The2012 FIA Formula Two Championship was the fourth and the last of theFIA Formula Two Championship. The season started on 14 April atSilverstone and finished on 30 September atMonza. The 2012 calendar saw the addition of two new races.^[1]

In the opening round at Silverstone, the first pole of the season was claimed byMathéo Tuscher, the youngest driver to have taken part in the series.^[2] Tuscher was overtaken byChristopher Zanella on the first lap of the opening race; Zanella was later joined byMihai Marinescu andLuciano Bacheta out front, with Bacheta eventually prevailing over Zanella with series debutantAlex Fontana in third.^[3] Marinescu claimed pole position for the second race,^[4] but could not stop Bacheta taking his second win of the weekend; Fontana again completed the podium, behind Marinescu.^[5]

No.	Driver	Rounds
3	Max Snegirev[6]	2–5, 7–8
4	Luciano Bacheta[7]	All
5	Parthiva Sureshwaren[8]	1–4
6	Vittorio Ghirelli[9]	4
7	David Zhu[10]	All
8	Plamen Kralev[11]	All
9	Mihai Marinescu[12]	All
10	Alex Fontana[13]	All
11	Kourosh Khani[12]	1–2, 4–5
12	Mathéo Tuscher[12]	All
13	José Luis Abadín[12]	1
14	Mauro Calamia[12]	1–6
15	Victor Guerin[14]	2
18	Dino Zamparelli[12]	All
19	Christopher Zanella[15]	All
20	Daniel McKenzie[16]	All
22	Axcil Jefferies[17]	3–8
23	Samuele Buttarelli[12]	1
24	Kevin Mirocha[12]	All
27	Markus Pommer[18]	All
33	Harald Schlegelmilch[19]	8
35	Hector Hurst[20]	All
51	Richard Gonda[21]	7

Entering/Re–Entering FIA Formula Two Championship

• Samuele Buttarelli switched fromAuto GP to the championship.
• Formula Renault ALPS driverMauro Calamia graduated into Formula Two in 2012.
• European F3 Open championAlex Fontana graduated to the series.
• After competing in the first three rounds of theAuto GP World Series,Victor Guerin joined the series ahead of thePortimão round.^[14]
• Daniel McKenzie moved into the series from theFormula Renault 3.5 Series.
• After competing in theGP2 Series in 2011,Kevin Mirocha switched to the FIA Formula Two Championship.
• After finishing seventh in theGerman Formula Three Championship,Markus Pommer graduated into Formula Two in 2012.
• Formula Pilota China championMathéo Tuscher and eighth-placedDavid Zhu moved into the championship.
• Formula Renault BARC championDino Zamparelli as well as fourth-placedKourosh Khani and thirteenth-placedHector Hurst all joined the championship.

Leaving FIA Formula Two Championship

• Alex Brundle joinedCarlin in theGP3 Series.^[22]
• Jack Clarke andBenjamin Lariche switched to sportscar racing, joining theEuropean Le Mans Series andFIA GT1 World Championship respectively.^[23][24]
• Armaan Ebrahim moved to the United States to compete inFirestone Indy Lights.^[25]
• Jordan King switched to theFormula Renault Eurocup with Manor MP Motorsport.^[26]
• Jon Lancaster graduated to theGP2 Series withOcean Racing Technology.^[27]

An eight-race calendar was published by theFIA World Motor Sport Council on 7 December 2011.^[1]

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Report
1	R1	Silverstone Circuit,Northamptonshire	United Kingdom	14 April	Mathéo Tuscher	Mihai Marinescu	Luciano Bacheta	Report
	R2			15 April	Mihai Marinescu	Luciano Bacheta	Luciano Bacheta
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve,Portimão	Portugal	28 April	Luciano Bacheta	Mathéo Tuscher	Luciano Bacheta	Report
	R2			29 April	Mathéo Tuscher	Luciano Bacheta	Luciano Bacheta
3	R1	Nürburgring	Germany	26 May	Mihai Marinescu	Mihai Marinescu	Mihai Marinescu	Report
	R2			27 May	Christopher Zanella	Christopher Zanella	Christopher Zanella
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	23 June	Markus Pommer	Markus Pommer	Markus Pommer	Report
	R2			24 June	Luciano Bacheta	Luciano Bacheta	Luciano Bacheta
5	R1	Brands Hatch,Kent	United Kingdom	14 July	Luciano Bacheta	Mihai Marinescu	Kevin Mirocha	Report
	R2			15 July	Mihai Marinescu	Christopher Zanella	Mihai Marinescu
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard,Le Castellet	France	21 July	Mathéo Tuscher	Christopher Zanella	Mathéo Tuscher	Report
	R2			22 July	Markus Pommer	Luciano Bacheta	Markus Pommer
7	R1	Hungaroring,Mogyoród	Hungary	8 September	Kevin Mirocha	Alex Fontana	Alex Fontana	Report
	R2			9 September	Markus Pommer	Markus Pommer	Markus Pommer
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	29 September	Mathéo Tuscher	Christopher Zanella	Mathéo Tuscher	Report
	R2			30 September	Markus Pommer	Luciano Bacheta	Christopher Zanella
Sources:[28][29]

• As in2011, the series will take place over sixteen races at eight rounds, but the overall length of the calendar has been shortened from seven months to six.
• Two new rounds are to be introduced for the 2012 season, with races due to take place atCircuit Paul Ricard and theHungaroring.
• After being removed from the 2011 calendar, the series will return to theAutódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.
• The races at theRed Bull Ring,Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours andCircuit de Catalunya will be discontinued to make way for new and returning races.

Pos. Driver SIL ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ Points 1 Luciano Bacheta 1 1 1 1 2 6 Ret 1 3 6 2 5 3 8 4 3 231.5 2 Mathéo Tuscher 6 5 2 2 5 3 3 8 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 2 1 5 210 3 Christopher Zanella 2 8 6 4 3 1 5 4 6 2 8 3 5 6 2 1 196 4 Markus Pommer 8 7 4 3 9 4 1 2 5 5 5 1 NC 1 8 14 169 5 Mihai Marinescu 4 2 10 Ret 1 2 4 12 4 1 7 7 Ret 7 6 4 161 6 Kevin Mirocha 12 11 3 8 4 10 Ret 3 1 4 6 4 2 4 3 2 159.5 7 Alex Fontana 3 3 7 10 6 5 8 5 Ret 7 14 Ret 1 5 9 6 115 8 Dino Zamparelli 9 6 8 5 13 7 7 10 Ret 3 4 6 6 3 7 7 106.5 9 Daniel McKenzie 5 4 13 6 8 8 2 18 10 8 3 8 4 9 11 10 95 10 Hector Hurst 7 10 9 7 10 11 9 9 7 12 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 27 11 David Zhu 11 9 5 12 7 9 10 13 Ret 13 13 12 10 11 12 11 22 12 Axcil Jefferies 14 DNS Ret 7 8 9 10 10 Ret 10 10 8 17 13 Harald Schlegelmilch 5 9 12 14 Vittorio Ghirelli 6 6 12 15 Max Snegirev 17 15 Ret 14 Ret 16 Ret 14 7 15 14 12 6 16 Richard Gonda 8 12 4 17 Plamen Kralev 15 15 15 13 11 DNS 13 17 11 Ret 12 9 9 13 13 13 4 18 Mauro Calamia 14 12 12 11 15 13 12 14 9 11 11 11 2 19 Victor Guerin 11 9 2 20 Kourosh Khani 10 13 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret 10 2 21 Parthiva Sureshwaren 16 14 16 14 12 12 11 11 0 22 José Luis Abadín 13 16 0 Samuele Buttarelli Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver SIL ALG NÜR SPA BRH LEC HUN MNZ Points Sources:[29][30]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Retired, but classified

• Spa Race 2 ran only four laps, and the race was red-flagged because of rain and crashes on Lap 3 that resulted in a caution. The race was subsequently red-flagged, and under the count-back rule in red flag situations, the race lasted only three laps for a total time of 9:38.007, much less than the 30 minutes required in the 40-minute race, so only half points are awarded as the race did not reach the 75% required for full points.

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