2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round

Bahrain 2nd Bahrain 3 12 Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg 2012 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain Permanent racing facility 3.359 5.412 27 April 32 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:42.451 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing UK James Calado Davide Valsecchi Lotus GP 1:43.964 28 28 April 23 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax BRA Luiz Razia Arden International ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS UK Jolyon Palmer Luiz Razia iSport International 1:46.064 2 The 2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round was the third round of the 2012 GP2 Series. It was held on 27 and 28 April 2012 at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain. The first Bahrain round was held a week earlier. Davide Valsecchi won the feature race, with Rapax driver Tom Dillmann taking his first GP2 Series win in the second sprint. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid 1 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:42.451 1 2 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:42.596 2 3 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:42.619 3 4 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 1:42.628 4 5 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:42.691 5 6 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 1:42.839 6 7 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:42.951 7 8 2 ESP Dani Clos Barwa Addax 1:43.080 8 9 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:43.124 9 10 21 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:43.163 10 11 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:43.172 11 12 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:43.206 12 13 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:43.213 13 14 24 NZL Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology 1:43.219 14 15 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:43.311 15 16 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:43.328 16 17 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:43.391 17 18 14 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:43.447 18 19 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:43.453 19 20 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax 1:43.599 20 21 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:43.659 21 22 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 1:43.757 22 23 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 1:43.929 23 24 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:44.100 24 25 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:44.850 25 26 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:45.036 26Source:2012 GP2 Bahrain Qualifying Results https://motorsportstats.com/results/gp2-series/2012/bahrain-2/classification/qualifying 7 January 2022 Motorsportstats.com Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 32 57:35.088 2 27 (25+2 25 points for first place, 2 points for fastest lap) 2 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 32 +7.711 3 18 3 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 32 +14.824 1 19 (15+4 15 points for third place, 4 points for pole position) 4 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 32 +24.142 6 12 5 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 32 +24.705 4 10 6 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 32 +40.965 5 8 7 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 32 +50.645 9 6 8 21 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax 32 +52.522 10 4 9 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax 32 +55.578 20 2 10 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 32 +56.211 13 1 11 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 32 +1:05.7727 7 11 12 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 32 +1:06.906 16 13 24 NZL Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology 32 +1:07.254 14 14 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 32 +1:15.486 23 15 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 32 +1:16.363 21 16 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 32 +1:20.506 22 17 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 32 +1:21.441 24 18 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 32 +1:29.2067 7 7 19 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 32 +1:29.955 19 20 14 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 32 +1:47.146 18 21 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 31 +1 lap 12 22 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 31 +1 lap 26 23 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 31 +1 lap 25 24 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 30 Retired8 8 17 Ret 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 24 Retired 15 Ret 2 ESP Dani Clos Barwa Addax 8 Retired 8 Fastest lap: James Calado (Lotus GP) — 1:43.964 (lap 28)Source:2012 GP2 Bahrain Feature race Results https://motorsportstats.com/results/gp2-series/2012/bahrain-2/classification/feature-race 7 January 2022 Motorsportstats.com Notes: 7 7 — Felipe Nasr and Rodolfo González were both issued with twenty-second time penalties after the race for ignoring yellow flags.http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/April/Sakhir-Post-Feature-Race-Penalties/ Sakhir post Feature Race penalties GP2 Series GP2 Series Limited 27 April 2012 27 April 2012 8 8 — Jolyon Palmer was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance. Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax 23 41:16.276 1 15 2 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 23 +0.198 5 14 (12+2 12 points for second place, 2 points for fastest lap) 3 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 23 +3.958 8 10 4 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 23 +16.488 10 8 5 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 23 +18.602 11 6 6 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 23 +20.425 3 4 7 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 23 +26.294 2 2 8 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 23 +29.605 7 1 9 14 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 23 +33.490 20 10 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 23 +34.078 12 11 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 23 +43.463 19 12 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 23 +44.371 16 13 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 23 +46.743 4 14 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 23 +47.439 15 15 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 23 +54.991 18 16 24 NZL Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology 23 +59.764 13 17 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 23 +1:00.655 17 18 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 23 +1:02.090 21 19 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 23 +1:02.632 6 20 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 23 +1:07.468 23 21 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 23 +1:08.293 22 22 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 23 +1:18.688 24 23 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 23 +1:26.049 269 9 24 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 21 Retired10 10 14 Ret 2 ESP Dani Clos Barwa Addax 19 Retired 25 Ret 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax 0 Retired 9 Fastest lap: Jolyon Palmer (iSport International) — 1:46.064 (lap 2)Source:2012 GP2 Bahrain Sprint race Results https://motorsportstats.com/results/gp2-series/2012/bahrain-2/classification 7 January 2022 Motorsportstats.com Notes: 9 9 — Fabrizio Crestani was given a five grid position penalty for ignoring yellow flags during Feature race. 10 10 — Simon Trummer was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Italy Davide Valsecchi 107 10px 2 Brazil Luiz Razia 83 10px 3 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 54 10px 1 4 United Kingdom Max Chilton 45 10px 2 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer 41 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 France DAMS 135 10px 2 France Lotus GP 93 10px 3 United Kingdom Arden International 84 10px 4 United Kingdom Carlin 61 10px 5 Spain Racing Engineering 42 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Notes References Bahrain GP2 round 2012 2012 Bahrain 1st GP2 round 2012 Catalunya GP2 round 2007 Bahrain GP2 round 2013 Bahrain GP2 round Bahrain GP2