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

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

Calendar

Round Race Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit March 31 Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 April 1 Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Italy Prema Powerteam
2 R1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit May 12 Spain Jaime Alguersuari New Zealand Brendon Hartley Finland Mika Mäki Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 May 13 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Spain Jaime Alguersuari Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps June 15 Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Spain Jaime Alguersuari Spain Roberto Merhi Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
R2 June 16 Spain Jaime Alguersuari New Zealand Brendon Hartley Spain Jaime Alguersuari Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
4 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo June 30 Finland Mika Mäki Finland Mika Mäki Finland Mika Mäki Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 July 1 Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt Spain Jaime Alguersuari Spain Jaime Alguersuari Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
5 R1 Italy Misano World Circuit July 21 Monaco Stefano Coletti New Zealand Brendon Hartley Monaco Stefano Coletti Spain Epsilon Euskadi
R2 July 22 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey New Zealand Brendon Hartley Monaco Stefano Coletti Spain Epsilon Euskadi
6 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit September 15 Finland Mika Mäki Finland Mika Mäki Finland Mika Mäki Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 September 16 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Finland Mika Mäki Finland Mika Mäki Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
7 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza October 13 Finland Mika Mäki New Zealand Brendon Hartley Finland Mika Mäki Spain Epsilon Red Bull Team
R2 October 14 Romania Mihai Marinescu Italy Daniel Zampieri New Zealand Brendon Hartley Spain 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 Italy
VLL1 		Italy
VLL2 		Belgium
SPA 		Spain
VAL 		Italy
MIS 		Italy
MUG 		Italy
MNZ 		Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 Finland Mika Mäki 11 12 1 3 Ret 4 1 3 6 29 1 1 1 Ret 274
2 Spain Jaime Alguersuari 12 5 Ret 1 18 1 2 1 10 Ret 3 3 6 2 266
3 New Zealand Brendon Hartley 4 3 2 Ret 2 28 9 9 30 8 Ret 2 4 1 236
4 Spain Roberto Merhi 5 14 10 5 1 5 8 5 4 4 Ret DSQ 2 5 232
5 Romania Mihai Marinescu 2 2 6 32 7 DNS 11 11 5 6 6 7 3 Ret 206
6 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 6 30 4 8 5 Ret 4 4 12 12 4 4 11 9 196
7 United Kingdom Martin Plowman 3 4 8 7 3 11 12 13 11 3 15 15 8 7 184
8 Netherlands Henkie Waldschmidt 1 1 3 2 Ret DNS Ret 18 Ret Ret 10 10 7 6 184
9 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 14 27 5 6 11 Ret 6 10 2 2 5 6 Ret 23 176
10 Monaco Stefano Coletti 21 Ret 24 Ret 16 8 Ret 8 1 1 2 5 Ret 4 164
11 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Ret 13 12 15 4 3 5 2 8 7 13 Ret 5 Ret 161
12 Italy Andrea Caldarelli 9 7 7 Ret 13 2 14 Ret 3 Ret 8 8 13 8 150
13 Brazil Felipe Lapenna 7 6 9 4 10 Ret 7 7 9 9 134
14 Brazil César Ramos 8 28 Ret 14 8 7 15 25 13 5 Ret 18 10 3 106
15 Italy Daniel Zampieri 15 10 Ret 11 12 6 Ret 12 14 13 7 17 12 19 80
16 Italy Daniel Mancinelli 20 Ret DNS 16 6 9 3 6 7 10 Ret 14 14 Ret 78
17 Spain Aleix Alcaraz 16 8 Ret 10 9 20 10 Ret 15 15 12 13 61
18 Italy Riccardo Cinti 16 11 14 31 17 Ret 17 28 17 19 Ret 9 9 Ret 34
19 Germany Patrick Kronenberger 18 16 33 30 34 10 16 14 18 17 9 12 16 Ret 31
20 Italy Michele Faccin 33 15 13 12 14 12 13 Ret 16 14 14 16 Ret Ret 29
21 Bulgaria Simeon Ivanov 10 9 17 13 21 15 Ret 17 19 21 18 Ret Ret Ret 27
22 Italy Federico Muggia Ret 11 11 11 24
23 Italy Niki Sebastiani 17 29 11 9 20
24 Italy Christian de Francesch 25 20 25 26 Ret 23 Ret 25 17 22 19 10 10
25 Italy Valerio Prandi Ret 17 21 19 29 17 Ret Ret Ret 30 Ret 20 18 11 8
26 Italy Filippo Ponti 28 Ret 17 12 6
27 Italy Patrick Reiterer Ret Ret Ret 27 15 13 Ret 16 20 Ret Ret DNS 23 18 5
28 Italy Glauco Junior Solieri 16 13 4
29 Romania Matei Mihaescu Ret 25 25 13 4
30 Spain Miquel Julià Perello 29 23 20 17 19 14 19 15 22 16 20 23 Ret Ret 3
31 San Marino Paolo Meloni 22 26 26 21 31 22 Ret 19 Ret Ret 19 32 Ret 14 2
32 Italy Marco Betti 34 21 30 Ret Ret 25 23 Ret Ret 28 22 30 21 15 1
33 Italy Sergio Campana 26 Ret 19 20 25 16 25 Ret 21 18 Ret 19 15 Ret 1
34 Austria Bianca Steiner 27 Ret 15 Ret 20 Ret 24 Ret 26 Ret 22 20 1
35 Italy Nicola Zonzini 24 19 27 25 27 21 Ret 20 31 22 16 24 Ret 16 0
36 Italy Giovanni Nava 23 18 16 18 26 19 18 21 Ret 23 27 29 0
37 Italy Federico Leo 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 21 22 27 24 25 26 27 17 0
38 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 24 18 0
39 Italy Stefano Bizzarri 28 22 22 Ret 30 24 20 Ret 26 20 24 Ret 0
40 Italy Gianluca Colombo 30 24 29 28 32 Ret Ret 24 23 27 23 Ret 20 21 0
41 Italy Umberto Emanuel Bizzarri 21 21 0
42 Venezuela Bruno Orioli 23 29 21 27 0
43 Italy Giammarco D'Alelio Ret Ret 28 22 33 Ret 22 DNS 0
44 United Kingdom Craig Dolby 23 23 0
45 Italy Andrea Roda 31 Ret 31 24 Ret DNS Ret 26 28 31 29 31 28 22 0
46 Spain Pablo Montilla 32 25 32 23 Ret 26 24 27 29 26 Ret 28 Ret Ret 0
47 Norway Pål Varhaug 24 27 0
48 Italy Alessia Belometti Ret Ret 25 Ret Ret Ret 0
49 Italy Luca Persiani 26 Ret 0
50 Netherlands Frank Suntjens 28 Ret 0
51 Italy 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 Italy VAL
Nov 10–11 		Italy VAL
Nov 17–18 		Points
1 2 3 4
1 Brazil César Ramos BVM Minardi Team 1 1 1 1 144
2 Italy Daniel Zampieri Cram Competition 6 5 5 2 86
3 Italy Fabio Onidi RP Motorsport 3 4 3 7 86
4 Italy Riccardo Cinti Riccardo Cinti 4 2 11 4 80
5 Italy Niki Sebastiani It Loox Racing 2 Ret 6 3 70
6 Italy Federico Rossi CO2 Motorsport 2 6 46
7 Spain Genís Olivé Cram Competition 10 6 10 11 46
8 Italy Salvatore Cicatelli Viola Formula Racing Ret 10 4 9 44
9 Italy Valentino Sebastiani It Loox Racing 5 16 16 5 40
10 Spain Roberto Merhi BVM Minardi Team 8 3 38
11 Italy Stefano Bizzarri RP Motorsport 9 9 Ret 8 38
12 Italy Mirko Bortolotti Tomcat Racing 12 11 8 12 34
13 Spain Miki Monrás Cram Competition 13 14 7 10 32
14 Italy Nicola Zonzini Cram Competition 7 15 9 14 31
15 Bulgaria Simeon Ivanov BVM Minardi Team 11 7 24
16 Italy Alberto Cola AP Motorsport 17 8 15 13 19
17 Italy Andrea Roda Tomcat Racing 15 13 13 Ret 9
18 Italy Alessia Belometti AP Motorsport 16 12 14 Ret 8
19 Switzerland Stefano Comini CO2 Motorsport 12 16 6
20 Italy Andrea Borio Facondini Racing 14 Ret Ret 15 3

References

  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)