2012 Monaco GP3 Series round

Monaco Monaco 2 8 Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg Circuit de Monaco 2012 Circuit de Monaco Street circuit 2.08 3.34 25 May 18 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:28.008 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:28.857 18 26 May 13 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix POR António Félix da Costa Carlin Motorsport DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:28.747 11 The 2012 Monaco GP3 Series round was the second round of the 2012 GP3 Series season. It was held on May 24–26, 2012 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco.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 Monaco Grand Prix. 2012 marked the first time that the GP3 Series held at the Circuit de Monaco. Classification Qualifying As with the GP2 Series qualifying, qualifying for the GP3 Series race saw the drivers split into two groups.Vainio claims Monaco pole in style http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Monaco-Pole/ GP3 Series.com GP3 Series 25 May 2012 25 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529203731/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Monaco-Pole/ 2012-05-29 dead Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers. Group A Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1.28.922 2 2 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:29.108 4 3 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:29.152 6 4 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:29.246 8 5 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 1:29.757 152 2 6 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:30.400 11 7 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 1:30.436 13 8 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:30.637 16 9 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:30.782 18 10 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:31.427 20 11 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 1:31.474 22 12 22 CZE Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 1:32.061 24 13 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 1:49.760 26 Group B Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:28.008 1 2 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:28.123 3 3 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:28.218 5 4 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:28.653 7 5 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin Motorsport 1:28.667 9 6 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:29.029 10 7 15 JPN Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 1:29.248 12 8 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.952 14 9 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:30.610 17 10 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:31.023 19 11 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:31.144 21 12 19 IRE Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:33.163 23 13 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:34.793 25 Notes: 2 2 — William Buller was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident during the second race in Barcelona.Barcelona Post Race Penalties http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Barcelona-Post-Race-Penalties/ GP3Series.com GP3 Series 13 May 2012 14 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120516040104/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Barcelona-Post-Race-Penalties/ 2012-05-16 dead Qualifying summary Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team 1 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 2 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 3 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 4 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 5 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 6 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 7 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 8 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 9 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin 10 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 11 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 12 15 JPN Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 13 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 14 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 15 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 16 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 17 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 18 20 ROM Robert Vișoiu Jenzer Motorsport 19 23 ITA Vicy Piria Trident Racing 20 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 21 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 22 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 23 19 IRE Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 24 22 CZE Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 25 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 26 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 18 27:06.685 1 25 2 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 18 +1.994 3 18 3 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 18 +10.519 2 17 (15+2 15 points for third place, 2 points for fastest lap) 4 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 18 +16.156 5 12 5 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 18 +17.789 4 10 6 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 18 +18.169 7 8 7 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin Motorsport 18 +18.548 9 6 8 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 18 +20.440 6 4 9 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 18 +20.733 10 2 10 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 18 +25.083 13 1 11 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 18 +26.084 11 12 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 18 +29.591 15 13 15 JPN Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 18 +31.319 12 14 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 18 +31.612 18 15 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 18 +34.249 16 16 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 18 +34.851 17 17 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 18 +47.648 20 18 19 IRE Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 18 +57.033 23 19 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 18 +59.726 19 20 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 18 +1:00.765 22 21 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 18 +1:02.454 26 22 22 CZE Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 18 +1:03.565 24 23 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 17 +1 lap 8 Ret 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 8 Retired 14 Ret 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 8 Retired 21 Ret 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 5 Retired 25 Fastest lap: Kevin Ceccon (Ocean Racing Technology) — 1:28.857 (lap 18) Source:Aaro Vainio controls first Monaco GP3 race for Lotus http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99853 Edd Straw Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 25 May 2012 25 May 2012 Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 13 21:37.673 1 17 (15+2 15 points for first place, two points for fastest lap) 2 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin Motorsport 13 +0.687 2 12 3 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 13 +1.820 3 10 4 4 NZL Mitch Evans MW Arden 13 +2.685 4 8 5 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 13 +3.651 5 6 6 18 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 13 +5.337 6 4 7 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 13 +6.266 8 2 8 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 13 +7.090 9 1 9 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 13 +7.762 7 10 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 13 +9.055 14 11 19 IRE Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 13 +1:11.406 18 12 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 13 +1:12.106 19 13 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 13 +1:12.710 17 14 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 13 +1:13.514 20 15 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 13 +1:14.329 24 16 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 13 +1:15.267 21 17 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 13 +1:16.582 15 18 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 13 +1:17.725 25 19 22 CZE Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 13 +1:18.420 22 20 15 JPN Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 13 +1:19.123 13 21 17 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 13 +1:19.910 26 22 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 13 +1:20.594 11 Ret 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 10 Collision 23 Ret 28 GBR William Buller Carlin Motorsport 0 Collision 12 Ret 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin Motorsport 0 Collision 10 DSQ 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 13 (+1:10.884)3 3 16 Fastest lap: Marlon Stöckinger (Status Grand Prix) — 1:28.747 (lap 11) Source:Stockinger wins shortened GP3 race as Daly survives horrendous crash http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99914 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 26 May 2012 27 May 2012 Notes: 3 — Dmitry Suranovich was excluded from the race results for ignoring the stewards' directions to pit as his car was damaged, resulting in a collision with Conor Daly.Dmitry Suranovich excluded from Monaco Race 2 Classification http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Dmitry-Suranovich-excluded-from-Monaco-Race-2/ GP3 Series.com GP3 Series 26 May 2012 27 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120530015346/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Dmitry-Suranovich-excluded-from-Monaco-Race-2/ 30 May 2012 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Finland Aaro Vainio 54 10px 1 2 New Zealand Mitch Evans 43 10px 3 3 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger 39 10px 4 4 Portugal António Félix da Costa 24 10px 3 5 United States Conor Daly 23 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 France Lotus GP 99 10px 2 Australia MW Arden 83 10px 1 3 Ireland Status Grand Prix 39 10px 1 4 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 36 10px 5 Great Britain Carlin 27 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 Monaco Grand Prix 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round References 35em Monaco GP3 round 2012 2012 Catalunya GP3 Series round 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round none 2023 Monte Carlo Formula 3 round Monaco GP3 Category:Motorsport in Monaco