The 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 1 and 2, 2012 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the tenth round of the 2012 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 2:17.535 1 2 9 James Calado Lotus GP 2:17.643 2 3 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 2:17.736 3 4 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 2:18.058 4 5 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 2:18.368 5 6 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 2:18.397 6 7 18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:18.582 7 8 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 2:18.603 8 9 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 2:18.801 9 10 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 2:18.930 10 11 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 2:19.328 11 12 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 2:19.721 12 13 26 Max Chilton Carlin Motorsport 2:19.803 13 14 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 2:20.100 14 15 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 2:20.224 15 16 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 2:20.289 16 17 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 2:20.455 17 18 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 2:20.484 18 19 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 2:20.712 19 20 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 2:20.752 20 21 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 2:20.888 21 22 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 2:20.921 22 23 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 2:21.070 23 24 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 2:21.790 24 25 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 2:21.942 25 26 19 René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:22.795 26Source:
Feature race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 25 1:55:36.519 4 25 2 9 James Calado Lotus GP 25 +11.530 2 18 3 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 25 +13.634 6 15 4 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 25 +15.098 15 12 5 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 25 +15.482 10 12 6 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 25 +16.803 19 8 7 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 25 +26.615 17 6 8 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 25 +28.803 9 4 9 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 25 +29.130 23 2 10 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 25 +29.468 1 5 11 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 25 +30.182 3 12 26 Max Chilton Carlin 25 +31.160 13 13 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 25 +37.340 22 14 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 25 +39.130 12 15 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 25 +49.936 24 16 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 25 +54.918 14 17 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 25 +58.788 25 18 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 25 +1:25.639 17 19 19 René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 24 +1 Lap 26 20 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 22 Collision 11 Ret 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 21 Collision 19 Ret 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 18 Accident 5 Ret 18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 11 Accident 7 Ret 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 2 Accident 21 Ret 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 0 Spun off 8 Ret 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 0 Accident 20 Source:
Sprint race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 18 36:59.474 5 15 2 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 18 +5.109 1 12 3 9 James Calado Lotus GP 18 +5.290 7 10 4 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 18 +6.335 8 8 5 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 18 +11.041 25 6 6 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 18 +24.694 9 4 7 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 18 +25.237 10 2 8 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 18 +25.957 20 3 9 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 18 +26.257 2 10 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 18 +27.441 22 11 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 18 +32.681 13 12 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 18 +35.830 16 13 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 18 +35.928 11 14 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 18 +37.222 26 15 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 18 +37.867 18 16 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 18 +38.387 15 17 19 René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 18 +41.470 19 18 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 18 +47.175 21 19 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 18 +52.735 14 20 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 18 +56.434 3 21 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 18 +1:19.121 4 22 26 Max Chilton Carlin 18 +1:22.927 12 Ret 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 9 Suspension 6 Ret 18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 9 Spun off 23 Ret 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 0 Collision 17 DNS 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 0 did not start — Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Luiz Razia 204 2 Davide Valsecchi 204 1 3 James Calado 160 1 4 Esteban Gutiérrez 150 5 Giedo van der Garde 141
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 310 2 DAMS 289 3 Arden International 208 4 Racing Engineering 162 5 Carlin 160
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 Belgian Grand Prix 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round
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