Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

2012 International GTSprint Series

The 2012 International GTSprint Series season was the third year of the International GTSprint Series. The season began at Monza on 1 April and finished at Pergusa on 28 October. Andrea Palma won the championship, driving a Ferrari.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari F430 2 Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli GTS2 2
Ferrari 458 36 Italy Ivan Capelli GTS3 3
Ferrari F430 51 Italy Gianfranco Bocellari Cup All
Italy Roberto Delli Guanti All
52 Italy Roberto Sorti Cup 1-2
Italy Moreno Petrini 1-2
Italy Autorlando Motorsport Porsche 997 12 Italy Glauco Solieri GTS2 All
Italy Black Team Ferrari F430 15 Italy Raffaele Giammaria GTS2 1-2
Italy Simone Pellegrinelli 1-5
Italy Francesca Linossi 3-6
Italy Luciano Linossi 6
Italy Ciccio La Mazza 7
25 Italy Massimiliano Mugelli GTS2 5
Ferrari 458 27 Italy Andrea Palma GTS2 All
Italy Ombra Racing Ferrari 458 30 Italy Mario Cordoni GTS3 2-7
Italy AF Corse Ferrari 458 31 France François Perrodo GTS3 5
Italy Antonelli Motorsport Porsche 997 32 Italy Angelo Proietti GTS3 6
Italy Mario La Barbera 7
Italy Giosuè Rizzuto 7
53 Colombia Steven Goldstein Cup 3
Italy Christian Passuti 3
54 Italy Alberto Brambati Cup 2
Italy Marco Magli 2
Italy Alessandro Baccani 3
Italy Paolo Venerosi 3
Italy Vincenzo Donativi 6
55 Italy Omar Galbiati Cup 1-3
56 Italy Niccolò Granzotto Cup 2
Italy Alberto Brambati 3
Italy Pietro Negra 3
Italy Domenico Guagliardo 7
Italy Giuseppe Trinca 7
Italy RC Motorsport Corvette Z06 34 Italy Roberto Benedetti GTS3 All
Italy Roberto Del Castello All
Italy Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 35 Italy Davide di Benedetto GTS3 7
Italy Michele Merendino 7
United Arab Emirates Blue Jumeirah Team Mosler MT900R 38 Spain Rafael Unzurrunzaga GTS3 4
Switzerland Swiss Team Maserati GT Switzerland Gabriele Gardel GTS3 6
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 6
Italy GDL Racing Porsche 997 41 Colombia Steven Goldstein Cup 4-5
Italy Giacomo Piccini 4-5
58 Italy Vittorio Bagnasco Cup 6-7
91 Italy Ennio Ricci Open 2-5
Italy Angelo Schiatti 2-5
Finland LMS Racing Dodge Viper 42 Finland Antti Buri Open 5
Italy Malucelli Motorsport Ferrari F430 57 San Marino Marco Galassi Cup 1-6
Italy Happy Racer Porsche 997 58 Italy Vittorio Bagnasco Cup 1-5
90 Ukraine Oleksandr Gaidai Open 1
Italy Mik Corse Lamborghini Gallardo 61 Colombia Steven Goldstein Cup 1-2
Colombia Felipe Merjech 1-2
Italy Scuderia La.Na. Ferrari F430 63 Italy Gianmaria Gabbiani Cup 2-3
Italy Gianluca Nattoni 2
Italy Marco Bassetto 3
Italy Giovanni Cassibba 7
Italy Mauro Trentin 7
Hyundai Genesis 93 Italy Gianmaria Gabbiani Open 7
Italy Gianluca Nattoni 7
Italy M Racing Porsche 997 65 Italy Emanuele Romani Cup 6-7
Colombia Steven Goldstein 7
Italy Rallysport Lamborghini Gallardo 68 Italy Ferdinando Serafino Cup 3
Colombia Steven Goldstein 6
Italy Raffaele Giammaria 6
Italy Ebimotors Porsche 997 69 Italy Erika Monforte Cup 3
Italy Simone Monforte 3
70 Italy Roberto Silva Cup 1-2, 6
Italy Gianluigi Piccioli 3
Italy Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Ferrari F430 72 Italy Alessandro Bernasconi Cup 1-4
Italy Lorenzo Casè 1-3, 6
Italy Matteo Malucelli 6
82 Italy Massimiliano Bianchi Cup 1-3
Italy Nello Nataloni 1-2
Italy Fortuna Racing Porsche 997 81 Italy Sébastien Fortuna Cup 1
Italy N-Racing BMW M3 E92 92 Italy Piero Necchi Open 1-2
Italy AR Motorsport BMW M3 E92 94 Italy Andrea Bacci Open 2
Austria Renauer Motorsport Ginetta G50 97 Austria Florian Renauer Open 7
Italy Scuderia Giudici Lotus Evora 99 Italy Gianni Giudici Open 1

Calendar and results

The Pergusa round was to be held in Portimão on 16 September, but it was canceled on 30 June.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 1 April Italy Raffaele Giammaria Italy Raffaele Giammaria Italy Raffaele Giammaria Italy Black Team
R2 Italy Simone Pellegrinelli Italy Glauco Solieri Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
2 R1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 22 April Italy Raffaele Giammaria Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
R2 Italy Simone Pellegrinelli Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
3 R1 Italy Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia 3 June Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
R2 Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
4 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 1 July Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
R2 Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
5 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps 15 July Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
R2 Italy Andrea Palma Italy Mario Cordoni Italy Ombra Racing
6 R1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano 7 October Italy Andrea Palma Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Switzerland Swiss Team
R2 Italy Andrea Palma Italy Andrea Palma Italy Black Team
7 R1 Italy Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna 28 October Italy Roberto Del Castello Italy Davide di Benedetto Italy Davide di Benedetto Italy Audi Sport Italia
R2 Italy Roberto Benedetti Italy Roberto Benedetti Italy Roberto Benedetti Italy RC Motorsport

Championship Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON
Italy
IMO
Italy
MUG
Italy
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
VAL
Italy
PER
Italy
 Pts 
International GTSprint Series
1 Italy Andrea Palma 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 Ret DNS 251
2 Italy Mario Cordoni 2 4 6 5 2 2 3 1 5 12† 2 8† 157
3 Italy Glauco Solieri 3 2 4 3 5 4 3 4 DNS DNS 6 DNS 3 2 134
4 Italy Roberto Benedetti Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11 1 128
Italy Roberto Del Castello Ret DNS 5 Ret 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Ret 11 1
5 Italy Simone Pellegrinelli 1 3 Ret DNS 4 17† 6 5 11 8 90
6 Italy Francesca Linossi 4 17† 6 5 11 8 Ret 7 64
7 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 1 3 Ret DNS 38
8 Italy Davide di Benedetto 1 3 35
Italy Michele Merendino 1 3
9 Italy Ivan Capelli 2 2 32
10 Switzerland Gabriele Gardel 1 13† 29
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 1 13†
11 Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli 3 2 29
12 Italy Angelo Proietti 4 2 27
13 France François Perrodo 7 6 20
14 Italy Marco Zanuttini 7 4 18
15 Italy Mario La Barbera 4 Ret 12
Italy Giosuè Rizzuto 4 Ret
16 Italy Massimiliano Mugelli 5 Ret 12
17 Italy Luciano Linossi Ret 7 12
18 Italy Ciccio La Mazza Ret 9† 10
19 Spain Rafael Unzurrunzaga 9 DNS 7
International GTSCup Trophy
1 Colombia Steven Goldstein 5 8 16 14 8 8 5 7 8 5 8 10 9 Ret 185
2 Italy Gianfranco Bocellari 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4 182
Italy Roberto Delli Guanti 13† 5 13 12 12 11 7 6 7 6 Ret Ret 6 4
3 Italy Vittorio Bagnasco 10 10 11 7 10 7 11 8 9 Ret 12 9 8 7 157
4 Italy Lorenzo Casè 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret 9 3 101
5 San Marino Marco Galassi 11 12 17 17 17† 12 10 10† Ret Ret 11 6 80
6 Italy Giacomo Piccini 5 7 8 5 74
7 Italy Roberto Silva 9 7 15 6 14 8 66
8 Italy Alessandro Bernasconi 6 15† 8 16 7 Ret Ret DNS 65
9 Colombia Felipe Merjech 5 8 16 14 42
10 Italy Matteo Malucelli 9 3 37
11 Italy Domenico Guagliardo 5 5 37
Italy Giuseppe Trinca 5 5
12 Italy Christian Passuti 8 8 32
13 Italy Omar Galbiati 7 6 (12) (11) (11) (18†) 29
14 Italy Niccolò Granzotto 10 8 29
15 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 8 10 28
16 Italy Emanuele Romani 10 11 9 Ret 27
17 Italy Gianmaria Gabbiani 14 9 19† 16 27
18 Italy Vincenzo Donativi 13 5 23
19 Italy Massimiliano Bianchi Ret 13 20 15 16† 14 22
20 Italy Sébastien Fortuna 8 9 20
21 Italy Gianluca Nattoni 14 9 20
22 Italy Moreno Petrini Ret 11 19 13 18
Italy Roberto Sorti Ret 11 19 13
23 Italy Gianluigi Piccioli 15 13 16
24 Italy Giovanni Cassibba 7 Ret 14
Italy Mauro Trentin 7 Ret
25 Italy Erika Monforte 14 15 18
Italy Simone Monforte 14 15
26 Italy Nello Nataloni Ret 13 20 15 10
27 Italy Marco Bassetto 19† 16 7
28 Italy Ferdinando Serafino Ret 19† 4
Guest drivers inelegible for points
Italy Alberto Brambati 9 Ret 9 10 0
Italy Pietro Negra 9 10 0
Italy Alessandro Baccani 18† 9 0
Italy Paolo Venerosi 18† 9
Italy Marco Magli 9 Ret 0
GTSOpen Trophy
1 Italy Ennio Ricci 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9 145
Italy Angelo Schiatti 18 10 13 6 8 9 10 9
2 Finland Antti Buri 2 2 42
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Gaidai 4 4 42
4 Austria Florian Renauer 10 6 42
5 Italy Piero Necchi DNS DNS 7 6 37
6 Italy Gianni Giudici 12 14 32
7 Italy Andrea Bacci 6 Ret 22
8 Italy Gianmaria Gabbiani Ret DNS 1
Italy Gianluca Nattoni Ret DNS
Pos Driver MON
Italy
IMO
Italy
MUG
Italy
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
VAL
Italy
PER
Italy
 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos Team Manufacturer Points
1 Italy Black Team Ferrari 369
2 Italy Ombra Racing Ferrari 157
3 Italy Autorlando Motorsport Porsche 134
4 Italy RC Motorsport Corvette 133
5 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 79
6 Italy Antonelli Motorsport Porsche 38
7 Italy Audi Sport Italia Audi 35
8 Switzerland Swiss Team Maserati 29
9 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 20
10 United Arab Emirates Blue Jumeirah Team Mosler 7

GTS2 Class

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points
1 Italy Andrea Palma Ferrari 261
2 Italy Glauco Solieri Porsche 175
3 Italy Simone Pellegrinelli Ferrari 122
4 Italy Francesca Linossi Ferrari 101
5 Italy Raffaele Giammaria Ferrari 38
6 Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli Ferrari 32
7 Italy Ciccio La Mazza Ferrari 17
8 Italy Luciano Linossi Ferrari 17
9 Italy Massimiliano Mugelli Ferrari 17

GTS3 Class

Pos Driver Manufacturer Points
1 Italy Mario Cordoni Ferrari 192
2 Italy Roberto Benedetti Corvette 143
Italy Roberto Del Castello
3 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 42
4 Italy Davide di Benedetto Audi 38
Italy Michele Merendino
5 Italy Angelo Proietti Porsche 34
6 Switzerland Gabriele Gardel Maserati 33
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
7 France François Perrodo Ferrari 26
8 Italy Marco Zanuttini Ferrari 25
9 Italy Mario La Barbera Ferrari 14
Italy Giosuè Rizzuto
10 Spain Rafael Unzurrunzaga Mosler 13