2012 Danish Thundersport Championship
# 2012 Danish Thundersport Championship

The 2012 Auto-G Danish Thundersport Championship season was the first season of the Danish Thundersport Championship, it began at Jyllandsringen in May and concluded at the same venue in September.

The championship succeeded the Danish Touringcar Championship, with the Super 2000 cars being replaced with the Camaro Cup/Trans Am cars.

Jan Magnussen won the championship, driving for Fukamuni Racing.

## Teams and drivers

All teams ran the Chevrolet Camaro.

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Memphis Racing | 4 | Henrik Jansen | 6 |
| Memphis Racing | 60 | Dennis Lind | All* |
| Memphis Racing | 77 | Kasper Aaskov | 6 |
| STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport | 5 | Casper Elgaard | All* |
| STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport | 8 | Michael Outzen | 2 |
| STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport | 8 | Kristian Poulsen | 1* |
| STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport | 8 | Jesper Sørensen | 3–6 |
| STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport | 25 | Carsten Andersen | 4, 6 |
| STARK Racing Elgaard Motorsport | 25 | Peter Elgaard | 1, 5* |
| Privateer | 21 | William Frank | 4 |
| Fukamuni Racing | 22 | Mikkel Mac | All* |
| Fukamuni Racing | 23 | Jan Magnussen | 1–4, 6 |
| Fukamuni Racing | 23 | Kevin Magnussen | * |
| Fukamuni Racing | 24 | Kim Rødkjær | 1–2, 4, 6* |
| Fukamuni Racing | 24 | Nicholai Sørensen | 3, 5 |
| Fjeld Racing | 33 | Fredrik Fjeld | 6 |
| Fjeld Racing | 33 | Marius Fjeld | 4 |
| Fjeld Racing | 66 | Marius Fjeld | 6 |
| Bryntesson Motorsport | 34 | Jens Edman | 4 |
| Sesam Data Motorsport | 42 | Bjarne Nordal | 1, 4, 6 |
| Sesam Data Motorsport | 58 | Ronny Vestengen | 1, 6 |
| SEB Power Group | 43 | Marius Nakken | 1, 6 |
| Polar Seafood Racing | 61 | John Nielsen | All* |
| Polar Seafood Racing | 62 | Anders Fjordbach | 3–6* |
| Polar Seafood Racing | 62 | Michael Outzen | 1 |
| Polar Seafood Racing | 62 | Peter Vesti | 2 |

Drivers with an asterisk on their "Rounds" column took part in the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.

## Calendar

All rounds was held in Denmark.

| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg | 27 May |
| 1 | R2 | Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg | 27 May |
| 2 | R1 | Padborg Park, Padborg | 10 June |
| 2 | R2 | Padborg Park, Padborg | 10 June |
| 3 | R1 | Padborg Park, Padborg | 1 July |
| 3 | R2 | Padborg Park, Padborg | 1 July |
| * | R1 | Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix, Copenhagen | 5 August |
| * | R2 | Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix, Copenhagen | 5 August |
| 4 | R1 | Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg | 26 August |
| 4 | R2 | Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg | 26 August |
| 5 | R1 | Ring Djursland, Pederstrup | 16 September |
| 5 | R2 | Ring Djursland, Pederstrup | 16 September |
| 6 | R1 | Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg | 30 September |
| 6 | R2 | Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg | 30 September |

## Results

| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R1 | Jyllandsringen | Jan Magnussen | Jan Magnussen | Jan Magnussen | Fukamuni Racing |
| 1 | R2 | Jyllandsringen | | Jan Magnussen | Jan Magnussen | Fukamuni Racing |
| 2 | R1 | Padborg Park | Mikkel Mac | Mikkel Mac | John Nielsen | Polar Seafood Racing |
| 2 | R2 | Padborg Park | | Mikkel Mac | Mikkel Mac | Fukamuni Racing |
| 3 | R1 | Padborg Park | Jan Magnussen | Jan Magnussen | Jan Magnussen | Fukamuni Racing |
| 3 | R2 | Padborg Park | | Jan Magnussen | Jan Magnussen | Fukamuni Racing |
| NC | R1 | Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix | | | Mikkel Mac | Fukamuni Racing |
| NC | R2 | Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix | | | Kevin Magnussen | Fukamuni Racing |
| 4 | R1 | Jyllandsringen | John Nielsen | John Nielsen | Jan Magnussen | Fukamuni Racing |
| 4 | R2 | Jyllandsringen | | John Nielsen | John Nielsen | Polar Seafood Racing |
| 5 | R1 | Ring Djursland | Mikkel Mac | Mikkel Mac | Mikkel Mac | Fukamuni Racing |
| 5 | R2 | Ring Djursland | | John Nielsen | John Nielsen | Polar Seafood Racing |
| 6 | R1 | Jyllandsringen | John Nielsen | John Nielsen | Dennis Lind | Memphis Racing |
| 6 | R2 | Jyllandsringen | | Dennis Lind | Dennis Lind | Memphis Racing |

## Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' standings

| Pos | Driver | JYL1 | JYL1 | PAD1 | PAD1 | PAD2 | PAD2 | CHGP‡ | CHGP‡ | JYL2 | JYL2 | DJU | DJU | JYL3 | JYL3 | Total | Drop | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jan Magnussen | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 5 | | | 3 | 5 | 165 | | 165 |
| 2 | Dennis Lind | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 3 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 13 | 160 |
| 3 | John Nielsen | 6 | 11† | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 163 | 5 | 158 |
| 4 | Casper Elgaard | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 176 | 18 | 158 |
| 5 | Mikkel Mac | 5 | 5 | 8† | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 151 | 18 | 133 |
| 6 | Anders Fjordbach | | | | | 6 | 7 | 5 | DNS | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 78 | | 78 |
| 7 | Kim Rødkjær | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | | | DSQ | 6 | 7 | 11 | | | 7 | 6 | 68 | | 68 |
| 8 | Jesper Sørensen | | | | | 8 | 8 | | | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 54 | | 54 |
| 9 | Nicholai Sørensen | | | | | 7 | 5 | | | | | 2 | 6 | | | 47 | | 47 |
| 10 | Michael Outzen | DNS | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 38 | | 38 |
| 11 | Bjarne Nordal | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | | | 15 | 13 | 30 | | 30 |
| 12 | Ronny Vestengen | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 10 | 29 | | 29 |
| 13 | Kristian Poulsen | 3 | 4 | | | | | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 28 | | 28 |
| 14 | Marius Nakken | Ret | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | 26 | | 26 |
| 15 | Jens Edman | | | | | | | | | 8 | 3 | | | | | 23 | | 23 |
| 16 | Peter Elgaard | DNS | DNS | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | 4 | 7 | | | 22 | | 22 |
| 17 | Peter Vesti | | | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | 17 |
| 18 | Marius Fjeld | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | | | | | 16 | | 16 |
| 19 | Carsten Andersen | | | | | | | | | 11 | 13† | | | 12 | 14 | 14 | | 14 |
| 20 | Fredrik Fjeld | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 7 | 11 | | 11 |
| 21 | Kasper Aaskov | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | 8 | | 8 |
| 22 | Henrik Jansen | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | DNS | 5 | | 5 |
| 23 | William Frank | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | | | | | 4 | | 4 |
| 24 | Kevin Magnussen | | | | | | | DNS | 1 | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | JYL1 | JYL1 | PAD1 | PAD1 | PAD2 | PAD2 | CHGP‡ | CHGP‡ | JYL2 | JYL2 | DJU | DJU | JYL3 | JYL3 | Total | Drop | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

Notes:

* † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the race distance.
* ‡ — No points are awarded for the non-championship round held at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.
