2012 International GTSprint Series

2012 International GTSprint Series season
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The 2012 International GTSprint Series season was the third year of the International GTSprint Series. The season began at Monza on 1 April and finished at Pergusa on 28 October. Andrea Palma won the championship, driving a Ferrari.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430	2	Lorenzo Bontempelli	GTS2	2
	Ferrari 458	36	Ivan Capelli	GTS3	3
	Ferrari F430	51	Granfranco Bocellari	Cup	All
		51	Roberto Delli Guanti	Cup	All
		52	Roberto Sorti	Cup	1-2
		52	Moreno Petrini	Cup	1-2
Autorlando Motorsport	Porsche 997	12	Glauco Solieri	GTS2	All
Black Team	Ferrari F430	15	Raffaele Giammaria	GTS2	1-2
			Simone Pellegrinelli		1-5
			Francesca Linossi		3-6
			Luciano Linossi		6
			Ciccio La Mazza		7
		25	Massimiliano Mugelli	GTS2	5
	Ferrari 458	27	Andrea Palma	GTS2	All
Ombra Racing	Ferrari 458	30	Mario Cordoni	GTS3	2-7
AF Corse	Ferrari 458	31	François Perrodo	GTS3	5
Antonelli Motorsport	Porsche 997	32	Angelo Proietti	GTS3	6
			Mario La Barbera		7
			Giosuè Rizzuto		7
		53	Steven Goldstein	Cup	4
		53	Christian Passuti	Cup	4
		54	Alberto Brambati	Cup	2
			Marco Magli		2
			Alessandro Baccani		3
			Paolo Venerosi		3
			Vincenzo Donativi		6
		55	Omar Galbiati	Cup	1-3
		56	Niccolò Granzotto	Cup	2
			Alberto Brambati		3
			Pietro Negra		3
			Domenico Guagliardo		7
			Giuseppe Trinca		7
RC Motorsport	Corvette Z06	34	Roberto Benedetti	GTS3	All
RC Motorsport	Corvette Z06	34	Roberto Del Castello	GTS3	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8	35	Davide di Benedetto	GTS3	7
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8	35	Michele Merendino	GTS3	7
Blue Jumeirah Team	Mosler MT900R	38	Rafael Unzurrunzaga	GTS3	4
Swiss Team	Maserati GT		Gabriele Gardel	GTS3	6
Swiss Team	Maserati GT		Alessandro Pier Guidi	GTS3	6
GDL Racing	Porsche 997	41	Steven Goldstein	Cup	4-5
		41	Giacomo Piccini	Cup	4-5
		58	Vittorio Bagnasco	Cup	6-7
		91	Ennio Ricci	Open	2-5
		91	Angelo Schiatti	Open	2-5
LMS Racing	Dodge Viper	42	Antti Buri	Open	5
Malucelli Motorsport	Ferrari F430	57	Marco Galassi	Cup	1-6
Happy Racer	Porsche 997	58	Vittorio Bagnasco	Cup	1-5
Happy Racer	Porsche 997	90	Oleksandr Gaidai	Open	1
Mik Corse	Lamborghini Gallardo	61	Steven Goldstein	Cup	1-2
Mik Corse	Lamborghini Gallardo	61	Felipe Merjech	Cup	1-2
Scuderia La.Na.	Ferrari F430	63	Gianmaria Gabbiani	Cup	2-3
			Gianluca Nattoni		2
			Marco Bassetto		3
			Giovanni Cassibba		7
			Mauro Trentin		7
	Hyundai Genesis	93	Gianmaria Gabbiani	Open	7
	Hyundai Genesis	93	Gianluca Nattoni	Open	7
M Racing	Porsche 997	65	Emanuele Romani	Cup	6-7
M Racing	Porsche 997	65	Steven Goldstein	Cup	7
Rallysport	Lamborghini Gallardo	68	Ferdinando Serafino	Cup	3
			Steven Goldstein		6
			Raffaele Giammaria		6
Ebimotors	Porsche 997	69	Erika Monforte	Cup	3
		69	Simone Monforte	Cup	3
		70	Roberto Silva	Cup	1-2, 6
		70	Gianluigi Piccioli	Cup	3
Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	Ferrari F430	72	Alessandro Bernasconi	Cup	1-4
			Lorenzo Casè		1-3, 6
			Matteo Malucelli		6
		82	Massimiliano Bianchi	Cup	1-3
		82	Nello Nataloni	Cup	1-2
Fortuna Racing	Porsche 997	81	Sébastien Fortuna	Cup	1
N-Racing	BMW M3 E92	92	Piero Necchi	Open	1-2
AR Motorsport	BMW M3 E92	94	Andrea Bacci	Open	2
Renauer Motorsport	Ginetta G50	97	Florian Renauer	Open	7
Scuderia Giudici	Lotus Evora	99	Gianni Giudici	Open	1

Calendar and results

The Pergusa round was to be held in Portimão on 16 September, but it was canceled on 30 June.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	1 April	Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Black Team
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	1 April	Simone Pellegrinelli	Glauco Solieri	Andrea Palma	Black Team
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 April	Raffaele Giammaria	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
2	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 April	Simone Pellegrinelli	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
3	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	3 June	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
3	R2	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	3 June	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
4	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 July	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
4	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 July	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	15 July	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
5	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	15 July	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Mario Cordoni	Ombra Racing
6	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	7 October	Andrea Palma	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Swiss Team
6	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	7 October	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Andrea Palma	Black Team
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	28 October	Roberto Del Castello	Davide di Benedetto	Davide di Benedetto	Audi Sport Italia
7	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	28 October	Roberto Benedetti	Roberto Benedetti	Roberto Benedetti	RC Motorsport

Championship Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	MON		IMO		MUG		HUN		SPA		VAL		PER		Pts
International GTSprint Series
1	Andrea Palma	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	Ret	DNS	251
2	Mario Cordoni			2	4	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	12†	2	8†	157
3	Glauco Solieri	3	2	4	3	5	4	3	4	DNS	DNS	6	DNS	3	2	134
4	Roberto Benedetti	Ret	DNS	5	Ret	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	Ret	11†	1	128
4	Roberto Del Castello	Ret	DNS	5	Ret	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	Ret	11†	1	128
5	Simone Pellegrinelli	1	3	Ret	DNS	4	17†	6	5	11	8					90
6	Francesca Linossi					4	17†	6	5	11	8	Ret	7			64
7	Raffaele Giammaria	1	3	Ret	DNS											38
8	Davide di Benedetto													1	3	35
8	Michele Merendino													1	3	35
9	Ivan Capelli					2	2									32
10	Gabriele Gardel											1	13†			29
10	Alessandro Pier Guidi											1	13†			29
11	Lorenzo Bontempelli			3	2											29
12	Angelo Proietti											4	2			27
13	François Perrodo									7	6					20
14	Marco Zanuttini											7	4			18
15	Mario La Barbera													4	Ret	12
15	Giosuè Rizzuto													4	Ret	12
16	Massimiliano Mugelli									5	Ret					12
17	Luciano Linossi											Ret	7			12
18	Ciccio La Mazza													Ret	9†	10
19	Rafael Unzurrunzaga							9	DNS							7
International GTSCup Trophy
1	Steven Goldstein	5	8	16	14	8	8	5	7	8	5	8	10	9	Ret	185
2	Gianfranco Bocellari	13†	5	13	12	12	11	7	6	7	6	Ret	Ret	6	4	182
2	Roberto Delli Guanti	13†	5	13	12	12	11	7	6	7	6	Ret	Ret	6	4	182
3	Vittorio Bagnasco	10	10	11	7	10	7	11	8	9	Ret	12	9	8	7	157
4	Lorenzo Casè	6	15†	8	16	7	Ret					9	3			101
5	Marco Galassi	11	12	17	17	17†	12	10	10†	Ret	Ret	11	6			80
6	Giacomo Piccini							5	7	8	5					74
7	Roberto Silva	9	7	15	6							14	8			66
8	Alessandro Bernasconi	6	15†	8	16	7	Ret	Ret	DNS							65
9	Felipe Merjech	5	8	16	14											42
10	Matteo Malucelli											9	3			37
11	Domenico Guagliardo													5	5	37
11	Giuseppe Trinca													5	5	37
12	Christian Passuti					8	8									32
13	Omar Galbiati	7	6	(12)	(11)	(11)	(18†)									29
14	Niccolò Granzotto			10	8											29
15	Raffaele Giammaria											8	10			28
16	Emanuele Romani											10	11	9	Ret	27
17	Gianmaria Gabbiani			14	9	19†	16									27
18	Vincenzo Donativi											13	5			23
19	Massimiliano Bianchi	Ret	13	20	15	16†	14									22
20	Sébastien Fortuna	8	9													20
21	Gianluca Nattoni			14	9											20
22	Moreno Petrini	Ret	11	19	13											18
22	Roberto Sorti	Ret	11	19	13											18
23	Gianluigi Piccioli					15	13									16
24	Giovanni Cassibba													7	Ret	14
24	Mauro Trentin													7	Ret	14
25	Erika Monforte					14	15									18
25	Simone Monforte					14	15									18
26	Nello Nataloni	Ret	13	20	15											10
27	Marco Bassetto					19†	16									7
28	Ferdinando Serafino					Ret	19†									4
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Alberto Brambati			9	Ret	9	10									0
	Pietro Negra					9	10									0
	Alessandro Baccani					18†	9									0
	Paolo Venerosi					18†	9									0
	Marco Magli			9	Ret											0
GTSOpen Trophy
1	Ennio Ricci			18	10	13	6	8	9	10	9					145
1	Angelo Schiatti			18	10	13	6	8	9	10	9					145
2	Antti Buri									2	2					42
3	Oleksandr Gaidai	4	4													42
4	Florian Renauer													10	6	42
5	Piero Necchi	DNS	DNS	7	6											37
6	Gianni Giudici	12	14													32
7	Andrea Bacci			6	Ret											22
8	Gianmaria Gabbiani													Ret	DNS	1
8	Gianluca Nattoni													Ret	DNS	1
Pos	Driver	MON		IMO		MUG		HUN		SPA		VAL		PER		Pts

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

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Black Team	Ferrari	369
2	Ombra Racing	Ferrari	157
3	Autorlando Motorsport	Porsche	134
4	RC Motorsport	Corvette	133
5	Kessel Racing	Ferrari	79
6	Antonelli Motorsport	Porsche	38
7	Audi Sport Italia	Audi	35
8	Swiss Team	Maserati	29
9	AF Corse	Ferrari	20
10	Blue Jumeirah Team	Mosler	7

GTS2 Class

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	Andrea Palma	Ferrari	261
2	Glauco Solieri	Porsche	175
3	Simone Pellegrinelli	Ferrari	122
4	Francesca Linossi	Ferrari	101
5	Raffaele Giammaria	Ferrari	38
6	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Ferrari	32
7	Ciccio La Mazza	Ferrari	17
8	Luciano Linossi	Ferrari	17
9	Massimiliano Mugelli	Ferrari	17

GTS3 Class

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	Mario Cordoni	Ferrari	192
2	Roberto Benedetti	Corvette	143
2	Roberto Del Castello	Corvette	143
3	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	42
4	Davide di Benedetto	Audi	38
4	Michele Merendino	Audi	38
5	Angelo Proietti	Porsche	34
6	Gabriele Gardel	Maserati	33
6	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati	33
7	François Perrodo	Ferrari	26
8	Marco Zanuttini	Ferrari	25
9	Mario La Barbera	Ferrari	14
9	Giosuè Rizzuto	Ferrari	14
10	Rafael Unzurrunzaga	Mosler	13

External links

Official Superstars website

Superstars Series

Superstars Series	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 EuroV8 Series

International GTSprint Series	2010 2011 2012 2013

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