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. 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 James Calado Lotus GP 1:30.655 1 2 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:30.865 2 3 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:30.902 3 4 26 Max Chilton Carlin 1:30.962 4 5 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:31.006 5 6 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:31.167 6 7 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:31.212 7 8 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:31.212 8 9 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:31.269 9 10 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:31.308 10 11 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:31.320 11 12 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:31.332 12 13 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 1:31.377 13 14 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:31.391 14 15 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:31.565 15 16 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:31.599 16 17 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:31.677 17 18 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:31.682 18 19 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:31.939 19 20 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:31.966 20 21 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:32.270 21 22 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:32.325 22 23 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:32.691 23 24 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:33.010 24 25 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:33.083 25 26 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:33.329 26 Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 37 1:00:22.966 5 25 2 9 James Calado Lotus GP 37 +0.878 1 22 () 3 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 37 +3.811 8 15 4 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 37 +11.859 7 12 5 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 37 +15.795 10 10 6 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 37 +19.379 6 8 7 26 Max Chilton Carlin 37 +19.768 4 6 8 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 37 +20.072 13 4 9 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 37 +27.624 9 2 10 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 37 +36.653 11 3 () 11 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 37 +45.264 22 12 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 37 +46.534 2 13 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 37 +47.087 14 14 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 37 +47.356 12 15 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 37 +53.555 20 16 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 37 +1:00.879 24 17 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 37 +1:06.737 17 18 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 37 +1:11.199 15 19 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 37 +1:11.397 21 20 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 37 +1:14.871 16 21 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 37 +1:15.821 3 22 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 37 +1:20.031 18 23 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 37 +1:20.382 19 24 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 37 +1:28.989 23 25 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 36 +1 lap 26 Ret 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 8 Retired 25 Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 25 40:08.411 1 17 2 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 25 +5.256 4 12 3 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 25 +5.897 5 10 4 9 James Calado Lotus GP 25 +6.575 7 8 5 26 Max Chilton Carlin 25 +13.117 2 6 6 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 25 +14.362 8 4 7 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 25 +14.874 10 2 8 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 25 +19.223 6 1 9 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 25 +19.703 11 10 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 25 +21.570 17 11 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 25 +22.852 12 12 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 25 +23.312 22 13 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 25 +30.155 18 14 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 25 +30.601 15 15 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 25 +31.281 16 16 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 25 +31.834 20 17 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 25 +32.817 24 18 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 25 +34.371 3 19 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 25 +34.818 21 20 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 25 +35.426 23 21 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 25 +38.977 19 22 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 25 +39.878 13 23 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 25 +41.979 26 24 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 25 +48.441 14 Ret 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 3 Retired 25 Ret 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 0 Did not start 9 Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 129 2 Luiz Razia 104 3 3 James Calado 69 3 4 Giedo van der Garde 60 2 5 Esteban Gutiérrez 59
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 DAMS 157 2 Lotus GP 128 3 Arden International 105 4 Carlin 73 5 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
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