# 2012 ADAC Formel Masters

The 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season was an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based out of Germany. It was the fifth season of the ADAC Formel Masters. The season began on 31 March at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 30 September at Hockenheim after eight race weekends, totalling 24 races.
The championship was won by German driver Marvin Kirchhöfer.

## Season review

The first two poles of the season were claimed at Oschersleben by second-year driver Jeffrey Schmidt for the Lotus team, that was previously known as Motopark Academy. But he was passed by his team-mate Marvin Kirchhöfer on the opening lap of the first race, with Kirchhöfer going on to win his first race in single-seaters. Schmidt and Kirchhöfer collided in the second race, while Thomas Jäger secured his first win in the German series, and the first for his team, Neuhauser Racing, since 2008. Another Lotus driver Kuba Dalewski won the reverse-grid third race of the weekend in his first single-seaters meeting.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Lotus | 2 | Kuba Dalewski | 1–5 |
| Lotus | 3 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | All |
| Lotus | 4 | Hubertus Carlos-Vier | 3–4 |
| Lotus | 5 | Beitske Visser | 1–2, 4–6, 8 |
| Lotus | 6 | Indy Dontje | All |
| Lotus | 7 | Jeffrey Schmidt | All |
| Lotus | 24 | Antti Buri | 7 |
| Mücke Motorsport | 8 | Roy Nissany | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | 9 | Florian Herzog | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | 10 | Luca Caspari | All |
| Mücke Motorsport | 12 | Jason Kremer | All |
| ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 11 | Hendrik Grapp | All |
| Neuhauser Racing | 14 | Gustav Malja | All |
| Neuhauser Racing | 15 | Thomas Jäger | All |
| Team KUG Motorsport | 16 | Hubertus Carlos-Vier | 1 |
| Team KUG Motorsport | 17 | Nicolas Pohler | All |
| KSW Motorsport | 18 | Kim-Alexander Giersiepen | 1–3, 7–8 |
| G&J/Schiler Motorsport | 19 | Sebastian Balthasar | All |
| G&J/Schiler Motorsport | 21 | Alessio Picariello | All |
| HS Engineering | 20 | Felix Wieland | All |
| HS Engineering | 23 | Nicolas Beer | 4–6, 8 |

## Race calendar and results

* The 2012 calendar was announced on 29 September 2011. Seven of eight race weekends are a part of the ADAC's Masters Weekend package, with an additional round at the Nürburgring that will support the ADAC Truck Grand Prix.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 31 March | Jeffrey Schmidt | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 1 | R2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 1 April | Jeffrey Schmidt | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Thomas Jäger | Neuhauser Racing |
| 1 | R3 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 1 April | | Kuba Dalewski | Kuba Dalewski | Lotus |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 5 May | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 6 May | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 2 | R3 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 6 May | | Gustav Malja | Beitske Visser | Lotus |
| 3 | R1 | Sachsenring | 9 June | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Gustav Malja | Gustav Malja | Neuhauser Racing |
| 3 | R2 | Sachsenring | 10 June | Gustav Malja | Gustav Malja | Gustav Malja | Neuhauser Racing |
| 3 | R3 | Sachsenring | 10 June | Race abandoned | Race abandoned | Race abandoned | Race abandoned |
| 4 | R1 | Nürburgring | 14 July | Jason Kremer | Alessio Picariello | Alessio Picariello | G&J/Schiller Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Nürburgring | 14 July | Jason Kremer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Jason Kremer | Mücke Motorsport |
| 4 | R3 | Nürburgring | 15 July | | Jason Kremer | Gustav Malja | Neuhauser Racing |
| 5 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | 11 August | Florian Herzog | Gustav Malja | Roy Nissany | Mücke Motorsport |
| 5 | R2 | Red Bull Ring | 12 August | Alessio Picariello | Jason Kremer | Alessio Picariello | G&J/Schiller Motorsport |
| 5 | R3 | Red Bull Ring | 12 August | | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 6 | R1 | Lausitzring | 25 August | Hendrik Grapp | Florian Herzog | Hendrik Grapp | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 6 | R2 | Lausitzring | 26 August | Beitske Visser | Gustav Malja | Beitske Visser | Lotus |
| 6 | R3 | Lausitzring | 26 August | | Jeffrey Schmidt | Jeffrey Schmidt | Lotus |
| 7 | R1 | Nürburgring | 15 September | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Gustav Malja | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 7 | R2 | Nürburgring | 16 September | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Gustav Malja | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 7 | R3 | Nürburgring | 16 September | | Gustav Malja | Hendrik Grapp | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 8 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 29 September | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 8 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 29 September | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
| 8 | R3 | Hockenheimring | 30 September | | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Lotus |
Notes:
* ^1 — The third race at the Sachsenring was abandoned following an accident in which Florian Herzog and Kim-Alexander Giersiepen collided with a course car while marshals were recovering the car of Nicolas Pohler from a gravel trap.

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship

* Points are awarded as follows:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Races 1 & 2 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Race 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | OSC | OSC | OSC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | SAC | SAC | SAC | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | RBR | RBR | RBR | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | HOC | Pts |
| 1 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 329 |
| 2 | Gustav Malja | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | C | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 307 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Schmidt | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 193 |
| 4 | Jason Kremer | 2 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 191 |
| 5 | Thomas Jäger | 8 | 1 | 12 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 7 | 14 | C | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 165 |
| 6 | Alessio Picariello | 10 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 8 | C | 1 | 3 | DSQ | 3 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 152 |
| 7 | Indy Dontje | 14 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | C | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 111 |
| 8 | Beitske Visser | 9 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 1 | | | | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | Ret | | | | 6 | 6 | 6 | 109 |
| 9 | Roy Nissany | Ret | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 7 | C | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | Ret | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | DSQ | 9 | 10 | 8 | 98 |
| 10 | Luca Caspari | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | C | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 9 | DSQ | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 91 |
| 11 | Hendrik Grapp | 6 | 11 | 13 | DNS | 7 | 16 | 8 | 10 | C | 17 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 88 |
| 12 | Kuba Dalewski | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 16 | C | 14 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 80 |
| 13 | Sebastian Balthasar | 16 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | Ret | C | 16 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | 37 |
| 14 | Florian Herzog | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | C | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | DSQ | 10 | Ret | 9 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 15 | Felix Wieland | 11 | 14 | 9 | DNS | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | C | 18 | 18 | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 22 |
| 16 | Nicolas Beer | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 8 | | | | 8 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| 17 | Antti Buri | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 5 | | | | 8 |
| 18 | Nicolas Pohler | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | C | 15 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
| 19 | Hubertus-Carlos Vier | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | 10 | 13 | C | 13 | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 20 | Kim-Alexander Giersiepen | 15 | 15 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 14 | 11 | C | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | OSC | OSC | OSC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | SAC | SAC | SAC | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | RBR | RBR | RBR | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | HOC | 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) |

### Teams' Championship

| Pos | Team | OSC | OSC | OSC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | SAC | SAC | SAC | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | RBR | RBR | RBR | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | HOC | Pts |
| 1 | Lotus | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 461 |
| 1 | Lotus | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | 461 |
| 2 | Mücke Motorsport | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 366 |
| 2 | Mücke Motorsport | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | C | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | 366 |
| 3 | Neuhauser Racing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | C | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 355 |
| 3 | Neuhauser Racing | 8 | 4 | 12 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 | 14 | C | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | | | | | | | 355 |
| 4 | G&J/Schiller Motorsport | 10 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | C | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 215 |
| 4 | G&J/Schiller Motorsport | 16 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | Ret | Ret | C | 16 | 15 | DSQ | 14 | 17 | 6 | Ret | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | 215 |
| 5 | HS Engineering | 11 | 14 | 9 | DNS | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | C | 10 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | 63 |
| 5 | HS Engineering | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 11 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | 63 |
| 6 | Team KUG Motorsport | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | C | 15 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 36 |
| 6 | Team KUG Motorsport | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 7 | KSW Motorsport | 15 | 15 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 14 | 11 | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| Pos | Team | OSC | OSC | OSC | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | SAC | SAC | SAC | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | RBR | RBR | RBR | LAU | LAU | LAU | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | HOC | 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) |