Italian Formula Renault Championship

Italian Formula Renault Championship
CategoryFormula Renault 2.0
CountryItaly
Inaugural season2000
Folded2012
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersRenault
Last Drivers' champion Kevin Gilardoni
Last Teams' champion GSK Grand Prix
Official websiterenaultsportitalia.it

Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was a Formula Renault 2.0 racing series that is based in Italy. The series raced mostly on Italian races but it had regular races at Belgium's Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and in Spain.

Several Formula One drivers raced in this series, including Felipe Massa, Kamui Kobayashi, Robert Kubica and Pastor Maldonado.

Regulations

Each championship round included 2 races lasting about 30 minutes. Points were awarded as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

In each race, 1 bonus point was awarded for pole position and 1 point for fastest lap. Only classified drivers were awarded points.

Champions

Season Series Name Champion Team Champion Winter Cup Champion
2000 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Felipe Massa Cram Competition Ronnie Quintarelli
2001 Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam Roberto Streit
2002 José María López Cram Competition Toni Vilander
2003 Franck Perera Prema Powerteam Pastor Maldonado
2004 Pastor Maldonado Cram Competition Mikhail Aleshin
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Kamui Kobayashi Jenzer Motorsport Atte Mustonen
2006 Dani Clos Cram Competition Jaime Alguersuari
2007 Mika Mäki Epsilon Red Bull Team César Ramos
2008 Pål Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport Daniel Mancinelli
2009 Daniel Mancinelli CO2 Motorsport
2010 Francesco Frisone Viola Formula Racing
2011 Challenge Formula Renault 2.0 Andrea Boffo Team Torino Motorsport
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Kevin Gilardoni GSK Grand Prix

References