The 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2012 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2012 GP3 Season.[1] The race supported the 2012 British Grand Prix.
| Round details | |||
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and Round 4 of 8 rounds in the 2012 GP3 Series | |||
 Silverstone Circuit | |||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing circuit 5.901 km (3.667 mi) | ||
| Race 1 | |||
| Date | 7 July 2012 | ||
| Laps | 14 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Mitch Evans | MW Arden | |
| Time | 1:51.892 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 António Félix da Costa | Carlin | |
| Second |
Mitch Evans | MW Arden | |
| Third |
 Aaro Vainio | Lotus GP | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
António Félix da Costa | Carlin | |
| Time | 1:53.951 (on lap 13) | ||
| Race 2 | |||
| Date | 8 July 2012 | ||
| Laps | 14 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 William Buller | Carlin | |
| Second |
 Conor Daly | Lotus GP | |
| Third |
 Patric Niederhauser | Jenzer Motorsport | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Tio Ellinas | Marussia Manor Racing | |
| Time | 1:59.829 (on lap 14) | ||
Trident Racing entered a third car for Giovanni Venturini in the GP3 category, making the Silverstone rounds the first time the GP3 Series had been run with a full twenty-seven car grid in 2012.[2]
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
Notes:
- ^1 — David Fumanelli and Alice Powell were both given two place grid penalties for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of the Qualifying session.[4]
- ^2 — Tamás Pál Kiss wash given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session.[5]
- ^3 — Ethan Ringel was given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session. He later received a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying. As Ringel qualified twenty-sixth of the twenty-six drivers to set a lap time, and so started the feature race from the back of the grid.[5]
- ^4 — Carmen Jordá was given a two-place grid penalty for taking the chequered flag twice at the end of qualifying.[4] However, as she did not set a lap time within 107% of Mitch Evans' pole position time, she was not given permission to start the race.
Race 1 edit
Race 2 edit
Notes:
- ^1 — Robert Visoiu finished Race 1 in twelfth position, but received a three-place grid penalty for crossing the finish line twice at the end of the race, and so started Race 2 from fifteenth position.[8]
Standings after the round edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Trident Racing join forces with Venturini". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Bradley, Charles (7 July 2012). "Evans beats title rival Vainio to pole in dry qualifying session at Silverstone". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Post Qualifying Grid Penalties". Gp3series.com. GP3 Series. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ van de Burgt, Andrew (7 July 2012). "Antonio Felix da Costa beats title rivals Mitch Evans and Aaro Vainio to Silverstone GP3 victory". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Bradley, Charles (8 July 2012). "Will Buller wins GP3 race two at Silverstone from last on grid". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.