2012 Danish Thundersport Championship Explained

The 2012 Auto-G^[1] Danish Thundersport Championship season was the first season of the Danish Thundersport Championship, it began at Jyllandsringen in May and concluded at the same venue in September.

The championship succeeded the Danish Touringcar Championship, with the Super 2000 cars being replaced with the Camaro Cup/Trans Am cars.

Jan Magnussen won the championship, driving for Fukamuni Racing.

Teams and drivers

All teams ran the Chevrolet Camaro.

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Memphis Racing^[2]	4	Henrik Jansen^[3]	6
	60	Dennis Lind	All*
	77	Kasper Aaskov^[4]	6
STARK Racing^[5] Elgaard Motorsport^[6]	5	Casper Elgaard	All*
	8	Michael Outzen^[7]	2
		Kristian Poulsen	1*
		Jesper Sørensen^[8]	3–6
	25	Carsten Andersen^[9]	4, 6
		Peter Elgaard^[10]	1, 5*
Privateer	21	William Frank^[11]	4
Fukamuni Racing^[12]	22	Mikkel Mac	All*
	23	Jan Magnussen	1–4, 6
		Kevin Magnussen^[13]
	24	Kim Rødkjær^[14]	1–2, 4, 6*
		Nicholai Sørensen^[15]	3, 5
Fjeld Racing	33	Fredrik Fjeld	6
		Marius Fjeld	4
	66		6
Bryntesson Motorsport^[16]	34	Jens Edman	4
Sesam Data Motorsport	42	Bjarne Nordal^[17]	1, 4, 6
	58	Ronny Vestengen	1, 6
SEB Power Group	43	Marius Nakken	1, 6
Polar Seafood Racing^[18]	61	John Nielsen^[19]	All*
	62	Anders Fjordbach^[20]	3–6*
		Michael Outzen	1
		Peter Vesti^[21]	2

Drivers with an asterisk on their "Rounds" column took part in the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.

Calendar

All rounds was held in Denmark.

		Circuit/Location	Date
1	R1	Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg	27 May
	R2
2	R1	Padborg Park, Padborg	10 June
	R2
3	R1		1 July
	R2
	R1	Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix, Copenhagen	5 August
	R2
4	R1	Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg	26 August
	R2
5	R1	Ring Djursland, Pederstrup	16 September
	R2
6	R1	Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg	30 September
	R2

Results

		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Jyllandsringen	Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen	Fukamuni Racing
	R2			Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen	Fukamuni Racing
2	R1	Padborg Park	Mikkel Mac	Mikkel Mac	John Nielsen	Polar Seafood Racing
	R2			Mikkel Mac	Mikkel Mac	Fukamuni Racing
3	R1		Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen	Fukamuni Racing
	R2			Jan Magnussen	Jan Magnussen	Fukamuni Racing
	R1	Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix		Mikkel Mac	Fukamuni Racing
	R2		Kevin Magnussen	Fukamuni Racing
4	R1	Jyllandsringen	John Nielsen	John Nielsen	Jan Magnussen	Fukamuni Racing
	R2			John Nielsen	John Nielsen	Polar Seafood Racing
5	R1	Ring Djursland	Mikkel Mac	Mikkel Mac	Mikkel Mac	Fukamuni Racing
	R2			John Nielsen	John Nielsen	Polar Seafood Racing
6	R1	Jyllandsringen	John Nielsen	John Nielsen	Dennis Lind	Memphis Racing
	R2			Dennis Lind	Dennis Lind	Memphis Racing

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Pts 1 Jan Magnussen 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 5 3 5 165 165 2 Dennis Lind 4 2 2 4 4 3 DNS DNS 3 4 Ret 2 1 1 173 13 160 3 John Nielsen 6 11† 1 5 3 4 4 4 2 1 Ret 1 2 3 163 5 158 4 Casper Elgaard 2 3 3 6 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 8 2 176 18 158 5 Mikkel Mac 5 5 8† 1 5 6 1 3 5 6 1 4 4 4 151 18 133 6 Anders Fjordbach 6 7 5 DNS 6 8 5 5 5 8 78 78 7 Kim Rødkjær 7 9 6 7 DSQ 6 7 11 7 6 68 68 8 Jesper Sørensen 8 8 12 10 6 8 10 12 54 54 9 7 5 2 6 47 47 10 Michael Outzen DNS 6 4 3 38 38 11 Bjarne Nordal 9 10 10 9 15 13 30 30 12 Ronny Vestengen 8 8 9 10 29 29 13 Kristian Poulsen 3 4 2 5 28 28 14 Marius Nakken Ret 7 6 8 26 26 15 Jens Edman 8 3 23 23 16 Peter Elgaard DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 7 22 22 17 Peter Vesti 7 8 17 17 18 Marius Fjeld 9 7 16 16 19 Carsten Andersen 11 13† 12 14 14 14 20 Fredrik Fjeld 14 7 11 11 21 Kasper Aaskov 13 11 8 8 22 Henrik Jansen 11 DNS 5 5 23 William Frank Ret 12 4 4 24 Kevin Magnussen DNS 1 0 0 Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the race distance.
• ‡ — No points are awarded for the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.

Notes

1. Web site: Auto-G lægger navn til det nye DTC. 5 April 2012. 29 September 2021.
2. Web site: Dennis Lind skal køre DTC og Camaro Cup i 2012. 22 March 2012. 29 September 2021.
3. Web site: DM-finalen: 16 kørere tilmeldt DTC. 21 September 2012. 29 September 2021.
4. Web site: Kasper Aaskov debuterer i Auto-G DTC-serien. 21 September 2012. 29 September 2021.
5. Web site: STARK til tops i motorsport. 13 February 2012. 29 September 2021.
6. Web site: Kristian Poulsen kører Auto-G DTC. 9 May 2012. 29 September 2021.
7. Web site: Michael Outzen er meldt klar til Padborg. 8 June 2012. 29 September 2021.
8. Web site: Outzen ud, Sørensen ind hos Elgaard Motorsport. 29 June 2012. 29 September 2021.
9. Web site: Ny kører til Elgaard Motorsport. 16 August 2012. 29 September 2021.
10. Web site: Auto-G DTC: Outzen og Magnussen i top. 26 May 2012. 29 September 2021.
11. Web site: Grand Prix Danmark - tidtagning. 25 August 2012. 29 September 2021.
12. Web site: Mikkel Mac til Fukamuni Racing. 17 April 2012. 29 September 2021.
13. Web site: Kevin Magnussen DTC-debuterer i Fælledparken. 31 July 2012. 29 September 2021.
14. Web site: Kim Rødkjær tæt på Fukamuni Racing og Auto-G DTC. 14 May 2012. 29 September 2021.
15. Web site: Nicholai Sørensen tilbage hos Fukamuni. 5 September 2012. 29 September 2021.
16. Web site: Jens Edman tilbage bag rattet. 31 January 2012. 29 September 2021.
17. Web site: Her er startgridden i Auto-G DTC til Åbningsløbet. 23 May 2012. 29 September 2021.
18. Web site: Nyt, men velkendt navn tilbage i DTC. 9 February 2012. 29 September 2021.
19. Web site: Outzen melder sig klar til DTC premiere. 24 May 2012. 29 September 2021.
20. Web site: Padborg Super Prix - kvalifikation. 30 June 2012. 29 September 2021.
21. Web site: Peter Vesti starter i Auto-G DTC på Padborg Park. 8 June 2012. 29 September 2021.