2012 FIA Formula Two Championship

Drivers

Driver changes

• Samuele Buttarelli switched from Auto GP to the championship.
• Formula Renault ALPS driver Mauro Calamia graduated into Formula Two in 2012.
• European F3 Open champion Alex Fontana graduated to the series.
• After competing in the first three rounds of the Auto GP World Series, Victor Guerin joined the series ahead of the Portimão round.
• Daniel McKenzie moved into the series from the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
• After competing in the GP2 Series in 2011, Kevin Mirocha switched to the FIA Formula Two Championship.
• After finishing seventh in the German Formula Three Championship, Markus Pommer graduated into Formula Two in 2012.
• Formula Pilota China champion Mathéo Tuscher and eighth-placed David Zhu moved into the championship.
• Formula Renault BARC champion Dino Zamparelli as well as fourth-placed Kourosh Khani and thirteenth-placed Hector Hurst all joined the championship.

• Alex Brundle joined Carlin in the GP3 Series.
• Jack Clarke and Benjamin Lariche switched to sportscar racing, joining the European Le Mans Series and FIA GT1 World Championship respectively.
• Armaan Ebrahim moved to the United States to compete in Firestone Indy Lights.
• Jordan King switched to the Formula Renault Eurocup with Manor MP Motorsport.
• Jon Lancaster graduated to the GP2 Series with Ocean Racing Technology.

  Race calendar and results

Calendar changes

• As in 2011, the series will take place over sixteen races at eight rounds, but the overall length of the calendar has been shortened from seven months to six.
• Two new rounds are to be introduced for the 2012 season, with races due to take place at Circuit Paul Ricard and the Hungaroring.
• After being removed from the 2011 calendar, the series will return to the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.
• The races at the Red Bull Ring, Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and Circuit de Catalunya will be discontinued to make way for new and returning races.

  Championship standings

• Spa Race 2 ran only four laps, and the race was red-flagged because of rain and crashes on Lap 3 that resulted in a caution. The race was subsequently red-flagged, and under the count-back rule in red flag situations, the race lasted only three laps for a total time of 9:38.007, much less than the 30 minutes required in the 40-minute race, so only half points are awarded as the race did not reach the 75% required for full points.