List of 2012 motorsport champions

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2012 motorsport champions
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This list of 2012 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with championships 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[edit]

Series Champion refer
Formula One World Championship Germany Sebastian Vettel 2012 Formula One season
Constructors: Austria Red Bull-Renault
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 Formula 3 European Championship Spain Daniel Juncadella 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Turismo Carretera Argentina Mauro Giallombardo 2012 Turismo Carretera

Touring car racing[edit]

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
Manufacturers: 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[edit]

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[edit]

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