The 2012 Valencia GP3 Series round was the third round of the 2012 GP3 Series season. It was held on June 24–26, 2012 at Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain. The race was used to support the 2012 European Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:58.478 1 2 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:58.511 2 3 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:58.567 3 4 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:58.772 4 5 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:58.991 23 6 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:59.009 5 7 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:59.015 16 8 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 1:59.031 6 9 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:59.091 7 10 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:59.276 8 11 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:59.332 9 12 28 William Buller Carlin 1:59.356 10 13 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:59.399 11 14 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:59.568 12 15 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:59.708 13 16 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 1:59.820 14 17 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:59.906 15 18 30 John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:00.047 17 19 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 2:00.062 18 20 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 2:00.306 19 21 24 Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 2:00.334 20 22 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 2:00.406 21 23 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:01.300 22 24 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 2:02.103 24 Notes: — António Félix da Costa was removed from the results of the qualifying due to a technical infringement. — Conor Daly received a 10 place grid penalty the race before for causing an avoidable red flag.
Race 1 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 28:13.357 1 31 () 2 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +2.190 3 18 3 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 14 +12.571 2 15 4 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +13.483 5 12 5 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +16.515 6 10 6 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +18.748 8 8 7 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +18.833 4 6 8 14 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +24.336 7 4 9 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +27.082 9 2 10 28 William Buller Carlin 14 +31.834 10 1 11 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +32.279 16 12 30 John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +33.476 17 13 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 14 +47.838 24 14 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +52.330 22 15 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +54.192 19 16 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +74.964 14 17 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +78.561 21 18 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 14 +91.567 11 19 21 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 13 +1 Lap 15 Ret 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 2 Retired 18 Ret 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 2 Retired 23 Ret 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 0 Retired 12 Ret 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 0 Retired 13 Ret 24 Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 0 Retired 20 Source:
Race 2 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 13 28:13.702 1 15 2 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +0.924 3 12 3 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +6.314 4 10 4 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +6.589 2 8 5 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +6.938 5 6 6 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +6.940 8 4 7 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +9.959 7 2 8 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 +15.020 24 () 9 28 William Buller Carlin 14 +19.751 10 10 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +23.761 9 11 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 14 +24.396 19 12 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +26.251 21 13 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +26.330 15 14 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +28.954 16 15 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 14 +33.481 20 16 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 14 +34.148 6 17 24 Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 14 +37.558 23 18 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +46.606 17 19 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +56.689 22 Ret 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 8 Retired 13 Ret 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 2 Retired 14 Ret 30 John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 0 Retired 12 Ret 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 0 Retired 11 Ret 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 18 Source: Notes: — Tio Ellinas was given a one-second time penalty added to his race result after contact between him and Kevin Ceccon, dropping him from third to fifth. — António Félix da Costa had a ten place grid penalty for the sprint race after causing an avoidable collision in the sprint race.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Mitch Evans 78 1 2 Aaro Vainio 74 4 3 Daniel Abt 42 4 4 Matias Laine 40 2 5 Marlon Stöckinger 39
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 1 MW Arden 153 1 2 Lotus GP 139 1 3 Jenzer Motorsport 55 1 4 Status Grand Prix 39 1 5 Ocean Racing Technology 37
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 European Grand Prix 2012 Valencia GP2 Series round
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