The 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro de GT season (Brazilian GT Championship) was the sixth season of Campeonato Brasileiro de GT, the first with this name. The season began on April 21 at

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and ended on December 15 at the

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after eight weekends totalling sixteen races. Cleber Faria and Duda Rosa won the championship in GT3 class, Carlos Kray and Anderom Toso won in GT Premium, the GT4 championship was winner by Sergio Laganá and Alan Hellmeister.

Class restructure

For the 2012 season, Campeonato Brasileiro de GT will contain three key classes. The GT3 class allows FIA homologated GT3 cars, such as the

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. New to 2012 season is the introduction of the GT Premium class caters for older, such as the

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or Lamborghini Gallardo LP520. The pairs that have some driver with graduation A, no scored points in the class. The GT4 class is a merger of Supersport-spec cars and GT4 homologated cars, such as the

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and cars currently used in the Maserati Trofeo and

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series, based on the

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and

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road cars.

Entries

For the 2012 season, the new BMW Team Brasil will line up in Brasileiro de GT with two GT3 cars developed by

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. Under the guidance of Team Principal Antonio Hermann, the AH Competições squad will also send two

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cars into action in the series and two BMW M3 GT4 in GT4 class. BMW Team Brasil is supported by BMW Brazil. GT3 class will be updated to include the Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ and in the fifth round

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Class restructure

Entries

Entry list

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

GT3

GT Premium

GT4

References

External links