2012 International GTSprint Series

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.

2012 International GTSprint Series
Previous: 2011 Next: 2013

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 Ret DNS 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 4 DNS DNS 6 DNS 3 2 134
4 Roberto Benedetti Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11† 1 128
Roberto Del Castello Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11† 1
5 Simone Pellegrinelli 1 3 Ret DNS 4 17† 6 5 11 8 90
6 Francesca Linossi 4 17† 6 5 11 8 Ret 7 64
7 Raffaele Giammaria 1 3 Ret DNS 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 9 DNS 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 Ret DNS 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 Necchi DNS DNS 7 6 37
6 Gianni Giudici 12 14 32
7 Andrea Bacci 6 Ret 22
8 Gianmaria Gabbiani Ret DNS 1
Gianluca Nattoni Ret DNS
Pos Driver MON
 IMO
 MUG
 HUN
 SPA
 VAL
 PER
  Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole

Italics – 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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.