2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round

2012 Marina Bay GP2 round
Round details
Round 12 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series season
Layout of the Marina Bay street circuit
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Street circuit 5.073 km (3.15 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	22 September 2012
Laps	28
Pole position
Driver	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni
Time	1:59.444
Podium
First	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin
Second	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Third	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Time	2:04.247 (on lap 17)
Sprint race
Date	23 September 2012
Laps	24
Podium
First	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Second	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Third	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time	2:03.184 (on lap 5)

The 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round is a group of motor races that will be held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore for the GP2 Series championship,^[1] with the 2012 GP3 Series season having concluded at the previous round at Monza.^[2] The races, which will be held on 22 and 23 July, will be in support of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix, and represent the final round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. The event marks the first time the GP2 Series has travelled to Singapore.

Davide Valsecchi was declared the 2012 series champion after he out-scored title rival Luiz Razia in the feature race.^[3] Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race.^[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	14	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	1:59.444	1
2	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	1:59.496	2
3	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:59.908	3
4	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	2:00.102	4
5	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	2:00.113	5
6	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	2:00.287	6
7	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	2:00.335	7
8	21	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	2:00.364	8
9	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	2:00.365	9
10	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	2:00.634	10
11	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	2:00.671	11
12	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	2:00.695	12
13	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	2:00.720	13
14	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	2:00.906	14
15	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	2:00.954	15
16	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	2:01.031	16
17	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	2:01.204	17
18	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	2:01.308	18
19	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	2:01.474	19
20	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	2:01.961	20
21	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	2:02.110	21
22	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	2:02.260	22
23	19	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	2:02.376	23
24	2	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	2:03.218	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	2:04.174	25
26	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	2:01.656	26
Source:^[5]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	28¹	1:01:48.095	2	25
2	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	28	+1.363	3	18+2
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	28	+4.894	5	15
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	28	+5.945	6	12
5	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	28	+6.295	9	10
6	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	28	+8.798	13	8
7	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	28	+14.229	17	6
8	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	28	+15.147	14	4
9	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	28	+48.855	16	2
10	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	28	+49.445	12	1
11	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	28	+51.466	19
12	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	28	+52.099	18
13	21	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	28	+52.839	8
14	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	28	+1:04.038	11
15	2	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	28	+1:04.314	24
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+1:04.378	10
17	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	28	+1:05.013	25
Ret	14	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	24	Retired	1	4
Ret	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	24	Retired	26
Ret	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	23	Retired	15
Ret	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	19	Retired	4
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	9	Retired	7
Ret	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	7	Retired	22
Ret	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	5	Retired	20
Ret	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	21
Ret	19	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	0	Retired	23
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 2:04.247 (on lap 17)
Source:^[3]

Notes:

^1 — The race was scheduled to take place over 34 laps, but was revised to 28 as per series regulations, which state that the feature race will be run to the first lap over 170 kilometres (110 mi), or the first lap over one hour of racing. As lap 28 marked the first lap over one hour of racing, the number of laps was reduced.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	21	46:36.606	1	15
2	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	21	+1.719	2	12
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	21	+5.684	6	10
4	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	21	+7.393	4	8
5	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	21	+7.942	5	6
6	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	21	+8.562	7	4
7	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	21	+8.718	3	2
8	21	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	21	+15.394	13	1+2
9	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	21	+18.981	25¹
10	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	21	+21.964	19
11	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	21	+29.223	9
12	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	21	+38.159	12
13	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	21	+42.593	23
14	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	21	+43.366	22
15	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	21	+44.482	10
16	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	21	+49.242	11
17	2	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	21	+50.553	15
18	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	21	+1:02.226	21
19	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	21	+1:06.565	8
20	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	21	+1:07.175	24²
21	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	21	+1:07.288	17
22	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	19	Retired	14
Ret	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	18	Retired	16
Ret	19	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	8	Retired	26
Ret	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	2	Retired	20
DNS	14	Luca Filippi	Scuderia Coloni	0	Did not start	—
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 2:03.184 (on lap 5)
Source:^[4]

Notes:

^1 — Johnny Cecotto Jr. was given a three-place grid penalty for crossing the white pit exit line when rejoining the circuit during the feature race.^[6]
^2 — Fabio Onidi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident during the feature race.^[6]

Standings after the round

GP2 standings

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Davide Valsecchi	247
	2	Luiz Razia	222
1	3	Esteban Gutiérrez	176
1	4	Max Chilton	169
2	5	James Calado	160

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	DAMS	342
	2	Lotus GP	336
	3	Arden International	226
	4	Racing Engineering	212
1	5	Marussia Carlin	207

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

References

↑ Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). Retrieved 13 May 2012.
↑ "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
1 2 "Valsecchi champion as Chilton wins". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
1 2 Bradley, Charles (23 September 2012). "Van der Garde wins Singapore sprint". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 23 September 2012.
↑ Bradley, Charles (21 September 2012). "Filippi takes GP2 pole in Singapore". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 22 September 2012.
1 2 "Penalties for Cecotto, Onidi". GP2Series.com (GP2 Series Ltd.). 22 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

Previous round: 2012 Monza GP2 round	GP2 Series 2012 season	Next round: 2013 Sepang GP2 round
Previous round: none	Marina Bay GP2 round	Next round: 2013 Marina Bay GP2 round

List of GP2 Rounds

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