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

All teams ran the Chevrolet Camaro.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Sweden Memphis Racing[2] 4 Denmark Henrik Jansen[3] 6
60 Denmark Dennis Lind[2] All*
77 Denmark Kasper Aaskov[4] 6
Denmark STARK Racing[5][N 1]

Denmark Elgaard Motorsport[6][N 1]		 5 Denmark Casper Elgaard[5] All*
8 Denmark Michael Outzen[7] 2
Denmark Kristian Poulsen[6] 1*
Denmark Jesper Sørensen[8] 3–6
25 Denmark Carsten Andersen[9] 4, 6
Denmark Peter Elgaard[10] 1, 5*
Privateer 21 Sweden William Frank[11] 4
Denmark Fukamuni Racing[12] 22 Denmark Mikkel Mac[12] All*
23 Denmark Jan Magnussen[12] 1–4, 6
Denmark Kevin Magnussen[13] *
24 Denmark Kim Rødkjær[14] 1–2, 4, 6*
Denmark Nicholai Sørensen[15] 3, 5
Norway Fjeld Racing 33 Norway Fredrik Fjeld[3] 6
Norway Marius Fjeld[3] 4
66 6
Sweden Bryntesson Motorsport[16] 34 Sweden Jens Edman[16] 4
Norway Sesam Data Motorsport 42 Norway Bjarne Nordal[17] 1, 4, 6
58 Norway Ronny Vestengen[17] 1, 6
Norway SEB Power Group 43 Norway Marius Nakken[17] 1, 6
Denmark Polar Seafood Racing[18] 61 Denmark John Nielsen[19] All*
62 Denmark Anders Fjordbach[20] 3–6*
Denmark Michael Outzen[19] 1
Denmark 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

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

Rnd. Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Jyllandsringen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Fukamuni Racing
R2 Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Fukamuni Racing
2 R1 Padborg Park Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark John Nielsen Denmark Polar Seafood Racing
R2 Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Fukamuni Racing
3 R1 Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Fukamuni Racing
R2 Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Fukamuni Racing
NC R1 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Fukamuni Racing
R2 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Denmark Fukamuni Racing
4 R1 Jyllandsringen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Fukamuni Racing
R2 Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark Polar Seafood Racing
5 R1 Ring Djursland Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Mikkel Mac Denmark Fukamuni Racing
R2 Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark Polar Seafood Racing
6 R1 Jyllandsringen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark Dennis Lind Sweden Memphis Racing
R2 Denmark Dennis Lind Denmark Dennis Lind Sweden Memphis Racing

Championship standings

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

Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Drop Pts
1 Denmark Jan Magnussen 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 5 3 5 165 165
2 Denmark Dennis Lind 4 2 2 4 4 3 DNS DNS 3 4 Ret 2 1 1 173 13 160
3 Denmark John Nielsen 6 11† 1 5 3 4 4 4 2 1 Ret 1 2 3 163 5 158
4 Denmark Casper Elgaard 2 3 3 6 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 8 2 176 18 158
5 Denmark Mikkel Mac 5 5 8† 1 5 6 1 3 5 6 1 4 4 4 151 18 133
6 Denmark Anders Fjordbach 6 7 5 DNS 6 8 5 5 5 8 78 78
7 Denmark Kim Rødkjær 7 9 6 7 DSQ 6 7 11 7 6 68 68
8 Denmark Jesper Sørensen 8 8 12 10 6 8 10 12 54 54
9 Denmark Nicholai Sørensen 7 5 2 6 47 47
10 Denmark Michael Outzen DNS 6 4 3 38 38
11 Norway Bjarne Nordal 9 10 10 9 15 13 30 30
12 Norway Ronny Vestengen 8 8 9 10 29 29
13 Denmark Kristian Poulsen 3 4 2 5 28 28
14 Norway Marius Nakken Ret 7 6 8 26 26
15 Sweden Jens Edman 8 3 23 23
16 Denmark Peter Elgaard DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 7 22 22
17 Denmark Peter Vesti 7 8 17 17
18 Norway Marius Fjeld 9 7 16 16
19 Denmark Carsten Andersen 11 13† 12 14 14 14
20 Norway Fredrik Fjeld 14 7 11 11
21 Denmark Kasper Aaskov 13 11 8 8
22 Denmark Henrik Jansen 11 DNS 5 5
23 Sweden William Frank Ret 12 4 4
24 Denmark Kevin Magnussen DNS 1 0 0
Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Drop Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

  1. 1 2 Car No. 5 entered as STARK Racing and cars No. 8 and 25 are entered as Elgaard Motorsport.

References

  1. ↑ "Auto-G lægger navn til det nye DTC". 5 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Dennis Lind skal køre DTC og Camaro Cup i 2012". 22 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "DM-finalen: 16 kørere tilmeldt DTC". 21 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kasper Aaskov debuterer i Auto-G DTC-serien". 21 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 "STARK til tops i motorsport". 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Kristian Poulsen kører Auto-G DTC". 9 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Michael Outzen er meldt klar til Padborg". 8 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Outzen ud, Sørensen ind hos Elgaard Motorsport". 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ny kører til Elgaard Motorsport". 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Auto-G DTC: Outzen og Magnussen i top". 26 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Grand Prix Danmark - tidtagning". 25 August 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 "Mikkel Mac til Fukamuni Racing". 17 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Kevin Magnussen DTC-debuterer i Fælledparken". 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Kim Rødkjær tæt på Fukamuni Racing og Auto-G DTC". 14 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Nicholai Sørensen tilbage hos Fukamuni". 5 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  16. 1 2 "Jens Edman tilbage bag rattet". 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  17. 1 2 3 "Her er startgridden i Auto-G DTC til Åbningsløbet". 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Nyt, men velkendt navn tilbage i DTC". 9 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  19. 1 2 "Outzen melder sig klar til DTC premiere". 24 May 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "Padborg Super Prix - kvalifikation". 30 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "Peter Vesti starter i Auto-G DTC på Padborg Park". 8 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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