2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season

2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
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The 2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season is the eighth season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.

Driver lineup

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Oregon Team	1	Nicolas Milan^[1]		1–3
		Roberto Moreno^[2]		4
		Marguerite Laffite^[3]		5–7
	2	Enrico Bettera^[1]	G	1–4, 6
		Navajo^[3]	G	5–6
		Omar Mambretti^[3]	G	5
	3	Kevin Gilardoni^[1]		All
	4	Fabien Thuner^[1]		All
	8	Niccolò Nalio^[1]		All
	14	Albert Costa^[1]		All
Torino Motorsport	2	Navajo	G	7
Torino Motorsport	2	Andrea Boffo	G	7
TDS Racing	5	Jeroen Schothorst^[1]	G	All
	6	Bas Schothorst^[1]		All
	7	Wim Beelen^[1]	G	1–2, 6–7
		Tom Coronel^[4]		3–4
		Tim Coronel^[3]		5
	12	Kelvin Snoeks^[1]		All
Team Lompech Sport	9	Jean-Charles Miginiac^[1]	G	All
	10	David Dermont^[1]		1–2
		Thibault Bossy^[4]		3, 6–7
		Stefano Comini^[2]		4–5
PujolaRacing	11	Toni Forne^[1]	G	1, 6–7
PujolaRacing	11	Bruce Lorgère-Roux^[5]		2–3
Equipe Verschuur	15	Richard Kressner^[6]	G	6
AFK Motorsport	23	Oliver Freymuth^[1]	G	1–3, 5–7
Algarve Pro Racing Team	24	Michael Munemann^[1]	G	1–3, 5–7
	25	Rembert Berg^[4]	G	3
	25	Jakub Knoll^[6]		6

Icon	Class
G	Gentleman Driver

Driver changes

Changed teams

Fabien Thuner switched from Boutsen Energy Racing to Oregon Team.
David Dermont moved to Team Lompech Sport.
Bas Schothorst and Jeroen Schothorst both moved to TDS Racing.

Entering Eurocup Mégane Trophy

Eurocup Clio champion Nicolas Milan, Formula Renault Alps driver Kevin Gilardoni and Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Albert Costa debuted with Oregon Team.
FIA Formula Two Championship driver Kelvin Snoeks entered the championship for TDS Racing.

Team changes

Boutsen Energy Racing, Equipe Verschuur, Brixia Horse Power and Blue Jumeirah Team have all left the Eurocup Mégane Trophy.

Mid-season changes

Rembert Berg debuted in the series, joining Michael Munemann in the Algarve Pro Racing Team.
Tom Coronel made his debut in the series, replacing Wim Beelen from the Nürburgring round onwards.
David Dermont was replaced by Thibault Bossy at Nürburgring. Defending series champion Stefano Comini replaced Bossy for the Moscow round.
Bruce Lorgère-Roux replaced Toni Forne after the opening round at Alcañiz.
Roberto Moreno made his debut in the series, replacing Nicolas Milan at the Moscow event.

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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.^[7] Silverstone Circuit was dropped from the calendar in favour of a round at the new Moscow Raceway in Russia. All seven rounds will form meetings of the 2012 World Series by Renault season.

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	Spain	5 May	Albert Costa	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
1	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	Spain	6 May	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	2 June	Niccolò Nalio	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	3 June	Niccolò Nalio	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
3	R1	Nürburgring	Germany	30 June	Albert Costa	Fabien Thuner	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
3	R2	Nürburgring	Germany	1 July	Albert Costa	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
4	R1	Moscow Raceway	Russia	14 July	Albert Costa	Niccolò Nalio	Fabien Thuner	Oregon Team
4	R2	Moscow Raceway	Russia	15 July	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	Hungary	15 September	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
5	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	Hungary	16 September	Kevin Gilardoni	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	France	29 September	Bas Schothorst	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
6	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	France	30 September	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	Spain	20 October	Kevin Gilardoni	Bas Schothorst	Bas Schothorst	TDS Racing
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	Spain	21 October	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Albert Costa	Oregon Team

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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		SPA		NÜR		MOS		HUN		LEC		CAT		Points
1	Albert Costa	2	3	Ret	3	1	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	1	251
2	Bas Schothorst	1	1	1	1	3	1	6	5	5	4	4	2	1	4	247
3	Kevin Gilardoni	7	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	4	DSQ	2	160
4	Niccolò Nalio	3	2	DNS	2	4	12	3	2	4	Ret	3	3	Ret	3	153
5	Fabien Thuner	4	5	8	14	2	Ret	1	Ret	6	2	2	5	6	Ret	131
6	Kelvin Snoeks	6	8	3	7	8	10	7	6	7	DNS	7	6	Ret	5	82
7	Jean-Charles Miginiac	9	6	4	11	9	4	8	7	Ret	6	13	11	5	9	69
8	Thibault Bossy					11	3					9	8	3	6	46
9	Nicolas Milan	8	12	5	4	7	6									40
10	Jeroen Schothorst	Ret	Ret	DSQ	13	10	7	9	10	9	7	10	10	7	7	37
11	Stefano Comini							2	Ret	2	Ret					36
12	Toni Forne	5	7									17	Ret	4	Ret	28
13	Wim Beelen	Ret	Ret	DSQ	8							12	Ret	2	8	26
14	Bruce Lorgère-Roux			6	DNS	6	9									18
15	Michael Munemann	12	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret			10	8	8	DSQ	Ret	DNS	16
16	Tom Coronel					Ret	13	Ret	3							15
17	Oliver Freymuth	10	10	7	10	12	8			NC	Ret	16	NC	Ret	10	14
18	David Dermont	Ret	Ret	DSQ	6											8
19	Richard Kressner											6	Ret			8
20	Roberto Moreno							Ret	8							4
21	Jakub Knoll											11	9			4
22	Enrico Bettera	11	11	DSQ	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	9			15				2
23	Rembert Berg					13	11									0
	"Old Navajo"									DSQ			Ret	DSQ		0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Tim Coronel									8	5					0
	Marguerite Laffite									Ret	Ret	14	7	8	12	0
	Omar Mambretti										9					0
	Andrea Boffo														11	0
Pos	Driver	ALC		SPA		NÜR		MOS		HUN		LEC		CAT		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Blue	Not classified (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "COLLECTIVE TEST 1" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. Renault Sport. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "COLLECTIVE TEST 1". Alkamel Systems (Renault Sport). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "COLLECTIVE TEST 1". Alkamel Systems (Renault Sport). 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ "Russia included on 2012 World Series calendar". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate). 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.

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