2012 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

   2012 Catalunya GP2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series season and Round 1 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series season
Circuit de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.665 km (2.892 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	12 May 2012
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	James Calado	Lotus GP
Time	1:30.655
Podium
First	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Second	James Calado	Lotus GP
Third	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Time	1:35.200 (on lap 21)
Sprint race
Date	13 May 2012
Laps	25 (26 scheduled)
Podium
First	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Second	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering
Third	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology
Time	1:34.343 (on lap 7)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	12 May 2012
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	1:38.642
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Second	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix
Third	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Time	1:41.440 (on lap 5)
Race 2
Date	13 May 2012
Laps	16
Podium
First	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Second	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport
Third	Matias Laine	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology
Time	1:40.619 (on lap 7)

The 2012 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 12 and 13 May 2012 as the fourth round of the 2012 GP2 Series season.^[1] The weekend also saw the first round of the 2012 GP3 Series season.^[2]

After qualifying down in fifth place, the GP2 feature race was won by Giedo van der Garde, with reverse pole man Luiz Razia taking the win at the sprint race. Meanwhile, the first GP3 feature race of the season was won by Mitch Evans with Conor Daly winning the sprint race the next day.

GP2 Series classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:30.655	1
2	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:30.865	2
3	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:30.902	3
4	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:30.962	4
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:31.006	5
6	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:31.167	6
7	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:31.212	7
8	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:31.212	8
9	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:31.269	9
10	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:31.308	10
11	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:31.320	11
12	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:31.332	12
13	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:31.377	13
14	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:31.391	14
15	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:31.565	15
16	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:31.599	16
17	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:31.677	17
18	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:31.682	18
19	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:31.939	19
20	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:31.966	20
21	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:32.270	21
22	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:32.325	22
23	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:32.691	23
24	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:33.010	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:33.083	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:33.329	26
Source:[3]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	37	1:00:22.966	5	25
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	37	+0.878	1	22 (18+4)
3	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	37	+3.811	8	15
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	37	+11.859	7	12
5	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	37	+15.795	10	10
6	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	37	+19.379	6	8
7	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	37	+19.768	4	6
8	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	37	+20.072	13	4
9	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	37	+27.624	9	2
10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	37	+36.653	11	3 (1+2)
11	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	37	+45.264	22
12	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	37	+46.534	2
13	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	37	+47.087	14
14	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	37	+47.356	12
15	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	37	+53.555	20
16	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	37	+1:00.879	24
17	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	37	+1:06.737	17
18	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	37	+1:11.199	15
19	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	37	+1:11.397	21
20	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	37	+1:14.871	16
21	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	37	+1:15.821	3
22	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	37	+1:20.031	18
23	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	37	+1:20.382	19
24	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	37	+1:28.989	23
25	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+1 lap	26
Ret	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	8	Retired	25
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 1:35.200 (lap 21)
Source:[4]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	25	40:08.411	1	17 (15+2)
2	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	25	+5.256	4	12
3	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	25	+5.897	5	10
4	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	25	+6.575	7	8
5	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	25	+13.117	2	6
6	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	25	+14.362	8	4
7	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	25	+14.874	10	2
8	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	25	+19.223	6	1
9	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	25	+19.703	11
10	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	25	+21.570	17
11	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	25	+22.852	12
12	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	25	+23.312	22
13	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	25	+30.155	18
14	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	25	+30.601	15
15	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	25	+31.281	16
16	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	25	+31.834	20
17	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	25	+32.817	24
18	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	25	+34.371	3
19	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	25	+34.818	21
20	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	25	+35.426	23
21	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	25	+38.977	19
22	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	25	+39.878	13
23	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	25	+41.979	26
24	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	25	+48.441	14
Ret	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	3	Retired	25
Ret	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	0	Did not start	9
Fastest lap: Victor Guerin (Ocean Racing Technology) — 1:34.343 (lap 7)
Source:[5]

GP3 Series classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	1:38.642	1
2	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:38.720	2
3	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:38.732	3
4	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:38.835	4
5	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:38.867	5
6	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:38.894	16^1
7	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:38.945	6
8	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:38.988	7
9	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:39.151	8
10	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	1:39.164	9
11	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:39.175	10
12	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:39.201	11
13	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:39.228	12
14	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:39.512	13
15	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	1:39.553	14
16	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	1:39.701	15
17	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	1:39.932	17
18	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:40.002	18
19	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	1:40.278	19
20	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:40.578	20
21	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:40.640	21
22	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport	1:41.053	22
23	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	1:41.112	23
24	18	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	1:42.066	24
25	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	1:43.509	25^1
26	17	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	no time	26
Source:[6]

Notes:

• ^1 — Tio Ellinas and Vicky Piria were penalised by 10 grid positions after they ignored yellow flags in qualifying. Piria's grid position did not change because Kevin Ceccon did not set a time in qualifying.^[7]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	28:38.738	4	25
2	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	16	+2.609	5	18
3	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	16	+4.594	3	15
4	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+5.071	7	14 (12+2)
5	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	16	+6.284	8	10
6	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	16	+6.941	2	8
7	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+7.419	16	6
8	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+10.102	14	4
9	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	16	+11.046	10	2
10	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	16	+11.291	12	1
11	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+15.105	9
12	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+15.752	11
13	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	16	+16.231	6
14	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	16	+16.577	1	4
15	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+17.132	23
16	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+17.775	19
17	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	16	+18.284	17
18	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	16	+19.087	15
19	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+19.626	22
20	18	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+22.224	24
21	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+23.070	20
22	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	16	+32.897	25
23	28	William Buller	Carlin	16	+46.346	13
Ret	17	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	7	Retired	26
Ret	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	0	Retired	21
Ret	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	18
Fastest lap: Patric Niederhauser (Jenzer Motorsport) — 1:41.440 (lap 5)
Source:[8]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	16	27:21.043	3	15
2	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+3.265	1	12
3	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	16	+4.168	4	10
4	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	16	+4.877	6	8
5	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+5.669	5	6
6	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	16	+9.341	13	4
7	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	16	+9.688^2	14	2
8	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	16	+9.833	10	1
9	28	William Buller	Carlin	16	+12.090	23
10	17	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+12.401	23	2
11	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	16	+13.664	26
12	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	16	+16.703	18
13	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+21.703	21
14	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+25.550	19
15	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+28.133	2
16	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	16	+31.239	22
17	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	16	+31.608	9
18	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+37.862	25
19	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	16	+38.449	7
20	4	Mitch Evans	atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+51.421	8
21	18	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+1:16.560	20
Ret	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	12	Retired	16
Ret	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	0	Retired	12
Ret	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	15
Ret	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Retired	11
Ret	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	0	Retired	24
Fastest lap: Marlon Stöckinger (Status Grand Prix) — 1:40.524
Source:[9]

Notes:

• ^2 — António Félix da Costa was given a 1 second time penalty added to his race result.^[10]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings GP2 Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 129 2 Luiz Razia 104 3 3 James Calado 69 3 4 Giedo van der Garde 60 2 5 Esteban Gutiérrez 59

Teams' Championship standings GP2 Pos Team Points 1 DAMS 157 2 Lotus GP 128 3 Arden International 105 4 Carlin 73 5 Racing Engineering 64

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Drivers' Championship standings GP3 Pos Driver Points 1 Mitch Evans 25 2 Conor Daly 23 3 Aaro Vainio 23 4 Matias Laine 20 5 Patric Niederhauser 20

Teams' Championship standings GP3 Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 50 2 MW Arden 47 3 Jenzer Motorsport 36 4 Status Grand Prix 18 5 Carlin 8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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2. "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
3. Bradley, Charles (11 May 2012). "James Calado takes pole position for Lotus GP in GP2 qualifying at Barcelona". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 12 May 2012.
4. "an der Garde takes Barcelona GP2 victory". Autosport.com (Haymaret Publications). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
5. Bradley, Charles (13 May 2012). "Luiz Razia wins for Arden in GP2 sprint race at Barcelona". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 13 May 2012.
6. "Carlin's Antonio Felix da Costa on pole for GP3 opener at Barcelona". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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9. Bradley, Charles (13 May 2012). "Conor Daly wins for Lotus GP in GP3 race two at Barcelona". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 13 May 2012.
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