2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

The 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the eighth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. The trio of Epsilon Red Bull Team drivers would dominate the season between them with Mika Maki winning over Jaime Alguersuari and Brendon Hartley.

César Ramos would win the winter series driving for BVM Minardi Team.

Drivers and Teams edit

2007 Entry List[1]
Team No. Driver name Rounds
  RP Motorsport 2   Daniel Ricciardo All
37   Federico Leo All
55   Patrick Kronenberger All
  Viola Formula Racing 3   Valerio Prandi All
5   Bruno Orioli 2–3
  BVM Minardi Team 4   César Ramos All
6   Simeon Ivanov All
26   Felipe Lapenna 1–5
  W&D Racing Team 7   Paolo Meloni All
  IT Loox Racing Car 8   Riccardo Cinti All
21   Niki Sebastiani 1–2
22   Craig Dolby 3
33   Marco Betti All
35   Christian de Francesch 1–2, 4–7
40   Federico Muggia 5–6
80   Luca Persiani 7
81   Stefano Bizzarri 1–5
  Jenzer Motorsport 9   Oliver Turvey All
10   Roberto Merhi All
11   Fabio Leimer All
69   Pål Varhaug 6
  Epsilon Euskadi 12   Miquel Julià All
14   Pablo Montilla All
15   Stefano Coletti All
  Epsilon Red Bull Team 16   Mika Mäki All
18   Brendon Hartley All
19   Jaime Alguersuari All
  Thierry Boutsen Racing 20   Stéphane Richelmi 3
  Prema Powerteam 23   Andrea Caldarelli All
24   Martin Plowman All
25   Henkie Waldschmidt All
  CO2 Motorsport 27   Michele Faccin All
59   Daniel Mancinelli All
60   Matei Mihaescu 6–7
  Petrom District Racing AP 28   Aleix Alcaraz 1–6
29   Mihai Marinescu All
  Steiner Motorsport 30   Bianca Steiner 1–3, 5–7
  Tomcat Racing 31   Andrea Roda All
32   Gianluca Colombo All
  Facondini Racing 34   Giammarco D'Alelio 1–4
81   Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri 6
  Stefano Bizzarri 7
  Team Dueppì 35   Christian de Francesch 1–2, 4–7
47   Filippo Ponti 6–7
  Speed Lover 36   Frank Suntjens 3
  AP Motorsport 38   Patrick Reiterer All
39   Alessia Belometti 4–5, 7
  Cram Competition 43   Sergio Campana All
44   Daniel Zampieri All
45   Giovanni Nava 1–6
46   Nicola Zonzini All
49   Andrea Pellizzato 7

Calendar edit

Round Race Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit March 31   Henkie Waldschmidt   Henkie Waldschmidt   Henkie Waldschmidt   Prema Powerteam
R2 April 1   Henkie Waldschmidt   Henkie Waldschmidt   Henkie Waldschmidt   Prema Powerteam
2 R1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit May 12   Jaime Alguersuari   Brendon Hartley   Mika Mäki   Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 May 13   Jaime Alguersuari   Henkie Waldschmidt   Jaime Alguersuari   Epsilon Red Bull Team
3 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps June 15   Henkie Waldschmidt   Jaime Alguersuari   Roberto Merhi   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 June 16   Jaime Alguersuari   Brendon Hartley   Jaime Alguersuari   Epsilon Red Bull Team
4 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo June 30   Mika Mäki   Mika Mäki   Mika Mäki   Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 July 1   Henkie Waldschmidt   Jaime Alguersuari   Jaime Alguersuari   Epsilon Red Bull Team
5 R1   Misano World Circuit July 21   Stefano Coletti   Brendon Hartley   Stefano Coletti   Epsilon Euskadi
R2 July 22   Oliver Turvey   Brendon Hartley   Stefano Coletti   Epsilon Euskadi
6 R1   Mugello Circuit September 15   Mika Mäki   Mika Mäki   Mika Mäki   Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 September 16   Brendon Hartley   Mika Mäki   Mika Mäki   Epsilon Red Bull Team
7 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza October 13   Mika Mäki   Brendon Hartley   Mika Mäki   Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 October 14   Mihai Marinescu   Daniel Zampieri   Brendon Hartley   Epsilon Red Bull Team

Championship standings edit

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 32 28 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

Drivers edit

Pos[2] Driver  
VLL1
 
VLL2
 
SPA
 
VAL
 
MIS
 
MUG
 
MNZ
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1   Mika Mäki 11 12 1 3 Ret 4 1 3 6 29 1 1 1 Ret 274
2   Jaime Alguersuari 12 5 Ret 1 18 1 2 1 10 Ret 3 3 6 2 266
3   Brendon Hartley 4 3 2 Ret 2 28 9 9 30 8 Ret 2 4 1 236
4   Roberto Merhi 5 14 10 5 1 5 8 5 4 4 Ret DSQ 2 5 232
5   Mihai Marinescu 2 2 6 32 7 DNS 11 11 5 6 6 7 3 Ret 206
6   Daniel Ricciardo 6 30 4 8 5 Ret 4 4 12 12 4 4 11 9 196
7   Martin Plowman 3 4 8 7 3 11 12 13 11 3 15 15 8 7 184
8   Henkie Waldschmidt 1 1 3 2 Ret DNS Ret 18 Ret Ret 10 10 7 6 184
9   Oliver Turvey 14 27 5 6 11 Ret 6 10 2 2 5 6 Ret 23 176
10   Stefano Coletti 21 Ret 24 Ret 16 8 Ret 8 1 1 2 5 Ret 4 164
11   Fabio Leimer Ret 13 12 15 4 3 5 2 8 7 13 Ret 5 Ret 161
12   Andrea Caldarelli 9 7 7 Ret 13 2 14 Ret 3 Ret 8 8 13 8 150
13   Felipe Lapenna 7 6 9 4 10 Ret 7 7 9 9 134
14   César Ramos 8 28 Ret 14 8 7 15 25 13 5 Ret 18 10 3 106
15   Daniel Zampieri 15 10 Ret 11 12 6 Ret 12 14 13 7 17 12 19 80
16   Daniel Mancinelli 20 Ret DNS 16 6 9 3 6 7 10 Ret 14 14 Ret 78
17   Aleix Alcaraz 16 8 Ret 10 9 20 10 Ret 15 15 12 13 61
18   Riccardo Cinti 16 11 14 31 17 Ret 17 28 17 19 Ret 9 9 Ret 34
19   Patrick Kronenberger 18 16 33 30 34 10 16 14 18 17 9 12 16 Ret 31
20   Michele Faccin 33 15 13 12 14 12 13 Ret 16 14 14 16 Ret Ret 29
21   Simeon Ivanov 10 9 17 13 21 15 Ret 17 19 21 18 Ret Ret Ret 27
22   Federico Muggia Ret 11 11 11 24
23   Niki Sebastiani 17 29 11 9 20
24   Christian de Francesch 25 20 25 26 Ret 23 Ret 25 17 22 19 10 10
25   Valerio Prandi Ret 17 21 19 29 17 Ret Ret Ret 30 Ret 20 18 11 8
26   Filippo Ponti 28 Ret 17 12 6
27   Patrick Reiterer Ret Ret Ret 27 15 13 Ret 16 20 Ret Ret DNS 23 18 5
28   Glauco Junior Solieri 16 13 4
29   Matei Mihaescu Ret 25 25 13 4
30   Miquel Julià Perello 29 23 20 17 19 14 19 15 22 16 20 23 Ret Ret 3
31   Paolo Meloni 22 26 26 21 31 22 Ret 19 Ret Ret 19 32 Ret 14 2
32   Marco Betti 34 21 30 Ret Ret 25 23 Ret Ret 28 22 30 21 15 1
33   Sergio Campana 26 Ret 19 20 25 16 25 Ret 21 18 Ret 19 15 Ret 1
34   Bianca Steiner 27 Ret 15 Ret 20 Ret 24 Ret 26 Ret 22 20 1
35   Nicola Zonzini 24 19 27 25 27 21 Ret 20 31 22 16 24 Ret 16 0
36   Giovanni Nava 23 18 16 18 26 19 18 21 Ret 23 27 29 0
37   Federico Leo 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 21 22 27 24 25 26 27 17 0
38   Stéphane Richelmi 24 18 0
39   Stefano Bizzarri 28 22 22 Ret 30 24 20 Ret 26 20 24 Ret 0
40   Gianluca Colombo 30 24 29 28 32 Ret Ret 24 23 27 23 Ret 20 21 0
41   Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri 21 21 0
42   Bruno Orioli 23 29 21 27 0
43   Giammarco D'Alelio Ret Ret 28 22 33 Ret 22 DNS 0
44   Craig Dolby 23 23 0
45   Andrea Roda 31 Ret 31 24 Ret DNS Ret 26 28 31 29 31 28 22 0
46   Pablo Montilla 32 25 32 23 Ret 26 24 27 29 26 Ret 28 Ret Ret 0
47   Pål Varhaug 24 27 0
48   Alessia Belometti Ret Ret 25 Ret Ret Ret 0
49   Luca Persiani 26 Ret 0
50   Frank Suntjens 28 Ret 0
51   Andrea Pellizzato 29 DNS 0

Winter Series edit

César Ramos achieved the perfect Winter Series with 4 wins, 4 Pole positions and 4 fastest laps.[3]

  • The same point system is used with 2 points for Fasted lap and 2 points for Pole position.
Pos[3][4] Driver Team   VAL
Nov 10–11
  VAL
Nov 17–18
Points
1 2 3 4
1   César Ramos BVM Minardi Team 1 1 1 1 144
2   Daniel Zampieri Cram Competition 6 5 5 2 86
3   Fabio Onidi RP Motorsport 3 4 3 7 86
4   Riccardo Cinti Riccardo Cinti 4 2 11 4 80
5   Niki Sebastiani It Loox Racing 2 Ret 6 3 70
6   Federico Rossi CO2 Motorsport 2 6 46
7   Genís Olivé Cram Competition 10 6 10 11 46
8   Salvatore Cicatelli Viola Formula Racing Ret 10 4 9 44
9   Valentino Sebastiani It Loox Racing 5 16 16 5 40
10   Roberto Merhi BVM Minardi Team 8 3 38
11   Stefano Bizzarri RP Motorsport 9 9 Ret 8 38
12   Mirko Bortolotti Tomcat Racing 12 11 8 12 34
13   Miki Monrás Cram Competition 13 14 7 10 32
14   Nicola Zonzini Cram Competition 7 15 9 14 31
15   Simeon Ivanov BVM Minardi Team 11 7 24
16   Alberto Cola AP Motorsport 17 8 15 13 19
17   Andrea Roda Tomcat Racing 15 13 13 Ret 9
18   Alessia Belometti AP Motorsport 16 12 14 Ret 8
19   Stefano Comini CO2 Motorsport 12 16 6
20   Andrea Borio Facondini Racing 14 Ret Ret 15 3

References edit

  1. ^ "2007 season". Autosport. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ Classifica e Statistiche dopo MONZA[permanent dead link] renaultsportitalia.it
  3. ^ a b Vallelunga: Poker di Ramos alla Winter Series Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine nuvolari3000.com (November 18, 2007)
  4. ^ Vallelunga: En plein di Ramos Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine nuvolari3000.com (November 11, 2007)

External links edit