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.

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.

GT3 class will be updated to include the Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ and in the fifth round Audi R8 LMS ultra. GT4 class, Lotus Evora GT4 enters in the championship.

Entry list All drivers were Brazilian-registered. 2012 Entry List Team Drivers Class Chassis Rounds BMW Team Brasil 0 Cláudio Dahruj GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 All Cacá Bueno 1 Constantino Júnior GT3 BMW Z4 GT3 All Valdeno Brito 11 Patrick Gonçalves GT4 BMW M3 GT4 All Matheus Stumpf 12 Willian Starostik GT4 BMW M3 GT4 1 Leonardo Cordeiro All Vitor Genz 2–8 CRT Competições 3 Rafael Derani GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 All Cláudio Ricci 70 Walter Derani GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 3 Antônio Pizzonia 82 Marçal Melo GT4 Ginetta G50 2 João Gonçalves Metasa 4 Felipe Roso GTP Ferrari F430 GT3 1, 4–5, 8 Vinícius Roso Dragão Lotus 6 Valter Pinheiro GT4 Lotus Evora GT4 All Leonardo Burti Hot Car Competições 7 Popó Bueno GT3 Ford GT GT3 4 Marcelo Franco M2 Competições 8 Eduardo Oliveira GT4 Ferrari Challenge 2–8 William Freire 57 Sergio Laganá GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 All Alan Hellmeister Auto Racing 10 Cristiano de Almeida GTP Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 1–5 Pierre Ventura 1–5, 8 Felipe Toledo 8 Mottin Racing 15 Raijan Mascarello GTP Ferrari F430 GT3 1–8 Felipe Tozzo 18 Fernando Poeta GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 1–4 Walter Derani 1 Roger Sandoval 2–3, 5 Fernando Fortes 4 Alexandre Buneder 5 Alfa Blau Team 16 Marcelo Hahn GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 1–7 Allam Khodair Ebrahim Motors 17 Ramon Matias GTP Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 1–2 Renato Cattalini 1 Lorenzo Varassin 2–3 Paulo Varassin 3 20 Fábio Ebrahim GT3 Audi R8 LMSAudi R8 LMS ultra All Wagner Ebrahim Greco Vivo 21 Valter Rossete GT4 Maserati GranTurismo MCFerrari Challenge 1–4, 6–8 Fabio Greco AMG Mattheis 22 Paulo Bonifácio GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 2–8 Sérgio Jimenez Seringal Racing Team 30 Duda Rosa GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 All Cleber Faria 105 Vanuê Faria GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 All Renan Guerra Scuderia 111 33 Bruno Garfinkel GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 1 Rafael Daniel 63 Guilherme Figueiroa GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 3–4 Júlio Campos 75 Henrique Assunção GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 1, 4–5 Ronaldo Kastropil 1, 3–5 Bruno Garfinkel 3 99 Ricardo Ricca GT4 Porsche 997 Cup GT4 3–4 Cássio Homem de Mello Henrique Assunção GTP Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 2–3 Fúlvio Marote 2 Fernando Fortes 3 Kray Racing 46 Carlos Kray GTP Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 All Andersom Toso Gforce 61 Fernando Croce GT3 Corvette Z06-R GT3 2–3, 6–7 Fernando Gomes Croce 2–3, 6, 8 Daniel Croce 7–8 Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GTP GT Premium Class GT4 GT4 Class

Race calendar and results All races were held in Brazil. Round Circuit Date GT3 Winner GTP Winner GT4 Winner 1 R1Santa 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 R1Curitiba 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 R1Interlagos 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 R1Guaporé 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 R1Campo 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 R1CascavelDecember 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 R2December 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 R1Interlagos 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 Race 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

GT3 Pos Driver SCS CUR INT RIO GUA CAM CAS INT 1 Duda Rosa 4 1 1 6 5 5 3 6 2 2 7 1 4 5 6 2 Cleber Faria 4 1 1 6 5 5 3 6 2 2 7 1 4 5 6 2 2 Cláudio Dahruj 1 3 2 2 4 4 5 DSQ 3 3 6 4 1 4 4 1 Cacá Bueno 1 3 2 2 4 4 5 DSQ 3 3 6 4 1 4 4 1 3 Paulo Bonifacio DSQ 1 2 2 1 3 5 6 3 2 2 1 2 5 Sérgio Jimenez DSQ 1 2 2 1 3 5 6 3 2 2 1 2 5 4 Rafael Derani 3 Ret 3 5 DNS Ret 8 1 1 Ret 2 10 3 2 3 3 174 Cláudio Ricci 3 Ret 3 5 DNS Ret 8 1 1 Ret 2 10 3 2 3 3 5 Marcelo Hahn 5 4 6 9 1 1 2 Ret Ret 5 1 3 8 Ret 1 Ret 172 Allam Khodair 5 4 6 9 1 1 2 Ret Ret 5 1 3 8 Ret 1 Ret 6 Vanuê Faria 16 5 4 4 6 3 4 8 6 1 10 5 Ret 3 18 6 Renan Guerra 16 5 4 4 6 3 4 8 6 1 10 5 Ret 3 18 6 7 Fábio Ebrahim 2 2 7 10 DNS DNS 9 2 4 8 4 6 6 Ret 7 4 149 Wagner Ebrahim 2 2 7 10 DNS DNS 9 2 4 8 4 6 6 Ret 7 4 8 Constantino Júnior DNS DNS 5 3 3 6 10 4 DSQ 4 5 7 5 DNS 5 Ret 125 Valdeno Brito DNS DNS 5 3 3 6 10 4 DSQ 4 5 7 5 DNS 5 Ret 9 Carlos Kray 9 8 11 11 11 12 11 9 9 11 10 9 9 8 11 7 Andersom Toso 9 8 11 11 11 12 11 9 9 11 10 9 9 8 11 7 10 Raijan Mascarello 7 Ret 9 7 9 11 Ret 18 7 10 8 Ret 13 7 9 7 84 Felipe Tozzo 7 Ret 9 7 9 11 Ret 18 7 10 8 Ret 13 7 9 Ret 11 Pierre Ventura 8 10 15 Ret 19 17 12 10 11 16 15 8 12 Fernando Croce 10 Ret 10 9 8 8 7 6 13 Ronaldo Kastropil 6 6 8 8 Ret Ret 12 9 14 Fernando Gomes Croce 10 Ret 10 9 8 8 8 Ret 43 15 Cristiano de Almeida 8 10 15 Ret 19 17 12 10 11 16 16 Fernando Poeta 10 13 8 Ret 12 10 13 10 37 17 Henrique Assunção 6 6 DNS DNS 20 Ret Ret Ret 12 9 18 Guilherme Figueiroa 7 7 6 7 Júlio Campos 7 7 6 7 19 Felipe Roso 17 9 14 12 10 Ret 10 9 Vinícius Roso 17 9 14 12 10 Ret 10 9 20 Roger Sandoval 8 Ret 12 10 8 7 21 Daniel Croce 7 6 8 Ret 27 22 Ramon Matias 18 7 Ret 8 20 23 Alexandre Bruneder 8 7 17 24 Bruno Garfinkel DNS DNS 8 8 16 25 Walter Derani 10 13 Ret Ret 11 26 Marcelo Franco 7 5 Popó Bueno 7 5 27 Fernando Fortes 20 Ret 13 11 10 28 Renato Cattalini 18 7 29 Felipe Toledo 15 8 Lorenzo Varassin Ret 8 DNS DNS 8 Antônio Pizzonia Ret Ret 0 Rafael Daniel DNS DNS0 Fúlvio Marote DNS DNS0 Paulo Varassin DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver SCS CUR INT RIO GUA CAM CAS INT Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

GT Premium Pos Driver SCS CUR INT RIO GUA CAM CAS INT 1 Carlos Kray 9 8 11 11 11 12 11 9 9 11 11 9 9 8 11 7 Andersom Toso 9 8 11 11 11 12 11 9 9 11 11 9 9 8 9 7 2 Raijan Mascarello 7 Ret 9 7 9 11 Ret 18 7 10 9 Ret 13 7 9 Ret 230 Felipe Tozzo 7 Ret 9 7 9 11 Ret 18 7 10 9 Ret 13 7 9 Ret 3 Pierre Ventura 8 10 15 Ret 19 17 12 10 11 16 15 8 4 Cristiano de Almeida 8 10 15 Ret 19 17 12 10 11 16 5 Felipe Roso 17 9 14 12 10 Ret 10 9 Vinícius Roso 17 9 14 12 10 Ret 10 9 6 Ramon Matias 18 7 Ret 8 48 7 Renato Cattalini 18 7 8 Felipe Toledo 15 8 9 Lorenzo Varassin Ret 8 DNS DNS 17 10 Henrique Assunção DNS DNS 20 Ret 13 Fernando Fortes 20 Ret Fúlvio Marote DNS DNS 0 Paulo Varassin DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver SCS CUR INT RIO GUA CAM CAS INT Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

GT4 Pos Driver SCS CUR INT RIO GUA CAM CAS INT 1 Sergio Laganá 15 11 12 14 15 14 12 17 15 17 17 16 14 10 16 13 Alan Hellmeister 15 11 12 14 15 14 12 17 15 17 17 16 14 10 16 13 2 Leonardo Cordeiro 11 14 DSQ 16 13 Ret 16 16 17 14 12 13 15 11 13 10 3 Valter Rossete 13 12 13 Ret 14 15 17 14 16 15 12 9 17 12 Fábio Greco 13 12 13 Ret 14 15 17 14 16 15 12 9 17 12 4 Eduardo Oliveira 14 13 21 16 18 15 14 13 14 11 10 Ret 19 15 William Freire 14 13 21 16 18 15 14 13 14 11 10 Ret 19 15 5 Valter Pinheiro 14 Ret Ret 12 18 13 Ret DSQ 13 15 13 12 11 13 12 14 Leonardo Burti 14 Ret Ret 12 18 13 Ret DSQ 13 15 13 12 11 13 12 14 6 Patrick Gonçalves 12 DSQ Ret Ret 16 18 19 11 16 12 15 14 16 12 14 11 Matheus Stumpf 12 DSQ Ret Ret 16 18 19 11 16 12 15 14 16 12 14 11 7 Vitor Genz DSQ 16 13 Ret 16 16 17 14 12 13 15 11 13 10 8 Ricardo Ricca 17 DNS Ret 19 21 Cássio Homem de Mello 17 DNS Ret 19 9 Willian Starostik 11 14 10 Marçal Melo Ret 15 13 João Gonçalves Ret 15 Pos Driver SCS CUR INT RIO GUA CAM CAS INT Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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