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The 2012 World Touring Car Championship season will be the ninth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the eighth since its 2005 return. It will begin with the Race of Italy at Monza on 11 March and end with the Guia Race of Macau at the Guia Circuit on 18 November, after twenty-four races.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
United Kingdom Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1 France Yvan Muller[1] 1
2 United Kingdom Robert Huff[1] 1
8 Switzerland Alain Menu[1] 1
Russia Lukoil Racing Team[2] SEAT León WTCC[2] 3 Italy Gabriele Tarquini[2] 1
4 Russia Alexey Dudukalo[2] Y 1
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[3] BMW 320 TC 5 Hungary Norbert Michelisz[3] Y 1
27 Hungary Gábor Wéber[3] Y 1
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler[4] BMW 320 TC 6 Germany Franz Engstler[4] Y 1
7 Hong Kong Charles Ng[5] Y 1
Sweden Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden[6] Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 9 Sweden Rickard Rydell[6] 1
United Kingdom bamboo-engineering[7] Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 11 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall[8] Y 1
12 Italy Pasquale Di Sabatino[8] Y 1
United Kingdom Team Aon[9] Ford Focus S2000 TC 14 United Kingdom James Nash[10] Y 1
23 United Kingdom Tom Chilton[11] 1
Italy ROAL Motorsport[12] BMW 320 TC 15 Netherlands Tom Coronel[12] 1
16 Italy Alberto Cerqui[12] Y 1
Spain Tuenti Racing Team[13] SEAT León TDI 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro[14] 1
SEAT León WTCC 74 Spain Pepe Oriola[13] Y 1
United Kingdom Special Tuning Racing[15] SEAT León WTCC 20 China Darryl O'Young[16] Y 1
22 United Kingdom Tom Boardman[17] Y TBA
Italy Proteam Racing[18] BMW 320 TC 24 Spain Isaac Tutumlu[19] Y 1
25 Morocco Mehdi Bennani[20] Y 1
Germany Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC 26 Italy Stefano D'Aste[21] Y 1
Spain SUNRED Engineering[22] SEAT León TDI 40 Belgium Andrea Barlesi[22] Y 1
SEAT León WTCC 88 Spain Fernando Monje[22] Y TBA
Japan Honda[23] Honda Civic 1.6T TBA TBA TBA TBA
Russia TMS Sport[24] Lada Granta[24] TBA United Kingdom James Thompson[25] TBA TBA
Icon Class
Y Yokohama Trophy

Driver changes

Changed Teams
Entering/Re-Entering WTCC

Calendar

Round Race Name Track Date
1 R1 Race of Italy Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 March
R2
2 R3 Race of Spain Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 1 April
R4
3 R5 Race of Morocco Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit 15 April
R6
4 R7 Race of Slovakia[26] Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 29 April
R8
5 R9 Race of Hungary Hungary Hungaroring 6 May
R10
6 R11 Race of Austria Austria Salzburgring 20 May
R12
7 R13 Race of Portugal Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve[27] 3 June
R14
8 R15 Race of Brazil Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 22 July
R16
9 R17 Race of the United States United States Infineon Raceway 23 September
R18
10 R19 Race of Japan Japan Suzuka Circuit 21 October
R20
11 R21 Race of China China Shanghai International Circuit 4 November
R22
12 R23 Guia Race of Macau Macau Guia Circuit 18 November
R24

Calendar changes

Numerous changes have been made to the 2012 calendar:[28]

Results and standings

Races

Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Yokohama winner Report
1 Italy Race of Italy Italy Gabriele Tarquini Sweden Rickard Rydell France Yvan Muller United Kingdom Chevrolet Spain Pepe Oriola Report
2 Hungary Norbert Michelisz France Yvan Muller United Kingdom Chevrolet Italy Stefano D'Aste
3 Spain Race of Spain Report
4
5 Morocco Race of Morocco Report
6
7 Slovakia Race of Slovakia Report
8
9 Hungary Race of Hungary Report
10
11 Austria Race of Austria Report
12
13 Portugal Race of Portugal Report
14
15 Brazil Race of Brazil Report
16
17 United States Race of the United States Report
18
19 Japan Race of Japan Report
20
21 China Race of China Report
22
23 Macau Guia Race of Macau Report
24

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		BEL
Morocco 		SVK
Slovakia 		HUN
Hungary 		AUT
Austria 		POR
Portugal 		BRA
Brazil 		USA
United States 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		MAC
Macau 		 Pts 
1 France Yvan Muller 1 1 54
2 United Kingdom Robert Huff 2 3 36
3 Switzerland Alain Menu 7 2 26
4 Netherlands Tom Coronel 5 4 22
5 Italy Gabriele Tarquini 3 Ret 20
6 Sweden Rickard Rydell 4 10 14
7 Italy Stefano D'Aste 11 5 10
8 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall 8 7 10
9 Spain Pepe Oriola 6 12 8
10 Germany Franz Engstler 12 6 8
11 Hungary Norbert Michelisz 9 8 6
12 Italy Alberto Cerqui 10 9 1
United Kingdom Tom Chilton 13 0
Italy Pasquale Di Sabatino 14 Ret 0
Hong Kong Charles Ng 15 Ret 0
United Kingdom James Nash 16 0
Hungary Gábor Wéber 17 11 0
Russia Aleksei Dudukalo 18 DNS 0
Belgium Andrea Barlesi Ret 0
Morocco Mehdi Bennani Ret 0
Spain Isaac Tutumlu Ret 0
Portugal Tiago Monteiro Ret Ret 0
China Darryl O'Young DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		BEL
Morocco 		SVK
Slovakia 		HUN
Hungary 		AUT
Austria 		POR
Portugal 		BRA
Brazil 		USA
United States 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		MAC
Macau 		 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

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Lukoil Racing confirm Tarquini and Dudukalo". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Hudson, Neil (2 March 2012). "Zengõ to enter two cars for Michelisz and Wéber". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b Engstler, Franz. "Liebe Partner, Freunde und Sponsoren". Engstler Motorsport (in German). Engstler Motorsport GmBH. Retrieved 5 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Abbott, Andrew (27 February 2012). "Full season for Charles Ng". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. ^ a b Veltman, Rob (3 February 2012). "Rydell aiming for opening WTCC rounds with new Cruze". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  7. ^ Freeman, Glenn (30 January 2012). "Bamboo to run works-spec Cruzes in the WTCC". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 30 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ a b c "Bamboo sign MacDowall and Di Sabatino". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  9. ^ Hudson, Neil (13 January 2012). "Ford backed 1.6T Global Racing Engine for WTCC and CTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  10. ^ a b Turner, Kevin (8 February 2012). "James Nash joins the WTCC with Arena Motorsport". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 February 2012. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  11. ^ a b Hudson, Neil (4 January 2012). "Arena complete shakedown with 1.6 turbo WTCC Focus". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  12. ^ a b c d Hudson, Neil (13 January 2012). "Coronel and Cerqui for two car ROAL assault". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  13. ^ a b Meissner, Johan (7 February 2012). "Pepe Oriola set to continue with SUNRED". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  14. ^ Hudson, Neil (2 March 2012). "Tiago Monteiro to race for Tuenti Racing Team". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  15. ^ "STR announce plans for 2 car SEAT line-up 2012 WTCC season". specialtuningracing.co.uk. Special Tuning Racing. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  16. ^ a b "Darryl O'Young to Join STR for 2012 WTCC". Special Tuning Racing. Tom Boardman. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  17. ^ a b Hudson, Neil (6 February 2012). "Tom Boardman confirmed at STR for WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  18. ^ Hudson, Neil (20 December 2011). "Proteam Racing vow to be on the grid in 2012". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  19. ^ "Isaac Tutumlu joins Bennani at Proteam". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  20. ^ "Mehdi Bennati to stay with Proteam". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  21. ^ Meissner, Johan (17 February 2012). "Stefano D'Aste returns to Wiechers-Sport". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  22. ^ a b c d e "WTCC 2012 Monza Entry List" (PDF). World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  23. ^ Hudson, Neil (3 February 2012). "Honda planning 2013 WTCC entry". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  24. ^ a b "LADA Granta стартует на этапах WTCC в Венгрии и Португалии". Championat.com (in Russian). SUP Media. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ a b Hudson, Neil (2 February 2012). "James Thompson to race for Lada Sport". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  26. ^ "Slovakia Ring replaces Argentina". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  27. ^ "PORTUGUESE SWITCH: FROM ESTORIL TO ALGARVE". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  28. ^ "World Motor Sports Council, 07/12/11". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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