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12bhp from a remap simply isn't going to happen on a 2L N/A engine. Mind you, you haven't been stung as badly as some, I overheard one lad in work the other day saying he'd been offered a 100bhp remap.
As above, Clios (well, except my 1.2 lol) never make book power on stock engines, apart from...
Just for future reference the maximum wattage is set by the ECE who approve headlight bulbs and put the E-marking on. Which is the legal requirement. Bulbs over 65W won't be E-marked.
True pro? Nah. Just experience from hillclimbs and sprints all over the south west for years. But I forgot, owning an AWD Golf makes you an expert on race car preparation, and that owning a 1.2 means you've never driven anything else.
Don't just give it full throttle and let it spin right up. It's quite a technique to learn but you essentially need to keep the revs up in the power band, but without banging it off the limiter. It takes a bit of practice but if you can judge the amount of throttle needed (bracing your foot is...