2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round

Great Britain Silverstone 4 8 Silverstone Circuit vector map.png Silverstone Circuit 2012 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England Permanent racing circuit 3.667 5.901 7 July 14 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:51.892 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:53.951 13 8 July 14 GBR William Buller Carlin USA Conor Daly Lotus GP SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:59.829 14 The 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2012 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2012 GP3 Season.http://www.gp3series.com/news/2011/2012-GP3-Series-Calendar/ 2012 GP3 Series Calendar 16 December 2011 GP3 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 16 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120205025430/http://www.gp3series.com/news/2011/2012-GP3-Series-Calendar/ 5 February 2012 The race supported the 2012 British Grand Prix. Trident Racing entered a third car for Giovanni Venturini in the GP3 category, making the Silverstone rounds the first time the GP3 Series had been run with a full twenty-seven car grid in 2012.http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/07_July/Trident-sign-Venturini/ https://archive.today/20121208190827/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/07_July/Trident-sign-Venturini/ dead 8 December 2012 Trident Racing join forces with Venturini 3 July 2012 GP3 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 3 July 2012 Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:51.892 1 2 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:52.216 2 3 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:52.233 3 4 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 1:52.332 4 5 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:52.519 5 6 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:52.543 6 7 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.572 7 8 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 1:52.648 8 9 15 PHI Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 1:52.807 9 10 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:52.921 124 1 11 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:52.930 215 2 12 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 1:53.133 10 13 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:53.536 11 14 22 ARG Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.549 13 15 25 ITA Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 1:53.624 14 16 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:53.769 15 17 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:53.852 184 1 18 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.861 16 19 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.893 17 20 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:54.324 19 21 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 1:54.339 20 22 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:54.427 22 23 30 BRA Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:55.175 23 24 19 IRL Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:55.363 24 25 14 PHI Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:55.711 25 26 31 USA Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:59.371 266 3 — 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:59.989 —7 4 Source:Evans beats title rival Vainio to pole in dry qualifying session at Silverstone http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100984 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 7 July 2012 7 July 2012 Notes: 4 1 — David Fumanelli and Alice Powell were both given two place grid penalties for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of the Qualifying session.Post Qualifying Grid Penalties http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/07_July/Post-Qualifying-Grid-Penalties/ Gp3series.com GP3 Series 7 July 2012 5 2 — Tamás Pál Kiss wash given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session.Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/07_July/Grid-penalties-for-Pal-Kiss-and-Ringel/ GP3series.com GP3 Series 6 July 2012 7 July 2012 6 3 — Ethan Ringel was given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session. He later received a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying. As Ringel qualified twenty-sixth of the twenty-six drivers to set a lap time, and so started the feature race from the back of the grid. 7 4 — Carmen Jordá was given a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying. However, as she did not set a lap time within 107% of Mitch Evans' pole position time, she was not given permission to start the race. Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 27:14.410 3 27 (25+2 25 points for second place, 2 points for fastest lap) 2 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +7.062 1 22 (18+4 18 points for second place, 4 points for pole position) 3 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +8.783 2 15 4 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +16.136 6 12 5 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +22.156 5 10 6 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +22.325 11 8 7 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +38.448 10 6 8 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +41.719 7 4 9 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +42.314 4 2 10 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +44.489 17 1 11 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +53.795 21 12 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +60.061 16 13 25 ITA Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +62.451 14 14 22 ARG Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 14 +63.081 13 15 15 PHI Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 14 +65.140 9 16 14 PHI Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 14 +72.707 25 17 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 14 +86.048 18 18 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +1:34.318 15 19 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:38.754 22 20 19 IRL Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:39.170 24 21 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 14 +1:39.960 20 22 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:40.812 19 23 30 BRA Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 13 +1 lap 23 Ret 31 USA Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 2 Retired 26 Ret 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 0 Retired 8 DNS 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Did not start 12 DNQ 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 0 Did not qualify — Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:53.951 (on lap 13) Source:Antonio Felix da Costa beats title rivals Mitch Evans and Aaro Vainio to Silverstone GP3 victory http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101037 Andrew van de Burgt Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 7 July 2012 8 July 2012 Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 14 29:49.526 25 15 2 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +8.577 4 12 3 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +30.017 10 10 4 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +37.529 3 10 (8+2 8 points for fourth place, 2 points for fastest lap) 5 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +52.038 158 1 6 6 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 +1:03.722 8 4 7 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:05.954 1 2 8 30 BRA Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:06.482 23 1 9 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:07.321 19 10 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +1:20.941 2 11 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +1:22.894 7 12 22 ARG Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 14 +1:23.503 13 13 15 PHI Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 14 +1:24.203 14 14 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:28.143 11 15 19 IRL Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:44.079 20 16 25 ITA Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +1:52.408 12 17 31 USA Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:54.151 24 18 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 13 Retired 9 19 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 13 Retired 21 20 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 12 Retired 22 21 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 12 Retired 18 Ret 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 11 Retired 5 Ret 14 PHI Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 11 Retired 16 Ret 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 11 Retired 6 Ret 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 9 Retired 17 DNS 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Did not start 12 DNQ 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 0 Did not qualify — Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:59.829 (on lap 14) Source:Will Buller wins GP3 race two at Silverstone from last on grid http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101050 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 Notes: 8 1 — Robert Visoiu finished Race 1 in twelfth position, but received a three-place grid penalty for crossing the finish line twice at the end of the race, and so started Race 2 from fifteenth position.Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/07_July/Visoiu-penalised-after-Race-1-in-Silverstone/ GP3series.com GP3 Series 7 July 2012 8 July 2012 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 New Zealand Mitch Evans 100 10px 2 Finland Aaro Vainio 89 10px 6 3 Portugal António Félix da Costa 58 10px 1 4 Germany Daniel Abt 54 10px 1 5 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser 50 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 1 France Lotus GP 188 10px 1 2 Australia MW Arden 177 10px 3 3 Great Britain Carlin 83 10px 1 4 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 72 10px 2 5 Great Britain Marussia Manor Racing 45 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 British Grand Prix 2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round References 33em Silverstone GP3 round 2012 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round 2011 Silverstone GP3 Series round 2013 Silverstone GP3 Series round Silverstone Silverstone