The 2012 Auto-G Danish Thundersport Championship season was the first season of the Danish Thundersport Championship, it began at Jyllandsringen in May and concluded at the same venue in September.
The championship succeeded the Danish Touringcar Championship, with the Super 2000 cars being replaced with the Camaro Cup/Trans Am cars.
Jan Magnussen won the championship, driving for Fukamuni Racing.
Teams and drivers All teams ran the Chevrolet Camaro.
Team Drivers Rounds Memphis Racing 4 Henrik Jansen 6 60 Dennis Lind All* 77 Kasper Aaskov 6 STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport 5 Casper Elgaard All* 8 Michael Outzen 2 Kristian Poulsen 1* Jesper Sørensen 3–6 25 Carsten Andersen 4, 6 Peter Elgaard 1, 5* Privateer 21 William Frank 4 Fukamuni Racing 22 Mikkel Mac All* 23 Jan Magnussen 1–4, 6 Kevin Magnussen * 24 Kim Rødkjær 1–2, 4, 6* Nicholai Sørensen 3, 5 Fjeld Racing 33 Fredrik Fjeld 6 Marius Fjeld 4 66 6 Bryntesson Motorsport 34 Jens Edman 4 Sesam Data Motorsport 42 Bjarne Nordal 1, 4, 6 58 Ronny Vestengen 1, 6 SEB Power Group 43 Marius Nakken 1, 6 Polar Seafood Racing 61 John Nielsen All* 62 Anders Fjordbach 3–6* Michael Outzen 1 Peter Vesti 2 Drivers with an asterisk on their "Rounds" column took part in the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.
Calendar All rounds was held in Denmark.
Circuit/Location Date 1 R1 Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg 27 May R2 2 R1 Padborg Park, Padborg 10 June R2 3 R1 1 July R2 * R1 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix, Copenhagen 5 August R2 4 R1 Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg 26 August R2 5 R1 Ring Djursland, Pederstrup 16 September R2 6 R1 Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg 30 September R2
Results Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Jyllandsringen Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen Fukamuni Racing R2 Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen Fukamuni Racing 2 R1 Padborg Park Mikkel Mac Mikkel Mac John Nielsen Polar Seafood Racing R2 Mikkel Mac Mikkel Mac Fukamuni Racing 3 R1 Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen Fukamuni Racing R2 Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen Fukamuni Racing R1 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Mikkel Mac Fukamuni Racing R2 Kevin Magnussen Fukamuni Racing 4 R1 Jyllandsringen John Nielsen John Nielsen Jan Magnussen Fukamuni Racing R2 John Nielsen John Nielsen Polar Seafood Racing 5 R1 Ring Djursland Mikkel Mac Mikkel Mac Mikkel Mac Fukamuni Racing R2 John Nielsen John Nielsen Polar Seafood Racing 6 R1 Jyllandsringen John Nielsen John Nielsen Dennis Lind Memphis Racing R2 Dennis Lind Dennis Lind Memphis Racing
Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drivers' standings
Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Pts 1 Jan Magnussen 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 5 3 5 165 165 2 Dennis Lind 4 2 2 4 4 3 DNS DNS 3 4 Ret 2 1 1 173 13 160 3 John Nielsen 6 11† 1 5 3 4 4 4 2 1 Ret 1 2 3 163 5 158 4 Casper Elgaard 2 3 3 6 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 8 2 176 18 158 5 Mikkel Mac 5 5 8† 1 5 6 1 3 5 6 1 4 4 4 151 18 133 6 Anders Fjordbach 6 7 5 DNS 6 8 5 5 5 8 78 78 7 Kim Rødkjær 7 9 6 7 DSQ 6 7 11 7 6 68 68 8 Jesper Sørensen 8 8 12 10 6 8 10 12 54 54 9 7 5 2 6 47 47 10 Michael Outzen DNS 6 4 3 38 38 11 Bjarne Nordal 9 10 10 9 15 13 30 30 12 Ronny Vestengen 8 8 9 10 29 29 13 Kristian Poulsen 3 4 2 5 28 28 14 Marius Nakken Ret 7 6 8 26 26 15 Jens Edman 8 3 23 23 16 Peter Elgaard DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 7 22 22 17 Peter Vesti 7 8 17 17 18 Marius Fjeld 9 7 16 16 19 Carsten Andersen 11 13† 12 14 14 14 20 Fredrik Fjeld 14 7 11 11 21 Kasper Aaskov 13 11 8 8 22 Henrik Jansen 11 DNS 5 5 23 William Frank Ret 12 4 4 24 Kevin Magnussen DNS 1 0 0 Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Notes: † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the race distance. ‡ — No points are awarded for the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.
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