2012 ADAC Formel Masters

The 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season was an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based out of Germany. It was the fifth season of the ADAC Formel Masters. The season began on 31 March at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 30 September at Hockenheim after eight race weekends, totalling 24 races.

2012 ADAC Formel Masters
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The championship was won by German driver Marvin Kirchhöfer.

Season review

The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oschersleben by second-year driver Jeffrey Schmidt for the Lotus team, that was previously known as Motopark Academy.[1] But he was passed by his team-mate Marvin Kirchhöfer on the opening lap of the first race, with Kirchhöfer going on to win his first race in single-seaters.[2] Schmidt and Kirchhöfer collided in the second race, while Thomas Jäger secured his first win in the German series,[3] and the first for his team, Neuhauser Racing, since 2008. Another Lotus driver Kuba Dalewski won the reverse-grid third race of the weekend in his first single-seaters meeting.[4]

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Rounds
Lotus[5] 2 Kuba Dalewski[6] 1–5
3 Marvin Kirchhöfer[6] All
4 Hubertus Carlos-Vier[7] 3–4
5 Beitske Visser[8] 1–2, 4–6, 8
6 Indy Dontje[6] All
7 Jeffrey Schmidt[6] All
24 Antti Buri 7
Mücke Motorsport[6] 8 Roy Nissany[9] All
9 Florian Herzog[10] All
10 Luca Caspari[6] All
12 Jason Kremer[11] All
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg[6] 11 Hendrik Grapp[6] All
Neuhauser Racing[6] 14 Gustav Malja[12] All
15 Thomas Jäger[13] All
Team KUG Motorsport[6] 16 Hubertus Carlos-Vier[6] 1
17 Nicolas Pohler[6] All
KSW Motorsport[6] 18 Kim-Alexander Giersiepen[6] 1–3, 7–8
G&J/Schiler Motorsport[6] 19 Sebastian Balthasar[6] All
21 Alessio Picariello[14] All
HS Engineering[6] 20 Felix Wieland[6] All
23 Nicolas Beer 4–6, 8

Race calendar and results
  • The 2012 calendar was announced on 29 September 2011.[15] Seven of eight race weekends are a part of the ADAC's Masters Weekend package, with an additional round at the Nürburgring that will support the ADAC Truck Grand Prix.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 31 March Jeffrey Schmidt Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R2 1 April Jeffrey Schmidt Marvin Kirchhöfer Thomas Jäger Neuhauser Racing
R3 Kuba Dalewski Kuba Dalewski Lotus
2 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 5 May Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R2 6 May Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R3 Gustav Malja Beitske Visser Lotus
3 R1 Sachsenring 9 June Marvin Kirchhöfer Gustav Malja Gustav Malja Neuhauser Racing
R2 10 June Gustav Malja Gustav Malja Gustav Malja Neuhauser Racing
R3 Race abandoned1
4 R1 Nürburgring 14 July Jason Kremer Alessio Picariello Alessio Picariello G&J/Schiller Motorsport
R2 Jason Kremer Marvin Kirchhöfer Jason Kremer Mücke Motorsport
R3 15 July Jason Kremer Gustav Malja Neuhauser Racing
5 R1 Red Bull Ring 11 August Florian Herzog Gustav Malja Roy Nissany Mücke Motorsport
R2 12 August Alessio Picariello Jason Kremer Alessio Picariello G&J/Schiller Motorsport
R3 Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
6 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 25 August Hendrik Grapp Florian Herzog Hendrik Grapp ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
R2 26 August Beitske Visser Gustav Malja Beitske Visser Lotus
R3 Jeffrey Schmidt Jeffrey Schmidt Lotus
7 R1 Nürburgring 15 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Gustav Malja Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R2 16 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Gustav Malja Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R3 Gustav Malja Hendrik Grapp ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
8 R1 Hockenheimring 29 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R2 Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus
R3 30 September Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer Lotus

Notes:

  • ^1  — The third race at the Sachsenring was abandoned following an accident in which Florian Herzog and Kim-Alexander Giersiepen collided with a course car while marshals were recovering the car of Nicolas Pohler from a gravel trap.[16]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Races 1 & 2 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Race 3 15 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver OSC
 ZAN
 SAC
 NÜR
 RBR
 LAU
 NÜR
 HOC
 Pts
1 Marvin Kirchhöfer 1 17 5 1 1 3 2 4 C 3 2 2 Ret 7 1 3 10 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 329
2 Gustav Malja 5 4 3 3 13 2 1 1 C 5 4 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 7 2 3 3 307
3 Jeffrey Schmidt 3 16 8 5 12 4 5 3 C 4 5 4 8 12 7 5 3 1 4 5 Ret 4 4 2 193
4 Jason Kremer 2 6 15 7 2 9 4 2 C 2 1 3 4 5 2 10 8 Ret 11 8 4 5 11 Ret 191
5 Thomas Jäger 8 1 12 Ret 6 Ret 7 14 C 6 6 7 5 4 3 6 14 5 15 3 8 3 2 4 165
6 Alessio Picariello 10 2 4 12 5 7 Ret 8 C 1 3 DSQ 3 1 5 Ret 9 4 7 12 13 10 7 14 152
7 Indy Dontje 14 12 14 8 4 8 3 5 C 12 9 6 7 10 10 12 5 Ret 6 4 11 7 5 5 111
8 Beitske Visser 9 5 Ret DNS 8 1 8 12 12 6 6 15 4 1 Ret 6 6 6 109
9 Roy Nissany Ret 8 10 6 11 5 Ret 7 C 7 8 5 1 16 Ret 7 6 Ret 8 6 DSQ 9 10 8 98
10 Luca Caspari 7 7 2 2 14 6 6 6 C 9 11 13 10 15 8 9 DSQ 7 5 Ret 3 11 12 Ret 91
11 Hendrik Grapp 6 11 13 DNS 7 16 8 10 C 17 10 14 9 11 11 1 12 9 2 7 1 Ret DNS 12 88
12 Kuba Dalewski 13 3 1 4 3 15 9 16 C 14 7 Ret Ret 3 14 80
13 Sebastian Balthasar 16 9 7 11 10 14 11 Ret C 16 15 9 14 17 6 8 4 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret 8 10 37
14 Florian Herzog 4 10 6 9 9 10 Ret 9 C 11 14 10 12 8 13 14 13 DSQ 10 Ret 9 14 9 9 37
15 Felix Wieland 11 14 9 DNS 16 13 13 15 C 18 18 11 Ret 9 Ret 11 7 2 13 10 10 Ret 16 13 22
16 Nicolas Beer 10 16 8 11 13 9 Ret 11 8 8 13 7 13
17 Antti Buri 12 9 5 8
18 Nicolas Pohler 12 13 11 10 15 11 12 12 C 15 17 Ret 13 14 12 13 Ret Ret 14 11 6 12 14 11 6
19 Hubertus-Carlos Vier DNS DNS DNS 10 13 C 13 13 15 1
20 Kim-Alexander Giersiepen 15 15 16 Ret DNS 12 14 11 C 16 14 12 15 15 15 0
Pos Driver OSC
 ZAN
 SAC
 NÜR
 RBR
 LAU
 NÜR
 HOC
 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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship
Pos Team OSC
 ZAN
 SAC
 NÜR
 RBR
 LAU
 NÜR
 HOC
 Pts
1 Lotus 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 C 3 2 2 6 3 1 3 1 1 461
3 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 C 4 5 4 7 6 7 4 3 6
2 Mücke Motorsport 2 6 2 2 2 5 4 2 C 2 1 3 1 5 2 1 6 7 366
4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 C 7 8 5 4 8 8 7 8 9
3 Neuhauser Racing 5 1 3 3 6 2 1 1 C 5 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 355
8 4 12 Ret 13 Ret 7 14 C 6 6 7 5 4 4 6 14 5
4 G&J/Schiller Motorsport 10 2 4 11 5 7 11 8 C 1 3 9 3 1 5 8 4 4 215
16 9 7 12 10 14 Ret Ret C 16 15 DSQ 14 17 6 Ret 9 Ret
5 HS Engineering 11 14 9 DNS 16 13 13 15 C 10 16 8 11 9 9 11 7 2 63
18 18 11 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 8
6 Team KUG Motorsport 12 13 11 10 15 11 12 12 C 15 17 Ret 13 14 12 13 Ret Ret 36
DNS DNS DNS
7 KSW Motorsport 15 15 16 Ret DNS 12 14 11 C 11
Pos Team OSC
 ZAN
 SAC
 NÜR
 RBR
 LAU
 NÜR
 HOC
 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)

References
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  2. "Marvin Kirchhöfer wins first race of the season". ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. "Jäger secures first win in the Formel ADAC". ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. "First win for Kuba Dalewski". ADAC Formel Masters. ADAC. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
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  14. "Willkommen, Belgien" [Welcome, Belgium]. ADAC Formel Masters (in German). ADAC. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  15. "2012 erneut mit acht mal drei Rennen" [Eight times with three races in 2012 again]. ADAC Formel Masters (in German). ADAC. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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