2012 Hockenheimring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

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   2012 Hockenheim GP2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series and Round 5 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series
The Hockenheimring since 2002
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	21 July 2012
Laps	38
Pole position
Driver	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Time	1:44.022
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team
Second	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Third	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni
Time	1:25.254 (on lap 31)
Sprint race
Date	22 July 2012
Laps	27
Podium
First	James Calado	Lotus GP
Second	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing
Third	Felipe Nasr	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing
Time	1:25.760 (on lap 7)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	21 July 2012
Laps	14
Pole position
Driver	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Time	1:31.961
Podium
First	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Second	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Third	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:51.511 (on lap 14)
Race 2
Date	22 July 2012
Laps	15
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Second	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Third	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:33.088 (on lap 10)

The 2012 Hockenheim GP2 series round and the 2012 Hockenheim GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Hockenheimring in Germany for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships. The races, held on 7 and 8 July, were in support of the German Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races were the eighth round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races formed the fifth round of the 2012 GP3 season.

GP2 Series classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:44.022	1
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:44.034	2
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:44.944	3
4	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.063	4
5	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.129	5
6	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:45.152	6
7	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:45.420	7
8	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.516	8
9	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:45.613	9
10	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:45.636	10
11	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:45.760	11
12	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:45.763	12
13	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:45.821	13
14	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:45.870	14
15	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:45.907	15
16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:45.917	16
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:45.939	17
18	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.103	18
19	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:46.394	19
20	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:46.637	20
21	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:46.651	21
22	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:46.849	22
23	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:47.332	23
24	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:49.546	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:52.356	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	No time	26
Source:[1][2]

Feature race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	38	58:16.075	18	27 (25+2)
2	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	38	+9.609	3	18
3	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	38	+14.977	22	15
4	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	38	+21.464	7	12
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	38	+26.885	1	14 (10+4)
6	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	38	+29.260	4	8
7	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	38	+29.573	10	6
8	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	38	+29.950	2	4
9	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	38	+31.978	12	2
10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	38	+32.373	9	1
11	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	38	+33.798	14
12	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	38	+39.284	20
13	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	38	+46.854	6
14	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	38	+50.205	11
15	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	38	+55.440	16
16	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	38	+55.707	17
17	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	38	+56.284	19
18	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	38	+1:02.119	21
19	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	38	+1:08.223	5
20	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	38	+1:18.043	15
21	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	38	+1:18.945	23
22	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	38	+1:20.866	13
23	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	38	+1:30.712	24
24	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	37	+1 Lap	26
Ret	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	Accident	8
DSQ	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	18	Disqualified	25
Fastest lap: Fabio Onidi (Scuderia Coloni) — 1:25.254 (on lap 31)
Source:[2][3]

Sprint race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	27	40:18.134	1	17 (15+2)
2	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	27	+7.962	4	12
3	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	27	+17.509	5	10
4	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	27	+21.962	7	8
5	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	27	+22.353	10	6
6	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	27	+33.193	8	4
7	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	27	+39.870	13	2
8	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+41.861	3	1
9	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	27	+42.196	15
10	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	27	+42.442	2
11	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	27	+42.959	17
12	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	27	+43.336	21
13	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	27	+43.580	12
14	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	27	+44.111	22
15	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	27	+46.002	11
16	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	27	+46.683	26
17	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	27	+47.624	16
18	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	27	+53.235	18
19	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	27	+54.660	20
20	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	27	+56.315	23
21	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	27	+1:02.878	6
22	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	27	+1:13.439	19
23	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	27	+1 Lap	25
Ret	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	18	Retired	24
Ret	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	0	Accident	9
Ret	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	0	Accident	14
Fastest lap: Stéphane Richelmi (Trident Racing) — 1:25.760 (on lap 7)
Source:[4][5]

GP3 Series classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:31.961	1
2	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:32.191	2
3	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:32.267	3
4	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:32.551	4
5	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	1:32.564	5
6	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:32.658	6
7	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:32.689	7
8	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:32.773	8
9	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	1:33.010	9
10	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	1:33.079	10
11	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:33.079	11
12	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:33.089	12
13	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:33.115	13
14	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	133.133	14
15	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	1:33.263	15
16	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:33.347	16
17	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:33.583	17
18	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:34.035	18
19	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	1:34.258	19
20	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	1:34.270	20
21	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	1:34.756	21
22	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	1:36.073	22
23	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:32.381	23
24	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	1:33.861	24
Source:[6]

Race 1[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	14	45:51.078	7	25
2	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	14	+0.693	3	18
3	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	14	+8.841	10	15
4	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	14	+11.353	11	12
5	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	14	+11.983	4	10
6	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix14	14	+12.555	16	8
7	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	14	+13.415	1	10 (6+4)
8	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	14	+13.983	2	4
9	28	William Buller	Carlin	14	+14.205	13	2
10	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+18.564	23	3 (1+2)
11	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+22.297	19
12	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	14	+22.889	6
13	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	14	+24.264	15
14	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	14	+29.081	21
15	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	14	+29.696	24
16	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	14	+31.067	8
17	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+1:05.361	9
18	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	14	+1:38.233	18
19	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	14	+1:42.018	17
20	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	14	+1:56.621	22
Ret	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	9	Retired	5
Ret	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	8	Retired	20
DSQ	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	14	(+42.621)	14
DSQ	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	14	(+1:29.303)	12
Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:51.511 (on lap 14)
Source:[6]

Race 2[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	15	30:14.349	1	17 (15+2)
2	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	15	+0.428	2	12
3	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	15	+0.987	7	10
4	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	15	+1.342	3	8
5	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	15	+2.737	5	6
6	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	15	+2.917	4	4
7	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+3.086	10	2
8	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	15	+4.020	6	1
9	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+5.553	8
10	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	15	+6.602	12
11	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	15	+6.784	16
12	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+8.972	24
13	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	15	+9.201	23
14	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	15	+9.306	15
15	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	15	+11.715	17
16	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	15	+12.218	18
NC	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	10	Not classified	11
Ret	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	10	Retired	20
Ret	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	9	Retired	22
Ret	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	13
Ret	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	19
Ret	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	0	Retired	14
Ret	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	0	Retired	21
Ret	28	William Buller	Carlin	0	Retired	9
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (MW Arden) — 1:33.088 (on lap 10)
Source:[7]

Standings after the round[]

GP2 standings[]

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

GP3 standings[]

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

References[]

Previous round: 2012 Silverstone GP2 round	GP2 Series 2012 season	Next round: 2012 Hungaroring GP2 round
Previous round: 2011 Nürburgring GP2 round	Hockenheimring GP2 round	Next round: 2013 Nürburgring GP2 round

Previous round: 2012 Silverstone GP3 round	GP3 Series 2012 season	Next round: 2012 Hungaroring GP3 round
Previous round: 2011 Nürburgring GP3 round	Hockenheimring GP3 round	Next round: 2013 Nürburgring GP3 round