The 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round was the fifth round of the 2012 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 24–26, 2012 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco. The race was used to support the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying The qualifying session was divided into two groups in order to avoid accidents due to the overcrowding on the track. Following a ballot, Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers. The grid was formed in two rows in order from the sessions.

Group A Driver Team Time 1 26 Max Chilton Carlin 1:21.320 2 2 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 1:21.475 4 3 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 1:21.530 6 4 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 1:21.776 8 5 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:21.796 10 6 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 1:22.174 12 7 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 1:22.326 14 8 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 1:22.475 16 9 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 1:22.650 18 10 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 1:22.997 20 11 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:23.193 22 12 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 1:23.792 24 13 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 1:25.661 26

Group B Driver Team Time 1 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 1:21.195 1 2 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 1:21.249 3 3 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 1:21.858 5 4 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 1:21.912 7 5 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:22.053 9 6 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 1:22.288 11 7 9 James Calado Lotus GP 1:22.598 13 8 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 1:22.762 15 9 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 1:22.873 17 10 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 1:22.996 19 11 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 1:23.020 21 12 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 1:23.539 23 13 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:25.907 25

Qualifying summary Driver Team Driver Team 1 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 2 26 Max Chilton Carlin 3 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 4 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 5 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 6 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 7 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 8 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 9 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 10 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 11 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 12 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 13 9 James Calado Lotus GP 14 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 15 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 16 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 17 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 18 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 19 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 20 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 21 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 22 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 23 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 24 24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 25 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 26 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax

Feature race

Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 42 59:42.521 1 29 () 2 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 42 +0.564 3 18 3 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 42 +5.040 4 15 4 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 42 +16.347 7 12 5 26 Max Chilton Carlin 42 +17.378 2 10 6 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 42 +21.883 6 8 7 9 James Calado Lotus GP 42 +25.686 13 6 8 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 42 +42.275 14 4 9 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 42 +45.319 16 2 10 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 42 +47.099 12 3 () 11 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 42 +51.285 11 12 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 42 +1:04.054 20 13 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 42 +1:21.396 17 14 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 42 +1:23.537 23 15 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 42 +1:23.639 5 16 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 41 +1 lap 24 17 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 41 +1 lap 18 18 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 41 +1 lap 9 19 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 41 +1 lap 22 20 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 41 +1 lap 26 21 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 40 +2 laps 15 22 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 40 +2 laps 25 23 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 37 Retired 10 Ret 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 32 Retired 19 Ret 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 26 Retired 21 Ret 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 0 Retired 8 Source: Notes: — Esteban Gutiérrez was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Sprint race

Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 30 45:41.227 3 15 2 26 Max Chilton Carlin 30 +1.083 4 12 3 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 30 +4.426 6 10 4 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 30 +8.133 7 8 5 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 30 +19.968 13 6 6 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 30 +23.273 15 6 () 7 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 30 +26.376 9 2 8 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 30 +26.880 23 1 9 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 30 +31.663 12 10 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 30 +35.338 26 11 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 30 +36.546 14 12 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 30 +37.164 24 Ret 9 James Calado Lotus GP 20 Accident damage 2 Ret 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 12 Engine 21 Ret 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 8 Engine 18 Ret 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 8 Engine 19 Ret 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 0 Collision 16 Ret 21 Tom Dillmann Rapax 0 Collision 11 Ret 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 0 Collision damage 1 Ret 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 0 Collision 10 Ret 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 0 Collision 20 Ret 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 0 Collision 8 Ret 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 Collision 22 Ret 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 0 Collision 25 Ret 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 0 Collision 17 Ret 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 0 Collision 5 Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 141 2 Luiz Razia 110 1 3 Giedo van der Garde 85 2 4 Max Chilton 79 2 5 James Calado 75

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 DAMS 169 2 Lotus GP 135 3 Arden International 111 4 Carlin 95 1 5 Caterham Racing 91

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

See also 2012 Monaco Grand Prix 2012 Monaco GP3 Series round

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