2012 International V8 Supercars Championship

2012 V8 Supercars

Drivers' Champion:
Jamie Whincup
Teams' Champion:
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden

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2011

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2013

Support series:
Dunlop Series

The 2012 International V8 Supercar Championship (often simplified to the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship) was an FIA-sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the fourteenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the sixteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 1 March at the Clipsal 500 and concluded on 2 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. The 53rd Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the winner of the Drivers' Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Jamie Whincup and Triple Eight Race Engineering started the season as the defending drivers' and teams' champions. At Winton, the penultimate event of the season, Whincup secured his defence of the Drivers Championship, with Triple Eight Race Engineering also wrapping up the Teams Championship. Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes took second in the points standings from Mark Winterbottom, of Ford Performance Racing, at the final round of the series to give Triple Eight their second consecutive 1–2 finish in the Drivers Championship.

Calendar

The championship was contested over thirty races at fifteen events. A provisional calendar was released on 8 October 2011. ^[1]

Race	Event	Circuit	Date
1	Adelaide 500	Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide	1–4 March
2	Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston	30 March – 1 April
3	Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit, Hamilton	20–22 April
4	Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway, Wanneroo	4–6 May
5	Phillip Island 300	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	18–20 May
6	Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin	15–17 June
7	Townsville 400	Reid Park Street Circuit, Townsville	6–8 July
8	Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway, Willowbank	3–5 August
9	Sydney Motorsport Park 360 [2]	Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek	25–26 August
10	Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway, Springvale	14–16 September
11	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	4–7 October
12	Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise	19–21 October
13	Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	2–4 November
14	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway, Benalla	16–18 November
15	Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit, Sydney Olympic Park	30 November – 2 December

Adelaide Launceston Perth Phillip Island Darwin Townsville Ipswich Eastern Creek Sandown Bathurst Gold Coast Winton Homebush class=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Hamilton class=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

Abu Dhabi class=notpageimage| United Arab Emirates rounds

Calendar changes

• The Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event was moved from the first event of the championship to the first weekend of November, supporting the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. It was changed to a three sprint-race format. ^[3]
• The Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains Raceway was moved from its November date to become the second event of the championship.
• Phillip Island and Sandown switched formats. Phillip Island hosted a standalone race meeting in May, while Sandown returned to the 500 km endurance race format. The Sandown 500 featured a revised qualifying format.
• The Queensland 300 was changed from the three-race structure which was used in 2011, returning to a more traditional two-race format. ^[4]
• The Saturday races at Symmons Plains, Phillip Island, Winton and Queensland Raceway were extended by twenty kilometres. ^[4]
• An additional international event was planned for the weekend of 11 November, confirmed by the Philippine Sports Commission to be held at Clark International Speedway but never ratified by V8 Supercars. ^[5] At the 2012 Adelaide 500, V8 Supercars chairman Tony Cochrane said that the vacant place was "unlikely" to be filled by an Australian venue. ^[6] On 22 April 2012, it was announced that an international location could not be secured for the November date, and the Winton event was moved to November to replace it. The Sydney Motorsport Park at Eastern Creek made a return to the calendar after a three-year absence to fill in Winton's original August date. ^[7]

Teams and drivers

Jamie Whincup won the championship driving a Holden VE Commodore

Craig Lowndes placed second driving a Holden VE Commodore

Mark Winterbottom placed third driving a Ford FG Falcon

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 championship.

Season entries							Endurance entries
Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Drivers	Events		Sandown/Bathurst	Gold Coast
Ford	Falcon FG	Tony D'Alberto Racing	3	Tony D'Alberto [8]	All		Dale Wood [9]	Vitantonio Liuzzi [10]
		Stone Brothers Racing	4	Lee Holdsworth [11]	All		Craig Baird [12]	Simon Pagenaud [13]
			9	Shane van Gisbergen [14]	All		Luke Youlden [15]	Jeroen Bleekemolen [13]
		Ford Performance Racing	5	Mark Winterbottom [16]	All		Steven Richards [17]	Will Power [18]
			6	Will Davison [19]	All		John McIntyre [17]	Mika Salo [20]
		Triple F Racing (DJR)	12	Dean Fiore [21]	All		Matthew Halliday [22]	Gianni Morbidelli [22]
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson [23]	All		Allan Simonsen [22]	Max Papis [22]
			18	James Moffat [23]	All		Alex Davison [22]	Peter Kox [22]
		James Rosenberg Racing (SBR)	47	Tim Slade [24]	All		Andrew Thompson [25]	David Brabham [13]
		Paul Morris Motorsport (DJR)	49	Steve Owen [26]	All		Paul Morris [22]	Boris Said [22]
		Rod Nash Racing (FPR)	55	David Reynolds [27]	All		Dean Canto [28]	Nick Heidfeld [29]
Holden	Commodore VE	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	Jamie Whincup [30]	All		Paul Dumbrell [31]	Sébastien Bourdais [31]
			888	Craig Lowndes [30]	All		Warren Luff [31]	Richard Lyons [31]
		Holden Racing Team	2	Garth Tander [32]	All		Nick Percat [33]	Ryan Briscoe [34]
			22	James Courtney [35]	All		Cameron McConville [33]	Darren Turner [34]
		Kelly Racing 1	7	Todd Kelly [36]	1–11		Tim Blanchard [37]
				Tim Blanchard [38] [39]	12–15			Marco Andretti [40]
			11	Karl Reindler [41]	All		Daniel Gaunt [42]	Franck Montagny [43]
			15	Rick Kelly [36]	All		David Russell [37]	Graham Rahal [44]
			51	Greg Murphy [45] [46]	1, 3–5, 10–15		Owen Kelly [42]	Justin Wilson [47]
				David Russell [48]	2, 6
				Jacques Villeneuve [49]	7–9
		Brad Jones Racing [50]	8	Jason Bright [50]	All		Andrew Jones [51]	Stéphane Sarrazin [52]
			14	Fabian Coulthard [53]	All		David Besnard [51]	Nicolas Minassian [52]
		Tekno Autosports	19	Jonathon Webb	All		Scott McLaughlin [54]	Marc Lieb [55]
			91	Michael Patrizi [56] [57]	All		Jonny Reid [58]	Lucas di Grassi [59]
		Britek Motorsport (BJR)	21	David Wall [60]	All		Chris Pither [51]	Jamie Campbell-Walter [52]
		Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	30	Taz Douglas [61]	All		Scott Pye [62]	Mike Conway [63]
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Alexandre Prémat [64] [65]	1–11, 13–15		Jack Perkins [66] [67]
				Greg Ritter [68]	12			Ricky Taylor [69]
				Scott McLaughlin [70]	15
			34	Michael Caruso [71]	All		Greg Ritter [67] [72]	James Hinchcliffe [73]
		Walkinshaw Racing (HRT) [74]	66	Russell Ingall [56] [75]	All		Christian Klien [76]	Peter Dumbreck [34]
Wildcard Entries
Holden	Commodore VE	Kelly Racing	23	—	11	Cam Waters [77] Jesse Dixon [78]	—

Notes

• ^1 — For points-scoring purposes, Kelly Racing was recognised as two separate entities: "Jack Daniel's Racing", which is made up of car No. 7 and car #15; and "Kelly Racing", which consisted of cars No. 11 and No. 51.
• ^2 — The No. 23 wildcard entry was prepared by Dunlop Series team Minda Motorsport and operated by Kelly Racing. ^[79]

Team and driver changes

• After leaving Walkinshaw Racing, Fabian Coulthard joined Brad Jones Racing. ^[53]
• Jason Bargwanna left Brad Jones Racing and was unable to find a drive with another team.
• Alex Davison was unable to secure a full-time drive for the 2012 season, and returned to the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. ^[80]
• Paul Dumbrell retired from full-time racing, joining Triple Eight Race Engineering as an endurance driver. ^[31]
• Lee Holdsworth left Holden team Garry Rogers Motorsport in October 2011, signing a three-year contract with the Ford-backed Stone Brothers Racing. ^[11]
• Russell Ingall moved from Paul Morris Motorsport to Walkinshaw Racing, replacing Fabian Coulthard. ^[75]
• Dick Johnson Racing expanded to three cars with Dean Fiore moving his Triple F Racing franchise to become a satellite team within DJR. Under the terms of the arrangement, Fiore would continue to use the No. 12 from the Triple F REC with Jim Beam sponsoring he and Steven Johnson, while James Moffat would acquire Norton as major sponsor for the No. 18 car. ^[23] DJR later announced a fourth car by securing a lease of a Paul Morris Motorsport owned Racing Entitlement Contract with Steve Owen being confirmed as the driver. ^[26]
• Warren Luff left Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, citing the team's uncertain future and unstable management as his reasons for leaving. ^[81] The team later acquired an ex-Triple Eight Commodore from Paul Morris Motorsports. ^[82] Luff was replaced by Taz Douglas. ^[61]
• Former DTM, A1GP, Le Mans and Formula One test driver Alexandre Prémat joined Garry Rogers Motorsport, filling the seat left vacant by Lee Holdsworth. ^{[64] [65]}
• Karl Reindler joined Kelly Racing after two seasons with Britek Motorsport. ^[41]
• David Reynolds left Kelly Racing. ^[41] He later replaced Paul Dumbrell at Rod Nash Racing. ^[27]
• David Wall joined Brad Jones Racing after competing with the team as an endurance co-driver during the 2011 season. ^[60]
• Jonathon Webb's Tekno Autosports switched from running Ford Falcons to Holden Commodores. ^[83] The team expanded to a two-car operation, leasing one of the Racing Entitlement Contracts owned by Paul Morris Motorsport. West Australian driver Michael Patrizi joined the team after driving in Carrera Cup in 2011. ^[57]

Mid-season changes

• Greg Murphy was ruled out of the Symmons Plains round due to a back injury sustained in a collision during the 2012 Clipsal 500. Dunlop Series driver David Russell replaced him for the event. Two weeks before the event at Hidden Valley Raceway, Murphy suffered a relapse of his back injury and Kelly Racing announced that he would be forced to sit out until at least the Sandown 500 endurance race. ^[84] David Russell was retained as Murphy's replacement for Hidden Valley, ^[85] with 1997 Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve joining the team for Townsville, ^[49] Queensland Raceway and Sydney Motorsport Park events. ^[86]
• Todd Kelly was ruled out of the final four events of the 2012 season, after undergoing surgery for a shoulder injury sustained in a training accident. ^[38] Kelly's endurance partner, Tim Blanchard, replaced him for the remainder of the season. ^[39]
• Greg Ritter replaced Garry Rogers Motorsport's Alexandre Prémat for the Gold Coast 600. ^[68]
• Scott McLaughlin replaced Alexandre Prémat for Race 30 in Sydney after Prémat had to be removed from his car suffering from dehydration during Race 29 the day before. ^[70]

Results and standings

Results summary

Race	Event	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1–4 March	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
2					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
3	Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	30 March – 1 April	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	Report
4					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
5	ITM Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton, New Zealand	20–22 April	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	Report
6					Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing
7	Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	4–6 May	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Report
8					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
9					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
10	Phillip Island 300	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	18–20 May	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Report
11					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
12	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	15–17 June	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
13					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
14	Sucrogen Townsville 400	Reid Park Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	6–8 July	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
15					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
16	Coates Hire Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	3–5 August	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
17					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
18	Sydney Motorsport Park 360 [87]	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	25–26 August	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
19					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
QR	Dick Smith Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	14–16 September	Luke Youlden	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
					Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing
20					Craig Lowndes Warren Luff	Triple Eight Race Engineering
21	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4–7 October	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
22	Armor All Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	19–21 October	Jamie Whincup Sébastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
23					Will Davison Mika Salo	Ford Performance Racing
24	Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island, United Arab Emirates	2–4 November	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
25					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
26					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
27	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16–18 November	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
28					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
29	Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	30 November – 2 December	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
30					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the driver or drivers of a car that had completed 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the final lap. Various different points scales were applied to events having one, two, or three, ensuring that a driver would be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.

Event format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th
Two-race	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	—
Three-race	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14
Sandown qualifying races	50	46	43	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7
Sandown 500	200	184	172	160	148	136	128	120	112	104	96	92	88	84	80	76	72	68	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28
Bathurst 1000	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36

Notes:

• Two-race format: denotes all races except the Perth, Sandown, Bathurst, Surfers Paradise, and Abu Dhabi events.
• Three-race format: the Trading Post Perth Challenge at Barbagallo Raceway and the Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event at the Yas Marina Circuit consisted of three races rather than two. The total number of points on offer for each position remained the same as in other rounds, but were divided evenly across the three races.
• Sandown: two drivers share one car for the main race. The first qualifying race was for non-regular co-drivers, while the regular championship drivers contested the second qualifying race. Points from each race were awarded to both drivers.
• Bathurst: two drivers share one car for the race. The full points total was awarded to both drivers.
• Surfers Paradise: each of the 28 regular drivers is required to have an international co-driver, ^[88] who is eligible to score points in the race. An "international co-driver" is defined as a driver who is known for competing in racing series outside Australia (the driver may be Australian but primarily raced in Asia, Europe, or the Americas), as opposed to a driver who competes with a racing licence issued by a country outside Australia and New Zealand (as is the case with Alexandre Premat, a Frenchman who is contesting the series as a regular driver).

Drivers Championship

Pos. [89] Driver [89] No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. Pts. [89] 1 Jamie Whincup 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 5 1 2 1 1 3 3 23 1 19 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 3861 2 Craig Lowndes 888 4 5 5 Ret 4 4 3 6 6 15 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 7 1 3 6 6 8 11 11 2 1 1 2 50 3522 3 Mark Winterbottom 5 9 2 2 5 23 1 1 3 2 1 6 3 3 2 5 2 2 2 3 16 2 11 3 3 6 4 5 4 2 9 18 3457 4 Will Davison 6 2 1 1 3 1 3 25 1 1 Ret 1 2 6 12 3 6 4 3 5 27 17 24 18 1 2 2 2 Ret 11 19 1 3049 5 Tim Slade 47 12 10 8 4 15 11 6 7 8 3 12 6 10 21 12 9 8 16 14 4 7 7 5 4 4 6 3 6 5 2 4 2790 6 Shane van Gisbergen 9 11 6 4 2 22 10 7 11 18 2 4 7 7 22 7 7 7 7 13 1 5 12 10 9 3 3 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 2554 7 Garth Tander 2 3 3 7 22 3 26 Ret 10 14 4 10 8 9 3 4 27 15 4 9 3 4 25 4 5 7 5 7 8 13 21 16 75 2462 8 Lee Holdsworth 4 5 8 9 6 13 6 4 5 21 5 9 10 12 9 26 26 Ret 26 21 13 8 8 Ret 8 5 8 8 3 10 DNS 12 2189 9 David Reynolds 55 Ret 7 6 26 Ret 7 13 9 26 21 8 5 8 6 6 22 26 13 7 2 6 2 Ret 13 13 7 12 11 8 17 7 50 2187 10 James Courtney 22 Ret 25 18 8 7 22 5 13 12 18 13 12 11 10 15 15 14 6 10 8 9 4 7 17 Ret 14 13 24 18 3 3 2153 11 Fabian Coulthard 14 6 9 16 11 9 5 15 4 7 22 24 24 5 4 Ret 4 5 12 6 18 15 23 Ret 10 11 10 10 14 12 Ret 15 2035 12 Jonathon Webb 19 23 DNS Ret 9 19 13 14 21 20 7 7 9 15 19 8 Ret Ret 9 17 9 10 6 2 14 10 9 EX 7 7 4 6 50 1987 13 Russell Ingall 66 13 13 24 25 10 14 11 17 13 11 15 23 Ret 11 Ret 5 6 5 4 15 11 9 9 7 18 16 16 12 9 12 Ret 25 1935 14 Rick Kelly 15 7 11 19 16 5 12 9 20 19 6 Ret Ret 23 8 20 12 25 17 15 6 12 15 8 11 27 12 9 13 19 6 11 1894 15 Michael Caruso 34 22 22 15 7 8 25 8 12 9 23 20 Ret 4 14 25 8 9 8 11 5 14 5 Ret Ret 16 15 15 Ret 16 10 Ret 1770 16 Jason Bright 8 Ret 16 25 14 12 21 10 8 4 8 3 13 13 Ret 10 20 17 10 8 10 13 21 12 Ret 19 17 Ret 20 6 Ret 9 1737 17 Steven Johnson 17 10 17 11 21 11 15 19 19 10 19 17 18 19 17 13 10 11 27 19 12 21 17 16 12 15 22 18 16 26 Ret 10 1621 18 Michael Patrizi 91 14 15 20 17 17 Ret 18 14 5 9 25 16 18 16 9 17 12 15 12 24 Ret Ret 11 DNS 12 18 19 9 27 16 19 62 1397 19 Dean Fiore 12 16 19 22 18 16 16 16 18 15 17 19 19 17 24 18 11 20 25 18 21 16 22 17 19 17 23 Ret 19 14 15 21 75 1395 20 Steve Owen 49 19 14 13 12 6 Ret Ret 27 16 10 21 14 22 7 11 16 10 20 22 22 25 Ret Ret 18 23 20 20 15 20 13 8 75 1393 21 James Moffat 18 15 Ret 14 19 Ret 18 Ret 24 22 Ret 16 21 Ret 13 23 18 19 19 16 11 26 10 Ret Ret 9 13 6 5 17 8 22 25 1354 22 Todd Kelly 7 8 23 10 10 14 9 21 22 23 12 11 11 14 15 21 13 16 14 23 17 18 18 50 1263 23 Tony D'Alberto 3 21 12 26 15 18 8 20 15 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 18 14 25 13 11 20 14 23 Ret Ret DNS 14 19 17 10 23 11 Ret 112 1176 24 Karl Reindler 11 20 20 23 24 Ret 20 23 23 17 16 23 17 Ret 25 22 14 21 22 25 25 20 19 Ret DNS 21 21 Ret 21 15 7 14 25 1147 25 David Wall 21 18 21 Ret 23 21 23 22 25 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 20 19 21 18 18 28 20 22 14 15 15 22 28 23 17 25 20 Ret 1142 26 Taz Douglas 30 Ret 24 12 20 20 19 24 26 25 20 18 Ret 16 23 17 23 22 21 24 28 24 Ret 14 16 26 24 22 23 24 18 13 50 1079 27 Alexandre Prémat 33 17 18 17 13 Ret 24 17 28 24 Ret 22 22 20 Ret 16 19 23 28 27 23 19 16 20 25 14 18 21 Ret 87 942 28 Greg Murphy 51 24 DNS Ret 17 12 16 11 24 14 26 27 13 13 20 25 27 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 649 29 Paul Dumbrell 1 2 3 1 534 30 Warren Luff 888 5 1 3 527 31 Dean Canto 55 3 6 2 501 32 Tim Blanchard 7 17 18 18 Ret Ret 24 26 21 22 22 14 20 460 33 Scott McLaughlin 19/33 7 10 6 17 422 34 Cameron McConville 22 11 9 4 406 35 Andrew Thompson 47 8 7 7 390 36 Luke Youlden 9 1 5 12 386 37 Greg Ritter 34/33 9 14 5 Ret DNS 371 38 Steven Richards 5 EX 2 11 347 39 Craig Baird 4 14 8 8 343 40 David Russell 51/15 21 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 15 311 41 Nick Percat 2 6 4 25 297 42 Alex Davison 18 10 26 10 242 43 Andrew Jones 8 13 13 21 220 44 Chris Pither 21 18 22 14 210 45 Jack Perkins 33 20 19 16 205 46 Matt Halliday 12 15 16 22 188 47 Owen Kelly 51 21 27 13 187 48 John McIntyre 6 4 17 24 186 49 David Besnard 14 23 15 23 181 50 Daniel Gaunt 11 24 20 19 177 51 Christian Klien 66 19 11 9 168 52 Allan Simonsen 17 26 21 17 108 53 Jesse Dixon 23 20 90 54 Cam Waters 23 20 90 55 Dale Wood 3 16 23 Ret 88 56 Scott Pye 30 22 24 Ret 64 57 Paul Morris 49 27 26 Ret 61 58 Jonny Reid 91 25 Ret Ret 21 — Jacques Villeneuve 1 51 Ret 24 24 24 24 26 0 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. 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 position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

• ^1 — Driver ineligible to score points.

Teams championship

Triple Eight Race Engineering was awarded the Teams Championship

Pos. [90] Team [90] No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. Pts. [90] 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 5 1 2 1 1 3 3 23 1 2 19 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 7433 888 4 5 5 Ret 4 4 3 6 6 15 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 5 7 1 3 6 6 8 11 11 2 1 1 2 2 Ford Performance Racing 5 9 2 2 5 23 1 1 3 2 1 6 3 3 2 5 2 2 2 3 EX 16 2 11 3 3 6 4 5 4 2 9 18 6506 6 2 1 1 3 1 3 25 1 1 Ret 1 2 6 12 3 6 4 3 5 4 27 17 24 18 1 2 2 2 Ret 11 19 1 3 Stone Brothers Racing 4 5 8 9 6 13 6 4 5 21 5 9 10 12 9 26 26 Ret 26 21 14 13 8 8 Ret 8 5 8 8 3 10 DNS 12 4743 9 11 6 4 2 22 10 7 11 18 2 4 7 7 22 7 7 7 7 13 1 1 5 12 10 9 3 3 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 Holden Racing Team 2 3 3 7 22 3 26 Ret 10 14 4 10 8 9 3 4 27 15 4 9 6 3 4 25 4 5 7 5 7 8 13 21 16 4690 22 Ret 25 18 8 7 22 5 13 12 18 13 12 11 10 15 15 14 6 10 11 8 9 4 7 17 Ret 14 13 24 18 3 3 5 Brad Jones Racing 8 Ret 16 25 14 12 21 10 8 4 8 3 13 13 Ret 10 20 17 10 8 13 10 13 21 12 Ret 19 17 Ret 20 6 Ret 9 3772 14 6 9 16 11 9 5 15 4 7 22 24 24 5 4 Ret 4 5 12 6 23 18 15 23 Ret 10 11 10 10 14 12 Ret 15 6 Tekno Autosports 19 23 DNS Ret 9 19 13 14 21 20 7 7 9 15 19 8 Ret Ret 9 17 7 9 10 6 2 14 10 9 EX 7 7 4 6 3496 91 14 15 20 17 17 Ret 18 14 5 9 25 16 18 16 9 17 12 15 12 25 24 Ret Ret 11 DNS 12 18 19 9 27 16 19 7 Jack Daniel's Racing 7 8 23 10 10 14 9 21 22 23 12 11 11 14 15 21 13 16 14 23 17 17 18 18 Ret Ret 24 26 21 22 22 14 20 3461 15 7 11 19 16 5 12 9 20 19 6 Ret Ret 23 8 20 12 25 17 15 12 6 12 15 8 11 27 12 9 13 19 6 11 8 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 17 18 17 13 Ret 24 17 28 24 Ret 22 22 20 Ret 16 19 23 28 27 20 23 19 16 Ret DNS 20 25 14 18 21 Ret 17 2853 34 22 22 15 7 8 25 8 12 9 23 20 Ret 4 14 25 8 9 8 11 9 5 14 5 Ret Ret 16 15 15 Ret 16 10 Ret 9 James Rosenberg Racing † 47 12 10 8 4 15 11 6 7 8 3 12 6 10 21 12 9 8 16 14 8 4 7 7 5 4 4 6 3 6 5 2 4 2790 10 Rod Nash Racing † 55 Ret 7 6 26 Ret 7 13 9 26 21 8 5 8 6 6 22 26 13 7 3 2 6 2 Ret 13 13 7 12 11 8 17 7 2237 11 Kelly Racing 11 20 20 23 24 Ret 20 23 23 17 16 23 17 Ret 25 22 14 21 22 25 24 25 20 19 Ret DNS 21 21 Ret 21 15 7 14 2022 51 24 DNS 21 Ret Ret 17 12 16 11 24 14 Ret Ret Ret 24 24 24 24 26 21 26 27 13 13 20 25 27 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Walkinshaw Racing † 66 13 13 24 25 10 14 11 17 13 11 15 23 Ret 11 Ret 5 6 5 4 19 15 11 9 9 7 18 16 16 12 9 12 Ret 1960 13 Dick Johnson Racing (17)† 17 10 17 11 21 11 15 19 19 10 19 17 18 19 17 13 10 11 27 19 26 12 21 17 16 12 15 22 18 16 26 Ret 10 1621 14 Triple F Racing † 12 16 19 22 18 16 16 16 18 15 17 19 19 17 24 18 11 20 25 18 15 21 16 22 17 19 17 23 Ret 19 14 15 21 1470 15 Paul Morris Motorsport † 49 19 14 13 12 6 Ret Ret 27 16 10 21 14 22 7 11 16 10 20 22 27 22 25 Ret Ret 18 23 20 20 15 20 13 8 1468 16 Dick Johnson Racing (18)† 18 15 Ret 14 19 Ret 18 Ret 24 22 Ret 16 21 Ret 13 23 18 19 19 16 10 11 26 10 Ret Ret 9 13 6 5 17 8 22 25 1354 17 Tony D'Alberto Racing † 3 21 12 26 15 18 8 20 15 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 18 14 25 13 11 20 16 14 23 Ret Ret DNS 14 19 17 10 23 11 Ret 1288 18 Britek Motorsport † 21 18 21 Ret 23 21 23 22 25 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 20 19 21 18 18 28 18 20 22 14 15 15 22 28 23 17 25 20 Ret 1142 19 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport † 30 Ret 24 12 20 20 19 24 26 25 20 18 Ret 16 23 17 23 22 21 24 22 28 24 Ret 14 16 26 24 22 23 24 18 13 1129 Pos. Team No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. 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 position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes

• † — denotes a single-car team.

Manufacturers Championship

The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to Holden. ^[91]

See also

• 2012 V8 Supercar season

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