2012 ADAC Formel Masters explained

The 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season was an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based out of Germany. It was the fifth season of the ADAC Formel Masters. The season began on 31 March at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 30 September at Hockenheim after eight race weekends, totalling 24 races.

The championship was won by German driver Marvin Kirchhöfer.

Season review

The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oschersleben by second-year driver Jeffrey Schmidt for the Lotus team, that was previously known as Motopark Academy.^[1] But he was passed by his team-mate Marvin Kirchhöfer on the opening lap of the first race, with Kirchhöfer going on to win his first race in single-seaters.^[2] Schmidt and Kirchhöfer collided in the second race, while Thomas Jäger secured his first win in the German series,^[3] and the first for his team, Neuhauser Racing, since 2008. Another Lotus driver Kuba Dalewski won the reverse-grid third race of the weekend in his first single-seaters meeting.^[4]

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Lotus^[5]	2	Kuba Dalewski^[6]	1–5
	3	Marvin Kirchhöfer	All
	4	Hubertus Carlos-Vier^[7]	3–4
	5	Beitske Visser^[8]	1–2, 4–6, 8
	6	Indy Dontje	All
	7	Jeffrey Schmidt	All
	24	Antti Buri	7
Mücke Motorsport	8	Roy Nissany^[9]	All
	9	Florian Herzog^[10]	All
	10	Luca Caspari	All
	12	Jason Kremer^[11]	All
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	11	Hendrik Grapp	All
Neuhauser Racing	14	Gustav Malja^[12]	All
Neuhauser Racing	15	Thomas Jäger^[13]	All
Team KUG Motorsport	16	Hubertus Carlos-Vier	1
Team KUG Motorsport	17	Nicolas Pohler	All
KSW Motorsport	18	Kim-Alexander Giersiepen	1–3, 7–8
G&J/Schiler Motorsport	19	Sebastian Balthasar	All
G&J/Schiler Motorsport	21	Alessio Picariello^[14]	All
HS Engineering	20	Felix Wieland	All
HS Engineering	23	Nicolas Beer	4–6, 8

Race calendar and results

The 2012 calendar was announced on 29 September 2011.^[15] Seven of eight race weekends are a part of the ADAC's Masters Weekend package, with an additional round at the Nürburgring that will support the ADAC Truck Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	31 March	Jeffrey Schmidt	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R2	1 April	Jeffrey Schmidt	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Thomas Jäger	Neuhauser Racing
	R3	1 April		Kuba Dalewski	Kuba Dalewski	Lotus
2	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5 May	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R2		6 May	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R3		6 May		Gustav Malja	Beitske Visser	Lotus
3	R1	Sachsenring	9 June	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Gustav Malja	Gustav Malja	Neuhauser Racing
	R2		10 June	Gustav Malja	Gustav Malja	Gustav Malja	Neuhauser Racing
	R3		10 June	Race abandoned
4	R1	Nürburgring	14 July	Jason Kremer	Alessio Picariello	Alessio Picariello	G&J/Schiller Motorsport
	R2		14 July	Jason Kremer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Jason Kremer	Mücke Motorsport
	R3		15 July		Jason Kremer	Gustav Malja	Neuhauser Racing
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	11 August	Florian Herzog	Gustav Malja	Roy Nissany	Mücke Motorsport
	R2		12 August	Alessio Picariello	Jason Kremer	Alessio Picariello	G&J/Schiller Motorsport
	R3		12 August		Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
6	R1	Lausitzring	25 August	Hendrik Grapp	Florian Herzog	Hendrik Grapp	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
	R2		26 August	Beitske Visser	Gustav Malja	Beitske Visser	Lotus
	R3		26 August		Jeffrey Schmidt	Jeffrey Schmidt	Lotus
7	R1	Nürburgring	15 September	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Gustav Malja	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R2		16 September	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Gustav Malja	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R3		16 September		Gustav Malja	Hendrik Grapp	nowrap	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
8	R1	Hockenheimring	29 September	nowrap	Marvin Kirchhöfer	nowrap	Marvin Kirchhöfer	nowrap	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R2		Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus
	R3		30 September		Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Lotus

Notes:

— The third race at the Sachsenring was abandoned following an accident in which Florian Herzog and Kim-Alexander Giersiepen collided with a course car while marshals were recovering the car of Nicolas Pohler from a gravel trap.^[16]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Races 1 & 2	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Race 3	15	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	OSC			ZAN			SAC			NÜR			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC		Pts
1	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1	17	5	1	1	3	2	4	C	3	2	2	Ret	7	1	3	10	6	1	1	2	1	1	1	329
2	Gustav Malja	5	4	3	3	13	2	1	1	C	5	4	1	2	2	4	2	2	3	3	2	7	2	3	3	307
3	Jeffrey Schmidt	3	16	8	5	12	4	5	3	C	4	5	4	8	12	7	5	3	1	4	5	Ret	4	4	2	193
4	Jason Kremer	2	6	15	7	2	9	4	2	C	2	1	3	4	5	2	10	8	Ret	11	8	4	5	11	Ret	191
5	Thomas Jäger	8	1	12	Ret	6	Ret	7	14	C	6	6	7	5	4	3	6	14	5	15	3	8	3	2	4	165
6	Alessio Picariello	10	2	4	12	5	7	Ret	8	C	1	3	DSQ	3	1	5	Ret	9	4	7	12	13	10	7	14	152
7	Indy Dontje	14	12	14	8	4	8	3	5	C	12	9	6	7	10	10	12	5	Ret	6	4	11	7	5	5	111
8	Beitske Visser	9	5	Ret	DNS	8	1				8	12	12	6	6	15	4	1	Ret				6	6	6	109
9	Roy Nissany	Ret	8	10	6	11	5	Ret	7	C	7	8	5	1	16	Ret	7	6	Ret	8	6	DSQ	9	10	8	98
10	Luca Caspari	7	7	2	2	14	6	6	6	C	9	11	13	10	15	8	9	DSQ	7	5	Ret	3	11	12	Ret	91
11	Hendrik Grapp	6	11	13	DNS	7	16	8	10	C	17	10	14	9	11	11	1	12	9	2	7	1	Ret	DNS	12	88
12	Kuba Dalewski	13	3	1	4	3	15	9	16	C	14	7	Ret	Ret	3	14										80
13	Sebastian Balthasar	16	9	7	11	10	14	11	Ret	C	16	15	9	14	17	6	8	4	Ret	9	13	Ret	Ret	8	10	37
14	Florian Herzog	4	10	6	9	9	10	Ret	9	C	11	14	10	12	8	13	14	13	DSQ	10	Ret	9	14	9	9	37
15	Felix Wieland	11	14	9	DNS	16	13	13	15	C	18	18	11	Ret	9	Ret	11	7	2	13	10	10	Ret	16	13	22
16	Nicolas Beer										10	16	8	11	13	9	Ret	11	8				8	13	7	13
17	Antti Buri																			12	9	5				8
18	Nicolas Pohler	12	13	11	10	15	11	12	12	C	15	17	Ret	13	14	12	13	Ret	Ret	14	11	6	12	14	11	6
19	Hubertus-Carlos Vier	DNS	DNS	DNS				10	13	C	13	13	15													1
20		15	15	16	Ret	DNS	12	14	11	C										16	14	12	15	15	15	0
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	OSC			ZAN			SAC			NÜR			RBR			LAU			NÜR			HOC		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

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valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Team	OSC			ZAN			SAC			NÜR			RBR			LAU		NÜR	HOC			Pts
1	align=left rowspan=2	Lotus	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	C	3	2	2	6	3	1	3	1	1				461
1	3	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	C	4	5	4	7	6	7	4	3	6						461
2	align=left rowspan=2	Mücke Motorsport	2	6	2	2	2	5	4	2	C	2	1	3	1	5	2	1	6	7				366
2	4	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	C	7	8	5	4	8	8	7	8	9						366
3	align=left rowspan=2	Neuhauser Racing	5	1	3	3	6	2	1	1	C	5	4	1	2	2	3	2	2	3				355
3	8	4	12	Ret	13	Ret	7	14	C	6	6	7	5	4	4	6	14	5						355
4	align=left rowspan=2 nowrap	G&J/Schiller Motorsport	10	2	4	11	5	7	11	8	C	1	3	9	3	1	5	8	4	4				215
4	16	9	7	12	10	14	Ret	Ret	C	16	15	DSQ	14	17	6	Ret	9	Ret						215
5	align=left rowspan=2	HS Engineering	11	14	9	DNS	16	13	13	15	C	10	16	8	11	9	9	11	7	2				63
5										18	18	11	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	11	8						63
6	align=left rowspan=2 nowrap	Team KUG Motorsport	12	13	11	10	15	11	12	12	C	15	17	Ret	13	14	12	13	Ret	Ret				36
6	DNS	DNS	DNS																					36
7	KSW Motorsport	15	15	16	Ret	DNS	12	14	11	C													11
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Team	OSC			ZAN			SAC			NÜR			RBR			LAU		NÜR	HOC			Pts

External links

Notes and References

News: Schmidt takes first two pole positions. 31 March 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 14 April 2012.
News: Marvin Kirchhöfer wins first race of the season. 31 March 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 14 April 2012.
News: Jäger secures first win in the Formel ADAC. 14 April 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 14 April 2012.
News: First win for Kuba Dalewski. 1 April 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 14 April 2012.
News: Team Motopark becomes Lotus. https://archive.today/20130129030239/http://www.motopark.com/en/racing-series/ats-f-3-cup/news/item/198-team-motopark-wird-lotus/198-team-motopark-wird-lotus.html. dead. 29 January 2013. 13 February 2012. Team Motopark. Motopark Academy. 13 February 2012. The German-based team will enter four Dallara-VWs in the 2012 German Formula 3 Championship and no less than six cars in the German ADAC Formula Masters, the new leading feeder series for up and coming drivers from kart racing..
News: ADAC Formel Masters auch 2012 stark besetzt. 8 March 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. German. 13 March 2012. ADAC Formula Masters in 2012 strongly occupied.
Web site: ADAC Formel Masters — Class Rank Freies Training. ADAC Formel Masters. Blancpain Timing; ADAC. 8 June 2012. 8 June 2012.
News: La Visser con Motopark . Visser for Motopark . 16 February 2012 . ItaliaRacing.net . Inpagina . Italian . 17 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017140311/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=34649&cat=61 . 17 October 2012 .
News: Nissany bleibt Mücke-Pilot . Nissany is the Mücke driver . . . 4 January 2012 . 12 February 2012 . German .
News: Ein ehrgeiziger Neuling . An ambitious newcomer . . . 28 December 2011 . 12 February 2012 . German .
News: Kremer will um den Titel kämpfen . Kremer wants to fight for the title . . . 8 December 2011 . 12 February 2012 . German .
News: Neuhauser Racing 2012 weiter mit Malja, Teamkollege noch offen . Neuhauser Racing with Malja, teammate still unknown . . . 28 February 2012 . 7 March 2012 . German .
News: Neuhauser mit Jäger auf Punktejagd. Neuhauser with Jäger in points chase. 22 March 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. German. 23 March 2012.
News: Willkommen, Belgien. 15 March 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 16 March 2012. German. Welcome, Belgium.
News: 2012 erneut mit acht mal drei Rennen . Eight times with three races in 2012 again . . . 29 September 2011 . 12 February 2012 . German .
News: Third race at Sachsenring abandoned. 10 June 2012. ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 10 June 2012.