The 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round was the sixth round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. It was held on June 22–24, 2012 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain. The race was used to support the 2012 European Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 9 James Calado Lotus GP 1:47.342 1 2 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:47.349 2 3 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:47.444 5 4 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:47.458 6 5 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:47.543 3 6 26 Max Chilton Carlin 1:47.674 4 7 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:47.779 7 8 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:47.801 8 9 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:47.972 9 10 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:47.996 10 11 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 1:48.155 11 12 20 Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:48.176 12 13 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:48.222 13 14 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:48.288 14 15 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:48.390 17 16 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:48.518 15 17 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:48.565 18 18 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:48.578 16 19 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:48.626 19 20 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:48.641 20 21 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:48.846 21 22 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:48.936 22 23 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:49.021 23 24 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:49.335 24 25 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 1:49.900 25 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus No time 26 Notes: — Esteban Gutiérrez, Davide Valsecchi and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were each handed a three grid position penalty and Simon Trummer was dropped two places, having impeded other competitors during the qualifying session.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 28 1:00:31.895 5 27 () 2 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 28 +1.615 9 18 3 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 28 +6.064 11 15 4 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 28 +6.408 7 12 5 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 28 +6.928 10 10 6 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 28 +7.605 15 8 7 26 Max Chilton Carlin 28 +8.384 4 6 8 9 James Calado Lotus GP 28 +11.099 1 8 () 9 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 28 +15.404 13 2 10 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 28 +15.782 18 1 11 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 28 +15.962 3 12 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 28 +16.869 20 13 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 28 +17.715 16 14 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 28 +18.338 14 15 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 28 +22.983 22 16 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 28 +23.456 25 17 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 27 +1 lap 24 18 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 28 +30.573 6 Ret 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 21 Retired 26 Ret 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 18 Retired 2 Ret 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 17 Retired 8 Ret 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 17 Retired 21 Ret 20 Tom Dillmann Rapax 11 Retired 12 Ret 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1 Retired 23 DSQ 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 28 (+19.580) 19 DSQ 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 28 (+39.627) 17 Source: Notes: — Davide Valsecchi had 20 seconds added to his race time after he was judged to have overtaken during a safety car period. — Barwa Addax drivers, Josef Král and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were excluded from the race results, after they were each given tyres which were allocated to the other at the pit stop.
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 23 46:07.255 6 15 2 9 James Calado Lotus GP 23 +1.179 1 12 3 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 23 +1.587 5 12 () 4 26 Max Chilton Carlin 23 +2.425 2 8 5 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 23 +2.957 3 6 6 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 23 +4.969 11 4 7 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 23 +8.415 10 2 8 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 23 +9.501 12 1 9 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 23 +13.591 15 10 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 23 +17.564 16 11 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 23 +21.005 26 12 20 Tom Dillmann Rapax 23 +34.565 21 13 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 23 +46.929 22 14 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 23 +50.083 19 15 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 23 +51.366 24 16 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 23 +57.490 18 17 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 23 +1:03.342 13 18 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 23 +1:03.439 17 Ret 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 19 Retired 4 Ret 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 5 Retired 14 Ret 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 3 Retired 23 Ret 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 3 Retired 25 Ret 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 0 Retired 9 Ret 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 0 Retired 7 Ret 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 0 Retired 8 DNS 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 Not started 20 Source: Notes: — Jolyon Palmer and Rodolfo González were both handed a ten place grid position penalty for causing separate collisions during Feature Race.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 141 2 Luiz Razia 140 2 3 James Calado 95 1 4 Max Chilton 93 2 5 Giedo van der Garde 89
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 1 Lotus GP 182 1 2 DAMS 169 3 Arden International 144 4 Carlin 119 1 5 Racing Engineering 106
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 European Grand Prix 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round
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