2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round

2012 GP2 race held in the United Kingdom Great Britain Silverstone 7 12 Silverstone Circuit vector map.png Silverstone Circuit 2012 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England Permanent racing circuit 3.667 5.901 7 July 25Short race N The GP2 Series feature race was scheduled to take place over 29 laps. However, heavy rain prompted race stewards to shorten the race to the first full lap after one hour of racing. Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 2:01.889 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team Great Britain Jolyon Palmer iSport International Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 2:01.622 25 8 July 21 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS COL Julián Leal Marcus Ericsson Trident Racing 1:43.374 19 The 2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2012 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the seventh round of the 2012 GP2 Season.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 Mexican Esteban Gutierrez won the feature race while Brazilian Luiz Razia won the sprint race. Series leader Valsecchi was penalized and sent to the back of the starting grid due to the infringement of a technical regulation related to the quantity of fuel available after the qualifying session. As a result, Razia ended up leading the GP2 Championship after Silverstone.http://grandprixrankings.com/article/2012-gp2-series-championship-silverstone-update/ 2012 GP2 Series Championship Silverstone Update GrandPrixRankings.com July 25, 2012 Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 2:01.889 1 2 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 2:02.804 2 3 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 2:02.872 3 4 14 MCO Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 2:03.004 231 1 5 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 2:03.258 4 6 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 2:03.274 5 7 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 2:03.398 6 8 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 2:03.432 7 9 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 2:03.553 8 10 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 2:03.565 202 2 11 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 2:03.581 241 1 12 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 2:03.600 263 3 13 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 2:03.699 9 14 2 CZE Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 2:04.029 10 15 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 2:04.240 11 16 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:04.280 12 17 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 2:04.430 13 18 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 2:04.767 251 1 19 21 NED Daniël de Jong Rapax 2:04.782 14 20 24 BRA Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 2:05.040 15 21 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 2:05.218 16 22 15 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 2:05.350 17 23 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 2:05.537 18 24 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 2:05.677 19 25 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 2:07.231 21 26 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:09.161 22Source:Fabio Leimer fastest for Racing Engineering in wet GP2 qualifying at Silverstone http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100953 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 6 July 2012 7 July 2012 Notes 1 1 — Stefano Coletti, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson were all excluded from qualifying for technical irregularities, and moved to the back of the grid.Five drivers penalised after qualifying http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/07_July/Five-drivers-penalised-after-qualifying/ GP2series.com GP2 Series 6 July 2012 2 2 — Giedo van der Garde was given a ten-place grid penalty for overtaking another car during a red-flag period. 3 3 — Davide Valsecchi was given a ten-place grid penalty for overtaking another car during a red-flag period, but was then found to be in violation of the same regulation as Coletti, Nasr and Ericsson, and was moved to the back of the grid. Feature race thumb|Jolyon Palmer Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 25 1:00:22.657 4 27 (25+2 25 points for first place, 2 points for fastest lap) 2 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 25 +1.700 2 18 3 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 25 +5.257 3 15 4 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 25 +6.368 9 12 5 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 25 +6.523 8 10 6 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 25 +7.552 24 8 7 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 25 +9.051 26 6 8 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 25 +9.841 20 4 9 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 25 +11.116 7 2 10 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 25 +11.958 6 1 11 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 25 +12.130 12 12 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 25 +12.843 11 13 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 25 +15.701 19 14 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 25 +16.421 1 4 4 points for pole position 15 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 25 +16.818 18 16 2 CZE Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 25 +17.833 10 17 24 BRA Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 25 +18.167 15 18 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 25 +23.183 20 19 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 25 +24.345 21 20 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 25 +38.351 16 21 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 25 +39.831 25 22 15 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 25 +44.902 17 23 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 23 +2 laps 13 Ret 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20 Retired 23 Ret 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 17 Retired 5 Ret 21 NED Daniël de Jong Rapax 1 Retired 14 Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 2:01.622 (on lap 25) Source:Esteban Gutierrez wins Silverstone GP2 feature race for Lotus http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101029 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 7 July 2012 8 July 2012 Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 21 37:28.656 4 15 2 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 21 +5.642 2 12 3 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 21 +17.775 3 10 4 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 21 +19.969 8 8 5 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 21 +25.869 6 6 6 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 21 +28.600 5 4 7 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 21 +31.980 21 4 (2+2 2 points for seventh place, plus 2 points for fastest lap) 8 15 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 21 +35.797 22 1 9 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 21 +38.127 14 10 2 CZE Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 21 +40.378 16 11 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 21 +40.533 15 12 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 21 +48.471 10 13 21 NED Daniël de Jong Rapax 21 +54.161 26 14 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 21 +54.643 12 15 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 21 +1:15.967 18 16 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 21 +1:17.971 19 17 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 21 +1:30.456 20 18 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 20 Retired 7 19 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 19 Retired 9 20 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 19 Retired 25 21 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 19 Retired 1 22 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 19 Retired 11 Ret 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 3 Retired 23 Ret 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 0 Retired 13 Ret 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 0 Retired 24 Ret 24 BRA Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 0 Retired 17 Fastest lap: Julián Leal (Trident Racing) — 1:43.374 (on lap 19) Source:Luiz Razia beats GP2 title rival Davide Valsecchi to Silverstone victory http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101053 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Brazil Luiz Razia 165 10px 1 2 Italy Davide Valsecchi 159 10px 3 3 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 122 10px 1 4 Great Britain James Calado 95 10px 1 5 Great Britain Max Chilton 95 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 France Lotus GP 217 10px 2 France DAMS 205 10px 3 United Kingdom Arden International 169 10px 4 United Kingdom Carlin 122 10px 5 Spain Racing Engineering 110 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 British Grand Prix 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round Notes N References 30em Silverstone GP2 round 2012 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round 2011 Silverstone GP2 Series round 2013 Silverstone GP2 Series round Silverstone Silverstone