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2012 European Superstock 600 Championship

motorcycle racing series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ21497083 ↗
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The 2012 European Superstock 600 Championship was the eighth season of the European Superstock 600 Championship. The season was contested over ninth races, beginning at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on 1 April and ending at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 7 October. Michael Van Der Mark won the title after beating Riccardo Russo.

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This entry incorporates text from “2012 European Superstock 600 Championship” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.