2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

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 edit

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
Land-Motorsport	4	Hoevert Vos	B	2-9
FE Racing by Land - Motorsport	5	Jaap van Lagen	A	All
FE Racing by Land - Motorsport	6	Wolf Nathan	B	All
Farnbacher ESET Racing	10	Felipe Fernández Laser	A	1-2, 4-5
	10	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
Switch It Lechner Racing	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
Team Bleekemolen	52	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	A	7
BG Racing	42	Pascal Bour	B	3
GT3 Cup Middle East	43	Peter Scharmach	B	3
GT3 Cup Middle East	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
Förch Racing	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 edit

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
1	R2	Hockenheimring	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
2	R4	Lausitzring	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
4	R7	Red Bull Ring	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
5	R9	Norisring	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
6	R11	Nürburgring Short	19 August	Nicki Thiim	Sean Edwards	Nicki Thiim	Hermes Attempto Racing	Christina Nielsen
7	R12¹	Zandvoort	25 August	René Rast	René Rast	Sean Edwards	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	Hoevert Vos
7	R13	Zandvoort	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
8	R15	Oschersleben	16 September	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	Hoevert Vos
9	R16	Hockenheimring	20 October	Sean Edwards	René Rast²	Nicki Thiim	Hermes Attempto Racing	Hoevert Vos
9	R17	Hockenheimring	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 edit

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 edit

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 edit

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