2012 Formula 3 Sudamericana season

The 2012 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 26th Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 22 July 2012, at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, and ended on 2 December on the same circuit. After a year more complicated of the category, Formula 3 Sudamericana becomes organized by Vicar, the same of Stock Car Brasil and Brasileiro de Marcas.^[1]

After winning the light class in 2010, Fernando Resende won the main class, the fourth successive title of Césario Fórmula team. On the light class Césario Fórmula driver Higor Hoffman won the championship.^[2] The 2012 season was marked by only three drivers racing in all rounds and with no driver and race outside Brazil.

Drivers and teams

All cars were powered by Berta engines, and ran on Pirelli tyres. All drivers were Brazilian registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Rounds
Class A
Cesário Fórmula	1	Fernando Resende	Dallara F309	1–2
	1	Rodrigo Gonzalez	Dallara F309	3–6
	2	Carlos Padovan	Dallara F309	3
		Ramon Matias		4
		Fernando Resende		5–6
Hitech Racing	3	Nicolas Costa	Dallara F309	1
		Gustavo Myasava		2
		Christian Castro		3
		Felipe Guimarães		4–6
	4	Gabriel Casagrande	Dallara F309	1
		Pedro Nunes		2
		Gustavo Frigotto		3, 6
		Christian Castro		4
		Mathues Stumpf		4
	5	Lucas Biagioni	Dallara F309	1
	99	Nicolas Costa	Dallara F309	5
Bassan Motorsport	11	André Pedralli	Dallara F309	1–2, 5
Kemba Racing	28	Leonardo de Souza	Dallara F309	All
Class B
Capital Motorsport	2	Eduardo Banzoli	Dallara F301	1–2
Capital Motorsport	26	Eduardo Banzoli	Dallara F301	5
Cesário Fórmula	31	Higor Hoffman	Dallara F301	All
	32	Felipe Polehtto	Dallara F301	2
		Pedro Castro		3
		Fernando Stédile		4
	77	Felipe Lapenna	Dallara F301	5
Chemim Racing	14	Luis Carlos Abbade	Dallara F301	4
EMB Racing	22	Lucas de La Vega	Dallara F301	1–4
Baumer Racing	33	Lucilio Baumer	Dallara F301	6
Dragão Motorsport	37	Luir Miranda	Dallara F301	2, 6
RR Racing Team	38	Raphael Raucci	Dallara F301	All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Brazil.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	21 July	Nicolas Costa	Nicolas Costa	Nicolas Costa	Hitech Racing	Raphael Raucci
1	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	22 July		Nicolas Costa	Fernando Resende	Césario Fórmula	Higor Hoffman
2	R1	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	4 August	Pedro Nunes	Fernando Resende	Pedro Nunes	Hitech Racing	Higor Hoffman
2	R2	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	5 August		Fernando Resende	Fernando Resende	Césario Fórmula	Higor Hoffman
3	R1	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	22 September	Higor Hoffman	Higor Hoffman	Rodrigo Gonzalez	Césario Fórmula	Lucas de La Vega
3	R2	Velopark, Nova Santa Rita	23 September		Christian Castro	Leonardo de Souza	Kemba Racing	Raphael Raucci
4	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã	27 October	Felipe Guimarães	Felipe Guimarães	Felipe Guimarães	Hitech Racing	Raphael Raucci
4	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã	28 October		Rodrigo Gonzalez	Felipe Guimarães	Hitech Racing	Raphael Raucci
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	17 November	Felipe Guimarães	Fernando Resende	Fernando Resende	Césario Fórmula	Higor Hoffman
5	R2	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna	18 November		Felipe Guimarães	Felipe Guimarães	Hitech Racing	Higor Hoffman
6	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	1 December	Fernando Resende	Felipe Guimarães	Felipe Guimarães	Hitech Racing	Higor Hoffman
6	R2	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	2 December		Fernando Resende	Higor Hoffman	Césario Fórmula	Higor Hoffman

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	CUR		RIO		VEL		TAR		LON		CUR		Pts
Class A
1	Fernando Resende	2	1	2	1					1	7	3	Ret	112
2	Rodrigo Gonzalez					1	DSQ	4	2	6	3	DSQ	4	87
3	Leonardo de Souza	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	2	1	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	6	84
4	Felipe Guimarães							1	1	Ret	1	1	Ret	80
5	André Pedralli	3	3	3	2					4	5			75
6	Gustavo Frigotto					4	5					2	3	57
7	Christian Castro					3	3	6	4†					37
8	Nicolas Costa	1	2							DNS	DNS			35
9	Pedro Nunes			1	6									32
10	Gabriel Casagrande	4	7											20
11	Ramon Matias							2	Ret					15
12	Mathues Stumpf							6†	4					10
	Lucas Biagioni	Ret	Ret											0
	Gustavo Myasava			Ret	Ret									0
	Carlos Padovan					Ret	Ret							0
Class B
1	Higor Hoffman	7	4	4	3	Ret	Ret	5	6	3	2	4	1	182
1	Raphael Raucci	5	5	Ret	9	Ret	2	3	5	5	4	Ret	2	142
3	Lucas de La Vega	8	6	Ret	8	5	4	7	7					91
4	Eduardo Banzoli	6	Ret	Ret	4					DSQ	6			42
5	Luir Miranda			5	5							Ret	5	39
6	Pedro Castro					6	6							27
7	Luis Carlos Abbade							8	Ret					10
	Fernando Stédile							Ret	Ret					0
	Felipe Lapenna									Ret	Ret			0
	Lucilio Baumer											Ret	Ret	0
	Felipe Polehtto			DNS	Ret									0
Pos	Driver	CUR		RIO		VEL		TAR		LON		CUR		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Driver did not race and did not score points for participating with partner.

References

^ "Na última chance de sobreviver, F3 Sul-americana passa para mãos da Vicar, diz Revista Warm Up". grandepremio.com.br (in Portuguese). (Grande Prêmio). Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
^ "Sul-americana: Guimarães vence em Curitiba e Resende conquista título com uma prova antecedência". grandepremio.com.br (in Portuguese). (Grande Prêmio). December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.