The following is an overview of the events of 2012 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 1–15 January34th Dakar Rally 28–29 January50th 24 Hours of Daytona 27–28 February54th Daytona 500 19–20 May40th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 27 May70th Monaco Grand Prix27 May96th Indianapolis 500 26 May-9 June94th Isle of Man TT 16–17 June80th 24 Hours of Le Mans 15 July22nd Masters of Formula 3 28–29 July64th 24 Hours of Spa 29 July35th Suzuka 8 Hours 7 October55th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 18 November59th Macau Grand Prix 15–16 December25th Race of Champions
Disestablished championships/events Last raceChampionshipRef30 SeptemberFIA Formula Two Championship
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef28FebruaryAnders Kulläng68SwedishRally driver1980 Swedish Rally winner.29MarchBill "Grumpy" Jenkins81AmericanDrag racer10MayCarroll Shelby89AmericanAutomotive designer and racing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().31Paul Pietsch100GermanRacing driverThe first German Formula One driver.3JuneRoy Salvadori90BritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
See also List of 2012 motorsport champions
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