2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

   2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round

Round details
Round 10 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series and Round 7 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	1 September 2012
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Rio Haryanto	Carlin
Time	2:17.535
Podium
First	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International
Second	James Calado	Lotus GP
Third	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP
Time	2:00.083 (on lap 12)
Sprint race
Date	2 September 2012
Laps	18
Podium
First	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team
Second	Felipe Nasr	DAMS
Third	James Calado	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Max Chilton	Carlin
Time	1:59.201 (on lap 15)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	1 September 2012
Laps	4
Pole position
Driver	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Podium
First	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP
Second	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Third	Mitch Evans	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	2:12.259 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	2 September 2012
Laps	12
Podium
First	Matias Laine	MW Arden
Second	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Third	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Time	2:12.004 (on lap 10)

The 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round and the 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa in Belgium for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.^[1][2] The races, held on 1 and 2 September, were in support of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races were the tenth round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races formed the seventh round of the 2012 GP3 season.

GP2 Series classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	2:17.535	1
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	2:17.643	2
3	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	2:17.736	3
4	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	2:18.058	4
5	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	2:18.368	5
6	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	2:18.397	6
7	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	2:18.582	7
8	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	2:18.603	8
9	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	2:18.801	9
10	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	2:18.930	10
11	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	2:19.328	11
12	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	2:19.721	12
13	26	Max Chilton	Carlin Motorsport	2:19.803	13
14	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	2:20.100	14
15	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	2:20.224	15
16	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	2:20.289	16
17	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	2:20.455	17
18	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	2:20.484	18
19	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	2:20.712	19
20	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	2:20.752	20
21	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	2:20.888	21
22	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	2:20.921	22
23	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	2:21.070	23
24	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	2:21.790	24
25	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	2:21.942	25
26	19	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	2:22.795	26
Source: [1]

Feature race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	25	1:55:36.519	4	25
2	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	25	+11.530	2	18
3	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	25	+13.634	6	15
4	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	25	+15.098	15	12
5	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	25	+15.482	10	12 (10+2)
6	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	25	+16.803	19	8
7	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	25	+26.615	17	6
8	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	25	+28.803	9	4
9	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	25	+29.130	23	2
10	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	25	+29.468	1	5 (1+4)
11	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	25	+30.182	3
12	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	25	+31.160	13
13	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	25	+37.340	22
14	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	25	+39.130	12
15	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	25	+49.936	24
16	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	25	+54.918	14
17	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	25	+58.788	25
18	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	25	+1:25.639	17
19	19	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	+1 Lap	26
20	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	22	Accident	11
Ret	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	21	Accident	19
Ret	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	18	Accident	5
Ret	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	11	Accident	7
Ret	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	2	Spun off	21
Ret	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	0	Spun off	8
Ret	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	0	Accident	20
Fastest lap: Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP) — 2:00.083 (on lap 12)
Source:[3][4]

Sprint race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Josef Král	Barwa Addax Team	18	36:59.474	5	15
2	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	18	+5.109	1	12
3	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	18	+5.290	7	10
4	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	18	+6.335	8	8
5	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	18	+11.041	25	6
6	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	18	+24.694	9	4
7	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	18	+25.237	10	2
8	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	18	+25.957	20	3 (1+2)
9	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	18	+26.257	2
10	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	18	+27.441	22
11	21	Daniël de Jong	Rapax	18	+32.681	13
12	15	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	18	+35.830	16
13	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	18	+35.928	11
14	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	18	+37.222	26
15	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	18	+37.867	18
16	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	18	+38.387	15
17	19	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	18	+41.470	19
18	24	Victor Guerin	Ocean Racing Technology	18	+47.175	21
19	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	18	+52.735	14
20	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	18	+56.434	3
21	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	18	+1:19.121	4
22	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	18	+1:22.927	12
Ret	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	9	Accident damage	6
Ret	18	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela GP Lazarus	9	Spun off	23
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax Team	0	Accident	17
DNS	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Did not started	—
Fastest lap: Max Chilton (Carlin) — 1:59.201 (on lap 15)
Source:[5][6]

GP3 Series classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	2:10.513	1
2	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	2:10.738	2
3	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	2:10.754	3
4	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	2:10.980	4
5	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	2:11.064	5
6	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	2:11.320	6
7	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	2:11.366	7
8	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	2:11.382	8
9	22	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	2:11.397	9
10	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	2:11.501	10
11	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	2:11.541	11
12	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	2:11.637	12
13	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	2:11.723	13
14	28	William Buller	Carlin	2:11.742	14
15	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	2:11.746	15
16	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	2:11.804	16
17	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	2:12.224	17
18	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	2:12.410	18
19	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:12.508	19
20	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	2:12.530	20
21	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	2:12.765	21
22	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	2:12.886	22
23	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	2:12.917	23
24	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:12.713	24
25	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	2:13.478	25
26	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	2:18.719	26
Source:[7][8]

Race 1[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	4	8:54.720	3	12.5
2	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	4	+0.321	4	11 (9+2)
3	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	4	+1.410	1	11.5 (7.5+4)
4	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	4	+1.971	10	6
5	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	4	+2.655	2	5
6	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	4	+3.157	7	4
7	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	4	+4.679	5	3
8	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	4	+6.081	6	2
9	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	4	+7.024	8	1
10	22	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	4	+7.584	9	0.5
11	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	4	+9.396	12
12	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	4	+10.170	15
13	28	William Buller	Carlin	4	+10.790	14
14	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	4	+11.119	11
15	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	4	+13.438	18
16	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	4	+15.145	13
17	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	4	+16.967	19
18	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	4	+18.793	20
19	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	4	+19.166	17
20	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	4	+19.480	16
21	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	4	+19.787	21
22	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	4	+20.844	22
23	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	4	+22.634	25
24	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	4	+23.445	24
25	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	4	+24.117	23
26	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	4	+27.131	26
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 2:12.259 (on lap 2)
Source:[9][10]

Race 2[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Matias Laine	MW Arden	12	26:39.329	4	15
2	27	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	12	+2.404	7	14 (12+2)
3	2	Conor Daly	Lotus GP	12	+3.460	2	10
4	22	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+7.151	10	8
5	1	Daniel Abt	Lotus GP	12	+8.494	8	6
6	21	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+9.671	11	4
7	15	Lewis Williamson	Status Grand Prix	12	+10.961	1	2
8	28	William Buller	Carlin	12	+17.259	13	1
9	25	Giovanni Venturini	Trident Racing	12	+18.754	9
10	29	Tamás Pál Kiss	Atech CRS Grand Prix	12	+19.460	17
11	26	Alex Brundle	Carlin	12	+19.828	19
12	16	Alice Powell	Status Grand Prix	12	+22.462	18
13	20	Robert Visoiu	Jenzer Motorsport	12	+23.628	15
14	3	Aaro Vainio	Lotus GP	12	+26.226	3
15	4	Mitch Evans	MW Arden	12	+28.547	6
16	14	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	12	+29.267	14
17	30	John Wartique	Atech CRS Grand Prix	12	+29.469	23
18	7	Dmitry Suranovich	Marussia Manor Racing	12	+30.471	22
19	23	Vicky Piria	Trident Racing	12	+31.849	16
20	18	Kevin Ceccon	Ocean Racing Technology	12	+33.410	12
21	8	Fabiano Machado	Marussia Manor Racing	12	+33.967	25
22	31	Ethan Ringel	Atech CRS Grand Prix	12	+34.451	24
23	17	Carmen Jordá	Ocean Racing Technology	12	+54.689	26
Ret	5	David Fumanelli	MW Arden	6	Retired	20
Ret	9	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	4	Retired	5
DNS	19	Robert Cregan	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Did not started	—
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 2:12.004 (on lap 10)
Source:[11][12]

Standings after the round[]

GP2 standings[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Luiz Razia 204 2 Davide Valsecchi 204 1 3 James Calado 160 1 4 Esteban Gutiérrez 150 5 Giedo van der Garde 141

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 310 2 DAMS 289 3 Arden International 208 4 Racing Engineering 162 5 Carlin 160

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

GP3 standings[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mitch Evans 147.5 1 2 António Félix da Costa 126 1 3 Aaro Vainio 123 4 Daniel Abt 112.5 1 5 Conor Daly 94

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Lotus GP 329.5 2 MW Arden 276.5 3 Carlin 164 4 Jenzer Motorsport 121.5 5 Marussia Manor Racing 64

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

References[]