2012 Danish Thundersport Championship

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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.

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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.

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Sweden.svg Memphis Racing [2] 4 Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Jansen [3] 6
60 Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind [2] All*
77 Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Aaskov [4] 6
Flag of Denmark.svg STARK Racing [5] [N 1]

Flag of Denmark.svg Elgaard Motorsport [6] [N 1] 		5 Flag of Denmark.svg Casper Elgaard [5] All*
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Outzen [7] 2
Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen [6] 1*
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Sørensen [8] 3–6
25 Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Andersen [9] 4, 6
Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Elgaard [10] 1, 5*
Privateer21 Flag of Sweden.svg William Frank [11] 4
Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing [12] 22 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac [12] All*
23 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen [12] 1–4, 6
Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen [13] *
24 Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Rødkjær [14] 1–2, 4, 6*
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicholai Sørensen [15] 3, 5
Flag of Norway.svg Fjeld Racing33 Flag of Norway.svg Fredrik Fjeld [3] 6
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Fjeld [3] 4
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Flag of Sweden.svg Bryntesson Motorsport [16] 34 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman [16] 4
Flag of Norway.svg Sesam Data Motorsport42 Flag of Norway.svg Bjarne Nordal [17] 1, 4, 6
58 Flag of Norway.svg Ronny Vestengen [17] 1, 6
Flag of Norway.svg SEB Power Group43 Flag of Norway.svg Marius Nakken [17] 1, 6
Flag of Denmark.svg Polar Seafood Racing [18] 61 Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen [19] All*
62 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Fjordbach [20] 3–6*
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Outzen [19] 1
Flag of Denmark.svg 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/LocationDate
1R1 Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg 27 May
R2
2R1 Padborg Park, Padborg 10 June
R2
3R11 July
R2
*R1 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix, Copenhagen 5 August
R2
4R1 Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg 26 August
R2
5R1 Ring Djursland, Pederstrup 16 September
R2
6R1 Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg 30 September
R2

Results

Rnd.CircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1R1 Jyllandsringen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
2R1 Padborg Park Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Polar Seafood Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
3R1 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
NCR1 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
4R1 Jyllandsringen Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Polar Seafood Racing
5R1 Ring Djursland Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac Flag of Denmark.svg Fukamuni Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Polar Seafood Racing
6R1 Jyllandsringen Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind Flag of Sweden.svg Memphis Racing
R2 Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind Flag of Sweden.svg 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 
Points201715131110987654321

Drivers' standings

PosDriver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 TotalDropPts
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen 1152111535165165
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind 422443DNSDNS34Ret21117313160
3 Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen 611†15344421Ret1231635158
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Casper Elgaard 2336223242338217618158
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mac 558†1561356144415118133
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Fjordbach 675DNS6855587878
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Rødkjær7967DSQ6711766868
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Sørensen8812106810125454
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicholai Sørensen75264747
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael OutzenDNS6433838
11 Flag of Norway.svg Bjarne Nordal91010915133030
12 Flag of Norway.svg Ronny Vestengen889102929
13 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen 34252828
14 Flag of Norway.svg Marius NakkenRet7682626
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Edman 832323
16 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter ElgaardDNSDNSDNSDNS472222
17 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Vesti781717
18 Flag of Norway.svg Marius Fjeld971616
19 Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Andersen1113†12141414
20 Flag of Norway.svg Fredrik Fjeld1471111
21 Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Aaskov131188
22 Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Jansen11DNS55
23 Flag of Sweden.svg William FrankRet1244
24 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen DNS100
PosDriver JYL1 PAD1 PAD2 CHGP‡ JYL2 DJU JYL3 TotalDropPts
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)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

Notes

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

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