2012 Bahrain 1st GP2 Series round

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Flag of Bahrain.svg    2012 1st Bahrain GP2 round
Round details
Round 2 of 12 rounds in the
2012 GP2 Series
Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg
Location Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course Permanent racing facility
5.412 km (3.359 mi)
Feature race
Date 21 April 2012
Laps 32
Pole position
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS
Time 1:41.200
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS
Second Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International
Third Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS
Time 1:44.380 (on lap 25)
Sprint race
Date 22 April 2012
Laps 23
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS
Second Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing
Time 1:45.650 (on lap 3)

The 2012 Bahrain 1st GP2 Series round was the second round of the 2012 GP2 Series. It was held on 21 and 22 April 2012 at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain. [1] The race supported the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix. The second round was held one week later as an independent round of the championship, the only one of its kind on the 2012 calendar.

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The rounds were the first time the GP2 Series has visited the Bahrain International Circuit since 2007. The circuit was a regular fixture on the calendar of the now-defunct GP2 Asia Series from its inception in 2008 until 2011, when the race was cancelled due to anti-government protests. [2] With the GP2 Asia series being discontinued at the end of the 2011 season and merged into its parent series, [3] the Bahrain International Circuit returned to the larger GP2 Series as part of the series' expansion to include fly-away rounds.

In the week before the first race, Barwa Addax driver Josef Král was replaced by Dani Clos. [4] Brendon Hartley also replaced Ocean Racing Technology's Jon Lancaster. [5]

DAMS driver Davide Valsecchi qualified on pole for the first feature race, and won both the feature and sprint races.

The first race was also the first time that the series introduced the points system used by Formula One since 2010 for the feature race, with points awarded to the top ten drivers and twenty-five points awarded to the race winner. The points for the sprint race were changed too, with the winner receiving fifteen points and the top eight drivers scoring points. The points for pole and fastest lap were doubled as well.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGrid
13 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:41.2001
210 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:41.4792
34 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:41.7853
45 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:41.7984
51 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:41.8585
616 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:41.8626
77 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:41.93317 1
89 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP 1:41.9397
923 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International 1:41.9628
1026 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin 1:41.9809
1127 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:42.09710
1212 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:42.13911
138 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:42.15612
142 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Barwa Addax Team 1:42.15813
1521 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:42.19014
1615 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:42.37415
1711 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:42.40916
186 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:42.42718
1917 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:42.45619
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:42.70620
2124 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology 1:42.78226 2
2214 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:42.85321
2325 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:42.89522
2422 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 1:43.01423
2519 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:43.90724
2620 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:44.07825

Notes:

Feature Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS 3259:31.115131 (25+4+2)
223 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International 32+7.770818
310 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 32+13.528215
426 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin 32+14.088912
59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP 32+16.278710
621 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann Rapax 32+16.559148
75 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 32+17.24346
815 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 32+28.109154
927 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Carlin 32+32.846102
1024 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology 32+36.093261
1116 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 32+37.3776
1217 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 32+38.67719
137 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 32+40.62717
1418 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 32+41.00920
1511 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 32+44.02816
1622 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 32+44.55223
1720 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 32+47.77625
1819 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 32+52.46424
192 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Barwa Addax Team 30Brakes 3 13
2025 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 30Accident damage 3 22
216 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 29Accident damage 3 18
Ret1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 16Collision5
Ret4 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS 16Collision3
Ret12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 16Accident damage11
Ret14 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 2Collision21
DNS8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International Electrical12
Fastest lap: Davide Valsecchi (DAMS) — 1:44.380 (lap 25)

Notes:

Sprint race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS 2239:22.363815
210 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 22+0.399612
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP 22+10.617410
423 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International 22+12.46378
526 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin 22+13.57356
64 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS 22+15.41426 4 4
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International 22+22.950252
822 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 22+30.425161
912 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 22+31.976232
1021 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann Rapax 22+32.5453 7
112 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Barwa Addax Team 22+32.63219
125 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 22+32.8562
1320 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 22+36.27517
1415 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 22+36.4771
1527 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Carlin 22+39.9889
167 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 22+40.38613
1717 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 22+47.41012
1825 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 22+56.19620
1918 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 22+59.48814
2019 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 22+1:53.29518
2111 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 22+2:12.968 5 15
221 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 21Retired 6 22
2314 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20Retired 6 24
Ret6 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 15Retired21
Ret24 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Ocean Racing Technology 2Retired10
Ret16 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 0Retired11
Fastest lap: Giedo van der Garde (Caterham Racing) — 1:45.650 (lap 3)

Notes:

Standings after the round

References

  1. Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. "Bahrain withdraw from 2011 GP2 Asia Series calendar". GP2 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. Collantine, Keith (12 July 2011). "GP2 to drop Asia Series in 2012". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. Allen, Peter (18 April 2012). "Clos replaces Kral at Addax for Bahrain". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. "Brendon Hartley rejoint Ocean" [Brendon Hartley joins Ocean]. AUTOhebdo (in French). Groupe Hommell. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  6. "Ericsson handed a 10 place grid penalty". GP2 Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  7. "Hartley issued with five place grid penalty". GP2 Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. "Felipe Nasr given five-place grid penalty for GP2 sprint race". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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