The 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season was an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based out of Germany. It was the fifth season of the ADAC Formel Masters. The season began on 31 March at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 30 September at Hockenheim after eight race weekends, totalling 24 races.
The championship was won by German driver Marvin Kirchhöfer.
Season review
The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oschersleben by second-year driver Jeffrey Schmidt for the Lotus team, that was previously known as Motopark Academy. But he was passed by his team-mate Marvin Kirchhöfer on the opening lap of the first race, with Kirchhöfer going on to win his first race in single-seaters. Schmidt and Kirchhöfer collided in the second race, while Thomas Jäger secured his first win in the German series, and the first for his team, Neuhauser Racing, since 2008. Another Lotus driver Kuba Dalewski won the reverse-grid third race of the weekend in his first single-seaters meeting.
Teams and drivers TeamDriversRounds Lotus 2 Kuba Dalewski 1–5 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer All 4 Hubertus Carlos-Vier 3–4 5 Beitske Visser 1–2, 4–6, 8 6 Indy Dontje All 7 Jeffrey Schmidt All 24 Antti Buri 7 Mücke Motorsport 8 Roy Nissany All 9 Florian Herzog All 10 Luca Caspari All 12 Jason Kremer All ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 11 Hendrik Grapp All Neuhauser Racing 14 Gustav Malja All 15 Thomas Jäger All Team KUG Motorsport 16 Hubertus Carlos-Vier 1 17 Nicolas Pohler All KSW Motorsport 18 Kim-Alexander Giersiepen 1–3, 7–8 G&J/Schiler Motorsport 19 Sebastian Balthasar All 21 Alessio Picariello All HS Engineering 20 Felix Wieland All 23 Nicolas Beer 4–6, 8
Race calendar and results The 2012 calendar was announced on 29 September 2011. Seven of eight race weekends are a part of the ADAC's Masters Weekend package, with an additional round at the Nürburgring that will support the ADAC Truck Grand Prix.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 31 March Jeffrey Schmidt Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R2 1 April Jeffrey Schmidt Marvin Kirchhöfer Thomas Jäger Neuhauser Racing R3 Kuba Dalewski Kuba Dalewski Lotus 2 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 5 May Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R2 6 May Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R3 Gustav Malja Beitske Visser Lotus 3 R1 Sachsenring 9 June Marvin Kirchhöfer Gustav Malja Gustav Malja Neuhauser Racing R2 10 June Gustav Malja Gustav Malja Gustav Malja Neuhauser Racing R3 Race abandoned 4 R1 Nürburgring 14 July Jason Kremer Alessio Picariello Alessio Picariello G&J/Schiller Motorsport R2 Jason Kremer Marvin Kirchhöfer Jason Kremer Mücke Motorsport R3 15 July Jason Kremer Gustav Malja Neuhauser Racing 5 R1 Red Bull Ring 11 August Florian Herzog Gustav Malja Roy Nissany Mücke Motorsport R2 12 August Alessio Picariello Jason Kremer Alessio Picariello G&J/Schiller Motorsport R3 Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus 6 R1 Lausitzring 25 August Hendrik Grapp Florian Herzog Hendrik Grapp ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg R2 26 August Beitske Visser Gustav Malja Beitske Visser Lotus R3 Jeffrey Schmidt Jeffrey Schmidt Lotus 7 R1 Nürburgring 15 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Gustav Malja Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R2 16 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Gustav Malja Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R3 Gustav Malja Hendrik Grapp ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 8 R1 Hockenheimring 29 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R2 Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus R3 30 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus Notes: — The third race at the Sachsenring was abandoned following an accident in which Florian Herzog and Kim-Alexander Giersiepen collided with a course car while marshals were recovering the car of Nicolas Pohler from a gravel trap.
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Races 1 & 2 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Race 3 15 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver OSC ZAN SAC NÜR RBR LAU NÜR HOC Pts 1 Marvin Kirchhöfer 1 17 5 1 1 3 2 4 C 3 2 2 Ret 7 1 3 10 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 329 2 Gustav Malja 5 4 3 3 13 2 1 1 C 5 4 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 7 2 3 3 307 3 Jeffrey Schmidt 3 16 8 5 12 4 5 3 C 4 5 4 8 12 7 5 3 1 4 5 Ret 4 4 2 193 4 Jason Kremer 2 6 15 7 2 9 4 2 C 2 1 3 4 5 2 10 8 Ret 11 8 4 5 11 Ret 191 5 Thomas Jäger 8 1 12 Ret 6 Ret 7 14 C 6 6 7 5 4 3 6 14 5 15 3 8 3 2 4 165 6 Alessio Picariello 10 2 4 12 5 7 Ret 8 C 1 3 DSQ 3 1 5 Ret 9 4 7 12 13 10 7 14 152 7 Indy Dontje 14 12 14 8 4 8 3 5 C 12 9 6 7 10 10 12 5 Ret 6 4 11 7 5 5 111 8 Beitske Visser 9 5 Ret DNS 8 1 8 12 12 6 6 15 4 1 Ret 6 6 6 109 9 Roy Nissany Ret 8 10 6 11 5 Ret 7 C 7 8 5 1 16 Ret 7 6 Ret 8 6 DSQ 9 10 8 98 10 Luca Caspari 7 7 2 2 14 6 6 6 C 9 11 13 10 15 8 9 DSQ 7 5 Ret 3 11 12 Ret 91 11 Hendrik Grapp 6 11 13 DNS 7 16 8 10 C 17 10 14 9 11 11 1 12 9 2 7 1 Ret DNS 12 88 12 Kuba Dalewski 13 3 1 4 3 15 9 16 C 14 7 Ret Ret 3 14 80 13 Sebastian Balthasar 16 9 7 11 10 14 11 Ret C 16 15 9 14 17 6 8 4 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret 8 10 37 14 Florian Herzog 4 10 6 9 9 10 Ret 9 C 11 14 10 12 8 13 14 13 DSQ 10 Ret 9 14 9 9 37 15 Felix Wieland 11 14 9 DNS 16 13 13 15 C 18 18 11 Ret 9 Ret 11 7 2 13 10 10 Ret 16 13 22 16 Nicolas Beer 10 16 8 11 13 9 Ret 11 8 8 13 7 13 17 Antti Buri 12 9 5 8 18 Nicolas Pohler 12 13 11 10 15 11 12 12 C 15 17 Ret 13 14 12 13 Ret Ret 14 11 6 12 14 11 6 19 Hubertus-Carlos Vier DNS DNS DNS 10 13 C 13 13 15 1 20 15 15 16 Ret DNS 12 14 11 C 16 14 12 15 15 15 0 Pos Driver OSC ZAN SAC NÜR RBR LAU NÜR HOC PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Teams' Championship Pos Team OSC ZAN SAC NÜR RBR LAU NÜR HOC Pts 1 Lotus 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 C 3 2 2 6 3 1 3 1 1 461 3 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 C 4 5 4 7 6 7 4 3 6 2 Mücke Motorsport 2 6 2 2 2 5 4 2 C 2 1 3 1 5 2 1 6 7 366 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 C 7 8 5 4 8 8 7 8 9 3 Neuhauser Racing 5 1 3 3 6 2 1 1 C 5 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 355 8 4 12 Ret 13 Ret 7 14 C 6 6 7 5 4 4 6 14 5 4 G&J/Schiller Motorsport 10 2 4 11 5 7 11 8 C 1 3 9 3 1 5 8 4 4 215 16 9 7 12 10 14 Ret Ret C 16 15 DSQ 14 17 6 Ret 9 Ret 5 HS Engineering 11 14 9 DNS 16 13 13 15 C 10 16 8 11 9 9 11 7 2 63 18 18 11 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 8 6 Team KUG Motorsport 12 13 11 10 15 11 12 12 C 15 17 Ret 13 14 12 13 Ret Ret 36 DNS DNS DNS 7 KSW Motorsport 15 15 16 Ret DNS 12 14 11 C 11 Pos Team OSC ZAN SAC NÜR RBR LAU NÜR HOC Pts
References
External links Official Website ADAC Masters Weekend