	4	Ret	DSQ	2	5	232
5	align=left nowrap	Mihai Marinescu	2	2	6	32	7	DNS	11	11	5	6	6	7	3	Ret	206
6	align=left nowrap	Daniel Ricciardo	6	30	4	8	5	Ret	4	4	12	12	4	4	11	9	196
7	align=left nowrap	Martin Plowman	3	4	8	7	3	11	12	13	11	3	15	15	8	7	184
8	align=left nowrap	Henkie Waldschmidt	1	1	3	2	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	10	10	7	6	184
9	align=left nowrap	Oliver Turvey	14	27	5	6	11	Ret	6	10	2	2	5	6	Ret	23	176
10	align=left nowrap	Stefano Coletti	21	Ret	24	Ret	16	8	Ret	8	1	1	2	5	Ret	4	164
11	align=left nowrap	Fabio Leimer	Ret	13	12	15	4	3	5	2	8	7	13	Ret	5	Ret	161
12	align=left nowrap	Andrea Caldarelli	9	7	7	Ret	13	2	14	Ret	3	Ret	8	8	13	8	150
13	align=left nowrap	Felipe Lapenna	7	6	9	4	10	Ret	7	7	9	9					134
14	align=left nowrap	César Ramos	8	28	Ret	14	8	7	15	25	13	5	Ret	18	10	3	106
15	align=left nowrap	Daniel Zampieri	15	10	Ret	11	12	6	Ret	12	14	13	7	17	12	19	80
16	align=left nowrap	Daniel Mancinelli	20	Ret	DNS	16	6	9	3	6	7	10	Ret	14	14	Ret	78
17	align=left nowrap	Aleix Alcaraz	16	8	Ret	10	9	20	10	Ret	15	15	12	13			61
18	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	16	11	14	31	17	Ret	17	28	17	19	Ret	9	9	Ret	34
19	align=left nowrap	Patrick Kronenberger	18	16	33	30	34	10	16	14	18	17	9	12	16	Ret	31
20	align=left nowrap	Michele Faccin	33	15	13	12	14	12	13	Ret	16	14	14	16	Ret	Ret	29
21	align=left nowrap	Simeon Ivanov	10	9	17	13	21	15	Ret	17	19	21	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	27
22	align=left nowrap	Federico Muggia									Ret	11	11	11			24
23	align=left nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	17	29	11	9											20
24	align=left nowrap	Christian de Francesch	25	20	25	26			Ret	23	Ret	25	17	22	19	10	10
25	align=left nowrap	Valerio Prandi	Ret	17	21	19	29	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	30	Ret	20	18	11	8
26	align=left nowrap	Filippo Ponti											28	Ret	17	12	6
27	align=left nowrap	Patrick Reiterer	Ret	Ret	Ret	27	15	13	Ret	16	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	23	18	5
28	align=left nowrap	Glauco Junior Solieri											16	13			4
29	align=left nowrap	Matei Mihaescu											Ret	25	25	13	4
30	align=left nowrap	Miquel Julià Perello	29	23	20	17	19	14	19	15	22	16	20	23	Ret	Ret	3
31	align=left nowrap	Paolo Meloni	22	26	26	21	31	22	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	19	32	Ret	14	2
32	align=left nowrap	Marco Betti	34	21	30	Ret	Ret	25	23	Ret	Ret	28	22	30	21	15	1
33	align=left nowrap	Sergio Campana	26	Ret	19	20	25	16	25	Ret	21	18	Ret	19	15	Ret	1
34	align=left nowrap	Bianca Steiner	27	Ret	15	Ret	20	Ret			24	Ret	26	Ret	22	20	1
35	align=left nowrap	Nicola Zonzini	24	19	27	25	27	21	Ret	20	31	22	16	24	Ret	16	0
36	align=left nowrap	Giovanni Nava	23	18	16	18	26	19	18	21	Ret	23	27	29			0
37	align=left nowrap	Federico Leo	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	22	27	24	25	26	27	17	0
38	align=left nowrap	Stéphane Richelmi					24	18									0
39	align=left nowrap	Stefano Bizzarri	28	22	22	Ret	30	24	20	Ret	26	20			24	Ret	0
40	align=left nowrap	Gianluca Colombo	30	24	29	28	32	Ret	Ret	24	23	27	23	Ret	20	21	0
41	align=left nowrap	Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri											21	21			0
42	align=left nowrap	Bruno Orioli			23	29	21	27									0
43	align=left nowrap	Giammarco D'Alelio	Ret	Ret	28	22	33	Ret	22	DNS							0
44	align=left nowrap	Craig Dolby					23	23									0
45	align=left nowrap	Andrea Roda	31	Ret	31	24	Ret	DNS	Ret	26	28	31	29	31	28	22	0
46	align=left nowrap	Pablo Montilla	32	25	32	23	Ret	26	24	27	29	26	Ret	28	Ret	Ret	0
47	align=left nowrap	Pål Varhaug											24	27			0
48	align=left nowrap	Alessia Belometti							Ret	Ret	25	Ret			Ret	Ret	0
49	align=left nowrap	Luca Persiani													26	Ret	0
50	align=left nowrap	Frank Suntjens					28	Ret									0
51	align=left nowrap	Andrea Pellizzato													29	DNS	0

Winter Series

César Ramos achieved the perfect Winter Series with 4 wins, 4 Pole positions and 4 fastest laps.

• The same point system is used with 2 points for Fasted lap and 2 points for Pole position.

Pos^[3] ^[4]	Driver	Team	VAL Nov 10–11		VAL Nov 17–18		Points
			1	2	3	4
1	align=left nowrap	César Ramos	align=left nowrap	BVM Minardi Team	1	1	1	1	144
2	align=left nowrap	Daniel Zampieri	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	6	5	5	2	86
3	align=left nowrap	Fabio Onidi	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	3	4	3	7	86
4	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	4	2	11	4	80
5	align=left nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	align=left nowrap	It Loox Racing	2	Ret	6	3	70
6	align=left nowrap	Federico Rossi	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport			2	6	46
7	align=left nowrap	Genís Olivé	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	10	6	10	11	46
8	align=left nowrap	Salvatore Cicatelli	align=left nowrap	Viola Formula Racing	Ret	10	4	9	44
9	align=left nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	align=left nowrap	It Loox Racing	5	16	16	5	40
10	align=left nowrap	Roberto Merhi	align=left nowrap	BVM Minardi Team	8	3			38
11	align=left nowrap	Stefano Bizzarri	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	9	9	Ret	8	38
12	align=left nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	align=left nowrap	Tomcat Racing	12	11	8	12	34
13	align=left nowrap	Miki Monrás	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	13	14	7	10	32
14	align=left nowrap	Nicola Zonzini	align=left nowrap	Cram Competition	7	15	9	14	31
15	align=left nowrap	Simeon Ivanov	align=left nowrap	BVM Minardi Team	11	7			24
16	align=left nowrap	Alberto Cola	align=left nowrap	AP Motorsport	17	8	15	13	19
17	align=left nowrap	Andrea Roda	align=left nowrap	Tomcat Racing	15	13	13	Ret	9
18	align=left nowrap	Alessia Belometti	align=left nowrap	AP Motorsport	16	12	14	Ret	8
19	align=left nowrap	Stefano Comini	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport			12	16	6
20	align=left nowrap	Andrea Borio	align=left nowrap	Facondini Racing	14	Ret	Ret	15	3

External links

• http://forix.autosport.com/cp.php?l=0&d=44&r=442007&c=0

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2007 season. Autosport. 26 March 2024.
2. http://www.renaultsportitalia.it/file.php?content_field=Clfl_file&type_field=Clfl_filetype&name_field=Clfl_filename&size_field=Clfl_filesize&table=Classifica_file&searchname=Clfl_sito&searchvalue=fr2 Classifica e Statistiche dopo MONZA
3. http://www.nuvolari3000.com/ren2000/news.php?year=2007 Vallelunga: Poker di Ramos alla Winter Series
4. http://www.nuvolari3000.com/ren2000/news.php?year=2007&pag=2 Vallelunga: En plein di Ramos