The 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 22 and 23, 2012 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the final round of the 2012 GP2 Season and was run in support of the Singapore Grand Prix. The event marked the first time the GP2 Series had travelled to Singapore. With the 2012 GP3 Series season having concluded at the previous round at Monza.

Davide Valsecchi was declared the 2012 series champion after he out-scored title rival Luiz Razia in the feature race. Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race.

Report Sprint race Giedo van der Garde, who started from pole, got off to a good start keeping Marcus Ericsson behind him, while Luiz Razia moved up to third. Felipe Nasr got off to a bad start dropping from third to ninth. Sergio Canamasas, on the other hand, had a great start, when he rose from 16th to seventh. On the third lap, he received a drive-through penalty because one of his mechanics was late leaving the grid. Despite being constantly notified of the penalty on the radio, the driver did not return to serve the penalty over three laps, so he was disqualified on lap seven. Thinking that his radio was damaged or had interference, his engineer also used a sign to inform him that he had to return to the pits. It wasn't until lap 14 that Canamasas returned to the pits with a mechanical problem and retired from the race, but he had no idea that he had been disqualified.

The safety car came out on the ninth lap of the race when Rene Binder spun in the last corner. Meanwhile, at the front, van der Garde held on to the lead after the restart and won easily by 1.7 seconds. There was a fight for third place on the last lap when Fabio Leimer overtook Razia in turn ten, taking advantage of his rival's tire problems.

Davide Valsecchi and Felipe Nasr secured the DAMS squad's first teams' title in GP2 with fifth and seventh placed finishes enough to beat rival Lotus GP.

Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 114 Luca Filippi Scuderia Coloni 1:59.444 1 226 Max Chilton Carlin 1:59.496 +0.052 2 310 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 1:59.908 +0.464 3 48 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 2:00.102 +0.658 4 55 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 2:00.113 +0.669 5 63 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 2:00.287 +0.843 6 71 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 2:00.335 +0.891 7 821 Stefano Coletti Rapax 2:00.364 +0.920 8 923 Luiz Razia Arden International 2:00.365 +0.921 9 1018 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:00.634 +1.190 10 1116 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 2:00.671 +1.227 11 126 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 2:00.695 +1.251 12 134 Felipe Nasr DAMS 2:00.720 +1.276 13 1412 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 2:00.906 +1.462 14 159 James Calado Lotus GP 2:00.954 +1.510 15 1627 Rio Haryanto Carlin 2:01.031 +1.587 16 177 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 2:01.204 +1.760 17 1825 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 2:01.308 +1.864 18 1917 Julián Leal Trident Racing 2:01.474 +2.030 19 2015 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 2:01.656 +2.212 26 2122 Simon Trummer Arden International 2:01.961 +2.517 20 2224 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 2:02.110 +2.666 21 2311 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 2:02.260 +2.816 22 2419 René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 2:02.376 +2.932 23 252 Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 2:03.218 +3.774 24 2620 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 2:04.174 +4.730 25Source: Notes – Fabio Onidi was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Nigel Melker at the previous round in Monza sprint race.

Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 126 Max Chilton Carlin 28 1:01:48.095 225 210 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 28 +1.363 320 35 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 28 +4.894 515 43 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 28 +5.945 612 523 Luiz Razia Arden International 28 +6.295 910 64 Felipe Nasr DAMS 28 +8.798 138 77 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 28 +14.229 176 812 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 28 +15.147 144 927 Rio Haryanto Carlin 28 +48.855 162 106 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 28 +49.445 121 1117 Julián Leal Trident Racing 28 +51.466 19 1225 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 28 +52.099 18 1321 Stefano Coletti Rapax 28 +52.839 8 1416 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 28 +1:04.038 11 152 Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 28 +1:04.314 24 1618 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 28 +1:04.378 10 1720 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 28 +1:05.013 25 Ret14 Luca Filippi Scuderia Coloni 24 Retired 1 Ret15 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 24 Retired 26 Ret9 James Calado Lotus GP 23 Retired 15 Ret8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 19 Retired 4 Ret1 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 9 Retired 7 Ret11 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 7 Retired 22 Ret22 Simon Trummer Arden International 5 Retired 20 Ret24 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 0 Retired 21 Ret19 René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 Retired 23Source:

Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 112 Giedo van der Garde Caterham Racing 21 46:36.606 115 27 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 21 +1.719 212 35 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 21 +5.684 610 423 Luiz Razia Arden International 21 +7.393 48 53 Davide Valsecchi DAMS 21 +7.942 56 610 Esteban Gutiérrez Lotus GP 21 +8.562 74 74 Felipe Nasr DAMS 21 +8.718 32 821 Stefano Coletti Rapax 21 +15.394 133 91 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Barwa Addax Team 21 +18.981 25 109 James Calado Lotus GP 21 +21.964 19 1127 Rio Haryanto Carlin 21 +29.223 9 1225 Nigel Melker Ocean Racing Technology 21 +38.159 12 1324 Victor Guerin Ocean Racing Technology 21 +42.593 23 1422 Simon Trummer Arden International 21 +43.366 22 156 Nathanaël Berthon Racing Engineering 21 +44.482 10 1617 Julián Leal Trident Racing 21 +49.242 11 172 Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 21 +50.553 15 1811 Rodolfo González Caterham Racing 21 +1:02.226 21 1926 Max Chilton Carlin 21 +1:06.565 8 2015 Fabio Onidi Scuderia Coloni 21 +1:07.175 24 2120 Ricardo Teixeira Rapax 21 +1:07.288 17 2216 Stéphane Richelmi Trident Racing 19 Retired 14 Ret19 René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 8 Retired 26 Ret8 Jolyon Palmer iSport International 2 Retired 20 DSQ18 Sergio Canamasas Venezuela GP Lazarus 14 Disqualified 16 DNS14 Luca Filippi Scuderia Coloni 0 Did not start —Source: Notes – Johnny Cecotto Jr. was given a three-place grid penalty for crossing the white pit exit line when rejoining the circuit during the feature race. – Fabio Onidi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Jake Rosenzweig during the feature race. – Stéphane Richelmi was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. – Sergio Canamasas was disqualified because her mechanics worked on her car too close to the start of the formation lap. – Luca Filippi did not start because her car could not be repaired in time after hitting a wall in the feature race.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 247 2 Luiz Razia 222 1 3 Esteban Gutiérrez 176 1 4 Max Chilton 169 2 5 James Calado 160

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 DAMS 342 2 Lotus GP 336 3 Arden International 226 4 Racing Engineering 212 1 5 Carlin 207

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

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