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2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Motor racing competition

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. 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. 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.

A month later at Spa, R-ace GP's Pierre Gasly claimed his first pole position. 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. Gasly's teammate Andrea Pizzitola was the fastest in the second qualifying session. 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.

The next Eurocup stop was at the Nürburgring, where Vandoorne set the fastest time in qualifying, before he converted pole position into victory. Nato and Tech 1's Paul-Loup Chatin joined Vandoorne on the podium. 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.

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. 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.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Class	Rounds
FIN Koiranen Motorsport	1	FIN Patrick Kujala		All
2	FRA Esteban Ocon		All
3	RUS Daniil Kvyat		All
4	DEU Stefan Wackerbauer		All
60	EST Hans Villemi		1, 6
BRA Victor Franzoni		2
DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing	5	NLD Pieter Schothorst		All
6	ESP Alex Riberas		All
7	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne		All
GBR Fortec Motorsports	8	FIN Mikko Pakari		All
9	NZL Nick Cassidy		1–3
RUS Alexey Chuklin		4
NLD Steijn Schothorst		5
USA Gustavo Menezes		6
RUS Egor Orudzhev		7
10	GBR Ed Jones		All
44	GBR Oliver Rowland		All
62	GBR Jake Dennis		2–3, 7
63	GBR Dan de Zille		2
64	GBR Josh Hill		2, 7
FRA Tech 1 Racing	11	FRA Paul-Loup Chatin		All
12	FRA Matthieu Vaxivière		All
14	COL Óscar Tunjo		All
15	RUS Roman Mavlanov		All
66	BRA Felipe Fraga		3, 5–7
BEL KTR	16	FIN Miki Weckstrom		1–4
ESP Victor Colomé		7
17	JPN Yu Kanamaru		All
18	ITA Ignazio D'Agosto		All
ESP EPIC Racing	20	GBR Alexander Albon		All
21	ITA Kevin Giovesi		1
DEU Dennis Wüsthoff		2
RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko		4
CHE Kevin Jörg		7
22	CHE Christof von Grünigen		All
AUT Interwetten.com Racing	23	SWE Timmy Hansen		1–4
RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko		5, 7
24	GBR Melville McKee		All
25	BRA Guilherme Silva		All
FRA R-ace GP	26	NLD Nyck de Vries		All
27	FRA Pierre Gasly		All
28	FRA Andrea Pizzitola		All
FRA ARTA Engineering	29	FRA William Vermont		1–4, 6–7
30	FRA Léo Roussel		All
65	FRA Tristan Papavoine		2, 6
68	AND Alex Loan		7
NLD Manor MP Motorsport	31	DNK Johan Jokinen		1–2
THA Tanart Sathienthirakul		3
SWE Kevin Kleveros		5
NLD Steijn Schothorst		4, 6–7
61	2–3
32	GBR Jordan King		All
33	NLD Meindert van Buuren		1–4, 6–7
THA Tanart Sathienthirakul		5
LUX RC Formula	36	FRA Norman Nato		All
37	ESP Javier Tarancón		1–6
45	ITA Edolo Ghirelli		1–2
FRA Aurélien Panis		5–7
GBR Atech Reid GP	38	GBR Alessandro Latif		1–3
EST Hans Villemi		7
39	GBR Daniel Cammish		1
RUS Roman Beregech		4
GBR Dan Wells		7
GBR Mark Burdett Motorsport	67	BRA Gabriel Casagrande		3

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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. 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.

Round	Circuit	Country	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	1
Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz		5 May	RUS Daniil Kvyat	RUS Daniil Kvyat	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
6 May	COL Óscar Tunjo	RUS Daniil Kvyat	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		2 June	FRA Pierre Gasly	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FRA Norman Nato	LUX RC Formula
3 June	FRA Andrea Pizzitola	RUS Daniil Kvyat	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
Nürburgring		30 June	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	FRA Norman Nato	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing
1 July	nowrap	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	nowrap	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	nowrap	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	nowrap	DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing
Moscow Raceway		14 July	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
15 July	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	RUS Daniil Kvyat	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
Hungaroring, Mogyoród		15 September	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing
16 September	RUS Daniil Kvyat	NLD Nyck de Vries	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet		nowrap	29 September	ESP Javier Tarancón	ESP Alex Riberas	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing
30 September	BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	FRA Paul-Loup Chatin	RUS Daniil Kvyat	FIN Koiranen Motorsport
Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló		20 October	COL Óscar Tunjo	GBR Melville McKee	COL Óscar Tunjo	FRA Tech 1 Racing
21 October	RUS Daniil Kvyat	ESP Alex Riberas	GBR Oliver Rowland	GBR Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	ALC
ESP	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	MSC
RUS	HUN
HUN	LEC
FRA	CAT
ESP	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	1	244	2	234	3	109	4	96	5	78	6	77	7	73	8	64	9	62	10	49	11	32	12	31	13	31	14	31	15	30	16	29	17	24	18	21	19	21	20	18	21	12	22	12	23	10	24	8	25	8	26	4	27	2	28	2	29	1	30	1	31	0	32	0	33	0	34	0	35	0	36	0	37	0	38	0	39	0	40	0	41	0	42	0	43	0	44	0	45	0	46	0	47	0	48	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Driver	ALC
ESP	SPA
BEL	NÜR
DEU	MSC
RUS	HUN
HUN	LEC
FRA	CAT
ESP	Points
BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	3	4	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	4	1	2	2	Ret
RUS Daniil Kvyat	1	1	4	1	5	22	1	1	Ret	1	2	1	3	8
GBR Oliver Rowland	6	8	26	4	8	Ret	3	3	16	6	15	6	5	1
FRA Norman Nato	4	3	1	Ret	2	Ret	23	9	6	3	10	17	15	16
NLD Nyck de Vries	2	16	Ret	16	4	Ret	Ret	4	4	2	7	13	22	27
FRA Paul-Loup Chatin	5	10	6	5	3	4	12	10	12	15	14	4	6	28
COL Óscar Tunjo	Ret	2	12	Ret	22	21	11	11	7	7	4	18	1	7
GBR Melville McKee	Ret	15	Ret	14	9	2	6	7	8	5	8	7	7	Ret
ESP Alex Riberas	10	11	5	19	6	Ret	7	Ret	5	10	17	8	4	5
FRA Pierre Gasly	Ret	7	3	25	32	3	14	8	11	11	Ret	Ret	10	6
DEU Stefan Wackerbauer	11	28	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	14	9	6	11	16	13
GBR Jake Dennis			10	2	14	24							12	4
GBR Jordan King	Ret	Ret	7	12	Ret	5	13	Ret	3	13	20	Ret	Ret	25
FRA Esteban Ocon	19	5	21	24	12	18	8	Ret	21	18	9	3	Ret	Ret
FIN Mikko Pakari	14	23	Ret	26	11	23	5	Ret	2	23	12	Ret	20	9
FRA William Vermont	26	20	14	11	31	Ret	10	16			13	5	26	2
BRA Guilherme Silva	9	9	15	9	15	10	9	14	Ret	17	3	21	Ret	19
BRA Felipe Fraga					10	8			30	25	18	10	13	3
ESP Javier Tarancón	7	Ret	8	Ret	16	7	16	18	10	8	11	15
FIN Miki Weckstrom	8	14	34	6	7	Ret	31	17
FRA Andrea Pizzitola	12	12	32	13	13	9	19	12	Ret	16	5	16	Ret	18
NLD Steijn Schothorst			Ret	22	18	6	30	13	20	14	Ret	14	8	22
FIN Patrick Kujala	15	Ret	17	18	19	25	15	5	13	19	23	Ret	Ret	20
NZL Nick Cassidy	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	17	11
GBR Josh Hill			Ret	7									9	Ret
ITA Ignazio D'Agosto	22	Ret	25	8	25	26	24	Ret	29	27	Ret	Ret	25	23
GBR Ed Jones	18	25	16	31	21	16	18	Ret	24	31	28	9	23	11
NLD Pieter Schothorst	Ret	19	28	29	Ret	12	17	20	9	21	21	Ret	19	14
FRA Matthieu Vaxivière	16	22	20	NC	Ret	14	25	Ret	23	20	Ret	Ret	27	10
CHE Christof von Grünigen	25	Ret	30	10	27	Ret	32	19	22	Ret	25	22	DNS	DNS
SWE Timmy Hansen	13	13	11	17	Ret	DNS	20	15
NLD Meindert van Buuren	Ret	Ret	18	15	20	Ret	22	21			Ret	23	11	Ret
RUS Roman Mavlanov	17	21	33	28	26	13	21	Ret	15	12	26	Ret	17	Ret
FRA Tristan Papavoine			24	21							22	12
DNK Johan Jokinen	Ret	17	13	Ret
EST Hans Villemi	Ret	DNS									16	Ret	14	15
BRA Gabriel Casagrande					29	15
GBR Alexander Albon	21	24	19	20	23	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	24	19	24	Ret	26
JPN Yu Kanamaru	Ret	29	27	32	24	17	Ret	25	27	26	Ret	Ret	DSQ	24
FRA Léo Roussel	24	26	23	Ret	33	Ret	26	26	18	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret
ITA Kevin Giovesi	20	18
THA Tanart Sathienthirakul					28	19			26	28
GBR Alessandro Latif	23	27	35	27	30	20
RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko							29	22	28	29			21	21
BRA Victor Franzoni			22	Ret
RUS Aleksey Chuklin							28	23
DEU Dennis Wüsthoff			29	23
RUS Roman Beregech							27	24
ITA Edolo Ghirelli	Ret	Ret	31	30
GBR Dan de Zille			Ret	Ret
GBR Daniel Cammish	Ret	DNS
Guest drivers ineligible for points
FRA Aurélien Panis									19	22	27	Ret	18	17
USA Gustavo Menezes											24	20
GBR Dan Wells													24	Ret
SWE Kevin Kleveros									25	30
AND Alex Loan													28	DNS
ESP Victor Colomé													29	Ret
RUS Egor Orudzhev													Ret	Ret
CHE Kevin Jörg													Ret	DNS

Bold – Pole

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Teams' Championship

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

Pos	Team	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing	306
FIN Koiranen Motorsport	265
GBR Fortec Motorsports	157
FRA Tech 1 Racing	150
FRA R-ace GP	127
LUX RC Formula	117
AUT Interwetten.com Racing	62
NLD Manor MP Motorsport	43
FRA ARTA Engineering	29
BEL KTR	22
ESP EPIC Racing	1

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