2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
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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 |
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Konrad Motorsport GmbH | 1 | Norbert Siedler | A | All |
2 | Tomáš Pivoda | A | All | |
7 | Michael Christensen | A | All | |
Land-Motorsport | 3 | Harrie Kolen | B | All |
4 | Hoevert Vos | B | 2-9 | |
FE Racing by Land - Motorsport | 5 | Jaap van Lagen | A | All |
6 | Wolf Nathan | B | All | |
Farnbacher ESET Racing | 10 | Felipe Fernández Laser | A | 1-2, 4-5 |
Niclas Kentenich | A | 3 | ||
91 | Christina Nielsen | B | All | |
Marschall Goebel Racing | 11 | Elia Erhart | A | All |
12 | Peter Scharmach | B | 6 | |
91 | Matthias Gamauf | A | 1-2, 4-5 | |
Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | 14 | René Rast | A | All |
15 | Klaus Bachler | A | All | |
16 | Sean Edwards | A | All | |
SWITCH IT Lechner Racing | 19 | Clemens Schmid | A | All |
37 | Michael Ammermüller | A | 1-4, 9 | |
MRS GT-Racing | 33 | Bill Barazetti | B | All |
34 | Philipp Eng | A | All | |
46 | Antonis Wossos | B | 7 | |
52 | Florian Spengler | A | 9 | |
Team Bleekemolen | 41 | Jeroen Mul | A | 1, 7 |
52 | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | A | 7 | |
BG Racing | 42 | Pascal Bour | B | 3 |
GT3 Cup Middle East | 43 | Peter Scharmach | B | 3 |
51 | Hannes Waimer | B | 3, 5-7 | |
Lechner Racing Team | 44 | Andreas Mayerl | B | 4 |
Konrad Motorsport Austria | 45 | Mark J. Thomas | B | 6-7 |
Förch Racing | 47 | Robert Lukas | A | 8-9 |
49 | Florian Scholze | A | 8-9 | |
Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing | 66 | Nicolas Armindo | A | 1, 6 |
David Jahn | A | 2-5 | ||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | A | 7 | ||
Arkin Aka | A | 8 | ||
Robert Renauer | A | 9 | ||
77 | Philipp Frommenwiler | A | All | |
88 | Nicki Thiim | A | All | |
99 | Kévin Estre | A | All |
Icon | Class |
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A | A-class |
B | B-class |
Race calendar and results
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | B-class Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 28 April | Sean Edwards | René Rast | René Rast | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Harrie Kolen |
R2 | 29 April | Sean Edwards | Kévin Estre | Sean Edwards | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Harrie Kolen | ||
2 | R3 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 5 May | Kévin Estre | Sean Edwards | Nicki Thiim | Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing | Hoevert Vos |
R4 | 6 May | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Hoevert Vos | ||
3 | R5 | Nürburgring Nordschleife | 19 May | Philipp Eng | René Rast | Kévin Estre | Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing | Peter Scharmach |
4 | R6 | Red Bull Ring | 2 June | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Norbert Siedler | Konrad Motorsport GmbH | Andreas Mayerl |
R7 | 3 June | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Andreas Mayerl | ||
5 | R8 | Norisring | 30 June | René Rast | René Rast | René Rast | Team Deutsche Post with tolimit | Harrie Kolen |
R9 | 1 July | René Rast | René Rast | René Rast | Team Deutsche Post with tolimit | Hoevert Vos | ||
6 | R10 | Nürburgring Short | 18 August | René Rast | René Rast | René Rast | Team Deutsche Post with tolimit | Hoevert Vos |
R11 | 19 August | Nicki Thiim | Sean Edwards | Nicki Thiim | Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing | Christina Nielsen | ||
7 | R121 | Zandvoort | 25 August | René Rast | René Rast | Sean Edwards | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Hoevert Vos |
R13 | 26 August | Nicki Thiim | Norbert Siedler | René Rast | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Hoevert Vos | ||
8 | R14 | Oschersleben | 15 September | René Rast | René Rast | René Rast | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Bill Barazetti |
R15 | 16 September | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Sean Edwards | Team Deutsche Post by tolimit | Hoevert Vos | ||
9 | R16 | Hockenheimring | 20 October | Sean Edwards | René Rast2 | Nicki Thiim | Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing | Hoevert Vos |
R17 | 21 October | Michael Christensen | Michael Christensen | Michael Christensen | Konrad Motorsport GmbH | 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
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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
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Bold – Pole |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
B-class
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