The2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series is the second year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the eleventh season of the formerSwiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 24 March atMonza and will finish on 21 October atBarcelona after fourteen races held at seven meetings.
The second-year drivers shined in the opening weekend at Monza. The first pole position of the season was claimed by Tech 1'sPaul-Loup Chatin, but in the first race he was passed by Red Bull-backed Koiranen'sDaniil Kvyat and 2011 Junior championMelville McKee.[1] Kvyat, who set the second fastest time in qualifying, dominated in both races and left Monza with 53 of 54 possible points.[2]
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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 Koiranen Motorsport | 1 | Patrick Kujala[3] | All |
| 2 |  Esteban Ocon[3] | 1, 3–7 |
| 3 |  Daniil Kvyat[3] | All |
| 4 |  Stefan Wackerbauer[3] | All |
| 5 |  Hans Villemi[3] | 1, 5–7 |
| 6 |  Gustavo Lima[3] | All |
| 7 | Victor Franzoni[4] | 1–3, 5–7 |
| 51 |  Saud Al Faisal | 4 |
 GSK Grand Prix[5] | 8 | Nicola De Val[6] | All |
| 9 | Stefano De Val[6] | All |
| ARTA Engineering[5] | 10 |  Alex Loan[3] | All |
| 29 | William Vermont[3] | All |
| 30 | Léo Roussel[3] | All |
| 31 | Paul Petit[7] | 2 |
| 54 | Tristan Papavoine[3] | All |
 RC Formula[5] | 11 | Aurélien Panis[3] | 1–3, 5–7 |
| 36 | Norman Nato[3] | All |
| 39 | Edolo Ghirelli[8] | 2–3 |
| 49 |  Benjamin Bailly | 4 |
| Tech 1 Racing[5] | 12 | Matthieu Vaxivière[9] | 1–3, 7 |
| 14 |  Óscar Tunjo[9] | 1, 3–7 |
| 15 | Roman Mavlanov[10] | All |
| 80 | Felipe Fraga[11] | All |
| 111 | Paul-Loup Chatin[10] | All |
| BVM Racing | 19 |  Michael Heche[12] | 6–7 |
 EPIC Racing[5] | 20 |  Alexander Albon[13] | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 21 | Luca Ghiotto[14] | 6–7 |
| 22 | Bruno Bonifacio[14] | 6–7 |
 Interwetten.com Racing Team[5] | 23 | Konstantin Tereshchenko[9] | All |
| 24 | Melville McKee | 1–2, 5 |
| 25 | Guilherme Silva[9] | All |
| Cram Competition | 27 | Giorgio Roda[15] | 7 |
| One Racing[5] | 28 | Thomas Jäger[16] | 1–2 |
| 32 |  Alex Bosak[16] | All |
| AV Formula | 35 |  Emanuele Zonzini[17] | 6–7 |
| 37 | Tatiana Calderón[18] | 6–7 |
| 40 | Egor Orudzhev[18] | 6 |
| 41 | Denis Nagulin[19] | 7 |
| AtechReid GP | 38 | Alessandro Latif[9] | 1, 4 |
| 39 | Edolo Ghirelli[9] | 1 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 57 | Dan de Zille[20] | 7 |
| Mark Burdett Motorsport | 60 | Gabriel Casagrande | 3–4, 6–7 |
| Brixia Horse Power by Facondini Racing[5] | 73 | Andrea Baiguera[3] | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Team Torino Motorsport[5] | 81 |  Alejandro Abogado[21] | All |
| 82 | Luis Michael Dörrbecker[22] | 1–4 |
| 83 | Simone Iaquinta[23] | 1–4, 6 |
| 85 | Alexey Chuklin[24] | 7 |
Race calendar and results
[edit]The seven-event calendar for the 2012 season was announced on 22 November 2011.[25] The series supported ItalianRenault Clio Cup events at all Italian circuits in the schedule and on theRed Bull Ring with Pau Grand Prix,FIA Formula Two Championship round atSpa andWorld Series by Renault round atBarcelona.
- 1 In the qualifying session at Pau, drivers were divided in two groups.Paul-Loup Chatin andNorman Nato both scored an additional point for the fastest time in each of the split qualifying groups.
Championship standings
[edit]Drivers' Championship
[edit] | | Colour | Result |
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| 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) |
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Juniors' championship
[edit]Teams' championship
[edit]Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.[26]
