The 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship was the fourth and the last of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The season started on 14 April at Silverstone and finished on 30 September at Monza. The 2012 calendar saw the addition of two new races. [1]
In the opening round at Silverstone, the first pole of the season was claimed by Mathéo Tuscher, the youngest driver to have taken part in the series. [2] Tuscher was overtaken by Christopher Zanella on the first lap of the opening race; Zanella was later joined by Mihai Marinescu and Luciano Bacheta out front, with Bacheta eventually prevailing over Zanella with series debutant Alex Fontana in third. [3] Marinescu claimed pole position for the second race, [4] but could not stop Bacheta taking his second win of the weekend; Fontana again completed the podium, behind Marinescu. [5]
No. | Driver | Rounds |
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3 | Max Snegirev [6] | 2–5, 7–8 |
4 | Luciano Bacheta [7] | All |
5 | Parthiva Sureshwaren [8] | 1–4 |
6 | Vittorio Ghirelli [9] | 4 |
7 | David Zhu [10] | All |
8 | Plamen Kralev [11] | All |
9 | Mihai Marinescu [12] | All |
10 | Alex Fontana [13] | All |
11 | Kourosh Khani [12] | 1–2, 4–5 |
12 | Mathéo Tuscher [12] | All |
13 | José Luis Abadín [12] | 1 |
14 | Mauro Calamia [12] | 1–6 |
15 | Victor Guerin [14] | 2 |
18 | Dino Zamparelli [12] | All |
19 | Christopher Zanella [15] | All |
20 | Daniel McKenzie [16] | All |
22 | Axcil Jefferies [17] | 3–8 |
23 | Samuele Buttarelli [12] | 1 |
24 | Kevin Mirocha [12] | All |
27 | Markus Pommer [18] | All |
33 | Harald Schlegelmilch [19] | 8 |
35 | Hector Hurst [20] | All |
51 | Richard Gonda [21] | 7 |
An eight-race calendar was published by the FIA World Motor Sport Council on 7 December 2011. [1]
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