2012 Monaco GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

   2012 Monaco GP2 round

Round details
Round 5 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series season and Round 2 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series season
Circuit de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.34 km (2.08 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	25 May 2012
Laps	42
Pole position
Driver	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team
Time	1:21.195
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team
Second	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni
Time	1:22.667 (on lap 41)
Sprint race
Date	26 May 2012
Laps	30
Podium
First	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International
Second	Max Chilton	Carlin
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Time	1:22.223 (on lap 30)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	25 May 2012
Laps	18
Pole position
Driver	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Time	1:28.008
Podium
First	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Second	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix
Third	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology
Time	1:28.857 (on lap 18)
Race 2
Date	26 May 2012
Laps	13
Podium
First	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix
Second	António Félix da Costa	Carlin Motorsport
Third	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix
Time	1:28.747 (on lap 11)

The 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round and the 2012 Monaco GP3 Series round will be a group of motor races held at the Circuit de Monaco in the Principality of Monaco for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships^[1][2] The races, held on 25 and 26 May, will be in support of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races will be the fifth round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races will form the second round of the 2012 GP3 season. 2012 marks the first time that the GP3 Series will hold a race at the Circuit de Monaco.

GP2 Series classification

Qualifying

The qualifying session was divided into two groups in order to avoid accidents due to the overcrowding on the track.^[3] Following a ballot, Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers.^[4] The grid was formed in two rows in order from the sessions.^[5]

Group A

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:21.320	2
2	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:21.475	4
3	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:21.530	6
4	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:21.776	8
5	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:21.796	10
6	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:22.174	12
7	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:22.326	14
8	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:22.475	16
9	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:22.650	18
10	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:22.997	20
11	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:23.193	22
12	24	Víctor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:23.792	24
13	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:25.661	26

Group B

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:21.195	1
2	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:21.249	3
3	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:21.858	5
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:21.912	7
5	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:22.053	9
6	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:22.288	11
7	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:22.598	13
8	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:22.762	15
9	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:22.873	17
10	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:22.996	19
11	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:23.020	21
12	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:23.539	23
13	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:25.907	25

Qualifying summary

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos.	No.	Driver	Team
1	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team
				2	26	Max Chilton	Carlin
3	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
				4	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
5	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International
				6	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International
7	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
				8	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team
9	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
				10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
11	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax
				12	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni
13	9	James Calado	Lotus GP
				14	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing
15	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing
				16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering
17	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing
				18	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS
19	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology
				20	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International
21	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni
				22	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus
23	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin
				24	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology
25	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus
				26	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	42	59:42.521	1	29 (25+4)
2	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	42	+0.564	3	18
3	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	42	+5.040	4	15
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	42	+16.347	7	12
5	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	42	+17.378	2	10
6	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	42	+21.883	6	8
7	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	42	+25.686	13	6
8	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	42	+42.275	14	4
9	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	42	+45.319	16	2
10	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	42	+47.099	12	3 (1+2)
11	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	42	+51.285	11
12	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	42	+1:04.054	20
13	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	42	+1:21.396	17
14	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	42	+1:23.537	23
15	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	42	+1:23.639	5
16	24	Víctor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	41	+1 lap	24
17	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	41	+1 lap	18
18	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	41	+1 lap	9
19	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	41	+1 lap	22
20	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	41	+1 lap	26
21	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	40	+2 laps	15
22	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	40	+2 laps	25
23	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	37	Retired^1	10
Ret	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	32	Retired	19
Ret	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	26	Retired	21
Ret	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	0	Retired	8
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Scuderia Coloni) — 1:22.667 (lap 41)
Source:[6]

Notes:

• ^1 — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	30	45:41.227	3	15
2	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	30	+1.083	4	12
3	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	30	+4.426	6	10
4	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	30	+8.133	7	8
5	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	30	+19.968	13	6
6	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	30	+23.273	15	6 (4+2)
7	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	30	+26.376	9	2
8	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	30	+26.880	23	1
9	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	30	+31.663	12
10	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	30	+35.338	26
11	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	30	+36.546	14
12	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+37.164	24
Ret	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	20	Retired	2
Ret	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	12	Retired	21
Ret	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	8	Retired	18
Ret	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	8	Retired	19
Ret	24	Víctor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	16
Ret	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	0	Retired	11
Ret	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	0	Retired	1
Ret	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	0	Retired	10
Ret	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	0	Retired	20
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	0	Retired	8
Ret	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	0	Retired	22
Ret	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	0	Retired	25
Ret	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	0	Retired	17
Ret	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	0	Retired	5
Fastest lap: Luiz Razia (Arden International) — 1:22.223 (lap 30)
Source:[7]

GP3 Series classification

Qualifying

As with the GP2 Series qualifying, qualifying for the GP3 Series race saw the drivers split into two groups.^[8] Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers.

Group A

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	1.28.922	2
2	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:28.108	4
3	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:29.152	6
4	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:29.246	8
5	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:29.757	15^2
6	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:30.400	11
7	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:30.436	13
8	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	1:30.637	16
9	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	1:30.782	18
10	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:31.427	20
11	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	1:31.474	22
12	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport	1:32.061	24
13	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:49.760	26

Group B

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:28.008	1
2	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:28.123	3
3	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:28.218	5
4	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:28.653	7
5	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin Motorsport	1:28.667	9
6	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:29.029	10
7	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	1:29.248	12
8	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:29.952	14
9	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	1:30.610	17
10	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	1:31.023	19
11	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:31.144	21
12	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	1:33.163	23
13	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	1:34.793	25

Notes:

• ^2 — William Buller was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident during the second race in Barcelona.^[9]

Qualifying summary

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos.	No.	Driver	Team
1	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
				2	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology
3	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix
				4	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
5	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden
				6	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix
7	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
				8	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
9	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
				10	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
11	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix
				12	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix
13	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin
				14	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
15	28	William Buller	Carlin
				16	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing
17	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing
				18	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport
19	23	Vicy Piria	Trident Racing
				20	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix
21	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix
				22	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing
23	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology
				24	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport
25	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology
				26	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	18	27:06.685	1	25
2	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	18	+1.994	3	18
3	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	18	+10.519	2	17 (15+2)
4	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	18	+16.156	5	12
5	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	18	+17.789	4	10
6	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	18	+18.169	7	8
7	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin Motorsport	18	+18.548	9	6
8	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	18	+20.440	6	4
9	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+20.733	10	2
10	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	18	+25.083	13	1
11	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	18	+26.084	11
12	28	William Buller	Carlin	18	+29.591	15
13	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	18	+31.319	12
14	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+31.612	18
15	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+34.249	16
16	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+34.851	17
17	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	18	+47.648	20
18	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	18	+57.033	23
19	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	18	+59.726	19
20	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	18	+1:00.765	22
21	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	18	+1:02.454	26
22	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+1:03.565	24
23	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	17	+1 lap	8
Ret	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	8	Retired	14
Ret	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	8	Retired	21
Ret	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	5	Retired	25
Fastest lap: Kevin Ceccon (Ocean Racing Technology) — 1:28.857 (lap 18)
Source:[10]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	13	21:37.673	1	17 (15+2)
2	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin Motorsport	13	+0.687	2	12
3	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	13	+1.820	3	10
4	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	13	+2.685	4	8
5	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	13	+3.651	5	6
6	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	13	+5.337	6	4
7	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	13	+6.266	8	2
8	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	13	+7.090	9	1
9	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	13	+7.762	2
10	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+9.055	14
11	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	13	+1:11.406	18
12	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	13	+1:12.106	19
13	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	13	+1:12.710	17
14	24	Antonio Spavone	Trident Racing	13	+1:13.514	20
15	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+1:14.329	24
16	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	13	+1:15.267	21
17	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	13	+1:16.582	15
18	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	13	+1:17.725	25
19	22	Jakub Klášterka	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+1:18.420	22
20	15	Kotaro Sakurai	Status Grand Prix	13	+1:19.123	13
21	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	13	+1:19.910	26
22	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	13	+1:20.594	11
Ret	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	10	Collision	23
Ret	28	William Buller	Carlin Motorsport	0	Collision	12
Ret	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin Motorsport	0	Collision	10
DSQ	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	13	(+1:10.884)^3	16
Fastest lap: Marlon Stöckinger (Status Grand Prix) — 1:28.747 (lap 11)
Source:[11]

Notes:

• ^ — Dmitry Suranovich was excluded from the race results for ignoring the stewards' directions to pit as his car was damaged, resulting in a collision with Conor Daly.^[12]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings GP2 Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 141 2 Luiz Razia 110 1 3 Giedo van der Garde 85 2 4 Max Chilton 79 2 5 James Calado 75

Teams' Championship standings GP2 Pos Team Points 1 DAMS 169 2 Lotus GP 135 3 Arden International 111 4 Carlin 95 1 5 Caterham Racing 91

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

Drivers' Championship standings GP3 Pos Driver Points 1 1 Aaro Vainio 54 1 2 Mitch Evans 43 3 3 Marlon Stöckinger 39 4 4 António Félix da Costa 24 3 5 Conor Daly 23

Teams' Championship standings GP3 Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 99 2 MW Arden 83 1 3 Status Grand Prix 39 1 4 Jenzer Motorsport 36 5 Carlin 27

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

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