2012 FIA GT1 Algarve round

The 2012 FIA GT1 Algarve round was an auto racing event held at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal on 7–8 July 2012. It was the fifth round of the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It will be the third time the GT1 category visits the Algarve circuit. Valmon Racing Team Russia will not take part in the event missing out on two consecutive GT1 World events.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

For qualifying, Driver 1 participates in the first and third sessions while Driver 2 participates in only the second session. The fastest lap for each session is indicated with bold.

Pos	No.	Driver 1	Team	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Grid
		Driver 2
1	3	Toni Vilander	AF Corse	1:44.945	1:45.560	1:44.730	1
		Filip Salaquarda
2	4	Enzo Ide	AF Corse	1:45.858	1:44.832	1:45.630	2
		Francesco Castellacci
3	38	Marc Basseng	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	1:45.514	1:44.793	1:45.693	3
		Markus Winkelhock
4	37	Nicky Pastorelli	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	1:47.305	1:45.484	1:45.709	4
		Thomas Jäger
5	25	Darryl O'Young	Reiter Engineering	1:45.640	1:44.987	1:45.916	5
		Peter Kox
6	10	Matteo Cressoni	Sunred	1:46.124	1:45.478	1:45.927	6
		Miloš Pavlović
7	33	Oliver Jarvis	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1:46.319	1:45.551	1:46.326	7
		Frank Stippler
8	2	Grégoire Demoustier	Hexis Racing	1:51.567	1:45.254	1:46.455	8
		Álvaro Parente
9	24	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering	1:46.395	1:45.703		9
		Štefan Rosina
10	32	Stéphane Ortelli	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1:45.735	1:45.777		10
		Laurens Vanthoor
11	18	Michael Bartels	BMW Team Vita4One	1:45.381	1:45.897		11
		Yelmer Buurman
12	1	Frédéric Makowiecki	Hexis Racing	1:46.039	1:45.906		12
		Stef Dusseldorp
13	17	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	BMW Team Vita4One	1:45.796	1:46.069		13
		Mathias Lauda
14	9	Andreas Zuber	Exim Bank Team China	1:45.923	1:46.566		14
		Thomas Jäger
15	8	Benjamin Lariche	Exim Bank Team China	No Time			15
		Dino Lunardi

Races

Qualifying Race

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Mercedes-Benz	32
2	18	BMW Team Vita4One	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	BMW	32	-8.460
3	33	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler	Audi	32	-16.763
4	1	Hexis Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Stef Dusseldorp	McLaren	32	-17.267
5	17	BMW Team Vita4One	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Mathias Lauda	BMW	32	-20.851
6	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli Thomas Jäger	Mercedes-Benz	32	-25.431
7	10	Sunred	Matteo Cressoni Miloš Pavlović	Ford	32	-27.080
8	2	Hexis Racing	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente	McLaren	32	-30.707
9	9	Exim Bank Team China	Andreas Zuber Mike Parisy	Porsche	32	-33.854
10	32	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Audi	32	-34.486
11	4	AF Corse	Enzo Ide Francesco Castellacci	Ferrari	32	-51.276
12	3	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Filip Salaquarda	Ferrari	32	-56.962
13	24	Reiter Engineering	Albert von Thurn und Taxis Štefan Rosina	Lamborghini	31	-1 lap
14 DNF	25	Reiter Engineering	Darryl O'Young Peter Kox	Lamborghini	10	Steering
DNS	8	Exim Bank Team China	Benjamin Lariche Dino Lunardi	Porsche	-	Mechanical

Championship Race

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli Thomas Jäger	Mercedes-Benz	33
2	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Mercedes-Benz	33	-1.537
3	1	Hexis Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Stef Dusseldorp	McLaren	33	-5.163
4	25	Reiter Engineering	Darryl O'Young Peter Kox	Lamborghini	33	-6.511
5	18	BMW Team Vita4One	Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman	BMW	33	-6.878
6	32	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Audi	33	-31.875
7	4	AF Corse	Enzo Ide Francesco Castellacci	Ferrari	33	-34.723
8	17	BMW Team Vita4One	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Mathias Lauda	BMW	33	-51.195
9	10	Sunred	Matteo Cressoni Miloš Pavlović	Ford	33	-1:45.458
10 DNF	9	Exim Bank Team China	Andreas Zuber Mike Parisy	Porsche	32	Retired
11 DNF	2	Hexis Racing	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente	McLaren	26	Engine
12 DNF	24	Reiter Engineering	Albert von Thurn und Taxis Štefan Rosina	Lamborghini	26	Retired
13 DNF	33	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler	Audi	7	Suspension
14 DNF	3	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Filip Salaquarda	Ferrari	1	Radiator
DNS	8	Exim Bank Team China	Benjamin Lariche Dino Lunardi	Porsche	-	Mechanical

References

FIA GT1 World Championship
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