2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round

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Round details
Round 7 of 12 rounds in the
2012 GP2 Series
Silverstone Circuit vector map.png
Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent racing circuit
5.901 km (3.667 mi)
Feature race
Date 7 July 2012
Laps 25 [N 1]
Pole position
Driver Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering
Time 2:01.889
Podium
First Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP
Second Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP
Time 2:01.622 (on lap 25)
Sprint race
Date 8 July 2012
Laps 21
Podium
First Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International
Second Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS
Third Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing
Time 1:43.374 (on lap 19)

The 2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2012 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the seventh round of the 2012 GP2 Season. [1]

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Mexican Esteban Gutierrez won the feature race while Brazilian Luiz Razia won the sprint race. Series leader Valsecchi was penalized and sent to the back of the starting grid due to the infringement of a technical regulation related to the quantity of fuel available after the qualifying session. As a result, Razia ended up leading the GP2 Championship after Silverstone. [2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGrid
15 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 2:01.8891
21 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 2:02.8042
38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International 2:02.8723
414 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 2:03.00423 1
510 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 2:03.2584
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP 2:03.2745
727 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Marussia Carlin 2:03.3986
826 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia Carlin 2:03.4327
923 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International 2:03.5538
1012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 2:03.56520 2
114 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS 2:03.58124 1
123 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS 2:03.60026 3
1325 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 2:03.6999
142 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 2:04.02910
156 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 2:04.24011
1618 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:04.28012
1711 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 2:04.43013
187 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 2:04.76725 1
1921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong Rapax 2:04.78214
2024 Flag of Brazil.svg Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 2:05.04015
2117 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 2:05.21816
2215 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 2:05.35017
2322 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 2:05.53718
2416 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 2:05.67719
2520 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 2:07.23121
2619 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:09.16122
Source: [3]

Notes

Feature race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
110 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 251:00:22.657427 (25+2)
21 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 25+1.700218
38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International 25+5.257315
425 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 25+6.368912
523 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International 25+6.523810
64 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS 25+7.552248
73 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS 25+9.051266
812 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 25+9.841204
926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia Carlin 25+11.11672
1027 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Marussia Carlin 25+11.95861
1118 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 25+12.13012
126 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 25+12.84311
1316 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 25+15.70119
145 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 25+16.42114
1522 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 25+16.81818
162 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 25+17.83310
1724 Flag of Brazil.svg Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 25+18.16715
1820 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 25+23.18320
1919 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 25+24.34521
2017 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 25+38.35116
217 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 25+39.83125
2215 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 25+44.90217
2311 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 23+2 laps13
Ret14 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20Retired23
Ret9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP 17Retired5
Ret21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong Rapax 1Retired14
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 2:01.622 (on lap 25)
Source: [5]

Sprint race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
123 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Arden International 2137:28.656415
23 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi DAMS 21+5.642212
34 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr DAMS 21+17.775310
410 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 21+19.96988
58 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer iSport International 21+25.86966
625 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 21+28.60054
77 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson iSport International 21+31.980214 (2+2)
815 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 21+35.797221
95 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 21+38.12714
102 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 21+40.37816
1122 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer Arden International 21+40.53315
1227 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Marussia Carlin 21+48.47110
1321 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong Rapax 21+54.16126
146 Flag of France.svg Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 21+54.64312
1520 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 21+1:15.96718
1619 Flag of Venezuela.svg Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 21+1:17.97119
1717 Flag of Colombia.svg Julián Leal Trident Racing 21+1:30.45620
181 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 20Retired7
1926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia Carlin 19Retired9
209 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Lotus GP 19Retired25
2112 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 19Retired1
2218 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 19Retired11
Ret11 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 3Retired23
Ret16 Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 0Retired13
Ret14 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 0Retired24
Ret24 Flag of Brazil.svg Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 0Retired17
Fastest lap: Julián Leal (Trident Racing) — 1:43.374 (on lap 19)
Source: [6]

Standings after the round

See also

Footnotes

  1. The GP2 Series feature race was scheduled to take place over 29 laps. However, heavy rain prompted race stewards to shorten the race to the first full lap after one hour of racing.

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