Calendar changes

• The Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event was moved from the first event of the championship to the first weekend of November, supporting the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. It was changed to a three sprint-race format.^[3]
• The Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains Raceway was moved from its November date to become the second event of the championship.
• Phillip Island and Sandown switched formats. Phillip Island hosted a standalone race meeting in May, while Sandown returned to the 500 km endurance race format. The Sandown 500 featured a revised qualifying format.
• The Queensland 300 was changed from the three-race structure which was used in 2011, returning to a more traditional two-race format.^[4]
• The Saturday races at Symmons Plains, Phillip Island, Winton and Queensland Raceway were extended by twenty kilometres.^[4]
• An additional international event was planned for the weekend of 11 November, confirmed by the Philippine Sports Commission to be held at Clark International Speedway but never ratified by V8 Supercars.^[5] At the 2012 Adelaide 500, V8 Supercars chairman Tony Cochrane said that the vacant place was "unlikely" to be filled by an Australian venue.^[6] On 22 April 2012, it was announced that an international location could not be secured for the November date, and the Winton event was moved to November to replace it. The Sydney Motorsport Park at Eastern Creek made a return to the calendar after a three-year absence to fill in Winton's original August date.^[7]

Team and driver changes

• After leaving Walkinshaw Racing, Fabian Coulthard joined Brad Jones Racing.^[53]
• Jason Bargwanna left Brad Jones Racing and was unable to find a drive with another team.
• Alex Davison was unable to secure a full-time drive for the 2012 season, and returned to the Australian Carrera Cup Championship.^[80]
• Paul Dumbrell retired from full-time racing, joining Triple Eight Race Engineering as an endurance driver.^[31]
• Lee Holdsworth left Holden team Garry Rogers Motorsport in October 2011, signing a three-year contract with the Ford-backed Stone Brothers Racing.^[11]
• Russell Ingall moved from Paul Morris Motorsport to Walkinshaw Racing, replacing Fabian Coulthard.^[75]
• Dick Johnson Racing expanded to three cars with Dean Fiore moving his Triple F Racing franchise to become a satellite team within DJR. Under the terms of the arrangement, Fiore would continue to use the No. 12 from the Triple F REC with Jim Beam sponsoring he and Steven Johnson, while James Moffat would acquire Norton as major sponsor for the No. 18 car.^[23] DJR later announced a fourth car by securing a lease of a Paul Morris Motorsport owned Racing Entitlement Contract with Steve Owen being confirmed as the driver.^[26]
• Warren Luff left Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, citing the team's uncertain future and unstable management as his reasons for leaving.^[81] The team later acquired an ex-Triple Eight Commodore from Paul Morris Motorsports.^[82] Luff was replaced by Taz Douglas.^[61]
• Former DTM, A1GP, Le Mans and Formula One test driver Alexandre Prémat joined Garry Rogers Motorsport, filling the seat left vacant by Lee Holdsworth.^[64][65]
• Karl Reindler joined Kelly Racing after two seasons with Britek Motorsport.^[41]
• David Reynolds left Kelly Racing.^[41] He later replaced Paul Dumbrell at Rod Nash Racing.^[27]
• David Wall joined Brad Jones Racing after competing with the team as an endurance co-driver during the 2011 season.^[60]
• Jonathon Webb's Tekno Autosports switched from running Ford Falcons to Holden Commodores.^[83] The team expanded to a two-car operation, leasing one of the Racing Entitlement Contracts owned by Paul Morris Motorsport. West Australian driver Michael Patrizi joined the team after driving in Carrera Cup in 2011.^[57]

Results summary

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Race	Event	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1–4 March	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
2					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
3	Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	30 March – 1 April	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	Report
4					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
5	ITM Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton, New Zealand	20–22 April	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	Report
6					Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing
7	Trading Post Perth Challenge	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	4–6 May	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Report
8					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
9					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
10	Phillip Island 300	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	18–20 May	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Report
11					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing
12	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	15–17 June	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
13					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
14	Sucrogen Townsville 400	Reid Park Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	6–8 July	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
15					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
16	Coates Hire Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	3–5 August	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
17					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
18	Sydney Motorsport Park 360[87]	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	25–26 August	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
19					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
QR	Dick Smith Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	14–16 September	Luke Youlden	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
					Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing
20					Craig Lowndes Warren Luff	Triple Eight Race Engineering
21	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4–7 October	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
22	Armor All Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	19–21 October	Jamie Whincup Sébastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
23					Will Davison Mika Salo	Ford Performance Racing
24	Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island, United Arab Emirates	2–4 November	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
25					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
26					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
27	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16–18 November	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
28					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
29	Sydney Telstra 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	30 November – 2 December	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
30					Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing

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Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the driver or drivers of a car that had completed 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the final lap. Various different points scales were applied to events having one, two, or three, ensuring that a driver would be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.

Notes:

• Two-race format: denotes all races except the Perth, Sandown, Bathurst, Surfers Paradise, and Abu Dhabi events.
• Three-race format: the Trading Post Perth Challenge at Barbagallo Raceway and the Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event at the Yas Marina Circuit consisted of three races rather than two. The total number of points on offer for each position remained the same as in other rounds, but were divided evenly across the three races.
• Sandown: two drivers share one car for the main race. The first qualifying race was for non-regular co-drivers, while the regular championship drivers contested the second qualifying race. Points from each race were awarded to both drivers.
• Bathurst: two drivers share one car for the race. The full points total was awarded to both drivers.
• Surfers Paradise: each of the 28 regular drivers is required to have an international co-driver,^[88] who is eligible to score points in the race. An "international co-driver" is defined as a driver who is known for competing in racing series outside Australia (the driver may be Australian but primarily raced in Asia, Europe, or the Americas), as opposed to a driver who competes with a racing licence issued by a country outside Australia and New Zealand (as is the case with Alexandre Premat, a Frenchman who is contesting the series as a regular driver).

Drivers Championship

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Pos. [89] Driver[89] No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. Pts. [89] 1 Jamie Whincup 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 5 1 2 1 1 3 3 23 1 19 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 3861 2 Craig Lowndes 888 4 5 5 Ret 4 4 3 6 6 15 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 7 1 3 6 6 8 11 11 2 1 1 2 50 3522 3 Mark Winterbottom 5 9 2 2 5 23 1 1 3 2 1 6 3 3 2 5 2 2 2 3 16 2 11 3 3 6 4 5 4 2 9 18 3457 4 Will Davison 6 2 1 1 3 1 3 25 1 1 Ret 1 2 6 12 3 6 4 3 5 27 17 24 18 1 2 2 2 Ret 11 19 1 3049 5 Tim Slade 47 12 10 8 4 15 11 6 7 8 3 12 6 10 21 12 9 8 16 14 4 7 7 5 4 4 6 3 6 5 2 4 2790 6 Shane van Gisbergen 9 11 6 4 2 22 10 7 11 18 2 4 7 7 22 7 7 7 7 13 1 5 12 10 9 3 3 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 2554 7 Garth Tander 2 3 3 7 22 3 26 Ret 10 14 4 10 8 9 3 4 27 15 4 9 3 4 25 4 5 7 5 7 8 13 21 16 75 2462 8 Lee Holdsworth 4 5 8 9 6 13 6 4 5 21 5 9 10 12 9 26 26 Ret 26 21 13 8 8 Ret 8 5 8 8 3 10 DNS 12 2189 9 David Reynolds 55 Ret 7 6 26 Ret 7 13 9 26 21 8 5 8 6 6 22 26 13 7 2 6 2 Ret 13 13 7 12 11 8 17 7 50 2187 10 James Courtney 22 Ret 25 18 8 7 22 5 13 12 18 13 12 11 10 15 15 14 6 10 8 9 4 7 17 Ret 14 13 24 18 3 3 2153 11 Fabian Coulthard 14 6 9 16 11 9 5 15 4 7 22 24 24 5 4 Ret 4 5 12 6 18 15 23 Ret 10 11 10 10 14 12 Ret 15 2035 12 Jonathon Webb 19 23 DNS Ret 9 19 13 14 21 20 7 7 9 15 19 8 Ret Ret 9 17 9 10 6 2 14 10 9 EX 7 7 4 6 50 1987 13 Russell Ingall 66 13 13 24 25 10 14 11 17 13 11 15 23 Ret 11 Ret 5 6 5 4 15 11 9 9 7 18 16 16 12 9 12 Ret 25 1935 14 Rick Kelly 15 7 11 19 16 5 12 9 20 19 6 Ret Ret 23 8 20 12 25 17 15 6 12 15 8 11 27 12 9 13 19 6 11 1894 15 Michael Caruso 34 22 22 15 7 8 25 8 12 9 23 20 Ret 4 14 25 8 9 8 11 5 14 5 Ret Ret 16 15 15 Ret 16 10 Ret 1770 16 Jason Bright 8 Ret 16 25 14 12 21 10 8 4 8 3 13 13 Ret 10 20 17 10 8 10 13 21 12 Ret 19 17 Ret 20 6 Ret 9 1737 17 Steven Johnson 17 10 17 11 21 11 15 19 19 10 19 17 18 19 17 13 10 11 27 19 12 21 17 16 12 15 22 18 16 26 Ret 10 1621 18 Michael Patrizi 91 14 15 20 17 17 Ret 18 14 5 9 25 16 18 16 9 17 12 15 12 24 Ret Ret 11 DNS 12 18 19 9 27 16 19 62 1397 19 Dean Fiore 12 16 19 22 18 16 16 16 18 15 17 19 19 17 24 18 11 20 25 18 21 16 22 17 19 17 23 Ret 19 14 15 21 75 1395 20 Steve Owen 49 19 14 13 12 6 Ret Ret 27 16 10 21 14 22 7 11 16 10 20 22 22 25 Ret Ret 18 23 20 20 15 20 13 8 75 1393 21 James Moffat 18 15 Ret 14 19 Ret 18 Ret 24 22 Ret 16 21 Ret 13 23 18 19 19 16 11 26 10 Ret Ret 9 13 6 5 17 8 22 25 1354 22 Todd Kelly 7 8 23 10 10 14 9 21 22 23 12 11 11 14 15 21 13 16 14 23 17 18 18 50 1263 23 Tony D'Alberto 3 21 12 26 15 18 8 20 15 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 18 14 25 13 11 20 14 23 Ret Ret DNS 14 19 17 10 23 11 Ret 112 1176 24 Karl Reindler 11 20 20 23 24 Ret 20 23 23 17 16 23 17 Ret 25 22 14 21 22 25 25 20 19 Ret DNS 21 21 Ret 21 15 7 14 25 1147 25 David Wall 21 18 21 Ret 23 21 23 22 25 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 20 19 21 18 18 28 20 22 14 15 15 22 28 23 17 25 20 Ret 1142 26 Taz Douglas 30 Ret 24 12 20 20 19 24 26 25 20 18 Ret 16 23 17 23 22 21 24 28 24 Ret 14 16 26 24 22 23 24 18 13 50 1079 27 Alexandre Prémat 33 17 18 17 13 Ret 24 17 28 24 Ret 22 22 20 Ret 16 19 23 28 27 23 19 16 20 25 14 18 21 Ret 87 942 28 Greg Murphy 51 24 DNS Ret 17 12 16 11 24 14 26 27 13 13 20 25 27 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 649 29 Paul Dumbrell 1 2 3 1 534 30 Warren Luff 888 5 1 3 527 31 Dean Canto 55 3 6 2 501 32 Tim Blanchard 7 17 18 18 Ret Ret 24 26 21 22 22 14 20 460 33 Scott McLaughlin 19/33 7 10 6 17 422 34 Cameron McConville 22 11 9 4 406 35 Andrew Thompson 47 8 7 7 390 36 Luke Youlden 9 1 5 12 386 37 Greg Ritter 34/33 9 14 5 Ret DNS 371 38 Steven Richards 5 EX 2 11 347 39 Craig Baird 4 14 8 8 343 40 David Russell 51/15 21 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 15 311 41 Nick Percat 2 6 4 25 297 42 Alex Davison 18 10 26 10 242 43 Andrew Jones 8 13 13 21 220 44 Chris Pither 21 18 22 14 210 45 Jack Perkins 33 20 19 16 205 46 Matt Halliday 12 15 16 22 188 47 Owen Kelly 51 21 27 13 187 48 John McIntyre 6 4 17 24 186 49 David Besnard 14 23 15 23 181 50 Daniel Gaunt 11 24 20 19 177 51 Christian Klien 66 19 11 9 168 52 Allan Simonsen 17 26 21 17 108 53 Jesse Dixon 23 20 90 54 Cameron Waters 23 20 90 55 Dale Wood 3 16 23 Ret 88 56 Scott Pye 30 22 24 Ret 64 57 Paul Morris 49 27 26 Ret 61 58 Jonny Reid 91 25 Ret Ret 21 — Jacques Villeneuve1 51 Ret 24 24 24 24 26 0 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. 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 position Italics - Fastest lap

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Notes:

• ^1 — Driver ineligible to score points.

Teams championship

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Pos. [90] Team[90] No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. Pts. [90] 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 5 1 2 1 1 3 3 23 1 2 19 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 7433 888 4 5 5 Ret 4 4 3 6 6 15 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 5 7 1 3 6 6 8 11 11 2 1 1 2 2 Ford Performance Racing 5 9 2 2 5 23 1 1 3 2 1 6 3 3 2 5 2 2 2 3 EX 16 2 11 3 3 6 4 5 4 2 9 18 6506 6 2 1 1 3 1 3 25 1 1 Ret 1 2 6 12 3 6 4 3 5 4 27 17 24 18 1 2 2 2 Ret 11 19 1 3 Stone Brothers Racing 4 5 8 9 6 13 6 4 5 21 5 9 10 12 9 26 26 Ret 26 21 14 13 8 8 Ret 8 5 8 8 3 10 DNS 12 4743 9 11 6 4 2 22 10 7 11 18 2 4 7 7 22 7 7 7 7 13 1 1 5 12 10 9 3 3 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 Holden Racing Team 2 3 3 7 22 3 26 Ret 10 14 4 10 8 9 3 4 27 15 4 9 6 3 4 25 4 5 7 5 7 8 13 21 16 4690 22 Ret 25 18 8 7 22 5 13 12 18 13 12 11 10 15 15 14 6 10 11 8 9 4 7 17 Ret 14 13 24 18 3 3 5 Brad Jones Racing 8 Ret 16 25 14 12 21 10 8 4 8 3 13 13 Ret 10 20 17 10 8 13 10 13 21 12 Ret 19 17 Ret 20 6 Ret 9 3772 14 6 9 16 11 9 5 15 4 7 22 24 24 5 4 Ret 4 5 12 6 23 18 15 23 Ret 10 11 10 10 14 12 Ret 15 6 Tekno Autosports 19 23 DNS Ret 9 19 13 14 21 20 7 7 9 15 19 8 Ret Ret 9 17 7 9 10 6 2 14 10 9 EX 7 7 4 6 3496 91 14 15 20 17 17 Ret 18 14 5 9 25 16 18 16 9 17 12 15 12 25 24 Ret Ret 11 DNS 12 18 19 9 27 16 19 7 Jack Daniel's Racing 7 8 23 10 10 14 9 21 22 23 12 11 11 14 15 21 13 16 14 23 17 17 18 18 Ret Ret 24 26 21 22 22 14 20 3461 15 7 11 19 16 5 12 9 20 19 6 Ret Ret 23 8 20 12 25 17 15 12 6 12 15 8 11 27 12 9 13 19 6 11 8 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 17 18 17 13 Ret 24 17 28 24 Ret 22 22 20 Ret 16 19 23 28 27 20 23 19 16 Ret DNS 20 25 14 18 21 Ret 17 2853 34 22 22 15 7 8 25 8 12 9 23 20 Ret 4 14 25 8 9 8 11 9 5 14 5 Ret Ret 16 15 15 Ret 16 10 Ret 9 James Rosenberg Racing† 47 12 10 8 4 15 11 6 7 8 3 12 6 10 21 12 9 8 16 14 8 4 7 7 5 4 4 6 3 6 5 2 4 2790 10 Rod Nash Racing† 55 Ret 7 6 26 Ret 7 13 9 26 21 8 5 8 6 6 22 26 13 7 3 2 6 2 Ret 13 13 7 12 11 8 17 7 2237 11 Kelly Racing 11 20 20 23 24 Ret 20 23 23 17 16 23 17 Ret 25 22 14 21 22 25 24 25 20 19 Ret DNS 21 21 Ret 21 15 7 14 2022 51 24 DNS 21 Ret Ret 17 12 16 11 24 14 Ret Ret Ret 24 24 24 24 26 21 26 27 13 13 20 25 27 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Walkinshaw Racing† 66 13 13 24 25 10 14 11 17 13 11 15 23 Ret 11 Ret 5 6 5 4 19 15 11 9 9 7 18 16 16 12 9 12 Ret 1960 13 Dick Johnson Racing (17)† 17 10 17 11 21 11 15 19 19 10 19 17 18 19 17 13 10 11 27 19 26 12 21 17 16 12 15 22 18 16 26 Ret 10 1621 14 Triple F Racing† 12 16 19 22 18 16 16 16 18 15 17 19 19 17 24 18 11 20 25 18 15 21 16 22 17 19 17 23 Ret 19 14 15 21 1470 15 Paul Morris Motorsport† 49 19 14 13 12 6 Ret Ret 27 16 10 21 14 22 7 11 16 10 20 22 27 22 25 Ret Ret 18 23 20 20 15 20 13 8 1468 16 Dick Johnson Racing (18)† 18 15 Ret 14 19 Ret 18 Ret 24 22 Ret 16 21 Ret 13 23 18 19 19 16 10 11 26 10 Ret Ret 9 13 6 5 17 8 22 25 1354 17 Tony D'Alberto Racing† 3 21 12 26 15 18 8 20 15 Ret 13 Ret 15 21 18 14 25 13 11 20 16 14 23 Ret Ret DNS 14 19 17 10 23 11 Ret 1288 18 Britek Motorsport† 21 18 21 Ret 23 21 23 22 25 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 20 19 21 18 18 28 18 20 22 14 15 15 22 28 23 17 25 20 Ret 1142 19 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport† 30 Ret 24 12 20 20 19 24 26 25 20 18 Ret 16 23 17 23 22 21 24 22 28 24 Ret 14 16 26 24 22 23 24 18 13 1129 Pos. Team No. ADE SYM HAM BAR PHI HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR YAS WIN SYD Pen. 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 position Italics - Fastest lap

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Notes

• † — denotes a single-car team.

Manufacturers Championship

The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to Holden.^[91]