The 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 21 and 22, 2012 at Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany. It was the eighth round of the 2012 GP2 Season. The race supported the 2012 German Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:44.022 1 2 9 James Calado Lotus GP 1:44.034 2 3 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:44.944 3 4 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:45.063 4 5 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:45.129 5 6 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:45.152 6 7 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:45.420 7 8 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:45.516 8 9 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:45.613 9 10 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 1:45.636 10 11 26 Max Chilton Carlin 1:45.760 11 12 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:45.763 12 13 18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:45.821 13 14 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:45.870 14 15 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:45.907 15 16 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:45.917 16 17 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:45.939 17 18 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:46.103 18 19 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:46.394 19 20 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:46.637 20 21 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:46.651 21 22 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:46.849 22 23 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:47.332 23 24 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:49.546 24 25 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:52.356 25 26 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus No time 26 Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 38 58:16.075 18 27 2 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 38 +9.609 3 18 3 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 38 +14.977 22 15 4 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 38 +21.464 7 12 5 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 38 +26.885 1 14 6 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 38 +29.260 4 8 7 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 38 +29.573 10 6 8 9 James Calado Lotus GP 38 +29.950 2 4 9 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 38 +31.978 12 2 10 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 38 +32.373 9 1 11 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 38 +33.798 14 12 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 38 +39.284 20 13 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 38 +46.854 6 14 26 Max Chilton Carlin 38 +50.205 11 15 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 38 +55.440 16 16 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 38 +55.707 17 17 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 38 +56.284 19 18 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 38 +1:02.119 21 19 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 38 +1:08.223 5 20 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 38 +1:18.043 15 21 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 38 +1:18.945 23 22 18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 38 +1:20.866 13 23 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 38 +1:30.712 24 24 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 37 +1 Lap 26 Ret 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 27 Accident 8 DSQ 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 18 Disqualified 25 Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 James Calado Lotus GP 27 40:18.134 1 17 2 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 27 +7.962 4 12 3 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 27 +17.509 5 10 4 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 27 +21.962 7 8 5 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 27 +22.353 10 6 6 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 27 +33.193 8 4 7 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 27 +39.870 13 2 8 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 27 +41.861 3 1 9 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 27 +42.196 15 10 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 27 +42.442 2 11 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 27 +42.959 17 12 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 27 +43.336 21 13 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 27 +43.580 12 14 18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 27 +44.111 22 15 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 27 +46.002 11 16 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 27 +46.683 26 17 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 27 +47.624 16 18 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 27 +53.235 18 19 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 27 +54.660 20 20 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 27 +56.315 23 21 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 27 +1:02.878 6 22 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 27 +1:13.439 19 23 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 27 +1 Lap 25 Ret 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 18 Retired 24 Ret 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 0 Accident 9 Ret 26 Max Chilton Carlin 0 Accident 14 Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Luiz Razia 171 2 Davide Valsecchi 161 3 Esteban Gutiérrez 129 2 4 Giedo van der Garde 119 1 5 James Calado 116
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 245 2 DAMS 227 3 Arden International 175 2 4 Racing Engineering 136 2 5 Caterham Racing 125
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 German Grand Prix 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round
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