2012 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2012 Hungaroring GP2 round
Round details
	Round 9 of 12 rounds in the ; 2012 GP2 Series ; and; Round 6 of 8 rounds in the ; 2012 GP3 Series
	; Layout of the Hungaroring circuit
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	28 July 2012
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Max Chilton
Time	1:28.980
Podium
First	Max Chilton
Second	Davide Valsecchi
Third	Luiz Razia
Fastest lap
Driver	Simon Trummer
Time	1:32.164 (on lap 32)
Sprint race
Date	29 July 2012
Laps	28
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez
Second	Nathanaël Berthon
Third	Luiz Razia
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez
Time	1:32.348 (on lap 15)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	28 July 2012
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	Aaro Vainio
Time	1:36.052
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa
Second	Daniel Abt
Third	Mitch Evans
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa
Time	1:37.899 (on lap 15)
Race 2
Date	29 July 2012
Laps	16
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa
Second	Patric Niederhauser
Third	Alex Brundle
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans
Time	1:40.097 (on lap 16)

The 2012 Hungaroring GP2 Series round and the 2012 Hungaroring GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Hungaroring circuit near Mogyoród in Hungary for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.^[1]^[2] The races, held on 28 and 29 July, were in support of the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races were the ninth round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races formed the sixth round of the 2012 GP3 season.

GP2 Series classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	1:28.980	1
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:29.003	4
3	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:29.034	2
4	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:29.093	3
5	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:29.177	5
6	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:29.202	6
7	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:29.248	7
8	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:29.334	8
9	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:29.345	9
10	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	1:29.367	10
11	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	1:29.472	11
12	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:29.496	12
13	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:29.574	13
14	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:29.637	14
15	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.666	15
16	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:29.717	16
17	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	1:29.786	17
18	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	1:29.786	18
19	21	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:29.906	19
20	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:30.027	20
21	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:30.201	21
22	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:30.202	22
23	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:30.475	23
24	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:30.655	24
25	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	1:30.930	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:33.093	26
Source:^[3]

Feature race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	37	59:02.965	1	29 (25+4)
2	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	37	+0.628	2	20 (18+2)
3	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	37	+1.538	5	15
4	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	37	+4.090	4	12
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	37	+9.070	6	10
6	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	37	+11.835	3	8
7	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	37	+18.166	12	6
8	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	37	+18.756	7	4
9	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	37	+19.724	8	2
10	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	37	+21.106	19	1
11	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	37	+30.046	14
12	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	37	+36.672	17
13	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	37	+36.999	24
14	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	37	+37.388	16
15	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	37	+39.591	25
16	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	37	+46.010	22
17	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	37	+46.197	20
18	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	37	+1:06.294	9
19	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	37	+1:31.506	23
20	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	37	+1:44.003	26
21	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	36	+1 Lap	18
22	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+1 Lap	15
23	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	36	+1 Lap	21
24	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	34	Suspension	11
25	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	33	Brakes	13
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	4	Accident	10
Fastest lap: Simon Trummer (Arden International) — 1:32.164 (on lap 32)
Source:^[4]^[5]

Sprint race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	28	42:58.301	1	17 (15+2)
2	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	28	+3.565	2	12
3	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	28	+15.733	6	10
4	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	28	+1:13.352	7	8
5	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	28	+1:14.237	3	6
6	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	28	+ 1:14.493	5	4
7	27	Rio Haryanto	Marussia Carlin	28	+1:16.336	12	2
8	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	28	+1:17.578	25	1
9	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	28	+1:23.475	10
10	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	28	+1:25.928	4
11	26	Max Chilton	Marussia Carlin	28	+1:28.868	8
12	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+1:29.399	22
13	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	28	+1:29.417	13
14	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	28	+1:30.221	9
15	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	28	+1:30.937	16
16	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	28	+1:33.087	23
17	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	28	+1:34.058	24
18	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	28	+1:35.753	14
19	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	28	+1:38.037	15
20	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	28	+1:38.870	19
21	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	28	+1:39.887	17
22	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+1:48.537	20
23	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	28	+1:53.900	21
24	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	27	+1 Lap	11
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	10	Spun off	26
Ret	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1	Accident	18
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 1:32.348 (on lap 15)
Source:^[6]^[7]

GP3 Series classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	1:36.052	1
2	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	1:36.301	2
3	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	1:36.381	3
4	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:36.478	4
5	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	1:36.541	5
6	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	1:36.569	6
7	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	1:36.783	7
8	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	1:36.807	8
9	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	1:36.866	9
10	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:36.867	10
11	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	1:36.967	11
12	28	William Buller	Carlin	1:37.065	12
13	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	1:37.066	13
14	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	1:37.264	14
15	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:37.282	15
16	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	1:37.612	16
17	30	Facu Regalia	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:37.625	17
18	22	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	1:37.661	18
19	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	1:37.730	19
20	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:37.882	20
21	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	1:38.528	21
22	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	1:38.560	22
23	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manors Racing	1:38.671	23
24	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	1:38.706	24
25	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	1:38.974	25
26	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	1:41.809	26
Source:^[8]

Race 1[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	16	26:33.107	2	27 (25+2)
2	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	16	+4.410	6	18
3	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	+4.747	3	15
4	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+8.674	8	12
5	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	16	+9.681	1	14 (10+4)
6	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	16	+10.404	7	8
7	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	16	+11.025	9	6
8	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	16	+12.928	5	4
9	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	16	+13.338	4	2
10	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	16	+14.257	13	1
11	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	16	+17.448	14
12	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+18.531	11
13	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+20.984	15
14	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+21.482	20
15	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	16	+23.338	16
16	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+24.770	10
17	22	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+28.400	18
18	30	Facu Regalia	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+32.508	17
19	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	16	+32.988	19
20	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	16	+41.678	25
21	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+44.872	22
22	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+48.844	24
23	28	William Buller	Carlin	16	+1:30.888	12
24	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	14	Retired	26
Ret	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	3	Retired	21
DNS	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Did not started	23
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:37.899 (on lap 15)
Source:^[9]^[10]

Race 2[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	16	30:36.220	8	17 (15+2)
2	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+11.071	16	12
3	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	16	+13.440	15	10
4	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+18.987	13	8
5	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	16	+19.505	10	6
6	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	16	+21.609	2	4
7	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	16	+22.052	4	2
8	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+25.392	5	1
9	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	16	+29.260	3
10	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+32.289	14
11	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	16	+37.146	7
12	28	William Buller	Carlin	16	+37.150	23
13	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	16	+38.616	9
14	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	16	+39.674	21
15	22	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+48.584	17
16	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	16	+50.483	25
17	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+59.255	22
18	30	Facu Regalia	Atech CRS Grand Prix	16	+1:04.953	18
19	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	16	+1:12.457	20
20	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	16	+1:22.641	19
21	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	16	+1:31.650	6
22	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+1 Lap	12
Ret	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	13	Retired	24
Ret	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	12	Retired	11
Ret	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	0	Retired	1
DNS	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	0	Did not started	—
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (MW Arden) — 1:40.097 (on lap 16)
Source:^[11]

Standings after the round[]

GP2 standings[]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Luiz Razia	196
	2	Davide Valsecchi	189
	3	Esteban Gutiérrez	150
1	4	James Calado	132
1	5	Giedo van der Garde	129

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Lotus GP	282
	2	DAMS	258
	3	Arden	200
	4	Racing Engineering	156
1	5	Carlin	153

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

GP3 standings[]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Mitch Evans	136
	2	Aaro Vainio	119
4	3	António Félix da Costa	102
1	4	Daniel Abt	94
1	5	Patric Niederhauser	87

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Lotus GP	294
	2	MW Arden	245
1	3	Carlin	139
1	4	Jenzer Motorsport	109
	5	Marussia Manor Racing	58

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. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^ "GP2 Hungaroring 2012:Qualifying Result". The Checkered Flag. TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Budapest GP2 Feature Race Classification". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "2012 Hungaroring GP2". 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Budapest Hungaroring GP2 Sprint Race classification". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 18". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^ "Hungaroring GP3 Qualifying Results". AutoMobilSport.com. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "Budapest GP3 Race 1 Classification". AutoMobilSport.com. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 11". Motorsport Magazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 12". Motorsport Magazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

Previous round: 2012 Hockenheimring GP2 round	GP2 Series 2012 season	Next round: 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round
Previous round: 2011 Hungaroring GP2 round	Hungaroring GP2 round	Next round: 2013 Hungaroring GP2 round

Previous round: 2012 Hockenheimring GP3 round	GP3 Series 2012 season	Next round: 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 round
Previous round: 2011 Hungaroring GP3 round	Hungaroring GP3 round	Next round: 2013 Hungaroring GP3 round

[1] Collantine, Keith (16 December 2011). "GP2 to support F1 in Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[2] "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.

[3] "GP2 Hungaroring 2012:Qualifying Result". The Checkered Flag. TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[4] "Budapest GP2 Feature Race Classification". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[5] "2012 Hungaroring GP2". 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[6] "Budapest Hungaroring GP2 Sprint Race classification". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

[7] "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 18". 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

[8] "Hungaroring GP3 Qualifying Results". AutoMobilSport.com. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[9] "Budapest GP3 Race 1 Classification". AutoMobilSport.com. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[10] "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 11". Motorsport Magazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[11] "2012 Hungaroring GP2 - Round 12". Motorsport Magazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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v t List of GP2 Series rounds
2005	SMR ESP MON EUR FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL BHR
2006	VAL SMR EUR ESP MON GBR FRA GER HUN TUR ITA
2007	BHR ESP MON FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL VAL
2008	ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA
2009	ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA POR
2010	ESP MON TUR EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU
2011	TUR ESP MON EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU (NC)
2012	MAL BHR1 BHR2 ESP MON EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN
2013	MAL BHR ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN ABU
2014	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL RUS
2015	BHR1 ESP MON AUT GBR HUN
2016	ESP MON AZE AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MAL ABU

v t List of GP3 Rounds
2010	CAT IST VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ
2011	IST CAT VAL SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ
2012	CAT MON VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ
2013	CAT VAL SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC
2014	CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA SOC
2015	CAT RBR SIL HUN
2016	CAT RBR SIL HUN HOC SPA MNZ SEP YMC
2017	CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC
2018	CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC

Round details
Round 9 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series and Round 6 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series
Layout of the Hungaroring circuit
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	28 July 2012
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Max Chilton	Carlin
Time	1:28.980
Podium
First	Max Chilton	Carlin
Second	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
Third	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Simon Trummer	Arden International
Time	1:32.164 (on lap 32)
Sprint race
Date	29 July 2012
Laps	28
Podium
First	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Second	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering
Third	Luiz Razia	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Time	1:32.348 (on lap 15)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	28 July 2012
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP
Time	1:36.052
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Second	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Third	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	1:37.899 (on lap 15)
Race 2
Date	29 July 2012
Laps	16
Podium
First	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Second	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Third	Alex Brundle	Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Time	1:40.097 (on lap 16)