The 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro de GT season (Brazilian GT Championship) was the sixth season of Campeonato Brasileiro de GT, the first with this name. The season began on April 21 at Santa Cruz do Sul and ended on December 15 at the Interlagos after eight weekends totalling sixteen races.
Cleber Faria and Duda Rosa won the championship in GT3 class, Carlos Kray and Anderom Toso won in GT Premium, the GT4 championship was winner by Sergio Laganá and Alan Hellmeister.
Class restructure
For the 2012 season, Campeonato Brasileiro de GT will contain three key classes. The GT3 class allows FIA homologated GT3 cars, such as the Ferrari 458 Italia. New to 2012 season is the introduction of the GT Premium class caters for older, such as the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe or Lamborghini Gallardo LP520. The pairs that have some driver with graduation A, no scored points in the class.
The GT4 class is a merger of Supersport-spec cars and GT4 homologated cars, such as the Ginetta G50 and cars currently used in the Maserati Trofeo and Ferrari Challenge series, based on the Maserati Coupé and Ferrari F430 road cars.[1]
Entries
For the 2012 season, the new BMW Team Brasil will line up in Brasileiro de GT with two GT3 cars developed by BMW Motorsport. Under the guidance of Team Principal Antonio Hermann, the AH Competições squad will also send two BMW Z4 GT3 cars into action in the series and two BMW M3 GT4 in GT4 class. BMW Team Brasil is supported by BMW Brazil.[2]
GT3 class will be updated to include the Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+[3] and in the fifth round Audi R8 LMS ultra.[4] GT4 class, Lotus Evora GT4 enters in the championship.[5]
Entry list
All drivers were Brazilian-registered.
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Race calendar and results
All races were held in Brazil.
Round | Circuit | Date | GT3 Winner | GTP Winner | GT4 Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Santa Cruz do Sul | April 21 | No. 0 BMW Team Brasil | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 12 BMW Team Brasil |
Cláudio Dahruj Cacá Bueno | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Willian Starostik Leonardo Cordeiro | ||||
R2 | April 22 | No. 30 Seringal Racing Team | No. 17 Ebrahim Motors | No. 57 M2 Competições | ||
Duda Rosa Cleber Faria | Ramom Matias Renato Cattalini | Sergio Laganá Alan Hellmeister | ||||
2 | R1 | Curitiba | May 26 | No. 30 BVA Racing Team | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 57 M2 Competições |
Duda Rosa Cleber Faria | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Sergio Laganá Allam Hellmeister | ||||
R2 | May 27 | No. 22 AMG Mattheis | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 6 Dragão Lotus | ||
Paulo Bonifacio Sérgio Jimenez | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Valter Pinheiro Leonardo Burti | ||||
3 | R1 | Interlagos | June 23 | No. 16 Alfa Blau Team | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 12 BMW Team Brasil |
Marcelo Hahn Allam Khodair | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Vitor Genz Leonardo Cordeiro | ||||
R2 | June 24 | No. 16 Alfa Blau Team | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 6 Dragão Lotus | ||
Marcelo Hahn Allam Khodair | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Valter Pinheiro Leonardo Burti | ||||
4 | R1 | Jacarepaguá | July 21 | No. 22 AMG Mattheis | No. 45 Kray Racing | No. 57 M2 Competições |
Paulo Bonifacio Sérgio Jimenez | Carlos Kray Andersom Toso | Sergio Laganá Alan Hellmeister | ||||
R2 | July 22 | No. 3 CRT Competições | No. 45 Kray Racing | No. 11 BMW Team Brasil | ||
Rafael Derani Cláudio Ricci | Carlos Kray Andersom Toso | Patrick Gonçalves Matheus Stumpf | ||||
5 | R1 | Guaporé | September 1 | No. 3 CRT Competições | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 6 Dragão Lotus |
Rafael Derani Cláudio Ricci | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Valter Pinheiro Leonardo Burti | ||||
R2 | September 2 | No. 105 Seringal Racing Team | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 11 BMW Team Brasil | ||
Vanuê Faria Renan Guerra | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Patrick Gonçalves Matheus Stumpf | ||||
6 | R1 | Campo Grande | November 17 | No. 16 Alfa Blau Team | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 12 BMW Team Brasil |
Marcelo Hahn Allam Khodair | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Vitor Genz Leonardo Cordeiro | ||||
R2 | November 18 | No. 30 Seringal Racing Team | No. 45 Kray Racing | No. 8 M2 Competições | ||
Duda Rosa Cleber Faria | Carlos Kray Andersom Toso | Eduardo Oliveira William Freire | ||||
7 | R1 | Cascavel | December 1 | No. 0 BMW Team Brasil | No. 45 Kray Racing | No. 8 M2 Competições |
Cláudio Dahruj Cacá Bueno | Carlos Kray Andersom Toso | Eduardo Oliveira William Freire | ||||
R2 | December 2 | No. 22 AMG Mattheis | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 21 Greco Vivo | ||
Paulo Bonifacio Sérgio Jimenez | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Valter Rossete Fabio Greco | ||||
8 | R1 | Interlagos | December 15 | No. 16 Alfa Blau Team | No. 15 Mottin Racing | No. 6 Dragão Lotus |
Marcelo Hahn Allam Khodair | Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo | Valter Pinheiro Leonardo Burti | ||||
R2 | December 16 | No. 0 BMW Team Brasil | No. 45 Kray Racing | No. 12 BMW Team Brasil | ||
Cláudio Dahruj Cacá Bueno | Carlos Kray Andersom Toso | Vitor Genz Leonardo Cordeiro | ||||
Championship standings
- Points were awarded as follows:
Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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Race | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
GT3
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Bold – Pole |
GT Premium
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Bold – Pole |
GT4
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Bold – Pole |
References
- ↑ "2012 terá novidades na GT3 e GT4". sro-la.com.br (in Portuguese). (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "BMW Z4 GT3 celebrates debut in Brazil". carpressonline.com. (BMW Group). Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ "GT apresenta mais um forte concorrente ao título". sro-la.com.br (in Portuguese). (Stéphane Ratel Organisation)). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Audi R8 Ultra garante primeira pole". portalgt.com.br (in Portuguese). (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ "GT Brasil: Lotus estreia na categoria GT4 após testes com Leo Burti e Pinheiro". grandepremio.com.br (in Portuguese). (Grande Prêmio). Retrieved 18 April 2012.