2012 Valencia GP3 Series round

Third round of the 2012 GP3 Series season July 2022 Spain Valencia 3 8 Circuit Valencia street.svg Valencia Street Circuit 2012 Valencia, Spain Street circuit 3.367 5.419 23 June 14 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:58.478 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP Italy David Fumanelli MW Arden New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:59.883 12 24 June 14 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport Germany Daniel Abt Lotus GP Finland Matias Laine MW Arden Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:59.842 14 The 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round was the third round of the 2012 GP3 Series season. It was held on June 24–26, 2012 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain.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 was used to support the 2012 European Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:58.478 1 2 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:58.511 2 3 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:58.567 3 4 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:58.772 4 5 27 PRT António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:58.991 235 5 6 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:59.009 5 7 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:59.015 166 6 8 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 1:59.031 6 9 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:59.091 7 10 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:59.276 8 11 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:59.332 9 12 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 1:59.356 10 13 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:59.399 11 14 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:59.568 12 15 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:59.708 13 16 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 1:59.820 14 17 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:59.906 15 18 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:00.047 17 19 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 2:00.062 18 20 19 IRL Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 2:00.306 19 21 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 2:00.334 20 22 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 2:00.406 21 23 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:01.300 22 24 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 2:02.103 24 Notes: 5 5 — António Félix da Costa was removed from the results of the qualifying due to a technical infringement.Felix Da Costa penalised after qualifying http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/06_June/FDC1/ GP3series.com GP3 Site 23 June 2012 6 6 — Conor Daly received a 10 place grid penalty the race before for causing an avoidable red flag.Conor Daly receives 10 place grid penalty for Valencia http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/06_June/Conor-Daly-receives-10-place-grid-penalty-for-Valencia/ GP3series.com GP3 Site 22 June 2012 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 28:13.357 1 31 (25+4+2 25 points for first place, 4 points for pole position, 2 points for fastest lap) 2 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +2.190 3 18 3 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 14 +12.571 2 15 4 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +13.483 5 12 5 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +16.515 6 10 6 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +18.748 8 8 7 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +18.833 4 6 8 14 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +24.336 7 4 9 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +27.082 9 2 10 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 14 +31.834 10 1 11 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +32.279 16 12 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +33.476 17 13 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 14 +47.838 24 14 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +52.330 22 15 19 IRL Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +54.192 19 16 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +74.964 14 17 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +78.561 21 18 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 14 +91.567 11 19 21 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 13 +1 Lap 15 Ret 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 2 Retired 18 Ret 27 PRT António Félix da Costa Carlin 2 Retired 23 Ret 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 0 Retired 12 Ret 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 0 Retired 13 Ret 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 0 Retired 20 Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (MW Arden) — 1:59.883 (lap 12) Source:Evans eases to victory in Valencia http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/06_June/Evans-eases-to-victory-in-Valencia/ GP3series.com GP3 Site 23 June 2012 Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 13 28:13.702 1 15 2 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +0.924 3 12 3 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +6.314 4 10 4 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +6.589 2 8 5 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +6.9387 7 5 6 6 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +6.940 8 4 7 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +9.959 7 2 8 27 PRT António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 +15.020 248 8 (1+2 1 point for eighth place, 2 points for fastest lap) 9 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 14 +19.751 10 10 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +23.761 9 11 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 14 +24.396 19 12 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +26.251 21 13 19 IRL Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +26.330 15 14 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +28.954 16 15 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 14 +33.481 20 16 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 14 +34.148 6 17 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 14 +37.558 23 18 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +46.606 17 19 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +56.689 22 Ret 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 8 Retired 13 Ret 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 2 Retired 14 Ret 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 0 Retired 12 Ret 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 0 Retired 11 Ret 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 18 Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:59.842 (lap 14) Source:Niederhauser claims maiden win in Valencia http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/06_June/Niederhauser-claims-maiden-win-in-Valencia/ GP3series.com GP3 Site 24 June 2012 Notes: 7 7 — Tio Ellinas was given a one-second time penalty added to his race result after contact between him and Kevin Ceccon, dropping him from third to fifth.Ellinas and Daly penalised after Valencia Race 2 http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/06_June/Ellinas-and-Daly-penalised-after-Valencia-Race-2/ GP3series.com GP3 Site 24 June 2012 8 8 — António Félix da Costa had a ten place grid penalty for the sprint race after causing an avoidable collision in the sprint race.Felix Da Costa handed grid penalty for Race 2 http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/06_June/Felix-Da-Costa-handed-grid-penalty-for-Race-2/ GP3series.com GP3 Site 23 June 2012 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 New Zealand Mitch Evans 78 10px 1 2 Finland Aaro Vainio 74 10px 4 3 Germany Daniel Abt 42 10px 4 4 Finland Matias Laine 40 10px 2 5 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger 39 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 1 Australia MW Arden 153 10px 1 2 France Lotus GP 139 10px 1 3 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 55 10px 1 4 Ireland Status Grand Prix 39 10px 1 5 Portugal Ocean Racing Technology 37 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 European Grand Prix 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round References 2 Valencia GP3 round 2012 2012 Monaco GP3 Series round 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round 2011 Valencia GP3 Series round none Valencia Valencia