The 2012 Avon Tyres British GT season was the 20th season of the

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. The season began on 9 April at

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and finished on 30 September at Donington Park, after ten rounds held over seven meetings.

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drivers

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and Daniele Perfetti won the GT3 category in a Porsche 997 GT3-R, Team WFR's Jody Fanin and

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won the GT4 championship driving a

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, while Ryan Hooker and Gary Eastwood took the GTC title in a Ferrari 458 Challenge driving for FF Corse.

Class structure

For the 2012 season, British GT contained four key classes. The GT3 class allows FIA homologated GT3 cars, such as the

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GT3 or new Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3. The GT3B class caters for older, GT3 spec cars which do not conform to the latest FIA homologations, such as the

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Competition Coupe or

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. The GT4 class is a merger of Supersport-spec cars and GT4 homologated cars, such as the

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. The GTC class caters for cars currently used in the

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and

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series, based on the

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and

road cars.

Entry list

Race calendar and results

The 2012 calendar announced on 30 November 2011 included a support slot at the

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, with race formats later confirmed on 26 January 2012. All races except German round at Nürburgring, were held in the United Kingdom.

Championship standings

*Points were awarded as follows:

GT3/GTC

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

GT4

References

External links

British GT website
{{British GT Championship years GT British GT Championship seasons