2012 ADAC GT Masters explained

The 2012 ADAC GT Masters season was the sixth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 30 March at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 30 September at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings.^[1] Sebastian Asch and Maximilian Götz became the champions in the drivers' standings.^[2]

Entry list

Team

Car

Drivers

Rounds

Alpina

BMW ALPINA B6 GT3

Dino Lunardi

All

Maxime Martin

All

LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler

BMW ALPINA B6 GT3

Johannes Leidinger

All

Florian Spengler

All

InternetX-Reiter Engineering

Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+

Štefan Rosina

1, 2, 4, 5

Albert von Thurn und Taxis

1, 2, 4, 5

Peter Kox

1–3

Marc A. Hayek

1, 2

Dennis Retera

kfzteile24 MS Racing Team

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Daniel Dobitsch

All

Florian Stoll

All

Sebastian Asch

All

Maximilian Götz

All

Farnbacher ESET Racing

Ferrari 458 Italia GT3

Mario Farnbacher

1–3

Niclas Kentenich

1–3

Porsche 911 GT3 R

Mario Farnbacher

4–8

Niclas Kentenich

4–8

HEICO Motorsport

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Christiaan Frankenhout

All

Kenneth Heyer

All

Dominik Baumann

All

All

All

All

Schöner Wohnen Polarweiss HEICO Team

Lance David Arnold

All

Alexandros Margaritis

All

rhino`s Leipert Motorsport

Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+

Raffael Bader

All

David Mengesdorf

1–4, 6–8

Peter Ebner

Oleg Petrishin

1–5, 7, 8

Gerhard Tweraser

1, 2, 8

Korbinian Baier

3–5

Sergey Afanasyev

MRS GT-Racing

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

Patrick Huisman

Erwin Stückle

Christian Ott

1–6

1–3

4, 5, 8

6–8

FACH AUTO TECH

Porsche 911 GT3 R

Swen Dolenc

All

Martin Ragginger

All

Andrina Gugger

All

Otto Klohs

All

Callaway Competition

Corvette Z06

Remo Lip

All

Frank Schmickler

1–4, 6–8

Mario Dablander

Frank Kechele

All

Toni Seiler

All

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

All

Andreas Wirth

1–6, 8

Henry Zumbrink

All

All

BMW Z4 GT3

3–4

3–4

Max Partl

Jörg Weidinger

Claudia Hürtgen

All

Dominik Schwager

All

Prosperia uhc speed

Audi R8 LMS ultra

Christopher Mies

All

Christer Jöns

1, 2

Edward Sandström

3–8

Christian Abt

All

Carsten Tilke

1–3, 5–8

Luca Ludwig

WestCoast Racing

BMW Z4 GT3

Fredrik Lestrup

1–7

Martin Matzke

1–4

Martin Öhlin

5, 6

Daniel Roos

Team GT3 Kasko

Porsche 911 GT3 R

Georg Engelhardt

All

Marco Seefrie

1–7

Nicki Thiim

René Bourdeaux

All

Alfred Renauer

All

Norbert Janz

Christoph Schrezenmeier

Frogreen CO2 neutral

Porsche 911 GT3 R

Robert Renauer

All

Nicki Thiim

1, 4

Jeroen Bleekemolen

Nicolas Armindo

3, 5–8

Wolfgang Hageleit

Sven Heyrowsky

Schulze Motorsport

Nissan GT-R GT3

Michael Schulze

1–6

Tobias Schulze

1–6

Young Driver AMR

Aston Martin V12 Vantage

Ferdinand Stuck

1–7

Johannes Stuck

1–7

Christoffer Nygaard

All

Kristian Poulsen

All

YACO Racing powered by Jochen Schweizer

Chevrolet Camaro GT3

Max Sandritter

All

Philip Geipel

1, 2, 5–8

Christian Bracke

3, 4

Charlie Geipel

1–4

Achim Winter

1–4

	Team Geyer & Weinig EDV-Unternehmensberatung
Schütz Motorsport

Porsche 911 GT3 R

Christian Engelhart

All

Nick Tandy

1–3, 5–7

Sean Edwards

4, 8

Gemballa Racing

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

Sascha Bert

1–7

Luca Ludwig

1–3

Christopher Brück

4–7

Lambda Performance

Ford GT GT3

Jesse Krohn

1–6

Nico Verdonck

1–6

Riccardo Brutschin

Francesco Lopez

Mamerow Racing

Audi R8 LMS ultra

Christian Mamerow

1, 3–8

Bernd Herndlhofer

René Rast

3–5, 8

Christopher Haase

Frank Stippler

DB Motorsport

BMW Z4 GT3

Jeroen Den Boer

All

Simon Knap

All

SMS Seyffarth Motorsport

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Jan Seyffarth

1–4, 6

Maximilian Mayer

1–4

Karl Wendlinger

GRT Grasser Racing

Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+

Gottfried Grasser

1, 2, 4–6

Mario Dablander

Tomáš Enge

Daniel Bohr

Andrea Piccini

Carsten Seifert

HEICO Gravity-Charouz Team

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Erik Janiš

All

Jan Stovicek

All

Marcel Laseé

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	30 March	No. 21 Prosperia uhc speed	No. 1 Alpina
	R1		30 March	Christer Jöns Christopher Mies	Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin
	R2		1 April	No. 1 Alpina	No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M
	R2		1 April	Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin	Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy
2	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5 May	No. 28 Callaway Competition	No. 28 Callaway Competition
	R1		5 May	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz
	R2		6 May	No. 41 DB Motorsport	No. 41 DB Motorsport
	R2		6 May	Jeroen den Boer Simon Knap	Jeroen den Boer Simon Knap
3	R1	Sachsenring	9 June	No. 28 Callaway Competition	No. 28 Callaway Competition
	R1		9 June	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz
	R2		10 June	No. 28 Callaway Competition	No. 33 Young Driver AMR
	R2		10 June	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	Christoffer Nygaard Kristian Poulsen
4	R1	Nürburgring	14 July	No. 5 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team	No. 40 Mamerow Racing
	R1		14 July	Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz	Christian Mamerow René Rast
	R2		15 July	No. 5 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team	No. 1 Alpina
	R2		15 July	Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz	Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	11 August	No. 6 Farnbacher ESET Racing	No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M
	R1		11 August	Mario Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich	Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy
	R2		12 August	No. 14 MRS GT-Racing	No. 6 Farnbacher ESET Racing
	R2		12 August	Philipp Eng Christian Ott	Mario Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich
6	R1	Lausitzring	25 August	No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M	No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M
	R1		25 August	Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy	Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy
	R2		26 August	No. 15 FACH AUTO TECH	No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M
	R2		26 August	Swen Dolenc Martin Ragginger	Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy
7	R1	Nürburgring	15 September	No. 28 Callaway Competition	No. 1 Alpina
	R1		15 September	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin
	R2		16 September	No. 1 Alpina	No. 28 Callaway Competition
	R2		16 September	Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz
8	R1	Hockenheimring	29 September	No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M	No. 20 Schubert Motorsport
	R1		29 September	Christian Engelhart Sean Edwards	Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Schwager
	R2		30 September	No. 15 FACH AUTO TECH	No. 5 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team
	R2		30 September	Swen Dolenc Martin Ragginger	Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz

Standings

Pos	Driver	OSC		ZAN		SAC		NÜR		RBR		LAU		NÜR		HOC		Pts
1	Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz	9	7	2	3	3	14	7	2	9	11	2	4	3	3	26	1	167
2	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	Ret	3	1	6	1	4	33	Ret	6	26	26	3	2	1	Ret	9	153
3	Christian Engelhart	5	1	18	Ret	Ret	23	3	4	1	25	1	1	7	10	13	16	144
4	Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin	1	4	5	27	11	16	2	1	13	18	23	19	1	2	18	10	134
5	Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Schwager	2	11	16	2	Ret	6	6	6	17	10	8	2	14	7	1	4	126
6	Robert Renauer	3	13	3	Ret	14	10	19	7	2	2	3	11	8	12	2	3	125
7	Nick Tandy	5	1	18	Ret	Ret	23			1	25	1	1	7	10			117
8	Nicolas Armindo					14	10			2	2	3	11	8	12	2	3	89
9	Dominik Baumann Harald Proczyk	6	6	8	11	5	18	8	11	7	Ret	5	14	Ret	Ret	4	2	80
10	Jeroen den Boer Simon Knap	17	8	2	1	19	9	22	34	21	17	17	9	4	27	7	7	75
11	Maximilian Buhk Andreas Simonsen	20	5	13	9	7	12	9	8	Ret	9	6	5	5	5	24	6	72
12	Jesse Krohn Nico Verdonck	4	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	18	10	3	11	Ret					58
13	Christoffer Nygaard Kristian Poulsen	8	16	Ret	5	4	1	13	9	18	27	16	15	9	15	Ret	11	55
14	Mario Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich	13	Ret	12	25	DNS	DNS	10	33	3	1	4	10	13	28	Ret	Ret	54
15	Christian Mamerow	21	12	DNS	DNS	15	7	1	3	30	DNS	Ret	DNS	24	8	17	8	54
16	René Rast					15	7	1	3	30	DNS					17	8	50
17	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	34	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	37	22	5	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	6	8	15	48
18	Lance David Arnold Alexandros Margaritis	24	9	Ret	10	30	Ret	5	12	12	7	10	7	28	20	5	5	46
19	Andreas Wirth	34	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	37	22	5	4	Ret	DNS			8	15	40
20	Christopher Mies	18	Ret	DNS	8	9	2	38	14	24	8	Ret	6	10	26	9	27	39
21	Swen Dolenc Martin Ragginger	19	10	11	21	16	11	11	5	4	12	7	27	12	9	6	26	39
22	Daniel Dobitsch Florian Stoll	7	27	9	24	13	Ret	24	15	11	Ret	9	8	6	14	3	Ret	37
23	Edward Sandström					9	2	38	14	24	8	Ret	6	10	26	9	27	35
24	Sean Edwards							3	4							13	16	27
25	Christiaan Frankenhout Kenneth Heyer	15	7	14	Ret	8	13	4	10	16	Ret	13	12	27	13	12	12	23
26	Nicki Thiim	3	13					19	7							Ret	Ret	21
27	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck	Ret	15	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	26	14	Ret	DNS	DNS	DSQ	4			20
28	Frank Kechele Toni Seiler	22	21	17	13	10	5	28	23	Ret	6	21	13	26	Ret	27	13	19
29	Abdulaziz Al Faisal Mirko Bortolotti					25	3	14	16									15
30	Jeroen Bleekemolen			3	Ret													15
31	Sascha Bert	11	29	21	Ret	Ret	20	30	20	8	5	15	17	DNS	DNS			14
32	Christopher Brück							30	20	8	5	15	17	DNS	DNS			14
33	Christian Abt	16	19	19	4	23	Ret	29	Ret	25	Ret	18	25	17	Ret	15	Ret	12
34	Carsten Tilke	16	19	19	4	23	Ret			25	Ret	18	25	17	Ret	15	Ret	12
35	Henry Zumbrink													Ret	6			8
36	Jan Seyffarth	12	14	15	12	12	8	18	17			27	23					4
37	Maximilian Mayer	12	14	15	12	12	8	18	17									4
38	Christer Jöns	18	Ret	DNS	8													4
39	Frank Stippler													24	8			4
40	Fredrik Lestrup	14	Ret	10	Ret	17	30	16	19	31	16	14	Ret	11	11			1
41	Martin Matzke	14	Ret	10	Ret	17	30	16	19									1
42	Fredy Barth											Ret	28	21	18	10	14	1
43	Philipp Eng					Ret	DNS	35	25	Ret	Ret					10	14	1
44	Christian Ott	10	Ret	32	22	Ret	DNS	35	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	28					1
45	Alex Müller	10	Ret	32	22													1
	Daniel Roos													11	11			0
	Raffael Bader	25	18	23	15	20	Ret	12	13	22	19	Ret	Ret	20	17	11	28	0
	David Mengesdorf	25	18	23	15	20	Ret	12	13			Ret	Ret	20	17	11	28	0
	Luca Ludwig	11	29	21	Ret	Ret	20	29	Ret									0
	René Bourdeaux Alfred Renauer	33	DNS	22	14	28	21	20	21	Ret	13	12	16	15	Ret	16	17	0
	Bernd Herndlhofer	21	12	DNS	DNS													0
	Remo Lips	27	22	33	16	Ret	19	25	27	Ret	23	20	20	Ret	19	14	23	0
	Frank Schmickler	27	22	33	16	Ret	19	25	27			20	20	Ret	19	14	23	0
	Johannes Leidinger Florian Spengler	28	Ret	34	20	21	27	23	24	19	14	25	26	16	21	Ret	25	0
	Martin Öhlin									31	16	14	Ret					0
	Georg Engelhardt	31	17	26	Ret	22	22	34	Ret	15	Ret	19	18	19	16	Ret	Ret	0
	Marco Seefried	31	17	26	Ret	22	22	34	Ret	15	Ret	19	18	19	16			0
	Michael Schulze Tobias Schulze	36	23	27	28	18	15	17	28	DNS	DNS	22	Ret					0
	Peter Kox	23	Ret	20	23	29	17	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS							0
	Dennis Retera					29	17											0
	Erik Janiš Jan Šťovíček	35	24	Ret	DNS	27	28	32	31			Ret	29	18	24	21	21	0
	Robert Bell													21	18			0
	Gottfried Grasser	26	26	28	18			26	35	Ret	20	Ret	24					0
	Max Sandritter	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	26	26	36	32	27	24			22	22	Ret	18	0
	Philip Geipel	Ret	Ret	24	Ret					27	24					Ret	18	0
	Tomáš Enge			28	18													0
	Riccardo Brutschin Francesco Lopez															19	19	0
	Andrina Gugger Otto Klohs	30	25	29	19	24	24	27	29	20	21	24	22	23	23	22	22	0
	Peter Ebner									22	19							0
	Štefan Rosina Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Ret	20	25	27			21	30	23	22							0
	Marc A. Hayek	23	Ret	20	23			DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS							0
	Maximilian Partl Jörg Weidinger															23	20	0
	Andrea Piccini									Ret	20							0
	Marcel Lasée Jörg van Ommen															20	Ret	0
	Charlie Geipel	29	Ret	30	29	Ret	25	31	Ret	DNS	DNS			22	22			0
	Mario Dablander	26	26							Ret	23							0
	Karl Wendlinger											27	23					0
	Oleg Petrishin	32	28	31	26	Ret	29	Ret	36	29	Ret			25	25	25	24	0
	Gerhard Tweraser	32	28	31	26											25	24	0
	Carsten Seifert											Ret	24					0
	Sergey Afanasyev													25	25			0
	Achim Winter	29	Ret	30	29	Ret	25	31	Ret	DNS	DNS							0
	Christian Bracke					26	26	36	32									0
	Daniel Bohr							26	35									0
	Wolfgang Hageleit Sven Heyrowski									28	Ret							0
	Roland Asch Oliver Gavin									Ret	28							0
	Korbinian Baier					Ret	29	Ret	36	29	Ret							0
	Christopher Haase											Ret	DNS					0
	Norbert Janz Christoph Schrezenmeier											Ret	DNS					0
	Patrick Huisman Erwin Stückle	DNS	DNS															0
Pos	Driver	OSC		ZAN		SAC		NÜR		RBR		LAU		NÜR		HOC		Pts

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Results 2012. ADAC GT Masters. ADAC. 14 September 2013.
Web site: ADAC GT Masters 2012. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 14 September 2013.