2012 24 Hours of Nürburgring

The 2012 ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring was the 40th running of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. It took place over May 19–20, 2012.

Nürburgring 24h track (Nordschelife+GP Circuit without Mercedes-Arena)

Resume edit

For 2012: The race was limited to a maximum of 190 cars/entries (down from a limit of 250 entries in 2011[1]), which started in 3 groups of up to 70 cars (maximum). Each entry must have between 2 drivers (minimum) and 4 drivers (maximum). Drivers may drive more than one car (2 maximum). All drivers were permitted to drive 3 hours per stint (maximum) with all refuelling and pit stops included. All drivers were required to take a MINIMUM REST TIME of 2 hours (whether driving 1 or 2 cars).[2]

New in 2012: There was an exciting new "Top-40" qualifying format for the 40 fastest cars on the starting grid, which took place, Friday, after the first 2 qualifying sessions: "the 40 fastest teams will battle it out on Friday afternoon for the positions at the front end of starting group 1".[3]

As in previous years, the Top 40 Qualifying cars eligible to start, must have flashing lights installed (for better identification of the Top 40 competitors) behind the windscreen on the passenger’s side.[2]

Classes for 2012 edit

In 2012, there were 28 classes split into 4 divisions.

2012: Classes: ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen[2]
Division Classes
Division 1 – Group 24h-Special
  • Normally aspirated engines: SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6, SP7, SP8, SP9 (FIA-GT3), SP10 (SRO-GT4)
  • Turbo engines: SP3T, SP4T, SP8T
  • Diesel engines (Turbo): D1T, D2T, D3T, D4T
  • AT (gas driven vehicles, liquid gas, natural gas, HVO, alternative Diesel fuels)
Division 1 – Group E1-XP
  • E1-XP1, E1-XP2, E1-XP Hybrid
Division 1 – Group VLN Series Production cars
  • V2, V3, V4, V5, V6
Division 2 – Group N (Production Touring Cars)
  • N2, N3, N4, N5

Race results edit

Class winners in bold.

40th ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen
Pos Class No Team Drivers Vehicle Laps
1 SP9 3   Audi Sport Team Phoenix   Frank Stippler
  Christopher Haase
  Marc Basseng
  Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 155
2 SP9 26   Mamerow Racing   Christian Mamerow
  Michael Ammermüller
  Christian Abt
  Armin Hahne
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 155
3 SP9 66   Hankook Team Heico   Andreas Simonsen
  Pierre Kaffer
  Christiaan Frankenhout
  Lance David Arnold
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 155
4 SP9 29   Marc VDS Racing Team   Maxime Martin
  Bas Leinders
  Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3 154
5 SP9 2   Audi Sport Team Phoenix   René Rast
  Frank Stippler
  Marcel Fässler
  Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 151
6 SP9 28   Sabine Schmitz
  Patrick Huisman
  Klaus Abbelen
  Christopher Brück
Porsche 997 GT3-R 151
7 SP9 19   BMW Team Schubert   Jörg Müller
  Dirk Müller
  Uwe Alzen
  Dirk Adorf
BMW Z4 GT3 150
8 SP9 20   BMW Team Schubert   Dirk Adorf
  Dominik Schwager
  Claudia Hürtgen
  Nico Bastian
BMW Z4 GT3 150
9 SP9 18   BMW Team Vita4One   Marco Wittmann
  Pedro Lamy
  Richard Göransson
  Jens Klingmann
BMW Z4 GT3 150
10 SP9 21   Rowe Racing   Michael Zehe
  Mark Bullitt
  Roland Rehfeld
  Marco Hartung
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 150
11 SP9 29   Timbuli Racing   Marc Hennerici
  Norbert Siedler
  Marco Seefried
  Dennis Busch
Porsche 997 GT3-R 149
12 E1-XP 1   Global Partner Enterprise SA   Nicola Larini
  Fabrizio Giovanardi
  Manuel Lauck
Ferrari P4/5 Competizione 147
13 SP7 150   Kremer Racing   Wolfgang Kauffmann
  Alfrid Heger
  Dieter Schornstein
  Michael Küke
Porsche 911 GT3 KR 147
14 SP9 16   Black Falcon   Hannes Plesse
  Andril Lebed
  Christian Bracke
  Reinhold Renger
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 147
15 SP8 83   Gazoo Racing   Takayuki Kinoshita
  Akira Iida
  Juichi Wakisaka
Lexus LFA 147

References edit

  1. ^ Dillon, Ben (2011-06-22). "2011 Nurburgring 24-hour race preview". evo. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Regulations - 40. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen" [Regulations - 40th ADAC Zurich 24h Race] (PDF). ADAC Nordrhein e.V. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  3. ^ "Excitement guaranteed: New Qualifying Format". 24h-rennen.de. 2012-04-03. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-06-09.

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