2012 Stock Car Brasil season explained

The 2012 Copa Caixa Stock Car season was from the 34th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 25 at the Interlagos and ended on December 9 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. Chevrolet, came to have Chevrolet Sonic as representation of the manufacturer. The category announced changes for 2012 season, excluding the super final and system of dropped. The scoring system was change with the top twenty drivers in each race are awarded points on a scale of 22, 20, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.

After Cacá Bueno, Átila Abreu, Daniel Serra, Ricardo Maurício, Max Wilson, Valdeno Brito and Nonô Figueiredo arrived at 2012 Stock Car Corrida do Milhão with title chances, Bueno of Red Bull Racing won his fifth title. Maurício finished the championship in second place and Abreu in third place.

Teams and drivers

All drivers were Brazilian-registered.

Manufacturer	Team		Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet Sonic	Red Bull Racing	0	Cacá Bueno	All
		29	Daniel Serra	All
	Vogel Motorsport	5	Denis Navarro	All
		18	Allam Khodair	All
	Officer ProGP	6	Vítor Meira	All
		23	Duda Pamplona	All
	RZ Motorsport	10	Ricardo Zonta	All
		74	Popó Bueno	All
	Mobil Super Pioneer Racing	11	Nonô Figueiredo	All
		51	Átila Abreu	All
	Bardahl Hot Car	16	Diego Nunes	All
		37	Eduardo Leite	All
	RCM Motorsport	21	Thiago Camilo	All
		63	Lico Kaesemodel	All
	BMC Racing	25	Tuka Rocha	All
		28	Galid Osman	All
	Eurofarma RC	65	Max Wilson	All
		90	Ricardo Maurício	All
Peugeot 408	Comprafacil Nascar JF	1	Antônio Pizzonia	All
		88	Pedro Boesel	All
	RC3 Bassani	2	Pedro Nunes	5
			Raphael Matos	11–12
		3	Rafael Daniel	5–6
		9	Giuliano Losacco	1–2
		12	Bruno Junqueira	7
		15	Diogo Pachenki	8
		30	Cláudio Ricci	8–9
		33	Felipe Maluhy	1–2
		41	Diego Freitas	7
		45	Fabio Carbone	10
		57	Claudio Capparelli	6, 10
		89	Matheus Stumpf	9
		100	Tony Kanaan	11–12
	Shell Racing	3	Hélio Castroneves	12
		7	Alceu Feldmann	1–6
		9	Giuliano Losacco	7–11
		77	Valdeno Brito	All
	Carlos Alves Competições	4	Júlio Campos	All
		8	Patrick Gonçalves	5–11
		22	Rodrigo Navarro	1–2
		72	Fábio Fogaça	12
	Itaipava Racing Team	14	Luciano Burti	All
		35	David Muffato	All
	Medley Full Time	17	Rubens Barrichello	10–12
		33	Felipe Maluhy	7–9
		80	Marcos Gomes	1–6
		99	Xandinho Negrão	All
	Prati-Donaduzzi	19	Rodrigo Sperafico	All
		20	Ricardo Sperafico	All

Team changes

• Teams of Andreas Mattheis switched places. Mattheis passed Red Bull Racing to A.Mattheis Motorsport and after three seasons and two titles with Red Bull, WA Matheis had a new sponsor of Royal Dutch Shell and renamed the team to Shell Racing.
• Mico's Racing returned after only one race in 2011 with Jacques Villeneuve under Shell V-Power Racing. The team was renamed to Prati-Donaduzzi due sponsor reasons.
• Amir Nasr left the championship after eight seasons.
• JF started a partner with Nascar Motorsport and was renamed to Comprafacil Nascar JF.
• RZ Motorsport returned to his official name, after Crystal left the championship.
• FTS Competições and Mobil Super Pioneer parted. Mobil group started a partnership with AMG Motorsport, renaming the team Mobil Super Pioneer Racing and back to operate two cars. FTS Competições started a partner with BMC Group.
• Carlos Alves Competições returned to the championship after four seasons. Having sold his car to Carlos Alves, Scuderia 111 left the series.

Driver changes

• Cacá Bueno and Daniel Serra still in Mattheis-Red Bull Racing, but, now in A.Mattheis Motorsport after three seasons in WA Mattheis.
• Antonio Pizzonia, who raced part time in 2011, moves to Comprafacil JF Nascar. Stock Car Brasil second tier driver Pedro Boesel debuted in the series like Pizzonia's partner.
• Denis Navarro moves from RC3 Bassani to Vogel Motorsport in the place of Tuka Rocha, that moves to FTS BMC Racing. Galid Osman returned to the championship like Rocha partner.
• Vítor Meira debuted in the series in Officer ProGP replacing Felipe Maluhy, that moves to RC3 Bassani.
• Popó Bueno moves from A.Mattheis Motorsport to RZ Motorsport. In his place at Shell-A.Mattheis entered Valdeno Brito, that left FTS Esso Mobil Super Racing.
• Nono Figueiredo moves from FTS Esso Mobil Super Racing to AMG Esso Mobil Super Racing.
• Diego Nunes moves from RC3 Bassani to Bardahl Hot Car replacing Giuliano Losacco, that moves to RC3 Bassani.
• Júlio Campos, who raced for Scuderia 111 and RZ Crystal Racing Team, in 2012 he will race for Carlos Alves Competições. Rodrigo Navarro left JF Racing and will be Campos partner.
• Ricardo Sperafico and Rodrigo Sperafico started a partner in Prati-Donaduzzi. Rodrigo left JF Racing Ricardo returned from the championship, after only one race in 2011.

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Brazil.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Interlagos Circuit	March 25	Allam Khodair	Allam Khodair	Cacá Bueno	Red Bull Racing
2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	April 15	Allam Khodair	Nonô Figueiredo	Valdeno Brito	Shell Racing
3	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	May 6	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Red Bull Racing
4	Ribeirão Preto Street Circuit	May 20	Cacá Bueno	Max Wilson	Daniel Serra	Red Bull Racing
5	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Londrina	July 1	Cacá Bueno	Luciano Burti	Cacá Bueno	Red Bull Racing
6	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro	July 15	Allam Khodair	Allam Khodair	Allam Khodair	Vogel Motorsport
7	Circuito Ayrton Senna, Salvador	August 26	Duda Pamplona	Allam Khodair	Allam Khodair	Vogel Motorsport
8	Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel	September 16	Átila Abreu	Valdeno Brito	Valdeno Brito	Shell Racing
9	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã	September 30	Allam Khodair	Vítor Meira	Thiago Camilo	RCM Motorsport
10	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	October 21	Átila Abreu	Allam Khodair	Átila Abreu	Mobil Super Pioneer Racing
11	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília	November 11	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Max Wilson	Eurofarma RC
12	Interlagos Circuit / Report	December 9	Cacá Bueno	Allam Khodair	Thiago Camilo	RCM Motorsport

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Standard	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Round 12	44	40	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver INT1 CUR1 VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CUR2 BRA INT2 Pts 1 Cacá Bueno 1 Ret 1 2 1 8 5 25 5 5 9 3 195 2 Ricardo Maurício 3 4 2 17 5 3 4 19 4 Ret 2 2 189 3 Átila Abreu 5 3 Ret 3 13 Ret 6 4 2 1 6 8 175 4 Daniel Serra 6 6 4 1 3 13 Ret 17 3 3 7 12 169 5 Thiago Camilo 2 Ret Ret 6 4 2 7 16 1 Ret 21 1 158 6 Max Wilson 24 2 3 20 9 5 9 6 7 13 1 29 138 7 Valdeno Brito 9 1 5 Ret 6 14 Ret 1 6 4 10 27 137 8 Júlio Campos 8 9 19 4 8 11 21 2 24 8 20 4 136 9 Nonô Figueiredo 7 10 9 14 11 6 Ret 5 9 6 3 25 130 10 Allam Khodair 4 18 Ret Ret 30 1 1 3 11 2 24 20 118 11 Luciano Burti 14 7 Ret 8 2 Ret 3 24 13 16 5 15 117 12 Denis Navarro 15 24 7 7 18 7 23 Ret 8 14 16 7 104 13 Ricardo Zonta 26 Ret 6 19 12 24 14 22 10 Ret 8 5 89 14 Duda Pamplona 29 EX 15 Ret 26 9 2 8 16 Ret 22 6 86 15 Antônio Pizzonia 30 11 17 Ret 10 4 Ret 26 18 7 25 10 83 16 Galid Osman 17 19 8 13 25 15 13 7 15 10 Ret 26 72 17 Rodrigo Sperafico 16 20 11 15 21 Ret 22 13 29 23 4 13 65 Lico Kaesemodel 10 13 Ret 11 14 16 16 10 Ret Ret 13 Ret 65 19 Ricardo Sperafico 28 14 18 Ret 15 17 8 Ret 29 12 11 17 64 20 Diego Nunes 22 15 10 9 16 Ret DSQ 11 19 15 12 Ret 61 21 Marcos Gomes 11 5 Ret 5 7 21 56 22 Popó Bueno Ret 26 Ret 18 17 12 17 23 17 Ret 18 11 49 23 Vítor Meira 27 8 Ret Ret 24 18 Ret 9 20 9 17 28 45 Pedro Boesel 19 21 16 Ret 22 10 15 14 25 Ret Ret 16 45 25 David Muffato 13 12 13 16 19 19 Ret 20 23 17 26 21 43 26 Tuka Rocha 23 16 Ret Ret 23 23 12 15 22 20 15 18 37 27 Xandinho Negrão 20 25 14 10 20 22 10 21 Ret 19 28 24 33 Giuliano Losacco 18 17 24 Ret 12 11 14 33 29 Felipe Maluhy 12 Ret 11 12 Ret 28 Eduardo Leite 21 22 Ret 12 27 20 Ret Ret 14 18 Ret 19 28 31 Alceu Feldmann 25 23 12 Ret 31 25 9 32 Patrick Gonçalves 29 26 20 18 27 24 27 4 33 Diego Freitas 18 3 34 Bruno Junqueira 19 2 Fabio Fogaça 23 2 36 Claudio Capparelli 27 21 0 Rafael Daniel 28 Ret 0 Rodrigo Navarro Ret Ret 0 Pedro Nunes Ret 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Raphael Matos 23 9 0 Hélio Castroneves 14 0 Tony Kanaan 19 Ret 0 Rubens Barrichello 22 Ret 22 0 Cláudio Ricci Ret 26 0 Matheus Stumpf 28 0 Diogo Pachenki Ret 0 Fabio Carbone Ret 0 Pos Driver INT1 CUR1 VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CUR2 BRA INT2 Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos Team INT1 CUR1 VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CUR2 BRA INT2 Pts 1 Red Bull Racing 1 6 1 1 1 8 5 17 3 3 7 3 362 6 Ret 4 2 3 13 Ret 25 5 5 9 12 2 Eurofarma RC 3 2 2 17 5 3 4 6 4 13 1 2 327 24 4 3 20 9 5 9 19 7 Ret 2 29 3 Mobil Super Pioneer Racing 5 3 9 3 11 6 6 4 2 1 3 8 305 7 10 Ret 14 13 Ret Ret 5 9 6 6 25 4 RCM Motorsport 2 13 Ret 6 4 2 7 10 1 Ret 13 1 223 10 Ret Ret 11 14 16 16 16 Ret Ret 21 Ret 5 Vogel Motorsport 4 18 7 7 18 1 1 3 8 2 16 7 218 15 24 Ret Ret 30 7 23 Ret 11 14 24 20 6 Shell Racing 9 1 5 Ret 6 14 24 1 6 4 10 14 186 25 23 12 Ret 31 25 Ret Ret 12 11 14 27 7 Itaipava Racing Team 13 7 13 8 2 19 3 20 13 16 5 15 152 14 12 Ret 16 19 Ret Ret 24 23 17 26 21 8 Carlos Alves Competições 8 9 19 4 8 11 20 2 24 8 20 4 140 Ret Ret 29 26 21 18 27 24 27 23 9 RZ Motorsport 26 26 6 18 12 12 14 22 10 Ret 8 4 136 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 24 17 23 17 Ret 18 11 10 Officer ProGP 27 8 15 Ret 24 9 2 8 16 9 17 6 131 29 EX Ret Ret 26 18 Ret 9 20 Ret 22 28 11 Prati-Donaduzzi 16 14 11 15 15 17 8 13 21 12 4 13 123 28 20 18 Ret 21 Ret 22 Ret 29 23 11 17 12 Comprafacil Nascar JF 19 11 16 Ret 10 4 15 14 18 7 25 10 122 30 21 17 Ret 22 10 Ret 26 25 Ret Ret 16 13 Medley Full Time 11 5 14 5 7 21 10 12 Ret 19 28 22 108 20 25 Ret 10 20 22 11 21 Ret 22 Ret 24 14 BMC Racing 17 16 8 13 23 15 12 7 15 10 15 18 105 23 19 Ret Ret 25 23 13 15 22 20 Ret 26 15 Hot Car Competições 21 15 10 9 16 20 Ret 11 14 15 12 19 85 22 22 Ret 12 27 Ret DSQ Ret 19 18 Ret Ret 16 Bassani Racing 12 17 28 27 18 Ret 26 21 19 9 21 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 28 Ret 23 Ret Pos Team INT1 CUR1 VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CUR2 BRA INT2 Pts

External links

• Official website of the Stock Car Brasil (in Portuguese)