FIA GT1 World Championship 2012

The 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship was the third and final season of the FIA GT1 World Championship . The season started on April 8, 2012 in Nogaro and the season finale on September 30 in Donington .

A total of 18 races were driven on nine race weekends in France , Belgium , Spain , Slovakia , Portugal , Russia , Germany and Great Britain .

Overall winners were Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 with 145 points.

history

Regulations

Since there were not enough participants for GT1 vehicles , the organizer SRO decided to use GT3 vehicles for the season instead . The name of the racing series remained unchanged.

Venues

In the first version of the racing calendar, ten race weekends were planned with the new venues Greater Noida , Moscow , Nogaro , Orechová Potôň and Yeongam . The races from the previous year in Nogaro , Silverstone , San Luis , Le Castellet and on the Sachsenring were not taken over.

The race weekend scheduled for September at the Korean International Circuit was removed from the calendar during the season. On July 1, 2012, the two planned races in China at the Goldenport Circuit and Ordos International Circuit were also canceled. They were replaced by a second race on the Slovakiaring and the second guest appearance of the GT1 World Championship on the Nürburgring after 2010. The race on the Moscow Raceway had to be brought forward due to the changes in the dates. At the beginning of September, the final race planned for December in Greater Noida was removed from the calendar and replaced by Donington Park . This meant that championship races only took place on nine race weekends during the season.

Teams

At the SRO press conference during the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps in July 2011, five of the already active teams ( Young Driver AMR , Münnich Motorsport , JR Motorsports , Marc VDS Racing Team and Belgian Racing ) were presented as participants for 2012. Only Münnich Motorsport actually competed in 2012; the other teams withdrew their commitment.

Of the established teams, Münnich Motorsport and Hexis Racing went into their third season. Vita4One Racing and Reiter Engineering were already in the championship in 2010, but then skipped a year and started their second season.

Starting field

The following drivers and teams started the season:

No.	driver	team	Vehicle (engine)	tires	Race weekend
1	Stef Dusseldorp	Hexis Racing	McLaren MP4-12C GT3 (McLaren M838T 3.8 l V8 Turbo)	P	all
	Frédéric Makowiecki				all
2	Grégoire Demoustier				all
	Álvaro Parente				all
3	Filip Salaquarda	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (Ferrari F142 4.5 l V8)	P	all
	Toni Vilander				1-8
	Marco Cioci				9
4th	Francesco Castellacci				all
	Enzo Ide				all
6th	Sergei Afanasiev	Valmon Racing Team Russia	Aston Martin DBRS9 (Aston Martin 6.0L V12)	P	1-3
	Andreas Zuber				1-3
7th	Maxime Martin				1-3
	Alexei Wassiljew				1, 2
	Leonid Machitsky				3
8th	Benjamin Lariche	Exim Bank Team China	Porsche 997 GT3 R (Porsche 4.0 l Flat-6)	P	1-4
	Ren Wei				1, 2
	Dino Lunardi				3
	Andreas Zuber				4th
9	Mike Parisy				1-5
	Matt Halliday				1-4
	Andreas Zuber				5
10	Matteo Cressoni	Sunred	Ford GT GT3 (Ford Cammer 5.0 l V8)	P	1-5
	Miloš Pavlović				1-6
	Andreas Zuber				6th
	Armaan Ebrahim				7th
	Benjamin Lariche				7-9
	Laurent Groppi				8, 9
11	Emmanuel Moncini				1, 2
	Andy Souček				1, 2
17th	Mathias Lauda	BMW Team Vita4One	BMW Z4 GT3 (BMW 4.4 l V8)	P	all
	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof				all
18th	Michael Bartels				all
	Yelmer Buurman				all
24	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	Engineering tab	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 + GT3 (Lamborghini 07L1 5.2 l V10)	P	1-6
	Tomáš Enge				1-4
	Štefan Rosina				5, 6
	Jeroen Bleekemolen				8th
	Mike Parisy				8th
25th	Darryl O'Young				1-6
	Peter Kox				1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9
	Štefan Rosina				4, 8, 9
32	Laurens Vanthoor	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra (Audi 5.2 l V10)	P	all
	Stéphane Ortelli				1-8
	Adam Carroll				9
33	Oliver Jarvis				all
	Frank Stippler				all
37	Thomas Hunter	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 (Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 l V8)	P	all
	Nicky Pastorelli				all
38	Marc Basseng				all
	Markus Winkelhock				all

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	winner	Second	Third
1	Q. run	Circuit Paul Armagnac	April 8th	Filip Salaquarda Toni Vilander	Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler	Tomáš Enge Albert von Thurn und Taxis
	W. run		9th April		Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock
2	Q. run	Circuit Zolder	April 21	Matt Halliday Mike Parisy	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Thomas Hunter Nicky Pastorelli	Matt Halliday Mike Parisy
	W. run		April 22		Matt Halliday Mike Parisy	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Filip Salaquarda Toni Vilander
3	Q. run	Circuito de Navarra	May 27th	Peter Kox Darryl O'Young	Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman
	W. run				Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Thomas Hunter Nicky Pastorelli
4th	Q. run	Slovakia Ring	June 10th	Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Filip Salaquarda Toni Vilander	Tomáš Enge Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman
	W. run				Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock
5	Q. run	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	8th of July	Filip Salaquarda Toni Vilander	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler
	W. run				Thomas Hunter Nicky Pastorelli	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki
6th	Q. run	Slovakia Ring	August 19th	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Mathias Lauda Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock
	W. run				Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Mathias Lauda Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
7th	Q. run	Moscow Raceway	September 2nd	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente	Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler
	W. run				Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler
8th	Q. run	Nürburgring	September 23rd	Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Peter Kox Štefan Rosina	Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock
	W. run				Filip Salaquarda Toni Vilander	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Peter Kox Štefan Rosina
9	Q. run	Donington Park	30. September	Adam Carroll Laurens Vanthoor	Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Adam Carroll Laurens Vanthoor	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente
	W. run				Stef Dusseldorp Frédéric Makowiecki	Peter Kox Štefan Rosina	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente

Championship results

Point system

The first six positions in the qualifying run and the first ten positions in the championship run were awarded points. To be classified, 75% of the race distance had to be completed. Drivers had to drive the vehicle for at least 25 minutes to be eligible for the race.

Point system
run	space
	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Qualification run	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Championship run	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

space	driver	NOG		ZOL		NAV		SVK1		ALG		SVK2		MSC		ONLY		DON		Points
1	Marc Basseng	6th	3	6th	9	5	2	4th	3	1	2	3	2	2	5	3	2	5	DSQ	145
1	Markus Winkelhock	6th	3	6th	9	5	2	4th	3	1	2	3	2	2	5	3	2	5	DSQ	145
2	Stef Dusseldorp	DNS	DNF	4th	5	1	1	9	2	4th	3	8th	DNF	4th	1	DNF	10 *	1	1	144
2	Frédéric Makowiecki	DNS	DNF	4th	5	1	1	9	2	4th	3	8th	DNF	4th	1	DNF	10 *	1	1	144
3	Michael Bartels	12	10	1	2	3	5	3	1	2	5	1	1	10	7th	4th	4th	9	9 *	144
3	Yelmer Buurman	12	10	1	2	3	5	3	1	2	5	1	1	10	7th	4th	4th	9	9 *	144
4th	Laurens Vanthoor	1	1	12	6th	9	10	11	6th	10	6th	5	5	1	5	2	6th	2	4th	122
5	Stéphane Ortelli	1	1	12	6th	9	10	11	6th	10	6th	5	5	1	5	2	6th			104
6th	Thomas Hunter	7th	4th	2	4th	6th	3	8th	10	6th	1	4th	8th	5	8th	6th	8th	6th	6th	100
6th	Nicky Pastorelli	7th	4th	2	4th	6th	3	8th	10	6th	1	4th	8th	5	8th	6th	8th	6th	6th	100
7th	Filip Salaquarda	5	6th	13	3	10	9	1	4th	12	DNF	7th	6th	9	11	8th	1	DNF	8th	84
8th	Oliver Jarvis	2	2	11	10	8th	8th	6th	5	3	DNF	DNF	4th	3	3	7th	DNS	DNF	7th	81
8th	Frank Stippler	2	2	11	10	8th	8th	6th	5	3	DNF	DNF	4th	3	3	7th	DNS	DNF	7th	81
9	Toni Vilander	5	6th	13	3	10	9	1	4th	12	DNF	7th	6th	9	11	8th	1			80
10	Peter Kox	8th	7th	8th	13	4th	7th			DNF	4th	6th	7th			1	3	4th	2	78
11	Grégoire Demoustier	4th	DNF	10	7th	2	4th	DNF	DNF	8th	11	9	9	6th	2	5	DNS	3	3	65
11	Álvaro Parente	4th	DNF	10	7th	2	4th	DNF	DNF	8th	11	9	9	6th	2	5	DNS	3	3	65
12	Mathias Lauda	11	11	5	14th	7th	6th	10	7th	5	8th	2	3	7th	10	9	5	8th	DNF	56
12	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	11	11	5	14th	7th	6th	10	7th	5	8th	2	3	7th	10	9	5	8th	DNF	56
13	Štefan Rosina							13	11	13	12	11	DNF			1	3	4th	2	44
14th	Francesco Castellacci	10	5	7th	11	13	11	12	9	11	7th	10	DNF	8th	6th	10	7th	7th	5	42
14th	Enzo Ide	10	5	7th	11	13	11	12	9	11	7th	10	DNF	8th	6th	10	7th	7th	5	42
15th	Mike Parisy	9	9	3	1	11	12	5	8th	9	10					DNF	9 *			40
16	Matt Halliday	9	9	3	1	11	12	5	8th											37
17th	Darryl O'Young	8th	7th	8th	13	4th	7th	13	11	DNF	4th	6th	7th							34
18th	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	3	8th	DNF	8th	12	14th	2	DNF	13	12	11	DNF							18th
18th	Tomáš Enge	3	8th	DNF	8th	12	14th	2	DNF											18th
18th	Adam Carroll																	2	4th	18th
19th	Marco Cioci																	DNF	8th	4th
20th	Miloš Pavlović	15th	14th	DNS	16	DNF	DNF	7th	12	7th	9	DNS	10 *							3
21st	Matteo Cressoni	15th	14th	DNS	16	DNF	DNF	7th	12	7th	9									2
21st	Benjamin Lariche	14th	15th	DNF	17th	DNF	15th	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS			11	9	11	DNF	10	DNF	2
21st	Armaan Ebrahim													11	9					2
21st	Jeroen Bleekemolen															DNF	9 *			2
21st	Andreas Zuber	13	13	DNF	15th	15th	13	DNS	DNS	9	10	DNS	10 *							2
22nd	Maxime Martin	16	12	9	12	14th	DNF													0
22nd	Alexei Wassiljew	16	12	9	12															0
22nd	Laurent Groppi															11	DNF	10	DNF	0
22nd	Sergei Afanasiev	13	13	DNF	15th	15th	13													0
22nd	Ren Wei	14th	15th	DNF	17th															0
22nd	Leonid Machitsky					14th	DNF													0
22nd	Dino Lunardi					DNF	15th			DNS	DNS									0
-	Emmanuel Moncini	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA															0
-	Andy Souček	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA															0
space	driver	NOG		ZOL		NAV		SVK1		ALG		SVK2		MSC		ONLY		DON		Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Team evaluation

space	team	NOG		ZOL		NAV		SVK1		ALG		SVK2		MSC		ONLY		DON		Points
1	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	1	27	7th	14th	3	33	3	16	9	43	7th	22nd	8th	14th	5	22nd	3	8th	245
2	Hexis Racing	3	0	3	16	14th	33	0	18th	3	15th	0	2	4th	43	2	1	12	40	209
3	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	14th	43	0	9	0	5	1	18th	4th	8th	2	22nd	12	27	6th	8th	6th	18th	203
4th	BMW Team Vita4One	0	1	10	18th	4th	22nd	4th	31	8th	14th	14th	40	0	7th	3	22nd	0	2	200
5	AF Corse	2	18th	0	15th	0	2	8th	14th	0	6th	0	8th	0	8th	0	31	0	14th	126
6th	Engineering tab	4th	10	0	4th	3	6th	6th	0	0	12	1	6th			8th	17th	3	18th	98
7th	Exim Bank Team China	0	2	4th	25th	0	0	2	4th	0	1									38
8th	Sunred	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4th
9	Valmon Racing Team Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0													0

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ GT1world - Website: Revised 2012 calendar released ( Memento from June 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Endurance info - website: Les deux manches chinoises annulées et remplacées. (No longer available online.) At: www.endurance-info.com , July 1, 2012, archived from the original on July 4, 2012 ; Retrieved July 1, 2012 (French). 
4. ↑ GT1world - website: Stephane Ratel reveals bold vision for SRO-promoted series. (No longer available online.) At: gt1world.com , July 27, 2012, archived from the original on September 9, 2012 ; Retrieved July 27, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Sportscar-Info - Website: GT World Championship: Season finale will be held in Donington Park. (No longer available online.) On: www.sportscar-info.de , September 14, 2012, archived from the original on October 6, 2012 ; Retrieved September 20, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Speedweek - website: Hexis World Championship driver quartet is ready. (No longer available online.) On: www.speedweek.de , January 1, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 8, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
7. ↑ Motorsport-Total - website: GT1-WM: Ferrari is there. From: www.motorsport-total.com , February 8, 2012, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
8. ↑ ItaliaRacing - Website: Castellacci-Ide per AF Corse ( Memento from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Motorsport-Total - website: Salaquarda becomes a Ferrari driver. From: www.motorsport-total.com , February 29, 2012, accessed on October 8, 2018 . 
10. ↑ ItaliaRacing - Website: Vilander completa lo schieramento Ferrari ( Memento from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ GT1world - website: Entry list revealed: Aston, Ford, Porsche join the grid ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Mühlner Motorsport - website: Mühlner relies on Porsche again in 2012 ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ Sportscar info - website: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: GT World Championship in Moscow: Ferrari in front in first practice session )
14. ↑ Motorsport magazine - website: Two Gallardo at the start - Reiter gets in with Lamborghini. From: www.motorsport-magazin.com , March 1, 2012, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Motorsport-Total - Website: Jarvis drives in the GT1 - Audi names driver line-up. From: www.motorsport-total.com , March 1, 2012, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Autosport - website: Entry of three new teams secures future of FIA GT1 World Championship. (No longer available online.) At: www.autosport.com , March 12, 2012, archived from the original on January 14, 2017 ; accessed on October 8, 2018 . 
17. ^ Motorsport-Total - website: O'Young docks with Reiter. From: www.motorsport-total.com , March 16, 2012, accessed on October 8, 2018 . 
18. ^ Motorsport-Total - website: GT1 World Championship: Thomas Jäger near Münnich. From: www.motorsport-total.com , March 28, 2012, accessed October 8, 2018 .