2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season

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[edit]

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

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
GT Competições	0	Cacá Bueno	All
GT Competições	74	Popó Bueno	All
Fittipaldi Racing	1	Christian Fittipaldi	All
Fittipaldi Racing	2	Mauri Zacarelli	All
GF Sports	3	João Scalabrin	2
GF Sports	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
W Racing	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
Vasco Racing Team	99	Cesar Bonilha	All
Repecon Racing	17	Leonardo Nienkotter	All
Repecon Racing	18	Fernando Nienkotter	All
MG Sports	26	Wellington Justino	All
MG Sports	46	Edson do Valle	1–3
Quality Sports	33	Rogério Castro	1–4, 6
Quality Sports	83	Renato Constantino	5
Cesinha Competições	88	Carlos Eduardo	4–6

Race calendar and results[edit]

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
1	R2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	June 3		Race transferred¹
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	July 8	Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Racing
2	R2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	July 8		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		July 29		André Bragantini	André Bragantini	Pater Racing
4	R1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	August 19	André Bragantini	André Bragantini	André Bragantini	Pater Racing
4	R2	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	August 19		Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	October 7	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	Cacá Bueno	GT Competições
5	R2	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	October 7		André Bragantini	André Bragantini	Pater Racing
6	R1	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	November 4	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Thiago Camilo	Pater Racing
6	R2	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	November 4		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[edit]

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		CUR¹	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		CUR¹	CUR		INT		BRA		VEL		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	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[edit]

^ "Com novo nome, Copa Fiat tenta se consolidar em 2012". tazio.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). (Tazio). Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ "Cacá Bueno, no sacrifício, conquista o tri da Copa Fiat". f1mania.com.br (in Portuguese). (F1 Mania). Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Portuguese)

[1] "Com novo nome, Copa Fiat tenta se consolidar em 2012". tazio.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). (Tazio). Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

[2] "Cacá Bueno, no sacrifício, conquista o tri da Copa Fiat". f1mania.com.br (in Portuguese). (F1 Mania). Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

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