2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2012 Porsche City Index Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The title, which was the eighth Australian Carrera Cup Championship, was won by Craig Baird.

2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
Previous: 2011 Next: 2013

Teams and drivers
Craig Baird won the championship in the Jet Travel Insurance entry
Alex Davison placed third in the Roma Caravans entry
Steven Richards placed fifth in the Laser Plumbing & Electrical entry

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 championship.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Alliance Group Racing 1 Craig Baird Pro All
Grove Group 4 Stephen Grove Elite 5, 7–8
Hunter Sports Group 5 Jonny Reid Pro 2–8
Nathan Tinkler Elite 1
18 4
96 Ant Pedersen Pro 6
McElrea Racing 7 Alex Davison Pro All
24 Tony Bates Elite 1–4, 6–8
Tim Leahey Guest 5
29 James Davison Pro 2
Twigg Motorsport 8 Max Twigg Elite 1–2, 4–8
Hallmarc Racing 9 Marc Cini Elite All
10 Michael Loccissano Elite 2–8
Team BRM 11 Nick Foster Pro All
20 Tom Tweedie Pro 1–5
Troy Wilson 6
Morgan Mutch 7
Michael Almond[1] 8
Laser Racing 12 Steven Richards Pro All
INCA Motorsports 17 Ray Angus Elite 2, 5–8
50 Matt Kingsley Pro 1, 4
Guest 5
Team Kiwi Racing 21 Andre Heimgartner Pro All
Porsche Cars Australia 22 Mark Skaife Pro 2
40 Max Twigg Elite 3
Jeff Bobik Pro 4
60 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Guest 2
Jeroen Bleekemolen 6
88 Shae Davies Pro 7–8
96 Alexandre Imperatori[1] Guest 8
Rusty French Racing 27 Daniel Gaunt Pro All
Supabarn Motorsport 47 James Koundouris Elite 1–4, 6–8
Hamilton Autohaus 56 Shane Smollen Elite 1–7
Racing Incident 66 Peter Hill Elite 2
Theo Koundouris 8
Brighton Speedshop 90 Paul Kelly Elite 1–4

Race calendar

The 2012 Championship was contested over an eight round series with each round decided over a number of races with a minimum total race time of one hour at each round.[2]

Round Circuit City / State Date Winner Timesheets
1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1—4 March Alex Davison Results
2 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 15—18 March Craig Baird Results
3 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 4—6 May Jonny Reid Results
4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 18—20 May Craig Baird Results
5 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 6—8 July Jonny Reid Results
6 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 4—7 October Craig Baird
7 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 19—21 October Jonny Reid
8 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 30 November—2 December Jonny Reid

Season summary

Round 1 in Adelaide was won by returning 2004 Champion Alex Davison from defending champion Craig Baird with Daniel Gaunt third. The elite class was won by James Koundouris.[3]

Round 2 was held as a support race to the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit. A classy field assembled including former Grand Prix winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen, former V8 Supercar Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Mark Skaife, 2011 runner-up Jonny Reid and returning from racing sports cars in the USA, James Davison. But the regulars showed the way with Craig Baird winning all three races, followed by Reid, with round 1 winner Alex Davison third. The elite class was won by Max Twigg.[4]

Championship standings
Points system

Points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.[2]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th
Points 60 54 48 42 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition to competing for the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and contested the relevant class title.[2] Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.[2]

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver ADE ALB BAR PHI TOW BAT SUR HOM Pen. Pts
1 Craig Baird 7th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 8th 2nd 2nd 3rd 1267
2 Jonny Reid 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st Ret 4th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1104
3 Alex Davison 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd Ret 9th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 3rd Ret 6th 3rd 6th 5th 4th 6 1041
4 Daniel Gaunt 3rd 3rd 5th 10th 13th 12th 5th 5th 4th 1st 2nd 7th 4th 7th 5th 6th 6th 7th 4th 4th 6th 4th 3rd 2nd 920
5 Steven Richards Ret Ret 4th 11th 6th 4th 6th 4th 6th 2nd 3rd 11th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 884
6 Nick Foster 2nd 10th 10th 18th 10th 7th 4th 8th 5th 5th 5th 4th 6th 4th 14th 12th 7th 4th Ret Ret 5th 5th 6th 5th 60 641
7 Andre Heimgartner 4th 4th 15th 9th 7th 5th 9th 6th 9th 4th 15th 6th 8th 8th Ret 16th 17th 9th 5th 5th 4th 8th Ret 10th 622
8 Max Twigg 8th 8th 7th 6th 8th 9th 14th 10th 8th 6th 7th 9th 12th 12th 8th 9th 9th 12th 8th 8th 9th 11th 10th 8th 603
9 James Koundouris 6th 7th 8th 8th 11th 10th 8th 9th 15th 7th 10th Ret 10th 11th 10th 12th 9th 11th 10th 8th 9th 472
10 Tony Bates 10th 9th 9th 14th 14th 17th 11th 11th 11th 9th 13th 14th 8th 12th 11th Ret 10th 10th 17th 9th 12th 370
11 Michael Loccisano 13th 16th 14th 12th 13th 13th 11th 14th 15th 14th 13th 11th 14th 15th 15th 11th 12th 13th 12th 15th 15th 315
12 Tom Tweedie 5th 5th 6th Ret Ret 11th 7th 7th 7th Ret 8th 8th 9th 10th Ret 313
13 Marc Cini Ret 11th 11th 15th 17th 16th Ret 15th 14th 12th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 13th 13th 13th 9th Ret 16th 13th 11th 13th 309
14 Shane Smollen 9th 12th 13th Ret DNS DNS 10th 12th 10th 8th 16th 12th 10th 11th 12th 7th 18th 18th 7th Ret DNS 288
15 Ray Angus 17th DSQ 15th 13th 15th 9th 15th 14th 16th 13th Ret 15th 15th 13th 16th 184
16 Paul Kelly 12th 14th 12th 16th 15th 18th 13th 14th 12th Ret 12th Ret 10 178
17 Matt Kingsley Ret 6th 3rd 10th 6th 5th 7th 6th 6th 168
18 Shae Davies 8th 6th 7th 9th 16th 11th 148
19 Stephen Grove 16th 16th 13th 14th 13th 14th 14th 14th Ret 136
20 James Davison 5th 5th 6th 116
21 Mark Skaife 7th 9th Ret 58
22 Ant Pedersen 18th 8th 8th 58
23 Nathan Tinkler 11th 13th 14th Ret Ret 16th 54
24 Peter Hill 12th 12th 13th 52
25 Jeff Bobik 13th 11th 10th 52
26 Theo Koundouris 16th 12th 14th 43
27 Troy Wilson 11th 10th 14th 42
28 Morgan Mutch Ret Ret Ret 0
29 Michael Almond Ret DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Jeroen Bleekemolen 4th 2nd 2nd 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 4th 4th 8th 0
Alexandre Imperatori 7th 7th 7th 0
Tim Leahey 11th 9th 7th 0
Pos Driver ADE ALB BAR PHI TOW BAT SUR HOM Pen. 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)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Professional Class

Craig Baird won the Professional Class pointscore from Jonny Reid and Alex Davison.

Elite Class

Max Twigg won the Elite Class from James Koundouris and Tony Bates.

See also

References
  1. Rowley, Grant (29 November 2012). "Asian Carrera Cup champion set for Australian debut". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. "2012 Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia Championship – Sporting Regulations – Version 1" (PDF). Australian Carrera Cup Championship. Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. p. 6. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/03/06/carrera-cup-australia-2012-clipsal-500-review/ Speedcafe, 6 March 2012
  4. http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/03/18/craig-baird-completes-albert-park-clean-sweep/ Albert Park results. Speedcafe, 18 March 2012
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