The 2012 Hungaroring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on July 28 and 29, 2012 at Hungaroring, Hungary. It was the sixth round of the 2012 GP3 season. The race supported the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix.
With António Félix da Costa winning Race 1 and Race 2 respectively, it marked the first time in the series' history that a driver was able to win two races in a weekend.
Classification Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:36.052 1 2 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:36.301 2 3 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:36.381 3 4 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:36.478 4 5 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:36.541 5 6 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:36.569 6 7 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:36.783 7 8 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:36.807 8 9 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 1:36.866 9 10 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:36.867 10 11 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:36.967 11 12 28 William Buller Carlin 1:37.065 12 13 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 1:37.066 13 14 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 1:37.264 14 15 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:37.282 15 16 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 1:37.612 16 17 30 Facu Regalia Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:37.625 17 18 22 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 1:37.661 18 19 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:37.730 19 20 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:37.882 20 21 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:38.528 21 22 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:38.560 22 23 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manors Racing 1:38.671 23 24 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 1:38.706 24 25 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:38.974 25 26 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.809 26Source:
Race 1
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 16 26:33.107 2 27 2 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 16 +4.410 6 18 3 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 16 +4.747 3 15 4 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 16 +8.674 8 12 5 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 16 +9.681 1 14 6 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 16 +10.404 7 8 7 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 16 +11.025 9 6 8 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 16 +12.928 5 4 9 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 16 +13.338 4 2 10 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 16 +14.257 13 1 11 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 16 +17.448 14 12 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 16 +18.531 11 13 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 16 +20.984 15 14 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +21.482 20 15 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 16 +23.338 16 16 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 16 +24.770 10 17 22 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 16 +28.400 18 18 30 Facu Regalia Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +32.508 17 19 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 16 +32.988 19 20 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 16 +41.678 25 21 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 16 +44.872 22 22 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +48.844 24 23 28 William Buller Carlin 16 +1:30.888 12 24 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 14 Retired 26 Ret 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 3 Retired 21 DNS 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 0 did not start 23 Source:
Race 2
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 16 30:36.220 8 17 2 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 16 +11.071 16 12 3 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 16 +13.440 15 10 4 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 16 +18.987 13 8 5 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 16 +19.505 10 6 6 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 16 +21.609 2 4 7 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 16 +22.052 4 2 8 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 16 +25.392 5 1 9 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 16 +29.260 3 10 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +32.289 14 11 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 16 +37.146 7 12 28 William Buller Carlin 16 +37.150 23 13 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 16 +38.616 9 14 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 16 +39.674 21 15 22 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 16 +48.584 17 16 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 16 +50.483 25 17 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +59.255 22 18 30 Facu Regalia Atech CRS Grand Prix 16 +1:04.953 18 19 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 16 +1:12.457 20 20 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 16 +1:22.641 19 21 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 16 +1:31.650 6 22 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 16 +1 Lap 12 Ret 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 13 Retired 24 Ret 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 12 Retired 11 Ret 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Retired 1 DNS 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 0 did not start — Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mitch Evans 136 2 Aaro Vainio 119 4 3 António Félix da Costa 102 1 4 Daniel Abt 94 1 5 Patric Niederhauser 87
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 294 2 MW Arden 245 1 3 Carlin 139 1 4 Jenzer Motorsport 109 5 Marussia Manor Racing 58
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix 2012 Hungaroring GP2 Series round
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