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2012 Danish Thundersport Championship

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

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All teams ran the Chevrolet Camaro.

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

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

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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

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

Championship standings

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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

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Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Drop Pts
1   Jan Magnussen 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 5 3 5 165 165
2   Dennis Lind 4 2 2 4 4 3 DNS DNS 3 4 Ret 2 1 1 173 13 160
3   John Nielsen 6 11† 1 5 3 4 4 4 2 1 Ret 1 2 3 163 5 158
4   Casper Elgaard 2 3 3 6 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 8 2 176 18 158
5   Mikkel Mac 5 5 8† 1 5 6 1 3 5 6 1 4 4 4 151 18 133
6   Anders Fjordbach 6 7 5 DNS 6 8 5 5 5 8 78 78
7   Kim Rødkjær 7 9 6 7 DSQ 6 7 11 7 6 68 68
8   Jesper Sørensen 8 8 12 10 6 8 10 12 54 54
9   Nicholai Sørensen 7 5 2 6 47 47
10   Michael Outzen DNS 6 4 3 38 38
11   Bjarne Nordal 9 10 10 9 15 13 30 30
12   Ronny Vestengen 8 8 9 10 29 29
13   Kristian Poulsen 3 4 2 5 28 28
14   Marius Nakken Ret 7 6 8 26 26
15   Jens Edman 8 3 23 23
16   Peter Elgaard DNS DNS DNS DNS 4 7 22 22
17   Peter Vesti 7 8 17 17
18   Marius Fjeld 9 7 16 16
19   Carsten Andersen 11 13† 12 14 14 14
20   Fredrik Fjeld 14 7 11 11
21   Kasper Aaskov 13 11 8 8
22   Henrik Jansen 11 DNS 5 5
23   William Frank Ret 12 4 4
24   Kevin Magnussen DNS 1 0 0
Pos Driver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 Total Drop Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Auto-G lægger navn til det nye DTC". 5 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Dennis Lind skal køre DTC og Camaro Cup i 2012". 22 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "STARK til tops i motorsport". 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Jens Edman tilbage bag rattet". 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  17. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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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