2012 Winter GT Series season

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2012 Winter GT Series season
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Competition World GT
Platform Used RFactor.png rFactor v1.255
Rounds 4
Vehicle(s) GT3
Tyre Supplier(s) Michelin M
Drivers 52
Teams 24
Drivers' Champion England Dave Carr-Smith
Teams' Champion Australia SimInk Motorsport
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The Winter GT Series (aka. the 2012 World GT Series)) was a new type of event for the GPVWC in 2012. The series would see drivers take their pick of GT3 cars and race around four circuits for an hour each. The Drivers' Champion was Dave Carr-Smith who won every event with SimInk Motorsport taking the Constructors' title. The series was re-branded as the World GT Series for the 2013 season.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race Start (60 Minute Duration)

Teams and drivers

Winter GT Team Base Constructor Tyre No. Vehicle Drivers Rounds
England Constant Racing England St.Helens, England Constant M 28 Chevrolet Camaro England Mark Stanton 1
86 Chevrolet Camaro England David Stanton 1
England CSG Racing England Sheffield, England CSG M 4 Lamborghini Gallardo England Alex Cooper 1
89 Ford GT England Scott Bennett 1
England DSRacing England England DSRacing M 269 Lotus Evora England Dave Simmons 1
776 Ford GT United States Thomas Roth 1
Finland FA Racing Finland Lahti, Finland FA Racing M 22 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Finland Teemu Toikka 1
68 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Australia William Tringas
England Hawkeye Racing England Kendal, England Hawkeye M 3 Chevrolet Corvette C6 England Lewis Redshaw 1
6 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Belgium Bart De Vos 1
Ireland Hydraulix Motorsports Ireland Naas, Ireland Hydraulix M 69 Nissan GT-R England Simon Melhuish 1
99 Nissan GT-R England Jack Nicholls 1
France Ice Tiger Express Motorsports Switzerland Binningen, Switzerland TEM M 833 Dodge Viper Norway Erik Tveit 1
866 Ferrari 458 Switzerland David Jundt 1
Estonia Innervision Estonia Tartu, Estonia Innervision M 7 Lamborghini Gallardo Estonia Pavel Loknovski 1
42 Lamborghini Gallardo Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek 1
England Kernow Sport England St.Austell, England Kernow M 10 Ferrari 430 England Ollie Woods
12 Jaguar XKR England Mark Wicks 1-3
Netherlands Measuric Racing Netherlands Assen, Netherlands Measuric M 2 BMW Z4 England Lee Davidson 1
55 BMW Z4 Netherlands Martijn Rietberg 1
Netherlands Mike Schroten
England Midnight Motorsport England Manchester, England Midnight M 33 Ferrari 430 England Nick Rowland 1
58 Alpina B6 Germany Lukas Euler 1
England Moz Racing England England Moz M 19 Lamborghini Gallardo  
20 Jaguar XKR  
England Nijo Racing England Nantwich, England Nijo M 21 Aston Martin Vantage England Ben Warren 1
166 Aston Martin Vantage England Chris Williamson 1
England Optimum Motorsport England Stourbridge, England Optimum M 93 Lotus Evora / Alpina B6 Sweden Jonatan Acerclinth 1-3
711 Lotus Evora / Porsche 997 Belgium Dimitri Demeulemeester 1-3
Netherlands Racing Team Schroten Netherlands Zandvoort, Netherlands RTS M 9 Ford GT Belgium Andreas Wauters 1, 3
11 Dodge Viper Latvia Andrejs Pestovs 1-4
England RS Racing England Chandler's Ford, England RS Racing M 13 Nissan GT-R England Mark Fuller 1
46 Aston Martin DBRS South Africa Vinodh Moodley 1
United States Satellite Racing United States United States Satellite M 32 Porsche 997 Norway Scott Sovik 1
64 Porsche 997 Saint Lucia Nick Newcombe 1
Australia SimInk Motorsport Australia Brisbane, Australia SimInk M 8 Mercedes SLS AMG Australia Jamez Shepherd 1
30 Mercedes SLS AMG England Dave Carr-Smith 1
England SlipStream Racing England England SlipStream M 23 McLaren MP4-12C England Glenn Guest 1
52 Jaguar XKR England Myles Dixon 1
England SS Motorsport England England SSM M 31 Audi R8 England Tom Eley 1
45 BMW Z4 England Jack Dex 1
Greece Team of Divine Greece Greece Divine M 27 Alpina B6 Greece Lazaros Kagioglou 1
77 Alpina B6 England Simon Crain
Germany Three Sixty Racing Germany Germany Three Sixty M 111 Jaguar XKR Germany Florian Strauss 1
112 Jaguar XKR Germany Matthias Meier 1
United States Torrent Motorsports United States Columbus, OH, USA Torrent M 76 BMW Z4 Sweden Martin Palm 1
88 Dodge Viper Norway Petter Kaasa 1
Netherlands Twyst Racing Team Netherlands The Netherlands Twyst M 18 Porsche 997 Netherlands Boy van de Laar 1
England Woods Racing England Southampton, England Woods M 41 Chevrolet Corvette C6 South Africa Boyd Bryson 1
63 Ferrari 430 England Tom Parker 1

2012 Calendar

Rounds Race Title Circuit Date Race Details
Track Time GMT Laps
1 Brazilian GT Cup Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace 15th November 12:00 19:00 40
2 Belgian GT Cup Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 22nd November 14:00 19:00 27
3 Japanese GT Cup Japan Fuji Speedway 6th December 14:00 19:00 38
4 American GT Cup United States Daytona International Speedway 13th December 14:00 19:00 TBC

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd. Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1 Brazil Interlagos GT Cup Germany Lukas Euler
(1:31.189)
England Dave Carr-Smith
(1:31.059)
England Dave Carr-Smith Australia SimInk Motorsport Report
2 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps GT Cup England Alex Cooper
(2:18.319)
England Dave Carr-Smith
(2:18.539)
England Dave Carr-Smith Australia SimInk Motorsport Report
3 Japan Fuji GT Cup England Alex Cooper
(1:36.779)
England Dave Carr-Smith
(1:35.812)
England Dave Carr-Smith Australia SimInk Motorsport Report
4 United States Daytona GT Cup Belgium Bart De Vos
(1:44.854)
England Dave Carr-Smith
(1:44.987)
England Dave Carr-Smith Australia SimInk Motorsport Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
BEL
Belgium
JPN
Japan
USA
United States
Points
1 England Dave Carr-Smith 1 1 1 1 100
2 Germany Lukas Euler 5 2 - 2 51
3 England Alex Cooper 7 6 4 3 48
4 Germany Florian Strauss 2 3 Ret - 36
5 Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek 12 8 3 10 34
6 Australia Jamez Shepherd Ret 4 2 - 33
7 Finland Teemu Toikka 4 7 16 7 31
8 Germany Matthias Meier 3 11 Ret - 21
- England Nick Rowland 6 - 5 - 21
- England Mark Stanton 9 10 Ret 8 21
11 Switzerland David Jundt 17 Ret 6 6 20
12 Belgium Dimitri Demeulemeester 18 Ret 8 5 19
13 England Tom Parker 13 Ret - 4 16
14 England Ben Warren 16 14 9 11 14
15 Sweden Martin Palm 10 9 - - 13
16 England Tom Eley Ret 5 - - 11
17 England Mark Wicks 15 12 11 - 10
- England Scott Bennett Ret 15 7 - 10
19 Belgium Bart De Vos 8 Ret Ret Ret 8
20 Belgium Nico de Koninck - - 17 9 7
21 Australia William Tringas - Ret 10 - 6
22 England Simon Melhuish 11 - - - 5
- England Myles Dixon 14 Ret 13 Ret 5
- Latvia Andrejs Pestovs 25 17 15 12 5
25 Sweden Jonatan Acerclinth 23 19 12 16 4
26 England Mark Fuller Ret 13 - Ret 3
- England Dave Simmons 19 - - 13 3
28 Norway Scott Sovik Ret Ret 14 - 2
- South Africa Vinodh Moodley 24 18 Ret 14 2
30 England Chris Williamson 20 Ret Ret 15 1
31 Greece Lazaros Kagioglou 21 Ret - - 0
- England Lee Davidson 22 Ret Ret - 0
- United States Thomas Roth 26 - - - 0
- England Lewis Redshaw Ret - - - 0
- England Glenn Guest Ret Ret - - 0
- Norway Erik Tveit Ret - - - 0
- Netherlands Martijn Rietberg Ret - - Ret 0
- Netherlands Boy van de Laar Ret - - - 0
- England Jack Nicholls Ret Ret - - 0
- Norway Petter Kaasa Ret - - - 0
- Saint Lucia Nick Newcombe Ret - - - 0
- England Jack Dex Ret - - - 0
- South Africa Boyd Bryson Ret Ret Ret - 0
- Belgium Andreas Wauters Ret - 20 - 0
- Estonia Pavel Loknovski Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
- Russia Ilija Brekalo - 16 - - 0
- Spain Alejandro Fernandez - 26 - - 0
- Croatia Borna Spoljaric - Ret - - 0
- England David Stanton - - 18 - 0
- Australia Tristan Clark - - 19 - 0
- Netherlands Mike Schroten - - Ret Ret 0
- Netherlands Ghovand Keanie - - - Ret 0
Pos Driver BRA
Brazil
BEL
Belgium
JPN
Japan
USA
United States
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Blank Did not participate (-)
Excluded (EX)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car
No.
BRA
Brazil
BEL
Belgium
JPN
Japan
USA
United States
Points
1 Australia SimInk Motorsport 8 Ret 4 2 - 133
30 1 1 1 1
2 England Midnight Motorsport 33 6 - 5 - 72
58 5 2 - 2
3 England CSG Racing 4 7 6 4 3 58
89 Ret 15 7 -
4 Germany Three Sixty Racing 111 2 3 Ret - 57
112 3 11 Ret -
5 Finland FA Racing 22 4 7 16 7 37
68 - Ret 10 -
6 Estonia Innervision 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 34
42 12 8 3 10
7 England Optimum Motorsport 93 23 19 12 16 23
711 18 Ret 8 5
8 France Ice Tiger Express Motorsports 833 Ret - - - 20
866 17 Ret 6 6
9 England Woods Racing 41 Ret Ret Ret - 16
63 13 Ret - 4
10 England Nijo Racing 21 16 14 9 11 15
166 20 Ret Ret 15
11 England Constant Racing 28 9 10 Ret 8 13
86 - - 21 -
- United States Torrent Motorsports 76 10 9 - - 13
88 Ret - - -
13 England SS Motorsport 31 Ret 5 - - 11
45 Ret - - -
14 England Kernow Sport 10 - - - - 10
12 15 12 11 -
15 England Hawkeye Racing 3 Ret - - - 8
6 8 Ret Ret Ret
16 Ireland Hydraulix Motorsports 69 11 - - - 5
99 Ret Ret - -
- England RS Racing 13 Ret 13 - Ret 5
46 24 18 Ret 14
- England SlipStream Racing 23 Ret Ret - - 5
52 14 Ret 13 Ret
- Netherlands Racing Team Schroten 9 Ret - 20 - 5
11 25 17 15 12
20 England DSRacing 269 19 26 - 13 3
776 26 - - -
21 United States Satellite Racing 32 Ret Ret 14 - 2
64 Ret - - -
22 Netherlands Measuric Racing 2 22 Ret Ret Ret 0
55 Ret - Ret Ret
- Greece Team of Divine 27 21 Ret - - 0
77 - - - -
- Netherlands Twyst Racing Team 18 Ret - - - 0
- - - - -
Pos Constructor Car
No.
BRA
Brazil
BEL
Belgium
JPN
Japan
USA
United States
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Blank Did not participate (-)
Excluded (EX)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.