2012 Valencia GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

   2012 Valencia GP2 round

Round details
Round 6 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series season and Round 3 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series season
Valencia Street Circuit
Location	Valencia, Spain
Course	Street circuit 5.419 km (3.367 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	23 June 2012
Laps	28 (30 scheduled)
Pole position
Driver	James Calado	Lotus GP
Time	1:47.342
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Second	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Third	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Time	1:49.360 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	24 June 2012
Laps	23
Podium
First	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Second	James Calado	Lotus GP
Third	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Felipe Nasr	DAMS
Time	1:50.556 (on lap 18)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	23 June 2012
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:58.478
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Second	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Third	David Fumanelli	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:59.883 (on lap 12)
Race 2
Date	24 June 2012
Laps	14
Podium
First	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Second	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Third	Matias Laine	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	1:59.842 (on lap 14)

The 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round and the 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Valencia Street Circuit in the Spain for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.^[1][2] The races, held on 23 and 24 June, were in support of the European Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races were the sixth round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races formed the third round of the 2012 GP3 season.

GP2 Series classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:47.342	1
2	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:47.349	2
3	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:47.444	5^1
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:47.458	6^1
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:47.543	3
6	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:47.674	4
7	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:47.779	7
8	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:47.801	8
9	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:47.972	9
10	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:47.996	10
11	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:48.155	11
12	20	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:48.176	12
13	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:48.222	13
14	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:48.288	14
15	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:48.390	17^1
16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:48.518	15
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:48.565	18^1
18	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:48.578	16
19	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:48.626	19
20	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:48.641	20
21	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:48.846	21
22	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:48.936	22
23	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:49.021	23
24	24	Víctor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:49.335	24
25	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	1:49.900	25
	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	No time	26

Notes:

• ^1 — Esteban Gutiérrez, Davide Valsecchi and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were each handed a three grid position penalty and Simon Trummer was dropped two places, having impeded other competitors during the qualifying session.^[3]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	28	1:00:31.895	5	27 (25+2)
2	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	28	+1.615	9	18
3	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	28	+6.064	11	15
4	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	28	+6.408	7	12
5	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	28	+6.928	10	10
6	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	28	+7.605	15	8
7	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	28	+8.384	4	6
8	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	28	+11.099	1	8 (4+4)
9	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	28	+15.404	13	2
10	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	28	+15.782	18	1
11	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	28	+15.962	3
12	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	28	+16.869	20
13	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	28	+17.715	16
14	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	28	+18.338	14
15	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	28	+22.983	22
16	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	28	+23.456	25
17	24	Víctor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+1 lap	24
18	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	28	+30.573^2	6
DSQ	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	28	(+19.580)^3	19
DSQ	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	28	(+39.627)^3	17
Ret	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	21	Retired	26
Ret	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	18	Retired	2
Ret	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	17	Retired	8
Ret	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	17	Retired	21
Ret	20	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	11	Retired	12
Ret	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1	Retired	23
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 1:49.360 (lap 28)
Source:[4]

Notes:

• ^2 — Davide Valsecchi had 20 seconds added to his race time after he was judged to have overtaken during a safety car period.^[5]
• ^3 — Barwa Addax drivers, Josef Král and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were excluded from the race results, after they were each given tyres which were allocated to the other at the pit stop.^[6]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	23	46:07.255	6	15
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	23	+1.179	1	12
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	23	+1.587	5	12 (10+2)
4	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	+2.425	2	8
5	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	23	+2.957	3	6
6	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	23	+4.969	11	4
7	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	23	+8.415	10	2
8	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	23	+9.501	12	1
9	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	23	+13.591	15
10	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	23	+17.564	16
11	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	23	+21.005	26
12	20	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	23	+34.565	21
13	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+46.929	22
14	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	23	+50.083	19
15	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	23	+51.366	24^4
16	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+57.490	18
17	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	23	+1:03.342	13
18	24	Víctor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+1:03.439	17
Ret	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	19	Retired	4
Ret	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	5	Retired	14
Ret	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	3	Retired	23^4
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	3	Retired	25
Ret	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	0	Retired	9
Ret	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	0	Retired	7
Ret	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	0	Retired	8
DNS	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	0	Not started	20
Fastest lap: Felipe Nasr (DAMS) — 1:50.556 (lap 18)
Source:[7]

Notes:

• ^4 — Jolyon Palmer and Rodolfo González were both handed a ten place grid position penalty for causing separate collisions during Feature Race.^[5]

GP3 Series classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:58.478	1
2	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:58.511	2
3	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:58.567	3
4	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	1:58.772	4
5	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	1:58.991	23^5
6	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:59.009	5
7	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:59.015	16^6
8	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:59.031	6
9	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:59.091	7
10	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:59.276	8
11	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:59.332	9
12	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:59.356	10
13	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:59.399	11
14	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	1:59.568	12
15	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	1:59.708	13
16	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:59.820	14
17	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:59.906	15
18	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:00.047	17
19	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	2:00.062	18
20	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	2:00.306	19
21	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	2:00.334	20
22	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	2:00.406	21
23	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:01.300	22
24	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	2:02.103	24

Notes:

• ^5 — António Félix da Costa was removed from the results of the qualifying due to a technical infringement.^[8]
• ^6 — Conor Daly received a 10 place gird penalty the race before for causing an avoidable red flag.^[9]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	28:13.357	1	31 (25+4+2)
2	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	14	+2.190	3	18
3	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	14	+12.571	2	15
4	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+13.483	5	12
5	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	14	+16.515	6	10
6	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	14	+18.748	8	8
7	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+18.833	4	6
8	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	14	+24.336	7	4
9	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+27.082	9	2
10	28	William Buller	Carlin	14	+31.834	10	1
11	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	14	+32.279	16
12	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+33.476	17
13	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+47.838	24
14	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+52.330	22
15	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+54.192	19
16	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	+74.964	14
17	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	14	+78.561	21
18	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	14	+91.567	11
19	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+1 Lap	15
Ret	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	2	Retired	18
Ret	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	2	Retired	23
Ret	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	12
Ret	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Retired	13
Ret	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	0	Retired	20
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (MW Arden) — 1:59.883 (lap 12)
Source:[10]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	13	28:13.702	1	15
2	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	14	+0.924	3	12
3	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	14	+6.314	4	10
4	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+6.589	2	8
5	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+6.938^7	5	6
6	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+6.940	8	4
7	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	14	+9.959	7	2
8	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	14	+15.020	24^8	(1+2)
9	28	William Buller	Carlin	14	+19.751	10
10	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+23.761	9
11	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	14	+24.396	19
12	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+26.251	21
13	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+26.330	15
14	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	+28.954	16
15	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+33.481	20
16	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	14	+34.148	6
17	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	14	+37.558	23
18	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	14	+46.606	17
19	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+56.689	22
Ret	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	8	Retired	13
Ret	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2	Retired	14
Ret	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	0	Retired	12
Ret	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	0	Retired	11
Ret	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	18
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:59.842 (lap 14)
Source:[11]

Notes:

• ^7 — Tio Ellinas was given a one second time penalty added to his race result after contact between him and Kevin Ceccon, dropping him from third to fifth.^[12]
• ^8 — António Félix da Costa had a ten place grid penalty for the sprint race after causing an avoidable collision in the sprint race.^[13]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings GP2 Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 141 2 Luiz Razia 140 2 3 James Calado 95 1 4 Max Chilton 93 2 5 Giedo van der Garde 89

Teams' Championship standings GP2 Pos Team Points 1 1 Lotus GP 182 1 2 DAMS 169 3 Arden International 144 4 Carlin 119 1 5 Racing Engineering 106

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Drivers' Championship standings GP3 Pos Driver Points 1 1 Mitch Evans 78 1 2 Aaro Vainio 74 4 3 Daniel Abt 42 4 4 Matias Laine 40 2 5 Marlon Stöckinger 39

Teams' Championship standings GP3 Pos Team Points 1 1 MW Arden 153 1 2 Lotus GP 139 1 3 Jenzer Motorsport 55 1 4 Status Grand Prix 39 1 5 Ocean Racing Technology 37

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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2. "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
3. "Valencia Post Qualifying penalties". GP2 Series.com. GP2 Series. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
4. "Gutierrez wins for Lotus in chaotic GP2 feature race at Valencia street circuit". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
5. "Valsecchi, Palmer and Gonzalez penalised after feature race". GP2 Series.com. GP2 Series. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
6. "Kral and Cecotto excluded from feature race". GP2 Series.com. GP2 Series. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
7. "Luiz Razia wins thrilling GP2 sprint race on last lap at Valencia street circuit for Arden". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
8. "Felix Da Costa penalised after qualifying". GP3series.com. GP3 Site. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
9. "Conor Daly receives 10 place grid penalty for Valencia". GP3series.com. GP3 Site. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
10. "Evans eases to victory in Valencia". GP3series.com. GP3 Site. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
11. "Niederhauser claims maiden win in Valencia". GP3series.com. GP3 Site. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
12. "Ellinas and Daly penalised after Valencia Race 2". GP3series.com. GP3 Site. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
13. "Felix Da Costa handed grid penalty for Race 2". GP3series.com. GP3 Site. Retrieved 23 June 2012.