The 2012 ADAC GT Masters season was the sixth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 30 March at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 30 September at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings. Sebastian Asch and Maximilian Götz became the champions in the drivers' standings.
Entry list
Team Car Drivers Rounds Alpina BMW ALPINA B6 GT3 1 Dino Lunardi All Maxime Martin All LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler BMW ALPINA B6 GT3 2 Johannes Leidinger All Florian Spengler All InternetX-Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ 3 Štefan Rosina 1, 2, 4, 5 Albert von Thurn und Taxis 1, 2, 4, 5 24 Peter Kox 1–3 Marc A. Hayek 1, 2 Dennis Retera 3 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 4 Daniel Dobitsch All Florian Stoll All 5 Sebastian Asch All Maximilian Götz All Farnbacher ESET Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 6 Mario Farnbacher 1–3 Niclas Kentenich 1–3 Porsche 911 GT3 R Mario Farnbacher 4–8 Niclas Kentenich 4–8 HEICO Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 7 Christiaan Frankenhout All Kenneth Heyer All 8 Dominik Baumann All Harald Proczyk All HEICO Junior Team 9 Maximilian Buhk All Andreas Simonsen All Schöner Wohnen Polarweiss HEICO Team 10 Lance David Arnold All Alexandros Margaritis All rhino's Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ 11 Raffael Bader All David Mengesdorf 1–4, 6–8 Peter Ebner 5 12 Oleg Petrishin 1–5, 7, 8 Gerhard Tweraser 1, 2, 8 Korbinian Baier 3–5 Sergey Afanasyev 7 MRS GT-Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 13 Patrick Huisman 1 Erwin Stückle 1 14 Christian Ott 1–6 Alexander Müller 1–3 Philipp Eng 4, 5, 8 Fredy Barth 6–8 Robert Bell 7 FACH AUTO TECH Porsche 911 GT3 R 15 Swen Dolenc All Martin Ragginger All 16 Andrina Gugger All Otto Klohs All Callaway Competition Corvette Z06 17 Remo Lip All Frank Schmickler 1–4, 6–8 Mario Dablander 5 18 Frank Kechele All Toni Seiler All 27 Heinz-Harald Frentzen All Andreas Wirth 1–6, 8 Henry Zumbrink 7 28 Diego Alessi All Daniel Keilwitz All Schubert Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 19 Abdulaziz Al Faisal 3–4 Mirko Bortolotti 3–4 Max Partl 8 Jörg Weidinger 8 20 Claudia Hürtgen All Dominik Schwager All Prosperia uhc speed Audi R8 LMS ultra 21 Christopher Mies All Christer Jöns 1–2 Edward Sandström 3–8 22 Christian Abt All Carsten Tilke 1–3, 5–8 Luca Ludwig 4 WestCoast Racing BMW Z4 GT3 23 Fredrik Lestrup 1–7 Martin Matzke 1–4 Martin Öhlin 5, 6 Daniel Roos 7 Team GT3 Kasko Porsche 911 GT3 R 25 Georg Engelhardt All Marco Seefried 1–7 Nicki Thiim 8 26 René Bourdeaux All Alfred Renauer All 51 Norbert Janz 6 Christoph Schrezenmeier 6 Frogreen CO2 neutral Porsche 911 GT3 R 29 Robert Renauer All Nicki Thiim 1, 4 Jeroen Bleekemolen 2 Nicolas Armindo 3, 5–8 30 Wolfgang Hageleit 5 Sven Heyrowsky 5 Schulze Motorsport Nissan GT-R GT3 31 Michael Schulze 1–6 Tobias Schulze 1–6 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage 32 Ferdinand Stuck 1–7 Johannes Stuck 1–7 33 Christoffer Nygaard All Kristian Poulsen All YACO Racing powered by Jochen Schweizer Chevrolet Camaro GT3 34 Max Sandritter All Philip Geipel 1, 2, 5–8 Christian Bracke 3, 4 35 Charlie Geipel 1–4 Achim Winter 1–4 Team Geyer & Weinig EDV-Unternehmensberatung Schütz Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 36 Christian Engelhart All Nick Tandy 1–3, 5–7 Sean Edwards 4, 8 Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 37 Sascha Bert 1–7 Luca Ludwig 1–3 Christopher Brück 4–7 Lambda Performance Ford GT GT3 38 Jesse Krohn 1–6 Nico Verdonck 1–6 39 Riccardo Brutschin 8 Francesco Lopez 8 Mamerow Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 40 Christian Mamerow 1, 3–8 Bernd Herndlhofer 1 René Rast 3–5, 8 Christopher Haase 6 Frank Stippler 7 DB Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 41 Jeroen Den Boer All Simon Knap All SMS Seyffarth Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 42 Jan Seyffarth 1–4, 6 Maximilian Mayer 1–4 Karl Wendlinger 6 GRT Grasser Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ 43 Gottfried Grasser 1, 2, 4–6 Mario Dablander 1 Tomáš Enge 2 Daniel Bohr 4 Andrea Piccini 5 Carsten Seifert 6 HEICO Gravity-Charouz Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 44 Erik Janiš All Jan Stovicek All Mühlner Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro GT 50 Roland Asch 5 Oliver Gavin 5 Porsche 911 GT3 R Marcel Lasée 8 Jörg van Ommen 8
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole Winner 1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 30 March No. 21 Prosperia uhc speed No. 1 Alpina Christer Jöns Christopher Mies Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin R2 1 April No. 1 Alpina No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy 2 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 5 May No. 28 Callaway Competition No. 28 Callaway Competition Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz R2 6 May No. 41 DB Motorsport No. 41 DB Motorsport Jeroen den Boer Simon Knap Jeroen den Boer Simon Knap 3 R1 Sachsenring 9 June No. 28 Callaway Competition No. 28 Callaway Competition Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz R2 10 June No. 28 Callaway Competition No. 33 Young Driver AMR Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz Christoffer Nygaard Kristian Poulsen 4 R1 Nürburgring 14 July No. 5 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team No. 40 Mamerow Racing Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz Christian Mamerow René Rast R2 15 July No. 5 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team No. 1 Alpina Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin 5 R1 Red Bull Ring 11 August No. 6 Farnbacher ESET Racing No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M Mario Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy R2 12 August No. 14 MRS GT-Racing No. 6 Farnbacher ESET Racing Philipp Eng Christian Ott Mario Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich 6 R1 Lausitzring 25 August No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy R2 26 August No. 15 FACH AUTO TECH No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M Swen Dolenc Martin Ragginger Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy 7 R1 Nürburgring 15 September No. 28 Callaway Competition No. 1 Alpina Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin R2 16 September No. 1 Alpina No. 28 Callaway Competition Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz 8 R1 Hockenheimring 29 September No. 36 Team Geyer&Weinig EDV Schütz M No. 20 Schubert Motorsport Christian Engelhart Sean Edwards Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Schwager R2 30 September No. 15 FACH AUTO TECH No. 5 kfzteile24 MS Racing Team Swen Dolenc Martin Ragginger Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz
Standings Pos Driver OSC ZAN SAC NÜR RBR LAU NÜR HOC Pts 1 Sebastian Asch Maximilian Götz 9 7 2 3 3 14 7 2 9 11 2 4 3 3 26 1 167 2 Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz Ret 3 1 6 1 4 33 Ret 6 26 26 3 2 1 Ret 9 153 3 Christian Engelhart 5 1 18 Ret Ret 23 3 4 1 25 1 1 7 10 13 16 144 4 Dino Lunardi Maxime Martin 1 4 5 27 11 16 2 1 13 18 23 19 1 2 18 10 134 5 Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Schwager 2 11 16 2 Ret 6 6 6 17 10 8 2 14 7 1 4 126 6 Robert Renauer 3 13 3 Ret 14 10 19 7 2 2 3 11 8 12 2 3 125 7 Nick Tandy 5 1 18 Ret Ret 23 1 25 1 1 7 10 117 8 Nicolas Armindo 14 10 2 2 3 11 8 12 2 3 89 9 Dominik Baumann Harald Proczyk 6 6 8 11 5 18 8 11 7 Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 4 2 80 10 Jeroen den Boer Simon Knap 17 8 2 1 19 9 22 34 21 17 17 9 4 27 7 7 75 11 Maximilian Buhk Andreas Simonsen 20 5 13 9 7 12 9 8 Ret 9 6 5 5 5 24 6 72 12 Jesse Krohn Nico Verdonck 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret Ret 18 10 3 11 Ret 58 13 Christoffer Nygaard Kristian Poulsen 8 16 Ret 5 4 1 13 9 18 27 16 15 9 15 Ret 11 55 14 Mario Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich 13 Ret 12 25 DNS DNS 10 33 3 1 4 10 13 28 Ret Ret 54 15 Christian Mamerow 21 12 DNS DNS 15 7 1 3 30 DNS Ret DNS 24 8 17 8 54 16 René Rast 15 7 1 3 30 DNS 17 8 50 17 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 34 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 37 22 5 4 Ret DNS Ret 6 8 15 48 18 Lance David Arnold Alexandros Margaritis 24 9 Ret 10 30 Ret 5 12 12 7 10 7 28 20 5 5 46 19 Andreas Wirth 34 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 37 22 5 4 Ret DNS 8 15 40 20 Christopher Mies 18 Ret DNS 8 9 2 38 14 24 8 Ret 6 10 26 9 27 39 21 Swen Dolenc Martin Ragginger 19 10 11 21 16 11 11 5 4 12 7 27 12 9 6 26 39 22 Daniel Dobitsch Florian Stoll 7 27 9 24 13 Ret 24 15 11 Ret 9 8 6 14 3 Ret 37 23 Edward Sandström 9 2 38 14 24 8 Ret 6 10 26 9 27 35 24 Sean Edwards 3 4 13 16 27 25 Christiaan Frankenhout Kenneth Heyer 15 7 14 Ret 8 13 4 10 16 Ret 13 12 27 13 12 12 23 26 Nicki Thiim 3 13 19 7 Ret Ret 21 27 Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck Ret 15 6 Ret Ret Ret 15 26 14 Ret DNS DNS DSQ 4 20 28 Frank Kechele Toni Seiler 22 21 17 13 10 5 28 23 Ret 6 21 13 26 Ret 27 13 19 29 Abdulaziz Al Faisal Mirko Bortolotti 25 3 14 16 15 30 Jeroen Bleekemolen 3 Ret 15 31 Sascha Bert 11 29 21 Ret Ret 20 30 20 8 5 15 17 DNS DNS 14 32 Christopher Brück 30 20 8 5 15 17 DNS DNS 14 33 Christian Abt 16 19 19 4 23 Ret 29 Ret 25 Ret 18 25 17 Ret 15 Ret 12 34 Carsten Tilke 16 19 19 4 23 Ret 25 Ret 18 25 17 Ret 15 Ret 12 35 Henry Zumbrink Ret 6 8 36 Jan Seyffarth 12 14 15 12 12 8 18 17 27 23 4 37 Maximilian Mayer 12 14 15 12 12 8 18 17 4 38 Christer Jöns 18 Ret DNS 8 4 39 Frank Stippler 24 8 4 40 Fredrik Lestrup 14 Ret 10 Ret 17 30 16 19 31 16 14 Ret 11 11 1 41 Martin Matzke 14 Ret 10 Ret 17 30 16 19 1 42 Fredy Barth Ret 28 21 18 10 14 1 43 Philipp Eng Ret DNS 35 25 Ret Ret 10 14 1 44 Christian Ott 10 Ret 32 22 Ret DNS 35 25 Ret Ret Ret 28 1 45 Alex Müller 10 Ret 32 22 1 Daniel Roos 11 11 0 Raffael Bader 25 18 23 15 20 Ret 12 13 22 19 Ret Ret 20 17 11 28 0 David Mengesdorf 25 18 23 15 20 Ret 12 13 Ret Ret 20 17 11 28 0 Luca Ludwig 11 29 21 Ret Ret 20 29 Ret 0 René Bourdeaux Alfred Renauer 33 DNS 22 14 28 21 20 21 Ret 13 12 16 15 Ret 16 17 0 Bernd Herndlhofer 21 12 DNS DNS 0 Remo Lips 27 22 33 16 Ret 19 25 27 Ret 23 20 20 Ret 19 14 23 0 Frank Schmickler 27 22 33 16 Ret 19 25 27 20 20 Ret 19 14 23 0 Johannes Leidinger Florian Spengler 28 Ret 34 20 21 27 23 24 19 14 25 26 16 21 Ret 25 0 Martin Öhlin 31 16 14 Ret 0 Georg Engelhardt 31 17 26 Ret 22 22 34 Ret 15 Ret 19 18 19 16 Ret Ret 0 Marco Seefried 31 17 26 Ret 22 22 34 Ret 15 Ret 19 18 19 16 0 Michael Schulze Tobias Schulze 36 23 27 28 18 15 17 28 DNS DNS 22 Ret 0 Peter Kox 23 Ret 20 23 29 17 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 Dennis Retera 29 17 0 Erik Janiš Jan Šťovíček 35 24 Ret DNS 27 28 32 31 Ret 29 18 24 21 21 0 Robert Bell 21 18 0 Gottfried Grasser 26 26 28 18 26 35 Ret 20 Ret 24 0 Max Sandritter Ret Ret 24 Ret 26 26 36 32 27 24 22 22 Ret 18 0 Philip Geipel Ret Ret 24 Ret 27 24 Ret 18 0 Tomáš Enge 28 18 0 Riccardo Brutschin Francesco Lopez 19 19 0 Andrina Gugger Otto Klohs 30 25 29 19 24 24 27 29 20 21 24 22 23 23 22 22 0 Peter Ebner 22 19 0 Štefan Rosina Albert von Thurn und Taxis Ret 20 25 27 21 30 23 22 0 Marc A. Hayek 23 Ret 20 23 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 Maximilian Partl Jörg Weidinger 23 20 0 Andrea Piccini Ret 20 0 Marcel Lasée Jörg van Ommen 20 Ret 0 Charlie Geipel 29 Ret 30 29 Ret 25 31 Ret DNS DNS 22 22 0 Mario Dablander 26 26 Ret 23 0 Karl Wendlinger 27 23 0 Oleg Petrishin 32 28 31 26 Ret 29 Ret 36 29 Ret 25 25 25 24 0 Gerhard Tweraser 32 28 31 26 25 24 0 Carsten Seifert Ret 24 0 Sergey Afanasyev 25 25 0 Achim Winter 29 Ret 30 29 Ret 25 31 Ret DNS DNS 0 Christian Bracke 26 26 36 32 0 Daniel Bohr 26 35 0 Wolfgang Hageleit Sven Heyrowski 28 Ret 0 Roland Asch Oliver Gavin Ret 28 0 Korbinian Baier Ret 29 Ret 36 29 Ret 0 Christopher Haase Ret DNS 0 Norbert Janz Christoph Schrezenmeier Ret DNS 0 Patrick Huisman Erwin Stückle DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver OSC ZAN SAC NÜR RBR LAU NÜR HOC PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
References
External links
ADAC GT Masters on RacingSportCars 2012 ADAC GT Masters season on Speedsport Magazine