The 2012 Brasileiro de Marcas season was the second season of the

Brasileiro de Marcas The Brasileiro de Marcas (Brazilian Brands) is a touring car racing series based in Brazil. From 2011 onwards, this new Brasileiro de Marcas continued the former Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos (Brazilian Championship of Brands and Driv ...

. It begin on April 22 at the

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and ended on December 2 at the

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

, after sixteen races. Several changes occurred in the championship.

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entered with the 2012 version of Mitisubishi Lancer GT,

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changed to the ninth generation Honda Civic,

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used

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which replaced the

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, and

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became an official manufacturer on the championship with Toyota Corolla XRS.

driver

Ricardo Mauricio Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portu ...

won the championship. He did not win any races, but finished on the podium at ten of sixteen.

won the manufacturers' championship.

Teams and drivers

All drivers were registered in Brazilian.

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 20 November 2011, with

to host two races, include a support at the

FIA WTCC Race of Brazil The FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, it was held at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near the city of Curitiba in the Brazilian state of Paraná. The race was run every year between 2006 and 20 ...

. On 25 May 2012, the race at Rio de Janeiro was moved to August. All races were held in Brazil.

Championship standings

*Points were awarded as follows:

Drivers' Championship

Notes: *† — Driver not racing, but scored points to participate with partner.

Teams and drivers

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Manufacturers' Championship

Teams' Championship

References

External links