2012 Silverstone GP2 Series round
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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]
Round details | |||
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Round 7 of 12 rounds in the 2012 GP2 Series | |||
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 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | |
Time | 2:01.889 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | |
Second | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Barwa Addax Team | |
Third | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | |
Time | 2:01.622 (on lap 25) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 8 July 2012 | ||
Laps | 21 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Luiz Razia | Arden International | |
Second | Davide Valsecchi | DAMS | |
Third | Felipe Nasr | DAMS | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Julián Leal[a] | Trident Racing | |
Time | 1:43.374 (on lap 19) |
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
Notes
- ^1 — Stefano Coletti, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson were all excluded from qualifying for technical irregularities, and moved to the back of the grid.[4]
- ^2 — Giedo van der Garde was given a ten-place grid penalty for overtaking another car during a red-flag period.[4]
- ^3 — Davide Valsecchi was given a ten-place grid penalty for overtaking another car during a red-flag period, but was then found to be in violation of the same regulation as Coletti, Nasr and Ericsson, and was moved to the back of the grid.
Feature race
Sprint race
Standings after the round
- Teams' Championship standings
Pos | Team | Points | |
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1 | Lotus GP | 217 | |
2 | DAMS | 205 | |
3 | Arden International | 169 | |
4 | Carlin | 122 | |
5 | Racing Engineering | 110 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
Notes
References
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