World Touring Car Championship 2012

The 2012 World Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and the eighth since the series was restarted in 2005. It began on March 11 in Monza and ended on November 18 in Macau . 24 races were held on 12 race weekends.

Rule changes

Sporting changes

The qualifying was modified. There were still two qualifying segments. In the first section, the twelve fastest drivers qualified for the second part of the qualifying. The five fastest pilots in this segment received points according to the scheme 5-4-3-2-1. The starting grid for the first race resulted from the result of the timed practice. In the second race, the first ten drivers from the second qualifying segment started in reverse order.

technical changes

In the 2012 season, only 1.6-liter turbo engines were allowed to be used. An engine change during the season was prohibited. Exceptions could be made in the event of accidents. When the engine was changed, the vehicle was moved to the end of the field. Six turbo units were allowed to be used during the season. Here, too, non-compliance with the rule was sanctioned with a penalty transfer to the end of the starting grid.

Each driver received 16 new tires from Yokohama when they first entered the season . From the second event he was allowed to use 20 tires, of which a maximum of 12 were new. In addition, 16 rain tires were available to each driver per race weekend.

Teams and drivers

team vehicle No. driver class Race weekend  Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 01  Yvan Muller 1-12 02  Robert Huff 1-12 08th  Alain Menu 1-12  Lukoil Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 03  Gabriele Tarquini 1-12 04th  Alexei Dudukalo Y 1-12  Zengõ Motorsport BMW 320 TC 05  Norbert Michelisz Y 1-12 27  Gábor Wéber Y 1, 2, 4-7  Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC 06th  Franz Engstler Y 1-12 07th  Charles Ng Y 1-12 BMW 320si 75  Masaki Kanō Y 10 76  Alex Liu Y 11 77  Joseph Merszei Y 12  Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 09  Rickard Rydell 1  bamboo engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11  Alex MacDowall Y 1-12 12  Pasquale Di Sabatino Y 1-7 17th  Michel Nykjær Y 8th 20th  Darryl O'Young Y 10-12 29  Robb Holland Y 9  Team Aon Ford Focus S2000 TC 14th  James Nash 1-12 23  Tom Chilton 1-12  ROAL motorsport BMW 320 TC 15th  Tom Coronel 1-12 16  Alberto Cerqui Y 1-11 46  Kei Cozzolino Y 12  Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León TDi 18th  Tiago Monteiro 1 SUNRED León 1.6T 2-9 SUNRED León 1.6T 66  André Couto 12 SEAT León WTCC 74  Pepe Oriola Y 1-12 SUNRED León 1.6T 80  Hiroki Yoshimoto Y 10 SEAT León WTCC 88  Fernando Monje Y 8-12  Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic Super 2000 TC 18th  Tiago Monteiro 10-12  Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCC 20th  Darryl O'Young Y 1-9 SEAT León TDi 22nd  Tom Boardman Y 2-6 SEAT León WTCC 7-12 38  René Münnich Y 10  Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC 24  Isaac Tutumlu Y 1-4 25th  Mehdi Bennani Y 1-12 48  Felice Tedeschi Y 9  Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC 26th  Stefano d'Aste Y 1-12  Team Aviva-Cofco Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 32  Colin Turkington 11  SUNRED engineering SEAT León TDi 40  Andrea Barlesi Y 1 SUNRED León 1.6T 2-4 60  Hugo Valente Y 11 88  Fernando Monje Y 2  China Dragon Racing Chevrolet Lacetti 50  Filipe de Souza Y 11, 12 Chevrolet Cruze 51  Kin Veng Ng Y 11, 12 Chevrolet Lacetti 55  Celio Alves Dias Y 12  Song Veng Racing Team Honda Accord Euro R. 53  Kelvin Leong Y 11  Look Fong Racing Team Chevrolet Cruze 54  Eric Kwong Y 11  LADA sport LADA Granta Sport 69  James Thompson 5, 7  SEAT Swiss Racing SEAT León WTCC 73  Fredy Barth Y 11, 12  RPM Racing Team BMW 320si 78  Ka Lok Mak Y 12  Five Auto Racing Team Honda Accord Type-R 81  Eurico de Jesus Y 12 BMW 320si 82  Henry Ho Y 12

Abbreviation Eligible for Y Yokohama Trophy

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship and who did not start for the same team in the 2012 season as in 2011.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• Alexei Dudukalo : Sunred → Lukoil Racing Team
• Michel Nykjær : Sunred → bamboo engineering
• Darryl O'Young : bamboo-engineering → Special Tuning Racing
• Filipe de Souza : Corsa Motorsport → China Dragon Racing
• Gabriele Tarquini : Sunred → Lukoil Racing Team
• Colin Turkington : Wiechers-Sport → Team Aviva-Cofco

Drivers who entered or returned to the World Touring Car Championship:

• Célio Alves Dias :? → China Dragon Racing
• Andrea Barlesi : Intercontinental Le Mans Cup ( OAK Racing ) → SUNRED Engineering
• Tom Boardman : British Touring Car Championship (Special Tuning Racing) → Special Tuning Racing
• Alberto Cerqui : Superstars Series ( Team BMW Italia ) → ROAL Motorsport
• Tom Chilton : British Touring Car Championship ( Team Aon ) → Arena Motorsport
• Pasquale Di Sabatino : Auto GP ( TP Formula ) → bamboo engineering
• Henry Ho :? → Five Auto Racing Team
• Robb Holland : SCCA World Challenge → bamboo-engineering
• Eurico de Jesus :? → Five Auto Racing Team
• Eric Kwong : Hong Kong Touring Car Championship → Look Fong Racing Team
• Kelvin Leong : Macau Touring Car Championship → Song Veng Racing Team
• Alex Liu : Macau Touring Car Championship → Liqui Moly Team Engstler
• Alex MacDowall : British Touring Car Championship ( Silverline Chevrolet ) → bamboo-engineering
• René Münnich : Time out → Special Tuning Racing
• Fernando Monje : European F3 Open ( Drivex ) → SUNRED Engineering
• James Nash : British Touring Car Championship ( 888 Racing with Collins Contractors ) → Arena Motorsport
• Kin Veng Ng : Macau Touring Car Championship → China Dragon Racing
• Rickard Rydell : Scandinavian Touring Car Championship ( Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden ) → Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden
• Felice Tedeschi : Superstars Series ( Roma Racing Team ) → Proteam Racing
• James Thompson : Scandinavian Touring Car Championship ( Polestar Racing ) → TMS Sport
• Isaac Tutumlu : Superstars Series ( Campos Racing ) → Proteam Racing
• Hugo Valente : Karting → SUNRED Engineering
• Gábor Wéber : German SEAT Leon Supercopa (TAC Race Solutions) → Zengõ Motorsport

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2012:

Toshihiro Arai Cacá Bueno Robert Dahlgren Fabio Fabiani Io Keong Kuok

Gary Kwok Marchy Lee Ka Chun Lo Philip Ma Ibrahim Okyay

Kristian Poulsen David Sigacev Urs Sonderegger Yukinori Taniguchi Javier Villa

Changes in the manufacturers

• Ford , Honda and Lada entered the WTCC.
• Volvo withdrew from the WTCC after one season.

Changes in the teams

• Arena Motorsport took part in the WTCC in 2012 with the Ford Focus 1.6T .
• Special Tuning Racing entered the WTCC for the 2012 season with two SEAT Leon 1.6T .
• TMS Sport competed in two races with a Lada Granta .
• Honda entered the WTCC as a team with JAS Motorsport during the season .
• NIKA Racing started as Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden with two Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T in some WTCC races of the season.
• Volvo and the Polestar Racing team withdrew from the WTCC after one season.

Racing calendar

The 2012 World Touring Car Championship racing calendar was published on December 7, 2011. The races in Belgium, Germany, Great Britain and the Czech Republic no longer took place in 2012. Instead, WTCC races were held for the first time in Austria , Slovakia and the United States . In Austria, the Salzburgring was used . The venue for the US race was the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma , California , which also hosted the IndyCar Series and NASCAR Sprint Cups in 2012 . In addition, the Moroccan race in Marrakech returned to the racing calendar. In addition, a race in Argentina was initially planned. However, this was canceled in January. The Slovakiaring in Slovakia was selected as the substitute venue for the Argentine race .

There was also a change of race tracks. The Portuguese race no longer took place on the temporary street circuit Circuito da Boavista in Porto . The Circuito do Estoril was first announced as the new racetrack . Shortly before the start of the season, however, the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve was announced as the Portuguese venue. The Chinese race changed from the Shanghai Tianma Circuit to the Shanghai International Circuit within Shanghai .

The order of the races was changed compared to the previous year. First, the races took place in Europe and the Moroccan race in North Africa. Then there was one race each in South and North America. As in the previous season, the season ended with three races in Asia. With this division, the series wanted to avoid clashes with the European Football Championship 2012 (June 8th to July 1st) and the 2012 Olympic Games (July 27th to August 12th).

No.		date	Race name / place	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Winner Yokohama Trophy
01	01	March 11	Race of Italy ( Monza )	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Rickard Rydell	Pepe Oriola
	02			Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Norbert Michelisz	Robert Huff	Stefano d'Aste
02	03	0April 1st	Race of Spain ( Valencia )	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Tom Coronel	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Pepe Oriola
	04th			Alain Menu	Tom Coronel	Stefano d'Aste	Stefano d'Aste	Alain Menu	Stefano d'Aste
03	05	April 15th	Race of Morocco ( Marrakech )	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Pepe Oriola	Pepe Oriola
	06th			Yvan Muller	Robert Huff	Alain Menu	James Nash	Alain Menu	Stefano d'Aste
04th	07th	April 29	Race of Slovakia ( Orechová Potôň )	Gabriele Tarquini	Alexei Dudukalo	Alain Menu	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz	Alexei Dudukalo
	08th			Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Stefano d'Aste	Yvan Muller	Pepe Oriola
05	09	0May 6th	Race of Hungary ( Budapest )	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff	Alain Menu	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Mehdi Bennani
	10			Norbert Michelisz	Alain Menu	Mehdi Bennani	Franz Engstler	Norbert Michelisz	Norbert Michelisz
06th	11	May 20th	Race of Austria ( Salzburg )	Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Alex MacDowall
	12			Stefano d'Aste	Robert Huff	Tom Coronel	Alexei Dudukalo	Alain Menu	Stefano d'Aste
07th	13	3rd of June	Race of Portugal ( Portimão )	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Robert Huff	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller	Norbert Michelisz
	14th			Alain Menu	Pepe Oriola	Tom Coronel	Pepe Oriola	Alain Menu	Pepe Oriola
08th	15th	22nd of July	Race of Brazil ( Curitiba )	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Michel Nykjær
	16			Robert Huff	Alain Menu	Gabriele Tarquini	Norbert Michelisz	Robert Huff	Norbert Michelisz
09	17th	September 23rd	Race of the United States ( Sonoma )	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff	Norbert Michelisz	Alain Menu	Yvan Muller	Norbert Michelisz
	18th			Robert Huff	Norbert Michelisz	Gabriele Tarquini	Stefano d'Aste	Yvan Muller	Norbert Michelisz
10	19th	October 21	Race of Japan ( Suzuka )	Alain Menu	Yvan Muller	Robert Huff	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Alex MacDowall
	20th			Stefano d'Aste	Pepe Oriola	Gabriele Tarquini	Stefano d'Aste	Pepe Oriola	Stefano d'Aste
11	21st	0November 4th	Race of China ( Shanghai )	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Stefano d'Aste	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Stefano d'Aste
	22nd			Robert Huff	Alain Menu	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Robert Huff	Stefano d'Aste
12	23	November 18	Guia Race of Macau ( Macau )	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Tiago Monteiro	Robert Huff	Alain Menu	Darryl O'Young
	24			Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Yvan Muller	Alex MacDowall	Alain Menu	Darryl O'Young

World championship stands

Driver ranking

The driver who had accumulated the most points in the driver standings by the end of the season became world champion. When distributing points for the drivers' classification, the placements in the overall result of the respective race were taken into account. The top ten drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

In addition, points are awarded to the first five drivers for qualifying according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme.

Item	driver	ITA		ESP		MAR		SVK		HUN		AUT		POR		BRA		United States		JPN		CHN		MAC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
01	R. Huff	2 3	3	4 5	6th	2 2	2	17 *	1	2 2	7th	1 1	2	3 4	4th	3 3	1	2 4	1	3 3	4th	2 4	1	DNF 1	2	413
02	A. Menu	7 4	2	5	1	1 1	3	3	DNF	3 3	2	3 3	DNF	5	1	2 2	2	18 1	4th	1 1	5	1 1	2	2 3	1	401
03	Y. Muller	1 2	1	1 1	8th	3 4	1	10	2	1 1	10	2 2	8th	1 2	5	1 1	4th	1 3	14th	2 2	6th	DNF 2	13	1 2	3	393
04th	G. Tarquini	3 1	DNF	2 2	9	11	DNF	1 3	3	DNF 4	6th	4 4	16	2 1	19 *	4 5	3	4 2	3	4th	3	5	6th	4 4	20 *	252
05	T. Coronel	5	4th	3 3	2	8 3	4th	14th	4th	6th	12	8th	3	6 5	3	8th	7th	8th	5	6th	15th	4th	3	6th	DNF	207
06th	N. Michelisz	9	8th	7th	4th	9	DNF	6 1	6th	7th	1	9	5	4 3	10	9	5	3 5	2	13	DNF	15 3	24	NC	21 *	155
07th	S. d'Aste	11	5	11	3	5	5	5	14th	17th	8th	DNF	1	11	18th	17th	13	9	9	8th	1	3	4th	DNF	23 *	144
08th	P. Oriola	6th	12	6 4	7th	4 5	7th	16 *	5	8th	4th	7th	4th	9	2	16	17 *	16 *	11	7th	2	22nd	DNF	DNF	22 *	131
09	T. Monteiro	DNF	18 *	9	13	NC	9	DNF 5	DNF	5	5	5	DNF	7th	8th	DNF	9	6th	6th	9	10	13	10	3 5	4th	95
10	M. Bennani	DNF	14th	14th	10	DNF	12	11	7th	4 5	3	17th	6th	DNF	DNF	12	8th	11	DNF	21 5	7th	8th	5	DNF	DNF	68
11	A. MacDowall	8th	7th	15th	14th	12	DNF	12	DNF	9	11	6 5	DNF	10	7th	6th	11	5	7th	5 4	9	NC	17th	9	DNF	68
12	F. Engstler	12	6th	8th	5	6th	8th	DNF	13	DNF	9	11	9	12	9	15th	DNF	7th	10	10	11	9	15th	7th	6th	64
13	A. Cerqui	10	9	13	DNF	15th	DNF	4th	8th	13	18th	13	7th	8th	6th	NC	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	14th	7th	9			45
14th	D. O'Young	DNS	DNS	10	DNF	10	10	7th	9	DNF	13	DNF	DNS	13	13	7th	DNF	14th	12	11	13	DNF	12	5	5	37
15th	A. Dudukalo	18 *	DNS	NC	12	16	11	2 2	15th	14th	16	19 *	14th	DNF	16	11	10	DNF	18th	18th	8th	NC	11	11	7th	33
16	M. Nykjaer															5 4	6th									20th
17th	T. Boardman			20th	DNF	14th	DNS	8th	11	DNF	DNS	18 *	DNS	14th	DNF	19 *	12	10	8th	12	12	12	8th	10	9	16
18th	C. Turkington																					6 5	7th			15th
19th	R. Rydell	4 5	10																							14th
20th	J. Nash	16	13	12	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF 4	DNS	11	19 *	10	10	DNF	DNF	14th	15th	17 *	17th	19th	16	DNF	DNF	12	12	12
21st	F. Barth																					14th	14th	8th	8th	8th
22nd	T. Chilton	13	16	19th	15th	7th	16 *	DNF	10	15th	14th	16	11	16	15th	18th	16 *	12	15th	15th	18th	11	19th	13	DNF	7th
23	G. Wéber	17 *	11	17th	DNF			9	DNF	10	17th	15th	12	DNF	12											3
24	F. Monje			21st	18th											10	14th	NC	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	16	14th	10	2
25th	C. Ng	15th	DNF	18th	DNF	DNF	13	15th	DNS	16	DNF	14th	13	18 *	14th	13	DNF	15th	DNS	22nd	17th	10	23	DNF	DNS	1
-	A. Couto																							15th	11	0
-	I. Tutumlu	DNF	17th	16	11	DNF	DNS	DNA	DNA																	0
-	J. Thompson									DNF	DNF			17 *	11											0
-	P. Di Sabatino	14th	19 *	22nd	16	17th	15th	13	12	12	15th	12	15th	15th	17th	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ							0
-	A. Barlesi	DNF	15th	23	17th	13	14th	DNA	DNA																	0
-	R. Holland																	13	16							0
-	J. Merszei																							17th	13	0
-	F. de Souza																					19th	21st	18 *	14th	0
-	C. Alves Dias																							19 *	15th	0
-	H. Valente																					16	18th			0
-	H. Yoshimoto																			16	19th					0
-	K. Mak																							21 *	16	0
-	H. Ho																							16	DNF	0
-	K. Ng																					20th	22nd	DNF	17th	0
-	R. Münnich																			17th	20th					0
-	K. Leong																					17th	DNF			0
-	E. Kwong																					18th	20th			0
-	E. de Jesus																							DNF	18th	0
-	K. Cozzolino																							20 *	19 *	0
-	M. Kanō																			20th	21st					0
-	A. Liu																					21st	25 *			0
-	F. Tedeschi																	DNS	DNS							0
Item	driver	ITA		ESP		MAR		SVK		HUN		AUT		POR		BRA		United States		JPN		CHN		MAC		Points

Legend

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

• ¹ : first in qualifying, ² : second in qualifying, ...

Manufacturer rating

The manufacturer who had accumulated the most points in the manufacturers' championship by the end of the season was the manufacturer world champion. When distributing points for the manufacturers' classification, only the two best-placed vehicles from the respective manufacturer were taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. Your points were added up and incorporated into the manufacturer's rating. All vehicles of the respective manufacturer with a lower ranking were "invisible" for this rating. In the point allocation, the vehicles from other manufacturers placed behind moved up. The vehicles considered by this regulation were awarded points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

In addition, points are awarded to the first five drivers for qualifying according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme.

Item	driver	Points
1.	Chevrolet	1025
2.	BMW Customer Racing Teams	650
3.	SEAT Customer Technology	617

Yokohama drivers' championship

In the Yokohama Trophy , only drivers who were classified as "private drivers" were listed. When allocating points for the Yokohama Trophy , the placements among the participants in the Yokohama Trophy of the respective race were taken into account. As a special feature, there was a bonus point for the pole position (only the first race per race weekend) and the fastest race lap among the participants in the Yokohama Trophy . In addition, at the Guia Race in Macau as the end of the season for the placements among the participants in the Yokohama Trophy, double the number of points was awarded. The eight drivers who came first in the classification of the Yokohama Trophy in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	PP	SR
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	1	1
Points Macau	20th	16	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1	1

Item driver Points 1.  Norbert Michelisz 139 2.  Pepe Oriola 126 3.  Stefano d'Aste 122 4th  Franz Engstler 114 5.  Alex MacDowall 105 6th  Darryl O'Young 87 7th  Mehdi Bennani 73 8th.  Alberto Cerqui 64 9.  Alexei Dudukalo 52 10.  Tom Boardman 51 11.  Fredy Barth 26th 12.  Michel Nykjær 20th

Item driver Points 13.  Fernando Monje 16 14th  Gábor Wéber 15th 15th  Pasquale Di Sabatino 12 16.  Charles Ng 12 17th  Joseph Merszei 4th 18th  Isaac Tutumlu 3 19th  Andrea Barlesi 3 20th  Filipe de Souza 2 20th  Henry Ho 2 20th  Robb Holland 2 -  Celio Alves Dias 0 -  Hugo Valente 0

Item driver Points -  Hiroki Yoshimoto 0 -  Ka Lok Mak 0 -  Kin Veng Ng 0 -  René Münnich 0 -  Kelvin Leong 0 -  Eric Kwong 0 -  Eurico de Jesus 0 -  Kei Cozzolino 0 -  Masaki Kanō 0 -  Alex Liu 0 -  Felice Tedeschi 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "From 2012: Points for the top 5 of the qualifying" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2011)
2. ↑ ^{a b} "New catalog of rules for 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2011)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} "Continuity at Chevrolet: The driver trio remains for 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 7, 2011)
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Lukoil makes it possible: Tarquini still in the WTCC" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 18, 2012)
5. ↑ ^{a b} "Zengö team with two cars for Michelisz and Weber" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 2, 2012)
6. ↑ "Ng drives 2012 for Engstler" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 28, 2012)
7. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Engstler team is using a third car in Asia". Motorsport-Total.com, August 29, 2012, accessed October 20, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Another guest starter at Engstler in Shanghai". Motorsport-Total.com, October 24, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} “Rydell aiming for opening WTCC rounds with new Cruze” ( Memento from February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (touringcartimes.com on February 3, 2012)
10. ↑ ^{a b} “Alex MacDowall moves to World Touring Cars with bamboo engineering” (autosport.com on February 27, 2012)
11. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Di Sabatino is not allowed to fly: Nykjaer steps in". Motorsport-Total.com, July 19, 2012, accessed July 19, 2012 . 
12. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "O'Young returns to Bamboo". Motorsport-Total.com, October 10, 2012, accessed October 10, 2012 . 
13. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "US driver Holland replaces di Sabatino at Bamboo". Motorsport-Total.com, September 21, 2012, accessed on September 22, 2012 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b c d} "Ford Focus with a successful shakedown" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 4, 2012)
15. ↑ "James Nash joins the WTCC with Arena Motorsport" (autosport.com on February 8, 2012)
16. ↑ ^{a b} "ROAL is upgrading: Second car for teenagers Cerqui" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 13, 2012)
17. ^ "Monteiro remains a SEAT driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 2, 2012)
18. ↑ "Official: Oriola 2012 at Sunred" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 7, 2012)
19. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Yoshimoto in Suzuka back in the SEAT". Motorsport-Total.com, October 11, 2012, accessed October 20, 2012 . 
20. ↑ "The starting field is complete: 25 drivers in Monza" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 5, 2012)
21. ↑ ^{a b c} "Honda gets in" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 3, 2012)
22. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Honda secures the services of Monteiro and Tarquini". Motorsport-Total.com, July 18, 2012, accessed July 19, 2012 . 
23. ^ "New SEAT team: Special Tuning wants to join the WTCC" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 24, 2011)
24. ↑ “Darryl O'Young to Join STR for 2012 WTCC” (specialtuningracing.com on February 29, 2012)
25. ↑ "Boardman and Oriola drive 2012 for Special Tuning" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 6, 2012)
26. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Guest start at STR: Münnich before debut in the WTCC". Motorsport-Total.com, October 11, 2012, accessed October 20, 2012 . 
27. ↑ "Proteam confirms Tutumlu as second driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 5, 2012)
28. ↑ "Bennani also drives for Proteam in 2012" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 23, 2012)
29. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "50-year-old Italian drives in Sonoma for Proteam". Motorsport-Total.com, September 18, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 . 
30. ^ "D'Aste & Wiechers reunited" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 17, 2012)
31. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Comeback in the Chevrolet Cruze: Turkington is back". Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
32. ↑ “Andrea Barlesi confirmed for SUNRED” (touringcartimes.com on March 5, 2012)
33. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: “20-year-old Frenchman before WTCC debut”. Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
34. ↑ "The starting field is complete: 25 drivers in Monza" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 5, 2012)
35. ^ ^{A b} Stefan Ziegler: "Chevrolet record: With nine cars in the WTCC field". Motorsport-Total.com, October 31, 2012, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
36. ^ ^{A b} Stefan Ziegler: "Other Asian guest pilots in Shanghai". Motorsport-Total.com, October 25, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
37. ↑ ^{a b c} "WTCC - Lada returns to the WTCC in 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 30, 2011)
38. ^ "Officially: Thompson drives with Lada" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 2, 2012)
39. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Comeback in Shanghai: Barth is back". Motorsport-Total.com, October 10, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 . 
40. ↑ ^{a b} "Volvo says no to the WTCC" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 8, 2012)
41. ↑ ^{a b c} "New calendar draft: Germany is not there" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2011)
42. ↑ "USA debut: 'We have to be realistic'" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 29, 2011)
43. ↑ "Backing out: Argentina no longer in the WTCC calendar" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 28, 2012)
44. ↑ “World Touring Cars adds Slovakia Ring to schedule to replace canceled Argentinian round” (autosport.com on February 6, 2012)
45. ↑ "Portimao replaces Estoril" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 9, 2012)
46. ↑ "Calendar 2012: Will Argentina join the WTCC racing plan?" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 23, 2011)
47. ↑ "Calendar 2012: European season plus overseas tour" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 12, 2011)

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