The 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship was the seventh and final season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season commenced on 8 April at Nogaro and ended on 23 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured six double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 60 minutes. Most of the events were support races to the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship; two of the six meetings were run in conjunction with the FIA GT1 World Championship, with combined grids being utilised.^[1]

Calendar

On 2 April 2012, the SRO announced the final calendar for 2012.^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France	8 April
2	Circuit Zolder, Zolder, Belgium	22 April
3	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain	27 May
4	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal	8 July
5	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsky District, Russia	2 September
6	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany[1]	23 September

Entries

The entry list was published by the FIA on 3 April 2012.^[3] For the combined races with the FIA GT1 World Championship, GT3 cars ran with 100 in front of their usual car numbers.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Com No.	Drivers	Rounds	Tyres
Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8	1	101	Dominik Baumann	All	‹See TfM›P
					Maximilian Buhk
			2	102	Mika Vähämäki	All
					Max Nilsson
Russian Bears Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	4	104	Sergey Ryabov	All	‹See TfM›P
					Miguel Toril
			5	105	Vyacheslav Maleev	All
					Kirill Ladygin
Valmon Racing Team Russia	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12	6	N/A	Tom Kimber-Smith	1	‹See TfM›P
					Natalia Freidina	1
Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10	11	111	Filip Sladecka	1	‹See TfM›P
					Gerhard Tweraser	1
					Hari Proczyk	2–6
					David Mengesdorf	2–6
			12	112	Jesse Laine	1
					Gilles Vannelet	1
					Natalia Freidina	2
					Leonid Machitski	2
					Eduard Leganov	4–6
					Riccardo Brutschin	4
					Sergey Afanasyev	5
					Marko Vähämäki	6
Team Novadriver	Audi R8 LMS	Audi BUJ 5.2 L V10	14	114	Ni Amorim	All	‹See TfM›P
					César Campaniço
			N/A	117	Natalia Freidina	6
					Alexey Vasilyev
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Audi BUJ 5.2 L V10	15	115	Jérôme Demay	1–3, 6	‹See TfM›P
					Dino Lunardi	1–3, 6
			16	N/A	Grégory Guilvert	1–2, 4
					Marc Sourd	1–4
					Jonathan Hirschi	3
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10	24	N/A	Natalia Freidina	4	‹See TfM›P
					Albert von Thurn und Taxis	4
	Chevrolet Camaro GT	Katech 7.9 L V8	34	N/A	Max Sandritter	2	‹See TfM›P
					Philip Geipel	2
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Audi BUJ 5.2 L V10	32	N/A	Yves Weerts	3	‹See TfM›P
					Kurt Mollekens	3
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	50	150	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez	All	‹See TfM›P
					Giuseppe Cirò
			51	151	Stefano Gai	All
					Michael Lyons
Esta Motorsports	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	N/A	177	Aleksander Skryabin	5	‹See TfM›P
					Alessandro Pier Guidi	5
			N/A	199	Aleksey Basov	5
					Björn Grossman	5

Results and standings

Race results

Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	R1	Nogaro	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 12 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	No. 16 Saintéloc Racing
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Gilles Vannelet Jesse Laine	Marc Sourd Grégory Guilvert
	R2		No. 16 Saintéloc Racing	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			Marc Sourd Grégory Guilvert	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
2	R1	Zolder	No. 14 Team Novadriver	No. 50 AF Corse	No. 50 AF Corse
			Ni Amorim César Campaniço	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez Giuseppe Cirò	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez Giuseppe Cirò
	R2		No. 15 Saintéloc Racing	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 50 AF Corse
			Jérôme Demay Dino Lunardi	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Gaetano Ardagna Pérez Giuseppe Cirò
3	R1	Navarra	No. 11 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport	No. 15 Saintéloc Racing	No. 2 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			David Mengesdorf Hari Proczyk	Jérôme Demay Dino Lunardi	Max Nilsson Mika Vähämäki
	R2		No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
4	R1	Algarve	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
	R2		No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 11 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	David Mengesdorf Hari Proczyk
5	R1	Moscow	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
	R2		No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 104 Russian Bears Motorsport	No. 114 Team Novadriver
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Sergey Ryabov Miguel Toril	Ni Amorim César Campaniço
6	R1	Nürburgring	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk
	R2		No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team	No. 101 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team
			Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk	Dominik Baumann Maximilian Buhk

Championships

Championship points will be awarded to the first ten positions in each race. Entries must complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Points System
Race Type	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Championship Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver Team NOG ZOL NAV ALG MOS NÜR Total R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Dominik Baumann Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 214 1 Maximilian Buhk Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 214 2 Stefano Gai AF Corse 2 3 3 5 2 6 4 4 6 4 2 4 158 2 Michael Lyons AF Corse 2 3 3 5 2 6 4 4 6 4 2 4 158 3 David Mengesdorf Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Ret 6 2 153 3 Hari Proczyk Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Ret 6 2 153 4 Ni Amorim Team Novadriver 7 7 6 8 4 3 5 2 5 1 7 3 135 4 César Campaniço Team Novadriver 7 7 6 8 4 3 5 2 5 1 7 3 135 5 Gaetano Ardagna Pérez AF Corse 10 2 1 1 6 4 7 3 3 Ret Ret DSQ 125 5 Giuseppe Cirò AF Corse 10 2 1 1 6 4 7 3 3 Ret Ret DSQ 125 6 Mika Vähämäki Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 6 5 4 9 1 5 2 10 Ret 7 3 8 111 6 Max Nilsson Heico Gravity-Charouz Team 6 5 4 9 1 5 2 10 Ret 7 3 8 111 7 Marc Sourd Saintéloc Racing 1 4 10 7 10 8 6 7 63 8 Grégory Guilvert Saintéloc Racing 1 4 10 7 6 7 58 9 Dino Lunardi Saintéloc Racing 5 6 Ret 6 5 9 5 5 58 9 Jérôme Demay Saintéloc Racing 5 6 Ret 6 5 9 5 5 58 10 Sergey Ryabov Russian Bears Motorsport 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 6 7 8 9 7 53 10 Miguel Toril Russian Bears Motorsport 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 6 7 8 9 7 53 11 Vyacheslav Maleev Russian Bears Motorsport 9 12 8 4 DNS DNS 9 8 10 Ret 4 6 45 11 Kirill Ladygin Russian Bears Motorsport 9 12 8 4 DNS DNS 9 8 10 Ret 4 6 45 12 Alessandro Pier Guidi Esta Motorsports 4 3 27 12 Aleksander Skryabin Esta Motorsports 4 3 27 13 Aleksey Basov Esta Motorsports 9 2 20 13 Björn Grossman Esta Motorsports 9 2 20 14 Eduard Leganov Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 10 9 8 6 8 Ret 19 15 Jesse Laine Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 4 9 14 15 Gilles Vannelet Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 4 9 14 16 Sergey Afanasyev Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 8 6 12 17 Natalia Freidina Valmon Racing Team Russia 11 11 6 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 9 10 Reiter Engineering 11 11 Team Novadriver 10 9 18 Jonathan Hirschi Saintéloc Racing 10 8 5 19 Marko Vähämäki Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 8 Ret 4 20 Filip Sládečka Rhino's Leipert Motorsport DSQ 8 4 20 Gerhard Tweraser Rhino's Leipert Motorsport DSQ 8 4 21 Leonid Machitski Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 9 10 3 22 Riccardo Brutschin Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 10 9 3 23 Alexey Vasilyev Team Novadriver 10 9 3 24 Kurt Mollekens Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 Ret 2 24 Yves Weerts Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 Ret 2 25 Tom Kimber-Smith Valmon Racing Team Russia 11 11 0 26 Albert von Thurn und Taxis Reiter Engineering 11 11 0 – Max Sandritter Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0 – Philip Geipel Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Total NOG ZOL NAV ALG MOS NÜR

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate

Teams' Championship

Teams must have two cars at a race weekend in order to be eligible for scoring points in the Teams' Championship. If a team with just one car finishes in a points position, the cars of the teams that finished below get the extra points. As well as this, Esta Motorsports did not accrue points for their one-off appearance at the Moscow event, nor did Team Novadriver for their expanded two-car entry at the Nürburgring.

Pos. Team Manufacturer Car NOG ZOL NAV ALG MOS NÜR Total R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Heico Gravity-Charouz Team Mercedes-Benz 1 101 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 359 2 102 6 5 4 9 1 5 2 10 Ret 7 3 8 2 AF Corse Ferrari 50 150 10 2 1 1 6 4 7 3 3 4 Ret DSQ 328 51 151 2 3 3 5 2 6 4 4 6 Ret 2 4 3 Rhino's Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini 11 111 DSQ 8 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Ret 6 2 189 12 112 4 9 9 10 10 9 8 6 8 Ret 4 Russian Bears Motorsport Ferrari 4 104 8 10 7 11 7 7 8 6 7 8 9 7 158 5 105 9 12 8 4 DNS DNS 9 8 10 Ret 4 6 5 Saintéloc Racing Audi 15 115 5 6 Ret 6 5 9 5 5 106 16 1 4 10 7 10 8 6 7 Pos. Team Manufacturer Car R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Total NOG ZOL NAV ALG MOS NÜR

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate

References

External links

• Official Website of the FIA GT3 European Championship