2012 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

2012 Asia-Pacific Rally season 2011 2013 The 2012 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points. Australian driver Chris Atkinson won the championship he narrowly lost the previous year, beating the Proton R3 Rally Team he raced for in 2011. His Škoda Fabia won the Rally of Whangarei as well as his home event the International Rally of Queensland as well as finishing second in New Caledonia, Malaysia and China, building up a lead his 2011 teammate and defending champion Alister McRae could not catch once his Proton Satria Neo started winning at the Malaysian Rally and the season ending China Rally. The only other rally winners were Indian Skoda driver Gaurav Gill at the Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie and Malaysian Proton driver Karamjit Singh. Super 2000 cars dominated results with only New Zealand driver Brian Green finishing in the top three at any event in a Group N car. Selected entries The following teams and drivers represent the major entries participating in the 2012 season: Constructor Car Entrant Driver Co-driver Rounds Proton Proton Satria Neo S2000 MYS Proton Motorsports GBR Alister McRae AUS Bill Hayes All SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Emil Axelsson 1–4 FIN Juha Salo FIN Marko Salminen 5–6 Proton Satria Neo MYS Proton R3 Cusco Rally Team MYS Karamjit Singh MYS Vivek Ponnusamy 1, 3–6 JPN Akira Bamba JPN Takahiro Yasui 1, 3–6 MYS Kenneth Koh MYS Jagdev Singh 1, 3–6 IND Sanjay Takle IND Musa Sherif 1, 3–6 Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 IND Team MRF AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot 1–4, 6 IND Gaurav Gill AUS Glenn MacNeall All Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X NZL Green Motorsport NZL Brian Green NZL Fleur Pedersen 1 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3 Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI NZL MRU Motorsports 4–6 JPN Cusco Racing JPN Shuhei Muta JPN Hajime Hoshino 5 Race calendar and results The 2012 APRC is as follows:2012 Events Calendar FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship http://www.fiaaprc.com/2012-calendar 2012-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426220557/http://www.fiaaprc.com/2012-calendar 2012-04-26 dead Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 NZ Rally of Whangarei(30 March – 1 April) 1 AUS Chris Atkinson Škoda Fabia S2000 2:50:16.1 16283.28 km 22 172 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:50:44.33 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2:52:51.9 2 FRA Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie(28–29 April) 1 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2:52:35.919266.49 km114 2 AUS Chris Atkinson Škoda Fabia S2000 2:57:28.1 3 NZL Brian Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:08:21.6 3 AUS Rally Queensland(26–27 May) 1 AUS Chris Atkinson Škoda Fabia S2000 2:20:52.4 19235.86 km 14 10 2 GBR Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:24.50.3 3 AUS Michael Boaden (ARC) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:25.33.5 4 MYS Malaysian Rally(14–15 July) 1 GBR Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:57:31.5 15 235.28 km 14 9 2 AUS Chris Atkinson Škoda Fabia S2000 3:22:56.6 3 NZL Brian Green Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:24:08.1 5 JPN Rally Hokkaido(15–16 September) 1 MYS Karamjit Singh Proton Satria Neo 2:30:28.3 18 220.48 km 41 28 2 JPN Akira Bamba Proton Satria Neo 2:33:58.1 3 NZL Brian Green Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2:34:29.0 6 CHN China Rally(26–28 October) 1 GBR Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 03:02:33.1 13 230.96 km 10 9 2 AUS Chris Atkinson Škoda Fabia S2000 03:04:19.6 3 FIN Juha Salo Proton Satria Neo S2000 03:09:31.7 Championship standings The 2012 APRC for Drivers points is as follows: Position Driver Vehicle NZLNZL FRANCL AUSAUS MYSMAL JPNJPN CHNCHN Total 1 AUS Chris Atkinson Škoda Fabia S2000 1 12 2 9 1 12 2 7 2 10154 2 GB Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 4 4 Ret 7 2 7 1 8 Ret 5 1 10121 3 NZL Brian Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5 2 3 6 3 4 3 4 3 8 3 5114 4 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 3 6 1 10 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 Ret 782 5 MYS Karamjit Singh Proton Satria Neo 6 Ret 4 4 1 8 4 372 6 JPN Akira Bamba Proton Satria Neo Ret 5 2 5 1 2 5 5 157 7 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Proton Satria Neo S2000 2 12 Ret 2 4 4 Ret 755 8 MYS Kenneth Koh Proton Satria Neo 7 Ret 7 4 2 634 9 IND Sanjay Takle Proton Satria Neo 8 6 6 Ret 1 727 Note: 1 – 12 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There are two bonus legs for each rally. References External links Official website APRC Live Podcast APRC News and Video Category:Asia-Pacific Rally Championship seasons Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific