2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
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Round 8 of 12 in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil.
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| Date | 22 July, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pinhais, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 3.695 kilometres (2.296 mi) |
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| Laps | 15 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:22.289 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
 Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:23.920 | ||
| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Second |
Alain Menu
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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Lukoil Racing Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1:24.244 | ||
The 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the eighth round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season and the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It was held on 22 July 2012 at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil. Both races were won by Chevrolet with Yvan Muller winning race one and Robert Huff winning race two.
In the break prior to the event, Chevrolet announced they were pulling out of the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the season. This would leave Muller, Huff and Alain Menu without drives for the 2013 season. It was Yvan Muller who was leading the championship coming into Brazil on 245 points ahead of Huff and Menu. Pepe Oriola was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
In the weeks prior to Brazil, Honda also announced their 2013 driver lineup. Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro would join the works team for the following season, with Monteiro also driving for them in the final three events of the 2012 season.
Pasquale di Sabatino, recovering from bronchitis and pneumonia was ruled out of competing by doctors. Michel Nykjær substituted for the Italian driver at bamboo-engineering for the weekend.
Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in free practice one with Tarquini in fourth ahead of the bamboo-engineering Chevrolet duo of Michel Nykjær and Alex MacDowall.
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