2012 Auto GP World Series

2012 Auto GP World Series
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The 2012 Auto GP World Series was the third year of the Auto GP series, and the fourteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 11 March at Monza in Italy and finished on 23 September at Sonoma in the United States, after seven double-header rounds.

Each meeting's sprint race now lasts for a longer duration – a minimum of 90 km (55.9 mi), up from 70 km (43.5 mi) – while also introducing a mandatory pit-stop to the race.^[1] The series also introduced an overboost system that has already been used in the FIA Formula Two Championship.^[2] The points system for the second race was also amended.^[3]

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs won the opening race of the season at Monza after qualifying on pole position by 0.04 seconds.^[4] Pål Varhaug finished in second place and returnee Daniël de Jong attained his maiden podium in third.^[5] The reverse-grid second race was won by Varhaug, who left the meeting tied for the championship lead with Quaife-Hobbs.^[6] Three weeks later at Valencia, Quaife-Hobbs claimed pole again, but was unable to convert pole into another win, losing to Sergey Sirotkin, who became the youngest Auto GP winner,^[7] while Varhaug completed the podium. Quaife-Hobbs and Sirotkin continued their battle into the sprint race until an error during Sirotkin's pit-stop ended the battle early. Sirotkin recovered to finish the race in third place behind Quaife-Hobbs – who extended his championship lead with the race win – and Facu Regalia, who scored his first podium.^[8]

Two weeks later, the series' first non-European round was held in Morocco, where Sirotkin claimed his first pole position.^[9] He made a poor getaway, after being distracted by a marshal at the start.^[10] he lost many positions with Varhaug taking the lead. Varhaug was chased by Italian Formula Three champion Sergio Campana, leading until the pit-stop phase. Varhaug stalled in pit lane, losing positions to both Campana and Quaife-Hobbs, with Campana eventually taking his first series win, and the first for Team MLR71, after a close battle with Quaife-Hobbs.^[11] Sirotkin took the lead at the start of the second race, but lost time after his pit-stop, allowing Manor MP Motorsport's Chris van der Drift through to take his first win in the series ahead of Sirotkin. Varhaug, Quaife-Hobbs and Giacomo Ricci battled over the final podium position with Varhaug taking the position on-the-road before receiving a 25-second time penalty post-race for cutting a chicane. Ricci was promoted into third place ahead of Quaife-Hobbs, while Varhaug dropped to seventh and lost ground in the championship, falling behind Sirotkin, who moved into second.^[12]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Campos Racing^[13]	1	Facu Regalia^[14]	1–5
	1	Pippa Mann^[15]	7
	2	Giuseppe Cipriani^[13]	All
	3	Max Snegirev^[13]	All
Team MLR71^[16]	5	Sergio Campana^[17]	1–5
	5	Giacomo Ricci^[18]	7
	71	Michele La Rosa^[17]	All
Virtuosi UK^[19]	6	Matteo Beretta^[17]	1
		Sten Pentus^[20]	2
		Francesco Dracone^[21]	3–7
	7	Pål Varhaug^[22]	All
Zele Racing^[23]	8	Giacomo Ricci^[17]	1, 3
		Matteo Beretta^[24]	2
		Sten Pentus^[25]	4–5
		Sergio Campana^[26]	7
	9	Peter Milavec^[24]	2
		Juan Carlos Sistos^[27]	5
		Antônio Pizzonia^[26]	7
Super Nova International	10	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs^[17]	All
Super Nova International	11	Victor Guerin^[28]	1–5
Euronova Racing^[29]	12	Sergey Sirotkin^[30]	All
	14	Antonio Spavone^[17]	1–5
		Sergio Campana	6
		Kotaro Sakurai^[31]	7
Ombra Racing	23	Adderly Fong^[17]	1, 4
		Yann Cunha^[32]	2–3
		Antônio Pizzonia^[33]	6
		Antonio Spavone^[34]	7
	45	Giancarlo Serenelli^[35]	1–5, 7
	45	Rafael Suzuki	6
Manor MP Motorsport^[36]	32	Daniël de Jong^[36]	All
Manor MP Motorsport^[36]	33	Chris van der Drift^[17]	1–6

Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was published on 23 December 2011,^[37] with all rounds supporting World Touring Car Championship events. On 9 March 2012, it was announced that the Portuguese round moved from Estoril to Portimão.^[38]

Round		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	10 March	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Sergey Sirotkin	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Italy
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	11 March		Sergey Sirotkin	Pål Varhaug	Virtuosi UK	FIA WTCC Race of Italy
2	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	31 March	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Sergey Sirotkin	Sergey Sirotkin	Euronova Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Spain
2	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	1 April		Sergey Sirotkin	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Spain
3	R1	Marrakech Street Circuit	14 April	Sergey Sirotkin	Sergio Campana	Sergio Campana	Team MLR71	FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
3	R2	Marrakech Street Circuit	15 April		Sergey Sirotkin	Chris van der Drift	Manor MP Motorsport	FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
4	R1	Hungaroring	5 May	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
4	R2	Hungaroring	6 May		Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Pål Varhaug	Virtuosi UK	FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	2 June	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
5	R2	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	3 June		Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
6	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	21 July	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Daniël de Jong	Antônio Pizzonia	Ombra Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
6	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	22 July		Pål Varhaug	Antônio Pizzonia	Ombra Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
7	R1	Sonoma Raceway	22 September	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Daniël de Jong	Pål Varhaug	Virtuosi UK	FIA WTCC Race of the United States
7	R2	Sonoma Raceway	23 September		Daniël de Jong	Sergey Sirotkin	Euronova Racing	FIA WTCC Race of the United States

Championship standings

Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Race One	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Race Two	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

In addition:

One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One.
One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race.

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ		VAL		MAR		HUN		ALG		CUR		SON		Points
1	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1	3	2	1	2	4	1	2	1	1	6	12†	Ret	2	221
2	Pål Varhaug	2	1	3	8	3	7	5	1	2	Ret	2	5	1	5	183
3	Sergey Sirotkin	14	4	1	3	6	2	13†	3	3	3	3	4	3	1	175
4	Chris van der Drift	5	2	6	7	4	1	7	5	8	2	5	2			127
5	Daniël de Jong	3	Ret	4	4	7	Ret	11	12	7	7	4	3	2	6	104
6	Sergio Campana	10	13	5	9	1	13	Ret	7	5	4	11†	8	4	3	90
7	Facu Regalia	4	9	7	2	Ret	10	3	10	6	5					68
8	Victor Guerin	15	11	16†	5	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	Ret					46
9	Antônio Pizzonia											1	1	Ret	12†	45
10	Antonio Spavone	8	5	9	11	8	Ret	8	8	11	9			8	4	41
11	Giacomo Ricci	6	14			5	3							5	11†	40
12	Giancarlo Serenelli	9	8	11	12	11	11	4	9	10	6			6	Ret	34
13	Max Snegirev	7	6	8	6	13	Ret	Ret	11	12	8	10†	7	Ret	7	34
14	Giuseppe Cipriani	11	10	12	14	Ret	9	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	18
15	Sten Pentus			10	10			9	4	14†	Ret					14
16	Francesco Dracone					10	8	10	14	13	10	8	9	Ret	9	14
17	Rafael Suzuki											7	6			12
18	Yann Cunha			13	Ret	9	6									8
19	Kotaro Sakurai													7	Ret	6
20	Pippa Mann													9	8	5
21	Adderly Fong	13	7					Ret	13							4
22	Michele La Rosa	12	12	14	15	12	12	12	Ret	DNS	11	9	11	10	10	4
23	Juan Carlos Sistos									9	Ret					2
24	Matteo Beretta	DNS	15	17†	13											0
25	Peter Milavec			15	16											0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		VAL		MAR		HUN		ALG		CUR		SON		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

Under-21 Trophy

Pos	Driver	MNZ		VAL		MAR		HUN		ALG		CUR		SON		Points
1	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1	3	2	1	2	4	1	2	1	1	6	12†	Ret	2	250
2	Sergey Sirotkin	14	4	1	3	6	2	13†	3	3	3	3	4	3	1	216
3	Pål Varhaug	2	1	3	8	3	7	5	1	2	Ret	2	5	1	5	208
4	Daniël de Jong	3	Ret	4	4	7	Ret	11	12	7	7	4	3	2	6	137
5	Facu Regalia	4	9	7	2	Ret	10	3	10	6	5					96
6	Antonio Spavone	8	5	9	11	8	Ret	8	8	11	8			8	4	96
7	Victor Guerin	15	11	16†	5	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	Ret					66
8	Yann Cunha			13	Ret	9	6									24
10	Kotaro Sakurai													7	Ret	12
9	Matteo Beretta	DNS	15	17†	13											9
10	Juan Carlos Sistos									9	Ret					6
Pos	Driver	MNZ		VAL		MAR		HUN		ALG		CUR		SON		Points

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	MNZ		VAL		MAR		HUN		ALG		CUR		SON		Points
1	Super Nova International	1	3	2	1	2	4	1	2	1	1	6	12†	Ret	2	267
1	Super Nova International	15	11	16†	5	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	Ret					267
2	Manor MP Motorsport	3	2	4	4	4	1	7	5	7	2	4	2	2	6	231
2	Manor MP Motorsport	5	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	11	12	8	7	5	3			231
3	Euronova Racing	8	4	1	3	6	2	8	3	3	3	3	4	3	1	219
3	Euronova Racing	14	5	9	11	8	Ret	13†	8	11	9	11†	8	7	Ret	219
4	Virtuosi UK	2	1	3	8	3	7	5	1	2	10	2	5	1	5	198
4	Virtuosi UK	DNS	15	10	10	10	8	10	14	13	Ret	8	9	Ret	9	198
5	Campos Racing	4	6	7	2	13	9	3	6	6	5	10†	7	9	7	124
5	Campos Racing	7	9	8	6	Ret	10	6	10	12	8	Ret	10	Ret	8	124
6	Ombra Racing	9	7	11	12	9	6	4	9	10	6	1	1	6	4	117
6	Ombra Racing	13	8	13	Ret	11	11	Ret	13			7	6	8	Ret	117
7	Team MLR71	10	12	5	9	1	12	12	7	5	4	9	11	5	10	77
7	Team MLR71	12	13	14	15	12	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	11			10	11†	77
8	Zele Racing	6	14	15	13	5	3	9	4	9	Ret			4	3	68
8	Zele Racing			17†	16					14†	Ret			Ret	12†	68
Pos	Team	MNZ		VAL		MAR		HUN		ALG		CUR		SON		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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↑ "Sirotkin stays with Euronova for double programm" (PDF). euronova-racing.com. Euronova Racing. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ "Sakurai in Sonoma with Euronova Racing". Auto GP World Series. Auto GP Organisation. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
↑ "Cunha in Valencia with Ombra Racing". Auto GP World Series. Auto GP Organization. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
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↑ "Portimão replaces the Estoril round". Auto GP World Series. Auto GP Organisation. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

External links

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