2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season

2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season
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The 2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season was the third Copa Fiat Brasil season. It began on 3 June at Londrina and ended on November 4 at Velopark, after 12 races to be held at six meetings. In 2012 the category was renamed to Copa Fiat Brasil.^[1]

Cacá Bueno won the championship for the third time, after beat Andre Bragantini for six points.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by FPT engines and use Fiat Linea chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
GT Competições	0	Cacá Bueno	All
	74	Popó Bueno	All
Fittipaldi Racing	1	Christian Fittipaldi	All
	2	Mauri Zacarelli	All
GF Sports	3	João Scalabrin	2
	4	Júlio Campos	2
W2 Racing	8	Clemente de Faria, Jr.	1–2, 4–6
	42	Luir Miranda	All
	71	Serafin Jr.	3
Pater Racing	9	Giuliano Losacco	All
	13	André Bragantini	All
	21	Thiago Camilo	5–6
	80	Marcos Gomes	1
	91	Victor Guerin	4
FC Brasil	11	Rogerio Motta	5–6
W Racing	12	Betinho Sartorio	2–4
	90	José Vitte	1–4
Greco	15	Antonio Jorge Neto	2–3
	21	Fábio Carvalho	2–3
	30	Allam Khodair	1
	53	Fábio Carreira	1
Vasco Racing Team	16	Ulisses Silva	All
	99	Cesar Bonilha	All
Repecon Racing	17	Leonardo Nienkotter	All
	18	Fernando Nienkotter	All
MG Sports	26	Wellington Justino	All
	46	Edson do Valle	1–3
Quality Sports	33	Rogério Castro	1–4, 6
	83	Renato Constantino	5
Cesinha Competições	88	Carlos Eduardo	4–6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	June 3	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
	R2				Race transferred^1
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	July 8	Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Racing
	R2				Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Racing
3	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	July 28		André Bragantini	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
	R2		July 29	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
	R3				André Bragantini	André Bragantini	Pater Racing
4	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	August 19	André Bragantini	André Bragantini	André Bragantini	Pater Racing
	R2				Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	October 7	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
R2		André Bragantini	André Bragantini	Pater Racing
6	R1	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	November 4	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Pater Racing
	R2				Popó Bueno	Cesar Bonilha	Vasco Racing Team

Notes:

• ^1 — The second race at Londrina was transferred to July 28 at Curitiba, but only the drivers who competed at Londrina will can run.

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Race 1	20	14	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
Race 2	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0

Pos Driver LON GOI CUR^1 CUR INT BRA VEL Pts 1 Cacá Bueno 1 2 9 1 1 Ret 3 1 1 2 2 DNS 142 2 André Bragantini 2 4 Ret 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 8 2 136 3 Christian Fittipaldi 3 1 1 3 2 Ret Ret 8 7 DSQ 6 Ret 82 4 Cesar Bonilha 9 Ret 7 6 6 3 2 7 8 7 4 1 68 5 Giuliano Losacco 4 5 3 Ret Ret 4 4 3 6 6 Ret Ret 66 6 Popó Bueno Ret 6 2 7 7 12 Ret 5 5 Ret 5 3 56 7 Clemente de Faria, Jr. Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 3 3 4 48 8 Ulisses Silva 8 Ret 4 DSQ 5 2 12 6 10 8 9 6 43 9 Thiago Camilo 4 4 1 DNS 38 10 Wellington Justino 5 7 12 4 Ret 6 5 11 9 Ret 11 Ret 34 11 Luir Miranda Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 9 9 15 5 7 5 30 12 Leonardo Nienkotter Ret Ret Ret 5 4 13 7 4 Ret 9 10 Ret 29 13 Edson do Valle 10 3 Ret Ret 8 DSQ 16 14 Fernando Nienkotter DNS 14 8 Ret 12 7 8 Ret 12 Ret 13 7 8 15 Allam Khodair 6 6 16 Mauri Zacarelli 7 Ret DNS 9 10 11 13 DNS 11 Ret 12 DSQ 5 17 Betinho Sartorio 10 10 9 9 11 12 4 18 Rogério Castro Ret 12 6 DNS DSQ Ret 14 13 Ret DNS 4 19 José Vitte Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10 15 10 3 20 Antonio Jorge Neto 8 13 Ret Ret 3 21 Carlos Eduardo 10 Ret 13 10 14 8 2 Fábio Carvalho 13 11 11 9 0 Rogerio Motta 16 11 15 Ret 0 João Scalabrin 11 DNS 0 Serafin Jr. Ret 14 0 Renato Constantino 14 Ret 0 Victor Guerin 16 Ret 0 Júlio Campos Ret Ret 0 Marcos Gomes Ret 0 Fábio Carreira Ret 0 Pos Driver LON GOI CUR^1 CUR INT BRA VEL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• ^1 - Allam Khodair, Clemente de Faria, Jr., Fábio Carreira and Marcos Gomes will compete at Londrina, but not participate in Curitiba round.

References

1. "Com novo nome, Copa Fiat tenta se consolidar em 2012". tazio.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). (Tazio). Retrieved 21 May 2012.
2. "Cacá Bueno, no sacrifício, conquista o tri da Copa Fiat". f1mania.com.br (in Portuguese). (F1 Mania). Retrieved 4 November 2012.

External links

• Official website (Portuguese)