2012 FIA GT3 European Championship


The 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship was the seventh 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.

Calendar

On 2 April 2012, the SRO announced the final calendar for 2012.
RoundCircuitDate
1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France8 April
2 Circuit Zolder, Zolder, Belgium22 April
3 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain27 May
4 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal8 July
5 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsky District, Russia2 September
6 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany23 September

Entries

The entry list was published by the FIA on 3 April 2012. For the combined races with the FIA GT1 World Championship, GT3 cars ran with 100 in front of their usual car numbers.
TeamChassisEngineDriversRoundsTyres
Heico Gravity-Charouz TeamMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V81101 Dominik BaumannAll
Heico Gravity-Charouz TeamMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V81101 Maximilian BuhkAll
Heico Gravity-Charouz TeamMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V82102 Mika VähämäkiAll
Heico Gravity-Charouz TeamMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V82102 Max NilssonAll
Russian Bears MotorsportFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V84104 Sergey RyabovAll
Russian Bears MotorsportFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V84104 Miguel TorilAll
Russian Bears MotorsportFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V85105 Vyacheslav MaleevAll
Russian Bears MotorsportFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V85105 Kirill LadyginAll
Valmon Racing Team RussiaAston Martin DBRS9Aston Martin 6.0 L V126N/A Tom Kimber-Smith1
Valmon Racing Team RussiaAston Martin DBRS9Aston Martin 6.0 L V126N/A Natalia Freidina1
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1011111 Filip Sladecka1
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1011111 Gerhard Tweraser1
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1011111 Hari Proczyk2–6
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1011111 David Mengesdorf2–6
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Jesse Laine1
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Gilles Vannelet1
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Natalia Freidina2
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Leonid Machitski2
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Eduard Leganov4–6
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Riccardo Brutschin4
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Sergey Afanasyev5
Rhino's Leipert MotorsportLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1012112 Marko Vähämäki6
Team NovadriverAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1014114 Ni AmorimAll
Team NovadriverAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1014114 César CampaniçoAll
Team NovadriverAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V10N/A117 Natalia Freidina6
Team NovadriverAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V10N/A117 Alexey Vasilyev6
Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1015115 Jérôme Demay1–3, 6
Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1015115 Dino Lunardi1–3, 6
Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1016N/A Grégory Guilvert1–2, 4
Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1016N/A Marc Sourd1–4
Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1016N/A Jonathan Hirschi3
Reiter EngineeringLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1024N/A Natalia Freidina4
Reiter EngineeringLamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3Lamborghini 5.2 L V1024N/A Albert von Thurn und Taxis4
Reiter EngineeringChevrolet Camaro GTKatech 7.9 L V834N/A Max Sandritter2
Reiter EngineeringChevrolet Camaro GTKatech 7.9 L V834N/A Philip Geipel2
Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1032N/A Yves Weerts3
Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1032N/A Kurt Mollekens3
AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V850150 Gaetano Ardagna PérezAll
AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V850150 Giuseppe CiròAll
AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V851151 Stefano GaiAll
AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V851151 Michael LyonsAll
Esta MotorsportsFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V8N/A177 Aleksander Skryabin5
Esta MotorsportsFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V8N/A177 Alessandro Pier Guidi5
Esta MotorsportsFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V8N/A199 Aleksey Basov5
Esta MotorsportsFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V8N/A199 Björn Grossman5

Results and standings

Race results

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.

Drivers' Championship

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.