The 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on September 1 and 2, 2012 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2012 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 2:10.513 1 2 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 2:10.738 2 3 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 2:10.754 3 4 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 2:10.980 4 5 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 2:11.064 5 6 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 2:11.320 6 7 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 2:11.366 7 8 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 2:11.382 8 9 22 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 2:11.397 9 10 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 2:11.501 10 11 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 2:11.541 11 12 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 2:11.637 12 13 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 2:11.723 13 14 28 William Buller Carlin 2:11.742 14 15 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 2:11.746 15 16 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 2:11.804 16 17 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 2:12.224 17 18 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 2:12.410 18 19 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:12.508 19 20 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 2:12.530 20 21 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:12.713 24 22 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 2:12.765 21 23 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 2:12.886 22 24 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 2:12.917 23 25 30 John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 2:13.478 25 26 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 2:18.719 26Source:
Race 1
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 4 8:54.720 3 12.5 2 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 4 +0.321 4 11 3 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 4 +1.410 1 11.5 4 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 4 +1.971 10 6 5 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 4 +2.655 2 5 6 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 4 +3.157 7 4 7 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 4 +4.679 5 3 8 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 4 +6.081 6 2 9 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 4 +7.024 8 1 10 22 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 4 +7.584 9 0.5 11 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 4 +9.396 12 12 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 4 +10.170 15 13 28 William Buller Carlin 4 +10.790 14 14 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 4 +11.119 11 15 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 4 +13.438 18 16 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 4 +15.145 13 17 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 4 +16.967 19 18 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 4 +18.793 20 19 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 4 +19.166 17 20 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 4 +19.480 16 21 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 4 +19.787 21 22 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 4 +20.844 22 23 30 John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 4 +22.634 25 24 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 4 +23.445 24 25 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 4 +24.117 23 26 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 4 +27.131 26 Source:
Race 2
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Matias Laine MW Arden 12 26:39.329 4 15 2 27 António Félix da Costa Carlin 12 +2.404 7 14 3 2 Conor Daly Lotus GP 12 +3.460 2 10 4 22 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 12 +7.151 10 8 5 1 Daniel Abt Lotus GP 12 +8.494 8 6 6 21 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 12 +9.671 11 4 7 15 Lewis Williamson Status Grand Prix 12 +10.961 1 2 8 28 William Buller Carlin 12 +17.259 13 1 9 25 Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 12 +18.754 9 10 29 Tamás Pál Kiss Atech CRS Grand Prix 12 +19.460 17 11 26 Alex Brundle Carlin 12 +19.828 19 12 16 Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 12 +22.462 18 13 20 Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 12 +23.628 15 14 3 Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 12 +26.226 3 15 4 Mitch Evans MW Arden 12 +28.547 6 16 14 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 12 +29.267 14 17 30 John Wartique Atech CRS Grand Prix 12 +29.469 23 18 7 Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 12 +30.471 22 19 23 Vicky Piria Trident Racing 12 +31.849 16 20 18 Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 12 +33.410 12 21 8 Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 12 +33.967 25 22 31 Ethan Ringel Atech CRS Grand Prix 12 +34.451 24 23 17 Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 12 +54.689 26 Ret 5 David Fumanelli MW Arden 6 Retired 20 Ret 9 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 4 Collision Damage 5 DNS 19 Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 0 Injured After Accident — Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mitch Evans 147.5 1 2 António Félix da Costa 126 1 3 Aaro Vainio 123 4 Daniel Abt 112.5 1 5 Conor Daly 94
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 329.5 2 MW Arden 276.5 3 Carlin 164 4 Jenzer Motorsport 121.5 5 Marussia Manor Racing 64
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2012 Belgian Grand Prix 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round
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