The 2012 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on March 24 and 25, 2012 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. It was the first round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Davide Valsecchi was on pole for the feature race, which was won by Luiz Razia. James Calado won the sprint race.

Classification

Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid 1 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:45.494 1 2 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 1:45.554 2 3 26 Max Chilton Carlin 1:45.558 3 4 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:45.577 4 5 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:45.588 5 6 9 James Calado Lotus GP 1:45.638 6 7 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:45.758 7 8 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:45.773 8 9 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:45.810 12 10 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:45.942 9 11 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:46.012 10 12 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:46.138 11 13 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:46.150 13 14 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:46.160 14 15 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:46.186 15 16 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:46.264 16 17 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:46.392 17 18 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:46.428 18 19 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.489 19 20 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:46.557 20 21 24 Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 1:46.662 21 22 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:46.868 22 23 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:46.962 23 24 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:47.004 24 25 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:48.113 25 26 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:49.620 26 Notes – Onidi received a three grid place penalty for impeding González during the qualifying session.

Feature Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 30 56:00.250 2 25 2 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 30 +7.817 1 24 () 3 26 Max Chilton Carlin 30 +27.366 3 15 4 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 30 +28.291 5 12 5 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 30 +32.217 4 10 6 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 30 +33.378 10 8 7 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 30 +33.679 15 6 8 9 James Calado Lotus GP 30 +36.449 6 4 9 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 30 +41.519 8 2 10 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 30 +43.240 12 1 11 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 30 +43.720 18 12 11 Rio Haryanto Carlin 30 +53.383 17 13 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 30 +1:01.683 20 14 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 30 +1:02.683 14 15 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 30 +1:09.180 22 16 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 30 +1:10.399 19 17 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 30 +1:12.861 7 18 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 30 +1:27.810 16 19 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 30 +1:35.206 13 20 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 30 +1:39.125 12 21 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 30 +1:48.025 25 22 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 30 +1:59.672 24 23 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 29 +1 lap 26 Ret 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 13 Accident 23 Ret 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 7 Wheel nut 11 Ret 24 Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 1 Accident damage 21 Notes: — Stéphane Richelmi and Simon Trummer were both issued with twenty-second time penalties after the race when they were judged to have caused an avoidable collision. — Jolyon Palmer and Tom Dillmann started from the pit lane.

Sprint race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 James Calado Lotus GP 22 41:08.048 1 15 2 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 22 +2.004 2 12 3 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 22 +3.440 3 10 4 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 22 +10.760 9 8 5 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 22 +11.430 8 6 6 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 22 +14.689 5 4 7 26 Max Chilton Carlin 22 +15.685 6 2 8 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 22 +16.578 11 1 9 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 22 +18.175 14 10 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 22 +24.033 12 11 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 22 +24.086 18 12 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 22 +25.547 17 13 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 22 +32.206 20 14 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 22 +34.500 16 15 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 22 +34.629 15 16 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 22 +35.226 23 17 24 Jon Lancaster Ocean Racing Technology 22 +40.340 26 18 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 22 +44.700 24 19 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 22 +47.133 19 20 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 +1:10.466 22 21 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 +1:21.035 10 22 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 21 +1 lap 25 23 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20 Damage 4 24 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 19 Accident 21 Ret 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 13 Collision 7 Ret 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 13 Collision 13 Notes: — Stefano Coletti and Ricardo Teixeira were both classified as having finished the race, as they had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Luiz Razia 31 2 Davide Valsecchi 24 3 James Calado 19 4 Esteban Gutiérrez 18 5 Felipe Nasr 18

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 DAMS 42 2 Lotus GP 37 3 Arden International 31 4 Carlin 19 5 Racing Engineering 17

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

References

External links

GP2 Series official website – Results