2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

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
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
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	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	Lausitzring	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	R12	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 Rast	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

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) 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 LAU NNS RBR NOR NÜR ZAN OSC HOC Pts 1 Bill Barazetti 14 18 22 18 19 15 17 11 18 16 10 14 17 16 Ret 18 20 256 2 Harrie Kolen 13 16 20 16 Ret 18 19 9 15 20† DNS Ret 18 17 14 19 19 233 3 Wolf Nathan 16 20 21 19 18 16 20 10 16 18 11 13 21 Ret 13 20 Ret 217 4 Hoevert Vos 16 12 15 Ret Ret 12 13 12 Ret 10 12 Ret 12 17 Ret 198 5 Christina Nielsen 15 19 17 14 Ret 17 Ret Ret 19 17 9 15 15 Ret 17 22† 17 197 6 Hannes Waimer 20 13 17 15 15 19 19 86 7 Peter Scharmach 13 14 13 32 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Andreas Mayerl 12 15 0 Mark J. Thomas Ret 14 18 20 0 Pascal Bour 17 0 Antonis Wossos 21† DNS 0 Pos Driver HOC LAU NNS RBR NOR NÜR ZAN OSC HOC Pts

External links

• The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany website
• Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Online Magazine