2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round

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.

United Kingdom    2012 Silverstone GP2 round
Round details

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Round 4 of 8 rounds in the
2012 GP3 Series
Silverstone Circuit
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 New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden
Time 1:51.892
Podium
First Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin
Second New Zealand Mitch Evans MW Arden
Third Finland Aaro Vainio Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver Portugal António Félix da Costa Carlin
Time 1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Race 2
Date 8 July 2012
Laps 14
Podium
First United Kingdom William Buller Carlin
Second United States Conor Daly Lotus GP
Third Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Cyprus 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

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 4   Mitch Evans MW Arden 1:51.892 1
2 3   Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 1:52.216 2
3 27   António Félix da Costa Carlin 1:52.233 3
4 6   Matias Laine MW Arden 1:52.332 4
5 2   Conor Daly Lotus GP 1:52.519 5
6 1   Daniel Abt Lotus GP 1:52.543 6
7 18   Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 1:52.572 7
8 28   William Buller Carlin 1:52.648 8
9 15   Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 1:52.807 9
10 5   David Fumanelli MW Arden 1:52.921 121
11 29   Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:52.930 212
12 26   Alex Brundle Carlin 1:53.133 10
13 9   Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:53.536 11
14 22   Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.549 13
15 25   Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 1:53.624 14
16 23   Vicky Piria Trident Racing 1:53.769 15
17 16   Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 1:53.852 181
18 20   Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.861 16
19 21   Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:53.893 17
20 7   Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 1:54.324 19
21 24   Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 1:54.339 20
22 8   Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 1:54.427 22
23 30   Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:55.175 23
24 19   Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 1:55.363 24
25 14   Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:55.711 25
26 31   Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 1:59.371 263
17   Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 1:59.989 4
Source:[3]

Notes:

  • ^1David 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]
  • ^2Tamás Pál Kiss wash given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during the first practice session.[5]
  • ^3Ethan 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]
  • ^4Carmen 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

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27   António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 27:14.410 3 27 (25+2)
2 4   Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +7.062 1 22 (18+4)
3 3   Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 14 +8.783 2 15
4 1   Daniel Abt Lotus GP 14 +16.136 6 12
5 2   Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +22.156 5 10
6 9   Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +22.325 11 8
7 26   Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +38.448 10 6
8 18   Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +41.719 7 4
9 6   Matias Laine MW Arden 14 +42.314 4 2
10 21   Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +44.489 17 1
11 29   Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +53.795 21
12 20   Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +60.061 16
13 25   Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +62.451 14
14 22   Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 14 +63.081 13
15 15   Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 14 +65.140 9
16 14   Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 14 +72.707 25
17 16   Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 14 +86.048 18
18 23   Vicky Piria Trident Racing 14 +1:34.318 15
19 8   Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:38.754 22
20 19   Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:39.170 24
21 24   Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 14 +1:39.960 20
22 7   Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:40.812 19
23 30   Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 13 +1 lap 23
Ret 31   Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 2 Retired 26
Ret 28   William Buller Carlin 0 Retired 8
DNS 5   David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Did not start 12
DNQ 17   Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 0 Did not qualify
Fastest lap: António Félix da Costa (Carlin) — 1:53.951 (on lap 13)
Source:[6]

Race 2

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 28   William Buller Carlin 14 29:49.526 25 15
2 2   Conor Daly Lotus GP 14 +8.577 4 12
3 21   Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 14 +30.017 10 10
4 9   Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 14 +37.529 3 10 (8+2)
5 20   Robert Visoiu Jenzer Motorsport 14 +52.038 151 6
6 27   António Félix da Costa Carlin 14 +1:03.722 8 4
7 18   Kevin Ceccon Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:05.954 1 2
8 30   Fabio Gamberini ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:06.482 23 1
9 8   Fabiano Machado Marussia Manor Racing 14 +1:07.321 19
10 26   Alex Brundle Carlin 14 +1:20.941 2
11 4   Mitch Evans MW Arden 14 +1:22.894 7
12 22   Facu Regalia Jenzer Motorsport 14 +1:23.503 13
13 15   Kotaro Sakurai Status Grand Prix 14 +1:24.203 14
14 29   Tamás Pál Kiss ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:28.143 11
15 19   Robert Cregan Ocean Racing Technology 14 +1:44.079 20
16 25   Giovanni Venturini Trident Racing 14 +1:52.408 12
17 31   Ethan Ringel ATECH CRS Grand Prix 14 +1:54.151 24
18 6   Matias Laine MW Arden 13 Retired 9
19 24   Antonio Spavone Trident Racing 13 Retired 21
20 7   Dmitry Suranovich Marussia Manor Racing 12 Retired 22
21 23   Vicky Piria Trident Racing 12 Retired 18
Ret 1   Daniel Abt Lotus GP 11 Retired 5
Ret 14   Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 11 Retired 16
Ret 3   Aaro Vainio Lotus GP 11 Retired 6
Ret 16   Alice Powell Status Grand Prix 9 Retired 17
DNS 5   David Fumanelli MW Arden 0 Did not start 12
DNQ 17   Carmen Jordá Ocean Racing Technology 0 Did not qualify
Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:59.829 (on lap 14)
Source:[7]

Notes:

  • ^1Robert 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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 GP3 Series Calendar". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Post Qualifying Grid Penalties". Gp3series.com. GP3 Series. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Grid penalties for Pal Kiss and Ringel". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Visoiu penalised after Race 1 in Silverstone". GP3series.com. GP3 Series. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.


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