2012 FIA GT3 European Championship explained

The 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship was the seventh and final season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season commenced on 8 April at Nogaro and ended on 23 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured six double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 60 minutes. Most of the events were support races to the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship; two of the six meetings were run in conjunction with the FIA GT1 World Championship, with combined grids being utilised.^[1]

Calendar

On 2 April 2012, the SRO announced the final calendar for 2012.^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France	8 April
2	Circuit Zolder, Zolder, Belgium	22 April
3	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain	27 May
4	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal	8 July
5	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsky District, Russia	2 September
6	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	23 September

Entries

The entry list was published by the FIA on 3 April 2012.^[3] For the combined races with the FIA GT1 World Championship, GT3 cars ran with 100 in front of their usual car numbers.

Team	Chassis	Engine			Drivers	Rounds
Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8	1	101	Dominik Baumann	All
			1	101	Maximilian Buhk	All
			2	102	Mika Vähämäki	All
			2	102	Max Nilsson	All
Russian Bears Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	4	104	Sergey Ryabov	All
			4	104	Miguel Toril	All
			5	105	Vyacheslav Maleev	All
			5	105	Kirill Ladygin	All
Valmon Racing Team Russia	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	6	N/A	Tom Kimber-Smith	1
Valmon Racing Team Russia	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	6	N/A	Natalia Freidina	1
Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	11	111	Filip Sladecka	1
					Gerhard Tweraser	1
					Hari Proczyk	2–6
					David Mengesdorf	2–6
			12	112	Jesse Laine	1
					Gilles Vannelet	1
					Natalia Freidina	2
					Leonid Machitski	2
					Eduard Leganov	4–6
					Riccardo Brutschin	4
					Sergey Afanasyev	5
					Marko Vähämäki	6
Team Novadriver	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	14	114	Ni Amorim	All
			14	114	César Campaniço	All
			N/A	117	Natalia Freidina	6
			N/A	117	Alexey Vasilyev	6
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	15	115	Jérôme Demay	1–3, 6
			15	115	Dino Lunardi	1–3, 6
			16	N/A	Grégory Guilvert	1–2, 4
					Marc Sourd	1–4
					Jonathan Hirschi	3
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	24	N/A	Natalia Freidina	4
	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	24	N/A	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	4
	Chevrolet Camaro GT	Katech 7.9 L V8	34	N/A	Max Sandritter	2
	Chevrolet Camaro GT	Katech 7.9 L V8	34	N/A	Philip Geipel	2
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	32	N/A	Yves Weerts	3
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	32	N/A	Kurt Mollekens	3
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	50	150	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez	All
			50	150	Giuseppe Cirò	All
			51	151	Stefano Gai	All
			51	151	Michael Lyons	All
Esta Motorsports	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	N/A	177	Aleksander Skryabin	5
			N/A	177	Alessandro Pier Guidi	5
			N/A	199	Aleksey Basov	5
			N/A	199	Björn Grossman	5

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	R1	Nogaro	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 12 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	No. 16 Saintéloc Racing
	R1		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Gilles Vannelet Jesse Laine	Marc Sourd Grégory Guilvert
	R2		No. 16 Saintéloc Racing	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R2		Marc Sourd Grégory Guilvert	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
2	R1	Zolder	No. 14 Team Novadriver	No. 50 AF Corse	No. 50 AF Corse
	R1		Ni Amorim César Campaniço	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez Giuseppe Cirò	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez Giuseppe Cirò
	R2		No. 15 Saintéloc Racing	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 50 AF Corse
	R2		Jérôme Demay Dino Lunardi	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez Giuseppe Cirò
3	R1	Navarra	No. 11 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	No. 15 Saintéloc Racing	No. 2 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R1		David Mengesdorf Hari Proczyk	Jérôme Demay Dino Lunardi	Max Nilsson Mika Vähämäki
	R2		No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R2		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
4	R1	Algarve	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R1		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
	R2		No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 11 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport
	R2		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	David Mengesdorf Hari Proczyk
5	R1	Moscow	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R1		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
	R2		No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 104 Russian Bears Motorsport	No. 114 Team Novadriver
	R2		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Sergey Ryabov Miguel Toril	Ni Amorim César Campaniço
6	R1	Nürburgring	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R1		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
	R2		No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
	R2		Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk

Championships

Championship points will be awarded to the first ten positions in each race. Entries must complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Drivers' Championship

	Driver	Team	NOG		ZOL		NAV		ALG		MOS		NÜR		Total
	Driver	Team													Total
1	Dominik Baumann	Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	3	1	5	3	8	1	1	5	1	5	1	1	214
1	Maximilian Buhk	Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	3	1	5	3	8	1	1	5	1	5	1	1	214
2	Stefano Gai	AF Corse	2	3	3	5	2	6	4	4	6	4	2	4	158
2	Michael Lyons	AF Corse	2	3	3	5	2	6	4	4	6	4	2	4	158
3	David Mengesdorf	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport			2	2	3	2	3	1	2	Ret	6	2	153
3	Hari Proczyk	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport			2	2	3	2	3	1	2	Ret	6	2	153
4	Ni Amorim	Team Novadriver	7	7	6	8	4	3	5	2	5	1	7	3	135
4	César Campaniço	Team Novadriver	7	7	6	8	4	3	5	2	5	1	7	3	135
5	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez	AF Corse	10	2	1	1	6	4	7	3	3	Ret	Ret	DSQ	125
5	Giuseppe Cirò	AF Corse	10	2	1	1	6	4	7	3	3	Ret	Ret	DSQ	125
6	Mika Vähämäki	Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	6	5	4	9	1	5	2	10	Ret	7	3	8	111
6	Max Nilsson	Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	6	5	4	9	1	5	2	10	Ret	7	3	8	111
7	Marc Sourd	Saintéloc Racing	1	4	10	7	10	8	6	7					63
8	Grégory Guilvert	Saintéloc Racing	1	4	10	7			6	7					58
9	Dino Lunardi	Saintéloc Racing	5	6	Ret	6	5	9					5	5	58
9	Jérôme Demay	Saintéloc Racing	5	6	Ret	6	5	9					5	5	58
10	Sergey Ryabov	Russian Bears Motorsport	8	10	7	11	7	7	8	6	7	8	9	7	53
10	Miguel Toril	Russian Bears Motorsport	8	10	7	11	7	7	8	6	7	8	9	7	53
11	Vyacheslav Maleev	Russian Bears Motorsport	9	12	8	4	DNS	DNS	9	8	10	Ret	4	6	45
11	Kirill Ladygin	Russian Bears Motorsport	9	12	8	4	DNS	DNS	9	8	10	Ret	4	6	45
12	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Esta Motorsports									4	3			27
12	Aleksander Skryabin	Esta Motorsports									4	3			27
13	Aleksey Basov	Esta Motorsports									9	2			20
13	Björn Grossman	Esta Motorsports									9	2			20
14	Eduard Leganov	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport							10	9	8	6	8	Ret	19
15	Jesse Laine	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	4	9											14
15	Gilles Vannelet	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	4	9											14
16	Sergey Afanasyev	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport									8	6			12
17	Natalia Freidina	Valmon Racing Team Russia	11	11											6
	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport			9	10
	Reiter Engineering							11	11
	Team Novadriver											10	9
18	Jonathan Hirschi	Saintéloc Racing					10	8							5
19	Marko Vähämäki	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport											8	Ret	4
20	Filip Sládečka	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	DSQ	8											4
20	Gerhard Tweraser	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	DSQ	8											4
21	Leonid Machitski	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport			9	10									3
22	Riccardo Brutschin	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport							10	9					3
23	Alexey Vasilyev	Team Novadriver											10	9	3
24	Kurt Mollekens	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT					9	Ret							2
24	Yves Weerts	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT					9	Ret							2
25	Tom Kimber-Smith	Valmon Racing Team Russia	11	11											0
26	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering							11	11					0
–	Max Sandritter	Reiter Engineering			DNS	DNS									0
–	Philip Geipel	Reiter Engineering			DNS	DNS									0
	Driver	Team													Total
	Driver	Team	NOG		ZOL		NAV		ALG		MOS		NÜR		Total

Teams' Championship

Teams must have two cars at a race weekend in order to be eligible for scoring points in the Teams' Championship. If a team with just one car finishes in a points position, the cars of the teams that finished below get the extra points. As well as this, Esta Motorsports did not accrue points for their one-off appearance at the Moscow event, nor did Team Novadriver for their expanded two-car entry at the Nürburgring.

	Team	Manufacturer	Car	NOG		ZOL		NAV		ALG		MOS		NÜR		Total
	Team	Manufacturer	Car													Total
1	Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	Mercedes-Benz	1 101	3	1	5	3	8	1	1	5	1	5	1	1	359
1	2 102	6	5	4	9	1	5	2	10	Ret	7	3	8			359
2	AF Corse	Ferrari	50 150	10	2	1	1	6	4	7	3	3	4	Ret	DSQ	328
2	51 151	2	3	3	5	2	6	4	4	6	Ret	2	4			328
3	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini	11 111	DSQ	8	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	Ret	6	2	189
3	12 112	4	9	9	10			10	9	8	6	8	Ret			189
4	Russian Bears Motorsport	Ferrari	4 104	8	10	7	11	7	7	8	6	7	8	9	7	158
4	5 105	9	12	8	4	DNS	DNS	9	8	10	Ret	4	6			158
5	Saintéloc Racing	Audi	15 115	5	6	Ret	6	5	9					5	5	106
5	16	1	4	10	7	10	8	6	7							106
	Team	Manufacturer	Car													Total
	Team	Manufacturer	Car	NOG		ZOL		NAV		ALG		MOS		NÜR		Total

External links

Official Website of the FIA GT3 European Championship

Notes and References

News: Ratel reveals bold vision for SRO-promoted series. FIA GT3 European Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 9 August 2012. 3 October 2012.
News: Revised 2012 calendar released . . . 2 April 2012 . 4 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120623020916/http://gt1world.com/news/article/revised-2012-calendar-released . 23 June 2012 . dead .
News: Round 1 (Nogaro) Entry List . FIA.com . . 3 April 2012 . 4 April 2012.