The 2012 Porsche City Index Australian Carrera Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.^[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Championship,^[1] and was recognised by them as the eighth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.^[2] Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd was appointed as the Category Manager by CAMS for the Championship.^[1]

The championship was won by Craig Baird.^[3]

The following teams and drivers contested the championship.

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Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Alliance Group Racing	1	Craig Baird	Pro	All
Grove Group	4	Stephen Grove	Elite	5, 7–8
Hunter Sports Group	5	Jonny Reid	Pro	2–8
		Nathan Tinkler	Elite	1
	18			4
	96	Ant Pedersen	Pro	6
McElrea Racing	7	Alex Davison	Pro	All
	24	Tony Bates	Elite	1–4, 6–8
		Tim Leahey	Guest	5
	29	James Davison	Pro	2
Twigg Motorsport	8	Max Twigg	Elite	1–2, 4–8
Hallmarc Racing	9	Marc Cini	Elite	All
	10	Michael Loccissano	Elite	2–8
Team BRM	11	Nick Foster	Pro	All
	20	Tom Tweedie	Pro	1–5
		Troy Wilson		6
		Morgan Mutch		7
		Michael Almond[4]		8
Laser Racing	12	Steven Richards	Pro	All
INCA Motorsports	17	Ray Angus	Elite	2, 5–8
	50	Matt Kingsley	Pro	1, 4
			Guest	5
Team Kiwi Racing	21	Andre Heimgartner	Pro	All
Porsche Cars Australia	22	Mark Skaife	Pro	2
	40	Max Twigg	Elite	3
		Jeff Bobik	Pro	4
	60	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Guest	2
		Jeroen Bleekemolen		6
	88	Shae Davies	Pro	7–8
	96	Alexandre Imperatori[4]	Guest	8
Rusty French Racing	27	Daniel Gaunt	Pro	All
Supabarn Motorsport	47	James Koundouris	Elite	1–4, 6–8
Hamilton Autohaus	56	Shane Smollen	Elite	1–7
Racing Incident	66	Peter Hill	Elite	2
		Theo Koundouris		8
Brighton Speedshop	90	Paul Kelly	Elite	1–4

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Note: Only Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars were eligible to compete in the championship.^[1]

The championship was contested over an eight round series with each round decided over a number of races with a minimum total race time of one hour at each round.^[1]

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Round	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Format	Winner
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1—4 March	Three races	Alex Davison
2	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	15—18 March	Three races	Craig Baird
3	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	4—6 May	Three races	Jonny Reid
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	18—20 May	Three races	Craig Baird
5	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	6—8 July	Three races	Jonny Reid
6	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4—7 October	Three races	Craig Baird
7	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	19—21 October	Three races	Jonny Reid
8	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	30 November—2 December	Three races	Jonny Reid

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Round 1 in Adelaide was won by returning 2004 Champion Alex Davison from defending champion Craig Baird with Daniel Gaunt third. The elite class was won by James Koundouris.^[5]

Round 2 was held as a support race to the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit. A classy field assembled including former Grand Prix winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen, former V8 Supercar Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Mark Skaife, 2011 runner-up Jonny Reid and returning from racing sports cars in the USA, James Davison. But the regulars showed the way with Craig Baird winning all three races, followed by Reid, with round 1 winner Alex Davison third. The elite class was won by Max Twigg.^[6]

Points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.^[1]

In addition to competing for the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and contested the relevant class title.^[1] Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.^[1]

• Australian Carrera Cup Championship
• Porsche Supercup
• Porsche 911 GT3
• Porsche 997