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.
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.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 2:01.889 1 2 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 2:02.804 2 3 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 2:02.872 3 4 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 2:03.004 23 5 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 2:03.258 4 6 9 James Calado Lotus GP 2:03.274 5 7 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 2:03.398 6 8 26 Max Chilton Carlin 2:03.432 7 9 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 2:03.553 8 10 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 2:03.565 20 11 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 2:03.581 24 12 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 2:03.600 26 13 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 2:03.699 9 14 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 2:04.029 10 15 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 2:04.240 11 16 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:04.280 12 17 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 2:04.430 13 18 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 2:04.767 25 19 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 2:04.782 14 20 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 2:05.040 15 21 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 2:05.218 16 22 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 2:05.350 17 23 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 2:05.537 18 24 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 2:05.677 19 25 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 2:07.231 21 26 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:09.161 22Source: Notes — Stefano Coletti, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson were all excluded from qualifying for technical irregularities, and moved to the back of the grid. — Giedo van der Garde was given a ten-place grid penalty for overtaking another car during a red-flag period. — 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
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 25 1:00:22.657 4 27 () 2 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 25 +1.700 2 18 3 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 25 +5.257 3 15 4 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 25 +6.368 9 12 5 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 25 +6.523 8 10 6 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 25 +7.552 24 8 7 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 25 +9.051 26 6 8 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 25 +9.841 20 4 9 26 Max Chilton Carlin 25 +11.116 7 2 10 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 25 +11.958 6 1 11 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 25 +12.130 12 12 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 25 +12.843 11 13 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 25 +15.701 19 14 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 25 +16.421 1 15 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 25 +16.818 18 16 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 25 +17.833 10 17 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 25 +18.167 15 18 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 25 +23.183 20 19 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 25 +24.345 21 20 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 25 +38.351 16 21 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 25 +39.831 25 22 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 25 +44.902 17 23 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 23 +2 laps 13 Ret 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 20 Retired 23 Ret 9 James Calado Lotus GP 17 Retired 5 Ret 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 1 Retired 14 Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Luiz Razia Arden International 21 37:28.656 4 15 2 3 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 21 +5.642 2 12 3 4 Felipe Nasr DAMS 21 +17.775 3 10 4 10 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 21 +19.969 8 8 5 8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 21 +25.869 6 6 6 25 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 21 +28.600 5 4 7 7 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 21 +31.980 21 4 () 8 15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 21 +35.797 22 1 9 5 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 21 +38.127 14 10 2 Josef Král Barwa Addax Team 21 +40.378 16 11 22 Simon Trummer Arden International 21 +40.533 15 12 27 Rio Haryanto Carlin 21 +48.471 10 13 21 Daniël de Jong Rapax 21 +54.161 26 14 6 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 21 +54.643 12 15 20 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 21 +1:15.967 18 16 19 Giancarlo Serenelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 21 +1:17.971 19 17 17 Julián Leal Trident Racing 21 +1:30.456 20 18 1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 20 Retired 7 19 26 Max Chilton Carlin 19 Retired 9 20 9 James Calado Lotus GP 19 Retired 25 21 12 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 19 Retired 1 22 18 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 19 Retired 11 Ret 11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 3 Retired 23 Ret 16 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 0 Retired 13 Ret 14 Stefano Coletti Scuderia Coloni 0 Retired 24 Ret 24 Víctor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 0 Retired 17 Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Luiz Razia 165 1 2 Davide Valsecchi 159 3 3 Esteban Gutiérrez 122 1 4 James Calado 95 1 5 Max Chilton 95
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 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 2012 British Grand Prix 2012 Silverstone GP3 Series round
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