2012 Sepang GP2 Series round

Malaysia Sepang 1 12 Sepang.svg 2012 Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Permanent racing facility 3.444 5.543 24 March 30 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:45.494 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS GBR Max Chilton Carlin Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:49.246 24 25 March 22 GBR James Calado Lotus GP MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS ITA Fabrizio Crestani Rio Haryanto Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:50.690 8 thumb|270px|Feature race start. thumb|270px|Sprint race start. The 2012 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on March 24 and 25, 2012 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. It was the first round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix. Davide Valsecchi was on pole for the feature race, which was won by Luiz Razia. James Calado won the sprint race. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid 1 3 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:45.494 1 2 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International 1:45.554 2 3 26 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 1:45.558 3 4 14 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:45.577 4 5 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:45.588 5 6 9 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 1:45.638 6 7 8 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:45.758 7 8 12 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:45.773 8 9 15 Italy Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:45.810 121 1 10 4 Brazil Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:45.942 9 11 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:46.012 10 12 18 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:46.138 11 13 16 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:46.150 13 14 2 Czech Republic Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:46.160 14 15 10 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:46.186 15 16 21 France Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:46.264 16 17 27 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:46.392 17 18 6 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:46.428 18 19 25 Netherlands Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.489 19 20 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:46.557 20 21 24 United Kingdom Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.662 21 22 17 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:46.868 22 23 11 Venezuela Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:46.962 23 24 22 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 1:47.004 24 25 20 Portugal Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:48.113 25 26 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:49.620 26 Notes 1 1 – Onidi received a three grid place penalty for impeding González during the qualifying session.http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/03_March/Fabio-Onidi-penalised/ Fabio Onidi penalised GP2 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 23 March 2012 23 March 2012 Feature Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 30 56:00.250 2 25 2 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 30 +7.817 1 24 (18+4+2 18 points for second place, 4 points for pole position, 2 points for fastest lap) 3 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 30 +27.366 3 15 4 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 30 +28.291 5 12 5 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 30 +32.217 4 10 6 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 30 +33.378 10 8 7 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 30 +33.679 15 6 8 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 30 +36.449 6 4 9 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 30 +41.519 8 2 10 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 30 +43.240 12 1 11 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 30 +43.720 18 12 11 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 30 +53.383 17 13 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 30 +1:01.683 20 14 2 CZE Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 30 +1:02.683 14 15 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 30 +1:09.180 22 16 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 30 +1:10.399 19 17 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 30 +1:12.861 73 3 18 21 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax 30 +1:27.810 163 3 19 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 30 +1:35.2062 2 13 20 15 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 30 +1:39.125 12 21 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 30 +1:48.025 25 22 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 30 +1:59.6722 2 24 23 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 29 +1 lap 26 Ret 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 13 Accident 23 Ret 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 7 Wheel nut 11 Ret 24 GBR Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 1 Accident damage 21 Fastest lap: Davide Valsecchi (DAMS) — 1:49.246 (lap 24) Notes: 2 2 — Stéphane Richelmi and Simon Trummer were both issued with twenty-second time penalties after the race when they were judged to have caused an avoidable collision.Trummer and Richelmi issued with 20 second time penalties http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/03_March/Trummer-and-Richelmi-issued-with-20-second-time-penalties1/ GP2 Series GP2 Series Limited 24 March 2012 24 March 2012 3 3 — Jolyon Palmer and Tom Dillmann started from the pit lane. Sprint race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 22 41:08.048 1 15 2 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 22 +2.004 2 12 3 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 22 +3.440 3 10 4 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 22 +10.760 9 8 5 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 22 +11.430 8 6 6 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 22 +14.689 5 4 7 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 22 +15.685 6 2 8 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 22 +16.578 11 1 9 2 CZE Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 22 +18.175 14 10 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 22 +24.033 12 2 2 points for fastest lap 11 21 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax 22 +24.086 18 12 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 22 +25.547 17 13 15 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 22 +32.206 20 14 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 22 +34.500 16 15 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 22 +34.629 15 16 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 22 +35.226 23 17 24 GBR Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 22 +40.340 26 18 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 22 +44.700 24 19 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 22 +47.133 19 20 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 +1:10.466 22 21 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 +1:21.035 10 22 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 21 +1 lap 25 23 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20 Damage4 4 4 24 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 19 Accident4 4 21 Ret 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 13 Collision 7 Ret 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 13 Collision 13 Fastest lap: Fabrizio Crestani (Venezuela GP Lazarus) — 1:50.690 (lap 8) Notes: 4 4 — Stefano Coletti and Ricardo Teixeira were both classified as having finished the race, as they had completed 90% of the winners race distance. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Brazil Luiz Razia 31 10px 2 Italy Davide Valsecchi 24 10px 3 United Kingdom James Calado 19 10px 4 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 18 10px 5 Brazil Felipe Nasr 18 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 France DAMS 42 10px 2 France Lotus GP 37 10px 3 United Kingdom Arden International 31 10px 4 United Kingdom Carlin 19 10px 5 Spain Racing Engineering 17 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Notes References External links GP2 Series official website – Results Sepang GP2 round 2012 2011 GP2 Final (NC Non-championship round) 2012 Bahrain 1st GP2 Series round 2009 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round Malaysia Sports Sepang GP2