2012 FIA GT3 European Championship

The 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship was the seventh and final season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season commenced on 8 April at Nogaro and ended on 23 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured six double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 60 minutes. Most of the events were support races to the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship; two of the six meetings were run in conjunction with the FIA GT1 World Championship, with combined grids being utilised.[1]

Calendar

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On 2 April 2012, the SRO announced the final calendar for 2012.[2]

Round Circuit Date
1   Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France 8 April
2   Circuit Zolder, Zolder, Belgium 22 April
3   Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain 27 May
4   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal 8 July
5   Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsky District, Russia 2 September
6   Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany[1] 23 September

Entries

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The entry list was published by the FIA on 3 April 2012.[3] For the combined races with the FIA GT1 World Championship, GT3 cars ran with 100 in front of their usual car numbers.

Team Chassis Engine No. Com No. Drivers Rounds Tyres
  Heico Gravity-Charouz Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 1 101   Dominik Baumann All P
  Maximilian Buhk
2 102   Mika Vähämäki All
  Max Nilsson
  Russian Bears Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 4 104   Sergey Ryabov All P
  Miguel Toril
5 105   Vyacheslav Maleev All
  Kirill Ladygin
  Valmon Racing Team Russia Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 6 N/A   Tom Kimber-Smith 1 P
  Natalia Freidina 1
  Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 111   Filip Sladecka 1 P
  Gerhard Tweraser 1
  Hari Proczyk 2–6
  David Mengesdorf 2–6
12 112   Jesse Laine 1
  Gilles Vannelet 1
  Natalia Freidina 2
  Leonid Machitski 2
  Eduard Leganov 4–6
  Riccardo Brutschin 4
  Sergey Afanasyev 5
  Marko Vähämäki 6
  Team Novadriver Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 14 114   Ni Amorim All P
  César Campaniço
N/A 117   Natalia Freidina 6
  Alexey Vasilyev
  Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 15 115   Jérôme Demay 1–3, 6 P
  Dino Lunardi 1–3, 6
16 N/A   Grégory Guilvert 1–2, 4
  Marc Sourd 1–4
  Jonathan Hirschi 3
  Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 24 N/A   Natalia Freidina 4 P
  Albert von Thurn und Taxis 4
Chevrolet Camaro GT Katech 7.9 L V8 34 N/A   Max Sandritter 2 P
  Philip Geipel 2
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 32 N/A   Yves Weerts 3 P
  Kurt Mollekens 3
  AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 50 150   Gaetano Ardagna Pérez All P
  Giuseppe Cirò
51 151   Stefano Gai All
  Michael Lyons
  Esta Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 N/A 177   Aleksander Skryabin 5 P
  Alessandro Pier Guidi 5
N/A 199   Aleksey Basov 5
  Björn Grossman 5

Results and standings

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Race results

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Rnd. Race Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner
1 R1 Nogaro   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 12 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport   No. 16 Saintéloc Racing
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Gilles Vannelet
  Jesse Laine
  Marc Sourd
  Grégory Guilvert
R2   No. 16 Saintéloc Racing   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  Marc Sourd
  Grégory Guilvert
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
2 R1 Zolder   No. 14 Team Novadriver   No. 50 AF Corse   No. 50 AF Corse
  Ni Amorim
  César Campaniço
  Gaetano Ardagna Pérez
  Giuseppe Cirò
  Gaetano Ardagna Pérez
  Giuseppe Cirò
R2   No. 15 Saintéloc Racing   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 50 AF Corse
  Jérôme Demay
  Dino Lunardi
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Gaetano Ardagna Pérez
  Giuseppe Cirò
3 R1 Navarra   No. 11 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport   No. 15 Saintéloc Racing   No. 2 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  David Mengesdorf
  Hari Proczyk
  Jérôme Demay
  Dino Lunardi
  Max Nilsson
  Mika Vähämäki
R2   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
4 R1 Algarve   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
R2   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 11 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  David Mengesdorf
  Hari Proczyk
5 R1 Moscow   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
R2   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 104 Russian Bears Motorsport   No. 114 Team Novadriver
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Sergey Ryabov
  Miguel Toril
  Ni Amorim
  César Campaniço
6 R1 Nürburgring   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
R2   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team   No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk
  Dominik Baumann
  Maximilian Buhk

Championships

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Championship points will be awarded to the first ten positions in each race. Entries must complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

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

Drivers' Championship

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Pos. Driver Team NOG
 
ZOL
 
NAV
 
ALG
 
MOS
 
NÜR
 
Total
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Dominik Baumann   Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 214
1   Maximilian Buhk   Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 214
2   Stefano Gai   AF Corse 2 3 3 5 2 6 4 4 6 4 2 4 158
2   Michael Lyons   AF Corse 2 3 3 5 2 6 4 4 6 4 2 4 158
3   David Mengesdorf   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Ret 6 2 153
3   Hari Proczyk   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Ret 6 2 153
4   Ni Amorim   Team Novadriver 7 7 6 8 4 3 5 2 5 1 7 3 135
4   César Campaniço   Team Novadriver 7 7 6 8 4 3 5 2 5 1 7 3 135
5   Gaetano Ardagna Pérez   AF Corse 10 2 1 1 6 4 7 3 3 Ret Ret DSQ 125
5   Giuseppe Cirò   AF Corse 10 2 1 1 6 4 7 3 3 Ret Ret DSQ 125
6   Mika Vähämäki   Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 6 5 4 9 1 5 2 10 Ret 7 3 8 111
6   Max Nilsson   Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 6 5 4 9 1 5 2 10 Ret 7 3 8 111
7   Marc Sourd   Saintéloc Racing 1 4 10 7 10 8 6 7 63
8   Grégory Guilvert   Saintéloc Racing 1 4 10 7 6 7 58
9   Dino Lunardi   Saintéloc Racing 5 6 Ret 6 5 9 5 5 58
9   Jérôme Demay   Saintéloc Racing 5 6 Ret 6 5 9 5 5 58
10   Sergey Ryabov   Russian Bears Motorsport 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 6 7 8 9 7 53
10   Miguel Toril   Russian Bears Motorsport 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 6 7 8 9 7 53
11   Vyacheslav Maleev   Russian Bears Motorsport 9 12 8 4 DNS DNS 9 8 10 Ret 4 6 45
11   Kirill Ladygin   Russian Bears Motorsport 9 12 8 4 DNS DNS 9 8 10 Ret 4 6 45
12   Alessandro Pier Guidi   Esta Motorsports 4 3 27
12   Aleksander Skryabin   Esta Motorsports 4 3 27
13   Aleksey Basov   Esta Motorsports 9 2 20
13   Björn Grossman   Esta Motorsports 9 2 20
14   Eduard Leganov   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 10 9 8 6 8 Ret 19
15   Jesse Laine   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 4 9 14
15   Gilles Vannelet   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 4 9 14
16   Sergey Afanasyev   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 8 6 12
17   Natalia Freidina   Valmon Racing Team Russia 11 11 6
  Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 9 10
  Reiter Engineering 11 11
  Team Novadriver 10 9
18   Jonathan Hirschi   Saintéloc Racing 10 8 5
19   Marko Vähämäki   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 8 Ret 4
20   Filip Sládečka   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport DSQ 8 4
20   Gerhard Tweraser   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport DSQ 8 4
21   Leonid Machitski   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 9 10 3
22   Riccardo Brutschin   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 10 9 3
23   Alexey Vasilyev   Team Novadriver 10 9 3
24   Kurt Mollekens   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 Ret 2
24   Yves Weerts   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 Ret 2
25   Tom Kimber-Smith   Valmon Racing Team Russia 11 11 0
26   Albert von Thurn und Taxis   Reiter Engineering 11 11 0
  Max Sandritter   Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0
  Philip Geipel   Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Total
NOG
 
ZOL
 
NAV
 
ALG
 
MOS
 
NÜR
 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Teams' Championship

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Teams must have two cars at a race weekend in order to be eligible for scoring points in the Teams' Championship. If a team with just one car finishes in a points position, the cars of the teams that finished below get the extra points. As well as this, Esta Motorsports did not accrue points for their one-off appearance at the Moscow event, nor did Team Novadriver for their expanded two-car entry at the Nürburgring.

Pos. Team Manufacturer Car NOG
 
ZOL
 
NAV
 
ALG
 
MOS
 
NÜR
 
Total
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Heico Gravity-Charouz Team Mercedes-Benz 1
101
3 1 5 3 8 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 359
2
102
6 5 4 9 1 5 2 10 Ret 7 3 8
2   AF Corse Ferrari 50
150
10 2 1 1 6 4 7 3 3 4 Ret DSQ 328
51
151
2 3 3 5 2 6 4 4 6 Ret 2 4
3   Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini 11
111
DSQ 8 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Ret 6 2 189
12
112
4 9 9 10 10 9 8 6 8 Ret
4   Russian Bears Motorsport Ferrari 4
104
8 10 7 11 7 7 8 6 7 8 9 7 158
5
105
9 12 8 4 DNS DNS 9 8 10 Ret 4 6
5   Saintéloc Racing Audi 15
115
5 6 Ret 6 5 9 5 5 106
16 1 4 10 7 10 8 6 7
Pos. Team Manufacturer Car R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Total
NOG
 
ZOL
 
NAV
 
ALG
 
MOS
 
NÜR
 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ratel reveals bold vision for SRO-promoted series". FIA GT3 European Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Revised 2012 calendar released". FIA GT1 World Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Round 1 (Nogaro) Entry List" (PDF). FIA.com. FIA. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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