2012 Danish Thundersport Championship
The 2012 Auto-G[1] 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
[edit]All teams ran the Chevrolet Camaro.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Memphis Racing[2] | 4 | Henrik Jansen[3] | 6 |
60 | Dennis Lind[2] | All* | |
77 | Kasper Aaskov[4] | 6 | |
STARK Racing[5][N 1] Elgaard Motorsport[6][N 1] |
5 | Casper Elgaard[5] | All* |
8 | Michael Outzen[7] | 2 | |
Kristian Poulsen[6] | 1* | ||
Jesper Sørensen[8] | 3–6 | ||
25 | Carsten Andersen[9] | 4, 6 | |
Peter Elgaard[10] | 1, 5* | ||
Privateer | 21 | William Frank[11] | 4 |
Fukamuni Racing[12] | 22 | Mikkel Mac[12] | All* |
23 | Jan Magnussen[12] | 1–4, 6 | |
Kevin Magnussen[13] | * | ||
24 | Kim Rødkjær[14] | 1–2, 4, 6* | |
Nicholai Sørensen[15] | 3, 5 | ||
Fjeld Racing | 33 | Fredrik Fjeld[3] | 6 |
Marius Fjeld[3] | 4 | ||
66 | 6 | ||
Bryntesson Motorsport[16] | 34 | Jens Edman[16] | 4 |
Sesam Data Motorsport | 42 | Bjarne Nordal[17] | 1, 4, 6 |
58 | Ronny Vestengen[17] | 1, 6 | |
SEB Power Group | 43 | Marius Nakken[17] | 1, 6 |
Polar Seafood Racing[18] | 61 | John Nielsen[19] | All* |
62 | Anders Fjordbach[20] | 3–6* | |
Michael Outzen[19] | 1 | ||
Peter Vesti[21] | 2 |
Drivers with an asterisk on their "Rounds" column took part in the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.
Calendar
[edit]All rounds was held in Denmark.
Rnd. | 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
[edit]Rnd. | 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 | |||
NC | 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
[edit]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
[edit]
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Bold – Pole |
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.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Auto-G lægger navn til det nye DTC". 5 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Dennis Lind skal køre DTC og Camaro Cup i 2012". 22 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "DM-finalen: 16 kørere tilmeldt DTC". 21 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Kasper Aaskov debuterer i Auto-G DTC-serien". 21 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b "STARK til tops i motorsport". 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Kristian Poulsen kører Auto-G DTC". 9 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Michael Outzen er meldt klar til Padborg". 8 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Outzen ud, Sørensen ind hos Elgaard Motorsport". 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Ny kører til Elgaard Motorsport". 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Auto-G DTC: Outzen og Magnussen i top". 26 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Grand Prix Danmark - tidtagning". 25 August 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mikkel Mac til Fukamuni Racing". 17 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Kevin Magnussen DTC-debuterer i Fælledparken". 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Kim Rødkjær tæt på Fukamuni Racing og Auto-G DTC". 14 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Nicholai Sørensen tilbage hos Fukamuni". 5 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Jens Edman tilbage bag rattet". 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Her er startgridden i Auto-G DTC til Åbningsløbet". 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Nyt, men velkendt navn tilbage i DTC". 9 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Outzen melder sig klar til DTC premiere". 24 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Padborg Super Prix - kvalifikation". 30 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Peter Vesti starter i Auto-G DTC på Padborg Park". 8 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.