2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia

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The 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia season was the sixth Porsche Carrera Cup Italy season. It began on 5 May in Vallelunga and finished on 21 October in Monza. Vito Postiglione won the championship driving for Ebimotors, which won the teams' championship.

ACI Vallelunga Circuit motorsport venue in Italy

The Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi is a racing circuit situated 32 km north of Rome, Italy, near Vallelunga of Campagnano. Vallelunga was built as a sand 1.8 km oval in 1959. From 1963 the circuit held the Rome Grand Prix, and in 1967 a new loop was added when the track became the property of the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI). Further refurbishment was undertaken in 1971. The track is named for the famous Italian racing driver Piero Taruffi.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza motorsport venue in Italy

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a historic race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it is the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after those of Brooklands and Indianapolis. The circuit's biggest event is the Formula One Italian Grand Prix. With the exception of 1980, the race has been hosted there since the series's inception.

Vito Postiglione is an Italian racing driver.

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Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriversClassRounds
Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors4 Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione All
55 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo ScanziMAll
63 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio BignottiMAll
77 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi LucchiniMAll
Flag of Italy.svg Petricorse Motorsport7 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara 1-3
Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Siedler 6
Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Busnelli 7
16 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo S1-5
30 Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Zurcher1-2
70 Flag of Italy.svg Ferdinando GeriM5
78 Flag of Italy.svg Marco CassaràM3-7
Flag of Italy.svg Erre Esse Motorsport11 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Cicognani5
52 Flag of Italy.svg Angelo ProiettiMAll
76 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi AlessandriM1-2
Flag of Italy.svg Omar GalbiatiM3-4, 6-7
Flag of San Marino.svg Tsunami Racing Team13 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr GaidaiAll
Flag of Italy.svg Antonelli Motorsport 14 Flag of Switzerland.svg Stefano Comini 7
15 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca GiraudiAll
27 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli 1-5
72 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto BrambatiM6-7
84 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto de AmicisMAll
Flag of Italy.svg Cram Motorsport 16 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo S6-7
Flag of Italy.svg Heaven Motorsport17 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico FulgenziSAll
18 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano CostantiniAll
19 Flag of Italy.svg Walter BenAll
59 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto PetriniM1-6
Flag of Italy.svg Mik Corse23 Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli SAll
60 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio PiccioniM1, 3, 7
67 Flag of Italy.svg Alex de GiacomiMAll
Flag of Germany.svg Pole Team69 Flag of Germany.svg Günther BlieningerM1-5, 7
IconClass
MMichelin Cup
SScholarship Programme

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Flag of Italy.svg ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano 5 May Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors
R26 May Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli Flag of Italy.svg Mik Corse
2R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia 9 June Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Antonelli Motorsport
R210 June Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Flag of Italy.svg Petricorse Motorsport
3R1 Flag of Italy.svg Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 7 July Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors
R28 July Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg Antonelli Motorsport
4R1 Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 4 August Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors
R25 August Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Flag of Italy.svg Petricorse Motorsport
5R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 1 September Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors
R22 September Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli Flag of Italy.svg Mik Corse
6R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia 23 September Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Flag of Italy.svg Cram Motorsport
R2 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Fulgenzi Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Fulgenzi Flag of Italy.svg Heaven Motorsport
7R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 20 October Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Fulgenzi Flag of Italy.svg Heaven Motorsport
R221 October Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Busnelli Flag of Italy.svg Petricorse Motorsport

Championship standings

Points system
 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th PoleFL
Race 12015121086432121
Race 215108643211

Drivers' Championship

PosDriver VAL
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
RBR
Flag of Austria.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Pts
1 Flag of Italy.svg Vito Postiglione 1434131512RetRet43157
2 Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli 3128Ret6332143210132
3 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo 676142615412320128
4 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Fulgenzi5242718541152114117
5 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli 2315212Ret3Ret112
6 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca GiraudiRet1276644243347583
7 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Costantini4581351418†66Ret14†5Ret1339
8 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara 76533Ret36
9 Flag of Italy.svg Angelo Proietti999158791087569731
10 Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Busnelli 5123
11 Flag of Switzerland.svg Stefano Comini 6216
12 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Lucchini1218171698714716†9912814
13 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto de Amicis20†151191710108Ret127168612
14 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Scanzi1120†131215198912867121112
15 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Gaidai1413121110515717612†8191111
16 Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Zurcher881077
17 Flag of Italy.svg Alex de Giacomi1011161018†11121110Ret8101495
18 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Bignotti181614Ret1213111599Ret121019†3
19 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Brambati101115141
Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Petrini1621†Ret14149RetRetRetRetRetRet0
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cassarà13161417†1310Ret1316180
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Piccioni1310Ret1517Ret0
Flag of Italy.svg Omar Galbiati11Ret161311Ret18160
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro CicognaniRet110
Flag of Germany.svg Günther Blieninger1514151819†121312141313150
Flag of Italy.svg Walter Ben191918†Ret161717161515131420170
Flag of Italy.svg Ferdinando Geri16140
Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Siedler Ret15†0
Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Alessandri1717Ret170
PosDriver VAL
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
RBR
Flag of Austria.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
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)
BlankDid not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

 — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

PosTeam VAL
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
RBR
Flag of Austria.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Pts
1 Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors1434131512RetRet43150
2 Flag of Italy.svg Heaven Motorsport5242718541152114143
3 Flag of Italy.svg Antonelli Motorsport 2315212Ret3Ret3475140
4 Flag of Italy.svg Mik Corse3128Ret6332143210140
5 Flag of Italy.svg Petricorse Motorsport7653426154Ret15†51108
6 Flag of Italy.svg Erre Esse Motorsport999158791087569769
7 Flag of San Marino.svg Tsunami Racing Team1413121110515717612†8191154
8 Flag of Italy.svg Cram Motorsport 12320†42
9 Flag of Germany.svg Pole Team1514151819†1213121413131531
PosTeam VAL
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
RBR
Flag of Austria.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
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)
BlankDid not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

 — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Michelin Cup

The Michelin Cup is the trophy reserved to the gentlemen drivers.

Michelin French tire company

Michelin is a French tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world after Bridgestone and larger than both Goodyear and Continental. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Tigar, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man.

PosDriverTeamPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Angelo ProiettiErre Esse108
2 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto de Amicis Antonelli 60
3 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo ScanziEbimotors49
4 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi LucchiniEbimotors48
5 Flag of Italy.svg Alex de GiacomiMik Corse35
6 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio BignottiEbimotors22
7 Flag of Germany.svg Günther BlieningerPole11
8 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio PiccioniMik Corse8
9 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto PetriniHeaven8
10 Flag of Italy.svg Marco CassaràPetricorse6
11 Flag of Italy.svg Omar GalbiatiErre Esse5
12 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Brambati Antonelli 4
Flag of Italy.svg Ferdinando GeriPetricorse0
Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi AlessandriErre Esse0

Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Scholarship Programme

The Scholarship Programme Cup is the trophy reserved to the under-26 drivers elected by Porsche at the beginning of the season.

Porsche automotive brand manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen

Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche AG, is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans. Porsche AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, and is owned by Volkswagen AG, which is itself majority-owned by Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Porsche's current lineup includes the 718 Boxster/Cayman, 911, Panamera, Macan and Cayenne.

PosDriverTeamPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli Mik Corse132
2 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Piscopo Petricorse
Cram
128
3 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico FulgenziHeaven117

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