2012 Race of Champions

The 2012 Race of Champions was the second running of the GPVWC Race of Champions and was held on November 28th & 29th 2012. It featured the best talent from several GPVWC competitions competing for the coveted title of Champion of Champions. The eventual winners were Jim Parisis and Christoph Lichtenstein.

Format

The invitational competition included 32 drivers - selected from last season's top drivers - organized in pairs - comprising of 8 top drivers from the Superleague, Supercup, Formula Challenge and Masters Series. To guarantee a fair and balanced competition, the pairs were be organised in inverted ranking orders, where possible, with the top ranked drivers pairing with the lower ranked drivers and vice versa. The teams were organised in a knock-out format, with the qualifiers taking place on November 28th and the final rounds on the 29th.

Match-up Format

Each 'match-up' will be comprised of a maximum of five, one 'full-lap' - twice over the line - races in a best-of-five format. This gives each driver in the pairing the opportunity to race both opponents. If a tie-break is required then the driver from each team with the least wins will go head to head to decide which team progresses to the next stage of the competition. For example;

Jim Parisis narrowly beats Teemu Toikka in the final race.

Driver 1 vs Driver 3
Driver 2 vs Driver 4
Driver 1 vs Driver 4
Driver 2 vs Driver 3
- Tie Break if Required -

Timetable

Preliminary Rounds - Wednesday 28th November

18:30 HDV & GDB Files Released
19:00 Practice
19:20 Race of Champions 2012

Finals - Thursday 29th November

18:30 HDV Files Released
19:00 Practice
19:20 Race of Champions 2012

Results

The competition was won by Jim Parisis and Christoph Lichtenstein who narrowly beat Nick Rowland and Teemu Toikka in a tie-breaker in the final. Parisis crossed the line just 0.02s ahead of Toikka to claim overall victory for his team.

The full results of the 2012 GPVWC Race of Champions were as follows: