The 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on July 21 and 22, 2012 at Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany. It was the fifth round of the 2012 GP3 Season. The race supported the 2012 German Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:31.961 1 2 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:32.191 2 3 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:32.267 3 4 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:32.551 4 5 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:32.564 5 6 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:32.658 6 7 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:32.689 7 8 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:32.773 8 9 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:33.010 9 10 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 1:33.079 10 11 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 1:33.079 11 12 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 1:33.089 12 13 28 William Buller Carlin 1:33.115 13 14 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 133.133 14 15 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 1:33.263 15 16 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:33.347 16 17 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:33.583 17 18 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:34.035 18 19 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:34.258 19 20 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:34.270 20 21 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:34.756 21 22 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:36.073 22 DQ 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:32.381 23 DQ 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:33.861 24Source:
Race 1 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 45:51.078 7 25 2 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +0.693 3 18 3 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +8.841 10 15 4 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +11.353 11 12 5 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +11.983 4 10 6 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +12.555 16 8 7 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +13.415 1 10 8 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +13.983 2 4 9 28 William Buller Carlin 14 +14.205 13 2 10 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +18.564 23 3 11 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +22.297 19 12 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 14 +22.889 6 13 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 14 +24.264 15 14 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +29.081 21 15 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 14 +29.696 24 16 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 14 +31.067 8 17 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:05.361 9 18 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:38.233 18 19 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 14 +1:42.018 17 20 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:56.621 22 Ret 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 9 Retired 5 Ret 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 8 Retired 20 DSQ 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 (+42.621) 14 DSQ 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 14 (+1:29.303) 12 Source:
Race 2 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 15 30:14.349 1 17 2 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 15 +0.428 2 12 3 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 15 +0.987 7 10 4 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 15 +1.342 3 8 5 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 15 +2.737 5 6 6 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 15 +2.917 4 4 7 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 15 +3.086 10 2 8 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 15 +4.020 6 1 9 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 15 +5.553 8 10 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 15 +6.602 12 11 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 15 +6.784 16 12 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 15 +8.972 24 13 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 15 +9.201 23 14 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 15 +9.306 15 15 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 15 +11.715 17 16 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 15 +12.218 18 NC 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 10 Not classified 11 Ret 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 10 Retired 20 Ret 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 9 Retired 22 Ret 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 13 Ret 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 19 Ret 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 0 Retired 14 Ret 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 0 Retired 21 Ret 28 William Buller Carlin 0 Retired 9 Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mitch Evans 121 2 Aaro Vainio 103 1 3 Daniel Abt 76 1 4 Patric Niederhauser 75 1 5 Conor Daly 75
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 254 2 MW Arden 216 1 3 Jenzer Motorsport 97 1 4 Carlin 85 5 Marussia Manor Racing 50
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 German Grand Prix 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
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