2012 European Rally Championship

2012 European Rally Championship 2011 2013 The 2012 European Rally Championship season was the 60th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season consisted of eleven (twelve planned) rallies, beginning with the Internationale Jänner Rallye in Austria on 5 January 2012 and concluding with the Rallye International du Valais on 27 October 2012. After 8 rounds, Finnish driver Juho Hänninen secured the championship, winning four events.http://www.rally-erc.com/article.php?cont=827 ERC 2012 knows its Champions! 2012-09-04 rally-erc.com 2012-09-18 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212519/http://www.rally-erc.com/article.php?cont=827 dead Calendar The calendar for the 2012 season featured twelve rallies, the eleven rallies from the previous season plus the Internationale Jänner Rallye in Austria. Two events were shared with the Intercontinental Rally Challenge: Ypres and Zlín.http://www.rally-erc.com/page.php?cont=30 European Rally Championship 2012 – Calendar rally-erc.com 2011-12-20 2011-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20111229185243/http://www.rally-erc.com/page.php?cont=30 dead However one event, the Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur, withdrew from the ERC during the season.http://www.rally-erc.com/article.php?cont=808 Antibes Cote d’Azur Rally – back to the future? 2012-07-16 rally-erc.com 2012-10-12 2015-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150601095622/http://www.rally-erc.com/article.php?cont=808 dead Round Date Event Surface Distance Winner Time Avg. Speed 1 5 – 7 January AUT Internationale Jänner Rallye wintery tarmac 237.58 km CZE Jan Kopecký 2:54:20.4 81.8 km/h 2 19 – 21 April ITA Rally 1000 Miglia tarmac 256.63 km ITA Giandomenico Basso 3:00:28.2 85.3 km/h 3 24 – 26 May HRV Croatia Rally tarmac 240.74 km FIN Juho Hänninen 2:17:21.8 105.2 km/h 4 8 – 10 June BGR Rally Bulgaria tarmac 250.22 km BGR Dimitar Iliev 2:20:26.5 106.9 km/h 5 21 – 24 June BEL Ypres Rally tarmac 287.50 km FIN Juho Hänninen 2:36:52.7 110.0 km/h 6 6 – 8 July TUR Bosphorus Rally gravel 238.66 km FIN Juho Hänninen 2:29:50.8 94.9 km/h 7 26 – 28 July PRT Rally Vinho da Madeira tarmac 250.06 km PRT Bruno Magalhães 2:39:41.8 94.0 km/h 8 31 Aug. – 2 Sep. CZE Barum Rally Zlín tarmac 251.62 km FIN Juho Hänninen 2:11:28.2 104.2 km/h 9 13 – 15 September ESP Rally Príncipe de Asturias tarmac235.56 km AND Joan Vinyes 1:38:44.7 89.4 km/h 10 28 – 30 September POL Rally Poland gravel 233.40 km FIN Esapekka Lappi 2:06:03.1 111.1 km/h 12 – 14 October FRA Rallye d'Antibes Côte d'Azur withdrew from ERC 11 25 – 27 October CHE Rallye International du Valais tarmac 293.36 km CHE Laurent Reuche 3:12:10.1 85.2 km/h Championship standings Drivers' championship For the final classification in a rally, the winner got 25 points, the runner-up 18 and the third placed driver 15. Drivers ranked 4 to 10 got 12–10–8–6–4–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top five of every leg got 7–5–3–2–1 point(s). Drivers had to start in a minimum of 4 events in order to qualify for the final standings and at least one event in either half of the season. Only the 4 best results from both half-seasons counted towards the final standings.http://www.rally-erc.com/standings.php ERC Unofficial Standings rally-erc.com 2012-06-04 2013-10-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021224433/http://www.rally-erc.com/standings.php deadhttp://www.rally-erc.com/pdf/2012_ercstandings.pdf FIA ERC 2012 – final standings 2012-11-13 rally-erc.com 2012-11-20 2012-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20121202215445/http://www.rally-erc.com/pdf/2012_ercstandings.pdf dead Note: The "4+4" column lists the 4 best results from both halves of the season, and only if the driver competed in at least one event in each half. The "all" column lists the total number of points, but only if they differ from the other column. Pos DriverAUTAUTITAITACROCROBULBGRBELBELTURTURPORPRTCZECZEESPESPPOLPOLSUICHE Points 4+4 all 1 FIN Juho Hänninen 2 4 1 1 1 7 1203(220) 2 POL Michał Sołowow 7 14 4 5 5 9 2 2103 3 ITA Luca Betti 18 7 3 EX Ret32 4 CZE Antonín Tlusťák 12 Ret 5 10 7 Ret Ret 825 5 CHE Francisco Parli Ret 6 7 623 6 BGR Ekaterina Stratieva 14 8 42 Ret4 7 CZE Jan Černý 25 10 23 121 Not enough events for final standings (podium finishers) CZE Jan Kopecký 1 Ret– (40) ITA Giandomenico Basso 1– (39) PRT Bruno Magalhães 1– (39) FIN Esapekka Lappi 1– (39) CHE Laurent Reuche 1– (39) BEL Pieter Tsjoen 3 4– (39) BGR Dimitar Iliev Ret Ret 1– (37) AND Joan Vinyes 1– (37) CHE Florian Gonon 2– (34) DEU Hermann Gassner, Jr. 2– (33) BGR Petar Gyoshev 9 2– (32) TUR Yağiz Avci 2– (30) BEL Freddy Loix 2– (28) ITA Luca Rossetti 3– (28) PRT Vítor Sá 2– (28) ITA Paolo Andreucci 2– (26) CHE Nicola Althaus 3– (25) CZE Roman Kresta 2– (22) ITA Umberto Scandola 3– (22) BGR Krum Donchev 3– (21) ESP Surhayen Pernía 3– (21) CZE Tomáš Kostka 3– (19) POL Grzegorz Grzyb 3– (19) AUT Beppo Harrach 3– (18) PRT João Magalhães 3– (18) External links Official website References European Rally Championship Rally Championship 2012