Round details | |||
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Round 11 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series | |||
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza | |||
Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi) | ||
Feature race | |||
Date | 8 September 2012 | ||
Laps | 30 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Max Chilton | Marussia Carlin | |
Time | 1:31.886 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Luca Filippi | Scuderia Coloni | |
Second | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Barwa Addax Team | |
Third | Marcus Ericsson | iSport International | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
Time | 1:33.237 (on lap 30) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 9 September 2012 | ||
Laps | 21 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | |
Second | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
Third | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | |
Time | 1:33.536 (on lap 20) |
The 2012 Monza GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 8 and 9, 2012 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the penultimate round of the 2012 GP2 Series. [1] The race supported the 2012 Italian Grand Prix.
GP2 championship contenders Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi both arrived at Monza with equal points. By the end of the meeting, Razia had failed to score in both races while Valsecchi finished sixth in the Feature race and won the Sprint race, which — combined with an extra two points for a fastest lap — gave him a twenty-five point lead going into the final round in Singapore. [2]
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Davide Valsecchi is an Italian former racing driver and the 2012 GP2 Series champion.
Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho is a Brazilian businessman and former racing driver.
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