2012 Catalunya GP2 Series round

GP2 Series motor race held in Montmeló, Spain Spain Catalunya 4 12 Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg Circuit de Catalunya 2012 Circuit de CatalunyaMontmeló, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.892 4.665 12 May 37 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 1:30.655 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:35.200 21 13 May 25 (26 scheduled) Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS BRA Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:34.343 7 The 2012 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 12 and 13 May 2012 as the fourth round of the 2012 GP2 Series 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 30 April 2012 The race was used to support the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. After qualifying down in fifth place, the GP2 feature race was won by Giedo van der Garde, with reverse pole man Luiz Razia taking the win at the sprint race. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid 1 9 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 1:30.655 1 2 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:30.865 2 3 16 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:30.902 3 4 26 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 1:30.962 4 5 12 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:31.006 5 6 15 Italy Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:31.167 6 7 3 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:31.212 7 8 14 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:31.212 8 9 8 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:31.269 9 10 6 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:31.308 10 11 10 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:31.320 11 12 25 Netherlands Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:31.332 12 13 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International 1:31.377 13 14 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:31.391 14 15 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:31.565 15 16 2 Czech Republic Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:31.599 16 17 18 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:31.677 17 18 21 France Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:31.682 18 19 22 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 1:31.939 19 20 11 Venezuela Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:31.966 20 21 24 Brazil Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:32.270 21 22 4 Brazil Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:32.325 22 23 17 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:32.691 23 24 27 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:33.010 24 25 20 Portugal Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:33.083 25 26 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:33.329 26 Source:James Calado takes pole position for Lotus GP in GP2 qualifying at Barcelona http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99503 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 11 May 2012 12 May 2012 Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 37 1:00:22.966 5 25 2 9 United Kingdom James Calado Lotus GP 37 +0.878 1 22 (18+4 18 points for second place, 4 points for pole position) 3 14 Monaco Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 37 +3.811 8 15 4 3 Italy Davide Valsecchi DAMS 37 +11.859 7 12 5 6 France Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 37 +15.795 10 10 6 15 Italy Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 37 +19.379 6 8 7 26 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin 37 +19.768 4 6 8 23 Brazil Luiz Razia Arden International 37 +20.072 13 4 9 8 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer iSport International 37 +27.624 9 2 10 10 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 37 +36.653 11 3 (1+2 1 point for tenth place, 2 points for fastest lap) 11 4 Brazil Felipe Nasr DAMS 37 +45.264 22 12 5 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 37 +46.534 2 13 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson iSport International 37 +47.087 14 14 25 Netherlands Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 37 +47.356 12 15 11 Venezuela Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 37 +53.555 20 16 27 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Carlin 37 +1:00.879 24 17 18 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 37 +1:06.737 17 18 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 37 +1:11.199 15 19 24 Brazil Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 37 +1:11.397 21 20 2 Czech Republic Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 37 +1:14.871 16 21 16 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 37 +1:15.821 3 22 21 France Tom Dillmann Rapax 37 +1:20.031 18 23 22 Switzerland Simon Trummer Arden International 37 +1:20.382 19 24 17 Colombia Julián Leal Trident Racing 37 +1:28.989 23 25 19 Venezuela Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 36 +1 lap 26 Ret 20 Portugal Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 8 Retired 25 Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 1:35.200 (lap 21) Source:van der Garde takes Barcelona GP2 victory http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99554 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 12 May 2012 13 May 2012 Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 BRA Luiz Razia Arden International 25 40:08.411 1 17 (15+2) 15 points for race win, 2 points for fastest lap 2 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 25 +5.256 4 12 3 3 ITA Davide Valsecchi DAMS 25 +5.897 5 10 4 9 GBR James Calado Lotus GP 25 +6.575 7 8 5 26 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 25 +13.117 2 6 6 12 NED Giedo van der Garde Caterham 25 +14.362 8 4 7 10 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 25 +14.874 10 2 8 14 MON Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 25 +19.223 6 1 9 4 BRA Felipe Nasr DAMS 25 +19.703 11 10 18 ITA Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 25 +21.570 17 11 5 SUI Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 25 +22.852 12 12 21 FRA Tom Dillmann Rapax 25 +23.312 22 13 1 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 25 +30.155 18 14 11 VEN Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 25 +30.601 15 15 27 INA Rio Haryanto Carlin 25 +31.281 16 16 2 CZE Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 25 +31.834 20 17 17 COL Julián Leal Trident Racing 25 +32.817 24 18 15 ITA Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 25 +34.371 3 19 16 MON Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 25 +34.818 21 20 22 SUI Simon Trummer Arden International 25 +35.426 23 21 24 BRA Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 25 +38.977 19 22 7 SWE Marcus Ericsson iSport International 25 +39.878 13 23 20 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 25 +41.979 26 24 25 NED Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 25 +48.441 14 Ret 19 VEN Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 3 Retired 25 Ret 8 GBR Jolyon Palmer iSport International 0 Did not start 9 Fastest lap: Victor Guerin (Ocean Racing Technology) — 1:34.343 (lap 7) Source:Luiz Razia wins for Arden in GP2 sprint race at Barcelona http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99577 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 13 May 2012 13 May 2012 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Italy Davide Valsecchi 129 10px 2 Brazil Luiz Razia 104 10px 3 3 Great Britain James Calado 69 10px 3 4 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 60 10px 2 5 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 59 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 France DAMS 157 10px 2 France Lotus GP 128 10px 3 United Kingdom Arden International 105 10px 4 United Kingdom Carlin 73 10px 5 Spain Racing Engineering 64 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Catalunya GP3 Series round References 35em Catalunya GP2 round 2012 2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round 2011 Catalunya GP2 Series round 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round Catalunya Catalunya