2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Explained

The 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the 22nd Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season commenced on 5 May at Alcañiz and ended on 21 October at Barcelona. The season featured seven double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 30 minutes. All races were part of the World Series by Renault.

Red Bull Junior's Daniil Kvyat won the opening race of the season at Motorland Aragón after qualifying on pole position by 0.1 seconds.[1] Newcomer Nyck de Vries finished in second place and returnee Stoffel Vandoorne attained his maiden podium in third. The race was red-flagged after a violent crash between Daniel Cammish and Hans Villemi, with Villemi flipping over the back of Cammish's car.[2] Both drivers suffered long-term injuries in the crash, and have yet to return to the series. iRace Professional driver Óscar Tunjo of Tech 1 Racing started the Sunday race from pole position but he was passed by Kvyat at the second turn of the first lap. Kvyat scored his first Eurocup double win, ahead of Tunjo and RC Formula's Norman Nato.[3]

A month later at Spa, R-ace GP's Pierre Gasly claimed his first pole position.[4] Gasly had a bad getaway and lost positions to both Nato and Vandoorne. Nato scored his first win in the series, while Gasly scored his first series podium.[5] Gasly's teammate Andrea Pizzitola was the fastest in the second qualifying session.[6] The race was held in heavy rain, and was red-flagged after an incident at Kemmel, involving Nato and team-mate Javier Tarancón, Koiranen Motorsport's Stefan Wackerbauer and Victor Franzoni, Tunjo and team-mate Matthieu Vaxivière, Fortec Motorsports' Dan de Zille and KTR's Yu Kanamaru. Kvyat coped with conditions better than others, claiming his third win of the season, ahead of Fortec driver Jake Dennis and Vandoorne completed the podium.[7]

The next Eurocup stop was at the Nürburgring, where Vandoorne set the fastest time in qualifying,[8] before he converted pole position into victory. Nato and Tech 1's Paul-Loup Chatin joined Vandoorne on the podium.[9] Vandoorne led from start to finish the next day, claiming the pole and won the race with fastest lap. Interwetten.com Racing's Melville McKee and Gasly completed the podium. Vandoorne's double win gave him the championship lead.[10]

Two weeks later, the series visited Russia for the first time, at the newly inaugurated Moscow Raceway. In both qualification sessions, Vandoorne was faster than Kvyat.[11] [12] However, Kvyat won both races to retake the championship lead from Vandoorne. Vandoorne took a pair of second places in Moscow, while Oliver Rowland took his first Eurocup podiums with a brace of third places.[13] [14]

Teams and drivers

TeamDriver nameClassRounds
Koiranen Motorsport1 Patrick Kujala[15] All
2 Esteban Ocon[16] All
3 Daniil Kvyat[17] All
4 Stefan Wackerbauer[18] All
60 Hans Villemi[19] 1, 6
Victor Franzoni[20] 2
Josef Kaufmann Racing5 Pieter Schothorst[21] All
6 Alex RiberasAll
7 Stoffel Vandoorne[22] All
Fortec Motorsports8 Mikko PakariAll
9 Nick Cassidy[23] 1–3
Alexey Chuklin4
Steijn Schothorst[24] 5
Gustavo Menezes[25] 6
Egor Orudzhev[26] 7
10 Ed Jones[27] All
44 Oliver Rowland[28] All
62 Jake Dennis[29] 2–3, 7
63 Dan de Zille2
64 Josh Hill2, 7
Tech 1 Racing11 Paul-Loup Chatin[30] All
12 Matthieu VaxivièreAll
14 Óscar Tunjo[31] All
15 Roman MavlanovAll
66 Felipe Fraga3, 5–7
KTR16 Miki Weckstrom1–4
Victor Colomé7
17 Yu Kanamaru[32] All
18 Ignazio D'Agosto[33] All
EPIC Racing20 Alexander Albon[34] All
21 Kevin Giovesi[35] 1
Dennis Wüsthoff2
Konstantin Tereshchenko4
Kevin Jörg7
22 Christof von Grünigen[36] All
Interwetten.com Racing23 Timmy Hansen[37] 1–4
Konstantin Tereshchenko5, 7
24 Melville McKee[38] All
25 Guilherme SilvaAll
R-ace GP26 Nyck de Vries[39] All
27 Pierre Gasly[40] All
28 Andrea PizzitolaAll
ARTA Engineering29 William Vermont[41] 1–4, 6–7
30 Léo RousselAll
65 Tristan Papavoine2, 6
68 Alex Loan7
Manor MP Motorsport[42] 31 Johan Jokinen1–2
Tanart Sathienthirakul3
Kevin Kleveros5
Steijn Schothorst4, 6–7
612–3
32 Jordan KingAll
33 Meindert van Buuren[43] 1–4, 6–7
Tanart Sathienthirakul5
RC Formula36 Norman NatoAll
37 Javier Tarancón1–6
45 Edolo Ghirelli1–2
Aurélien Panis5–7
Atech Reid GP38 Alessandro Latif1–3
Hans Villemi7
39 Daniel Cammish1
Roman Beregech4
Dan Wells7
Mark Burdett Motorsport67 Gabriel Casagrande3

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.[44] Silverstone Circuit was dropped from the calendar in favour of a round at the new Moscow Raceway in Russia. All seven rounds formed meetings of the 2012 World Series by Renault season.

RoundCircuitCountryDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz5 May Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
R26 May Óscar Tunjo Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
2R1Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps2 June Pierre Gasly Daniil Kvyat Norman Nato RC Formula
R23 June Andrea Pizzitola Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
3R1Nürburgring30 June Stoffel Vandoorne Norman Nato Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing
R21 Julynowrap Stoffel Vandoornenowrap Stoffel Vandoornenowrap Stoffel Vandoornenowrap Josef Kaufmann Racing
4R1Moscow Raceway14 July Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
R215 July Stoffel Vandoorne Daniil Kvyat Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
5R1Hungaroring, Mogyoród15 September Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing
R216 September Daniil Kvyat Nyck de Vries Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
6R1Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castelletnowrap29 September Javier Tarancón Alex Riberas Stoffel Vandoorne Josef Kaufmann Racing
R230 September Stoffel Vandoorne Paul-Loup Chatin Daniil Kvyat Koiranen Motorsport
7R1Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló20 October Óscar Tunjo Melville McKee Óscar Tunjo Tech 1 Racing
R221 October Daniil Kvyat Alex Riberas Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

PosDriverALC
SPA
NÜR
MSC
HUN
LEC
CAT
Points
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1 Stoffel Vandoorne3423112214122Ret244
2style=background:Orange; align=left Daniil Kvyat114152211Ret12138234
3 Oliver Rowland682648Ret3316615651109
4 Norman Nato431Ret2Ret239631017151696
5style=background:Orange; align=left Nyck de Vries216Ret164RetRet442713222778
6 Paul-Loup Chatin51065341210121514462877
7style=background:Orange; align=left Óscar TunjoRet212Ret22211111774181773
8style=background:Orange; align=left Melville McKeeRet15Ret14926785877Ret64
9 Alex Riberas10115196Ret7Ret5101784562
10style=background:Orange; align=left Pierre GaslyRet73253231481111RetRet10649
11style=background:Orange; align=left Stefan Wackerbauer11289RetRetRet46149611161332
12style=background:Orange; align=left Jake Dennis102142412431
13 Jordan KingRetRet712Ret513Ret31320RetRet2531
14style=background:Orange; align=left Esteban Ocon195212412188Ret211893RetRet31
15style=background:Orange; align=left Mikko Pakari1423Ret2611235Ret22312Ret20930
16 William Vermont2620141131Ret101613526229
17style=background:Orange; align=left Guilherme Silva991591510914Ret17321Ret1924
18style=background:Orange; align=left Felipe Fraga1083025181013321
19 Javier Tarancón7Ret8Ret1671618108111521
20 Miki Weckstrom8143467Ret311718
21 Andrea Pizzitola121232131391912Ret16516Ret1812
22style=background:Orange; align=left Steijn SchothorstRet2218630132014Ret1482212
23style=background:Orange; align=left Patrick Kujala15Ret17181925155131923RetRet2010
24style=background:Orange; align=left Nick CassidyRet6RetDNS17118
25style=background:Orange; align=left Josh HillRet79Ret8
26style=background:Orange; align=left Ignazio D'Agosto22Ret258252624Ret2927RetRet25234
27style=background:Orange; align=left Ed Jones18251631211618Ret243128923112
28 Pieter SchothorstRet192829Ret12172092121Ret19142
29style=background:Orange; align=left Matthieu Vaxivière162220NCRet1425Ret2320RetRet27101
30 Christof von Grünigen25Ret301027Ret321922Ret2522DNSDNS1
31 Timmy Hansen13131117RetDNS20150
32style=background:Orange; align=left Meindert van BuurenRetRet181520Ret2221Ret2311Ret0
33style=background:Orange; align=left Roman Mavlanov17213328261321Ret151226Ret17Ret0
34 Tristan Papavoine242122120
35 Johan JokinenRet1713Ret0
36 Hans VillemiRetDNS16Ret14150
37style=background:Orange; align=left Gabriel Casagrande29150
38style=background:Orange; align=left Alexander Albon2124192023RetRetDNS17241924Ret260
39style=background:Orange; align=left Yu KanamaruRet2927322417Ret252726RetRetDSQ240
40style=background:Orange; align=left Léo Roussel242623Ret33Ret262618RetRet19RetRet0
41 Kevin Giovesi20180
42 Tanart Sathienthirakul281926280
43style=background:Orange; align=left Alessandro Latif2327352730200
44align=left nowrap Konstantin Tereshchenko2922282921210
45 Victor Franzoni22Ret0
46 Aleksey Chuklin28230
47 Dennis Wüsthoff29230
48 Roman Beregech27240
49 Edolo GhirelliRetRet31300
Dan de ZilleRetRet0
Daniel CammishRetDNS0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
style=background:Orange; align=left Aurélien Panis192227Ret18170
Gustavo Menezes24200
Dan Wells24Ret0
Kevin Kleveros25300
Alex Loan28DNS0
Victor Colomé29Ret0
Egor OrudzhevRetRet0
Kevin JörgRetDNS0
PosDriverALC
SPA
NÜR
MSC
HUN
LEC
CAT
Points
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.

PosTeamPoints
1 Josef Kaufmann Racing306
2 Koiranen Motorsport265
3 Fortec Motorsports157
4 Tech 1 Racing150
5 R-ace GP127
6 RC Formula117
7 Interwetten.com Racing62
8 Manor MP Motorsport43
9 ARTA Engineering29
10 KTR22
11 EPIC Racing1

External links

Notes and References

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