2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany season
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The 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 27th German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 28 April at Hockenheim and finished on 21 October at the same circuit, after seventeen races, with two races at each event bar Round 3. It ran as a support championship for the 2012 DTM season. René Rast won his second championship ahead of his teammate countryman Sean Edwards at an action packed final round. This was the first season in the championship with two races at each event supporting the DTM rounds. The B-class was introduced for the first time for amateur drivers.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Austria Konrad Motorsport GmbH 1 Austria Norbert Siedler A All
2 Czech Republic Tomáš Pivoda A All
7 Denmark Michael Christensen A All
Germany Land-Motorsport 3 Netherlands Harrie Kolen B All
4 Netherlands Hoevert Vos B 2-9
Germany FE Racing by Land - Motorsport 5 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen A All
6 Netherlands Wolf Nathan B All
Germany Farnbacher ESET Racing 10 Germany Felipe Fernández Laser A 1-2, 4-5
Germany Niclas Kentenich A 3
91 Denmark Christina Nielsen B All
Germany Marschall Goebel Racing 11 Germany Elia Erhart A All
12 New Zealand Peter Scharmach B 6
91 Austria Matthias Gamauf A 1-2, 4-5
Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit 14 Germany René Rast A All
15 Austria Klaus Bachler A All
16 United Kingdom Sean Edwards A All
Austria SWITCH IT Lechner Racing 19 Austria Clemens Schmid A All
37 Germany Michael Ammermüller A 1-4, 9
Germany MRS GT-Racing 33 Germany Bill Barazetti B All
34 Austria Philipp Eng A All
46 Greece Antonis Wossos B 7
52 Germany Florian Spengler A 9
Netherlands Team Bleekemolen 41 Netherlands Jeroen Mul A 1, 7
52 Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen A 7
France BG Racing 42 France Pascal Bour B 3
Austria GT3 Cup Middle East 43 New Zealand Peter Scharmach B 3
51 Germany Hannes Waimer B 3, 5-7
Austria Lechner Racing Team 44 Austria Andreas Mayerl B 4
Austria Konrad Motorsport Austria 45 Canada Mark J. Thomas B 6-7
Poland Förch Racing 47 Poland Robert Lukas A 8-9
49 Germany Florian Scholze A 8-9
Turkey Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing 66 France Nicolas Armindo A 1, 6
Germany David Jahn A 2-5
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen A 7
Turkey Arkin Aka A 8
Germany Robert Renauer A 9
77 Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler A All
88 Denmark Nicki Thiim A All
99 France Kévin Estre A All
Icon Class
A A-class
B B-class

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team B-class Winner
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 28 April United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Netherlands Harrie Kolen
R2 29 April United Kingdom Sean Edwards France Kévin Estre United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Netherlands Harrie Kolen
2 R3 Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 5 May France Kévin Estre United Kingdom Sean Edwards Denmark Nicki Thiim Turkey Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing Netherlands Hoevert Vos
R4 6 May United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Netherlands Hoevert Vos
3 R5 Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 19 May Austria Philipp Eng Germany René Rast France Kévin Estre Turkey Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing New Zealand Peter Scharmach
4 R6 Austria Red Bull Ring 2 June United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards Austria Norbert Siedler Austria Konrad Motorsport GmbH Austria Andreas Mayerl
R7 3 June United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Austria Andreas Mayerl
5 R8 Germany Norisring 30 June Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany Team Deutsche Post with tolimit Netherlands Harrie Kolen
R9 1 July Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany Team Deutsche Post with tolimit Netherlands Hoevert Vos
6 R10 Germany Nürburgring Short 18 August Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany Team Deutsche Post with tolimit Netherlands Hoevert Vos
R11 19 August Denmark Nicki Thiim United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Nicki Thiim Turkey Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing Denmark Christina Nielsen
7 R121 Netherlands Zandvoort 25 August Germany René Rast Germany René Rast United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Netherlands Hoevert Vos
R13 26 August Denmark Nicki Thiim Austria Norbert Siedler Germany René Rast Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Netherlands Hoevert Vos
8 R14 Germany Oschersleben 15 September Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany René Rast Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Germany Bill Barazetti
R15 16 September United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Netherlands Hoevert Vos
9 R16 Germany Hockenheimring 20 October United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany René Rast2 Denmark Nicki Thiim Turkey Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing Netherlands Hoevert Vos
R17 21 October Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Michael Christensen Austria Konrad Motorsport GmbH Denmark Christina Nielsen

1#^  – Race stopped due to torrential rain resulting in only half points being awarded.

2#^  Sean Edwards recorded the fastest lap but was not counted due to being disqualified from the race.

Championship standings

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

A-class

Pos Driver HOC
Germany
LAU
Germany
NNS
Germany
RBR
Austria
NOR
Germany
NÜR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
OSC
Germany
HOC
Germany
Pts
1 Germany René Rast 1 3 2 9 3 14 3 1 1 1 3 16 1 1 2 7 Ret 242
2 United Kingdom Sean Edwards Ret 1 3 1 2 11 1 3 6 4 2 1 3 2 1 DSQ 5 233
3 Denmark Nicki Thiim 7 4 1 17† 8 4 4 Ret Ret 2 1 2 5 3 3 1 6 202
4 France Kévin Estre Ret 2 4 2 1 2 2 Ret 2 DSQ DSQ 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 2 181
5 Austria Norbert Siedler 6 6 7 Ret 4 1 5 2 3 8 8 Ret 4 15 10 5 3 178
6 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen 4 5 5 4 5 13 9 Ret 4 3 Ret 3 6 7 5 6 15 158
7 Denmark Michael Christensen 9 12 6 3 9 6 8 6 10 5 16 20† 7 6 15 21† 1 148
8 Austria Klaus Bachler 17 13 18 Ret 14 3 7 Ret 8 9 7 8 11 8 4 4 4 122
9 Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler Ret 11 11 8 10 7 13 4 5 7 6 Ret 13 10 18† 11 8 113
10 Austria Philipp Eng 5 8 12 6 6 Ret DNS Ret Ret 10 5 9 14 9 6 3 9 112.5
11 Germany Michael Ammermüller 3 9 8 5 7 5 11 9 12 82
12 Czech Republic Tomáš Pivoda 10 Ret 15 13 11 10 14 8 14 13 17† 12 16 11 8 15 14 74.5
13 Austria Clemens Schmid Ret Ret 9 20 22† 19† 10 5 11 19† 12 5 10 18 Ret 16 11 68
14 Germany Elia Erhart 8 14 13 10 16 Ret 16 7 Ret 11 Ret 11 Ret 12 11 12 16 60
15 France Nicolas Armindo 2 7 6 4 51
16 Germany David Jahn 10 7 21† Ret 6 Ret 7 35
17 Germany Felipe Fernández Laser 11 15 14 11 8 12 Ret 9 33
18 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 17 2 20.5
19 Austria Matthias Gamauf 12 17 19 15 9 18 Ret 12 19
20 Germany Robert Renauer 10 7 16
21 Turkey Arkin Aka 14 16 9
22 Germany Niclas Kentenich 12 4
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Poland Robert Lukas 5 9 8 10 0
Netherlands Jeroen Mul 18† 10 6 8 0
Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 7 9 0
Germany Florian Scholze 13 7 13 18 0
Germany Florian Spengler 14 13 0
Pos Driver HOC
Germany
LAU
Germany
NNS
Germany
RBR
Austria
NOR
Germany
NÜR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
OSC
Germany
HOC
Germany
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

 — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

B-class

Pos Driver HOC
Germany
LAU
Germany
NNS
Germany
RBR
Austria
NOR
Germany
NÜR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
OSC
Germany
HOC
Germany
Pts
1 Germany Bill Barazetti 14 18 22 18 19 15 17 11 18 16 10 14 17 16 Ret 18 20 256
2 Netherlands Harrie Kolen 13 16 20 16 Ret 18 19 9 15 20† DNS Ret 18 17 14 19 19 233
3 Netherlands Wolf Nathan 16 20 21 19 18 16 20 10 16 18 11 13 21 Ret 13 20 Ret 217
4 Netherlands Hoevert Vos 16 12 15 Ret Ret 12 13 12 Ret 10 12 Ret 12 17 Ret 198
5 Denmark Christina Nielsen 15 19 17 14 Ret 17 Ret Ret 19 17 9 15 15 Ret 17 22† 17 197
6 Germany Hannes Waimer 20 13 17 15 15 19 19 86
7 New Zealand Peter Scharmach 13 14 13 32
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Austria Andreas Mayerl 12 15 0
Canada Mark J. Thomas Ret 14 18 20 0
France Pascal Bour 17 0
Greece Antonis Wossos 21† DNS 0
Pos Driver HOC
Germany
LAU
Germany
NNS
Germany
RBR
Austria
NOR
Germany
NÜR
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
OSC
Germany
HOC
Germany
Pts

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