The 2012 FIA GT1 Navarra round was an auto racing event held at the Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain on 26–27 May 2012, and was the third round of the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the third time the FIA GT1 World Championship visited Navarra, with the previous two events being won by a Lamborghini. Reiter Engineering won the 2010 event in a Murciélago and sought to make three Lamborghini victories in the three Navarra races with the Gallardo. Nicky Pastorelli was one of the race winners from 2011 and returned to defend his Navarra win for 2012 with All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport. The event was supported by the FIA GT3 European Championship.
Qualifying Qualifying result For qualifying, Driver 1 participated in the first and third sessions while Driver 2 participated in only the second session. The fastest lap for each session is indicated with bold.
Pos No. Driver 1 Team Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Grid Driver 2 1 25 Peter Kox Reiter Engineering 1:39.667 1:39.719 1:39.248 1 Darryl O'Young 2 18 Michael Bartels BMW Team Vita4One 1:40.100 1:39.326 1:39.621 2 Yelmer Buurman 3 17 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof BMW Team Vita4One 1:39.784 1:39.829 1:39.928 3 Mathias Lauda 4 37 Nicky Pastorelli All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:40.089 1:39.963 1:40.040 9 Thomas Jäger 5 9 Mike Parisy Exim Bank Team China 1:40.197 1:40.293 1:40.091 4 Matt Halliday 6 32 Stéphane Ortelli Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1:40.172 1:40.205 1:40.170 5 Laurens Vanthoor 7 2 Álvaro Parente Hexis Racing 1:40.293 1:38.802 1:40.437 6 Grégoire Demoustier 8 10 Matteo Cressoni Sunred 1:40.796 1:40.032 1:40.640 7 Miloš Pavlović 9 3 Toni Vilander AF Corse 1:40.004 1:40.295 8 Filip Salaquarda 10 33 Oliver Jarvis Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1:40.217 1:40.339 10 Frank Stippler 11 4 Enzo Ide AF Corse 1:39.801 1:40.474 11 Francesco Castellacci 12 38 Markus Winkelhock All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:40.565 1:40.691 12 Marc Basseng 13 24 Albert von Thurn und Taxis Reiter Engineering 1:40.309 1:40.957 13 Tomáš Enge 14 7 Leonid Machitski Valmon Racing Team Russia 1:40.207 1:43.277 14 Alexey Vasilyev 15 8 Dino Lunardi Exim Bank Team China 1:41.556 15 Benjamin Lariche 16 1 Frédéric Makowiecki Hexis Racing No Time 16 Stef Dusseldorp 17 6 Andreas Zuber Valmon Racing Team Russia No Time 17 Sergey Afanasyev
Races Qualifying Race Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 1 Hexis Racing Frédéric Makowiecki Stef Dusseldorp McLaren 36 2 2 Hexis Racing Álvaro Parente Grégoire Demoustier McLaren 36 -3.598 3 18 BMW Team Vita4One Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman BMW 36 -21.694 4 25 Reiter Engineering Peter Kox Darryl O'Young Lamborghini 36 -22.516 5 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Markus Winkelhock Marc Basseng Mercedes-Benz 36 -28.688 6 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Nicky Pastorelli Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz 36 -30.406 7 17 BMW Team Vita4One Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Mathias Lauda BMW 36 -36.685 8 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler Audi 36 -37.345 9 32 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor Audi 36 -38.302 10 3 AF Corse Toni Vilander Filip Salaquarda Ferrari 36 -40.162 11 9 Exim Bank Team China Mike Parisy Matt Halliday Porsche 36 -40.565 12 24 Reiter Engineering Albert von Thurn und Taxis Tomáš Enge Lamborghini 36 -40.686 13 4 AF Corse Enzo Ide Francesco Castellacci Ferrari 36 -45.975 14 7 Valmon Racing Team Russia Leonid Machitski Maxime Martin Aston Martin 36 -1:31.612 15 6 Valmon Racing Team Russia Andreas Zuber Sergey Afanasyev Aston Martin 36 -1:32.465 16DNF 8 Exim Bank Team China Dino Lunardi Benjamin Lariche Porsche 20 Retired 17DNF 10 Sunred Matteo Cressoni Miloš Pavlović Ford 13 Mechanical
Championship Race Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 1 Hexis Racing Frédéric Makowiecki Stef Dusseldorp McLaren 36 2 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Markus Winkelhock Marc Basseng Mercedes-Benz 36 -12.108 3 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Nicky Pastorelli Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz 36 -13.426 4 2 Hexis Racing Álvaro Parente Grégoire Demoustier McLaren 36 -14.406 5 18 BMW Team Vita4One Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman BMW 36 -16.372 6 17 BMW Team Vita4One Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Mathias Lauda BMW 36 -22.634 7 25 Reiter Engineering Peter Kox Darryl O'Young Lamborghini 36 -36.270 8 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Oliver Jarvis Frank Stippler Audi 36 -43.197 9 3 AF Corse Toni Vilander Filip Salaquarda Ferrari 36 -44.686 10 32 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor Audi 36 -44.999 11 4 AF Corse Enzo Ide Francesco Castellacci Ferrari 36 -46.474 12 9 Exim Bank Team China Mike Parisy Matt Halliday Porsche 36 -50.580 13 6 Valmon Racing Team Russia Andreas Zuber Sergey Afanasyev Aston Martin 35 -1 lap 14 24 Reiter Engineering Albert von Thurn und Taxis Tomáš Enge Lamborghini 35 -1 lap 15 8 Exim Bank Team China Dino Lunardi Benjamin Lariche Porsche 36 -2 laps 16DNF 7 Valmon Racing Team Russia Leonid Machitski Maxime Martin Aston Martin 19 Mechanical 17DNF 10 Sunred Matteo Cressoni Miloš Pavlović Ford 3 Retired
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