2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Explained

The 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series was the first year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the tenth season of the former Swiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 26 March at Monza and finished on 2 October at Spa after fourteen races held at seven meetings.^[1]

Drivers and teams

2011 Entry List^[2]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
Viola Formula Racing	0	Federico Gibbin	All
	8	Francesco Frisone	5
	27	Giada De Zen	All
Tech 1 Racing	1	Javier Tarancón	All
	2	Paul-Loup Chatin	All
	3	Grégoire Demoustier	1, 3–4
	4	Miki Weckström	1
	13	Cristiano Marcellan	2–7
Interwetten.com Junior Team	5	Timmy Hansen	4, 7
	14	Thomas Jäger	1–3
	16	Gustavo Menezes	2, 5, 7
ARTA Engineering	6	Amir Mesny	1–5, 7
	10	Melville McKee	All
	11	Yann Zimmer	All
	25	Alexandre Cougnaud	All
Daltec Racing	9	Mauro Calamia	All
	12	Nicolò Rocca	1–4, 6
	29	Christof von Grünigen	All
GSK Motorsport	13	Cristiano Marcellan	1
EPIC Racing	14	Thomas Jäger	4–5
EPIC Racing	15	Alex Riberas	4, 7
Team Torino Motorsport	19	Kevin Gilardoni	All
	21	Stefano Colombo	All
	22	Patrick Gobbo	4
Cram Competition	23	Henrique Martins	5
One Racing	24	Vittorio Ghirelli	1, 4–7
One Racing	32	Edolo Ghirelli	All
Boëtti Racing Team	26	Roman Mavlanov	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Junior's Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	26 March	Javier Tarancón	Federico Gibbin	Federico Gibbin	Viola Formula Racing	Thomas Jäger
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	27 March	Javier Tarancón	Javier Tarancón	Yann Zimmer	ARTA Engineering	Melville McKee
2	R1		7 May	Melville McKee	Javier Tarancón	Melville McKee	ARTA Engineering	Melville McKee
2	R2		8 May	Melville McKee	Javier Tarancón	Melville McKee	ARTA Engineering	Melville McKee
3	R1	Pau Circuit	21 May	Javier Tarancón	Javier Tarancón	Javier Tarancón	Tech 1 Racing	Melville McKee
3	R2	Pau Circuit	22 May	Javier Tarancón	Javier Tarancón	Javier Tarancón	Tech 1 Racing	Cristiano Marcellan
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	11 June	Melville McKee	Melville McKee	Melville McKee	ARTA Engineering	Melville McKee
4	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	12 June	Melville McKee	Alex Riberas	Timmy Hansen
5	R1	Hungaroring	2 July	Javier Tarancón	Paul-Loup Chatin	Javier Tarancón	Tech 1 Racing	Vittorio Ghirelli
5	R2	Hungaroring	3 July	Javier Tarancón	Paul-Loup Chatin	Paul-Loup Chatin	Tech 1 Racing	Melville McKee
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	17 September	Paul-Loup Chatin	Javier Tarancón	Paul-Loup Chatin	Tech 1 Racing	Vittorio Ghirelli
6	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet					Tech 1 Racing	Vittorio Ghirelli
7	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 October	Timmy Hansen	Timmy Hansen	Alex Riberas	EPIC Racing	Alex Riberas
7	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 October	Timmy Hansen	Alex Riberas	Alex Riberas	EPIC Racing	Alex Riberas

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ		IMO		PAU		RBR		HUN		LEC		SPA		Points
1	Javier Tarancón	8	9	2	2	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	2	3	6	4	344
2	Yann Zimmer	4	1	5	3	2	4	3	2	5	4	4	4	2	3	338
3	Paul-Loup Chatin	2	14	3	6	3	2	2	3	4	1	1	1	17	5	326
4	Melville McKee	15	4	1	1	4	9	1	19	14	3	Ret	8	7	10	229
5	Stefano Colombo	5	5	12	Ret	14	5	8	6	8	13	9	11	9	14	154
6	Kevin Gilardoni	7	11	10	9	15	3	6	5	Ret	7	Ret	12	11	9	153
7	Thomas Jäger	3	6	4	4	5	Ret	9	18	6	8					150
8	Christof von Grünigen	Ret	2	11	11	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	15	6	7	9	4	Ret	133
9	Vittorio Ghirelli	9	16					20	8	3	9	3	2	DNS	8	128
10	Mauro Calamia	10	8	8	12	13	Ret	15	10	13	12	8	10	8	7	125
11	Federico Gibbin	1	Ret	9	7	Ret	Ret	7	13	18	11	10	5	13	Ret	124
12	Cristiano Marcellan	13	15	6	5	7	6	11	7	7	16					117
13	Roman Mavlanov	17	7	7	Ret	8	7	10	11	16	10	5	13	15	Ret	115
14	Edolo Ghirelli	Ret	Ret	18	10	12	12	17	9	9	18	6	6	3	Ret	106
15	Alex Riberas							5	17					1	1	88
16	Timmy Hansen							4	1					16	2	88
17	align=left nowrap	Alexandre Cougnaud	16	10	15	Ret	10	8	16	12	11	19	12	13	10	11	79
18	Gustavo Menezes			13	8					10	14			5	6	68
19	Giada De Zen	6	Ret	14	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	12	20	13	15	12	13	55
20	Henrique Martins									2	5					48
21	Nicolò Rocca	14	13	16	Ret	9	Ret	13	Ret			11	14			32
22	Amir Mesny	12	Ret	17	13	Ret	11	19	14	Ret	15			14	12	29
23	Grégoire Demoustier	11	12			Ret	10	14	16							26
24	Miki Weckström	Ret	3													24
25	Patrick Gobbo							18	15							1
	Francesco Frisone									DNS	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		IMO		PAU		RBR		HUN		LEC		SPA		Points

Junior's Championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Melville McKee	344
2	Roman Mavlanov	268
3	Thomas Jäger	244
4	Cristiano Marcellan	240
5	Vittorio Ghirelli	228
6	Giada De Zen	202
7	Gustavo Menezes	140
8	Nicolò Rocca	140
9	Alex Riberas	114

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Tech 1 Racing	642
2	Arta Engineering	567
3	Interwetten.com Junior Team	262
4	Daltec Racing	258
5	Team Torino Motorsport	237
6	One Racing	234
7	EPIC Racing	206
8	Viola Formula Racing	158
9	Boëtti Racing Team	115
10	Cram Competition	48
11	GSK Motorsport	5

External links

Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship

Notes and References

Web site: Calendario e Resultati. Renaultsport Italia. Renault Sport. Italian. 8 March 2012.
Web site: I Piloti. Renaultsport Italia. Renault Sport. Italian. 8 March 2012.