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 TeamDriversClassRounds Konrad Motorsport GmbH 1 Norbert Siedler All 2 Tomáš Pivoda All 7 Michael Christensen All Land-Motorsport 3 Harrie Kolen All 4 Hoevert Vos 2-9 FE Racing by Land - Motorsport 5 Jaap van Lagen All 6 Wolf Nathan All Farnbacher ESET Racing 10 Felipe Fernández Laser 1-2, 4-5 Niclas Kentenich 3 91 Christina Nielsen All Marschall Goebel Racing 11 Elia Erhart All 12 Peter Scharmach 6 91 Matthias Gamauf 1-2, 4-5 Team Deutsche Post by tolimit 14 René Rast All 15 Klaus Bachler All 16 Sean Edwards All Switch It Lechner Racing 19 Clemens Schmid All 37 Michael Ammermüller 1-4, 9 MRS GT-Racing 33 Bill Barazetti All 34 Philipp Eng All 46 Antonis Wossos 7 52 Florian Spengler 9 Team Bleekemolen 41 Jeroen Mul 1, 7 52 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 7 BG Racing 42 Pascal Bour 3 GT3 Cup Middle East 43 Peter Scharmach 3 51 Hannes Waimer 3, 5-7 Lechner Racing Team 44 Andreas Mayerl 4 Konrad Motorsport Austria 45 Mark J. Thomas 6-7 Förch Racing 47 Robert Lukas 8-9 49 Florian Scholze 8-9 Hermes Attempto Racing 66 Nicolas Armindo 1, 6 David Jahn 2-5 Jeroen Bleekemolen 7 Arkin Aka 8 Robert Renauer 9 77 Philipp Frommenwiler All 88 Nicki Thiim All 99 Kévin Estre All Icon Class A-class B-class

Race calendar and results 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 R2 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 R4 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 R7 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 R9 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 R11 19 August Nicki Thiim Sean Edwards Nicki Thiim Hermes Attempto Racing Christina Nielsen 7 R12 Zandvoort 25 August René Rast René Rast Sean Edwards Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Hoevert Vos R13 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 R15 16 September Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Team Deutsche Post by tolimit Hoevert Vos 9 R16 Hockenheimring 20 October Sean Edwards René Rast Nicki Thiim Hermes Attempto Racing Hoevert Vos R17 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

Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 201816141210987654321

A-class 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 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

B-class 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

References

External links The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany website Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Online Magazine