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List of 2012 motorsport champions

2012 motorsport champions
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This list of 2012 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races where the season was completed during the 2012 calendar year.

Open wheel racing

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Series Champion refer
Formula One World Championship   Sebastian Vettel 2012 Formula One season
Constructors:   Red Bull-Renault
IndyCar Series   Ryan Hunter-Reay[1] 2012 IndyCar Series season
Manufacturers:   Chevrolet
Rookie:   Simon Pagenaud
Oval:   Ryan Hunter-Reay
Road:   Will Power
GP2 Series   Davide Valsecchi[2] 2012 GP2 Series season
Teams:   DAMS[3]
Firestone Indy Lights   Tristan Vautier[4] 2012 Indy Lights season
Teams:   Sam Schmidt Motorsports
GP3 Series   Mitch Evans[5] 2012 GP3 Series season
Teams:   Lotus GP[6]
Auto GP World Series   Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[7] 2012 Auto GP World Series season
Teams:   Super Nova International[8]
Under 21 Trophy:   Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[7]
FIA Formula Two Championship   Luciano Bacheta[9] 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship season
Toyota Racing Series   Nick Cassidy[10] 2012 Toyota Racing Series
Star Mazda Championship   Jack Hawksworth[11] 2012 Star Mazda Championship season
ADAC Formel Masters   Marvin Kirchhöfer[12] 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season
Teams:   Lotus[13]
Formula Three
FIA Formula 3 European Championship   Daniel Juncadella 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Formula 3 Euro Series   Daniel Juncadella 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season
Rookie:   Pascal Wehrlein
Teams:   Prema Powerteam[14]
Nations:   Germany
British Formula 3 Championship International:   Jack Harvey[15] 2012 British Formula 3 season
Rookie:   Spike Goddard[16]
German Formula Three Championship   Jimmy Eriksson[17] 2012 German Formula Three season
Trophy:   André Rudersdorf[18]
Rookie:   Lucas Auer[19]
Italian F3 European Series   Riccardo Agostini 2012 Italian Formula Three season
Rookie:   Riccardo Agostini[20]
Teams:   Prema Powerteam
Italian F3 Italian Series   Riccardo Agostini
Teams:   Prema Powerteam
All-Japan Formula Three Championship   Ryō Hirakawa[21] 2012 All-Japan Formula Three season
National:   Daiki Sasaki
Teams:   RSS
Engine Tuners:   TOM'S (Toyota)
European F3 Open Championship   Niccolò Schirò 2012 European F3 Open season
Copa:   Kevin Giovesi[22]
Teams:   RP Motorsport
Australian Drivers' Championship   James Winslow 2012 Australian Drivers' Championship
Austria Formula 3 Cup   André Rudersdorf
Formula Renault
Formula Renault 3.5 Series   Robin Frijns 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Teams:   Tech 1 Racing
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0   Stoffel Vandoorne 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season
Teams:   Josef Kaufmann Racing
Formula Renault Northern European Cup   Jake Dennis 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season
Teams:   Fortec Motorsports
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps   Daniil Kvyat 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season
Junior:   Patrick Kujala
Teams:   Tech 1 Racing
French F4 Championship   Alexandre Baron[23] 2012 French F4 Championship season
Formula Renault Challenge 2.0 Italia   Kevin Gilardoni[24] 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season
Formula Renault BARC   Scott Malvern[25] 2012 Formula Renault BARC season
Winter Series:   Seb Morris[26]
Asian Formula Renault Challenge   Yosuke Yamazaki 2012 Asian Formula Renault Challenge season
Teams:   Buzz Racing
IFC:   Wayne Shen
IFC Teams:   Asia Racing Team
Austria Formel Renault Cup   Thomas Amweg 2012 Austria Formel Renault Cup season
Formula Monza   Erik Johansson
Formula Abarth
Formula Abarth European Series   Nicolas Costa[27] 2012 Formula Abarth season
Rookie:   Santiago Urrutia
Teams:   Euronova Racing by Fortec
Formula Abarth Italian Series   Nicolas Costa[27]
Teams:   Euronova Racing by Fortec
Formula Pilota China   Antonio Giovinazzi 2012 Formula Pilota China season
Best Asian Driver Trophy:   Parth Ghorpade
Teams:   Eurasia Motorsport
Formula Russia   Konstantin Tereshchenko[28]
Formula BMW
JK Racing Asia Series   Aston Hare 2012 JK Racing Asia Series season
Teams:   EuroInternational
Formula LO   Levin Amweg[29] 2012 Formula LO season
Rookie:   Freddy Killensberger
Teams:   GU-Racing
InterSteps Championship   Matt Parry[30]
Formula Ford
British Formula Ford Championship   Antti Buri[31] 2012 British Formula Ford season
EcoBoost:   Antti Buri[32]
Duratec:   Matt Rao[32]
EcoBoost Rookie:   Julio Moreno[32]
Duratec Rookie:   George Blundell[32]
Teams:   JTR[32]
Constructors:   Mygale[32]
Nations:   Finland[32]
U.S. F2000 National Championship   Matthew Brabham[33] 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship
National:   Henrik Furuseth
Teams:   Cape Motorsports
U.S. F2000 Winterfest   Spencer Pigot 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest
F2000 Championship Series   Roberto La Rocca 2012 F2000 Championship Series season
Formula Ford Denmark   Nicolai Sylvest

Sports car and GT

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Series Champion(s) refer
FIA World Endurance Championship   André Lotterer[34]
  Benoît Tréluyer[34]
  Marcel Fässler[34] 		2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season
Manufacturers' WC:   Audi[35]
Manufacturers' WC:   Ferrari[36]
LMP1 Trophy:   Rebellion Racing[37]
LMP2 Trophy:   Starworks Motorsport[37]
LMGTE Pro Trophy:   AF Corse[36]
LMGTE Am Trophy:   Larbre Compétition[34]
FIA GT1 World Championship   Marc Basseng[38]
  Markus Winkelhock[38] 		2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season
Teams:   All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[38]
FIA GT3 European Championship   Dominik Baumann[39]
  Maximilian Buhk[39] 		2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season
Teams:   Heico Gravity-Charouz Team[39]
American Le Mans Series LMPC:   Alex Popow[40] 2012 American Le Mans Series season
GT:   Oliver Gavin[40]
GT:   Tommy Milner[40]
GTC:   Cooper MacNeil[40]
ADAC GT Masters   Sebastian Asch
  Maximilian Götz 		2012 ADAC GT Masters season
Teams:   MS Racing Team
Amateurs:   Swen Dolenc
Australian GT Championship   Klark Quinn 2012 Australian GT Championship season
Trophy:   Dean Koutsoumidis
  Andrew McInnes
Challenge:   Jan Jinadasa
Sports:   Darren Berry
Australian Sports Sedan Championship   Kerry Baily 2012 Australian Sports Sedan season
Porsches
Porsche Supercup   René Rast[41] 2012 Porsche Supercup season
Teams:   Hermes Attempto Racing[41]
Rookie:   Nicki Thiim[41]

Stock car racing

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Series Champion(s) refer
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series   Brad Keselowski[42] 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series   Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[43] 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series   James Buescher[44] 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series   D. J. Kennington[45] 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
NASCAR Toyota Series   Jorge Goeters[46] 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season
Racecar Euro Series   Ander Vilariño[47] 2012 Racecar Euro Series
Turismo Carretera   Mauro Giallombardo 2012 Turismo Carretera

Touring car racing

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Series Champion refer
World Touring Car Championship   Robert Huff 2012 World Touring Car Championship season
Manufacturers:   Chevrolet
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters   Bruno Spengler 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
Teams:   BMW Team Schnitzer
Manufacturers:   BMW
Eurocup Mégane Trophy   Albert Costa 2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
Teams:   Oregon Team
European Touring Car Cup Super 2000:   Fernando Monje[48] 2012 European Touring Car Cup season
Super 1600:   Kevin Krammes[48]
Super Production:   Nikolay Karamyshev[48]
Single-Makes Trophy:   Stian Paulsen[49]
International V8 Supercars Championship   Jamie Whincup 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
New Zealand V8s   Angus Fogg[50] 2011–12 New Zealand V8 season
V8SuperTourer Championship   John McIntyre 2012 V8SuperTourer season
Sprint:   John McIntyre
Endurance:   Greg Murphy
  Jack Perkins

Rallying

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Series Champion(s) refer
World Rally Championship   Sébastien Loeb
  Daniel Elena 		2012 World Rally Championship season
Manufacturers:   Citroën
European Rally Championship   Juho Hänninen
  Mikko Markkula 		2012 European Rally Championship season
Intercontinental Rally Challenge   Andreas Mikkelsen
  Ola Fløene 		2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season

See also

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References

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