2012 International GTSprint Series

The 2012 International GTSprint Series season was the third year of the International GTSprint Series. The season began at Monza on 1 April and finished at Pergusa on 28 October. Andrea Palma won the championship, driving a Ferrari.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 2   Lorenzo Bontempelli GTS2 2
Ferrari 458 36   Ivan Capelli GTS3 3
Ferrari F430 51   Gianfranco Bocellari Cup All
  Roberto Delli Guanti All
52   Roberto Sorti Cup 1-2
  Moreno Petrini 1-2
  Autorlando Motorsport Porsche 997 12   Glauco Solieri GTS2 All
  Black Team Ferrari F430 15   Raffaele Giammaria GTS2 1-2
  Simone Pellegrinelli 1-5
  Francesca Linossi 3-6
  Luciano Linossi 6
  Ciccio La Mazza 7
25   Massimiliano Mugelli GTS2 5
Ferrari 458 27   Andrea Palma GTS2 All
  Ombra Racing Ferrari 458 30   Mario Cordoni GTS3 2-7
  AF Corse Ferrari 458 31   François Perrodo GTS3 5
  Antonelli Motorsport Porsche 997 32   Angelo Proietti GTS3 6
  Mario La Barbera 7
  Giosuè Rizzuto 7
53   Steven Goldstein Cup 3
  Christian Passuti 3
54   Alberto Brambati Cup 2
  Marco Magli 2
  Alessandro Baccani 3
  Paolo Venerosi 3
  Vincenzo Donativi 6
55   Omar Galbiati Cup 1-3
56   Niccolò Granzotto Cup 2
  Alberto Brambati 3
  Pietro Negra 3
  Domenico Guagliardo 7
  Giuseppe Trinca 7
  RC Motorsport Corvette Z06 34   Roberto Benedetti GTS3 All
  Roberto Del Castello All
  Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 35   Davide di Benedetto GTS3 7
  Michele Merendino 7
  Blue Jumeirah Team Mosler MT900R 38   Rafael Unzurrunzaga GTS3 4
  Swiss Team Maserati GT   Gabriele Gardel GTS3 6
  Alessandro Pier Guidi 6
  GDL Racing Porsche 997 41   Steven Goldstein Cup 4-5
  Giacomo Piccini 4-5
58   Vittorio Bagnasco Cup 6-7
91   Ennio Ricci Open 2-5
  Angelo Schiatti 2-5
  LMS Racing Dodge Viper 42   Antti Buri Open 5
  Malucelli Motorsport Ferrari F430 57   Marco Galassi Cup 1-6
  Happy Racer Porsche 997 58   Vittorio Bagnasco Cup 1-5
90   Oleksandr Gaidai Open 1
  Mik Corse Lamborghini Gallardo 61   Steven Goldstein Cup 1-2
  Felipe Merjech 1-2
  Scuderia La.Na. Ferrari F430 63   Gianmaria Gabbiani Cup 2-3
  Gianluca Nattoni 2
  Marco Bassetto 3
  Giovanni Cassibba 7
  Mauro Trentin 7
Hyundai Genesis 93   Gianmaria Gabbiani Open 7
  Gianluca Nattoni 7
  M Racing Porsche 997 65   Emanuele Romani Cup 6-7
  Steven Goldstein 7
  Rallysport Lamborghini Gallardo 68   Ferdinando Serafino Cup 3
  Steven Goldstein 6
  Raffaele Giammaria 6
  Ebimotors Porsche 997 69   Erika Monforte Cup 3
  Simone Monforte 3
70   Roberto Silva Cup 1-2, 6
  Gianluigi Piccioli 3
  Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Ferrari F430 72   Alessandro Bernasconi Cup 1-4
  Lorenzo Casè 1-3, 6
  Matteo Malucelli 6
82   Massimiliano Bianchi Cup 1-3
  Nello Nataloni 1-2
  Fortuna Racing Porsche 997 81   Sébastien Fortuna Cup 1
  N-Racing BMW M3 E92 92   Piero Necchi Open 1-2
  AR Motorsport BMW M3 E92 94   Andrea Bacci Open 2
  Renauer Motorsport Ginetta G50 97   Florian Renauer Open 7
  Scuderia Giudici Lotus Evora 99   Gianni Giudici Open 1

Calendar and results edit

The Pergusa round was to be held in Portimão on 16 September, but it was canceled on 30 June.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 1 April   Raffaele Giammaria   Raffaele Giammaria   Raffaele Giammaria   Black Team
R2   Simone Pellegrinelli   Glauco Solieri   Andrea Palma   Black Team
2 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 April   Raffaele Giammaria   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
R2   Simone Pellegrinelli   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
3 R1   Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia 3 June   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
R2   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
4 R1   Hungaroring, Mogyoród 1 July   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
R2   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
5 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 15 July   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
R2   Andrea Palma   Mario Cordoni   Ombra Racing
6 R1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano 7 October   Andrea Palma   Alessandro Pier Guidi   Alessandro Pier Guidi   Swiss Team
R2   Andrea Palma   Andrea Palma   Black Team
7 R1   Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna 28 October   Roberto Del Castello   Davide di Benedetto   Davide di Benedetto   Audi Sport Italia
R2   Roberto Benedetti   Roberto Benedetti   Roberto Benedetti   RC Motorsport

Championship Standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver MON
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
HUN
 
SPA
 
VAL
 
PER
 
 Pts 
International GTSprint Series
1   Andrea Palma 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 Ret DNS 251
2   Mario Cordoni 2 4 6 5 2 2 3 1 5 12† 2 8† 157
3   Glauco Solieri 3 2 4 3 5 4 3 4 DNS DNS 6 DNS 3 2 134
4   Roberto Benedetti Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11 1 128
  Roberto Del Castello Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11 1
5   Simone Pellegrinelli 1 3 Ret DNS 4 17† 6 5 11 8 90
6   Francesca Linossi 4 17† 6 5 11 8 Ret 7 64
7   Raffaele Giammaria 1 3 Ret DNS 38
8   Davide di Benedetto 1 3 35
  Michele Merendino 1 3
9   Ivan Capelli 2 2 32
10   Gabriele Gardel 1 13† 29
  Alessandro Pier Guidi 1 13†
11   Lorenzo Bontempelli 3 2 29
12   Angelo Proietti 4 2 27
13   François Perrodo 7 6 20
14   Marco Zanuttini 7 4 18
15   Mario La Barbera 4 Ret 12
  Giosuè Rizzuto 4 Ret
16   Massimiliano Mugelli 5 Ret 12
17   Luciano Linossi Ret 7 12
18   Ciccio La Mazza Ret 9† 10
19   Rafael Unzurrunzaga 9 DNS 7
International GTSCup Trophy
1   Steven Goldstein 5 8 16 14 8 8 5 7 8 5 8 10 9 Ret 185
2   Gianfranco Bocellari 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 182
  Roberto Delli Guanti 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4
3   Vittorio Bagnasco 10 10 11 7 10 7 11 8 9 Ret 12 9 8 7 157
4   Lorenzo Casè 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret 9 3 101
5   Marco Galassi 11 12 17 17 17† 12 10 10† Ret Ret 11 6 80
6   Giacomo Piccini 5 7 8 5 74
7   Roberto Silva 9 7 15 6 14 8 66
8   Alessandro Bernasconi 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret Ret DNS 65
9   Felipe Merjech 5 8 16 14 42
10   Matteo Malucelli 9 3 37
11   Domenico Guagliardo 5 5 37
  Giuseppe Trinca 5 5
12   Christian Passuti 8 8 32
13   Omar Galbiati 7 6 (12) (11) (11) (18†) 29
14   Niccolò Granzotto 10 8 29
15   Raffaele Giammaria 8 10 28
16   Emanuele Romani 10 11 9 Ret 27
17   Gianmaria Gabbiani 14 9 19† 16 27
18   Vincenzo Donativi 13 5 23
19   Massimiliano Bianchi Ret 13 20 15 16† 14 22
20   Sébastien Fortuna 8 9 20
21   Gianluca Nattoni 14 9 20
22   Moreno Petrini Ret 11 19 13 18
  Roberto Sorti Ret 11 19 13
23   Gianluigi Piccioli 15 13 16
24   Giovanni Cassibba 7 Ret 14
  Mauro Trentin 7 Ret
25   Erika Monforte 14 15 18
  Simone Monforte 14 15
26   Nello Nataloni Ret 13 20 15 10
27   Marco Bassetto 19† 16 7
28   Ferdinando Serafino Ret 19† 4
Guest drivers inelegible for points
  Alberto Brambati 9 Ret 9 10 0
  Pietro Negra 9 10 0
  Alessandro Baccani 18† 9 0
  Paolo Venerosi 18† 9
  Marco Magli 9 Ret 0
GTSOpen Trophy
1   Ennio Ricci 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9 145
  Angelo Schiatti 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9
2   Antti Buri 2 2 42
3   Oleksandr Gaidai 4 4 42
4   Florian Renauer 10 6 42
5   Piero Necchi DNS DNS 7 6 37
6   Gianni Giudici 12 14 32
7   Andrea Bacci 6 Ret 22
8   Gianmaria Gabbiani Ret DNS 1
  Gianluca Nattoni Ret DNS
Pos Driver MON
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
HUN
 
SPA
 
VAL
 
PER
 
 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

Teams' championship edit

Pos Team Manufacturer Points
1   Black Team Ferrari 369
2   Ombra Racing Ferrari 157
3   Autorlando Motorsport Porsche 134
4   RC Motorsport Corvette 133
5   Kessel Racing Ferrari 79
6   Antonelli Motorsport Porsche 38
7   Audi Sport Italia Audi 35
8   Swiss Team Maserati 29
9   AF Corse Ferrari 20
10   Blue Jumeirah Team Mosler 7

GTS2 Class edit

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points
1   Andrea Palma Ferrari 261
2   Glauco Solieri Porsche 175
3   Simone Pellegrinelli Ferrari 122
4   Francesca Linossi Ferrari 101
5   Raffaele Giammaria Ferrari 38
6   Lorenzo Bontempelli Ferrari 32
7   Ciccio La Mazza Ferrari 17
8   Luciano Linossi Ferrari 17
9   Massimiliano Mugelli Ferrari 17

GTS3 Class edit

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points
1   Mario Cordoni Ferrari 192
2   Roberto Benedetti Corvette 143
  Roberto Del Castello
3   Ivan Capelli Ferrari 42
4   Davide di Benedetto Audi 38
  Michele Merendino
5   Angelo Proietti Porsche 34
6   Gabriele Gardel Maserati 33
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
7   François Perrodo Ferrari 26
8   Marco Zanuttini Ferrari 25
9   Mario La Barbera Ferrari 14
  Giosuè Rizzuto
10   Rafael Unzurrunzaga Mosler 13

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