Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2012

René Rast won his second Carrera Cup championship title in 2012 (photo from 2014)

The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland 2012 was the 23rd season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland . The first run of the season took place on April 28, 2012 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place there on October 21.

This season a total of 17 races were held over nine weekends in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The races took place as part of the DTM supporting program . For the first time, two races were held on one race weekend. Only on May 19 was the race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife , which was not part of the DTM program, only one run.

René Rast won his second driver title with 242 points after 2008. The ZF Sachs team award was won by the Deutsche Post by tolimit team .

The B-driver title for amateurs, newly introduced this season, was won by Bill Barazetti with 256 points. The Frenchman Kévin Estre won the newly introduced special rookie ranking with 181 points.

Starting field

The following drivers and guest drivers started the season:

No. driver team Rating Race weekend 1 Norbert Siedler Konrad Motorsport A. all 2 Tomáš Pivoda A R all 3 Harrie Kolen Country Motorsport B. all 4th Hoevert Vos B. 2-9 5 Jaap van Lagen FE Racing by Land Motorsport A. all 6th Wolf Nathan B. all 7th Michael Christensen Konrad Motorsport A R all 10 Felipe Fernández Laser Farnbacher ESET Racing A R 1, 2, 4, 5 Niclas Kentenich A. 3 11 Elia Erhart Marshal Goebel Racing A R all 12 Matthias Gamauf A R 1, 2, 4, 5 Peter Scharmach B. 6th 14th René Rast Team Deutsche Post by tolimit A. all 15th Klaus Bachler A R all 16 Sean Edwards A. all 19th Clemens Schmid SWITCH IT Lechner Racing A. all 33 Bill Barazetti MRS GT Racing B. all 34 Philipp Eng A R all 37 Michael Ammermüller SWITCH IT Lechner Racing A. 1-4, 9 41 Jeroen Mul Team Bleekemolen A. 1, 7 42 Pascal Bour BG Racing B. 3 43 Peter Scharmach GT3 Cup Middle East B. 3 44 Andreas Mayerl Lechner Racing Team B. 4th 45 Mark J. Thomas Konrad Motorsport Austria B. 6, 7 46 Antonis Wossos MRS GT Racing B. 7th 47 Robert Lukas Foerch Racing A. 8, 9 49 Florian Scholze A. 8, 9 51 Hannes Waimer GT3 Cup Middle East B. 3, 5-7 52 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Team Bleekemolen A. 7th Florian Spengler MRS GT Racing A. 9 66 Nicolas Armindo ATTEMPTO Racing A. 1, 6 David Jahn A. 2-5 Jeroen Bleekemolen A. 7th Arkin Aka A. 8th Robert Renauer A. 9 77 Philipp Frommenwiler A. all 88 Nicki Thiim Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing A. all 91 Christina Nielsen Farnbacher ESET Racing B. all 99 Kévin Estre Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing A R all

symbol Driver rating A. Professional (A) B. Amateur (B) R. Rookie

     Guest starters

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	Second	Third
1	Run 1	Hockenheimring	April 28	Sean Edwards	René Rast	René Rast	Nicolas Armindo	Michael Ammermüller
	Run 2		April 29	Sean Edwards	Kévin Estre	Sean Edwards	Kévin Estre	René Rast
2	Run 1	Lausitzring	5th of May	Kévin Estre	Sean Edwards	Nicki Thiim	René Rast	Sean Edwards
	Run 2		May 6th	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Kévin Estre	Michael Christensen
3	Run	Nürburgring Nordschleife	May 19th	Philipp Eng	René Rast	Kévin Estre	Sean Edwards	René Rast
4th	Run 1	Red Bull Ring	2th of June	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Norbert Siedler	Kévin Estre	Klaus Bachler
	Run 2		3rd of June	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Kévin Estre	René Rast
5	Run 1	Norisring	June 30th	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Norbert Siedler	Sean Edwards
	Run 2		July 1	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Kévin Estre	Norbert Siedler
6th	Run 1	Nürburgring	18th of August	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Nicki Thiim	Jaap van Lagen
	Run 2		August 19th	Nicki Thiim	Sean Edwards	Nicki Thiim	Sean Edwards	René Rast
7th	Run 1	Zandvoort	August 25	René Rast	René Rast	Sean Edwards	Nicki Thiim	Jaap van Lagen
	Run 2		26th of August	Nicki Thiim	Norbert Siedler	René Rast	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Sean Edwards
8th	Run 1	Oschersleben	September 15th	René Rast	René Rast	René Rast	Sean Edwards	Nicki Thiim
	Run 2		16th September	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	René Rast	Nicki Thiim
9	Run 1	Hockenheimring	the 20th of October	Sean Edwards	René Rast	Nicki Thiim	Kévin Estre	Philipp Eng
	Run 2		October 21	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre	Norbert Siedler

Championship results

Point system

The following number of points was awarded to the first 15 classified drivers. The points from the guest starters were deleted at the end of the season, so the same positions can have different point evaluations:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th
Points	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

A driver ranking

A total of 22 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1		LAU		ONLY1	RBR		NOR		ONLY2		ZAN		OSC		HOC2		Points
1	René Rast	1	3	2	9	3	14th	3	1	1	1	3	16	1	1	2	7th	DNF	242
2	Sean Edwards	DNF	1	3	1	2	11	1	3	6th	4th	2	1	3	2	1	DSQ	5	233
3	Nicki Thiim	7th	4th	1	17th	8th	4th	4th	DNF	DNF	2	1	2	5	3	3	1	6th	202
4th	Kévin Estre	DNF	2	4th	2	1	2	2	DNF	2	DSQ	DSQ	4th	DNF	4th	DNF	2	2	181
5	Norbert Siedler	6th	6th	7th	DNF	4th	1	5	2	3	8th	8th	DNF	4th	15th	10	5	3	178
6th	Jaap van Lagen	4th	5	5	4th	5	13	9	DNF	4th	3	DNF	3	6th	7th	5	6th	15th	158
7th	Michael Christensen	9	12	6th	3	9	6th	8th	6th	10	5	16	20th	7th	6th	15th	21st	1	148
8th	Klaus Bachler	17th	13	18th	DNF	14th	3	7th	DNF	8th	9	7th	8th	11	8th	4th	4th	4th	122
9	Philipp Frommenwiler	DNF	11	11	8th	10	7th	13	4th	5	7th	6th	DNF	13	10	18th	11	8th	113
10	Philipp Eng	5	8th	12	6th	6th	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	10	5	9	14th	9	6th	3	9	112.5
11	Michael Ammermüller	3	9	8th	5	7th	5	11									9	12	82
12	Tomáš Pivoda	10	DNF	15th	13	11	10	14th	8th	14th	13	17th	12	16	11	8th	15th	14th	74.5
13	Clemens Schmid	DNF	DNF	9	20th	22nd	19th	10	5	11	19th	12	5	10	18th	DNF	16	11	68
14th	Elia Erhart	8th	14th	13	10	16	DNF	16	7th	DNF	11	DNF	11	DNF	12	11	12	16	60
15th	Nicolas Armindo	2	7th								6th	4th							51
16	David Jahn			10	7th	21st	DNF	6th	DNF	7th									35
17th	Felipe Fernández Laser	11	15th	14th	11		8th	12	DNF	9									33
18th	Jeroen Bleekemolen												17th	2					20.5
19th	Matthias Gamauf	12	17th	19th	15th		9	18th	DNF	12									19th
20th	Robert Renauer																10	7th	16
21st	Arkin Aka														14th	16			9
22nd	Niclas Kentenich					12													4th
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Jeroen Mul	18th	10										6th	8th					0
	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen												7th	9					0
	Robert Lukas														5	9	8th	10	0
	Florian Scholze														13	7th	13	18th	0
	Florian Spengler																14th	13	0
space	driver	HOC1		LAU		ONLY1	RBR		NOR		ONLY2		ZAN		OSC		HOC2		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

ZF Sachs team classification

There were 9 teams in the point evaluation.

space	team	HOC1	LAU	ONLY1	RBR	NOR	ONLY2	ZAN	OSC	HOC2	Points
1	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	56	61	34	48	66	68	50	76	24	483
2	Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing	41	55	28	66	18th	38	28	46	68	388
3	Konrad Motorsport	27	35	21st	53	51	36	26th	35	54	338
4th	ATTEMPTO Racing	33	28	9	24	35	43	28.5	27	34	261.5
5	SWITCH IT Lechner Racing	23	29	11	31	18th	13	14th	4th	27	170
6th	FE Racing by Land Motorsport	26th	26th	12	14th	14th	16	18th	24	17th	167
7th	MRS GT Racing	20th	14th	10	0	0	19th	11	21st	24	119
8th	Marshal Goebel Racing	21st	14th	4th	13	14th	6th	4.5	16	10	102.5
9	Farnbacher ESET Racing	10	7th	5	14th	8th	0	0	0	0	44

B driver rating

A total of 7 drivers made it into the amateur points classification.

space	driver	HOC1		LAU		ONLY1	RBR		NOR		ONLY2		ZAN		OSC		HOC2		Points
1	Bill Barazetti	14th	18th	22nd	18th	19th	15th	17th	11	18th	16	10	14th	17th	16	DNF	18th	20th	256
2	Harrie Kolen	13	16	20th	16	DNF	18th	19th	9	15th	20th	DNS	DNF	18th	17th	14th	19th	19th	233
3	Wolf Nathan	16	20th	21st	19th	18th	16	20th	10	16	18th	11	13	21st	DNF	13	20th	DNF	217
4th	Hoevert Vos			16	12	15th	DNF	DNF	12	13	12	DNF	10	12	DNF	12	17th	DNF	198
5	Christina Nielsen	15th	19th	17th	14th	DNF	17th	DNF	DNF	19th	17th	9	15th	15th	DNF	17th	22nd	17th	197
6th	Hannes Waimer					20th			13	17th	15th	15th	19th	19th					86
7th	Peter Scharmach					13					14th	13							32
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Pascal Bour					17th													0
	Andreas Mayerl						12	15th											0
	Mark J. Thomas										DNF	14th	18th	20th					0
	Antonis Wossos												21st	DNS					0

annotation

1. ↑ In the third race Peter Scharmach started as a guest starter and received no points.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racecam - Internet site: PCC Meister 2012. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Racecam website: an overview of all drivers for the 2012 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Racecam website: an overview of all guest starters for the 2012 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Racecam - website: An overview of all teams for the 2012 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Racecam - Internet site: drivers' classification Porsche Carrera Cup 2012. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 30, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Racecam - website: Team scoring Porsche Carrera Cup 2012. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 31, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Racecam - website: Amateur ranking Porsche Carrera Cup 2012. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 30, 2019 .