2012 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 2012 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

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Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
1–15 January 34th Dakar Rally [1]
28–29 January 50th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
27–28 February 54th Daytona 500 [3]
19–20 May 40th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [4]
27 May 70th Monaco Grand Prix [5]
27 May 96th Indianapolis 500 [6]
26 May-9 June 94th Isle of Man TT [7]
16–17 June 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
15 July 22nd Masters of Formula 3 [9]
28–29 July 64th 24 Hours of Spa [10]
29 July 35th Suzuka 8 Hours [11]
7 October 55th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
18 November 59th Macau Grand Prix [13]
15–16 December 25th Race of Champions [14]

Disestablished championships/events

Last raceChampionshipRef
30 September FIA Formula Two Championship [15]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
28February Anders Kulläng 68SwedishRally driver 1980 Swedish Rally winner. [16]
29March Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins 81American Drag racer
10May Carroll Shelby 89AmericanAutomotive designer and racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1959). [17]
31 Paul Pietsch 100GermanRacing driverThe first German Formula One driver. [18]
3June Roy Salvadori 90BritishRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1959). [19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2012 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport . Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "2012 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 2012". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "2012 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "2012 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "TT 2012". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 2012". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 2012 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2012 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "2012 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "2012 Thailand". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ↑ Elizalde, Pablo (6 December 2012). "MotorSport Vision cancels Formula 2 championship". Autosport . Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Anders Kulläng". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Carroll Shelby". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "Paul Pietsch". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  19. ↑ "Roy Salvadori". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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