The 2012 International GTSprint Series season was the third year of the International GTSprint Series. The season began at Monza on 1 April and finished at Pergusa on 28 October. Andrea Palma won the championship, driving a Ferrari.
Teams and drivers Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 2 Lorenzo Bontempelli GTS2 2 Ferrari 458 36 Ivan Capelli GTS3 3 Ferrari F430 51 Gianfranco Bocellari Cup All Roberto Delli Guanti All 52 Roberto Sorti Cup 1-2 Moreno Petrini 1-2 Autorlando Motorsport Porsche 997 12 Glauco Solieri GTS2 All Black Team Ferrari F430 15 Raffaele Giammaria GTS2 1-2 Simone Pellegrinelli 1-5 Francesca Linossi 3-6 Luciano Linossi 6 Ciccio La Mazza 7 25 Massimiliano Mugelli GTS2 5 Ferrari 458 27 Andrea Palma GTS2 All Ombra Racing Ferrari 458 30 Mario Cordoni GTS3 2-7 AF Corse Ferrari 458 31 François Perrodo GTS3 5 Antonelli Motorsport Porsche 997 32 Angelo Proietti GTS3 6 Mario La Barbera 7 Giosuè Rizzuto 7 53 Steven Goldstein Cup 3 Christian Passuti 3 54 Alberto Brambati Cup 2 Marco Magli 2 Alessandro Baccani 3 Paolo Venerosi 3 Vincenzo Donativi 6 55 Omar Galbiati Cup 1-3 56 Niccolò Granzotto Cup 2 Alberto Brambati 3 Pietro Negra 3 Domenico Guagliardo 7 Giuseppe Trinca 7 RC Motorsport Corvette Z06 34 Roberto Benedetti GTS3 All Roberto Del Castello All Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 35 Davide di Benedetto GTS3 7 Michele Merendino 7 Blue Jumeirah Team Mosler MT900R 38 Rafael Unzurrunzaga GTS3 4 Swiss Team Maserati GT Gabriele Gardel GTS3 6 Alessandro Pier Guidi 6 GDL Racing Porsche 997 41 Steven Goldstein Cup 4-5 Giacomo Piccini 4-5 58 Vittorio Bagnasco Cup 6-7 91 Ennio Ricci Open 2-5 Angelo Schiatti 2-5 LMS Racing Dodge Viper 42 Antti Buri Open 5 Malucelli Motorsport Ferrari F430 57 Marco Galassi Cup 1-6 Happy Racer Porsche 997 58 Vittorio Bagnasco Cup 1-5 90 Oleksandr Gaidai Open 1 Mik Corse Lamborghini Gallardo 61 Steven Goldstein Cup 1-2 Felipe Merjech 1-2 Scuderia La.Na. Ferrari F430 63 Gianmaria Gabbiani Cup 2-3 Gianluca Nattoni 2 Marco Bassetto 3 Giovanni Cassibba 7 Mauro Trentin 7 Hyundai Genesis 93 Gianmaria Gabbiani Open 7 Gianluca Nattoni 7 M Racing Porsche 997 65 Emanuele Romani Cup 6-7 Steven Goldstein 7 Rallysport Lamborghini Gallardo 68 Ferdinando Serafino Cup 3 Steven Goldstein 6 Raffaele Giammaria 6 Ebimotors Porsche 997 69 Erika Monforte Cup 3 Simone Monforte 3 70 Roberto Silva Cup 1-2, 6 Gianluigi Piccioli 3 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Ferrari F430 72 Alessandro Bernasconi Cup 1-4 Lorenzo Casè 1-3, 6 Matteo Malucelli 6 82 Massimiliano Bianchi Cup 1-3 Nello Nataloni 1-2 Fortuna Racing Porsche 997 81 Sébastien Fortuna Cup 1 N-Racing BMW M3 E92 92 Piero Necchi Open 1-2 AR Motorsport BMW M3 E92 94 Andrea Bacci Open 2 Renauer Motorsport Ginetta G50 97 Florian Renauer Open 7 Scuderia Giudici Lotus Evora 99 Gianni Giudici Open 1
Calendar and results The Pergusa round was to be held in Portimão on 16 September, but it was canceled on 30 June.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 1 April Raffaele Giammaria Raffaele Giammaria Raffaele Giammaria Black Team R2 Simone Pellegrinelli Glauco Solieri Andrea Palma Black Team 2 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 April Raffaele Giammaria Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team R2 Simone Pellegrinelli Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team 3 R1 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia 3 June Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team R2 Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team 4 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 1 July Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team R2 Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team 5 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 15 July Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team R2 Andrea Palma Mario Cordoni Ombra Racing 6 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano 7 October Andrea Palma Alessandro Pier Guidi Alessandro Pier Guidi Swiss Team R2 Andrea Palma Andrea Palma Black Team 7 R1 Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna 28 October Roberto Del Castello Davide di Benedetto Davide di Benedetto Audi Sport Italia R2 Roberto Benedetti Roberto Benedetti Roberto Benedetti RC Motorsport
Championship Standings
Drivers' championship Pos Driver MON IMO MUG HUN SPA VAL PER Pts International GTSprint Series 1 Andrea Palma 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 RetDNS 251 2 Mario Cordoni 2 4 6 5 2 2 3 1 5 12† 2 8† 157 3 Glauco Solieri 3 2 4 3 5 4 3 4DNSDNS 6DNS 3 2 134 4 Roberto Benedetti RetDNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11† 1 128 Roberto Del Castello RetDNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11† 1 5 Simone Pellegrinelli 1 3 RetDNS 4 17† 6 5 11 8 90 6 Francesca Linossi 4 17† 6 5 11 8 Ret 7 64 7 Raffaele Giammaria 1 3 RetDNS 38 8 Davide di Benedetto 1 3 35 Michele Merendino 1 3 9 Ivan Capelli 2 2 32 10 Gabriele Gardel 1 13† 29 Alessandro Pier Guidi 1 13† 11 Lorenzo Bontempelli 3 2 29 12 Angelo Proietti 4 2 27 13 François Perrodo 7 6 20 14 Marco Zanuttini 7 4 18 15 Mario La Barbera 4 Ret 12 Giosuè Rizzuto 4 Ret 16 Massimiliano Mugelli 5 Ret 12 17 Luciano Linossi Ret 7 12 18 Ciccio La Mazza Ret 9† 10 19 Rafael Unzurrunzaga 9DNS 7 International GTSCup Trophy 1 Steven Goldstein 5 8 16 14 8 8 5 7 8 5 8 10 9 Ret 185 2 Gianfranco Bocellari 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 182 Roberto Delli Guanti 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 3 Vittorio Bagnasco 10 10 11 7 10 7 11 8 9 Ret 12 9 8 7 157 4 Lorenzo Casè 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret 9 3 101 5 Marco Galassi 11 12 17 17 17† 12 10 10† Ret Ret 11 6 80 6 Giacomo Piccini 5 7 8 5 74 7 Roberto Silva 9 7 15 6 14 8 66 8 Alessandro Bernasconi 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret RetDNS 65 9 Felipe Merjech 5 8 16 14 42 10 Matteo Malucelli 9 3 37 11 Domenico Guagliardo 5 5 37 Giuseppe Trinca 5 5 12 Christian Passuti 8 8 32 13 Omar Galbiati 7 6 (12) (11) (11) (18†) 29 14 Niccolò Granzotto 10 8 29 15 Raffaele Giammaria 8 10 28 16 Emanuele Romani 10 11 9 Ret 27 17 Gianmaria Gabbiani 14 9 19† 16 27 18 Vincenzo Donativi 13 5 23 19 Massimiliano Bianchi Ret 13 20 15 16† 14 22 20 Sébastien Fortuna 8 9 20 21 Gianluca Nattoni 14 9 20 22 Moreno Petrini Ret 11 19 13 18 Roberto Sorti Ret 11 19 13 23 Gianluigi Piccioli 15 13 16 24 Giovanni Cassibba 7 Ret 14 Mauro Trentin 7 Ret 25 Erika Monforte 14 15 18 Simone Monforte 14 15 26 Nello Nataloni Ret 13 20 15 10 27 Marco Bassetto 19† 16 7 28 Ferdinando Serafino Ret 19† 4 Guest drivers inelegible for points Alberto Brambati 9 Ret 9 10 0 Pietro Negra 9 10 0 Alessandro Baccani 18† 9 0 Paolo Venerosi 18† 9 Marco Magli 9 Ret 0 GTSOpen Trophy 1 Ennio Ricci 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9 145 Angelo Schiatti 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9 2 Antti Buri 2 2 42 3 Oleksandr Gaidai 4 4 42 4 Florian Renauer 10 6 42 5 Piero NecchiDNSDNS 7 6 37 6 Gianni Giudici 12 14 32 7 Andrea Bacci 6 Ret 22 8 Gianmaria Gabbiani RetDNS 1 Gianluca Nattoni RetDNS Pos Driver MON IMO MUG HUN SPA VAL PER Pts Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
Teams' championship Pos Team Manufacturer Points 1 Black Team Ferrari 369 2 Ombra Racing Ferrari 157 3 Autorlando Motorsport Porsche 134 4 RC Motorsport Corvette 133 5 Kessel Racing Ferrari 79 6 Antonelli Motorsport Porsche 38 7 Audi Sport Italia Audi 35 8 Swiss Team Maserati 29 9 AF Corse Ferrari 20 10 Blue Jumeirah Team Mosler 7
GTS2 Class Pos Driver Manufacturer Points 1 Andrea Palma Ferrari 261 2 Glauco Solieri Porsche 175 3 Simone Pellegrinelli Ferrari 122 4 Francesca Linossi Ferrari 101 5 Raffaele Giammaria Ferrari 38 6 Lorenzo Bontempelli Ferrari 32 7 Ciccio La Mazza Ferrari 17 8 Luciano Linossi Ferrari 17 9 Massimiliano Mugelli Ferrari 17
GTS3 Class Pos Driver Manufacturer Points 1 Mario Cordoni Ferrari 192 2 Roberto Benedetti Corvette 143 Roberto Del Castello 3 Ivan Capelli Ferrari 42 4 Davide di Benedetto Audi 38 Michele Merendino 5 Angelo Proietti Porsche 34 6 Gabriele Gardel Maserati 33 Alessandro Pier Guidi 7 François Perrodo Ferrari 26 8 Marco Zanuttini Ferrari 25 9 Mario La Barbera Ferrari 14 Giosuè Rizzuto 10 Rafael Unzurrunzaga Mosler 13
External links Official Superstars website