2012 Valencia GP2 Series round

2012 GP2 race held in Spain Spain Valencia 6 12 Circuit Valencia street.svg Valencia Street Circuit 2012 Valencia, Spain Street circuit 3.367 5.419 23 June 28 (30 scheduled) United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 1:47.342 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:49.360 28 24 June 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering Brazil Felipe Nasr Fabio Leimer DAMS 1:50.556 18 The 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round was the sixth round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. It was held on June 22–24, 2012 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain.GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/12/16/gp2-support-f1-singapore-bahrain-malaysia/ Keith Collantine F1 Fanatic Keith Collantine 16 December 2011 13 May 2012 The race was used to support the 2012 European Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 9 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 1:47.342 1 2 4 Brazil Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:47.349 2 3 10 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:47.444 51 1 4 3 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:47.458 61 1 5 12 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:47.543 3 6 26 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 1:47.674 4 7 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:47.779 7 8 8 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:47.801 8 9 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:47.972 9 10 27 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:47.996 10 11 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International 1:48.155 11 12 20 France Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:48.176 12 13 14 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:48.222 13 14 16 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:48.288 14 15 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:48.390 171 1 16 6 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:48.518 15 17 22 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 1:48.565 181 1 18 15 Italy Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:48.578 16 19 2 Czech Republic Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:48.626 19 20 17 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:48.641 20 21 18 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:48.846 21 22 11 Venezuela Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:48.936 22 23 25 Netherlands Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:49.021 23 24 24 Brazil Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:49.335 24 25 21 Netherlands Daniël de Jong Rapax 1:49.900 25 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus No time 26 Notes: 1 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.Valencia Post Qualifying penalties http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/06_June/Valencia-Post-Qualifying-penalties/ GP2 Series.com GP2 Series 22 June 2012 26 June 2012 Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 28 1:00:31.895 5 27 (25+2 25 points for first place, 2 points for fastest lap) 2 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 28 +1.615 9 18 3 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International 28 +6.064 11 15 4 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 28 +6.408 7 12 5 27 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Carlin 28 +6.928 10 10 6 6 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 28 +7.605 15 8 7 26 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 28 +8.384 4 6 8 9 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 28 +11.099 1 8 (4+4 4 points for eight place, 4 points for pole position) 9 14 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 28 +15.404 13 2 10 22 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 28 +15.782 18 1 11 12 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 28 +15.962 3 12 17 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 28 +16.869 20 13 15 Italy Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 28 +17.715 16 14 16 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 28 +18.338 14 15 11 Venezuela Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 28 +22.983 22 16 21 Netherlands Daniël de Jong Rapax 28 +23.456 25 17 24 Brazil Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 27 +1 lap 24 18 3 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 28 +30.5732 2 6 Ret 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 21 Retired 26 Ret 4 Brazil Felipe Nasr DAMS 18 Retired 2 Ret 8 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer iSport International 17 Retired 8 Ret 18 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 17 Retired 21 Ret 20 France Tom Dillmann Rapax 11 Retired 12 Ret 25 Netherlands Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1 Retired 23 DSQ 2 Czech Republic Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 28 (+19.580)3 3 19 DSQ 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 28 (+39.627)3 3 17 Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 1:49.360 (lap 28) Source:Gutierrez wins for Lotus in chaotic GP2 feature race at Valencia street circuit http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100647 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 23 June 2012 26 June 2012 Notes: 2 2 — Davide Valsecchi had 20 seconds added to his race time after he was judged to have overtaken during a safety car period.Valsecchi, Palmer and Gonzalez penalised after feature race http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/06_June/Valsecchi-and-Palmer-penalised-after-feature-race/ GP2 Series.com GP2 Series 23 June 2012 26 June 2012 3 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.Kral and Cecotto excluded from feature race http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/06_June/Kral-and-Cecotto-excluded-from-feature-race/ GP2 Series.com GP2 Series 23 June 2012 26 June 2012 Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International 23 46:07.255 6 15 2 9 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 23 +1.179 1 12 3 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 23 +1.587 5 12 (10+2 10 points for third place, 2 points for fastest lap) 4 26 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 23 +2.425 2 8 5 6 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 23 +2.957 3 6 6 12 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 23 +4.969 11 4 7 22 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 23 +8.415 10 2 8 17 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 23 +9.501 12 1 9 21 Netherlands Daniël de Jong Rapax 23 +13.591 15 10 3 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 23 +17.564 16 11 2 Czech Republic Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 23 +21.005 26 12 20 France Tom Dillmann Rapax 23 +34.565 21 13 25 Netherlands Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 23 +46.929 22 14 4 Brazil Felipe Nasr DAMS 23 +50.083 19 15 11 Venezuela Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 23 +51.366 244 4 16 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 23 +57.490 18 17 15 Italy Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 23 +1:03.342 13 18 24 Brazil Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 23 +1:03.439 17 Ret 27 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Carlin 19 Retired 4 Ret 16 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 5 Retired 14 Ret 8 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer iSport International 3 Retired 234 4 Ret 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 3 Retired 25 Ret 14 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 0 Retired 9 Ret 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 0 Retired 7 Ret 10 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 0 Retired 8 DNS 18 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 Not started 20 Fastest lap: Felipe Nasr (DAMS) — 1:50.556 (lap 18) Source:Luiz Razia wins thrilling GP2 sprint race on last lap at Valencia street circuit for Arden http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100677 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 24 June 2012 26 June 2012 Notes: 4 4 — Jolyon Palmer and Rodolfo González were both handed a ten place grid position penalty for causing separate collisions during Feature Race. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Italy Davide Valsecchi 141 10px 2 Brazil Luiz Razia 140 10px 2 3 Great Britain James Calado 95 10px 1 4 Great Britain Max Chilton 93 10px 2 5 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 89 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 1 France Lotus GP 182 10px 1 2 France DAMS 169 10px 3 United Kingdom Arden International 144 10px 4 United Kingdom Carlin 119 10px 1 5 Spain Racing Engineering 106 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 European Grand Prix 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round Notes References 2 Valencia GP2 round 2012 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round 2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round 2011 Valencia GP2 Series round none Valencia Valencia