2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Craig Baird won the championship in the Jet Travel Insurance entry

Alex Davison placed third in the Roma Caravans entry

Steven Richards placed fifth in the Laser Plumbing & Electrical entry

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Alliance Group Racing	1	Craig Baird	Pro	All
Grove Group	4	Stephen Grove	Elite	5, 7–8
Hunter Sports Group	5	Jonny Reid	Pro	2–8
		Nathan Tinkler	Elite	1
	18			4
	96	Ant Pedersen	Pro	6
McElrea Racing	7	Alex Davison	Pro	All
	24	Tony Bates	Elite	1–4, 6–8
		Tim Leahey	Guest	5
	29	James Davison	Pro	2
Twigg Motorsport	8	Max Twigg	Elite	1–2, 4–8
Hallmarc Racing	9	Marc Cini	Elite	All
	10	Michael Loccissano	Elite	2–8
Team BRM	11	Nick Foster	Pro	All
	20	Tom Tweedie	Pro	1–5
		Troy Wilson		6
		Morgan Mutch		7
		Michael Almond[1]		8
Laser Racing	12	Steven Richards	Pro	All
INCA Motorsports	17	Ray Angus	Elite	2, 5–8
	50	Matt Kingsley	Pro	1, 4
			Guest	5
Team Kiwi Racing	21	Andre Heimgartner	Pro	All
Porsche Cars Australia	22	Mark Skaife	Pro	2
	40	Max Twigg	Elite	3
		Jeff Bobik	Pro	4
	60	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Guest	2
		Jeroen Bleekemolen		6
	88	Shae Davies	Pro	7–8
	96	Alexandre Imperatori[1]	Guest	8
Rusty French Racing	27	Daniel Gaunt	Pro	All
Supabarn Motorsport	47	James Koundouris	Elite	1–4, 6–8
Hamilton Autohaus	56	Shane Smollen	Elite	1–7
Racing Incident	66	Peter Hill	Elite	2
		Theo Koundouris		8
Brighton Speedshop	90	Paul Kelly	Elite	1–4

The 2012 Championship was contested over an eight round series with each round decided over a number of races with a minimum total race time of one hour at each round.[2]

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Timesheets
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1—4 March	Alex Davison	Results
2	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	15—18 March	Craig Baird	Results
3	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	4—6 May	Jonny Reid	Results
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	18—20 May	Craig Baird	Results
5	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	6—8 July	Jonny Reid	Results
6	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4—7 October	Craig Baird
7	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	19—21 October	Jonny Reid
8	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	30 November—2 December	Jonny Reid

Round 1 in Adelaide was won by returning 2004 Champion Alex Davison from defending champion Craig Baird with Daniel Gaunt third. The elite class was won by James Koundouris.[3]

Round 2 was held as a support race to the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit. A classy field assembled including former Grand Prix winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen, former V8 Supercar Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Mark Skaife, 2011 runner-up Jonny Reid and returning from racing sports cars in the USA, James Davison. But the regulars showed the way with Craig Baird winning all three races, followed by Reid, with round 1 winner Alex Davison third. The elite class was won by Max Twigg.[4]

Points system

Points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.[2]

In addition to competing for the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and contested the relevant class title.[2] Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.[2]

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ADE ALB BAR PHI TOW BAT SUR HOM Pen. Pts 1 Craig Baird 7th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 8th 2nd 2nd 3rd 1267 2 Jonny Reid 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st Ret 4th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1104 3 Alex Davison 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd Ret 9th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 3rd Ret 6th 3rd 6th 5th 4th 6 1041 4 Daniel Gaunt 3rd 3rd 5th 10th 13th 12th 5th 5th 4th 1st 2nd 7th 4th 7th 5th 6th 6th 7th 4th 4th 6th 4th 3rd 2nd 920 5 Steven Richards Ret Ret 4th 11th 6th 4th 6th 4th 6th 2nd 3rd 11th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 884 6 Nick Foster 2nd 10th 10th 18th 10th 7th 4th 8th 5th 5th 5th 4th 6th 4th 14th 12th 7th 4th Ret Ret 5th 5th 6th 5th 60 641 7 Andre Heimgartner 4th 4th 15th 9th 7th 5th 9th 6th 9th 4th 15th 6th 8th 8th Ret 16th 17th 9th 5th 5th 4th 8th Ret 10th 622 8 Max Twigg 8th 8th 7th 6th 8th 9th 14th 10th 8th 6th 7th 9th 12th 12th 8th 9th 9th 12th 8th 8th 9th 11th 10th 8th 603 9 James Koundouris 6th 7th 8th 8th 11th 10th 8th 9th 15th 7th 10th Ret 10th 11th 10th 12th 9th 11th 10th 8th 9th 472 10 Tony Bates 10th 9th 9th 14th 14th 17th 11th 11th 11th 9th 13th 14th 8th 12th 11th Ret 10th 10th 17th 9th 12th 370 11 Michael Loccisano 13th 16th 14th 12th 13th 13th 11th 14th 15th 14th 13th 11th 14th 15th 15th 11th 12th 13th 12th 15th 15th 315 12 Tom Tweedie 5th 5th 6th Ret Ret 11th 7th 7th 7th Ret 8th 8th 9th 10th Ret 313 13 Marc Cini Ret 11th 11th 15th 17th 16th Ret 15th 14th 12th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 13th 13th 13th 9th Ret 16th 13th 11th 13th 309 14 Shane Smollen 9th 12th 13th Ret DNS DNS 10th 12th 10th 8th 16th 12th 10th 11th 12th 7th 18th 18th 7th Ret DNS 288 15 Ray Angus 17th DSQ 15th 13th 15th 9th 15th 14th 16th 13th Ret 15th 15th 13th 16th 184 16 Paul Kelly 12th 14th 12th 16th 15th 18th 13th 14th 12th Ret 12th Ret 10 178 17 Matt Kingsley Ret 6th 3rd 10th 6th 5th 7th 6th 6th 168 18 Shae Davies 8th 6th 7th 9th 16th 11th 148 19 Stephen Grove 16th 16th 13th 14th 13th 14th 14th 14th Ret 136 20 James Davison 5th 5th 6th 116 21 Mark Skaife 7th 9th Ret 58 22 Ant Pedersen 18th 8th 8th 58 23 Nathan Tinkler 11th 13th 14th Ret Ret 16th 54 24 Peter Hill 12th 12th 13th 52 25 Jeff Bobik 13th 11th 10th 52 26 Theo Koundouris 16th 12th 14th 43 27 Troy Wilson 11th 10th 14th 42 28 Morgan Mutch Ret Ret Ret 0 29 Michael Almond Ret DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Jeroen Bleekemolen 4th 2nd 2nd 0 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 4th 4th 8th 0 Alexandre Imperatori 7th 7th 7th 0 Tim Leahey 11th 9th 7th 0 Pos Driver ADE ALB BAR PHI TOW BAT SUR HOM Pen. Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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