2012 Catalunya GP3 Series round

Spain Catalunya 1 8 Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg Circuit de Catalunya 2012 Circuit de CatalunyaMontmeló, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.892 4.665 12 May 16 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:38.642 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:41.440 5 13 May 16 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport Finland Matias Laine MW Arden Italy Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:40.619 7 The 2012 Catalunya GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain from 12 up to 13 May 2012 as the first round of the 2012 GP3 Series 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 was used to support the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. The first GP3 feature race of the season was won by Mitch Evans with Conor Daly winning the sprint race the next day. The weekend also saw the GP3 Series introduce the points system used by Formula One since 2010 for the feature race, with points awarded to the top ten drivers and twenty-five points awarded to the race winner. The points for the sprint race were changed too, with the winner receiving fifteen points and the top eight drivers scoring points. The points for pole and the fastest lap were doubled too. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid 1 27 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:38.642 1 2 2 United States Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:38.720 2 3 3 Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:38.732 3 4 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:38.835 4 5 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:38.867 5 6 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:38.894 161 1 7 1 Germany Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:38.945 6 8 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:38.988 7 9 6 Finland Matias Laine MW Arden 1:39.151 8 10 7 Russia Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:39.164 9 11 5 Italy David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:39.175 10 12 29 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:39.201 11 13 26 United Kingdom Alex Brundle Carlin 1:39.228 12 14 28 United Kingdom William Buller Carlin 1:39.512 13 15 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.553 14 16 15 Japan Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 1:39.701 15 17 24 Italy Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 1:39.932 17 18 16 United Kingdom Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:40.002 18 19 8 Brazil Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:40.278 19 20 30 Belgium John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:40.578 20 21 31 United States Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:40.640 21 22 22 Czech Republic Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 1:41.053 22 23 19 Ireland Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.112 23 24 18 Spain Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:42.066 24 25 23 Italy Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:43.509 251 1 26 17 Italy Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology no time 26 Source:Carlin's Antonio Felix da Costa on pole for GP3 opener at Barcelona http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99525 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 12 May 2012 12 May 2012 Notes: 1 1 — Tio Ellinas and Vicky Piria were penalised by 10 grid positions after they ignored yellow flags in qualifying. Piria's grid position did not change because Kevin Ceccon did not set a time in qualifying.Ellinas and Piria penalised after qualifying http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Ellinas-and-Piria-penalised-after-qualifying/ GP3 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 12 May 2012 12 May 2012 Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden 16 28:38.738 4 25 2 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 16 +2.609 5 18 3 3 Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 16 +4.594 3 15 4 21 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 16 +5.071 7 14 (12+2 12 points for fourth place, 2 points for fastest lap) 5 6 Finland Matias Laine MW Arden 16 +6.284 8 10 6 2 United States Conor Daly Lotus GP 16 +6.941 2 8 7 9 Cyprus Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 16 +7.419 16 6 8 20 Romania Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 16 +10.102 14 4 9 5 Italy David Fumanelli MW Arden 16 +11.046 10 2 10 26 United Kingdom Alex Brundle Carlin 16 +11.291 12 1 11 7 Russia Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 16 +15.105 9 12 29 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +15.752 11 13 1 Germany Daniel Abt Lotus GP 16 +16.231 6 14 27 Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin 16 +16.577 1 4 4 points for pole position 15 19 Ireland Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 16 +17.132 23 16 8 Brazil Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 16 +17.775 19 17 24 Italy Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 16 +18.284 17 18 15 Japan Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 16 +19.087 15 19 22 Czech Republic Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 16 +19.626 22 20 18 Spain Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 16 +22.224 24 21 30 Belgium John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +23.070 20 22 23 Italy Vicky Piria Trident Racing 16 +32.897 25 23 28 United Kingdom William Buller Carlin 16 +46.346 13 Ret 17 Italy Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 7 Retired 26 Ret 31 United States Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 0 Accident 21 Ret 16 United Kingdom Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 0 Accident 18 Fastest lap: Patric Niederhauser (Jenzer Motorsport) — 1:41.440 (lap 5) Source:Mitch Evans wins GP3 season opener at Barcelona http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99558 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 12 May 2012 13 May 2012 Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 USA Conor Daly Lotus GP 16 27:21.043 3 15 2 20 ROM Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 16 +3.265 1 12 3 6 FIN Matias Laine MW Arden 16 +4.168 4 10 4 3 FIN Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 16 +4.877 6 8 5 21 SUI Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 16 +5.669 5 6 6 1 DEU Daniel Abt Lotus GP 16 +9.341 13 4 7 27 POR António Félix da Costa Carlin 16 +9.6882 2 14 2 8 26 GBR Alex Brundle Carlin 16 +9.833 10 1 9 28 GBR William Buller Carlin 16 +12.090 23 10 17 ITA Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 16 +12.401 23 2 2 points for fastest lap 11 16 GBR Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 16 +13.664 26 12 15 JPN Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 16 +16.703 18 13 30 BEL John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +21.703 21 14 22 CZE Jakub Klášterka Jenzer Motorsport 16 +25.550 19 15 9 CYP Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 16 +28.133 2 16 23 ITA Vicky Piria Trident Racing 16 +31.239 22 17 5 ITA David Fumanelli MW Arden 16 +31.608 9 18 31 USA Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +37.862 25 19 14 Philippines Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 16 +38.449 7 20 4 NZL Mitch Evans atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +51.421 8 21 18 ESP Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 16 +1:16.560 20 Ret 8 BRA Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 12 Accident 16 Ret 29 HUN Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 0 Accident 12 Ret 19 IRE Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 0 Accident 15 Ret 7 RUS Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 0 Accident 11 Ret 24 ITA Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 0 Accident 24 Fastest lap: Marlon Stöckinger (Status Grand Prix) — 1:40.524 Source:Conor Daly wins for Lotus GP in GP3 race two at Barcelona http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99571 Charles Bradley Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 13 May 2012 13 May 2012 Notes: 2 2 — António Félix da Costa was given a 1-second time penalty added to his race result.Barcelona Post Race Penalties http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Barcelona-Post-Race-Penalties/ GP3Series.com GP3 Series 13 May 2012 27 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120516040104/http://www.gp3series.com/News/2012/05_May/Barcelona-Post-Race-Penalties/ 2012-05-16 dead Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 New Zealand Mitch Evans 25 10px 2 United States Conor Daly 23 10px 3 Finland Aaro Vainio 23 10px 4 Finland Matias Laine 20 10px 5 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser 20 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px 1 France Lotus GP 50 10px 2 Australia MW Arden 47 10px 3 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 36 10px 4 Ireland Status Grand Prix 18 10px 5 Great Britain Carlin 8 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2012 Spanish Grand Prix 2012 Catalunya GP2 Series round References 35em Catalunya GP3 round 2012 2011 Monza GP3 Series round 2012 Monaco GP3 Series round 2011 Catalunya GP3 Series round 2013 Catalunya GP3 Series round Catalunya Catalunya