2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

Last updated April 05, 2024

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.

Drivers and Teams

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
Viola Formula Racing	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
Petrom District Racing AP	29	Mihai Marinescu	All
Steiner Motorsport	30	Bianca Steiner	1–3, 5–7
Tomcat Racing	31	Andrea Roda	All
Tomcat Racing	32	Gianluca Colombo	All
Facondini Racing	34	Giammarco D'Alelio	1–4
	81	Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri	6
	81	Stefano Bizzarri	7
Team Dueppì	35	Christian de Francesch	1–2, 4–7
Team Dueppì	47	Filippo Ponti	6–7
Speed Lover	36	Frank Suntjens	3
AP Motorsport	38	Patrick Reiterer	All
AP Motorsport	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

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
1	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	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
2	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	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
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	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
4	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	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
5	R2	Misano World Circuit	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
6	R2	Mugello Circuit	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
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	October 14	Mihai Marinescu	Daniel Zampieri	Brendon Hartley	Epsilon Red Bull Team

Championship standings

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

Pos^[2]	Driver	VLL1		VLL2		SPA		VAL		MIS		MUG		MNZ		Points
Pos^[2]	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points
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

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
Pos^[3]^[4]	Driver	Team	1	2	3	4	Points
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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Formula Renault 2.0 Alps</span> Former Single-Seater Racing Championship

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps was a category of Formula Renault open-wheel racing, created by the merging of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship and Formula Renault 2.0 Italia.

Nelson Panciatici is a French professional racing driver.

This page describe all the 2007 seasons of Formula Renault series.

Formula Renault is a class of formula racing that was founded in 1971. It is currently the biggest single-seater championship in the United Kingdom.

Fabio Onidi is a professional racing driver from Italy.

This page describe all the 2004 seasons of Formula Renault series.

Fabrizio Crestani is an Italian racing driver.

Francesco "Frankie" Provenzano is an Italian racing driver.

Mihai Marinescu is a professional Romanian racing driver formerly competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frédéric Vervisch</span> Belgian racing driver (born 1986)

Frédéric Vervisch is a Belgian racing driver who currently races in the GT World Challenge Europe.

Daniel Zampieri is an Italian racing driver.

Daniel Mancinelli is a professional racing driver from Italy.

Stéphane Richelmi is a professional racing driver from Monaco. He is the son of former World Rally Championship driver Jean-Pierre Richelmi.

Nico Sebastian Müller is a Swiss professional racing driver. He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport and in Formula E for ABT Cupra.

César Altair Zanetti Ramos is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in the Stock Car Pro Series with Ipiranga Racing. Ramos has also previously raced in Formula Renault, Italian Formula Three, Blancpain GT, Endurance Brasil, and GT Sprint Race.

Nigel Melker is a Dutch racing driver.

The 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season was the tenth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia and the last as one of the prominent Formula Renault series. Though the Italian series effectively merged with the Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse to form the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship from 2010, the Italia series would continue with older cars for three more seasons.

2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the sixth season of the Italian Formula Renault Championship and the first under the name "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy." Most races were in Italy with one race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). Kamui Kobayashi, who went on to drive in Formula One, won the competition. Jenzer Motorsport won the team competition.

The 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the seventh season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. Dani Clos would win the championship driving for Jenzer Motorsport. Cram Competition won the teams championship.

The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the ninth season of the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series. It was won by Pål Varhaug driving for Jenzer Motorsport.

References

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

External links

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "2007 season". Autosport. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[2] Classifica e Statistiche dopo MONZA ^{[ permanent dead link ]}renaultsportitalia.it

[ramos-3] 1 2 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)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]