List of 2012 motorsport champions

2012 motorsport Champions
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This list of 2012 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races where the season was completed during the 2012 calendar year.

Open wheel racing

Series Champion refer
Formula One World Championship Germany Sebastian Vettel 2012 Formula One season
Constructors: Austria Red Bull Racing
IndyCar Series United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[1] 2012 IndyCar Series season
Manufacturers: United States Chevrolet
Rookie: France Simon Pagenaud
Oval: United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
Road: Australia Will Power
GP2 Series Italy Davide Valsecchi[2] 2012 GP2 Series season
Teams: France DAMS[3]
Firestone Indy Lights France Tristan Vautier[4] 2012 Indy Lights season
Teams: United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports
GP3 Series New Zealand Mitch Evans[5] 2012 GP3 Series season
Teams: France Lotus GP[6]
Auto GP World Series United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[7] 2012 Auto GP World Series season
Teams: United Kingdom Super Nova International[8]
Under 21 Trophy: United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs[7]
FIA Formula Two Championship United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta[9] 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship season
Toyota Racing Series New Zealand Nick Cassidy[10] 2012 Toyota Racing Series
Star Mazda Championship United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[11] 2012 Star Mazda Championship season
ADAC Formel Masters Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer[12] 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season
Teams: Germany Lotus[13]
Formula Three
FIA European Formula Three Championship Spain Daniel Juncadella 2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season
Formula 3 Euro Series Spain Daniel Juncadella 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season
Rookie: Germany Pascal Wehrlein
Teams: Italy Prema Powerteam[14]
Nations:  Germany
British Formula 3 Championship International: United Kingdom Jack Harvey[15] 2012 British Formula 3 season
Rookie: Australia Spike Goddard[16]
German Formula Three Championship Sweden Jimmy Eriksson[17] 2012 German Formula Three season
Trophy: Germany André Rudersdorf[18]
Rookie: Austria Lucas Auer[19]
Italian F3 European Series Italy Riccardo Agostini 2012 Italian Formula Three season
Rookie: Italy Riccardo Agostini[20]
Teams: Italy Prema Powerteam
Italian F3 Italian Series Italy Riccardo Agostini
Teams: Italy Prema Powerteam
All-Japan Formula Three Championship Japan Ryō Hirakawa[21] 2012 All-Japan Formula Three season
National: Japan Daiki Sasaki
Teams: Japan RSS
Engine Tuners: Japan TOM'S (Toyota)
European F3 Open Championship Italy Niccolò Schirò 2012 European F3 Open season
Copa: Italy Kevin Giovesi[22]
Teams: Italy RP Motorsport
Australian Drivers' Championship United Kingdom James Winslow 2012 Australian Drivers' Championship
Austria Formula 3 Cup Germany André Rudersdorf
Formula Renault
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Netherlands Robin Frijns 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Teams: France Tech 1 Racing
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season
Teams: Germany Josef Kaufmann Racing
Formula Renault Northern European Cup United Kingdom Jake Dennis 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season
Teams: United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Russia Daniil Kvyat 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season
Junior: Finland Patrick Kujala
Teams: France Tech 1 Racing
French F4 Championship France Alexandre Baron[23] 2012 French F4 Championship season
Formula Renault Challenge 2.0 Italia Italy Kevin Gilardoni[24] 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season
Formula Renault BARC United Kingdom Scott Malvern[25] 2012 Formula Renault BARC season
Winter Series: United Kingdom Seb Morris[26]
Asian Formula Renault Challenge Japan Yosuke Yamazaki 2012 Asian Formula Renault Challenge season
Teams: Hong Kong Buzz Racing
IFC: Canada Wayne Shen
IFC Teams: China Asia Racing Team
Austria Formel Renault Cup Switzerland Thomas Amweg 2012 Austria Formel Renault Cup season
Formula Monza Sweden Erik Johansson
Formula Abarth
Formula Abarth European Series Brazil Nicolas Costa[27] 2012 Formula Abarth season
Rookie: Uruguay Santiago Urrutia
Teams: Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec
Formula Abarth Italian Series Brazil Nicolas Costa[27]
Teams: Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec
Formula Pilota China Italy Antonio Giovinazzi 2012 Formula Pilota China season
Best Asian Driver Trophy: India Parth Ghorpade
Teams: Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
Formula Russia Russia Konstantin Tereshchenko[28]
Formula BMW
JK Racing Asia Series South Africa Aston Hare 2012 JK Racing Asia Series season
Teams: United States EuroInternational
Formula LO Switzerland Levin Amweg[29] 2012 Formula LO season
Rookie: Germany Freddy Killensberger
Teams: Germany GU-Racing
InterSteps Championship United Kingdom Matt Parry[30]
Formula Ford
British Formula Ford Championship Finland Antti Buri[31] 2012 British Formula Ford season
EcoBoost: Finland Antti Buri[32]
Duratec: United Kingdom Matt Rao[32]
EcoBoost Rookie: Ecuador Julio Moreno[32]
Duratec Rookie: United Kingdom George Blundell[32]
Teams: United Kingdom JTR[32]
Constructors: France Mygale[32]
Nations:  Finland[32]
U.S. F2000 National Championship Australia Matthew Brabham[33] 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship
National: Norway Henrik Furuseth
Teams: United States Cape Motorsports
U.S. F2000 Winterfest United States Spencer Pigot 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest
F2000 Championship Series Venezuela Roberto La Rocca 2012 F2000 Championship Series season
Formula Ford Denmark Denmark Nicolai Sylvest

Sports car and GT

Series Champion(s) refer
FIA World Endurance Championship Germany André Lotterer[34]
France Benoît Tréluyer[34]
Switzerland Marcel Fässler[34]		 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season
Manufacturers' WC: Germany Audi[35]
Manufacturers' WC: Italy Ferrari[36]
LMP1 Trophy: Switzerland Rebellion Racing[37]
LMP2 Trophy: United States Starworks Motorsport[37]
LMGTE Pro Trophy: Italy AF Corse[36]
LMGTE Am Trophy: France Larbre Compétition[34]
FIA GT1 World Championship Germany Marc Basseng[38]
Germany Markus Winkelhock[38]		 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season
Teams: Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[38]
FIA GT3 European Championship Austria Dominik Baumann[39]
Germany Maximilian Buhk[39]		 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season
Teams: Czech Republic Heico Gravity-Charouz Team[39]
American Le Mans Series LMPC: Venezuela Alex Popow[40] 2012 American Le Mans Series season
GT: United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[40]
GT: United States Tommy Milner[40]
GTC: United States Cooper MacNeil[40]
ADAC GT Masters Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Maximilian Götz		 2012 ADAC GT Masters season
Teams: Germany MS Racing Team
Amateurs: Germany Swen Dolenc
Australian GT Championship Australia Klark Quinn 2012 Australian GT Championship season
Trophy: Australia Dean Koutsoumidis
Australia Andrew McInnes
Challenge: Australia Jan Jinadasa
Sports: Australia Darren Berry
Australian Sports Sedan Championship Australia Kerry Baily 2012 Australian Sports Sedan season
Porsches
Porsche Supercup Germany René Rast[41] 2012 Porsche Supercup season
Teams: Germany Hermes Attempto Racing[41]
Rookie: Denmark Nicki Thiim[41]

Stock car racing

Series Champion(s) refer
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series United States Brad Keselowski[42] 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series United States Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.[43] 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series United States James Buescher[44] 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Canada D. J. Kennington[45] 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
NASCAR Toyota Series Mexico Jorge Goeters[46] 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series season
Racecar Euro Series Spain Ander Vilariño[47] 2012 Racecar Euro Series

Touring car racing

Series Champion refer
World Touring Car Championship United Kingdom Robert Huff 2012 World Touring Car Championship season
Manufacturers: United States Chevrolet
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Canada Bruno Spengler 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
Teams: Germany BMW Team Schnitzer
Manafacturers: Germany BMW
Eurocup Mégane Trophy Spain Albert Costa 2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
Teams: Italy Oregon Team
European Touring Car Cup Super 2000: Spain Fernando Monje[48] 2012 European Touring Car Cup season
Super 1600: Germany Kevin Krammes[48]
Super Production: Russia Nikolay Karamyshev[48]
Single-Makes Trophy: Norway Stian Paulsen[49]
International V8 Supercars Championship Australia Jamie Whincup 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
New Zealand V8s New Zealand Angus Fogg[50] 2011–12 New Zealand V8 season
V8SuperTourer Championship New Zealand John McIntyre 2012 V8SuperTourer season
Sprint: New Zealand John McIntyre
Endurance: New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Jack Perkins

Rallying

Series Champion(s) refer
World Rally Championship France Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena		 2012 World Rally Championship season
Manufacturers: France Citroën
European Rally Championship Finland Juho Hänninen
Finland Mikko Markkula		 2012 European Rally Championship season
Intercontinental Rally Challenge Norway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Ola Fløene		 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lewandowski, Dave (16 September 2012). "Drama, intrigue, excitement: Hunter-Reay grabs title". IndyCar Series (IndyCar). Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Chilton wins as Valsecchi becomes GP2 Champion". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate). 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Van der Garde surges to Singapore victory". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 23 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012. With the 2012 GP2 season now completed, Davide Valsecchi is the new champion ahead of Luiz Razia and Esteban Gutiérrez, while DAMS managed a clean sweep by taking the teams' championship from Lotus GP and Arden.
  4. ↑ "Vautier claims championship by 8 points over Guerrieri". indycar.com (IndyCar). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ellinas wins as Evans becomes Champion". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Abt sole challenger in title fight with win in Monza". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012. Lotus GP celebrated winning the Teams Championship for the third year in a row after pocketing the points for Abt's win and Daly's fourth place
  7. 1 2 "Title to Quaife-Hobbs, Race 2 to Pizzonia". Auto GP World Series (Auto GP Organisation). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Varhaug takes Race 1 win in Sonoma". Auto GP World Series (Auto GP Organisation). 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012. The race also marked a milestone for SuperNova Racing: they had already clinched the drivers’ title in Curitiba, and today’s result gave the british outfit the teams title too, as math denies second placed MP Manor any chance of filling the gap in tomorrow’s Race 2.
  9. ↑ "Zanella wins as Bacheta is crowned champion". FIA Formula Two Championship (Motorsport Vision). 30 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Cassidy wins NZGP, Toyota Racing Series title". Speedcafe.com (Speedcafe). 13 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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  12. ↑ "Kirchhöfer celebrates title win ahead of time". ADAC Formel Masters (ADAC). 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Grapp wins closing race of Nürburgring weekend". ADAC Formel Masters (ADAC). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012. Although the outcome of the drivers' championship will not be known until the final weekend of the season at Hockenheim, Lotus were able to celebrate winning the team championship ahead of time.
  14. ↑ "Felix Rosenqvist celebrates second season victory". Formula 3 Euro Series (ITR e.V). 30 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012. One weekend before the end of the season, the Prema Powerteam claimed an early title in the Formula 3 Euro Series teams' classification.
  15. ↑ Carter, Nick (30 September 2012). "Jack Harvey is British F3 Champion". British Formula 3 Championship (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  16. ↑ Carter, Nick (29 September 2012). "Harvey’s win tightens F3 title fight". British Formula 3 Championship (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Retrieved 29 September 2012. That gave Goddard sufficient points to settle the championship in his favour, and the Australian was delighted:
  17. ↑ "Jimmy Eriksson secures the title early – in the qualifying session!". formel3.de (German Formula Three Championship). 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "Blomqvist wins, Rudersdorf secures Trophy title". formel3.de (German Formula Three Championship). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Eriksson wins / Auer vice-champion and rookie-cup winner". formel3.de (German Formula Three Championship). 30 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "Latifi guida la doppietta JD Agostini vince il test Ferrari" [Latifi guide the double JD Motorsport Agostini wins the Ferrari test]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Nakayama vale doppio, Hirakawa è campione". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Schirò wins a dramatic race in rain". European F3 Open Championship (GT Sport). 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012. Kevin Giovesi, who is the new champion in the Cup classification, was 5th overall and his performance was brilliant once again winning eight out of ten races from Nürburgring on.
  23. ↑ "La couronne pour Alex Baron, le double pour Simon Tirman" [Title for Alex Baron, double for Simon Tirman]. Auto Sport Academy (in French) (Fédération Française du Sport Automobile). 2 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  24. ↑ "Vallelunga, gara 2: Gilardoni è campione". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  25. ↑ "Morris edges Aitken by single point to win Winter Series title". Formula Renault BARC. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  26. ↑ "Morris edges Aitken by single point to win Winter Series title". Formula Renault BARC. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  27. 1 2 "Nicolas Costa is the new Champion. Race 3 to Giovinazzi.". Formula Abarth (ACI Sport Italia). 30 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  28. ↑ ЦЕРЕМОНИЯ НАГРАЖДЕНИЯ ПОБЕДИТЕЛЕЙ И ПРИЗЕРОВ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ 2012 ГОДА. formula-champ.ru (in Russian) (Formula Russia). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  29. ↑ "Siege für Schwitter und Richard – Amweg vorzeitig Champion" [Victory for Schwitter and Richard – Amweg champion prematurely]. Lista Office (in German) (Formula LO). 10 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  30. ↑ Allen, Peter (30 September 2012). "Caterham junior wins Intersteps title". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  31. ↑ "Buri crowned Formula Ford champ at Donington". British Formula Ford Championship (Max Communications). 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Standings" (PDF). britishformulaford.co.uk. British Formula Ford Championship. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  33. ↑ "Matthew Brabham, grandson of Sir Jack, continues racing dynasty with first title win in US". SPEED (Fox Sports). 18 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  34. 1 2 3 4 "Shanghai WEC: Toyota wins as Lotterer, Treluyer and Fassler seal crown". autosport.com (Haymarket Group). 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  35. ↑ "Audi are world champions!". fiawec.com (FIA World Endurance Championship). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  36. 1 2 Miller, Fiona (29 September 2012). "Ferrari and Porsche prevail in the heat". fiawec.com (FIA World Endurance Championship). Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  37. 1 2 "Toyota win on home ground, Rebellion and Starworks seal titles". fiawec.com (FIA World Endurance Championship). 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  38. 1 2 3 "Mercedes pair stripped of race points but keep titles". gt1world.com (FIA GT1 World Championship). 30 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  39. 1 2 3 "Heico Gravity-Charouz secure double championship honours". gt3europe.com (FIA GT3 European Championship). 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  40. 1 2 3 4 "A Muscle Milk Victory and Championships Galore at VIR". American Le Mans Series. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  41. 1 2 3 "René Rast clinches 20th Supercup win and third championship title". Porsche Supercup. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  42. ↑ "Keselowski clinches first championship". NASCAR. Turner Sports. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  43. ↑ "Smith tops in return as Stenhouse Jr. clinches title". NASCAR. Turner Sports. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  44. ↑ "Buescher secures first championship". NASCAR. Turner Sports. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  45. ↑ Christley, Jason (September 28, 2012). "Crowning Achievement For Kennington". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  46. ↑ Sbarra, Shon (11 November 2012). "Goeters Gets Toyota Series Title". NASCAR. Turner Sports. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  47. ↑ "Vilarino Makes History". NASCAR. Turner Sports. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  48. 1 2 3 "Monje and Krammes Secure Titles". FIA European Touring Car Cup. fiaetcc.com. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  49. ↑ "Monje Encores, Paulsen Wins SMT Title". FIA European Touring Car Cup. fiaetcc.com. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
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