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2012 Auto GP World Series

The 2012 Auto GP World Series was the third year of the Auto GP series, and the fourteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 11 March at Monza in Italy and finished on 23 September at Sonoma in the United States, after seven double-header rounds.

Each meeting's sprint race now lasts for a longer duration – a minimum of 90 km, up from 70 km – while also introducing a mandatory pit-stop to the race. The series also introduced an overboost system that has already been used in the FIA Formula Two Championship. The points system for the second race was also amended.

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs won the opening race of the season at Monza after qualifying on pole position by 0.04 seconds. Pål Varhaug finished in second place and returnee Daniël de Jong attained his maiden podium in third. The reverse-grid second race was won by Varhaug, who left the meeting tied for the championship lead with Quaife-Hobbs. Three weeks later at Valencia, Quaife-Hobbs claimed pole again, but was unable to convert pole into another win, losing to Sergey Sirotkin, who became the youngest Auto GP winner, while Varhaug completed the podium. Quaife-Hobbs and Sirotkin continued their battle into the sprint race until an error during Sirotkin's pit-stop ended the battle early. Sirotkin recovered to finish the race in third place behind Quaife-Hobbs – who extended his championship lead with the race win – and Facu Regalia, who scored his first podium.

Two weeks later, the series' first non-European round was held in Morocco, where Sirotkin claimed his first pole position. He made a poor getaway, after being distracted by a marshal at the start. he lost many positions with Varhaug taking the lead. Varhaug was chased by Italian Formula Three champion Sergio Campana, leading until the pit-stop phase. Varhaug stalled in pit lane, losing positions to both Campana and Quaife-Hobbs, with Campana eventually taking his first series win, and the first for Team MLR71, after a close battle with Quaife-Hobbs. Sirotkin took the lead at the start of the second race, but lost time after his pit-stop, allowing Manor MP Motorsport's Chris van der Drift through to take his first win in the series ahead of Sirotkin. Varhaug, Quaife-Hobbs and Giacomo Ricci battled over the final podium position with Varhaug taking the position on-the-road before receiving a 25-second time penalty post-race for cutting a chicane. Ricci was promoted into third place ahead of Quaife-Hobbs, while Varhaug dropped to seventh and lost ground in the championship, falling behind Sirotkin, who moved into second.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
ESP Campos Racing	1	ARG Facu Regalia	1–5
GBR Pippa Mann	7
2	ITA Giuseppe Cipriani	All
3	RUS Max Snegirev	All
ITA Team MLR71	5	ITA Sergio Campana	1–5
ITA Giacomo Ricci	7
71	ITA Michele La Rosa	All
GBR Virtuosi UK	6	ITA Matteo Beretta	1
EST Sten Pentus	2
ITA Francesco Dracone	3–7
7	NOR Pål Varhaug	All
AUT Zele Racing	8	ITA Giacomo Ricci	1, 3
ITA Matteo Beretta	2
EST Sten Pentus	4–5
ITA Sergio Campana	7
9	AUT Peter Milavec	2
MEX Juan Carlos Sistos	5
BRA Antônio Pizzonia	7
GBR Super Nova International	10	nowrap	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	All
11	BRA Victor Guerin	1–5
ITA Euronova Racing	12	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	All
14	ITA Antonio Spavone	1–5
ITA Sergio Campana	6
JPN Kotaro Sakurai	7
ITA Ombra Racing	23	CHN Adderly Fong	1, 4
BRA Yann Cunha	2–3
BRA Antônio Pizzonia	6
ITA Antonio Spavone	7
45	VEN Giancarlo Serenelli	1–5, 7
BRA Rafael Suzuki	6
NLD Manor MP Motorsport	32	NLD Daniël de Jong	All
33	NZL Chris van der Drift	1–6

Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was published on 23 December 2011, with all rounds supporting World Touring Car Championship events. On 9 March 2012, it was announced that the Portuguese round moved from Estoril to Portimão.

Round	Circuit/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting	1	R1	R2
ITA Monza Circuit	10 March	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Italy
11 March		RUS Sergey Sirotkin	NOR Pål Varhaug	GBR Virtuosi UK
ESP Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	31 March	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	ITA Euronova Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Spain
1 April		RUS Sergey Sirotkin	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Super Nova International
MAR Marrakech Street Circuit	14 April	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	ITA Sergio Campana	ITA Sergio Campana	ITA Team MLR71	FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
15 April		RUS Sergey Sirotkin	NZL Chris van der Drift	NLD Manor MP Motorsport
HUN Hungaroring	5 May	nowrap	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	nowrap	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	nowrap	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	nowrap	GBR Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
6 May		GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	NOR Pål Varhaug	GBR Virtuosi UK
PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	2 June	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Super Nova International	FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
3 June		GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	GBR Super Nova International
BRA Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	21 July	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	NLD Daniël de Jong	BRA Antônio Pizzonia	ITA Ombra Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
22 July		NOR Pål Varhaug	BRA Antônio Pizzonia	ITA Ombra Racing
USA Sonoma Raceway	nowrap	22 September	GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	NLD Daniël de Jong	NOR Pål Varhaug	GBR Virtuosi UK	FIA WTCC Race of the United States
nowrap	23 September		NLD Daniël de Jong	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	ITA Euronova Racing

Championship standings

Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race	Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Race One	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Race Two	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

In addition:

One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One.
One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race.

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ
ITA	VAL
ESP	MAR
MAR	HUN
HUN	ALG
PRT	CUR
BRA	SON
USA	Points	1	221	2	183	3	175	4	127	5	104	6	90	7	68	8	46	9	45	10	41	11	40	12	34	13	34	14	18	15	14	16	14	17	12	18	8	19	6	20	5	21	4	22	4	23	2	24	0	25	0	Pos	Driver	MNZ
ITA	VAL
ESP	MAR
MAR	HUN
HUN	ALG
PRT	CUR
BRA	SON
USA	Points
GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1	3	2	1	2	4	*1*	2	*1*	1	6	12†	Ret	2
NOR Pål Varhaug	2	1	3	8	3	7	5	1	2	Ret	2	5	1	5
RUS Sergey Sirotkin	14	4	1	3	6	2	13†	3	3	3	3	4	3	1
NZL Chris van der Drift	5	2	6	7	4	1	7	5	8	2	5	2
NLD Daniël de Jong	3	Ret	4	4	7	Ret	11	12	7	7	4	3	2	6
ITA Sergio Campana	10	13	5	9	1	13	Ret	7	5	4	11†	8	4	3
ARG Facu Regalia	4	9	7	2	Ret	10	3	10	6	5
BRA Victor Guerin	15	11	16†	5	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	Ret
BRA Antônio Pizzonia											1	1	Ret	12†
ITA Antonio Spavone	8	5	9	11	8	Ret	8	8	11	9			8	4
ITA Giacomo Ricci	6	14			5	3							5	11†
VEN Giancarlo Serenelli	9	8	11	12	11	11	4	9	10	6			6	Ret
RUS Max Snegirev	7	6	8	6	13	Ret	Ret	11	12	8	10†	7	Ret	7
ITA Giuseppe Cipriani	11	10	12	14	Ret	9	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret
EST Sten Pentus			10	10			9	4	14†	Ret
ITA Francesco Dracone					10	8	10	14	13	10	8	9	Ret	9
BRA Rafael Suzuki											7	6
BRA Yann Cunha			13	Ret	9	6
JPN Kotaro Sakurai													7	Ret
GBR Pippa Mann													9	8
CHN Adderly Fong	13	7					Ret	13
ITA Michele La Rosa	12	12	14	15	12	12	12	Ret	DNS	11	9	11	10	10
MEX Juan Carlos Sistos									9	Ret
ITA Matteo Beretta	DNS	15	17†	13
AUT Peter Milavec			15	16

Bold – Pole for Race One

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Under-21 Trophy

Pos	Driver	MNZ
ITA	VAL
ESP	MAR
MAR	HUN
HUN	ALG
PRT	CUR
BRA	SON
USA	Points	1	250	2	216	3	208	4	137	5	96	6	96	7	66	8	24	10	12	9	9	10	6	Pos	Driver	MNZ
ITA	VAL
ESP	MAR
MAR	HUN
HUN	ALG
PRT	CUR
BRA	SON
USA	Points
GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1	3	2	1	2	4	*1*	2	*1*	1	6	12†	Ret	2
RUS Sergey Sirotkin	14	4	1	3	6	2	13†	3	3	3	3	4	3	1
NOR Pål Varhaug	2	1	3	8	3	7	5	1	2	Ret	2	5	1	5
NLD Daniël de Jong	3	Ret	4	4	7	Ret	11	12	7	7	4	3	2	6
ARG Facu Regalia	4	9	7	2	Ret	10	3	10	6	5
ITA Antonio Spavone	8	5	9	11	8	Ret	8	8	11	8			8	4
BRA Victor Guerin	15	11	16†	5	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	Ret
BRA Yann Cunha			13	Ret	9	6
JPN Kotaro Sakurai													7	Ret
ITA Matteo Beretta	DNS	15	17†	13
MEX Juan Carlos Sistos									9	Ret

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	MNZ
ITA	VAL
ESP	MAR
MAR	HUN
HUN	ALG
PRT	CUR
BRA	SON
USA	Points	1	267	2	231	3	219	4	198	5	124	6	117	7	77	8	68	Pos	Team	MNZ
ITA	VAL
ESP	MAR
MAR	HUN
HUN	ALG
PRT	CUR
BRA	SON
USA	Points
GBR Super Nova International	1	3	2	1	2	4	*1*	2	*1*	1	6	12†	Ret	2
15	11	16†	5	Ret	5	2	Ret	4	Ret
NLD Manor MP Motorsport	3	2	4	4	4	1	7	5	7	2	4	2	2	6
5	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	11	12	8	7	5	3
ITA Euronova Racing	8	4	1	3	6	2	8	3	3	3	3	4	3	1
14	5	9	11	8	Ret	13†	8	11	9	11†	8	7	Ret
GBR Virtuosi UK	2	1	3	8	3	7	5	1	2	10	2	5	1	5
DNS	15	10	10	10	8	10	14	13	Ret	8	9	Ret	9
ESP Campos Racing	4	6	7	2	13	9	3	6	6	5	10†	7	9	7
7	9	8	6	Ret	10	6	10	12	8	Ret	10	Ret	8
ITA Ombra Racing	9	7	11	12	9	6	4	9	10	6	1	1	6	4
13	8	13	Ret	11	11	Ret	13			7	6	8	Ret
ITA Team MLR71	10	12	5	9	1	12	12	7	5	4	9	11	5	10
12	13	14	15	12	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	11			10	11†
AUT Zele Racing	6	14	15	13	5	3	9	4	9	Ret			4	3
		17†	16					14†	Ret			Ret	12†

Bold – Pole for Race One

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

References

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(11 March 2012). "Varhaug clinches Race 2 win in Monza". Auto GP Organisation.
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(1 April 2012). "Quaife-Hobbs storms to Valencia Race 2 win". Auto GP Organisation.
(13 April 2012). "Sirotkin takes Marrakech pole". Auto GP Organisation.
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